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Sunday, October 19: 5th & Final Stage, Arnhem - Arnhem, 148 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Danny van Poppel wins stage five.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Arnhem at 2:15 PM, local time: 13C (56F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: At 12:30 p.m., the riders depart from the Market Square, reaching the official start on Zijpendaalseweg at 12:04 p.m. From there, the route features a beautiful and varied 1.7-kilometer gravel section, included in every lap.

The course winds through the lush Sonsbeek Park, past the picturesque village of Schaarsbergen, and alongside the renowned Netherlands Open Air Museum, before returning to the Zijpendaalseweg for the finish.

This unique blend of city park, natural scenery, and cultural heritage makes the stage a special experience for both riders and spectators.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Christophe Laporte's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Christophe Laporte has won the first edition of the Tour of Holland. In the final stage through Arnhem, the 32-year-old Frenchman defended his lead in the general classification without problems. For Laporte, it was his first victory of the season.

"I am extremely happy. It's great to end the season with a victory. If you had told me this a few months ago, I wouldn't have believed it", said Laporte, who had to miss most of the season due to a persistent virus. It has been a difficult season for me personally, but I am glad that I can end it this way."

The final stage of the Dutch stage race took place in Arnhem, where the riders had to complete eleven local laps of about thirteen kilometres. Halfway through the stage, the peloton split into two groups. Laporte was alertly and found himself in the first part of the peloton. After everything had come back together, four riders broke away in the final phase.

Danny van Poppel stayed ahead of his fellow escapees and took the stage win. Just behind him, Olav Kooij sprinted to sixth place. Laporte reached the finish line unscathed and secured the overall victory. "It was a difficult day to control, but the team did a great job. In the final, we wanted to go for the stage win with Olav, but we couldn't catch the leaders", Laporte said.

Sports director Arthur van Dongen looks back on a successful week. "An overall victory in a stage race is always nice, especially for Christophe, who has had a difficult time. The men worked very hard to secure the victory. I am proud of that. In addition to the overall victory, we also had the goal of winning a stage, but we just didn't quite make it. Nevertheless, I can look back on a good week."

As far as Van Dongen is concerned, the Tour of Holland is here to stay. "As a Dutchman, it's great to race in my own country. I think it can grow into a great event on the calendar, as there is a lot of demand for it. It feels really good to end it this way."

Complete results:

148 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.516 km/hr

1	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 3min 2sec
2	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
3	Alec Segaert	Lotto	@ 2sec
4	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	0:04
6	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
9	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
14	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
15	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
16	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
17	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
18	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
20	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
23	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
24	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
32	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
33	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
36	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
38	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
46	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
48	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
49	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
50	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
51	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
57	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
58	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
60	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
61	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:28
63	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	0:36
68	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
69	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
70	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:47
71	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
72	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	0:56
73	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	1:02
74	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
75	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
77	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:29
79	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:34
80	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
82	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
83	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
84	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
85	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:17
86	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
88	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
89	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:26
90	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
91	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.

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Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification winner: Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
• Teams classification winner: Unibet Tietema Rockets

444.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.719 km/hr

1	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9hr 30min 36sec
2	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	@ 37sec
3	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	1:05
4	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:25
5	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
6	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:29
8	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:32
9	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:36
10	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:52
11	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:53
12	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	2:05
13	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:07
14	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	2:28
15	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	2:35
16	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:44
17	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:48
18	Alec Segaert	Lotto	2:50
19	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:00
20	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	3:06
21	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	3:08
22	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	3:13
23	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	3:24
24	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	3:31
25	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:39
26	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	3:58
27	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:01
28	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:06
29	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	4:07
30	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:30
31	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:44
32	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	4:46
33	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	5:12
34	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:13
35	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	5:58
36	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	6:50
37	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	7:34
38	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:42
39	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	7:48
40	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:49
41	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:05
42	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:09
43	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
44	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	8:13
45	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	8:22
46	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:33
47	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	8:36
49	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:43
50	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	8:50
51	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	9:01
52	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	9:07
53	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:11
54	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:32
55	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	9:33
56	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	9:38
57	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	9:49
58	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:51
59	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	9:54
60	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	10:17
61	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:25
62	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	11:14
63	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	11:52
64	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	11:55
65	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	13:02
66	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	13:59
67	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	14:01
68	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	15:44
69	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:12
70	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	17:03
71	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	17:45
72	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	18:01
73	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	18:30
74	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	18:37
75	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:41
76	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	18:52
77	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	18:57
78	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	18:59
79	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	19:15
80	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:17
81	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:18
82	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	19:28
83	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	19:57
84	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:07
85	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	20:11
86	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental Cycling Team	20:23
87	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:28
88	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	22:54
89	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	23:05
90	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	23:36
91	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	23:52

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Tour of Holland stage 5 map. The racers will ride 10 laps of the 15.5 km. course.

Tour of Holland stage 5 profile

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Saturday, October 18: Stage 4, Emmen - VAM-Berg Drenthe, 159 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Timo de Jong wins stage 4. Christophe Laporte (head down, yellow jersey) becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the start city of Emmen at 2:20 PM, local time: 11C (52F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: At 12:15 p.m., the riders depart from the Market Square. Five minutes later, at 12:20 p.m., the official start is given on Slenerweg. From there, the peloton winds its way through the peaceful Drenthe countryside, past forests, heathlands, and traditional village greens, heading toward the highlight of the day: the VAM-berg.

The VAM-berg is Drenthe’s highest point and a much-loved climb in Dutch cycling. With multiple steep sides – including sections of up to 16.4% – it’s a serious test for the legs. The peloton tackles this climb several times, giving spectators plenty of opportunities to witness the action up close.

On the VAM-Berg, a fast finale unfolds towards the finish, where the winner is celebrated to loud applause

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Christophe Laporte's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Christophe Laporte has taken the overall lead in the Tour of Holland on the penultimate day. The 32-year-old Frenchman from Team Visma | Lease a Bike made the race hard himself and narrowly missed out on the stage win. Laporte will start as the overall leader in tomorrow’s final stage, holding a 37-second advantage over his closest rival, Lukas Kubis. The victory went to Timo de Jong.

The riders faced a demanding 159-kilometer stage, finishing on the VAM-berg. After the start in Emmen, the peloton headed toward the climb, where twelve local laps awaited them.

A breakaway of seven riders was given some freedom by the peloton after the start. The group reached the local circuits with a two-minute advantage. The succession of ascents of the VAM-berg gradually thinned out the peloton. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Laporte, Olav Kooij, and Julien Vermote were part of the select group with 30 kilometers remaining.

With 30 kilometers to go, Laporte launched an attack after strong work from Vermote and Kooij. The Frenchman was joined only by Lukas Kubis. The duo cooperated well to bridge across to the breakaway, succeeding with just over ten kilometers left. Despite several attacks, the final climb of the VAM-berg proved decisive. In the uphill sprint, early escapee De Jong proved the strongest. Laporte finished second and took over the overall lead.

“It was my goal to win today, but I also had to make the choice to go all-in for the overall classification,” Laporte said afterward. “With a few laps to go, I decided to accelerate. Julien and Olav kept a high pace in the peloton, and then it was up to me to close the gap to the front. I gave everything to go for the stage win as well, but in the end, the tank was empty. Tomorrow, the key will be to stay out of trouble in the tricky stage so I can hopefully secure the overall victory."

Complete results:

159 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.827 km/hr

1	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	3hr 32min 49sec
2	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
4	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	@ 6sec
5	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:16
7	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:01
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:03
9	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	1:05
10	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:07
12	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	1:08
15	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	1:16
16	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:23
18	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
19	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:00
20	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	2:41
21	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:43
23	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
26	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	2:45
27	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	2:48
28	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
29	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	2:51
30	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:52
32	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
33	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	3:03
34	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3:09
35	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:10
36	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:58
37	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:16
38	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
41	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	5:50
42	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	6:37
43	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:50
44	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
49	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
52	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
55	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	6:53
56	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
58	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
59	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:55
61	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:06
62	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:13
63	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
64	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	7:36
65	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	6:50
66	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	12:26
67	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	14:54
68	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	17:00
69	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	s.t.
70	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	s.t.
72	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
73	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
74	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
76	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	s.t.
77	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
80	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
81	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
82	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
83	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
87	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
• Teams classification leader: Unibet Tietema Rockets

296.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.767 km/hr

1	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6hr 27min 30sec
2	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	@ 37sec
3	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	1:05
4	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:25
5	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	1:26
6	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	1:28
7	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:30
8	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:32
9	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	1:36
10	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:52
11	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:53
12	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	2:05
13	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:21
14	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	2:28
15	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	2:35
16	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:44
17	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:48
18	Alec Segaert	Lotto	2:59
19	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:00
20	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	3:12
21	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	3:13
22	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	3:16
23	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	3:17
24	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	3:24
25	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	3:31
26	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:39
27	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	3:58
28	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:01
29	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:06
30	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	4:07
31	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:30
32	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:44
33	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	5:12
34	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:13
35	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	5:25
36	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	5:26
37	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:52
38	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:58
39	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	7:06
40	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	7:34
41	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	7:39
42	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:42
43	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	7:48
44	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:49
45	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:02
46	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:09
47	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
48	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
49	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	8:13
51	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	8:33
52	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	8:37
53	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	8:40
54	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:43
55	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	8:50
56	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	8:51
57	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:55
58	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	9:02
59	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	9:33
60	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:37
61	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	9:39
62	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	9:45
63	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:51
64	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	10:57
65	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:50
66	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	14:01
67	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	16:35
68	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	17:24
69	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	17:55
70	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	18:01
71	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	18:13
72	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	18:30
73	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
74	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	18:35
75	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:41
76	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:43
77	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	18:52
78	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	18:57
79	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	19:13
80	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	19:15
81	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:17
82	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:18
83	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	19:45
84	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	19:57
85	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:07
86	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	20:11
87	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	20:23
88	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	21:23
89	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	21:24
90	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	21:53
91	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	22:22

 

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, October 17: Stage 3, Sittard - Watersley, 149 km

Stage 3 map & profile

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Weather at the start city of Sittard at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 21% chance of rain, dropping to 1% at 4:00 PM.

The race: Stage 3 of the 2025 Tour of Holland was cancelled due to multiple vehicles entering the race route, disrupting the race and leading to rider protests. The cancellation occurred after riders were initially stopped by a car and, during a neutral period, a second car also entered the course, causing riders to refuse to continue. This happened because the race was being run without police support, with the race relying on volunteers to secure the route, which proved to be insufficient.

Results: None

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

137.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.218 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	2hr 54min 28sec
2	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	@ 2sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:19
4	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:24
5	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:26
6	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:33
7	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:36
8	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
9	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	0:42
10	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:45
11	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
12	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:48
13	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
14	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:49
15	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:53
16	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:54
17	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:58
18	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:00
19	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:05
20	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Robin Orins	Lotto	1:06
22	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	1:08
23	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
24	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
25	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:12
26	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:13
27	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:14
29	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	s.t.
30	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	1:24
31	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:25
32	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:26
33	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:27
34	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:29
35	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:30
36	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:31
37	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:32
40	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
43	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:36
44	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
45	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	s.t.
46	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:37
47	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:40
48	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental	s.t.
49	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	1:43
50	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
51	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:47
52	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
53	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:48
54	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:50
55	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:53
56	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:54
57	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:55
61	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:56
63	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:57
65	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:00
66	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	2:02
67	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	2:03
68	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	2:05
69	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:06
70	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:10
71	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
72	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	2:14
73	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	2:25
74	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:26
75	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
76	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	2:28
77	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:30
78	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
79	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
80	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
81	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	2:32
82	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	2:33
83	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	2:35
84	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:43
85	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	2:51
86	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:52
87	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:57
88	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
89	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:58
90	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:10
91	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:13
92	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:20
93	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	3:24
94	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	3:25
95	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:27
96	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	3:36
98	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	3:39
99	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	3:57
100	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	4:03
101	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	4:36
102	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	4:37
103	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental	4:40
104	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:41
105	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	5:06
106	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:12
107	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:35
108	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	6:16
109	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	8:57

 

Stage 3 map & profile

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, October 16: Stage 2, Etten-Leur 14.8 km individual time trial

Stage 2 map & profile

Ethan Hayter on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead. Photo: Cor Vos

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Weather at the race city of Etten-Leur at 2;25 PM, local time: 15C (59F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain. Early in the stage there was light rain falling on the riders.

The race: Niek Hoornsman (Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel) was the first rider off at 1:30 PM.

Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Ethan Hayter's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Ethan Hayter returned in the Tour of Holland orange jersey after a flawless ride Thursday afternoon, when he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the second individual time trial of the race. Victorious in the Den Haag prologue two days ago, the 27-year-old was the penultimate rider to leave the start house in Etten-Leur, where the stage took place over a flat and fast course, which included just a couple of technical parts, especially in the second part.

The British Champion put in a flying ride that saw him record the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint and set the early mark for success. In the final seven kilometers of the race, Hayter increased the tempo and blitzed the second half of the time trial, clocking a winning time of 16:56 thanks to an average speed of 52.42km/h.

This success will see Ethan start Friday’s hilly stage with a two-second buffer over his closest opponent in the overall standings of the Tour of Holland, where Soudal Quick-Step teammate Yves Lampaert sits in a strong sixth place after moving up three positions at the end of the ITT.

“The morning rain made it difficult, as the roads were still damp and had some leaves, making it a tricky one to judge, but I was able to do a solid time trial from start to finish, and I’m happy I could bring another one for the team. It’s for the fourth time in my career that I won two stages in a race and it feels nice, especially as it shows as confirmation of all the hard work I’ve put in this year. The next few days have some demanding climbs, but I want to enjoy being in the overall lead again and we’ll see what we can do in the general classification.”

“The team is having a fantastic final part of the season, winning here and also in China, so we can be proud of this. It’s incredible to get six victories this week and we hope to not stop here, as there should be a couple of more opportunities”, Ethan said after the race.

Complete results:

14.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.493 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	16min 55sec
2	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	@ 4sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:16
4	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:17
5	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:19
6	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:26
7	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:28
9	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:40
11	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	0:42
13	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:43
14	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	0:44
15	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:49
18	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:51
20	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	0:54
21	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
23	Robin Orins	Lotto	0:55
24	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	0:56
25	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	0:57
27	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	1:02
28	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03
29	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	1:04
31	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:07
32	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
33	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	1:11
34	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:12
35	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	1:13
36	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:14
38	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
39	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:15
41	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:16
42	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	1:17
43	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:18
44	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:19
46	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
47	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
48	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:20
49	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	1:21
50	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental	1:22
52	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:25
53	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
54	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	s.t.
55	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
56	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental	1:27
57	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:29
58	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:30
59	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
60	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:34
61	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:35
62	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:36
64	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:37
65	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	1:38
66	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:39
69	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:40
70	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:41
71	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:43
72	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	1:45
74	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:46
75	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	1:48
76	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
77	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
78	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:49
79	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:50
80	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
81	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:00
82	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	2:01
85	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	2:04
86	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	2:05
88	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
89	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	2:06
90	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	2:08
91	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:10
92	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:11
94	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:18
95	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	2:20
96	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	2:22
97	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:25
99	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:26
100	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	2:35
101	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:36
102	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:37
103	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:38
104	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:40
105	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:42
106	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:47
107	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:49
108	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	2:58
109	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	3:46

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

137.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.218 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	2hr 54min 28sec
2	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	@ 2sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:19
4	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:24
5	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:26
6	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:33
7	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:36
8	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
9	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	0:42
10	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:45
11	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
12	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:48
13	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
14	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:49
15	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:53
16	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:54
17	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:58
18	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:00
19	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:05
20	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Robin Orins	Lotto	1:06
22	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	1:08
23	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
24	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
25	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:12
26	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:13
27	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:14
29	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	s.t.
30	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	1:24
31	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:25
32	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:26
33	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:27
34	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:29
35	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:30
36	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:31
37	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:32
40	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
43	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:36
44	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
45	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	s.t.
46	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:37
47	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:40
48	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental	s.t.
49	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	1:43
50	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
51	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:47
52	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
53	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:48
54	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:50
55	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:53
56	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:54
57	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:55
61	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:56
63	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	1:57
65	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:00
66	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	2:02
67	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	2:03
68	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	2:05
69	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:06
70	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:10
71	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
72	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	2:14
73	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	2:25
74	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	2:26
75	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
76	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	2:28
77	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:30
78	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
79	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
80	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
81	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	2:32
82	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	2:33
83	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	2:35
84	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	2:43
85	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	2:51
86	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:52
87	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:57
88	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
89	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:58
90	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:10
91	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:13
92	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:20
93	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	3:24
94	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	3:25
95	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:27
96	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	3:36
98	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	3:39
99	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	3:57
100	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	4:03
101	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	4:36
102	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	4:37
103	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental	4:40
104	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:41
105	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	5:06
106	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:12
107	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	5:35
108	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	6:16
109	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	8:57

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, October 15: Stage 1, Dordrecht - Dordrecht, 118.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Tim Merlier beats Olav Kooij for the stage win. Photo: Cor Vos

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Weather at the start/finish city of Dordrecht at 2:20 PM, local time: 14C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain.

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

Tim Merlier kept the team’s incredible winning streak going at the Tour of Holland, powering to victory on stage one after an immense sprint where he combined positioning, timing and speed. The Belgian, who raced clad in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey for the first time in more than a year now that his spell as European Champion concluded, came past his opponents in the last 150 meters of the day, blasting to the Wolfpack’s 50th victory of the year – the 11th time in the team’s history that we’ve hit this amazing milestone.

The exceptional season Tim has had is underlined also by the fact he won at least a race in all the months of the year – except for May, when he didn’t compete – a remarkable consistency for the soon-to-be 33-year-old and a testament to his determination. In Dordrecht, where Wednesday’s stage finished, Merlier showcased again his phenomenal speed after a flawless job of his teammates and claimed a win that put him in the points jersey, which he’ll wear during the individual time trial.

“I’m delighted I could bring Soudal Quick-Step’s 50th victory of the season! It’s an outstanding performance of the whole squad and it speaks a lot of our ambition and team spirit! We are having a great week, here and in China, and we want to keep the same motivation until Sunday. Today it wasn’t easy, quite hectic actually with all the road furniture, and the sprint was a hard one, but I managed to find the right timing and also had good legs to finish it off.”

“It’s my 16th success of the year, meaning that I have now matched my total number of last year, and this is something that gives me a lot of pride. We have a couple of more stages left here this week and we’ll see what else we can achieve”, said Tim, who became the first Belgian rider since Freddy Maertens in 1977 to take 16 victories in back-to-back seasons.

Complete results:

118.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.435 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	2hr 33min 7sec
2	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
9	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
11	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
17	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
19	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
22	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
23	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
24	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
26	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental	s.t.
27	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
28	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
30	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental	s.t.
31	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
33	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
37	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
39	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
40	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
41	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
43	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
44	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
45	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
50	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
52	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
53	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
54	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
55	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental	s.t.
56	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
58	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
59	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
60	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
63	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
64	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
67	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental	s.t.
69	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
71	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
73	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
76	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
78	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
79	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
80	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
82	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
87	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
88	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental	s.t.
89	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
90	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
91	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	@ 33sec
92	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
94	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
95	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	0:48
96	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:51
97	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	1:09
98	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	1:22
99	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:39
100	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
101	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental	2:18
102	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
103	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	2:27
104	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
106	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	3:34
109	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	4:32

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

122.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.662 km/hr

1	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	2hr 37min 31sec
2	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2sec
4	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:05
6	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
7	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:07
8	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:09
10	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
12	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
14	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:11
17	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Kamil Małecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:12
20	Lukáš Kubiš	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
21	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:13
23	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
25	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
26	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Tomáš Kopecký	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
30	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:14
31	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
32	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:15
33	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
35	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	0:16
36	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
37	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
39	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:17
40	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
41	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
44	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:19
46	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
48	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Emīls Liepiņš	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
51	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:20
52	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
53	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
54	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:21
56	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Adam Ťoupalík	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
58	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
59	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	0:22
60	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
63	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
65	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:23
66	Mikal Grimstad	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:24
68	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
70	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	0:25
71	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	0:26
72	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
73	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	0:27
74	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
76	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	0:28
77	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	0:29
78	Germán Darío Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
80	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:33
81	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
82	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:34
83	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:36
84	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:38
85	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	0:40
86	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
87	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	0:42
88	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:47
89	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:49
90	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	0:54
91	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
92	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:58
93	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	0:59
94	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:00
95	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:07
97	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	1:32
98	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	1:40
99	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:00
100	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	2:18
101	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	2:46
102	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:50
103	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
104	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:52
105	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:56
106	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	3:04
107	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	3:15
108	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	3:56
109	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	5:13

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, October 14: Prologue, The Hague 4 km individual time trial.

Prologue map & profile

Ethan Hayter on his way to winning the prologue. Photo: Cor Vos

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Weather at the race city of The Hague at 7:00 PM, local time: 13C (56F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain.

The race: First rider off was Stijn Daemen (VolkerWessels Cycling Team) at 7:00 PM local time.

Here's the report from winner Ethan Hayter's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Soudal Quick-Step celebrated its second victory in the space of just twelve hours Tuesday evening. After Paul Magnier took the spoils on the opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi in the morning, Ethan Hayter added another success to our team’s tally, this time in Europe.

The British Champion, one of the last riders to roll down the ramp in Den Haag – where the Tour of Holland evening prologue took place – put in a flying ride on the 4km short and flat course to rack up his fourth win of the season, after the ones he picked up at the Tour of Belgium, Nationals, and Tour de Luxembourg. Hayter stopped the clock in 4:26 and finished first for the smallest of margins after averaging almost 54km/h, a success that moved him into the leader’s jersey.

“It’s really nice to take a victory just before the end of the season, and especially after missing out on a medal for less than a second at the European Championships. I feel that I’m back to my best in the time trials this year, and I have to thank the team for this, because they showed a lot of confidence in me and supported me with the best equipment.”

“It was an atypical time trial, held in the evening, and for that reason, it reminded me a bit of track racing. I didn’t take any risks out there, but at the same time, I made sure of going as fast as possible. The orange jersey that I will now wear is a nice bonus, because it’s always special to lead a stage race. We are here with a strong team and we hope to be in the mix for more stage victories”, said Ethan after scoring Soudal Quick-Step 48th victory of the season.

Complete Results & GC

4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.135 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	4min 26sec
2	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	@ 1sec
4	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:03
5	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
6	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:05
7	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:06
8	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:07
10	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
12	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:08
14	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
15	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	0:09
16	Tim Marsman	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Romet Pajur	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:10
20	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
21	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:11
23	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Frits Biesterbos	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
25	Robin Orins	Lotto	s.t.
26	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
30	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:12
31	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto	s.t.
32	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:13
33	Sente Sentjens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
35	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:14
36	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
37	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
38	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:15
40	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
41	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Simon Goossens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	0:16
44	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
45	Theodor Clemmensen	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Michiel Coppens	BEAT Cycling Club	0:17
47	Milan Vader	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
51	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:18
54	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Guillaume Visser	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
56	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Mike Bronswijk	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
58	Jonas Kind Høydahl	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Finn Crockett	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:19
60	Timo de Jong	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
62	Rick Ottema	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	s.t.
63	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Rik van der Wal	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	0:20
65	Joppe Heremans	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
67	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
68	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
71	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:21
72	Jan-Willem van Schip	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
73	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
74	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
75	Stijn Daemen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	0:22
76	Max Kroonen	VolkerWessels Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Bram Dissel	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
78	Luke Verburg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
79	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
80	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
82	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Elmar Abma	Intermarché-Wanty	0:24
84	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
85	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:25
86	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
89	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
90	Stijn Appel	BEAT Cycling Club	0:26
91	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	0:27
92	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
93	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
94	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Niek Hoornsman	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:30
96	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:31
97	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
98	Roy Hoogendoorn	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:32
99	Meindert Weulink	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:34
100	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	0:35
101	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:36
102	Martijn Tusveld	BEAT Cycling Club	0:37
103	Lars Rouffaer	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	0:38
104	Jordan Habets	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	s.t.
105	Fabio Jakobsen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:39
106	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty	0:40
107	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:45
108	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel	0:47
109	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	0:52
110	Jelle Bouma	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam	0:56

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Start list with back numbers, October 13, 2025

110 riders

	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
1	Danny van Poppel
2	Theodor Clemmensen
3	Jonas Koch
4	Romet Pajur
5	Jan Tratnik
6	Tim van Dijke
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
11	Timo Behrens
12	Simon Dehairs
13	Jensen Plowright
14	Johan Price-Pejtersen
15	Siebe Roesems
16	Sente Sentjens
	Lidl-Trek
21	Daan Hoole
22	Tim Declercq
23	Cameron Rogers
24	Jakob Söderqvist
25	Tim Torn Teutenberg
26	Edward Theuns
	Soudal Quick-Step
31	Tim Merlier
32	Ayco Bastiaens
33	Yves Lampaert
34	Luke Lamperti
35	Pepijn Reinderink
36	Bert Van Lerberghe
	Team Picnic PostNL
41	John Degenkolb
42	Nils Eekhoff
43	Sean Flynn
44	Fabio Jakobsen
45	Tobias Lund Andresen
46	Julius van den Berg
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
51	Olav Kooij
52	Christophe Laporte
53	Bart Lemmen
54	Julien Vermote
55	Jonas Kind Høydahl
56	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus
	XDS Astana Team
61	Cees Bol
62	Ide Schelling
63	Ivan Smirnov
64	Gleb Syritsa
65	Mike Teunissen
66	Davide Ballerini
	Lotto
71	Arnaud De Lie
72	Mathieu Kockelmann
73	Sébastien Grignard
74	Robin Orins
75	Alec Segaert
76	Baptiste Veistroffer
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
81	Matteo Moschetti
82	Frederik Frison
83	Emils Liepins
84	Kamil Malecki
85	Jannik Steimle
86	Rory Townsend
	Team Flanders-Baloise
91	Siebe Deweirdt
92	Milan Lanhove
93	Vincent Van Hemelen
94	Aaron Van Poucke
95	Ward Vanhoof
96	Victor Vercouillie
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
101	Gabriele Raccagni
102	Mirco Maestri
103	Francisco Muñoz
104	Manuel Peñalver
105	Andrea Pietrobon
106	Javier Serrano
	Team TotalEnergies
111	Anthony Turgis
112	Rayan Boulahoite
113	Alexys Brunel
114	Samuel Leroux
115	Nicola Marcerou
116	Jason Tesson
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
121	Lukas Kubis
122	Joren Bloem
123	Hartthijs de Vries
124	Tomas Kopecky
125	Wessel Mouris
126	Adam Toupalik
	Intermarché-Wanty
131	Elmar Abma
132	Huub Artz
133	Gerben Thijssen
134	Taco van der Hoorn
135	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	BEAT Cycling Club
141	Stijn Appel
142	Frits Biesterbos
143	Michiel Coppens
144	Bram Dissel
145	Tijmen Eising
146	Jochem Kerckhaert
	Diftar Continental Cyclingteam
151	Jelle Bouma
152	Mike Bronswijk
153	Rick Ottema
154	Lars Rouffaer
155	Rik van der Wal
156	Guillaume Visser
	Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel
161	Karst Hayma
162	Niek Hoornsman
163	Roan Konings
164	Pete Uptegrove
165	Julian Vergouw
166	Collin Westbroek
	Parkhotel Valkenburg
171	Mathis Avondts
172	Martijn Rasenberg
173	Nils Sinschek
174	Jan-Willem van Schip
175	Luke Verburg
176	Meindert Weulink
	VolkerWessels Cycling Team
181	Finn Crockett
182	Stijn Daemen
183	Timo de Jong
184	Joppe Heremans
185	Max Kroonen
186	Tim Marsman