2024 De Brabantse Pijl Results & Recap
2024 De Brabantse Pijl is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Cosnefroy Bests Teuns And Wellens In Seven-Up Sprint
Benoit Cosnefroy has won De Brabantse Pijl. After three podium finishes in the past, the Frenchman was finally able to triumph. He made it ahead of Teuns and Wellens.
At 12:35 p.m., the riders set off from Ladeuzeplein in Leuven for the final Flemish classic of the spring. After numerous attack attempts early in the race, the breakaway finally formed just after the first hour of racing. Six riders broke away from the peloton: Riou (Arkea B&B – Hotels), Debeaumarche (Cofidis), Reynders (Bingoal WB), Whelan (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Manzin (TotalEnergies), and Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility). Eventually, two more riders would bridge across: Warlop (Soudal Quick-Step) and Kopecký (TDT-Unibet).
They built up a maximum lead of about 2 minutes, so getting away for good was not in the cards. Their story was over already in the first local lap. On the Holstheide, with 63 km to go, the peloton caught up again. Barely 5 km later, it happened again. Huby (Soudal Quick-Step), Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and Segaert (Lotto Dstny) took their chances.
At the second passage on the Moskesstraat, Morgado (UAE Team Emirates) made a move, with his teammate Wellens on his wheel. Wellens surged once they reached the top. The fireworks on the Moskesstraat prompted more riders to bridge up. With 40 km to go, the leaders were: Huby - Leknessund – Segaert – Laurance & Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – De Pooter (Intermarché-Wanty) – Morgado – Van den Broek (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) – Craddock (Team Jayco AlUla) – Williams (Israel Premier Tech).
However, the peloton deemed a group of 11 too large. EF Education – Easypost closed the gap, resetting the situation. With 30 km to go, at the third climb of the Moskesstraat, Teuns (Israel Premier Tech) accelerated. Wellens and Van den Berg (EF Education-Easypost) managed to join.
Entering the final lap, the trio at the front held a lead of about 20 seconds. At 11 km to go, at the foot of the Moskesstraat, the lead was halved. Van den Berg set the pace, but Wellens and Teuns made it over the Moskesstraat. Quinten Hermans was the only one from the peloton to bridge across.
On the Holstheide, Cosnefroy also attacked from the peloton to join the front group. The pace slowed in the group of 5, but Teuns tried to keep the tempo up. Numbers 6 and 7 to join were Cepeda (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Blackmore (Israel – Premier Tech). The latter immediately took the lead to prevent anyone else from the chasing group from bridging.
At 2.5 km to go, Van den Berg sneaked away. Ultimately, Blackmore brought the chasers back onto Van den Berg's wheel. In the sprint, it was Cosnefroy who took the win. Teuns finished second, Wellens third. Cosnefroy could finally celebrate after three podium finishes in recent years.\n
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