2021 E3 Saxo Bank Classic Harelbeke
Male Team 26 Mar

E3 Harelbeke Classic

205.1 Kilometers
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Participants list

  1. Imanol Erviti
  2. Lluís Mas
  3. Johan Jacobs
  4. Juri Hollmann
  5. Gabriel Cullaigh
  6. Iván García Cortina
  7. Gonzalo Serrano
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TV

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport Player and GCN, at 3pm CET.

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Timetable

The neutralized start will be given at 12.15pm; the finish is expected around 5.15pm.

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Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is @E3SaxoClassic; the hashtag is #E3SaxoBankClassic.

Route

Harelbeke (205.1km)
26 March

Analysis

Due to its characteristics, the area it’s held at and its nine-day distance from ‘De Ronde’, the E3 Harelbeke has long been considered as the big rehearsal before the Tour of Flanders. It’s a race whose sixteen climbs -some of them over cobblestones- in barely hundred kilometers only leave space for the win to the big Northern classics specialists.

The narrow and steep Taaienberg, strategically placed with 80km from the finish, constitutes the first breaking point of a race whose other decisive point should be the consecutive climbs of the Paterberg (-42km), with its ramps up to 20%, and the Oude Kwaremont (-39km), here overcome in inverse order to that of De Ronde. From there, the riders will only have to tackle two other hills plus a long flag approach to the finish. It’s an event where positioning is as important as overall strength, and having good strategical sense is key.