Brabantse Pijl 2017: Riders

The Brabantse Pijl is the prelude to the hilly classics. Two-time winner Philippe Gilbert faces competition by the likes Michael Matthews, Tim Wellens en title defender Petr Vakoc. Voilà, the startlist of La Flèche Brabançonne. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Enrico Gasparotto, Grega Bole, Sonny Colbrelli, Ivan Garcia Cortina, David Per, Luka Pibernik, Meiyin Wang

BMC Racing Team
Ben Hermans, Tom Bohli, Silvan Dillier, Kilian Frankiny, Floris Gerts, Manuel Senni, Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Alex Howes, Alberto Bettiol, Brendan Canty, Simon Clarke, William Clarke, Toms Skujiņš, Tom Van Asbroeck

Dimension Data
Kristian Sbaragli, Ryan Gibbons, Nathan Haas, Jacques J. van Rensburg, Ben O’Connor, Youcef Reguigui, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jaco Venter

Lotto Soudal
Tim Wellens, Tiesj Benoot, Sean De Bie, Thomas De Gendt, Tomasz Marczynski, Remy Mertz, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert

LottoNL-Jumbo
Paul Martens, Enrico Battaglin, Koen Bouwman, Victor Campenaerts, Steven Lammertink, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Juan José Lobato, Antwan Tolhoek

ORICA-Scott
Simon Gerrans, Jack Haig, Michael Hepburn, Daryl Impey, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Jens Keukeleire, Robert Power, Svein Tuft

Quick-Step Floors
Petr Vakoc, Philippe Gilbert, Rémi Cavagna, Laurens De Plus, Tim Declercq, Dries Devenyns, Enric Mas, Martin Velits

Team Sunweb
Michael Matthews, Roy Curvers, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Chris Hamilton, Lennard Hofstede, Lennard Kämna, Albert Timmer

Procontinental teams

Aqua Blue Sport
Adam Blythe, Matthew Brammeier, Mark Christian, Andrew Fenn, Norman Lasse Hansen, Martyn Irvine, Michel Kreder, Lars Petter Nordhaug

Bardiani – CSF
Vincenzo Albanese, Enrico Barbin, Nicola Boem, Giulio Ciccone, Mirco Maestri, Marco Maronese, Lorenzo Rota, Paolo Simion

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Maciej Paterski, Jakub Kaczmarek, Jonas Koch, Adrian Kurek, Michal Paluta, Simone Ponzi, Frantisek Sisr, Jan Tratnik

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Dimitri Claeys, Yoann Bagot, Jérôme Cousin, Luis Ángel Maté, Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto, Michael Van Staeyen

Direct Energie
Bryan Coquard, Thomas Boudat, Fabien Grellier, Romain Guillemois, Jonathan Hivert, Romain Sicard, Angelo Tulik

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Arnold Jeannesson, Franck Bonnamour, Maxime Bouet, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Eduardo Sepúlveda, Elie Gesbert, Florian Vachon

Gazprom-RusVelo
Alexey Tsatevich, Igor Boev, Roman Maikin, Sergey Nikolaev, Artem Nych, Evgeny Shalunov, Andrei Solomennikov, Nikolay Trusov

Israel Cycling Academy
Zakkari Dempster, Guillaume Boivin, Manuel José Díaz Gallego, Roy Goldstein, Ben Perry, Mihkel Raim, Hamish Schreurs, Tyler Williams

Manzana Postobon
Jose Juan Amador, Jetse Bol, Jhojan Garcia, Bernardo Suaza, Sebastian Juan Molano, Fernando Orjuela, Arturo Yecid Sierra, Pablo Juan Villegas

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Pim Ligthart, Tim Ariesen, Martijn Budding, Jeroen Meijers, Oscar Riesebeek, Martijn Tusveld, Nick van der Lijke, Etienne van Empel

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Thomas Sprengers, Piet Allegaert, Aime De Gendt, Benjamin Declercq, Kevin Deltombe, Eliot Lietaer, Dries Van Gestel, Kenneth Van Rooy

Team Novo Nordisk
Martijn Verschoor, Fabio Calabria, Gerd De Keijzer, Brian Kamstra, Javier Megias, David Lozano, Charles Planet, Rik Van IJzendoorn

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Stijn Devolder, Gaetan Bille, Christophe Premont, Dries De Bondt, Huub Duyn, Elias Van Breussegem, Stef Van Zummeren, Otto Vergaerde

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Jerome Baugnies, Mark McNally, Xandro Meurisse, Wesley Kreder, Dion Smith, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Frederik Veuchelen

WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
Justin Jules, Sebastien Delfosse, Gregory Habeaux, Lukas Spengler, Christophe Masson, Antoine Warnier, Dimitri Peyskens, Maxime Vantomme