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Sunday, June 4: 4th and Final Stage, Mersch - Luxembourg, 174.6 km

Stage 4 map

Greg van Avermaet wins the final stage and the final GC

The race: Here's the story from final overall winner Greg van Avermaet's BMC team.

Greg Van Avermaet secured overall victory at the SkodaTour de Luxembourg in emphatic style, winning the final stage after an impressive show of strength on the final climb to the line.

In a change to tradition, four riders went clear within the opening kilometers of stage 4 and quickly built up an advantage that was touching seven minutes after just 20km, of the 174.6km course. With BMC Racing Team taking control and setting the pace at the front of the peloton, the gap soon started to hover around 5 minutes. 

Heading into the second half of the day, the advantage of the breakaway was falling steadily and eventually, with 50km to go, there was less than one minute separating them from the rest of the field. As the gap fell to under 20 seconds, five riders accelerated off the front of the peloton and were able to make contact with the one remaining breakaway rider.

This new leading group was able to put some daylight between themselves and the bunch inside the final 30km. However with three laps of the 3.8km finishing circuit to cover, all of which included the category one climb up the Pabeierbierg, riders quickly dropped back to the bunch.

Just two riders remained in front as the final bell rang and, with BMC Racing Team still setting a fierce pace, it was all back together under the flamme rouge. The riders headed onto the final climb at full speed with Van Avermaet tucked in the wheel of Loïc Vliegen before a final burst of acceleration saw him hit the front with 150m to go.

In another incredible show of strength, Van Avermaet looked unstoppable as he powered his way up to the line before punching the air with delight after securing a second stage win and the overall victory. 

Interview with Greg Van Avermaet

Congratulations, Greg. You took two stage wins and the overall victory in Luxembourg, was this something you were expecting coming into the race?

"When I came into this race, I was just thinking about improving my form and being a little bit better every day so, I was surprised when I was second in the prologue. From there, the expectation to do well came from me. Every day was a parcours suited to me, so it became easier and easier to take a victory and I am really happy to win."

Talk us through today's final climb.

"I think today was a better climb for me. Yesterday was a little bit longer, and I didn't time my sprint as well as I did today. It was much better today. It was a stage more suited to puncheurs like me but, I have to say, the team did a really good job to bring me where I wanted to be."

"They worked all day and even at the end of the race, we still had enough guys to put me into a good position. We only had seven riders here, but all six guys were riding really well for me today, and I only had to do the last 150m. So, it was actually pretty easy."

Did you feel any pressure heading into today's stage?

"I felt a little bit of pressure because I really wanted to win especially after the effort of all the guys. You have to prove that you are the leader of your team by finishing off the job. It was a good experience."

What does this mean looking ahead to the rest of the season?

"It's always good to start with a win again. This might not be a UCI WorldTour race but every victory counts, and it is always good to get into this mindset. But now, the main goal for me is winning a stage in the Tour de France, and that is the most important thing."

Complete results:

174.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.61 km/hr

1	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	4hr 46min 8sec
2	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
3	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
4	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	@ 3sec
5	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	@ 4sec
6	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
8	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
9	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
10	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
11	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
12	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	7
13	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
15	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	s.t.
16	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
17	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	14
18	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
19	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
20	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	16
21	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	18
22	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	19
23	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
24	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	23
25	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
26	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27
27	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	29
28	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	30
29	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	32
30	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	37
31	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	39
33	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	41
34	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	48
35	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	49
36	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	50
38	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	53
39	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	57
40	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	+1:04
41	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:19
42	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
43	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:32
44	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	+1:37
45	Floris GERFS	BMC	+1:39
46	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+1:45
47	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
48	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
49	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+1:57
50	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	+1:59
51	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:01
52	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:02
53	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:04
54	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+2:07
55	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
56	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:21
57	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
58	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+2:34
59	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
60	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:44
61	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	s.t.
62	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	+2:48
63	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+2:54
64	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
65	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
66	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
68	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
69	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
70	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
71	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
72	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+3:04
73	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
74	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	+3:21
75	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
76	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
77	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
78	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	+3:28
79	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+3:35
80	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+3:37
81	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
82	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+3:44
83	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:50
84	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+4:56
85	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
86	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
87	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
88	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	+5:20
89	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:59
90	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	+10:02
92	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4:

• GC winner: Greg van Avermaet (BMC)
• Points classification winner: Greg van Avermaet (BMC)
• Mountains classification winner: Brice Feillu (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Young rider classification winner: Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
• Team classification winner: Cofidis

720.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.00 km/hr

1	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	18hr 27min 50sec
2	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	@ 29sec
3	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	36
4	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	40
5	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
6	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	43
7	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	44
8	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	47
9	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	48
10	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	50
11	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	52
12	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	53
13	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	56
14	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	58
15	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
16	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
17	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:01
18	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:09
19	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:22
20	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:27
21	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
22	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
23	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:28
24	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	+1:35
25	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:37
26	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+1:50
27	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	+1:53
28	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:59
29	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
30	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+2:03
31	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:11
32	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:39
33	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	+2:47
34	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2:53
35	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	+2:59
36	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	+3:21
37	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:34
38	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	+4:09
39	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	+4:16
40	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
41	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+4:24
42	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:37
43	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+5:48
44	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+6:59
45	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+7:28
46	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+7:33
47	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+7:59
48	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+8:35
49	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+8:57
50	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	+10:03
51	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:25
52	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	+10:40
53	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	+11:27
54	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	+11:51
55	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	+12:34
56	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	+12:39
57	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	+12:51
58	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	+14:13
59	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+14:22
60	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+14:45
61	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
62	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+15:08
63	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+15:28
64	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+15:37
65	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	+16:00
67	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+18:30
68	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+18:33
69	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+19:19
70	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+19:31
71	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+19:35
72	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	+20:11
73	Floris GERFS	BMC	+20:13
74	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+20:14
75	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+20:57
76	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+20:59
77	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
78	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	+21:29
79	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:35
80	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
81	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+21:40
82	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	+22:05
83	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	+24:27
84	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	+24:44
85	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	+25:07
86	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	+25:25
87	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+26:20
88	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+26:42
89	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+28:26
90	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+29:02
91	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+30:57
92	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	+31:40

Stage 4 map

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Saturday, June 3: Stage 3, Eschweiler - Diekirch, 192.9 km

Stage 3 map

Anthony Perez wins stage three

The race: Here's the story from new GC leader Greg van Avermaet's BMC team.

The Skoda Tour de Luxembourg queen stage came down to an uphill battle to the line with Greg Van Avermaet finishing a close second and taking over control of the General Classification.

Despite lots of early attacks, it took over 30km, of the 192.9km stage, for four riders to be given the freedom to build up an advantage over the rest of the field.

By the time the quartet had reached KM 40, their lead had risen to over three minutes but, with BMC Racing Team controlling the bunch behind, it eventually settled at around 3'30". Heading into the final 90km of the day, the pace of the peloton rose quickly with the breakaway brought to within 2'50" before the gap began to fall steadily over the next 50km.

Eventually, with 40km remaining, and on the first of three ascents of the Herrenberg climb, the leading group was less than 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

With the breakaway in touching distance, four riders took the opportunity to bridge the gap and, as a result of the added horsepower, the group's advantage started to increase slightly. At the 10km to go mark, the peloton was hovering around one minute behind but, with BMC Racing Team chasing hard, the race was ultimately back together and heading for a brutal final uphill sprint to the line with 2km to go.

Going under the flamme rouge, the relentless pace at the front of the bunch saw riders drop off the back before the final sprint was launched.

Van Avermaet went to the front early and was powering towards the line with his trademark grit and determination before a tight finish saw him finish second behind Anthony Perez (Cofidis), and move into the overall race lead.

After two days in the yellow jersey, the steep gradient took its toll on Jempy Drucker who eventually slipped back on the final climb, crossing the line 1'21" behind the eventual winner, Perez.

Greg Van Avermaet: "When you lose a race you always have to think about what you did right and what you did wrong. I am not really happy about coming second today. The only thing I can say is that maybe I went a little too early and was a bit too confident. When [Anthony] Perez came next to me, I didn't have the power to keep him on my line. For sure I am not at 100% yet, and it is normal that sometimes you get beaten. It was a really good finish for me, and I was pretty confident that I could do it but you have to admit when someone does a better job than you."

Sports Director, Steve Bauer: "It was a very tough stage today. The longest one of the race with a very difficult finale. We knew we had to control the race and we were able to stick to our plan of letting a breakaway go that was less challenging to control. We were fortunate that the four riders that went away were a little further back on the GC so, the ride was controlled all day."

"The guys did a great job. Floris Gerts and Martin Elmiger did a lot of the early work and then, on the final circuits, we had some work to do with the late attacks. But, Loïc Vliegen, Michael Schär, and Nathan Van Hooydonck did a great job to pull them back at the base of the climb. From there it was really up to Jempy Drucker and Greg Van Avermaet. We knew this was a great finish for Greg and in the end, he just missed the stage win. But, he moved into the overall lead, so it was a fabulous day for the team."

"We still have to control the race tomorrow. The finishing circuits are hard, and once again I think it will come down to the final kilometers. We know Greg can match anyone in the closing kilometers of a race so we are in a good position if we can bring it together for the final."

Complete Stage 3 results:

192.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.804 km/hr

1	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	4hr 58min 16sec
2	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
3	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
4	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	@ 1sec
5	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
6	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
7	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
8	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
9	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
11	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
12	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
14	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9
16	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10
17	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
18	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	s.t.
19	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
20	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
21	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
22	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
23	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
24	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	17
25	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
27	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	20
28	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	22
29	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	23
30	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
31	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	29
32	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	37
33	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	41
34	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:00
36	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	+1:02
37	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+1:04
38	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:19
39	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	+1:21
40	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+2:10
41	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:13
42	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:22
43	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
44	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	+3:03
45	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+3:09
46	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:14
47	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	+3:26
48	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
49	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+3:31
50	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:59
51	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
52	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
53	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+4:30
54	Floris GERFS	BMC	+6:00
55	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
56	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
57	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
58	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
59	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
61	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
62	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
63	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
64	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
65	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
66	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
67	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
68	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
69	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
70	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
71	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
72	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
73	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
74	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+6:06
75	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+8:55
76	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
77	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
78	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
79	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
80	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
81	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
82	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
83	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
84	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
85	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
86	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
87	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
88	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
89	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
90	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:03
91	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+9:04
93	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
94	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:06
95	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+9:14
96	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	s.t.
97	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	s.t.
98	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	+12:14
99	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
100	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
101	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
102	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+16:55

GC after Stage 3:

1	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	13hr 41min 52sec
2	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	@ 22sec
3	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	23
4	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
5	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	26
6	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	28
7	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	29
9	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	30
10	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
11	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	31
12	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	33
13	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	34
14	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	35
15	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	36
16	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	37
17	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	39
18	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	40
19	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
20	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	41
21	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	48
22	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	50
23	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	55
24	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	56
25	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	57
26	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	58
27	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	+1:00
28	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:04
29	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:10
31	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+1:12
32	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	+1:20
33	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:26
34	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
35	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	+1:33
36	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
37	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:54
38	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	+2:19
39	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:47
40	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:55
41	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:33
42	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	+3:34
43	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+3:53
44	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	+4:05
45	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+4:39
46	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:14
47	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+5:42
48	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+5:53
49	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+6:20
50	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+6:28
51	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	+6:34
52	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	+9:10
53	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	+9:10
54	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	+9:20
55	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	+9:36
56	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	+9:37
57	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	+9:41
58	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:01
59	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	+10:42
60	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	+10:48
61	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+10:51
62	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+11:00
63	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+12:24
64	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+12:33
65	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+12:33
66	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12:34
67	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+12:44
68	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	+12:46
69	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+12:56
70	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	+14:33
71	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+15:26
72	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
73	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+15:41
74	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+15:48
75	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+16:27
76	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+18:13
78	Floris GERFS	BMC	+18:24
79	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
80	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	+18:25
81	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+18:26
82	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+18:28
83	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	+18:31
84	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+18:33
85	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	+18:57
86	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	+19:01
87	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	+21:13
88	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+21:14
89	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	+21:21
90	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	+21:26
91	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	+21:28
92	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:29
93	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
94	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	+21:30
95	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+21:36
96	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	+21:38
97	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+23:56
98	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	+24:42
99	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+26:31
100	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+28:03
101	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	+28:13
102	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+46:33

Stage 3 map:

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Friday, June 2: Stage 2, Steinfort - Walferdange, 178.4 km

Stage 2 map

Greg van Avermaet wins Stage Two.

The race: Here's the report from winner Greg van Avermaet's BMC team.

Another day, another BMC Racing Team victory at the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg with Greg Van Avermaet taking the honors in the final sprint for the line on stage 2 ahead of teammate Jeamn-Pierre (Jempy) Drucker, who holds onto his overall race lead.

After a fast start to the day's proceedings, the peloton remained together heading towards the first intermediate sprint at KM 13. Van Avermaet was in the mix and sprinted for two bonus seconds and consequently moved up into second overall on the General Classification.

Just a couple of kilometers later, three riders found themselves in a position to go clear off the front of the main bunch. But, with the BMC Racing Team-led peloton keeping control of the race, their advantage never reached beyond 2'30" over the first 70km of the day. 

The gap extended slightly heading into the second half of the stage and was sitting at 3'37" with 100km to go. However, the peloton quickly reacted, and soon the breakaway was being steadily reeled in.

Inside the final 60km, the leaders had been brought to within one minute before the catch was made just over 10km later. With the peloton hitting the reset button, it didn't take long for six riders to make a move off the front and try to build up an advantage. 

With 24km to go, the leading group was holding onto a narrow advantage of 15 seconds, and it wasn't allowed to extend much further with the final climb, the Côte de Bereldange, coming just 9km before the finish line.

The fast pace which had been set by BMC Racing Team saw the main bunch dramatically reduced in size with just 18 riders, including Drucker and Van Avermaet, remaining as they caught the late breakaway with 8km to go.

Despite some tentative attacks, the group remained altogether heading under the flamme rouge, and soon the riders were heading towards a final sprint for the line.

With around 200m to go, Van Avermaet was powering his way through the reduced bunch, and his strength over the rest of the field was evident as he lunged for the line to secure the stage victory. Behind him, Drucker was also showing his strength, tucking neatly into Van Avermaet's wheel to take second on the line and maintain his overall lead on the General Classification, just one second ahead of Van Avermaet. 

Interview with Greg Van Avermaet:

Congratulations, Greg. How are you feeling after today's win?"

It's always good to come back to racing with a victory. My spring was amazing, and I'm happy that I've started back again with some good results. Winning is always difficult, so every victory I can take, I'm happy with."

Talk us through the final sprint.

"Jempy went with a group, so I was a bit behind, waiting a bit, but then we came back, and Jempy was riding to keep Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) close. Then I decided to go by myself in the sprint and I went from pretty far but I was able to keep it. And, then I saw that Jempy Drucker was also second in the end. It was not really the plan to go for the win with me. The race went, and I still felt fresh. I was waiting a little bit until they caught Jempy's group back and I came in a good position. I started to sprint from far, and nobody came over me. So, that's how it went."

This is your first race back after the Classics, how were you feeling out on the course today?

"I felt ok on the climb. It was not super, but I'm good enough to follow. I'm not going to drop everybody, but it was good. In the end, I know I have a good sprint also, so it was a good stage for me. It was pretty hard with the climbs in the end, and only the strong guys survive. I'm one of the fastest of this group."

Jempy Drucker: "It's always nice to have the yellow jersey on home soil in Luxembourg, so I really enjoyed my day. The team did a great job. Floris Gerts and Martin Elmiger controlled the first 130km almost and then at the end it was Loïc Vliegen doing the hard leg work with Nathan Van Hooydonck and Michael Schär. We had a nice day, we defended yellow, and Greg Van Avermaet is now sitting second on the GC, so we are in a good position."

"For me, an uphill finish is always difficult. Maybe I will be in the mix tomorrow but I am not expecting the victory. But, we have Greg and he is in good shape and the most important thing is that the team has yellow on Sunday afternoon."

Complete results:

178.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.95 km/hr

1	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	4hr 34min 47sec
2	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
3	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
4	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
5	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
6	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	s.t.
7	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
8	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
9	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
10	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
11	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
12	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
13	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
14	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
15	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
16	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
17	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	s.t.
19	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
21	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
22	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
23	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
24	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
25	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
27	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
29	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
33	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
34	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
35	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
38	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
39	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
40	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
41	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
44	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
45	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	@ 8sec
46	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+1:23
47	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
48	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
49	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
50	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
51	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
52	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	s.t.
53	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
55	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
56	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	+2:36
57	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
58	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
59	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+3:04
60	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
62	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
63	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
64	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
65	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+3:07
66	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+6:05
67	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
68	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
69	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
70	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
71	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
72	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
74	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
75	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
76	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
77	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
79	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
80	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+8:29
81	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+11:28
82	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	+11:50
83	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
84	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
85	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
86	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
87	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
88	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
89	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
90	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
91	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
92	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	s.t.
93	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
94	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
95	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	s.t.
96	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
97	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
98	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
99	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
100	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	s.t.
101	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
102	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	s.t.
103	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
104	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+18:52
106	Claudio CATANIA	Differdange-Losch	+21:12

GC after Stage 2:

352.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.39 km/hr

1	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	8hr 43min 41sec
2	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	@ 1sec
3	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 13sec
4	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	14
5	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
6	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	17
7	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	20
8	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
9	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
10	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	21
11	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	22
12	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
13	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
14	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	23
15	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	24
16	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
18	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
19	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	25
20	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
21	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	26
22	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
24	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	s.t.
25	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
26	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27
27	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	28
29	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
30	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
31	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
32	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	29
33	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
34	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
35	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	30
36	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
37	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	31
38	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
39	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	34
40	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	35
41	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	38
42	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	39
43	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	40
44	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	42
45	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
46	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	+1:42
47	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:48
48	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
49	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	+1:51
50	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:55
51	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	+2:06
52	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:09
53	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	+2:14
54	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:18
55	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	+3:05
56	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
57	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	+3:15
58	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+3:24
59	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	+3:31
60	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+3:33
61	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
62	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	+3:36
63	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	+3:38
64	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:56
65	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+6:25
66	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+6:26
67	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
68	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+6:28
69	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6:29
70	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+6:30
71	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	+6:36
72	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	+6:38
73	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	+6:39
74	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+6:41
75	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
76	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	+6:42
77	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6:48
78	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7:16
79	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+8:24
80	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+8:54
81	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	+12:02
82	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	+12:08
83	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	+12:13
84	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+12:14
85	Floris GERFS	BMC	+12:19
86	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
87	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	+12:20
88	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+12:21
89	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
90	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	+12:22
91	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+12:23
92	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
93	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
94	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	+12:26
95	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
96	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+12:27
97	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	+12:28
98	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
99	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	+12:29
100	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
101	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+14:56
102	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+18:44
103	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	+18:54
104	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+20:20
105	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+29:33
106	Claudio CATANIA	Differdange-Losch	+32:16

Stage 2 map:

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Thursday, June 1: Stage 1, Luxembourg - Bascharage, 172.0 km

Stage 1 map

Jean-Pierre Drucker wins stage one. Photo: TDW Sport

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Jean-Pierre (Jempy) Drucker's BMC team.

The leader's jersey changed hands in the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg stage 1 after Jempy Drucker's powerful sprint for the line saw him take the victory and move into the overall race lead.

After a fast opening 20km, three riders were eventually able to go clear off the front of the peloton and began to build up an advantage. The gap between the breakaway and the rest of field continued to rise over the opening kilometers of the race before settling at around five minutes after 60km, of the 172km course, and both of the day's categorized climbs.

Heading into the second half of the stage, the advantage of the three leaders began to fall steadily with the race leader at the start of the day, Damien Gaudin's Armee de Terre team setting the pace at the front of the bunch.

As the peloton crossed the line for the first of three finishing circuits around Bascharage with 35km to go, the breakaway's advantage had been reduced to just over two minutes.

BMC Racing Team then moved up to the front of the peloton to help with the chase and, as the bell rang to signal the beginning of the final lap, the two remaining breakaway riders were brought within sight.

With the race eventually back together inside the final 10km of the day, and a bunch sprint looking inevitable, BMC Racing Team remained present at the front of the peloton with Nathan Van Hooydonk and Loïc Vliegen leading the way with 2km to go. 

Positioning was key in closing meters of the race with Van Avermaet leading Drucker through the final right-hand turn before the Luxembourger launched his sprint on the 300m kick up to the line.

Drucker's explosive burst of acceleration was unmatched as he led the charge with 100m to go before punching the air with delight as he crossed the line to take the stage win and move into the leader's yellow jersey.

Rather than sitting up after his lead-out effort, Van Avermaet continued to sprint and eventually crossed the line fourth. 

Interview with Jempy Drucker:

Congratulations, Jempy. How are you feeling after today's win?

"It feels really good. I'm working for the team a lot of the time and I don't have many chances like this so, if I get the opportunity I always try to win. But, it's not always easy. I'm a sprinter, and there are a lot of strong guys, and I'm not always as fast as the likes of [Marcel] Kittell." 

Talk us through the final sprint.

"Most of the time, I don't have a specific sprint train, but today the guys were perfect. I had Greg as my main lead-out man and Loïc setting the pace in the last kilometer. But, everyone did a great job in the final. We came in with a plan to win this stage today so, it is perfect that it worked out."

And looking ahead to tomorrow?

"I crashed on tomorrow's stage last year, so I'm definitely hoping I don't do that again. We know it will be a hard day, but now I have won a stage, it is already a good race for me. Plus, I will be wearing yellow tomorrow which is also a nice feeling. I think we are in a good position overall as we have Greg Van Avermaet up there and he is also in great shape."

Complete results:

172 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.93 km/hr

1	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	4hr 6min 6sec
2	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
3	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
4	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
5	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
6	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
7	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
8	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
9	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
10	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
11	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
12	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
13	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
14	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
15	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
17	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
18	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
19	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
20	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
21	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
22	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
23	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	s.t.
25	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
27	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
29	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
30	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
31	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
32	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
33	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	s.t.
34	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
36	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
37	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
38	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
39	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
40	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
41	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
42	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
43	Luis Angel MATE MARDONES	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
45	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
46	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
47	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
48	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
49	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	s.t.
50	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	s.t.
51	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
52	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
53	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
54	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
55	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
56	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
57	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
58	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
59	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
60	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
61	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
62	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
63	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
64	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
65	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
66	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
67	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
68	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
70	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
74	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
75	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
76	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
77	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
78	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
79	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
80	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
82	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
83	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
84	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
85	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
86	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
87	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
88	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
90	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
91	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
92	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
93	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
94	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
95	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
96	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
97	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
98	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
100	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+2:24
101	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	@ 0sec
102	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 0sec
103	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+6:27
104	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
105	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	s.t.
106	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+8:11
107	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+10:04
108	Claudio CATANIA	Differdange-Losch	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

174.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.95 km/hr

1	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	4hr 9min 0sec
2	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	@ 6sec
3	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	7
4	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	8
5	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10
6	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	11
7	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	12
8	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	13
10	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	14
11	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
13	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
14	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
15	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	15
16	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
17	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
18	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	16
19	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
20	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17
21	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
22	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
23	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	18
24	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
25	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
26	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
27	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
28	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
29	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	19
30	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
32	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
34	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	20
35	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
37	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	s.t.
38	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
39	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	21
40	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
41	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
42	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	22
45	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	s.t.
46	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
47	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
48	Luis Angel MATE MARDONES	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
50	Floris GERFS	BMC	23
51	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
52	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
53	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
54	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
56	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
57	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
58	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
59	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	24
60	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
61	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
62	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	25
63	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
66	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
67	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
68	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	26
69	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
70	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
72	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	27
73	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
74	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
75	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
76	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	28
77	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
78	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	29
79	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	30
80	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
81	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
82	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
83	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	31
84	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
85	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	32
86	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
87	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
88	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	33
89	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
90	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
91	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	34
92	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
93	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	36
94	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	37
95	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
96	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	40
97	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
98	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	45
99	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
100	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	49
101	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:05
102	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+3:00
103	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+6:48
104	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+6:55
105	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	+6:58
106	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	+8:24
107	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	+10:35
108	Claudio CATANIA	Differdange-Losch	+10:58

 

Stage 1 map:

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Wednesday, March 31: Prologue, Luxembourg-Ville 2.14 km individual time trial

Damien Gaudin winning the Luxembourg Tour prologue

The race: Here's the report from Team BMC:

The Škoda Tour de Luxembourg opened in traditional style today with a short but sharp prologue which saw Greg Van Avermaet and Jempy Drucker clock the second and third-fastest times respectively after impressive rides over the 2.1km course.

While the course may have been short, it certainly packed a punch with riders tackling a 350m cobbled climb, with an average gradient of 15%, before the final run into the line.

As the first riders began to roll off the ramp, it was Damien Gaudin (Armee de Terre) who set an early benchmark of 3:00:47 which eventually proved to be enough to secure the stage win and the first leader’s jersey of the race.

Van Avermaet, who is making his return to racing following his impressive Classics campaign, showed strong form out on the course and crossed the line in 3:01:15 to finish just off the podium in second place.

While Drucker, who won the prologue in 2016, looked determined as he started his effort and worked hard over the full length of the race before eventually settling for third, 4 seconds behind Gaudin.

In his first race with BMC Racing Team, Nathan Van Hooydonck showed his potential by setting the provisional fourth-best time when he crossed the line before eventually finishing just outside the top ten.

Greg Van Avermaet: “I am pretty happy with my ride. I was not expecting anything coming into today's race, but it is a course that really suits me. It’s a bit disappointing that I am not in my best condition right now but I am happy with what I did, and we will see what happens over the next few days.”

Jempy Drucker: “As we expected, it was hard. I gave it my all, and in the end, there were two guys better than me. Every year is different here even if the conditions are the same so, I knew it would be hard to defend the win, but I am still up there. I didn’t lose 20 seconds or anything. I was close in the end but, it’s a pity, and I am a bit disappointed. I have nothing to blame because I made no mistakes. I went as hard as I could, and it was simply not enough.”

“It is always nice to win on home soil, so my motivation at this race is not a problem. Greg Van Avermaet is always competitive even if he is coming out of a break and I know him very well. The main goal for BMC Racing Team is to win races, and it doesn't matter who it is on the top of the podium.”

Nathan Van Hooydonck: “I expected it to be hard today but not that hard. I went really deep, and my lungs were burning for a long time after it, but I had a lot of fun, and I bet there will be more fun waiting for us over the rest of the week.”

“You’re finished before you know it. The first corners were quite tricky as you hit them with a lot of speed and it’s slightly downhill. Then, you make the turn onto the small cobbled road a bit like the Koppenberg in Flanders. It was really steep, and you have to go full gas there as I think that’s where you could really make a difference.”

Complete Results:

2.14 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.8 km/hr

1	Damien GAUDIN	Armée de Terre	3min 0sec
2	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	@ 1sec
3	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	@ 4sec
4	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 5sec
5	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
6	Alex KIRSCH	WB Veranclassic	6
7	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Sébastien DELFOSSE	WB Veranclassic	8
9	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
11	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
12	Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
13	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	9
14	Berden DE VRIES	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
15	Tom WIRTGEN	Leopard Pro	s.t.
16	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	10
17	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	Maxime FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11
19	Raffael FREIENSTEIN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
20	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
21	Aksel NÕMMELA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
22	Andreas Hyldgaard JEPPESEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
23	Franck BONNAMOUR	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	12
24	Kevin VAN MELSEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
25	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
26	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
27	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
28	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
29	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	13
30	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Gaëtan PONS	Leopard Pro	s.t.
32	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
34	Alexander KRIEGER	Leopard Pro	14
35	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Ivan CENTRONE	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
37	Jan BROCKHOFF	Leopard Pro	s.t.
38	Nicola BAGIOLI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
39	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	15
40	Tom THILL	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
41	Jérôme BAUGNIES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
42	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
43	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	s.t.
44	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
45	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	16
47	Romain LE ROUX	Armée de Terre	s.t.
48	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
49	Luis Angel MATE MARDONES	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
51	Floris GERFS	BMC	17
52	Joshua HUPPERTZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
53	Jan PETELIN	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
54	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
56	Kasper ASGREEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
57	Christopher HATZ	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
58	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
59	Dimitri PEYSKENS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
60	Krisztián LOVASSY	Differdange-Losch	18
61	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
62	Rasmus POULSEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
63	Etienne VAN EMPEL	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	19
64	Ruben POLS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Dries DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
67	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
68	Ludovic ROBEET	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
69	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	20
70	Antoine WARNIER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
71	Hugo Hofstetter	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Szymon REKITA	Leopard Pro	s.t.
73	Kazushige KUBOKI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	21
74	Michael Carbel SVENDGAARD	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
75	Mike DIENER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
76	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
77	Gregory HABEAUX	WB Veranclassic	22
78	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
79	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
80	Michael REIHS	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
81	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	23
82	Otto VERGAERDE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	24
83	Carmelo FOTI	Leopard Pro	s.t.
84	Daniel WESTMATTELMANN	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
85	John MANDRYSCH	Leopard Pro	s.t.
86	Fabian SCHORMAIR	Lotto-Kern Haus	25
87	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
88	Bryan ALAPHILIPPE	Armée de Terre	s.t.
89	Luc TURCHI	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
90	Richard WEINZHEIMER	Lotto-Kern Haus	26
91	Nicolaj STEEN	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
92	Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
93	Christophe MASSON	WB Veranclassic	27
94	Tobias KNAUP	Lotto-Kern Haus	s.t.
95	Jelle DONDERS	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
96	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	28
97	Mads Baadsgaard RAHBEK	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
98	Christophe PRÉMONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	30
99	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
100	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	31
101	Tom VERMEER	Differdange-Losch	s.t.
102	Yuma KOISHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	34
103	Alexander KAMP	Team Veloconcept	s.t.
104	Justin JULES	WB Veranclassic	39
105	Tim ARIESEN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	40
106	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	43
107	Claudio CATANIA	Differdange-Losch	48
108	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	59

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Startlist with back numbers, May 30, 2017:

	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ
1	WEENING Pieter
2	ARIESEN Tim
3	BUDDING Martijn
4	LIGTHART Pim
5	RIESEBEEK Oscar
6	TUSVELD Martijn
7	VAN EMPEL Etienne
8	DE VRIES Berden
	BMC
12	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
13	ELMIGER Martin
14	GERTS Floris
15	SCHÄR Michael
16	VAN AVERMAET Greg
17	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
18	VLIEGEN Loïc
	WB-VERANCLASSIC AQUALITY PROTECT
21	KIRSCH Alex
22	DELFOSSE Sébastien
23	HABEAUX Gregory
24	JULES Justin
25	MASSON Christophe
26	PEYSKENS Dimitri
27	ROBEET Ludovic
28	WARNIER Antoine
	COFIDIS
31	BAGOT Yohan
32	COUSIN Jerome
33	EDET Nicolas
34	HOFSTETTER Hugo
35	LEMOINE Cyril
36	MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
37	PEREZ Anthony
38	ROSSETTO Stéphane
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
41	ALLEGAERT Piet
42	DECLERCQ Benjamin
43	FARAZIJN Maxime
44	POLS Ruben
45	SPRENGERS Thomas
46	STEELS Stijn
47	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
48	RICKAERT Jonas
	WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
51	ANTONINI Simone
52	DEVRIENDT Tom
53	KREDER Wesley
54	MCNALLY Mark
55	DOUBEY Fabien
56	PASQUALON Andrea
57	MEURISSE Xandro
58	VAN MELSEN Kevin
	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT
61	BOUET Maxime
62	BONNAMOUR Franck
63	FEILLU Brice
64	JEANNESSON Arnold
65	LEDANOIS Kevin
66	MOUREY Francis
67	PERICHON Pierre-Luc
68	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
	TEAM DIFFERDANGE - LOSCH
71	CATANIA Claudio
72	CENTRONE Ivan
73	DONDERS Jelle
74	LOVASSY Krisztian
75	RÓZSA Balázs
76	THILL Tom
77	VERMEER Tom
78	RUSNAC Maxim
	LEOPARD PRO CYCLING
81	BROCKHOFF Jan
82	FOTI Carmelo
83	KRIEGER Alexander
84	MANDRYSCH John
85	NOMMELA Aksel
86	PONS Gaetan
87	REKITA Szymon
88	WIRTGEN Tom
	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI
91	BAGIOLI Nicola
92	BERLATO Giacomo
93	BISOLTI Alessandro
94	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
96	KOISHI Yuma
97	KUBOKI Kazushige
98	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo
	VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN
101	BILLE Gaetan
102	CORDEEL Sander
103	DEVOLDER Stijn
104	DUYN Huub
105	GODRIE Stan
106	PREMONT Christophe
107	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias
108	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef
	ARMÉE DE TERRE
111	GAUDIN Damien
112	YSSAAD Yannis
113	THOMAS Benjamin
114	RAIBAUD Jimmy
115	LEBRETON Kevin
116	DUCULTY Bastien
117	LE ROUX Romain
118	LOUBET Julien
	TEAM VELOCONCEPT
121	KAMP EGESTED Alexander
122	GULDHAMMER POULSEN Rasmus
123	REIHS Michael
124	RIIS Thomas Nybo
125	ASGREEN Kasper
126	SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel
127	JEPPESEN Andreas Hyldgaard
128	STEEN Nicolaj
	TEAM LOTTO - KERN HAUS
131	FREIENSTEIN Raffael
132	HATZ Christopher
133	HUPPERTZ Joshua
134	KNAUP Tobias
135	SCHORMAIR Fabian
136	TURCHI Luc
137	WEINZHEIMER Richard
138	WESTMATTELMANN Daniel