2013 Gent–Wevelgem

2013 Gent–Wevelgem 2013 UCI World Tour 7 28 2013 03 24 1 183.4 km 4h 29' 10" Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2013 Borut Božič SLO AST 2013 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 2012 2014 The 2013 Gent–Wevelgem was the 75th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day Belgian cycling race. It was held on 24 March 2013 over a distance of 183.4 km 1 off ending in Wevelgem, and was the seventh race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. The race was originally scheduled to be over a distance of 238 km 1 off, but due to snow, the race start was moved from Deinze to Gistel.https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gent-wevelgem-start-moved-to-gistel Gent-Wevelgem start moved to Gistel Cyclingnews.com Future plc 23 March 2013 24 March 2013 The winner was Peter Sagan. The race was won by Slovakia's Peter Sagan of the CAN 2013 team, after making a solo attack with 4 km 1 on remaining, and ultimately held on to win the race by 23 seconds ahead of a group of nine riders.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-1/results Sagan solos away for crafty Gent-Wevelgem victory Cyclingnews.com Future plc 24 March 2013 24 March 2013 Second place went to Slovenian Borut Božič, riding for the AST 2013 team,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14211/Sagan-solos-out-of-breakaway-group-to-take-Gent-Wevelgem.aspx Sagan solos out of breakaway group to take Gent-Wevelgem Kyle Moore VeloNation VeloNation LLC 24 March 2013 24 March 2013 while Greg Van Avermaet was the highest-finishing Belgian rider, completing the podium for the BMC 2013.http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/03/news/peter-sagan-wins-2013-ghent-wevelgem_278924 Peter Sagan wins 2013 Ghent-Wevelgem VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 24 March 2013 24 March 2013 27 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130327035828/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/03/news/peter-sagan-wins-2013-ghent-wevelgem_278924 dead Teams As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with six other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 24-team peloton. KAT 2013 subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cas-orders-worldtour-licence-for-katusha CAS orders WorldTour licence for Katusha Cyclingnews.com Future plc 15 February 2013 24 March 2013https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirms-19-worldtour-teams-for-2013 UCI confirms 19 WorldTour teams for 2013 Cyclingnews.com Future plc 18 February 2013 24 March 2013 With KAT 2013 yes not originally invited to the race, race organisers announced their inclusion to the race, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-five. Each of the 25 teams were allowed to enter eight riders to the race, making up a maximum starting peloton of 200 riders. The 25 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-1/start-list Gent — Wevelgem 2013 start list Cyclingnews.com Future plc 24 March 2013 25 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325093322/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-1/start-list dead 22em AJW 2013 ALM 2013 ARG 2013 AST 2013 RAB 2013a BMC 2013 CAN 2013 COF 2013 CRE 2013 EUC 2013 EUS 2013 FDJ 2013a GRS 2013 IAM 2013 KAT 2013 LAM 2013 LTB 2013 MOV 2013 OPQ 2013 OGE 2013 RNT 2013 SAX 2013 SKY 2013 TSV 2013 VCD 2013 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2013 4h 29' 10" 2 Borut Božič SLO AST 2013 + 23" 3 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 23" 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2013 + 23" 5 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP VCD 2013 + 23" 6 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2013a + 23" 7 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 23" 8 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL OPQ 2013 + 24" 9 Yaroslav Popovych UKR RLT 2013 + 24" 10 Andrey Amador CRC MOV 2013 + 24" References External links http://www.gent-wevelgem.be/nl Category:Gent–Wevelgem Gent-Wevelgem Gent-Wevelgem