PROS – GP E3 Saxo Classic 2023: The Route, Profile, and Start List

Just over a week before the Tour of Flanders, the E3 GP serves as a dress rehearsal with its cobbled climbs and small roads typical of the region. This highly anticipated World Tour semi-classic sees riders in form gauge themselves over 205 km around Harelbeke this Friday, March 24. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Wout Van Aert (Jumbo – Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) are the main favorites. Find the course, TV broadcast times, and the list of entrants for the 2023 edition.

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How to watch the 2023 E3 Saxo Classic GP on TV?

The E3 GP will be broadcast live on Eurosport 1 and the Eurosport app from 2:15 PM on Friday, March 24, with an expected finish between 4:30 PM and 5:00 PM.

The 2023 E3 Saxo Classic GP course and list of climbs

• Katteberg (750 m, 6% average, 11% max gradient), km 27.1 (175 km to go)
• La Houppe (1880 m, 4.8% average, 10% max), km 86.1 (116 km to go)
• Montagne des Canaries (1050 m, 7.7% avg., 14% max) km 92.3 (109.8 km to go)
• Oude Kruisberg (800 m, 4.8% avg. 9% max) km 100.2 (101.9 km to go)
• Knokteberg (1260 m, 7% avg., 13% max) km 108 (94.1 km to go)
• Hotondberg (1200 m, 4% avg, 8% max) km 111.9 (90.2 km to go)
• Kortekeer (1000 m, 6.4% avg, 17% max) km 119 (83.1 km to go)
• Taaienberg (700 m, 6.3% avg, 16% max) km 123.7 (78.4 km to go)
• Berg ten Stene (1300 m, 5.2% avg, 9% max) km 129.7 (72.4 km to go)
• Boigneberg (1000 m, 5.2%, 12.3% max) km 134.9 (67.2 km to go)
• Eikenberg (1250 m, 6.2% avg, 10% max) km. 139.3 (62.2 km to go)
• Stationberg (700 m, 3.2% avg, 10% max) km 144.7 (57.4 km to go)
• Kapelberg (750 m, 7.1% avg., 14% max) km. 155.6 (46.5 km to go)
• Paterberg (400 m, 12.9% avg., 20.3% max) km. 159.7 (42.4 km to go)
• Oude Kwaremont (2200 m, 4% avg, 11.6% max) km. 162.5 (39.6 km to go)
• Karnemelkbeekstraat (1530 m, 4.9% avg, 18% max) km 170.3 (31.8 km to go)
• Tiegemberg (750m, 5.6% avg, 9% max) km. 182.1 (20 km to go)

The list of entrants for the 2023 E3 Saxo Classic GP

Jumbo – Visma
1 VAN AERT Wout
2 LAPORTE Christophe
3 BENOOT Tiesj
4 VAN BAARLE Dylan
5 AFFINI Edoardo
6 VAN DER SANDE Tosh
7 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan

Soudal – Quick Step
11 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
12 ASGREEN Kasper
13 DECLERCQ Tim
14 LAMPAERT Yves
15 SENECHAL Florian
16 STEIMLE Jannik
17 VAN LERBERGHE Bert

Alpecin-Deceuninck
21 VAN DER POEL Mathieu
22 HERMANS Quinten
23 GOGL Michael
24 KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren
25 LEYSEN Senne
26 STANNARD Robert
27 BAYER Tobias

Intermarché – Circus – Wanty
31 GIRMAY Biniam
32 DE GENDT Aimé
33 DE POOTER Dries
34 BYSTROM Sven Erik
35 PAGE Hugo
36 TEUNISSEN Mike
37 VLIEGEN Loïc

AG2R Citroën Team
41 VAN AVERMAET Greg
42 NAESEN Oliver
43 NAESEN Lawrence
44 COSNEFROY Benoît
45 SCHÄR Michael
46 TOUZE Damien
47 DEWULF Stan

Bahrain – Victorious
51 ARNDT Nikias
52 GOVEKAR Matevz
53 GRADEK Kamil
54 MACIEJUK Filip
55 MIHOLJEVIC Fran
56 MOHORIC Matej
57 WRIGHT Fred

BORA – hansgrohe
61 MEEUS Jordi
62 JUNGELS Bob
63 HALLER Marco
64 KOCH Jonas
66 POLITT Nils
67 SCHACHMANN Maximilian

Cofidis
71 ALLEGAERT Piet
72 CONSONNI Simone
73 KREDER Wesley
74 NOPPE Christophe
75 PERICHON Pierre-Luc
76 RENARD Alexis
77 WALLAYS Jelle

EF Education-EasyPost
81 BETTIOL Alberto
82 BISSEGGER Stefan
83 DOULL Owain
84 KEUKELEIRE Jens
85 RUTSCH Jonas
86 SCULLY Tom
87 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz

Groupama – FDJ
91 ASKEY Lewis
92 GENIETS Kevin
93 KÜNG Stefan
94 LE GAC Olivier
95 MADOUAS Valentin
96 STEWART Jake
97 WATSON Samuel

Movistar Team
101 GAVIRIA Fernando
102 ERVITI Imanol
103 NORSGAARD Mathias
104 JACOBS Johan
105 ROMEO Ivan
106 KANTER Max
107 LAZKANO Oier

Team Arkéa Samsic
111 BIERMANS Jenthe
112 LE BERRE Mathis
113 LEDANOIS Kévin
114 LOUVEL Matis
115 MOZZATO Luca
116 PONOMAR Andrii
117 RUSSO Clément

Team DSM
121 DEGENKOLB John
122 EEKHOFF Nils
123 HEINSCHKE Leon
124 HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby
125 BEVIN Patrick
126 NABERMAN Tim
127 VERMAERKE Kevin

Team Jayco AlUla
131 DURBRIDGE Luke
132 STYBAR Zdenek
133 MEZGEC Luka
134 O’BRIEN Kelland
135 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
136 MATTHEWS Michael
137 REINDERS Elmar

Trek-Segafredo
141 STUYVEN Jasper
142 PEDERSEN Mads
143 KIRSCH Alex
144 HOELGAARD Markus
145 SKUJINS Toms
147 VERGAERDE Otto

Astana Qazaqstan Team
151 BOL Cees
152 BASSO Leonardo
153 FEDOROV Yevgeniy
154 GRUZDEV Dmitriy
155 LAAS Martin
156 LUTSENKO Alexey
157 SYRITSA Gleb

INEOS Grenadiers
161 GANNA Filippo
162 KWIATKOWSKI Michal
163 HEIDUK Kim
165 SHEFFIELD Magnus
166 SWIFT Ben

UAE Team Emirates
171 BJERG Mikkel
172 WELLENS Tim
173 GIBBONS Ryan
174 POGACAR Tadej
175 LAENGEN Vegard Stake
176 OLIVEIRA Rui
177 BAX Sjoerd

Lotto Dstny
182 DRIZNERS Jarrad
183 LIVYNS Arjen
184 VAN MOER Brent
185 PAASSCHENS Mathijs
187 FRISON Frederik

Team Flanders – Baloise
191 BERCKMOES Jenno
192 BONNEU Kamiel
193 COLMAN Alex
194 DE VYLDER Lindsay
195 DE WILDE Gilles
196 VANHOOF Ward
197 VERWILST Aaron

Bingoal WB
201 BLOUWE Louis
202 DESAL Ceriel
203 MERTENS Julian
204 ROBEET Ludovic
205 VAN BOVEN Luca
206 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
207 VAN ROOY Kenneth

TotalEnergies
211 SAGAN Peter
212 BONNET Thomas
213 DUJARDIN Sandy
214 OSS Daniel
215 SOUPE Geoffrey
216 TURGIS Anthony
217 VAN GESTEL Dries

Israel – Premier Tech
221 VANMARCKE Sep
222 GEE Derek
223 HOULE Hugo
224 REYNDERS Jens
225 SAGIV Guy
226 VAN ASBROECK Tom

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
231 BAUER Jack
232 DEVRIENDT Tom
233 LUDVIGSSON Tobias
234 MALECKI Kamil
236 SAJNOK Szymon
237 ZUKOWSKY Nickolas

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
241 KRISTOFF Alexander
242 BENDIXEN Louis
243 URIANSTAD Martin
244 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
245 RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
246 SKAARSETH Anders
247 TILLER Rasmus

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