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Gent–Wevelgem 2023
The 2023 Gent–Wevelgem in Flanders Fields is a one-day race that will take place on 26 March 2023 in the provinces of West Flanders and Hainaut in west Belgium. It will be the 85th edition of Gent–Wevelgem and the 11th event of the 2023 UCI World Tour.
The 1934 race includes unpaved roads, hills, and cobblestones. Gent-Wevelgem is the second race in the so-called Flemish Week, which is kicked off by the E3 Harelbeke and includes the Tour of Flanders, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and other races. The four Classics are held over ten days. Typically, Gent-Wevelgem is about 250 kilometers long, and the race starts at the Grote Markt in Ypres.
The Route
Gent-Wevelgem travels west into West Flanders and Northern France and has more periodic hills than the majority of the Flemish spring classics, which are centered around Oudenaarde and the numerous hills in the Flemish Ardennes. This delivers a diverse character and makes it better suited for sprinters.
Three hills, the Baneberg, Monteberg, and Kemmelberg, are located within a distance of twelve kilometers of one another in the hilly region in the extreme south of West Flanders. Technical downhills down winding country roads, such as the challenging downhill of the Kemmelberg, are mixed with this series of hills. The race's most challenging and iconic climb is the Kemmelberg.
A total of nine classified hills are covered after these first three bergs when the course turns around and riders re-climb the Baneberg-Monteberg-Kemmelberg sequence. About 35 kilometers from the finish line, at the summit of the Kemmelberg's final ascent, the race typically continues on a lengthy flat run-in to Wevelgem. The Vanackerestraat, Wevelgem's main avenue, is where the race finishes.
Participating Teams
As the race offers fewer hills in the event, it is often crowded with sprinters from all over the world. However, the race appears to be quite competitive and becomes sufficiently challenging with the racers. The top competitors and competing teams are listed below:
Top competitors: Fred Wright, Julian Alaphilippe, Nils Politt, Zdeněk Štybar, Nathan Van Hooydonck.
Competing teams: Lotto-Dstny, AG2R Citroën Team, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Bahrain - Victorious, BORA - hansgrohe, Cofidis, Groupama - FDJ, INEOS Grenadiers, Jumbo-Visma, Movistar Team, Soudal - Quick Step, Team Arkéa Samsic, Team BikeExchange - Jayco, Team DSM, Trek - Segafredo, UAE Team Emirates and many more.
Recent Champions
Eritrean professional road cyclist Biniam Girmay is the title holder from the team Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux in 2022 Gent–Wevelgem. Last year’s event came down to a four-up race in which the Eritrean outgunned Christophe Laporte, Dries Van Gestel and Jasper Stuyven.
Other recent champions are Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo–Visma) 2021, Jolien D'Hoore (Boels–Dolmans) 2020, Kirsten Wild (WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling) 2019, Marta Bastianelli (Alé–Cipollini) 2018, Lotta Lepistö (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling) 2017.