Samuel Watson (Grande-Bretagne) a remporté, ce dimanche, la Kattekoers (en français : course des chats), la version Espoirs de Gand-Wevelgem, et première manche de la Coupe des Nations, disputée sur 177 kilomètres autour d'Ypres. Il a devancé Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Danemark) et Valentin Retailleau (France).
Samuel Watson succède à l'Allemand Jonas Rutsch au palmarès de l'épreuve.

Classement :
1. WATSON Samuel GBR GREAT BRITAIN les 177 km en 4h09'32'' (moy. 42,559 km/u)
2. CHANGIZI Sebastian Kolze DEN DENEMARK 00:00
3. RETAILLEAU Valentin FRA FRANCE 00:00
4. JØRGENSEN Adam Holm DEN DENEMARK 00:00
5. SKOK Anže SLV SLOVENIA 00:00
6. TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER GERMANY 00:00
7. DONALDSON Robert GBR GREAT BRITAIN 00:00
8. WÆRENSKJOLD Søren NOR NORWAY 00:00
9. BOMBOI Davide BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:00
10. POLLEFLIET Gianluca BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:00
11. SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Javier SPAIN 00:00
12. DE MEESTER Luca BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:00
13. PLUIMERS Rick NED NEDERLAND 00:00
14. MIHKELS Madis EST ESTONIA 00:00
15. BIRCHILL Harry GBR GREAT BRITAIN 00:00
16. PAQUET Tom LUX LUXEMBOURG 00:00
17. GAUTHERAT Pierre FRA FRANCE 00:00
18. HUENS Axel FRA FRANCE 00:00
19. EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM Stian NOR NORWAY 00:00
20. VAN GRIEKEN Jarne CYCLING VLAANDEREN 00:00
21. SEGAERT Alec BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:00
22. ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack GBR GREAT BRITAIN 00:00
23. BROWN Jim GBR GREAT BRITAIN 00:00
24. PERSICO Davide ITA ITALY 00:00
25. BRINKMAN Joost NED NEDERLAND 00:00
26. KRASTS Alekss LAT LATVIA 00:00
27. LEVY William DEN DENEMARK 00:00
28. WEISS Fabian SUI SWITZERLAND 00:00
29. VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel NED NEDERLAND 00:00
30. PRIES Cédric LUX LUXEMBOURG 00:00
31. DE POOTER Dries CYCLING VLAANDEREN 00:00
32. DHAEYE Enrico CYCLING VLAANDEREN 00:00
33. MURN Boštjan SLV SLOVENIA 00:00
34. CRAPS Lars CYCLING VLAANDEREN 00:00
35. UHLIG Henri GER GERMANY 00:00
36. ÄRM Rait EST ESTONIA 00:00
37. PAJUR Markus EST ESTONIA 00:00
38. PAULUS Milan BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:00
39. PAPIERSKI Damian POL POLAND 00:00
40. ISASA LARRAÑAGA Xabier SPAIN 00:00
41. 12WENZEL Mats LUX LUXEMBOURG 00:04
42. VERMOOTE Jelle BEL BELGIAN CYCLING 00:04
43. LOVIDIUS Edvin SWE SWEDEN 00:04
44. GREGOIRE Romain FRA FRANCE 00:04
45. MILESI Lorenzo ITA ITALY 00:04
46. MUÑOZ LLANA Francisco SPAIN 00:04
47. BOVEN Lars NED NEDERLAND 00:04
48. RUBENIS Pauls LAT LATVIA 00:04
49. HAGENES Per Strand NOR NORWAY 00:04
50. KLUCKERS Arthur LUX LUXEMBOURG 00:04
51. SANCHEZ MAYO Pelayo SPAIN 00:08
52. SKIVILD Robin DEN DENEMARK 00:08
53. ENGELHARDT Felix GER GERMANY 00:08
54. MORO Manlio ITA ITALY 00:08
55. LØLAND Sakarias Koller NOR NORWAY 00:08
56. MURGUIALDAY Jokin SPAIN 00:08
57. BRUN Nils SUI SWITZERLAND 00:08
58. BALDERSTONE ROUMENS Abel SPAIN 04:04
59. LÜHRS Leslie GER GERMANY 05:05
60. KUBIŠ Lukáš SLK SLOVAKIA 05:05
61. PONSAERTS Thibaut CYCLING VLAANDEREN 05:05
62. JULIEN Matisse CAN CANADA 05:05
63. EGGENBERG Ruben SUI SWITZERLAND 05:05
64. DAPPORTO Davide ITA ITALY 05:07
65. OMLOOP Mats TEAM WALLONIE 05:07
66. DE GRAEF Noah TEAM WALLONIE 05:07
67. IWERSEN Emil DEN DENEMARK 05:07
68. ŠPOLJAR Jaka SLV SLOVENIA 05:25
69. KONINGS Roan NED NEDERLAND 05:25
70. BROUGH Jack GBR GREAT BRITAIN 05:25
71. VERLEYEN Gaëtan TEAM WALLONIE 05:25
72. EPIS Giosue' ITA ITALY 05:25
73. THEILER Ole GER GERMANY 05:25
74. KERSCHBAUMER Leo AUT AUSTRIA 05:25
75. TSUDA Yugi JAP JAPAN 05:25
76. SCHELLENBERG Thomas CAN CANADA 05:25
77. KÖSTER Artjom EST ESTONIA 05:25
78. MAJEWSKI Kacper POL POLAND 05:25
79. KÄRSTEN Moritz GER GERMANY 05:25
80. ŠTAJNAR Mihael SLV SLOVENIA 05:25
81. GUDMESTAD Tord NOR NORWAY 05:25
82. PEREIRA MARQUES Rafael LUX LUXEMBOURG 05:25
83. TENDON Arnaud SUI SWITZERLAND 05:25
84. CHRISTEN Fabio SUI SWITZERLAND 05:25
85. STEVENS Daan CYCLING VLAANDEREN 05:25
86. PEDERSEN Eric SWE SWEDEN 09:12
87. GUDNITZ Joshua Amos DEN DENEMARK 09:12
88. MILES Carson CAN CANADA 09:12
89. KALVERSS Matiss LAT LATVIA 12:43
90. KLISMETS Karlis LAT LATVIA 12:43
91. LENNARTSSON Hugo SWE SWEDEN 12:43
92. ZANGERLE Emanuel AUT AUSTRIA 15:06
93. SOMMER Jan SUI SWITZERLAND 15:06
94. FUKUDA Yoshiaki JAP JAPAN 15:06
95. CARREAU Lukas CAN CANADA 15:06
 
Abandons :  
BIBIC Dylan CAN CANADA
INKSTER Eric CAN CANADA
KURITS Joonas EST ESTONIA
LAANEMÄE Erki EST ESTONIA
BARRE Louis FRA FRANCE
LABROSSE Jordan FRA FRANCE
BURATTI Nicolo' ITA ITALY
AMANO Takeharu JAP JAPAN
KAWANO Aoki JAP JAPAN
TODOME Yuhi JAP JAPAN
YAMADA Takumi JAP JAPAN
GUTMANIS Rauls LAT LATVIA
ANDERSONS Roberts LAT LATVIA
BETTENDORFF Loïc LUX LUXEMBOURG
DEL GROSSO Bodi NED NEDERLAND
LARSEN Sebastian Kirkedam NOR NORWAY
GRATZER Alexander AUT AUSTRIA
KOVAR Stefan AUT AUSTRIA
AL-WAHIBI Mohammed OMA OMAN
AL HSANI Mundher OMA OMAN
ALRAHBI Said OMA OMAN
ALMAMMARI Faisal OMA OMAN
PROKOPYSZYN Filip POL POLAND
GIERYK Kacper POL POLAND
GAJDULEWICZ Mateusz POL POLAND
POMORSKI Michal POL POLAND
FOLTÁN Adam SLK SLOVAKIA
LOHINSKÝ Filip SLK SLOVAKIA
ROVDER Pavol SLK SLOVAKIA
GAVENDA Martin SLK SLOVAKIA
NAGY Simon SLK SLOVAKIA
ZIHERL Luka SLV SLOVENIA
HÖGLUND August SWE SWEDEN
MAGNUSSON Isak SWE SWEDEN
MÅRD Filip SWE SWEDEN
DETHY Matthis TEAM WALLONIE
HAMELRYCKX Tom TEAM WALLONIE
LOWIE Théo TEAM WALLONIE

Source : results.belgiancycling.be