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Sunday, August 18: 7th & Final Stage, Sint Peters Leeuw - Geraardsbergen, 178.1 km

Oliver Naesen just beats Greg van Avermaet for the stage win.

Weather at the finish city of Geraardsbergen at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). Just a 10% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage seven summary.

Much to his own disbelief Laurens De Plus took the overall win in the 2019 BinckBank Tour after a coup in the final stage. The Belgian Jumbo-Visma rider took his first professional win with a 35 second margin on Oliver Naesen and 36 seconds on Tim Wellens.

"I can barely believe it," De Plus reacted. "At the start of the stage I was happy with a podium spot, but winning? I felt Wellens was riding too strongly in the Ardennes for that. With my jump on the Bosberg I mainly tried to take a few extra seconds and secure my podium spot. But suddenly I was gone with Naesen and Greg van Avermaet."

The Belgian is a rider who thrives in the mountains, but ultimately made the difference in the BinckBank Tour on the Flemish cobblestones. "It's actually the first time I'm racing on cobbles in a World Tour race," he explained. "I talked about it with Oliver at the start and he said it would be okay. I though he said that to comfort me, but suddenly I was in front with him and Greg in the finale."

"I tried to stick with them and afterwards I rode full. At the finish I had a big enough gap to take the overall win," said the local rider, who celebrated with his own fans. "I live close by in Ninove. The stage actually went right by my house. There were a lot of fans on the side of the road, so it's extra nice to be able to win here today."

Final overall winner Laurens De Plus. Sirotti photo

De Plus dedicated his first pro win to the late Bjorg Lambrecht: "He was a good friend and I long doubted whether I would start here, but in the end I'm happy I did. I was always thinking about him and I'm glad I can honour him with this win. These flowers are for him."

Complete results:

178.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.060 km/hr

1	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	3hr 52min 40sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
3	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	@ 4sec
4	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:25
5	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:26
6	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:35
8	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
9	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:38
10	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
11	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
12	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
13	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:41
15	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
16	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	0:46
21	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
22	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1:17
24	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	1:36
25	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:44
26	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:45
28	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	1:55
29	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:57
30	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	2:02
31	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	2:04
32	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	2:41
33	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
34	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:43
35	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	2:52
36	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	4:12
37	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:15
38	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	4:19
39	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	4:23
40	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
41	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
43	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
44	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
46	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
47	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
50	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
52	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
53	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
54	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
55	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
56	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
57	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
58	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
60	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
63	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
66	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
67	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
69	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
70	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
73	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
75	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
76	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	4:32
77	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	4:40
78	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:43
80	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
82	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
83	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	4:45
84	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	4:47
85	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
86	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	4:52
87	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
88	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	4:56
89	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	4:58
90	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
91	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
93	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	5:00
94	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:09
95	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
97	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	5:17
98	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	7:40
99	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
101	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
102	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
103	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	7:53

Final GC after stage 7:

• Final GC leader: Laurens De Plus (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification winner: Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Team classification winner: Team Sunweb

977.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.454 km/hr

1	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	21hr 29min 55sec
2	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 35sec
3	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	0:36
4	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:37
5	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	0:44
6	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	1:06
7	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	1:13
8	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	1:16
9	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	1:19
10	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	1:23
11	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	1:25
12	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	1:27
13	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:28
14	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	1:30
15	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:40
16	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:45
17	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:47
18	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	3:13
19	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	3:40
20	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	3:44
21	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	5:21
22	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	5:30
23	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:33
24	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	6:26
25	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	6:50
26	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	7:03
27	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	7:13
28	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:14
29	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	7:31
30	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:43
31	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	9:28
32	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	9:57
33	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:59
34	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	10:05
35	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:08
36	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	10:20
37	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	10:26
38	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	11:15
39	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	11:22
40	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:41
41	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	12:43
42	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	13:22
43	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	13:55
44	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:01
45	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:22
46	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	14:28
47	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	14:38
48	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	15:03
49	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	15:14
50	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	15:18
51	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	16:02
52	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	16:11
53	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	16:25
54	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	16:30
55	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	16:49
56	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	16:54
57	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	17:48
58	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	17:51
59	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	18:47
60	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	19:04
61	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	19:42
62	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	19:44
63	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	19:46
64	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	19:50
65	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	19:56
66	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	20:06
67	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	20:10
68	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	20:12
69	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	20:17
70	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	20:20
71	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	20:23
72	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	20:30
73	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	20:31
74	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	20:39
75	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	20:43
76	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	20:45
77	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	20:50
78	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	21:01
79	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	21:04
80	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	21:10
81	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	21:15
82	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	21:58
83	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
84	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	22:01
85	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	22:05
86	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	22:06
87	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	22:35
88	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:44
89	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:31
90	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
91	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	23:46
92	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	24:04
93	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	24:14
94	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	24:34
95	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	24:51
96	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	24:56
97	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:17
98	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:32
99	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	26:01
100	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	26:12
101	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	26:30
102	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	30:11
103	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	34:32
104	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	37:54

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Saturday, August 17: Stage 6, Den Haag (The Hague) 8.3 kilometer individual time trial.

Filippo Ganna was the day's fastest rider. Sirotti photo

Weather at Den Haag at 1:35 PM, local time: 20C (68F), cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph). Only a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's race summary.

Filippo Ganna has won the time-trial of the 2019 BinckBank Tour in The Hague. On the 8.3 kilometre course the Italian was three seconds quicker than Edoardo Affini and eight seconds faster than Jos van Emden. Tim Wellens retained his lead with a strong time-trial and will take a bigger bonus to Sunday's final stage to Geraardsbergen.

Early starter Tom Bohli put down the first marker in the streets of a rainy The Hague. The Swiss rider set a time of 9:40, which was quickly bested by Miles Scotson. The Australian Groupama-FDJ rider put down a 9:37, three seconds below Bohli's time.

Harry Tanfield and Dutch champion Jos Van Emden each briefly grabbed the lead until Italian time-trial champion Filippo Ganna blitzed the course with a stunning 9:16. The Team Ineos rider was six seconds quicker than Van Emden. Fellow Italian Edoardo Affini came close to beating Ganna's time, but stranded three seconds from the best time.

Time-trial specialist Stefan Küng, who won the BinckBank Tour time-trial the past two editions, had to settle for third place. In the fight for the general classification Tim Wellens defended a lead of just four seconds against Marc Hirschi. The Belgian put in a strong performance in tenth and increased his gap to Hirschi by five seconds. Laurens De Plus reduced his deficit by two seconds to follow in third, just 12 seconds behind Wellens.

Tim Wellens remains the GC leader. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

8.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.741 km/hr

1	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	9min 16sec
2	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 5sec
3	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:08
4	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	0:11
5	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	0:15
6	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:16
7	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	0:18
10	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	0:20
11	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	0:21
14	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
15	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	0:23
16	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	0:24
17	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:25
19	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
20	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
22	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	0:26
23	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	0:27
24	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
25	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	0:28
26	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
27	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
29	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:30
30	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
31	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:31
32	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
33	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	0:32
34	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:33
36	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
38	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	0:34
39	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	0:35
41	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
42	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	0:36
44	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:37
46	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
47	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:38
50	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
51	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	0:39
52	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	0:40
53	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
54	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
55	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
56	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
57	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
58	BOARO Manuele	Astana	0:41
59	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:42
60	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
61	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
62	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	0:43
63	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
64	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	0:44
65	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	0:45
66	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
67	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
68	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	0:46
69	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:47
71	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
72	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
73	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	0:48
74	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	0:49
75	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	MAS Lluís	Movistar	0:50
78	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	0:51
79	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
80	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:52
82	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
83	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:53
84	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
85	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
87	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	0:54
89	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
90	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	0:55
91	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	0:56
92	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	0:57
93	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
94	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
95	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
96	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	0:59
98	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:00
100	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	1:01
101	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
102	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	1:02
103	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
104	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
105	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	1:03
106	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
107	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:04
108	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:05
109	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
110	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	1:06
111	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	1:08
112	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
113	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	1:09
114	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
115	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:10
116	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	1:11
117	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
118	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	1:12
119	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	1:13
120	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	1:14
121	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	1:15
122	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
123	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	1:16
124	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	1:18
125	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:19
127	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	1:20
128	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
129	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
130	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:21
131	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
132	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	1:23
133	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	1:24
134	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	1:25
135	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	1:26
136	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
137	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	1:27
138	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	1:28
139	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:29
140	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	1:31
141	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
142	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:40
143	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	1:44

GC after stage 6:

799.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.353 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	17hr 37min 10sec
2	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	@ 8sec
3	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	0:12
4	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
5	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:43
6	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:45
7	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	0:49
9	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:53
10	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:54
11	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
12	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:55
13	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	0:57
14	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:59
15	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	1:03
17	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:06
18	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
19	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:12
20	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	2:32
22	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	2:40
23	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	2:45
24	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:55
25	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:56
27	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	3:03
28	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	3:04
29	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	3:13
30	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	3:39
31	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	4:37
32	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:20
33	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:22
34	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	5:39
35	BOARO Manuele	Astana	5:40
36	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:41
37	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	5:43
38	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	5:47
39	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:50
40	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:04
41	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	6:08
42	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	6:29
43	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	7:50
44	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:51
45	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	9:08
46	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	9:36
47	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	9:53
48	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:16
49	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	10:56
50	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	11:00
51	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	11:16
52	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	11:32
54	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	11:44
55	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	11:50
56	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	11:51
57	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	11:52
58	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	11:58
59	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	12:02
60	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:08
61	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	12:12
62	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	12:16
63	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:21
64	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
65	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	12:36
66	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	13:01
67	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	13:32
68	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:46
69	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	14:12
70	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	14:20
71	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:29
72	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	14:50
73	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	14:57
74	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	15:11
75	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	15:24
76	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	15:26
77	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	15:27
78	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	15:28
79	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
80	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	15:32
81	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:33
82	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	15:38
83	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	15:43
84	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	15:45
85	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	15:48
86	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	15:52
87	MAS Lluís	Movistar	15:53
88	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	15:54
89	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	15:56
90	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	15:59
93	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	16:00
94	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	16:02
95	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	16:04
96	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	16:05
97	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	16:12
98	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	16:17
99	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	16:21
100	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	16:23
101	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	16:26
102	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	16:29
103	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	16:32
104	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	16:36
105	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	16:42
106	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	16:57
107	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	17:05
108	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	17:12
109	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	17:16
110	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
111	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	17:28
112	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	17:40
113	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	17:43
114	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	17:47
115	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	17:48
116	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	17:54
117	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	18:02
118	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	18:26
119	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
120	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	18:34
121	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	19:34
122	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	20:16
123	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	20:26
124	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	20:38
125	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	20:54
126	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	21:00
127	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	21:04
128	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	21:07
129	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	21:18
130	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	21:26
131	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	21:34
132	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	21:53
133	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	21:54
134	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	24:05
135	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:42
136	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	25:53
137	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	29:50
138	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	31:50
139	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	33:17
140	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	33:36
141	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	36:16
142	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	36:32
143	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	37:12

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Friday, August 16: Stage 5, Riemst - Venray, 191.4 km

Alvaro Hodeg just beats Sam Bennet to win stage five. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Venray at 1:25 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's is the organizer's stage 5 summary.

Alvaro Hodeg has won the fifth stage of the 2019 BinckBank Tour. The Colombian beat Sam Bennett and Edward Theuns in the bunch sprint. Tim Wellens kept his leader's jersey.

The 191.4 kilometre stage between Riemst and Venray was the longest stage the riders have to tackle in this BinckBank Tour. In theory the flat stage would prove to be the last chance for the sprinters, but the breakaway specialists tried to avoid that scenario.

The start of the race was relentless with an endless stream of attacks. After 40 kilometres a group of six riders seemed to have a shot at staying away, but the peloton reeled them back in. Eventually Sütterlin, Stannard, Riesebeek and Smit managed to escape. The four riders fought for a maximum break of 2m30 before the sprinters' teams started bringing down the gap. The breakaway was doomed to fail and with 4km to go the peloton swallowed up the leaders.

In the bunch sprint Alvaro Hodeg proved to be the quickest. The Colombian found a gap at the right time and managed to hold off Ireland's Sam Bennett, who won the first three bunch sprints of the Binckbank Tour. Edward Theuns was third. Tim Wellens retains his leaders' jersey ahead of Saturday's time-trial in The Hague, defending a lead of four seconds.

Complete results:

191.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.910 km/hr

1	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 54min 48sec
2	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
7	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
11	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
14	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
15	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
20	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
22	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
26	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
27	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
29	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
31	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
32	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
36	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
39	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
40	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	@ 6sec
45	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	0:11
46	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
47	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
48	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
50	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
52	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
55	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
56	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
57	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
61	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
63	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
64	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
67	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
72	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
75	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
76	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
78	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 0sec
80	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
82	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
83	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
84	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
85	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
86	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
87	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	0:26
88	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	@ 0sec
89	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
90	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
91	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
92	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
93	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
94	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
96	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
97	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
98	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
99	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
103	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
105	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:50
107	BOARO Manuele	Astana	@ 0sec
108	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:50
109	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
110	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	@ 0sec
111	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	0:50
112	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	@ 0sec
113	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	0:50
114	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
115	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	@ 0sec
116	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	0:50
117	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
118	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
119	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:00
120	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
121	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	1:06
122	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:14
123	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:37
124	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	1:58
126	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	2:02
127	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
128	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
129	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
130	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
131	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	2:15
132	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	2:19
133	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
134	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
135	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
136	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	2:26
137	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
138	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
139	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	2:52
140	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	@ 0sec
141	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	3:04
142	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	3:16
143	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	@ 0sec
144	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
145	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	3:57
146	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	4:04

GC after stage 5:

790.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.286 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	17hr 27min 45sec
2	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	@ 4sec
3	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
4	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:25
5	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:28
6	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:34
7	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:38
8	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
15	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:42
16	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:49
17	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
21	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	2:17
22	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	2:23
23	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	2:27
24	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
25	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
28	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	2:38
30	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	4:17
32	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	4:33
33	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	5:08
34	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
35	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
36	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	5:09
37	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:13
38	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:15
40	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:19
41	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	5:27
42	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	5:58
43	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	7:34
44	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:38
45	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	8:46
46	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	8:48
47	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	9:38
49	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	9:41
50	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	10:29
51	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	10:48
52	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	11:10
53	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	11:13
54	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:20
55	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
56	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
57	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
58	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
59	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
60	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
62	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	11:24
63	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	11:29
64	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	11:31
65	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
66	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
67	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	12:26
68	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	12:41
69	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:03
70	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	13:18
71	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	13:39
73	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:07
74	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	14:12
75	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	14:24
76	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	14:36
77	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	15:02
78	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
80	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	15:04
81	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	15:05
82	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	15:12
84	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
85	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
88	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
89	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
90	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
92	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
93	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
94	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
95	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
97	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
98	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	15:15
101	MAS Lluís	Movistar	15:23
102	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
104	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
105	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
106	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
107	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	15:32
108	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
109	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	15:59
110	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	16:16
111	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	16:24
112	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	16:26
113	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	16:28
114	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	16:32
115	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	16:39
116	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	16:55
117	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
118	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	17:09
119	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	17:14
120	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	17:23
121	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	17:28
122	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
123	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:31
124	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	18:58
125	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	19:39
126	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	19:49
127	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	20:01
128	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
129	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	20:03
130	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	20:10
131	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	20:11
132	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	20:22
133	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	20:37
134	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	20:43
135	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	21:03
136	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	21:30
137	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	23:12
138	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:18
139	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	25:08
140	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	28:19
141	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	31:20
142	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	32:29
143	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	32:39
144	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	35:07
145	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	35:21
146	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	36:06

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Thursday, August 15: Stage 4, Houffalize - Houffalize, 96.2 km

Tim Wellens just beats Marc Hirschi.That's Laurens De Plus a few seconds back. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Houffalize at 1:30 PM, local time: 17C (62F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). 25% chance of rain in the late afternoon.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage four summary.

Tim Wellens has taken the fourth stage and the leader's jersey of the BinckBank Tour after a close sprint finish in Houffalize. It was the first win of his Lotto-Soudal outfit since the passing of its young star Bjorg Lambrecht. Wellens dedicated the win to his late team-mate: "This victory is for him."

Tim Wellens loves the Ardennes. In previous years the Belgian picked up his first three BinckBank Tour stage wins in the southern part of Belgium and he added a fourth on Thursday after a tense sprint in Houffalize.

"It was a strange day, because nobody seemed to believe in their chances," Wellens said. "None of the teams took the race in their hands."

So Wellens did it himself. Together with team-mate Maxime Monfort he cracked open the race with 80km to go. Later on he even tried to go solo. "We needed a hard race," he explained. "Team-mate Stan Dewulf was in the early breakaway and that was good for us. Afterwards he helped me out by setting the pace. I thought about going alone, but it was too early. Then Laurens De Plus attacked really strongly and made the race extra hard. We felt Marc Hirschi wasn't fully doing his part, so Laurens and I decided to work together, a little bit against him. We know each other well. At the end I managed to win the sprint."

It was the first victory for Lotto-Soudal since the fatal accident of its rider Bjorg Lambrecht, which made the win very special for everyone involved. "We long thought about whether we would start here. We were riding thinking about Bjorg all the time. This victory is for him, of course. It's a good win for the entire team," Wellens commented. Wellens is now aiming to defend his green leader's jersey and claim his third overall BinckBank Tour win, saying: "We're really happy with the stage win, but our goal is the overall win. We'll have two more tough days with the time-trial and Sunday's final stage to Geraardsbergen, so the weekend will be crucial."

Complete results:

96.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.028 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	2hr 20min 41sec
2	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
3	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	@ 5sec
4	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:23
5	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:26
7	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:33
9	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
11	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
12	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
14	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
21	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
22	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
23	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	2:01
24	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	2:18
25	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
26	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	2:22
27	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
28	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
31	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
32	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
33	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
34	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	5:00
37	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	5:03
39	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
40	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
45	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
46	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:08
47	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:10
48	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	5:12
50	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	8:43
51	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
52	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	11:08
54	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
55	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
57	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
58	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	11:15
59	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
60	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
61	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
63	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
64	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
66	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
67	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
69	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
70	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
72	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
74	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
75	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
78	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
80	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	15:07
81	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
83	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
84	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
85	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
87	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
88	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
89	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
91	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
92	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
93	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
95	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
96	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
97	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
99	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
101	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
102	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
105	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
107	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
108	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
109	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
110	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
111	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
112	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
116	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
117	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
118	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
119	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
120	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
121	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
122	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
123	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
124	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
125	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
126	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
128	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
131	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
132	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
133	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
134	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
136	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
137	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
138	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
139	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
140	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
141	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
142	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
143	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
144	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
145	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
147	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
149	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	15:18
150	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

599.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.249 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	13hr 32min 46sec
2	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	@ 4sec
3	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
4	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:36
5	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:38
6	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:39
7	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	0:42
8	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:49
9	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
10	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
14	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
18	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
19	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
21	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	2:17
22	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	2:34
23	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	2:38
24	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
26	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
28	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
30	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
32	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	4:28
33	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	4:44
34	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	5:12
35	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	5:13
36	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:19
38	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
41	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
42	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:24
43	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:26
44	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	6:43
46	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:38
47	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	7:50
48	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	8:37
49	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	8:40
50	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	8:59
51	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
52	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	11:21
54	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	11:24
55	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
57	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	11:29
58	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:31
59	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
62	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
63	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
64	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
65	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
66	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
69	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
70	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
71	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	12:41
74	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:14
75	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:07
76	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	14:24
77	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	14:53
78	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	15:13
79	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	15:15
80	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
81	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	15:16
82	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	15:17
84	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	15:20
85	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	15:23
86	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
87	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
88	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
90	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
93	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
94	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
95	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
96	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
98	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
99	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
100	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
101	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
102	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
103	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
104	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
105	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
106	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
107	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
108	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
109	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
111	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
112	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
114	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
115	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
116	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
117	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
118	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	16:27
119	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	16:28
120	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	16:32
121	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	16:35
122	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	16:39
123	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	16:44
124	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	16:49
126	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	16:55
127	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	17:06
128	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	17:32
129	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	17:39
130	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:46
131	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	17:48
132	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	17:50
133	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	19:12
134	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	19:15
135	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:32
136	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	20:14
137	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	20:21
138	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	20:24
139	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	20:33
140	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	20:48
141	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	22:33
142	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:29
143	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
144	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	26:15
145	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	29:12
146	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	32:00
147	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	32:13
148	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	32:40
149	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	33:41
150	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	35:32

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Wednesday, August 14: Stage 3, Aalter - Aalter, 166.9 km

Sam Bennett makes it a hat-trick. So far he has won all of the 2019 BinckBank Tour stages. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Aalter at 1:45 PM local time: 12C (53F), clear, with the wind from the south-southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). 50% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from winner Sam Bennett's Bora-hansgrohe team.

The third stage of the BinckBank Tour was comprised of 166.9 km, spread out over a number of loops around the small town of Aalter in East Flanders. The route contained several cobbled sections, but apart from that, it was relatively flat and, as expected, the race ended in a fast finish which was fought out between the sprinters.

Today’s stage commemorated the young Lotto-Soudal rider, Bjorg Lambrecht, who tragically passed away last week, with the peloton riding through his hometown of Knesselare.

After two hours of racing, the early breakaway containing three riders still remained at the front, a couple of minutes ahead of the main field. BORA-hansgrohe remained at the forefront of the peloton in order to control the tempo, and the breakaway was caught with 70 km to go. Several attacks from the field resulted in yet another breakaway, with a trio being able to make it up the road.

Rain, small and uneven roads, and cobbled sectors made riding in these conditions rather treacherous but the squad from Raubling, supported by other sprinter teams, kept the leading trio on a tight leash, and in the end it came all together again.

Over the last two kilometres, Sam Bennett tried to assert himself in the fight for position, and he was able to catch the wheel of D. Groenewegen and sprint past him in the last few metres. After a decision via a photo finish, Sam was declared to have netted his third win in a row at this year’s BinckBank Tour. With this feat, the Irish champion becomes the first rider who have attained a consecutive hattrick of stage wins at this race. After today’s performance, he was also able to extend his lead in the overall standings as well as the points classification. 

From the finish line:
“At first, I was not sure if I had actually taken the win or not. It was a very close finish. It came down to a very chaotic finale. I’m really happy to have done the hattrick here, and I’m incredibly proud to represent Ireland with the national champion’s kit as well. It took a fair bit of energy to stay up the front in the race today and keep myself out of difficulties, and so it’s fantastic to be able to have taken three wins in a row.” – Sam Bennett

“Today was an outstanding day. We wanted to let only a small group get clear, as that would be easier to control, and we were able to achieve this. However, other teams got involved and made the race somewhat more open again. After the break was caught, it was harder to control the race. There were several shifts in direction and small streets once again today, which also made the stage more difficult. In the end, everything worked out well. We still had two riders remaining who could bring Sam into an ideal position, and he finished off a day of solid teamwork with the win. Three stage victories in a row, we’re extremely happy with this achievement.” – André Schulze, Sports Director

Complete results:

166.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.692 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 44hr 4sec
2	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
5	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
9	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
13	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
14	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
16	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
19	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
20	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
25	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
26	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
28	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
30	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
31	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
32	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
39	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
40	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
41	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
42	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
43	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
46	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
48	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
49	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
50	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
52	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
54	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
62	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
64	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
69	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
70	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
71	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
73	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
75	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
76	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
83	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
84	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
85	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
86	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
87	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
88	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
89	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
90	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
92	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
93	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
94	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
95	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
96	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
97	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
100	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
102	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
103	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
104	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
105	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
106	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
108	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
109	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
110	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	@ 52sec
112	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	@ 0sec
113	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
114	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	1:04
115	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:10
116	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
117	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	1:24
118	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
119	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:26
120	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
121	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	1:32
122	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	@ 0sec
124	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	1:41
125	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:43
126	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	@ 0sec
128	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:09
129	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	2:10
130	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:12
131	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
132	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
133	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:14
134	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:15
135	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	2:16
136	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 0sec
137	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:19
138	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	2:25
139	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	2:29
140	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	2:39
141	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	3:19
142	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	3:21
143	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	@ 0sec
144	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	4:44
145	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
146	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	9:06
147	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
149	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
150	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
151	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
152	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
153	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
154	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

503.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.939 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	11hr 11min 51sec
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 20sec
3	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	0:22
5	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
6	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	0:23
7	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
8	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	0:24
10	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:26
12	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	0:27
13	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	0:28
15	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	0:30
16	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
17	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
20	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
21	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
23	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
24	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
25	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
29	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
30	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
37	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
38	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
40	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
43	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
44	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
45	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
46	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
50	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
51	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
52	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
54	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
55	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
56	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
57	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
58	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
60	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
63	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
65	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
66	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
70	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
71	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
74	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
76	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
79	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
80	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
81	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
84	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
85	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
87	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
88	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
90	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
91	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
92	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
93	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
94	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
96	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
97	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
98	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
99	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
100	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
101	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
103	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
104	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
107	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
108	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	1:22
109	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
110	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	1:39
111	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	1:40
112	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	1:42
113	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:46
114	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	1:51
115	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:56
116	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	2:02
117	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:13
118	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
119	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	2:36
120	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:39
121	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:42
122	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:44
123	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	2:46
124	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:49
125	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	2:57
126	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	3:09
127	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:13
128	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	3:23
129	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	3:42
130	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	3:51
131	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	4:19
132	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	4:22
133	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:39
134	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	5:21
135	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	5:28
136	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	5:29
137	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	5:31
138	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	5:34
139	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	5:43
140	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	5:46
141	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	5:55
142	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	6:24
143	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	6:47
144	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	7:40
145	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:36
146	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
147	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	11:22
148	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	14:19
149	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	17:07
150	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	17:20
151	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	17:47
152	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	18:48
153	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:57
154	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	20:39

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Tuesday, August 13: Stage 2, Blankenberge - Ardooie, 169.1 km

Sam Bennet makes it two in a row. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Ardooie at 2:00 PM, local time: 16C (61F), rain showers, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph).

The race: Here's the organizer's stage two summary.

Irish champion Sam Bennett said he was "delighted" to win his second consecutive stage in the 2019 Binckbank Tour. In Ardooie he took a dominant sprint win over Jasper Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen.

After Monday's win in Hulst, right across the border with the Netherlands, Bennett took his first win on Belgian soil just 26 kilometres from his birth place of Wervik. With a mighty jump the Bora-Hansgrohe rider overhauled Belgian Jasper Philipsen to record a second win in a row.

"I was actually focussed on Groenewegen's wheel," Bennett said after the finish. "But then I saw he was struggling to follow his train, so I chose the train of UAE. When Philipsen went, I tried to follow his slipstream and pass him."

Bennett comfortably won the sprint by over a bike length despite having a tough day on the bike. "Yeah, I can't believe it," he continued. "After 70k my legs weren't that great, so I didn't really expect to get a result today. But the guys looked after me so well all day. They kept me up front. I was saving so much there and the others were losing so much at the back. In the end I had enough to get the win. I'm delighted with that, I really didn't think I could get a second win here." The Irish champion was asked if he was now the fastest sprinter in the peloton after his double sprint win. "I don't really feel like I'm the fastest guy of the peloton," he played down that claim. "It doesn't really matter anyway. The most important thing is to be first at the finish. The past couple of days I was pretty consistent there. I'd love to win one more stage this week, but I haven't studied the road book. I'll take it day by day. I'll take any chance to win I can get."

Complete results:

169.1 kilometers raced

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 45min 20sec
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
5	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
7	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
8	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
13	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
14	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
15	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
17	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
19	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
20	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
21	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
25	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
26	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
28	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
29	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
30	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
31	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
32	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
33	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
35	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
38	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
42	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
45	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
47	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
50	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
51	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
53	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
54	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
55	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
60	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
61	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
62	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
64	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
65	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
68	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
69	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
71	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
73	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
74	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
75	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
76	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
80	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
83	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
86	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
87	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
88	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
89	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
91	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
93	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
96	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
98	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
99	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
100	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
104	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
105	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
108	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
109	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
110	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
113	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
115	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
116	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
117	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
119	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
120	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
123	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
124	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
125	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
126	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
127	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
128	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
129	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
130	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
131	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
132	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
133	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
134	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
135	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
137	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
138	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	@ 24sec
139	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	0:44
140	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
141	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:19
142	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
143	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	0:00
144	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	2:11
145	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	2:41
146	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	3:40
147	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	3:49
148	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
149	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
150	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	5:38
151	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
152	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
153	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
154	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	9:12
155	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

336.3 kilometers raced so far

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	7hr 27min 57sec
2	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	@ 12sec
3	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	0:13
4	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
5	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	0:14
6	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	0:16
9	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:17
11	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	0:18
12	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	0:20
13	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
14	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
20	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
23	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
27	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
28	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
29	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
30	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
31	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
34	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
35	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
36	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
38	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
39	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
41	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
43	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
44	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
45	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
48	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
49	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
50	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
51	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
52	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
53	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
56	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
58	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
61	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
62	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
64	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
67	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
69	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
73	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
76	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
79	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
80	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
83	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
84	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
87	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
88	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
89	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
90	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
91	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
93	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
95	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
100	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
101	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
102	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
105	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
107	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
108	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
110	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
111	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
113	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
117	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
118	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
119	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
120	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
121	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
122	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
123	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
124	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	1:29
125	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	1:32
126	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:36
127	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	1:41
128	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
129	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	1:53
130	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
131	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	2:06
132	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:17
133	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
134	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
135	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	2:26
136	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	2:31
137	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	2:47
138	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	2:53
139	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	2:55
140	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	3:01
141	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	3:04
142	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	3:09
143	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	3:32
144	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	4:09
145	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
146	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
147	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	4:42
148	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	5:45
149	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	7:51
150	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	8:04
151	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	8:31
152	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	9:25
153	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	9:32
154	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	10:41
155	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	11:23

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Monday, August 12: Stage 1, Beveren - Hulst, 167.2 km

Stage 1 photos

Sam Bennett takes the first stage. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Hulst at 1:20 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). 70% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage one summary:

The peloton took the start in Beveren in sunny conditions. From the official start the riders set a searing pace, which meant it would take a long time for a breakaway to get away. After sixty kilometres Baptiste Planckaert, Lars Ytting Bak, Lukasz Wisniowski and Aaron Verwilst finally managed to break free and gather a maximum advantage of almost three minutes.

While the riders didn't have to cope with the usual heavy winds in the area, they were less fortunate with the rain. The sun made way for dark clouds when the riders reached the local loop, rendering the roads very slippery. A mass crash on the cobbles of cut the peloton into four groups with the likes of Arnaud Demare and Bob Jungels having to chase. Eventually the entire pack was reunited.

At the head of the race Baptiste Planckaert took first place twice at the Super 8 Checkpoint Sprints, claiming the beige leader's jersey in the Checkpoint classification. In the Golden Kilometre Lukasz Wisniowski took two first places and one second place in the triple intermediate sprint, gaining eight bonification seconds. It would prove to be the last milestone for the breakaway, which was caught with 2.5 kilometres to go.

A bunch sprint was inevitable, with a great lead-out for Belgian Edward Theuns. He started sprinting in a perfect position, but was caught by a great move around the outside by Sam Bennett. The Irish champion comfortable won the first stage and thus became the first leader of this edition of the BinckBank Tour.

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

167.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.189 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 42min 57sec
2	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
6	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
9	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
10	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
16	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
19	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
23	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
24	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
25	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
26	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
27	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
28	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
29	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
33	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
34	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
35	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
37	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
40	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
41	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
45	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
46	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
47	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
48	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
51	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
52	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
55	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
56	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
58	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
59	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
60	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
62	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
64	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
67	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	s.t.
69	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
71	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
72	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
73	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
74	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
75	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
76	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
77	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
78	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
79	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
81	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
82	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
84	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
85	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
99	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
100	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
101	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
102	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
104	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
109	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
111	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
112	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	TILLER Rasmus	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
117	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
119	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
120	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
121	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
122	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
123	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
124	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
125	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
126	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
127	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
129	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
130	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
131	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
132	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	@ 25sec
133	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
134	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	0:57
135	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:09
136	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	1:12
137	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:16
138	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	1:33
139	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
140	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
141	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:46
142	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	1:53
143	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	1:57
144	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
145	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
146	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	2:00
147	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	2:06
148	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
149	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	2:27
150	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	2:33
151	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
152	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	2:35
153	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:44
154	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	3:03
155	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	3:12
156	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	5:25
157	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
158	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 42min 47sec
2	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	@ 2sec
3	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	0:03
4	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	0:04
5	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	0:06
6	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	0:10
7	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
8	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team INEOS	s.t.
11	HODEG Álvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	NÕMMELA Aksel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
18	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
21	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
23	DEWULF Stan	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
25	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
26	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
28	ASSELMAN Jesper	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
29	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
30	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
31	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
34	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
35	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
36	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
37	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
42	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
43	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	AFFINI Edoardo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
46	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
47	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	s.t.
48	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
49	VALLÉE Boris	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
51	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
52	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
53	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
56	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
57	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
59	MOLANO Juan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
60	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
61	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	BASSO Leonardo	Team INEOS	s.t.
63	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
64	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
68	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	s.t.
70	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
71	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
72	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
73	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
74	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
75	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	s.t.
76	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
77	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
78	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
79	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
81	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
82	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
84	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
85	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
99	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	s.t.
100	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
101	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
102	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
104	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	LIETAER Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
109	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
111	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
112	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	TILLER Rasmus	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
117	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
119	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
120	BOUDAT Thomas	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
121	ROBEET Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
122	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
123	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
124	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
125	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
126	TULIK Angelo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
127	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
129	HOFLAND Moreno	EF Education First	s.t.
130	SPENGLER Lukas	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
131	BOOM Lars	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
132	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	0:35
133	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:41
134	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	1:07
135	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:19
136	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	1:22
137	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
138	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:40
139	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	1:43
140	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
141	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:56
142	PICHOT Alexandre	Total Direct Energie	2:03
143	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Gobert	2:07
144	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
145	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
146	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	2:10
147	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	2:16
148	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
149	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	2:37
150	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	2:43
151	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
152	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	2:45
153	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:54
154	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	3:13
155	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	3:22
156	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	5:35
157	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
158	LIGTHART Pim	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Total Direct Energie is introduced to the spectators before the stage start.

Dylan van Baarle heads to the start.

Bob Jungels gets his bike.

Soren Kragh Andersen

Here they come..

Sam Bennet wins the first stage

Stage winner Sam Bennett

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Startlist with back numbers, August 11, 2019:

	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
1	BAUHAUS Phil
2	AGNOLI Valerio
3	BOLE Grega
5	GARCIA Ivan
6	HAUSSLER Heinrich
7	SIEBERG Marcel
10	WANG Mei Yin
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
11	GILBERT Philippe
12	DECLERCQ Tim
13	HODEG Álvaro
14	JUNGELS Bob
15	KEISSE Iljo
16	SENECHAL Florian
17	STYBAR Zdenek
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
21	WELLENS Tim
23	DEWULF Stan
24	FRISON Frederik
25	MAES Nikolas
27	MONFORT Maxime
29	MERTZ Rémy
30	VAN GOETHEM Brian
	JUMBO-VISMA
31	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
32	DE PLUS Laurens
33	MARTENS Paul
34	ROOSEN Timo
35	TEUNISSEN Mike
36	VAN EMDEN Jos
37	WYNANTS Maarten
	MOVISTAR
41	ROELANDTS Jurgen
42	CARRETERO Hector
43	CASTRILLO Jaime
44	MAS BONET Lluis
46	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
47	VERONA Carlos
49	ANACONA Winner
	CCC TEAM
51	VAN AVERMAET Greg
52	SCHÄR Michael
53	MARECZKO Jakub
54	CERNY Josef
56	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
57	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
60	VAN HOECKE Gijs
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
61	ALBASINI Michael
62	AFFINI Edoardo
63	BAUER Jack
64	MEYER Cameron
65	SCOTSON Callum
66	SMITH Dion
67	STANNARD Robert
	TEAM INEOS
71	VAN BAARLE Dylan
72	GANNA Filippo
73	HALVORSEN Kristoffer
74	KNEES Christian
75	LAWLESS Christopher
77	BASSO Leonardo
80	GOLAS Michal
	TEAM SUNWEB
81	BAKELANTS Jan
82	CURVERS Roy
83	HIRSCHI Marc
84	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
85	NIEUWENHUIS Joris
86	PEDERSEN Casper
87	TUSVELD Martijn
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
91	THEUNS Edward
92	FELLINE Fabio
93	FRAME Alex
94	KIRSCH Alex
95	MOSCHETTI Matteo
96	BEPPU Fumiyuki
97	PEDERSEN Mads
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
101	PHILIPSEN Jasper
102	FERRARI Roberto
103	MARCATO Marco
104	MOLANO Juan
105	OLIVEIRA Rui
106	BOHLI Tom
107	TROIA Oliviero
	BORA-HANSGROHE
111	BENNETT Sam
112	BURGHARDT Marcus
113	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
114	GATTO Oscar
115	MCCARTHY Jay
116	OSS Daniel
117	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
	DIMENSION DATA
121	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
122	GIBBONS Ryan
123	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
124	RENSHAW Mark
125	BAK Lars Ytting
126	TILLER Rasmus
127	VERMOTE Julien
	EF EDUCATION FIRST
131	CLARKE Simon
132	HOFLAND Moreno
133	DOCKER Mitchell
134	MODOLO Sacha
135	OWEN Logan
136	VAN DEN BERG Julius
137	VANMARCKE Sep
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
141	DEMARE Arnaud
142	GENIETS Kevin
144	KÜNG Stefan
145	MADOUAS Valentin
146	SCOTSON Miles
147	SINKELDAM Ramon
150	LE GAC Olivier
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
151	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
152	GUERREIRO Ruben
153	BIERMANS Jenthe
155	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
156	SMIT Willie
157	TANFIELD Harry
158	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
161	NAESEN Oliver
162	DENZ Nico
163	DUVAL Julien
164	GODON Dorian
165	WARBASSE Larry
166	BAGDONAS Gediminas
167	VANDENBERGH Stijn
	ASTANA
171	DE VREESE Laurens
172	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
173	BALLERINI Davide
174	GIDICH Yevgeniy
175	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
177	ZAKHAROV Artyom
178	BOARO Manuele
	ROOMPOT-CHARLES
181	BOOM Lars
182	ASSELMAN Jesper
184	LEYSEN Senne
185	VAN POPPEL Boy
186	VAN SCHIP Jan Willem
187	RIESEBEEK Oscar
190	STEELS Stijn
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
191	CAPIOT Amaury
192	ALLEGAERT Piet
193	MENTEN Milan
194	PLANCKAERT Edward
195	SPRENGERS Thomas
196	VAN GESTEL Dries
200	VERWILST Aaron
	WANTY–GOBERT
201	MEURISSE Xandro
202	DE GENDT Aimé
203	DEVRIENDT Tom
204	DUPONT Timothy
205	KREDER Wesley
206	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
210	VALLEE Boris
	WALLONIE-BRUXELLES
211	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
212	DEHAES Kenny
213	LIETAER Eliot
215	ROBEET Ludovic
216	TAMINIAUX Lionel
217	SPENGLER Lukas
218	NÖMMELA Aksel
	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE
221	TULIK Angelo
222	CARDIS Romain
223	GAUDIN Damien
224	LIGTHART Pim
225	PETIT Adrien
226	PICHOT Alexandre
227	BOUDAT Thomas