2022 Tour de Wallonie (2.Pro), Belgium
43rd edition: July 23 - 27, 2022

Tour de Wallonie podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Wednesday, July 27: 5th & Final Stage, Le Roeulx - Chapelle le Herlaimont, 214.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Jan Bakelants wins the final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Chapelle-le-Herlaimont at 1:45 PM, local time: 20C (68F), fair, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jan Bakelants' Team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert.

Jan Bakelants won the fifth and last stage of the Tour de Wallonie this Wednesday, which was ridden exclusively in the Hainaut region, where the headquarters of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux are situated.
The 36 year old rider won thanks to an attack in the final 1000 meter, creating a gap big enough to hold the sprinting peloton off until the line.

He concluded the day in the nicest way, after working for his leaders Loïc Vliegen and Lorenzo Rota to defend their 2nd and 4th place in the provisional classification.

During this stage of 214 kilometers, the longest of the event, the contenders for the final victory tried to make use of the 25 kilometera of cobbles to make a difference but it was eventually a complete peloton entering the final kilometer.

It is the first victory for Jan Bakelants since 2016 and the seventeenth succes of the Belgian World Team this season. Loïc Vliegen finished seventh in the stage and ended second in the Tour de Wallonie. Lorenzo Rota is fourth in the final classification.

Biniam Girmay was involved in a crash on the second cobble section and was forced to abandon. Luckily, the Eritrean rider did not sustain any serious injuries and can return to Eritrea, as planned, to continue his preparation for his next goals.

“This victory means a lot to me. Today, I worked all stage long to help Lorenzo Rota and Loïc Vliegen. I was that the finish wasn’t easy wasn’t easy when we passed the line for the first time. In the final kilometer I gave everything to bring Lorenzo Rota to the sprint and I had a little gap. At this moment, I thought about my victory in the Tour de France in Ajaccio, in 2013, where I also preceded the peloton. I gave everything without thinking and I crossed the line first. All emotions of the past couple of years came out, I’m so happy to win for my family. This feels so good. Last month, I was so close to the victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné but this time it was for real. This victory is also the proof that you have to continue despite obstacles, no matter your age.” - Jan Bakelants

Complete Results:

214.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.800 km/hr

1	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4hr 41min 25sec
2	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
4	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
5	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
7	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
15	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
21	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
25	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
27	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 34sec
34	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
45	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
48	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
49	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
50	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
52	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
64	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
69	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	0:51
70	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	1:13
71	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	1:23
72	François Bidard	Cofidis	2:34
73	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:10
75	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	5:47
76	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
77	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	11:42
81	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
82	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
83	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
85	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	14:28
86	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:15
88	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
89	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
90	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
94	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
95	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
96	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
102	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
104	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
106	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Robert Stannard (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Mountains classification winner: Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Robert Stannard (Alpecin Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Robert Stannard (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Team classification winner: Lotto Soudal

962.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.152 km/hr

1	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22hr 49min 54sec
2	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 10sec
3	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:12
4	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:14
5	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:26
6	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:34
7	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:38
8	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:43
9	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:46
10	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:51
11	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	0:55
12	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:58
13	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:41
14	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:51
15	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	3:03
16	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	3:23
17	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:31
18	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	4:39
19	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	6:03
20	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	9:07
21	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	9:09
22	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	9:30
23	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	10:04
24	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:05
25	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	10:16
26	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	10:31
27	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	10:40
28	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:59
29	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	11:33
30	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	11:42
31	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	12:07
32	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	12:11
33	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	12:12
35	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	12:28
36	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:33
37	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	12:49
38	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	13:06
39	William Barta	Movistar	13:30
40	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	13:40
41	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	13:56
42	François Bidard	Cofidis	14:13
43	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	14:14
44	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	14:17
45	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	14:25
46	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:55
47	Nico Denz	Team DSM	15:09
48	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	15:43
49	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	15:50
50	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	16:13
51	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	16:18
52	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	16:39
53	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:39
54	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:54
55	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	17:46
56	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	18:41
57	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	19:41
58	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	21:12
59	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	22:01
60	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	22:08
61	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	22:51
62	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	23:23
63	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	23:34
64	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	23:38
65	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:44
66	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:56
67	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	24:32
68	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	24:40
69	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	24:44
70	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	25:47
71	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	25:54
72	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	27:22
73	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	27:29
74	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	28:03
75	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	28:36
76	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:41
77	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	28:49
78	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	28:56
79	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	29:29
80	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	29:50
81	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	30:12
82	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	30:20
83	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	31:21
84	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	31:50
85	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	32:05
86	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	32:25
87	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	33:03
88	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	37:00
89	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:16
90	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	40:42
91	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	40:50
92	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	42:34
93	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	43:34
94	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	43:56
95	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	44:54
96	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	47:02
97	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	48:00
98	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	49:36
99	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	50:14
100	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	50:30
101	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	51:25
102	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	58:11
103	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	58:49
104	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:00:28
105	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	1:01:54
106	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	1:04:01

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Tuesday, July 26: Stage 4, Durbuy - Couvin, 200.9 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Davide Ballerini wins stage four. Getty Sport photo.

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Weather at the finish city of Couvin at 1:32 PM, local time: 21C (70F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race:There were two non starters today: Otto Vergaerde (Trek-Segafredo) and Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies). That should leave a starting peloton of 134 riders.

Here's the report from stage winner Davide Ballerini's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.

Davide Ballerini became the 12th different Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider to score a victory in 2022 after one of the best days of racing this season, on the penultimate stage of the Tour de Wallonie, which travelled from Durbuy to Couvin, over 200.9 kilometers peppered with five classified climbs.

The day got off to a quiet start, the peloton giving green light to six men to go in the breakaway. Davide Ballerini immediately took advantage of this opportunity, and once he made it in the front, he helped the group increase their maximum advantage to eight minutes with around 140 kilometers to go. From that moment on, the bunch moved up a gear and began chewing into their gap, which 50 kilometers from the finish sat at three minutes.

The last ascent on the course came inside ten kilometers to go, and it soon became obvious that the leaders would be caught, but as it turned out it wasn’t just a walk in the park for the field, who made contact with them only over the top of the climb, in part also to Ballerini, who showed incredible grit as he kept accelerating and pushing hard despite his chances of making it looking to go up in smoke five kilometers from the finish.

But the canny Italian wasn’t done, and on the descent, he rode clear together with three other men, and the technical roads worked into their favour, as the quartet went under the flamme rouge with five seconds in hand. As the bunch was closing in and the margin was becoming slimmer with every meter, “La Trivella di Cantù” decided to make his move at the 300 meters to go sign, launching a hugely impressive sprint and powering like a locomotive past his companions for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s 38th victory of the season.

“This win means a lot for me, because cycling is my life. I’m happy to be back on the top spot of the podium after such a long time and repay the confidence of the team. This victory is also for my teammates who aren’t here anymore, I hope they will recover quickly and rejoin us soon”, Davide said after the stage which saw him become the first Italian in three years to get a victory at the Tour de Wallonie. “It wasn’t an easy day, but I kept believing all the time, even when the gap was coming down fast in the finale. Our group was small, but we gave everything and I’m happy I could finish it off for the Wolfpack.”

Complete results:

200.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.859 km/hr

1	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5hr 10min 12sec
2	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
3	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
9	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
26	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
27	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
30	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
32	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
34	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
39	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 8sec
40	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
41	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:39
42	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
43	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:47
45	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29
46	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	1:40
48	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
50	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
51	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
52	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
60	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
61	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
62	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	2:19
67	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
68	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:34
72	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	7:01
75	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
79	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
82	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
85	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
86	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
87	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
88	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
92	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
93	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
100	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
105	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
107	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
108	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
109	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
113	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
114	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
115	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
116	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
117	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
118	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:44
119	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	9:19
120	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
121	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
122	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
123	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
124	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	11:49
125	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	12:51
126	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	14:06
127	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
128	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
129	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

747.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.211 km/hr

1	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18hr 8min 35sec
2	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 4sec
3	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:06
4	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:08
5	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:11
6	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:20
7	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
8	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:28
9	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:29
10	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:32
11	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
12	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:40
13	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	0:49
14	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:52
15	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:35
16	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:45
17	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:26
18	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	2:43
19	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:58
20	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:51
21	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	3:59
22	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	5:57
23	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	8:13
24	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	8:27
25	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:35
26	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	8:49
27	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	9:03
28	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	9:11
29	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	9:19
30	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	9:24
31	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	9:36
33	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	9:40
35	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:59
36	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	10:00
37	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:03
38	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	10:43
39	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:53
40	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	10:54
42	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	11:27
43	François Bidard	Cofidis	11:33
44	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	11:36
45	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	11:48
46	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:53
47	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:05
48	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	12:09
49	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	12:12
50	William Barta	Movistar	12:50
51	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	13:00
52	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	13:04
53	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	13:37
54	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	13:45
55	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	13:50
56	Nico Denz	Team DSM	14:29
57	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:51
58	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	14:59
59	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	15:33
60	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	15:41
61	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	15:59
62	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	16:08
63	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	16:12
64	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:14
65	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:30
66	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:33
67	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	16:48
68	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16:57
70	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	17:01
71	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	17:04
72	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	17:06
73	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	17:08
74	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	17:26
75	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	17:26
76	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	18:01
77	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	19:01
78	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	19:20
79	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	19:37
80	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	21:07
81	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	21:18
82	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	21:39
84	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
85	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	22:10
86	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	22:11
87	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	22:45
88	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	22:58
89	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:07
90	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:16
91	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:38
92	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	23:57
93	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24:06
94	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	24:38
95	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	25:07
96	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	25:48
97	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	28:13
98	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:35
99	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	29:10
101	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	29:32
102	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
103	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	29:33
104	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	29:59
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	31:03
106	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	31:25
107	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	32:23
108	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	32:49
109	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	34:15
110	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	34:49
111	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	34:53
112	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	35:00
113	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	35:09
114	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	36:04
115	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:36
116	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	40:10
117	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	40:39
118	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	41:09
119	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	41:54
120	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	42:50
121	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	43:00
122	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	43:28
123	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	44:10
124	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:07
125	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	46:33
126	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	47:20
127	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	48:55
128	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	49:07
129	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	53:41

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Monday, July 25: Stage 3, Vise - Rochefort, 195.6 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Arnaud De Lie wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Rochefort at 1:25 PM, local time: 26C (79F), fair, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) is Covid-19 positive and did not start today's stage. Sandy Dujardin (TotalEnergies) also did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto Soudal:

Lotto Soudal rider Arnaud De Lie has taken his first victory on Walloon soil as he won the third stage of the Tour de Wallonie in Rochefort. The 20-year-old Belgian launched an impressive sprint at the end of a tough stage between Visé and Rochefort. On a slightly uphill finish, De Lie beat Biniam Girmay and Axel Laurance amongst others. For Arnaud De Lie, it is already his seventh victory of the season. The youngster also made it twenty victories for Lotto Soudal so far this season.

Following an explosive start of the Tour de Wallonie stage three, a breakaway of seven riders eventually formed, which was kept on a tight leash by amongst others Lotto Soudal. Despite several short climbs in the final, a sprint would decide the stage winner in Rochefort. A sprint that was won in impressive fashion by Arnaud De Lie, who powered to victory with a strong acceleration.

“It is really special to win in Wallonia for the first time”, says Arnaud De Lie. “Of course, I had marked this stage beforehand and yesterday, I gained confidence for today on the tough Ardennes course between Verviers and Herve. Today would normally suit me a bit better and the team made sure it would be a sprint on this tough course. Sébastien Grignard did a great job to keep the breakaway within reach. Afterwards, the guys did a great sprint preparation and Jasper De Buyst guided me to the win.”

For Arnaud De Lie, it is already the seventh victory of the season, a dream start for the Lotto Soudal neo-pro.

“I love the winning feeling and it is great to get my seventh win today. I would already have been happy with one victory this season, so this exceeds all expectations. Everything that still comes now  is a bonus, so to speak. But of course, I want to keep on going like this. Tomorrow’s stage even has a bit more altitude metres so it will depend on how it’s raced whether we will get another sprint or not”, concludes Arnaud De Lie.

Complete results:

195.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.009 km/hr

1	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	4hr 39min 22sec
2	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
3	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
4	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
7	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
8	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
12	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
13	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
16	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
19	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 4sec
22	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
25	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
31	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
32	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
36	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
43	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
49	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
58	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
61	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
62	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
63	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
65	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
67	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
72	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
77	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
78	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
81	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
82	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
90	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
91	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
92	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
94	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
100	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
101	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
102	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
103	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
104	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:19
105	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	0:25
106	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
108	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:29
109	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
111	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	0:48
112	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	0:56
113	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:19
114	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	@ 4sec
115	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	2:49
116	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
117	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
118	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
120	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 4sec
122	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	4:05
123	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
124	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	9:21
125	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
127	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
128	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
129	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
131	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	s.t.
132	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
135	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
136	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:21

 

GC after stage 3:

546.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.149 km/hr

1	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12hr 58min 23sec
2	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 4sec
3	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:06
4	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:08
5	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:11
6	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:20
7	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
8	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:28
9	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:29
10	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:32
11	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
12	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:40
13	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	0:49
14	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:52
15	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:35
16	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:45
17	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:11
18	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	2:19
19	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:26
21	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	2:43
22	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	5:08
23	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	5:57
24	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	8:13
25	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	8:27
26	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:35
27	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	8:37
28	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	8:49
29	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	9:01
30	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	9:03
31	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	9:07
35	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:11
36	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:13
37	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	9:14
41	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:18
42	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	9:21
43	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	9:24
44	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	9:26
45	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:29
46	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:32
48	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	9:36
49	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	9:47
51	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	9:53
54	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:56
56	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:59
58	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:00
59	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:03
61	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
62	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	10:05
63	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:13
64	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	10:25
65	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	10:41
69	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	11:00
70	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	12:00
71	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	12:05
72	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	12:10
73	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	12:19
74	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	12:34
75	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	12:36
76	William Barta	Movistar	12:50
77	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	13:04
78	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	13:47
79	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	13:53
80	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	14:01
81	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	14:06
82	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	14:17
83	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	14:19
84	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:20
85	Nico Denz	Team DSM	14:29
86	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	14:38
87	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:03
89	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	15:19
90	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:44
91	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	15:57
92	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:15
93	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	16:56
94	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	17:18
95	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:47
96	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:16
97	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	20:13
98	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	21:27
99	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:34
100	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	21:35
101	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	22:09
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	22:10
104	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	22:11
105	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	22:52
106	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	22:58
107	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	24:02
108	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	24:24
109	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	24:34
110	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	25:22
111	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	25:48
112	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	27:14
113	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	27:48
115	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	27:52
118	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
120	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	27:59
121	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	28:08
122	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	28:13
123	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:51
124	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:01
125	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	33:41
126	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	34:08
127	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	34:24
128	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	35:31
129	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	35:49
130	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	37:09
131	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	39:35
132	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	42:00
133	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	42:06
134	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	42:21
136	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	44:14

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Sunday, July 24: Stage 2, Verviers - Herve, 176.8 km

Movistar rider Oier Lazkano wins stage two. Photo: PhotoNews

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Weather at the finish city of Herve at 1:50 PM, local time: 28C (82F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Loic Vleigen's Team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert.

Local rider Loïc Vliegen was almost successful in front of his home crowd in Herve this Sunday, on the occasion of the second stage or the queen stage of the Tour de Wallonie.

Not less than seven categorized climbs had to be covered after the start in Verviers, among which the famous Côte de La Redoute, cumulating 2900 meter of climbing.

It was from this hill, situated 56 kilometers before the finish that the Walloon World Team decided to make the race hard. Lorenzo Rota took command of the peloton and then managed to bridge to the two survivors of the early breakaway in a group of around fifteen riders with Vliegen.

This group was definitively out of sight for the peloton and battled for the victory. After a counterattack in the final 2 kilometer, Loïc Vliegen crossed the line one second behind Lazkano, who escaped before him.

Lorenzo Rota finished sixth and climbs to third place in the general classification, just ahead of his teammate Vliegen who is now fourth. Both men are respectively 10 and 11 seconds behind the new leader Stannard.

"I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time, it’s always special to race on training roads. Things were looking good for our team on the Côte de Cornesse, with around 37 kilometer to go, when I saw the leader Julian Alaphilippe in difficulty, among others. My feeling was good and also Lorenzo Rota showed that he was among the strongest riders.

"There were several attacks in the final and Lazkano managed to create a 20 second gap after an attack on the flat. Thanks to my course knowledge, I knew that it would be a headwind on the Côte de José, the last uncategorized climb with 3 kilometer to go. So I waited until just before the top to start my final effort. I quickly came closer to the leader, but he had enough left in the legs to resist in the final straight. It was of course a big disappointment to miss the victory at 300 meter of the place I grew up and in front of my home crowd. But there are still three stages and the same number of opportunities for our team. Thanks to our strong collective performances, Lorenzo and I are in a favorable position in the general classification." - Loic Vliegen

Complete results:

176.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.984 km/hr

1	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	4hr 12min 40sec
2	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 2sec
3	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:07
4	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:11
5	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00
16	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:09
17	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	1:19
18	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:45
20	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	2:01
21	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	2:05
22	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
23	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	2:52
24	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	4:14
25	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	8:28
26	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
29	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
30	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
32	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
35	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
39	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
43	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
44	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
45	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
46	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
49	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
51	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
62	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
72	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
74	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
82	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
84	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
90	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	11:36
92	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	11:40
93	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
95	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
97	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
98	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
99	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	11:46
101	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:48
103	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	12:00
104	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	16:51
105	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
106	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
108	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
109	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
112	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	17:04
114	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	17:29
115	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
117	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
118	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
119	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
120	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
121	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
122	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
123	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
125	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
126	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
128	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	s.t.
131	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
132	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
133	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
136	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
137	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	20:29
138	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
140	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
141	Kevin Van Melsen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
142	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
143	Iljo Keisse	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	22:22
144	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
145	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	24:34
146	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
147	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

350.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.173 km/hr

1	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8hr 18min 57sec
2	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	@ 7sec
3	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:10
4	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:11
5	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:20
7	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
8	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:28
9	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:29
10	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:32
11	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
12	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:40
13	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	0:49
14	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:52
15	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:35
16	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:45
17	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:11
18	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:21
19	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	2:23
20	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:26
21	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	2:43
22	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	5:08
23	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	6:01
24	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	8:09
25	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	8:17
26	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	8:27
27	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	8:37
28	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:45
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	8:49
30	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	9:01
31	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	9:03
32	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	9:07
36	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:11
37	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:13
39	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:13
40	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:18
43	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	9:21
45	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	9:24
46	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	9:26
47	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:29
48	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:32
50	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	9:36
51	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	9:47
52	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	9:53
55	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	9:56
57	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:00
59	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:03
61	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
62	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
63	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	10:05
64	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:13
65	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	10:25
66	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:35
70	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	10:41
71	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	12:00
72	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	12:05
73	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	12:10
74	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	12:33
75	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	12:34
76	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	12:40
77	William Barta	Movistar	12:50
78	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	12:53
79	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	13:06
80	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	13:12
81	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	13:28
82	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	13:47
83	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	13:55
84	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	14:01
85	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	14:06
86	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:23
87	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	14:33
89	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	14:38
91	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:07
93	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	15:23
94	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:44
95	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	15:57
96	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:00
97	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	16:56
98	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	17:52
99	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:35
100	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	18:51
101	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	18:58
105	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	20:13
106	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	20:56
107	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	21:06
108	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	21:29
109	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:34
110	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
111	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	21:35
112	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	22:09
113	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	22:13
114	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	23:39
115	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	24:24
116	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
117	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	24:34
118	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	25:07
119	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	25:14
120	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	25:22
121	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	25:52
122	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	25:54
123	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	27:14
124	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	27:52
126	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
127	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:16
133	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	30:18
134	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	31:07
135	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	31:23
136	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	31:30
137	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	32:43
138	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	32:49
139	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
140	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
141	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	33:04
142	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	s.t.
143	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	34:57
144	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	35:21
145	Kevin Van Melsen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	35:49
146	Iljo Keisse	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	38:03
147	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	40:09

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Saturday, July 23: Stage 1, Temploux - Huy, 173.85 km

World road champion Julian Alaphilippe wins the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Huy at 1:30 PM, local time: 26C (78F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Julian Alaphilippe's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl:

Julian Alaphilippe powered to his second victory of the season on one of his favourite playgrounds, the Mur de Huy, the mythical climb where stage 1 of the Tour de Wallonie concluded. His hat-trick of victories in Flèche Wallonne made the World Champion the outright favourite despite not having raced since the end of June, and the Frenchman didn’t disappoint on the steep slopes of the Mur de Huy.

Five men jumped early in the 174.4km stage to form a break that was controlled by Iljo Keisse, who did an excellent job in the first part of the race, keeping the gap hovering around three minutes before ramping up the speed and erasing a full minute as they entered on the first of the two local laps featuring the Mur de Huy.

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl dictated things also there and made sure of bringing back the escapees before the second time up the famous Chemin des Chapelles. Knowing every inch of the climb like the back of his hand, Alaphilippe remained calm and focused until the last 200 meters, where he made his move, surging to a well-deserved win – his fourth in five years atop the Mur de Huy – that at the end of the day landed the race’s first yellow jersey on his shoulders.

“I’m really happy. I was very excited this morning at the thought of being back with the guys in a race again, I had a lot of motivation knowing I would resume racing and was very confident, because I had a strong team around me, and together we had a solid plan for today. We controlled the race from the beginning with Iljo, then the others stepped in in the final part of the stage and they too did a great job, and that’s why I want to thank them all.”

“I’m delighted that I had the legs to finish the day in the most beautiful way possible. The Mur de Huy is always a difficult finish and it’s never easy to win here, you feel the pain with every meter. The fact that I lead the general classification is a bonus, but I just want to take it day by day and focus on every stage before thinking of the overall. I am just happy to have tasted victory again after a long time”, Julian explained after the podium ceremony.

Complete results:

173.85 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.37 km/hr

1	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 6min 11sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	@ 1sec
3	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:05
5	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:09
8	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:15
9	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	0:17
11	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:21
12	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:23
13	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:27
15	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
16	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:32
18	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:35
23	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
24	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	0:41
25	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:45
29	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:47
30	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:49
31	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	51
33	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
35	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:56
38	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	0:59
40	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
41	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:02
43	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:04
44	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:07
45	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
48	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:10
49	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14
51	William Barta	Movistar	1:16
52	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	1:25
53	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27
56	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	1:31
57	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:34
59	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:38
62	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
63	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:41
64	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
65	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
66	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	1:43
67	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:51
68	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	2:03
69	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:13
73	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
75	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:19
76	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:21
77	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
78	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:36
79	Nico Denz	Team DSM	2:59
80	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	3:15
82	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
83	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	3:38
85	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:45
86	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	3:48
87	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:10
89	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:11
90	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
94	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:18
95	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	4:31
97	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:44
98	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:50
99	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
101	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	4:59
102	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	5:10
103	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:01
104	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	6:16
106	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
108	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:01
109	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
112	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:35
113	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	8:02
114	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	8:22
115	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	8:29
116	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
117	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:31
118	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	8:40
119	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	10:29
120	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
121	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
123	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
124	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
126	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
134	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	10:44
135	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:53
136	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
137	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	11:00
138	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	11:07
139	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
140	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	15:20
141	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	15:26
142	Kevin Van Melsen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
143	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
145	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	15:41
146	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
147	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
148	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
149	Iljo Keisse	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:47
150	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	16:03

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 6min 1sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	@ 5sec
3	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:07
4	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:15
5	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:19
8	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:25
9	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	0:27
11	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:31
12	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:33
13	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	0:37
15	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
16	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:42
18	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:45
23	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	0:49
24	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	0:51
25	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:55
29	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	0:57
30	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:59
31	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01
33	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
35	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:06
38	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	1:09
40	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
41	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:12
43	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:14
44	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:17
45	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
48	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:20
49	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
51	William Barta	Movistar	1:26
52	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	1:35
53	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:37
56	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	1:41
57	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:43
59	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:44
60	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:48
62	Jacob Relaes	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
63	Jeroen Eyskens	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:51
64	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
65	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
66	Benjamin Declercq	Arkéa-Samsic	1:53
67	Jenno Berckmoes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:01
68	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	2:13
69	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:23
73	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
75	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:29
76	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:31
77	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
78	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:46
79	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:09
80	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	3:25
82	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
83	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	3:48
85	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:53
86	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
87	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	3:58
88	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:20
89	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:21
90	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
94	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:28
95	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	4:41
97	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:54
98	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	5:00
99	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
101	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	5:09
102	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	5:16
103	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:11
104	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	6:26
106	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
108	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:11
109	Thibau Nys	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
112	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:45
113	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	8:12
114	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	8:32
115	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	8:39
116	Alastair Mackellar	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
117	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:41
118	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	8:44
119	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	10:39
120	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
121	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
123	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
124	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
126	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Matthew Walls	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	Yentl Bekaert	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
134	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	10:54
135	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:03
136	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
137	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	11:10
138	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	11:17
139	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
140	Thijs Aerts	Baloise Trek Lions	15:30
141	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	15:36
142	Kevin Van Melsen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
143	Kenneth Vanbilsen	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
145	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	15:51
146	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
147	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
148	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
149	Iljo Keisse	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:57
150	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	16:13