2024 Ethias Tour de Wallonie (2.Pro), Belgium
45th edition: July 22 - 26, 2024

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

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Friday, July 26: 5th & Final Stage, Mouscron - Thuin, 192.15 km

Stage 5 profile

Samuel Watson takes a solo win for his first pro victory.

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Weather at the finish city of Thuin at 1:50 PM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sam Watson's Team Groupama-FDJ:

Perseverance has paid off. After many unsuccessful attempts since joining the WorldTour team last season, Sam Watson finally took a weight off his shoulders. On Friday, in the closing stage of the Tour de Wallonie, the young Briton displayed his strength on the final cobbled climb of Thuin to claim his first pro victory. Perfectly positioned by Lewis Askey at the bottom, he claimed victory a few metres ahead of the GC favourites and brought the twelfth success of the season to the Groupama-FDJ cycling team. Rudy Molard kept his ninth place overall, after a solid week concluded in the most beautiful way.

Groupama-FDJ's Samuel Watson wins the final stage in fine style.

There were only 192 kilometres left to complete the 2024 Tour de Wallonie this Friday. In Thuin, at the end of stage 5, Groupama-FDJ squad had only one goal: winning. Initially, they also gave it a go through the day’s breakaway, like many other teams. Therefore, seventeen riders went clear before even reaching the Oude Kwaremont, at km30. “If a large move went, it was planned that Thibaud would be present, and he made it into this move,” William Green introduced. “A rider was only one minute down on GC, so Tudor really had to chase all day. For us, it was a very really nice because we didn’t have to chase.”

Although the breakaway was unable to gain a very big advantage, it still approached the finishing circuit in Thuin, around thirty kilometres from the finish, with a two-minute lead. But from then on, the collaboration stopped, and attacks and counterattacks followed. In the first time up Thuin’s climb (400m at 7%), Thibaud Gruel managed to get away with four men, but it didn’t last long. “Thibaud was very active, he was in the first move, unfortunately he missed the second, but that still took some pressure off the team,” added William. “He has improved during the week, and he was really strong today. We are very satisfied with his performance.”

The former rider from “La Conti”, who found himself with two men thirty seconds behind a leading quartet for some time, was eventually caught by the bunch less than ten kilometres from the finish. Within the pack, his teammates took over. “We had two options for the final”, explained William. “First, Sam had to attack to provoke other teams to chase on the short flat section at the top of the pavé climb. If it came back, we had to lead out Paul to sprint. But after his attack yesterday, we knew how much power Sam had, and that it was going to be difficult to catch him”. So, it was necessary to approach this final climb of Thuin in the best possible way. “The idea was for Cyril to lead out on the descent until the final climb, but he had to work earlier”, added William. “We adapted with Lewis into the descent, and we kept the same plan, which was to launch Sam from the bottom.” “In the end, I gave everything for Sam,” Lewis said. “I positioned him on the descent, and when I saw that we were going to catch the last riders of the breakaway just after the tight corner, I told Sam to sprint from the bottom. After that, it was almost impossible for those who were not positioned to come back.”

The two Britons were therefore the first riders in the peloton to catch the breakaway, and Sam Watson did go straight away. “The plan was to be at the front for the last climb, and all I had to do was go full gas,” he said. “I have to say that the team, and especially Lewis in the end, did the job to perfection. All I had to do was to focus on going full gas.” That’s what he did, and immediately opened a gap of a few metres on the cobbled climb. Thanks to a powerful effort, the 22-year-old Englishman always kept a small margin on his closest chasers, and once the hardest part was done, he definitely broke away from the rest of the peloton, which was split apart. On the final stretch to the line, Sam Watson gave his last bits of energy, and then had the chance to enjoy a well-deserved victory. “It’s crazy,” he said a few moments later. “I’ve been waiting a long time for this victory, I’ve often come close, so I’m extremely happy. Even more so with the way I did it, going solo to the line. I felt really good all week and being able to follow the attack yesterday gave me a lot of confidence. I have to say thanks to Jussi and William for giving me the confidence and the chance to go for today. I’m just happy I could pull it off.”

After a very active week, with two podium places for Paul Penhoët, things finally clicked for Sam Watson and his teammates. “It’s really nice to see our work finally rewarded,” said Lewis. “Everything went as planned and everyone couldn’t be any more pleased, especially after a difficult period, and even more so with a group that has raced together a lot,” concluded William. “We knew that Sam had the physical attributes to win in a final like this. Last night, we sat down together, and we told him: this stage is for you, this is what you can do. He went all-in for it, and we are really very pleased. Now we have to keep this momentum going because we have some nice races ahead of us.” While Rudy Molard finished the race in ninth position overall, the Groupama-FDJ cycling team achieved its twelfth victory of the season.

Complete results:

192.15 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.059 km/hr

1	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 47min 48sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 4sec
3	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
11	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
13	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
14	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
20	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	@ 12sec
21	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
23	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	0:15
24	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:16
26	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
27	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:20
28	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
32	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	0:26
33	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:33
34	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
37	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
38	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
43	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:44
44	Dries van Gestel	TotalEnergies	1:02
45	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:07
47	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:16
48	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
49	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:25
50	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:30
51	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
52	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	1:37
54	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	1:39
55	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:49
56	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:00
57	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	2:05
58	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:18
59	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
60	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:28
62	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
63	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	2:47
64	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:52
65	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	2:59
69	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	3:00
70	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:28
71	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:32
72	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
73	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
74	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
75	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
76	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
77	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
78	Lars van der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
79	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
80	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	4:10
81	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
82	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:31
83	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:49
84	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:02
86	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:24
87	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	6:34
88	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
91	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
96	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
97	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
98	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
99	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	10:13
100	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	12:59
101	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC Winner: Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Mountains classification winner: Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification winner: Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Frederik Wandahl (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification winner: Israel-Premier Tech

940.74 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.694 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	22hr 2min 46sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	@ 15sec
4	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:18
5	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Carlos Canal	Movistar	0:19
8	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
13	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	0:31
14	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	0:34
15	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	0:43
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:48
17	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	1:34
18	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	2:00
19	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	2:51
20	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:05
21	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:07
22	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:13
23	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	3:14
25	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:17
26	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	3:21
27	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:28
28	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
29	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	3:42
30	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	4:15
31	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	4:38
32	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:39
33	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	5:41
34	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	6:02
35	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:30
36	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	7:41
37	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	8:04
38	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	10:00
39	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	11:30
40	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	11:35
41	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	11:39
42	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	12:09
43	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	12:35
44	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:55
45	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:58
46	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	13:02
47	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	13:24
48	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	13:40
49	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	14:31
50	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	14:55
51	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	15:55
52	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	16:17
53	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	16:49
54	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	17:29
55	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	17:54
56	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	17:57
57	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:00
58	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:32
59	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:32
60	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	20:02
61	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20:08
62	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	20:22
64	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	20:39
65	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	20:51
66	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	21:55
67	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:56
68	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	22:17
69	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	22:25
70	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	22:26
71	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	23:21
72	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	23:34
73	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:53
74	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:01:00
75	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:17
76	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	26:11
77	Lars van der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	28:40
78	Dries van Gestel	TotalEnergies	29:54
79	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	30:07
80	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	31:48
81	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	32:28
82	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	32:55
83	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	33:05
84	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	33:09
85	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	33:40
86	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	34:15
87	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:17
88	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	35:37
89	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	36:44
90	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	38:16
91	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	39:39
92	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	41:07
93	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	41:43
94	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	41:52
95	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	42:22
97	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	42:23
98	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	42:24
99	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	44:51
100	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	55:23
101	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	58:01

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, July 25: Stage 4, Verviers - Herve, 188.51 km

Stage 4 profile

Matteo Trentin wins stage four and becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the finish city of Herve at 2:30 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast until after 7:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from fifth-place Mick van Dijke's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Mick van Dijke achieved another top-ten finish at the Tour de Wallonie. After his fourth place in the first stage, the 24-year-old rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike sprinted to sixth today. Matteo Trentin took the stage win and the leader's jersey.

On the hilly course between Verviers and Herve, the riders were presented with three categorised climbs. On the famous Cote de la Redoute, the climb that marks the final of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Per Strand Hagenes tested his legs. The young Norwegian attacked with the best climbers, but was not able to stay away.

After the last remaining breakaway rider was caught, Hagenes saw his opportunity to try again. He and two other riders created a small gap, but the sprinters did not let themselves be surprised. Trentin won and Van Dijke had to settle for sixth place.

"We knew the stage would be tough, but not tough enough for the peloton to explode. That's why we chose to make the race hard ourselves,", sports director Maarten Wynants said. "Per was very good and did a late attempt in the last three kilometres. Unfortunately, he just didn't make it to the line. Mick then rode a good sprint and finished sixth."

Winning a stage is still the goal. "The way we rode today offers perspective for tomorrow. Including the climb of the Oude Kwaremont, it promises to be another difficult day. We have one more chance and we want to take it."

Complete results:

188.51 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.494 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4hr 20min 3sec
2	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
7	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
8	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
11	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
12	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
13	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
16	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
25	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
26	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
27	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
29	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
30	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
33	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
36	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
37	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
38	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
39	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
42	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
49	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
50	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
56	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
57	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 54sec
62	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
63	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	1:05
64	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:09
65	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	@ 0sec
66	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	@ 0sec
67	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:17
68	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
69	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
70	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	1:40
71	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:45
72	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	1:50
73	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
74	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
75	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	2:07
76	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:32
78	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
79	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	2:35
80	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
82	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	2:45
84	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:50
85	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
86	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
87	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:10
89	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	6:22
90	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
94	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
96	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
97	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
99	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
100	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
105	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Mountains classification leader: Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Best young rider: Frederik Wandahl (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification leader: Israel-Premier Tech

748.59 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.401 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17hr 14min 54sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 6sec
3	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:15
4	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:18
5	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Carlos Canal	Movistar	0:19
8	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
12	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
13	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
14	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	0:32
17	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	0:34
18	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:11
19	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	1:27
20	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	1:34
21	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
22	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
23	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:55
24	Mick van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:05
25	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
26	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
27	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
29	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:12
32	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	3:13
33	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
34	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	5:33
36	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:45
37	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	6:52
38	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	7:12
39	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:27
40	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	9:35
41	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	10:34
42	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	10:48
44	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:56
45	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	11:17
46	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	11:19
47	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	11:27
48	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
50	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
51	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	12:11
52	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12:37
53	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	12:55
54	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	13:02
55	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
56	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:34
57	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	15:20
58	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:33
59	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	17:04
60	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:20
61	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	17:23
62	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	17:38
63	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	17:48
64	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	17:49
65	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:32
66	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:36
67	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	18:42
68	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	18:49
69	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
70	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:52
71	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	20:10
72	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	21:07
73	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	21:39
74	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:49
75	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	22:10
76	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	22:17
77	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	22:43
78	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	22:54
79	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:35
80	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	25:12
81	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:25
82	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	27:19
83	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:29
84	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	27:42
85	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	27:45
86	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	28:56
87	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	29:00
88	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	29:28
89	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	29:31
90	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:32
91	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	29:45
92	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	30:14
93	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	30:17
94	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	30:36
95	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	31:56
96	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	32:41
97	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	32:47
98	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	35:13
99	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	35:22
100	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	35:52
103	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	35:54
104	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	38:21
105	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	38:30
106	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	42:28
107	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	51:31

 

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, July 24: Stage 3, Arlon - La Roche-en-Ardenne, 192.63 km

Stage 3 profile

Markus Hoelgaard makes stage three his own.

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Weather at the finish city of La Roche-en-Ardenne at 1:50 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here’s the report from Per Strand Hagenes’ Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Per Strand Hagenes finished eighth in the third stage of the Tour de Wallonie. The 21-year-old Norwegian of Team Visma | Lease a Bike made a strong impression in the queen stage and finished in the same time as the GC riders. Breakaway rider Markus Hoelgaard took the stage win.

With 2900 altimeters and seven categorised climbs, the peloton could prepare for a tough day. Five riders went clear and gained a maximum five-minute lead. Hoelgaard and Jimmy Janssens were the strongest of the breakaway and stayed ahead. In a sprint-a-deux, it was Hoelgaard who won.

In the peloton, Hagenes climbed with the best and was part of a small group chasing the leaders. After it became clear that they could not be caught, the sprint for the final podium spot was on. Hagenes eventually had to settle for eighth place.

"I was surprised that the breakaway riders got such a big lead and were allowed to battle for victory. No team took responsibility", Hagenes said. "I had a very good day. Beforehand, I wasn't sure if I would be able to go up with the best, but fortunately the pace on the climbs wasn't too fast. That worked out well for me."

Hagenes is happy he got the team's trust. "I wanted to try to follow as long as possible and see what would happen. That went okay. As a team, we did very well. Even though there are only four of us left, we had everything under control. It wasn't up to us to close the gap with the leading group."

Complete results:

192.63 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.287 km/hr

1	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	4hr 46min 53sec
2	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 2sec
3	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:43
4	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
6	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
8	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
9	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
13	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
16	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	0:58
20	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
21	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	1:24
22	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:58
23	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
25	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
27	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:19
28	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	2:33
29	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:29
30	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
34	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
35	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
40	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
41	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:36
42	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	3:37
43	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
45	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
49	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
51	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	11:51
53	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
54	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
55	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
56	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
57	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
63	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
65	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
67	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
68	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:26
72	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
73	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
74	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
76	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
77	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
81	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
82	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:08
83	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	19:06
84	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
90	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
97	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
98	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
99	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
104	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
105	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
107	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
108	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:22
110	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
111	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Mountains classification leader: Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Best young rider: Carlos Canal (Movistar)
• Teams classification leader: (Israel-Premier Tech)

560.08 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.364 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	12hr 54min 57sec
2	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 7sec
3	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:11
4	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:12
5	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Carlos Canal	Movistar	0:13
7	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	0:26
18	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	0:28
19	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:05
20	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	1:21
21	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	1:28
22	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
24	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:49
25	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:59
26	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:59
27	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
33	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:04
34	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:06
35	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	3:07
36	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
37	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	5:27
40	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	6:46
41	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	7:06
42	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	8:52
43	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:28
44	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
45	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:36
46	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	10:42
47	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
48	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:50
49	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	11:13
50	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	11:15
51	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	11:21
52	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
54	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
55	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
56	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	12:05
58	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12:31
59	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:37
60	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	12:56
61	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
62	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	14:35
63	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	15:52
64	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:14
65	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	17:32
66	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	18:17
67	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:26
68	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	18:36
69	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	18:43
71	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
72	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:46
73	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	20:14
74	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:39
75	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:01
76	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	21:33
78	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:39
79	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:43
80	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	22:11
82	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	22:34
83	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	23:00
84	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	23:09
85	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	23:14
86	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	23:46
87	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	24:29
88	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	26:19
89	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
90	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	27:04
94	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	27:36
95	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	27:45
96	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
97	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	28:54
99	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
100	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	29:18
103	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	29:26
104	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
106	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	29:45
107	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	31:53
108	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	32:02
109	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	36:00
110	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	39:26
111	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	49:45

 

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, July 23: Stage 2, Saint-Ghislain - Ouffet, 188.25 km

Stage 2 profile

Corbin Strong (purple jersey) wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Ouffet at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Corbin Strong's Team Israel-Premier Tech.

File this one as flawless: Corbin Strong sprinted to win stage two of the Tour de Wallonie on Tuesday and moved into the race lead after an impeccable performance by the Kiwi rider and his Israel – Premier Tech team-mates.

Strong made light of a challenging uphill finish into the town of Ouffet after being led out by Simon Clarke.

But this performance was about more than just the final 500 meters. Newly-crowned Israeli road race champion Oded Kogut, Michael Schwarzmann, and Riley Pickrell did a great job keeping the day’s breakaway in check, before Strong and Clarke helped split the peloton on the category two Côte de Géromont with 12 kilometers remaining.

Although an eight-rider group containing the duo was short-lived, IPT was not going to be denied its 21st victory of an unforgettable 2024 season to date. Home rider Dylan Teuns – the race’s 2017 champion – and Nick Schultz set a blistering pace on the approach to the line, ensuring that nobody could launch a speculative attack. After Schultz’s job for the day was done with a kilometer to go, Teuns then Clarke ensured Strong had the best approach to the finish line.

“I’ve been thinking about this week here for a couple of months now,” says Strong.

“Training went really well, I’m really happy with how the form is, and it’s nice to come here and get the win.

Corbin Strong wins stage two.

“I think if you watched the stage today, it was such a privilege to be a part of this team today. They were all behind me – I even thought to myself in the last three kilometers, with the work my teammates did today, that I better pull this one off! They all rode really strongly – Schultzie, Clarkey, Dylan in the final kilometers, they all did a dream lead-out. I always think that on a finish like this, if I’m not coming from too far back, they suit me really well. I had a lot of confidence in myself today.”

Strong has now won races in each of his three professional seasons with IPT: the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in 2022, a stage of the Tour de Luxembourg in 2023, and now this success in Belgium.

The 24-year-old holds a three-second advantage over his nearest rival on GC, Red Bull BORA-hansgrohe’s Jordi Meeus, with three others sitting within 10 seconds of him.

Three more days of punchy terrain awaits the riders, and Strong says he will do all he can to keep hold of the leader’s orange jersey.

He adds: “I think I’ll be surprised if tomorrow’s a sprint – it’s a really hard day, but I’m looking forward to giving it a go and seeing if I can keep the jersey to the end of the race.”

Complete results:

188.25 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.165 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 4min 23sec
2	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
17	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
18	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
19	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
25	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
28	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
34	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
36	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
48	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
49	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
50	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	@ 17sec
52	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:54
54	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:10
55	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	2:09
56	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:07
58	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
59	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	4:21
61	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
62	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	4:27
63	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:31
64	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:53
65	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
67	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
71	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
72	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
73	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
74	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	7:21
75	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:43
77	Wies Nuyens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
78	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
83	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
89	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
94	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
97	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
99	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
100	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
104	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
105	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
106	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
108	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
110	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	11:09
111	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Kenay De Moyer	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
113	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
114	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Mouontains classification leader: Johan Jacobs (Movistar)
• Points classification leader: Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ

367.45 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.239 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	8hr 7min 21sec
2	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:05
4	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	0:07
5	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:10
6	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:11
7	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
9	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:12
10	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:13
11	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
14	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
15	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
17	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
24	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
28	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
31	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
33	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
34	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
35	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
37	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
38	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
39	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
46	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
47	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
48	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:07
51	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:23
52	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
53	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:22
54	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:20
56	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	3:37
58	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	4:20
59	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:44
60	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	6:00
61	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
62	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	6:05
63	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:06
64	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	6:24
67	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	7:09
68	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	7:32
69	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:34
70	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
71	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:56
72	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
74	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
78	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	8:18
81	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	8:41
82	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	9:11
83	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	9:13
84	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:22
85	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	9:51
87	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	10:26
88	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	10:28
89	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	10:31
90	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
95	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:55
96	Wies Nuyens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	11:03
97	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
101	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
103	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	11:22
104	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	11:41
106	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	11:52
107	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	13:14
108	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	17:37
109	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
110	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	21:03
113	Kenay De Moyer	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	23:21
114	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	31:22

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, July 22: Stage 1, Tournai - Fleurus, 179.2 km

Stage 1 profile

Jordi Meeus wins stage one.

Bill and Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, 2019: A Year of New Faces 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 city of Fleurus at 1:50 PM, local time: 22C (71F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jordi Meeus' Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.

Jordi Meeus wins the first stage of the five-day Tour de Wallonie (2.Pro) in Fleurus. On home soil, the Belgian sprinted to his second win of the season and took over the GC of the race. The 179.2km stage between Tournai and Fleurus in the Walloon part of Belgium featured three categorised climbs and three sections of cobblestones. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's tactics were clearly focused on Jordi Meeus and a sprint finish. In the hectic finale of the stage, Meeus kept composure, was perfectly positioned and following a strong sprint, was able to celebrate the stage win.

From the Finish Line:
“It was a pretty hard stage and the finale was super hectic. I managed to stay in a good position and launched my sprint at the right time. This victory wouldn’t have been possible without my team mates. They did a great job keeping the race together and I’m super happy that I was able to finish it off with a win.“ - Jordi Meeus

“Jordi’s hard work definitely paid off. He just returned from altitude where he trained alone for the past couple of weeks. Today our goal was pretty clear - to take the the stage with Jordi. We did a recon yesterday to check out the finale, made a good plan and the boys executed our plan perfectly. Kicking off a race with a win is always a boost and so we’re very much looking forward to the next stages here.“ - Heinrich Haussler, Sports Director

Complete results:

179.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.214 km/hr

1	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 3min 11sec
2	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
10	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
15	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
20	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
31	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
32	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
35	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
41	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
44	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
46	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
48	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
50	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
55	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
58	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
59	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Pedro Lopez Juan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
63	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	@ 22sec
70	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
71	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	@ 0sec
72	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	@ 0sec
73	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	1:26
74	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
76	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
77	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:18
81	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	@ 0sec
82	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:35
83	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
87	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
90	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
93	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
94	Wies Nuyens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:07
95	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
96	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
98	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
99	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
100	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
101	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
102	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
103	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
106	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
107	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
108	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	3:45
109	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	4:07
111	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:18
112	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	5:46
113	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:41
114	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
116	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
118	Kenay De Moyer	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:00

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny)
• Points classification leader: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Madis Mihkels (Intermarché-Wanty)
• Teams classification leader: Intermarché-Wanty

1	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 3:min 1sec
2	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	@ 4sec
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
4	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:07
5	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:08
7	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:09
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:10
11	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Jesse Kramer	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
14	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
15	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
20	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
24	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
26	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
27	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
28	Alec Segaert	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
29	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
30	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
32	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
33	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
34	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
37	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
41	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
44	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
46	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
48	Miles Scotson	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
50	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
55	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
58	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
59	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
63	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
71	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
72	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
73	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
76	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	0:32
77	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	1:36
78	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
80	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
81	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
82	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Arno Claeys	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:28
85	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:45
86	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Cole Kessler	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
89	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
90	Tom Bohli	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
93	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
96	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	3:14
97	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	3:15
98	Wies Nuyens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:17
99	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
100	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Floris De Tier	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
105	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
107	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
108	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	3:55
109	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	4:17
111	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:28
112	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	5:56
113	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:51
114	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Maarten Verheyen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
116	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
118	Kenay De Moyer	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:09

 

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