2024 De Brabantse Pijl Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of 2024 De Brabantse Pijl! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The Brabantse Pijl - or La Flèche Brabançonne - includes an elevation gain of 1,900 metres on a route of almost 200 kilometres. No long climbs, it is the sheer repetion of short ramps that will wear the riders out. After a race with 22, sometimes cobbled, climbs the home straight is a false flat drag.
The 120-kilometre run-up to the circuit features six climbs, just like last year. Then, it goes on via the Hertstraat, Moskesstraat, Holstheide, and S-Bocht to the first passage on the line, just like last year.
The circuit is shorter this time though, as the Hagaard is taken out. What remains is a lap of 20 kilometres with the aforementioned climbs – Hertstraat, Moskesstraat, Holstheide, S-Bocht – before the last kilometre rises at almost 2% to the line.
Tord Gudmestad, Rémi Cavagna, Dorian Godon, Ben Healy, Andreas Kron and Lucas Eriksson were leading the race last year when the final lap bell rang. The sound inspired Cavagna to go alone while Healy and Godon tracked him down on the (now absent) Hagaard. The two continued together on the Hertstraat before Healy didn’t even try to sprint and gifted Godon the win on the Brusselsesteenweg in Overijsse.
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