2023 Tour de Wallonie (2.Pro), Belgium
44th edition: July 22 - 26, 2023

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Wednesday, July 26: 5th & final stage, Banneux - Aubel, 215 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Andrea Bagioli wins the final stage. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish city of Aubel at 1:50 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 19% chance of rain, dropping to 1% at 5:00.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Andrea Bagioli's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Andrea Bagioli became the 12th different Soudal Quick-Step rider to take a victory this season, after a great late attack in the closing kilometers of the fifth stage – the longest of this year’s Tour de Wallonie – signing off the team’s 34th win of the year.

Our squad rode the entire day with the objective of making the race as hard as possible, and to do that, Mauro Schmid and Mauri Vansevenant went in the breakaway, applying pressure on the peloton, who knew the former was a real threat for the general classification. The Swiss, victorious this season at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, ended up being the last man standing of that six-man leading group, only the combined effort of several teams bringing him back before the third intermediate sprint.

Soudal Quick-Step remained prominent even after the peloton became as one again, storming to the front with five riders, including Mauro, who managed to hang on to the group. Jannik Steimle and Stan Van Tricht worked tirelessly, making sure the sprinters’ legs would be heavy by the time they hit the final climb, where Andrea took off with one of his trademark attacks.

The 24-year-old was joined before the top of the climb by Stephen Williams (Israel – PremierTech), opening a ten-second gap on a bunch that was slowly regrouping on the descent, and despite putting in some big turns, he still had enough left in the legs to open his sprint from distance and take a comfortable victory.

Coming home with the bunch just behind Andrea helped Mauro gain a place on the general classification to conclude the race in tenth overall, before taking to the podium to pick up the trophy for the most combative rider of the day.

“The whole team did a great race today. We knew the parcours wasn’t easy, with all those climbs and a bit of wind, so at the morning meeting we decided to make it really hard for the others, sending Mauro and Mauri in the break. They did a good job in the front, putting a lot of pressure on the bunch. The finale was a bit chaotic, but I felt good when we arrived at the start of the final climb, so I told the guys I would try something.”

“I attacked just like two days ago, but this time the climb came closer to the finish, which worked to my advantage. Going over the top, we had 10-12 seconds in hand, and that was the moment I started believing. In the last 300 meters, as the bunch was approaching, I opened my sprint, and even though it was a bit early, in the end it turned out to be the best decision. I am happy with this victory, it gives me a lot of confidence for this second part of the season”, Andrea said after his fifth win in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey.

Complete results:

215 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.134 km/hr

1	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	5hr 6min 10sec
2	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
4	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
10	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
19	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
24	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
31	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
32	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
36	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
38	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
39	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
44	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	@ 23sec
50	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
51	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
52	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	0:58
53	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	1:06
54	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
55	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	1:22
56	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	1:36
57	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
58	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	2:12
59	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:28
60	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	4:45
61	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
63	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
64	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:14
66	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	10:16
67	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	10:19
68	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
69	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	12:31
70	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	s.t.
72	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	18:01

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Johan Meens (Bingoal-WB)
• Points classification winner: Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

803.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.002 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	19hr 8min 14sec
2	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 18sec
3	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:40
4	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:34
6	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:44
7	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	1:46
8	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	2:01
9	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	2:02
10	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:08
11	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	2:10
12	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	2:21
13	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:22
14	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	2:28
15	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
16	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:34
17	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:40
18	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	2:43
19	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:51
20	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:52
21	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:56
22	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:07
23	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	3:08
24	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	3:12
25	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:15
26	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:16
28	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:21
29	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	3:25
30	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
31	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	3:41
32	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	3:43
33	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:44
34	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:49
35	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	3:55
36	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	4:06
37	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	4:10
38	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	4:17
39	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	4:28
40	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	4:29
41	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:55
42	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	5:03
43	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	5:31
44	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	5:34
46	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	5:47
47	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	5:55
48	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	6:08
49	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	6:14
50	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	6:28
51	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	7:16
52	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	10:08
53	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	11:30
54	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	12:00
55	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	12:29
56	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	13:01
57	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	13:15
58	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	15:14
59	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:35
60	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	15:37
61	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	17:11
62	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	17:19
63	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	20:01
64	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	20:56
65	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	21:06
66	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	21:39
67	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:06
68	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	26:10
69	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	29:43
70	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	31:08
71	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	33:28
72	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	38:54

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 5 map

2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 5 profile

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Tuesday, July 25: Stage 4, Mons 32.7 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile

Filippo Ganna on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Mons at 2:00 PM, local time: 17C (62F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: This is the Tour de Wallonie's first time trial since 2001.

The first rider scheduled to start was Axel De Lie (Lotto Dstny) at 3:43.

There were two non-starters: Paul Hennequin (Nice Metropole) & Davide Ballerini (Soudal Quick-Step)

Here's the report from stage winner Filippo Ganna's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Filippo Ganna led home an incredible INEOS Grenadiers 1-2-3 in the stage four time trial at the Tour de Wallonie.

On his 27th birthday the Italian stormed back into the race lead ahead of his two team-mates with one stage to go, setting a blistering time of 38 minutes and one second across the lengthy 32.7-kilometre course in Mons.

Josh Tarling finished just eight seconds back on his experienced team-mate, debuting the British national champion’s skinsuit in fine style to take second place on the day. He also pulled on the young rider's jersey on the podium.

Connor Swift finished 30 seconds back on Ganna to secure a strong third on the stage, with the trio of Grenadiers now occupying the same positions on the new general classification.

Ganna now leads by 18 seconds overall over Tarling, with Swift 40 seconds back, and three seconds ahead of fourth-placed Brent Van Moer (Lotto Dstny).

Wednesday sees the final stage, with a tough and undulating parcours to decide the overall winner.

Filippo Ganna:
“I don’t know if I prefer a [birthday] like this or to be on holiday, but for sure it’s been one of the hardest TTs I’ve ever done. I didn’t feel really well – maybe it’s three consecutive days with really intensive racing – and the legs are a little bit tired.

“We know [Josh] is a really strong guy. He can be one of the strongest TT riders. He is young but the future is really soon.

“For sure, this five days is a good block of efforts before the Worlds. It also gives me some emotion to arrive really well, also with a victory, it’s really important to me.

“We hope tomorrow to cross the fingers and try to defend the jersey. I haven’t seen the timings yet, but we will study well tonight. For sure tomorrow is hard!”

Complete results:

32.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.609 km.hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	38min 1sec
2	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 8sec
3	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:30
4	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:36
5	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:50
6	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
7	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:24
8	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:29
9	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:34
10	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	1:36
11	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	1:49
12	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	1:51
13	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	1:52
14	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:57
15	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	2:00
16	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:04
17	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:14
18	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	2:22
19	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:23
20	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	2:24
21	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:26
22	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:27
23	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:30
24	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	2:33
25	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:42
26	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:43
27	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:46
28	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	2:50
29	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:52
30	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	2:56
31	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:57
32	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	2:58
33	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	3:01
34	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:02
35	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	3:04
37	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:11
38	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	3:15
39	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:16
40	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	3:17
41	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:19
42	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:20
43	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:23
44	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:24
45	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	3:25
46	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:27
47	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	3:28
48	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	3:31
49	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	3:33
50	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:34
52	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:39
53	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:43
54	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	3:45
55	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	3:51
56	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	3:53
57	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	3:57
58	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	4:02
59	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	4:05
60	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:10
61	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:11
62	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	4:18
63	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	4:19
64	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	4:23
65	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:26
66	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:28
67	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:31
68	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	4:36
69	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	4:41
70	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	4:44
71	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	4:52
72	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	4:53
73	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	4:56
74	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	4:58
75	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	5:09
76	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	5:10
77	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	5:14
78	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	5:20
79	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
80	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	5:22
81	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	5:23
82	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	5:27
83	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	5:32
84	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	5:38
85	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	5:42
86	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	5:45
87	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	5:51
88	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	5:53
89	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	6:03
90	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:04
91	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	6:07
92	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:10
93	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	6:13
94	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	6:18
95	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	6:19
96	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	6:30
97	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
98	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	6:31
99	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:57
100	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	7:13
101	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:18
102	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:29
103	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	7:37
104	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	7:42
105	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	8:23
106	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:01

 

GC after stage 4:

589 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.968 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	14hr 2min 4sec
2	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 18sec
3	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:40
4	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:43
5	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:34
6	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:44
7	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	1:46
8	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	2:01
9	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	2:02
10	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	2:10
11	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:14
12	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:22
13	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:27
14	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	2:28
15	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	2:31
16	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	2:32
17	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:34
18	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:40
19	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	2:43
20	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:51
21	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:52
22	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:56
23	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	2:59
24	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:02
25	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	3:06
26	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:07
27	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	3:08
28	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	3:12
29	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:15
30	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	3:15
31	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:20
32	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:21
33	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:22
34	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	3:25
35	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
36	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:37
37	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	3:41
38	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	3:43
39	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:44
40	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:49
41	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	3:55
42	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	4:06
43	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	4:10
44	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	4:15
45	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	4:17
46	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:20
47	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:21
48	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	4:29
49	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	4:32
50	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	4:33
51	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	4:36
52	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	4:50
53	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:51
54	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	5:03
55	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	5:04
56	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:17
57	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	5:24
58	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	5:31
59	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	5:35
60	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	5:48
61	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	5:55
62	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	8:24
63	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	8:32
64	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	9:11
65	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	9:48
66	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	10:29
67	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	10:32
68	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	10:38
69	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	10:39
70	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	10:57
71	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	11:30
72	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	11:45
73	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	12:00
74	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	12:29
75	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	12:34
76	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	12:47
77	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	13:01
78	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	13:39
79	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	14:01
80	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:56
81	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	15:16
82	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	15:27
83	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	15:40
84	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	15:43
85	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	16:21
86	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	16:54
87	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	17:11
88	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	17:15
89	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	17:55
90	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	18:11
91	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	18:23
92	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	18:37
93	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	19:17
94	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	19:53
95	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	20:21
96	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	20:34
97	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	20:40
98	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	20:53
99	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	20:57
100	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	22:00
101	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	24:37
102	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	24:44
103	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	27:12
104	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	28:37
105	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	29:52
106	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	32:21

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Map of 2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 4.

Profile of 2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 4

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Monday, July 24: Stage 3, Thuin - Mont Saint Guibert, 186.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Timo Kielich wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, 2020: The Tour During Covid-19, Better Late Than Never is available in both Kindle eBook and Audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish town of Mont-Saint-Guibert at 2:00 PM, local time: 17C (63F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 24% chance of rain, rising to 74% at 5:00.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Florian Senechal's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

The third day of the Belgian race had a bit of everything: four classified climbs, echelons that spiced things up in the final hour of the race and an uphill finish where multiple attacks came from those who were hoping to drop the fast men and take both the win and the bonus seconds that were on the line.

One of these daring attacks – just after a regrouping took place following some crosswinds that had split the peloton – came from Andrea Bagioli, who shot out of the reduced pack with five kilometers to go, putting almost ten seconds between him and the chasers. At one point, it looked like it might be enough for the Italian to hold off the peloton, but he got caught with just two kilometers to go, when the riders hit the steepest gradients of the hill.

Soudal Quick-Step didn’t lack options, and former French Champion Florian Sénéchal positioned himself perfectly going into the last corner, taking advantage of some confusion at the front of the peloton, right in the wheel of Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck). This helped Florian to finish second in Mont-Saint-Guibert, just behind the Belgian, and make a spectacular jump in the general classification ahead of the individual time trial in Mons which could end up playing a major role in the final outcome.

Complete results:

186.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.673 km/hr

1	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4hr 28min 57sec
2	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
7	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
8	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
10	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
21	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
25	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
29	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
30	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
38	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
45	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
50	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
55	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
57	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
58	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	@ 18sec
60	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	0:32
61	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
63	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	0:45
64	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	1:00
65	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:22
66	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
67	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	1:25
68	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:36
69	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:59
70	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
71	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:02
72	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	2:46
74	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
75	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
76	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	2:55
79	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:18
80	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
81	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3:33
83	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	4:29
84	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
85	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
86	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	s.t.
88	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
90	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
91	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
92	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:47
94	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	5:37
96	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
97	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
100	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
101	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
103	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
104	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	7:36
106	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
107	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	7:41
108	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

556.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.516 km/hr

1	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13hr 23min 59sec
2	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	@ 4sec
3	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	0:08
5	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
8	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	0:10
9	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
10	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:11
11	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:12
13	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
15	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:14
16	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
20	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
44	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
45	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:43
51	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	0:46
52	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	0:53
53	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
55	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	0:59
57	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:36
58	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:13
59	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	2:37
61	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	2:38
62	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	3:14
63	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	3:16
64	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:32
65	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	3:39
66	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	3:59
67	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	5:19
68	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	5:24
69	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	5:27
70	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	5:32
71	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	5:51
72	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	6:15
73	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	6:30
74	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	6:46
75	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:47
76	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
77	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	7:03
78	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	7:54
79	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	8:34
80	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:58
81	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	9:16
82	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	9:33
83	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
84	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	9:37
85	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	10:52
86	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	10:53
87	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	11:16
88	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:17
90	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	11:55
91	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	12:24
92	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	12:35
93	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	13:00
94	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:07
95	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	13:11
96	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	13:43
97	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	15:16
98	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	15:30
99	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	16:07
100	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	16:20
101	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	16:41
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	17:34
103	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	20:22
104	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	20:44
105	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	20:46
106	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	21:33
107	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-Velo.com	22:41
108	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	24:05
109	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	25:12

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Sunday, July 23: Stage 2, Saint Ghislain - Walcourt, 179.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Arnaud De Lie wins stage two. Photo: Photo News Belgium

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Weather at the finish city of Walcourt at 1:40 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain, growing to 57% by 5:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner & GC leader Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto Dstny.

Lotto Dstny rider Arnaud De Lie has won the second stage at the Tour de Wallonie. At the end of a hilly stage between Saint-Ghislain and Walcourt, the 21-year-old Belgian beat amongst others Thibau Nys and Timo Kielich in a bunch sprint. For De Lie, it’s his first win after crashing out of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. De Lie has also taken the leader’s jersey from Italian Ganna.

“I am really happy with this victory, after two months without a win I kind of missed this feeling. It is even more nice to win close to home at the Tour de Wallonie. After a difficult period with the crash at 4 Jours de Dunkerque, this gives me a lot of satisfaction. The boys did it perfectly today. And to win in a race where my brother Axel did so much work, it makes it even more special”, says Arnaud De Lie.

“Contrary to yesterday, we didn’t want to take the race into our hands. But due to the strong winds, we came back to the attackers pretty quickly and then it was all about preparing the sprint. Cedric Beullens was my final man in the sprint and he did it perfectly. I followed the wheels and trusted my sprint.”

De Lie will start the third stage at the Tour de Wallonie in the leader’s jersey. “Tomorrow is a new chance, but again a tough course. Defending the leader’s jersey till the end will be very difficult with the long time trial but if I’m still in the lead I will of course give it my all”, concludes De Lie.

Complete results:

179.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.202 km/hr

1	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	4hr 15min 29sec
2	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
10	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
14	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
20	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
21	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
28	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
30	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
35	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
38	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
40	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
44	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
45	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
54	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
55	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
61	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
68	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
74	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
75	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
76	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
78	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	@ 11sec
79	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	0:39
80	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
81	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	0:49
82	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:29
83	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
86	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	s.t.
87	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:54
89	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
93	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
94	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
95	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
96	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
97	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
100	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
101	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
103	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
106	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
108	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:03
111	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	10:15
112	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

369.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.432 km/hr

1	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	8hr 55min 6sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
4	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
6	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:05
7	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:06
8	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:07
10	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:08
12	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:09
14	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
15	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
21	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
31	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
33	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
39	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
58	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:21
61	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	0:49
62	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
64	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
66	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
69	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	0:58
70	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	1:22
71	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-Velo.com	2:33
72	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:10
75	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:12
76	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:25
77	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	3:55
78	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
79	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-Velo.com	5:04
80	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
81	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	5:39
82	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:14
84	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	6:42
85	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	6:43
86	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
87	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
88	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
90	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	7:32
92	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	8:02
93	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
94	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:22
96	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
97	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:27
98	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
100	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:49
101	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
102	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
103	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	10:25
105	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	11:47
106	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	12:08
107	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	13:04
108	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-Velo.com	15:05
109	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	17:00
110	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
111	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
112	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	17:27
113	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	19:32

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Saturday, July 22: Stage 1, Huy - Hamoir, 189.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Filippo Ganna wins stage one.

Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 1: 1903 - 1975 is available in print, Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Hamoir at 2:15 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Davide Ballerini's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Despite its many climbs, the opening day of the Tour de Wallonie was always touted as being one at the end of which the winner will emerge from a bunch sprint. A breakaway of four jumped clear soon after the start, putting five minutes between them and the peloton, led by a coalition of teams which included Soudal Quick-Step.

Jannik Steimle and Mauri Vansevenant laid down the watts at the front of the peloton, who began reducing the deficit in the second part of the 189.6km stage to Hamoir. After gradually increasing the tempo, the field brought back the escapees, the last of these being reeled on the final lap, with ten kilometers to go.

Following some great piloting of Florian Sénéchal, Davide Ballerini emerged near the front of the bunch, from where he sprinted to a strong second just behind Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) – his first podium of the season and an encouraging start to the five-day race.

Complete results:

189.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.660 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 39min 47sec
2	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
4	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
6	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
14	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
16	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
19	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
24	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
43	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
53	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
61	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
63	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	@ 39sec
68	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
72	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
78	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	1:12
83	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1:19
84	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	1:43
85	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	2:23
86	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
87	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
88	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
90	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
91	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
94	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
95	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
98	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:15
99	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	3:45
100	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
101	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
102	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-velo.com	4:54
106	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
107	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:04
108	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	6:08
109	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	7:00
110	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	7:02
111	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-velo.com	9:01
112	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-velo.com	10:56
113	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
114	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
115	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	13:28

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 39min 37sec
2	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 4sec
3	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:06
4	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:07
5	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:08
6	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:09
7	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
8	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
9	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
18	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
19	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
20	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
22	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
24	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
38	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
46	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
62	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
64	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:49
68	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Alexandre Kess	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
72	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
78	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	1:22
83	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1:29
84	Louis Bendixen	Uno-X	1:53
85	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:28
86	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise-Trek Lions	2:31
88	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	2:33
89	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
90	Robbe De Ryck	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
91	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
93	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
95	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
98	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:25
99	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	3:55
100	Gleb Karpenko	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
101	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
102	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Enrico Dhaeye	Materiel-velo.com	5:04
106	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
107	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:14
108	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X	6:18
109	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	7:10
110	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	7:12
111	Tristan Scherpenbergh	Materiel-velo.com	9:11
112	Alessandro Tuscano	Materiel-velo.com	11:06
113	Théo Bonnet	Materiel-velo.com	s.t.
114	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	11:06
115	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	13:38

Stage 1 map & profile:

2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 1 map

2023 Tour de Wallonie stage 1 profile