2019 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (women's race)

Cycling race

Youtube race summary

The second running of the women's event of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, also called Lotto Women Classic Bruges–De Panne, was held on 28 March 2019. The race started in Bruges and finished in De Panne with two 15 km (9.3 mi) loops between De Panne and Koksijde, totalling 134.4 km (83.5 mi).^[1] It was the fourth leg of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. Defending champion Jolien D'Hoore did not compete after breaking her collar bone in the Drentse 8.^[2][3]

The race was tightly controlled from the start and no breakaway managed to stay away. With 35km to go, Lizzy Banks crashed and took Elisa Longo Borghini down with her. Longo Borghini, frustrated by the crash, threw Banks' bike on the pavement after untangling the bikes. After the race, she issued a public apology for this.^[4] The race finished in a bunch sprint won by Kirsten Wild.^[5]

Teams

20 teams competed in the race.^[6]

Professional women's teams

• Alé–Cipollini
• Astana
• Bigla Pro Cycling
• Boels–Dolmans
• Canyon–SRAM
• CCC Liv
• Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
• Health Mate–Cyclelive Team
• Lotto–Soudal Ladies
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Team Sunweb
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Team Virtu Cycling
• Trek–Segafredo
• Valcar–Cylance
• WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling
• BTC City Ljubljana

Result

References

1. "Wegwijzerdetail vrouwen" (PDF). sport.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. Knöfler, Lukas. "D'hoore unaware she was sprinting for Driedaagse De Panne victory". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
3. "Jolien D'Hoore breaks collarbone at Drentse Acht van Westerveld, set to have surgery". cyclingpub.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
4. "Longo Borghini apologizes for throwing rival's bike after De Panne crash". Cycling News. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
5. Knöfler, Lukas. "De Panne: Superb piloting by Brennauer enables Wild victory". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
6. "Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (1.WWT)". www.procyclingstats.com. ProCycling Stats. Retrieved March 25, 2019.