2024 Classic Brugge–De Panne
cycling race
The 2024 Classic Brugge–De Panne was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 20 March in Belgium. It was the 48th edition of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne.
Teams
Twenty-three teams were invited to the race, including sixteen UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams. All but one team, Astana Qazaqstan Team, entered the maximum allowed seven riders.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Summary
Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin–Deceuninck, who recently triumphed in Milan–San Remo, participated in the race, aiming to excel once again on the flat terrain suitable for sprinters like him.
From the start, a breakaway formed without much opposition from the peloton, consisting of Luca De Meester (Bingoal WB), Victor Vercouille (Team Flanders–Baloise), and Thomas Gachignard (Team TotalEnergies).
Their advantage grew to over four minutes before the chase from the main bunch intensified, with teams like Bora–Hansgrohe, Soudal–Quick-Step, Team Jayco–AlUla, and Alpecin–Deceuninck working together to reel them in.
As the kilometers passed, the gap gradually shrank, falling below a minute with 31km remaining. Gachignard made a solo break at 24km to go but was eventually caught with 21km left, as the peloton absorbed De Meester and Vercouille.
Despite being visible to the peloton, Gachignard was allowed some leeway, extending his lead to over 30 seconds.
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