March 16/12 15:49 pm - Boivin Fourth at Handzame Classic
Posted by Editoress on 03/16/12
Guillaume Boivin is on a roll. In the 195 kilometre Handzame Classic in Belgium, Boivin showed that he’s a contender in every sprint.
“I came from behind with super speed and started my sprint early, preferring to use my momentum. As I came into the final kick Kittel came out and made me sweep around, slowing my progress. It was me, Kittel and Blythe all out for the line when all of a sudden Chicchi blasted out impressively,” said Boivin. “I am happy for my sprint, but it makes me hungry for the win as I know I'm close. Good teamwork from the boys of Team SpiderTech today.”
Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) wins the sprint, Guillaume Boivin, behind just to the right
Teammate Will Routley was part of the main breakaway that held for most of the race, and helped Boivin benefit from the good positioning in the peloton, allowing him to save energy for the final sprint.
At the 115 kilometre mark, a lead group emerged from the peloton after the third and last ascension. Routley was part of that breakaway that stayed away until 10 kilometres to go in the race.
The Handzame Classic has always showcased a sprint from the peloton, and this year was no exception. Great cyclists such as Johan Museeuw, Jimmy Casper and Robbie McEwen were all winners in this race.
Next up for Team SpiderTech is the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, a five-day stage race in Italy, on Friday, March 20th to 24th.
Team SpiderTechpowered by C10 press release
| Handzame to Handzame, 194.47 km | |
| 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 4:10:00 |
| 2 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1T4i | |
| 3 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 4 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 5 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 7 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 8 Boy van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 10 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 11 André Schulze (Ger) Team NetApp | |
| 12 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | |
| 13 Yoeri Havik (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 14 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 15 Roy Jans (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 16 Steve Schets (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | |
| 17 Sven Jodts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 18 Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 19 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | |
| 20 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 21 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | |
| 22 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 23 Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 24 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 25 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 26 Jacobe Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 27 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 28 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp | |
| 29 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 31 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 32 Henrik Abom (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | |
| 33 Kevin Verwaest (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | |
| 34 Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | |
| 35 Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | |
| 36 Baptiste Plackaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | |
| 37 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 38 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | |
| 39 Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 40 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | |
| 41 Kevin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 42 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 43 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 44 Sean Patrick Downey (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 45 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 46 Rob Goris (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 47 Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 48 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | |
| 49 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 50 Jens Vandenbogaerde (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | |
| 51 Bert De Backer (Bel) Project 1T4i | |
| 52 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Geofco - Ville D'alger | |
| 53 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | |
| 54 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 55 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 56 Philip Vandaele (Bel) Colba - Superano Ham | |
| 57 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 58 Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 59 Jos van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 60 Mark Christian (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 61 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 62 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 63 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 64 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 65 Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 66 Kenneth van Bilsen (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp | |
| 68 Jeroem Lepla (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Cycling Team | |
| 69 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4i | |
| 70 Arthur van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 71 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 72 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | all s.t. |
| 73 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:10 |
| 74 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 75 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's | |
| 76 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 77 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | |
| 78 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Project 1T4i | |
| 79 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | all s.t. |
| 80 Johan Landstrom (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | 0:14 |
| 81 Michael Olsson (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | 0:16 |
| 82 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:22 |
| 83 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp | s.t. |
| 84 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:24 |
| 85 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 86 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:38 |
| 87 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp | 0:49 |
| 88 Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 0:50 |
| 89 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1:09 |
| 90 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | s.t. |
| 91 Mats Boeve (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 1:25 |
| 92 Christian Bertilsson (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | s.t. |
| 93 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 1:45 |
| 94 Henryk Cardoen (Bel) Geofco - Ville D'alger | 3:28 |
| 95 Matvey Zubov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 96 Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | |
| 97 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 98 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 99 Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 100 Kun Jiang (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 101 Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 102 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 103 Sven van den Houte (Bel) Colba - Superano Ham | |
| 104 Jurgen Francois (Bel) Colba - Superano Ham | |
| 105 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 106 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 107 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | |
| 108 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | |
| 109 Bob Jungels (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | |
| 110 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 111 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 112 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony | |
| 113 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp | |
| 114 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole | |
| 115 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1T4i | |
| 116 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Team NetApp | |
| 117 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 118 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Project 1T4i | |
| 119 Ronan van Zandbeek (Ned) Project 1T4i | |
| 120 Huub Duyn (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 121 Philip Lindau (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | |
| 122 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 123 Dion Beukeboom (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 124 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 125 Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 126 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 127 Tosh van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 128 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 129 William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 130 Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| 131 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 132 Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 133 Kin San Wu (HKg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 5:11 |
| 134 Robert Pölder (Swe) Team Cykelcity.se | 5:52 |
| 135 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | 6:34 |
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