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It’s great to see American rider Jonah Killy in the attack. He has lived in Ghent for several years and is riding for the Tarteletto-Isorex team this season.
The riders are on the early circuits south of Brussels and the peloton finally seems to have awoken and pegged the attackers lead to 3:30.
The women’s Brabantse Pijl started before the men’s race and the attacks are coming.
This is one of the first shots from our photographers out on the roads of Belgium.
These are our six attackers: Vojtěch Kmínek (Burgos Burpellet BH), Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Unibet Rose Rockets), Fabrice Lefevre (Tarteletto-Isorex), Jonah Killy (Tarteletto-Isorex), Michiel Coppens (BEAT CC p/b Saxo), Bram Dissel (BEAT CC p/b Saxo).
We’re interested to see what talented young Italian cyclocross rider Mattia Agostinacchio will do today.
The men’s race is on as well! 🚀 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026
This was the start of the men’s race with a Flemish countdown.
The men’s race is on as well! 🚀 #DBP26 #DBPmen pic.twitter.com/1jkxG2WfT0April 17, 2026
There are six riders in the attack and they have 30 seconds.
The riders start the Alsemberg climnb and we have the first attack of the day.
Stefano Oldani of Caja Rural sparked a slight delay after he started without a race number.
The riders are tuck up tight to the bumnper of the race director’s car. We’re expecting immediate attacks.
There they go! The riders roll out of Beersel for a short neutralised sector.
This was Benoît Cosnefroy on the podium in 2024.
There are been some debate about the quality of the filed today in the absence of Evenepoel, Van Aert and others.
However the 128-start list includes Tibor Del Grosso, Jenno Berckmoes, Vito Braet, Romain Grégoire, Brady Gilmore, Mauro Schmid, Tim Wellens, Benoît Cosnefroy, Florian Vermeersch, Andreas Leknessund, Bryan Coquard, Quinten Hermans, and Clément Venturini.
Tim Wellens and Benoît Cosnefroy are both former winners.
Riders are signing on and signing autographs at the start. It’s a lovely day for a bike race.
Remco Evenepoel beat compatriot Wout van Aert) to win the 2025 De Brabantse Pijl in his first race after a winter spent recovering from injury. António Morgado led the peloton to the line for third place 27 seconds behind the duo, who stole the headlines with some great racing.
This is the official race map.
The riders climb up to Overijse for the first time with 60km to go and then the climbing and hard racing never stops.
There are a total of 21 climbs in 162km of racing.
The finish remains in Overijse, with the S-bocht climb (1.3km at 3.7%) leading up the finish straight and often producing a thrilling finish.
The route then heads to Overijse via the Rue François Dubois and Holstheide climbs to start the finishing circuits.
The 2026 Brabantse Pijl is 162.6km long but includes 1727m of altitude gain as it loops around the Belgian countryside to the south and east of Brussels.
The sun is out on the Belgian Ardennes. The race will start in Beersel, near the border between Flanders and south of Brussels.
The men’s race is due to start in 45 minutes and we will have full coverage of all the action, plus post race reaction and the best photographs.
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