2023 Tour de Luxembourg (2.Pro)

83rd edition: September 20 - 24, 2023

Tour de Luxembourg podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Map of the 2023 Tour de Luxembourg

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Sunday, September 24: 5th & Final Stage, Mersch - Luxembourg Limpertsberg, 177.2 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Tobias Halland Johannessen takes a solo win to finish the 2023 Tour de Luxembourg.

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Weather at the finish city of Luxembourg at 2:15 PM, local time: 18 C (64F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Pascal Eenkhorn (Lotto Dstny) did not start.

Here's the race report from GC winner Marc Hirschi's UAE Team Emriates:

Marc Hirschi and UAE Team Emirates showed a lot of poise and control to take home the overall crown at the Tour of Luxembourg.

UAE Team Emirates controlled the pace at the head of affairs picking off bonus seconds and keeping an eye on their rivals on the circuit finish from Mersch to Luxembourg (177km).

Jan Christian and Felix Grossschartner controlled the pace in the final kilometres with Brandon McNulty and Diego Ulissi waiting in the wings to follow attacks. The stage was won by Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X) who slipped away on the final lap but was no threat to the overall classification which Hirschi took by 3’’ over McNulty and 5’’ to his nearest rival Ben Healy (Education First Easypost).

The Emirati squad also picked up the team prize to top-off a successful week.

Hirschi: “It was a very stressful stage. A big break went at the start which suited us but some of the other teams wanted to bring it back so it kept the speed high all day and it was hard. On the steep climb on the circuit I had to keep an eye on Healy as he was so close. In the end we kept the gap so I’m really happy. I had a very strong team with me who did amazing work and kept me relaxed even though Healy was so close. It’s a race that suits me well and I’m delighted to finally win here.”

Complete results:

177.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.972 km/hr

1	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	4hr 7min 25sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	@ 8sec
3	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
12	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
14	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:17
15	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	0:19
16	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:22
18	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:22
33	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
34	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
36	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:34
40	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
41	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
42	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
43	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	1:02
46	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	1:05
47	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:11
48	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	1:24
49	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:40
50	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:47
51	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	2:02
52	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	2:19
54	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	2:23
55	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:28
56	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
57	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	2:32
58	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	3:23
59	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	4:04
60	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
61	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	22
63	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	4:51
64	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	5:21
65	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	7:26
68	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
71	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
73	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
75	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
76	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
78	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
79	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
80	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
86	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
88	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
89	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:04
95	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:20
97	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	14:39

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mountains classification winner: Mats Wenzel (Leopard TOGT)
• Points classification winner: Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

709.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.141 km/hr

1	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	17hr 15min 11sec
2	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	@ 3sec
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:05
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:34
5	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:35
6	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:39
7	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:41
9	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	0:44
10	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	0:57
11	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:58
12	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	1:08
13	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12
14	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	1:14
15	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	1:20
16	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:28
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	1:35
18	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	1:36
19	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:40
20	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	1:41
21	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	1:44
22	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:48
23	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:57
24	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:59
27	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:01
28	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	2:20
29	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	2:33
30	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:59
31	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	4:00
32	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	4:37
33	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	4:50
34	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	4:52
35	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	5:16
36	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	5:26
37	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:42
38	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	5:54
39	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	6:00
40	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	6:59
41	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	7:46
42	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	8:34
43	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:29
44	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	9:52
45	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	11:34
46	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	12:23
47	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	12:42
48	William Barta	Movistar	12:47
49	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	12:58
50	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	13:21
51	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:27
52	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	13:37
53	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	13:57
54	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	14:05
55	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:10
56	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	14:46
57	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	15:04
58	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	16:15
59	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	16:25
60	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	16:55
61	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	17:06
62	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	17:08
63	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	17:40
64	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	18:00
66	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	18:26
67	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	18:37
68	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	19:35
69	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	20:30
70	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	20:46
71	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	21:47
72	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	22:56
73	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	23:22
74	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	24:17
75	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	25:42
76	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	26:22
77	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	26:41
78	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	26:53
79	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	27:33
80	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	27:40
81	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	30:16
82	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	30:34
83	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	30:52
84	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	31:01
85	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	31:30
86	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:52
87	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	32:03
88	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	32:37
89	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:19
90	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	33:47
91	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	33:58
92	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	34:34
93	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	34:54
94	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	36:00
95	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	38:04
96	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	39:02
97	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	44:04
98	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	54:00

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, September 23: Stage 4, Pétange 23.9 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile

Marc Hirschi on his way to taking over the GC lead.

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Weather at the the race city of Pétange at 1:40 PM, local time: 14C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the east at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Marc Hirschi's UAE Team Emirates.

Marc Hirschi continued his strong run of form by taking the leaders jersey at the Tour of Luxembourg after stage 4.

The undulating time trial starting and finishing at Pétange (23.9km) was won by Victor Campanaerts (Lotto Dstny) in a time of 28:06 with Brandon McNulty just 1” behind.

The American TT champion clocked an average speed of 51kmph with UAE Team Emirates sweeping the top-10: Ulissi 3rd, Grossschartner 4th and Hirschi 8th in the race against the clock.

Marc Hirschi started the day just 18" off the overall lead and took big time out of Ben Healy (Education First Easypost) , enough to clinch the leaders jersey heading into the final day. McNulty now sits in 2nd just 2" behind.

Hirschi: “I’m very happy with my ride. We put a lot of work in for the time-trials this year in the team with a lot of testing and attention to detail for the TTs and I think we have made improvements. Tomorrow we will aim to defend the yellow jersey.I think we are in a good position to do it though we will have to be on our guard.”

Tomorrow the final stage will tackle a hilly circuit in around Luxembourg City beginning in Mersch and finish in Luxembourg Limpertsberg (177.2km).

Complete results:

23.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.032 km/hr

1	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	28min 6sec
2	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:20
4	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
5	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:24
6	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:27
8	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:32
10	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:41
11	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:43
12	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:44
13	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:48
14	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
16	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	0:58
17	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
18	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	1:00
19	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	1:02
20	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	1:05
21	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
22	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	1:10
23	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	1:17
24	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	1:18
25	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	1:20
26	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	1:21
27	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	1:22
28	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:25
29	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:25
30	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:26
31	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	1:27
32	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	1:29
33	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	1:30
34	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:31
36	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32
37	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	1:38
38	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:40
39	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:42
40	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
41	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	1:43
43	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:44
44	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:47
45	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	1:50
47	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:51
48	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:54
51	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
53	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	1:56
54	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:57
56	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	1:58
58	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:01
60	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	2:12
61	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	2:14
62	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	2:15
63	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	2:17
64	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:19
65	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	2:20
67	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:24
68	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:25
69	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	2:26
70	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	2:29
71	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	2:37
72	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	2:38
73	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	2:39
74	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	2:50
75	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	2:52
76	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	2:53
77	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
78	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:55
79	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:00
80	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	3:04
81	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	3:06
82	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	3:08
83	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	3:10
86	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	3:11
87	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	3:12
88	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:16
89	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	3:19
90	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	3:25
91	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	3:27
92	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	3:30
93	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
94	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	3:32
95	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	3:33
96	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	3:46
97	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	3:48
98	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	3:53
99	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	3:56
100	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	4:12
101	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	4:14
102	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:15
103	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	4:24
104	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	4:46
105	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	6:07

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mountains classiifcation leader: Mats Wenzel (Leopard TOGT)
• Points classification leader: Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emriates

532.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.575 km/hr

1	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	13hr 7min 26sec
2	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	@ 2sec
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:03
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:33
5	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
7	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:39
8	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	0:42
9	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
10	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:56
11	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	1:03
12	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	1:06
13	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
14	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	1:10
15	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:29
16	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	1:33
17	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
18	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	1:39
19	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:40
21	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	1:44
22	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:46
23	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	1:56
24	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:58
25	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:09
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:11
27	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	2:13
28	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	2:32
29	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	2:34
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:40
31	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:57
32	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	3:10
33	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	3:33
34	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	3:58
35	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	4:25
36	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	4:58
37	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	5:17
38	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	5:22
39	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	5:36
40	William Barta	Movistar	5:41
41	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	5:52
42	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:54
43	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:58
44	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	6:31
45	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	6:57
46	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:04
47	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	7:57
48	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	7:58
49	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:26
50	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	8:32
51	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:57
52	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	9:19
53	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	10:02
54	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	10:33
55	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	11:35
56	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	12:47
57	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	13:14
58	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	13:19
59	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	13:25
60	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	13:56
61	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	14:03
62	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	14:42
63	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	14:53
64	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	14:57
65	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	15:13
66	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	15:32
67	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	15:50
68	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	16:13
69	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	16:24
70	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	17:32
71	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	17:52
72	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	18:36
73	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	19:16
74	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	19:35
75	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	19:55
76	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	20:05
77	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	20:27
78	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	20:33
79	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:19
80	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	23:06
81	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	23:08
82	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	23:10
83	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	23:28
84	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	23:46
85	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	23:55
86	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	24:24
87	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	24:46
88	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	24:57
89	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	25:10
90	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	25:28
91	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	25:31
92	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	25:36
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	26:41
94	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	26:52
95	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	27:25
96	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	27:28
97	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	27:50
98	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	28:54
99	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	29:18
100	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	30:58
101	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	34:29
102	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	36:17
103	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	36:58
104	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	39:41
105	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	59:50

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, September 22: Stage 3, Mertert - Vianden, 168.4 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Ben Healy wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Vianden at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain, growing to 65% at 3:00.

The race: Here's the report from winner Ben Healy's Team EF Education-EasyPost:

Our Irish champion won today’s third stage of the Tour of Luxembourg with another long-range solo. He now has five victories to his name in 2023.

When Ben wins, he does it in style. After today’s ride, he will trade his Irish champs jersey for the race’s yellow leader’s shirt.

Today’s win was classic Ben Healy win. By the time he rode onto the final cobbled climb and through the castle walls to the finish in Vianden, no other rider was in the picture. Ben first broke away with 33-kilometers left in the rain-soaked stage. The course traversed the Grand Duchy’s western border, climbing the Montee De Munshausen on its way north from Mertert, before arriving on a tough finishing circuit for three laps over the Montee De Niklosbierg where he made his initial move. Ben crossed from the peloton to the last holdout from the day’s breakaway. With 18-kilometers left he rode away from him on the course's steepest cobbled slopes. Once Ben was away, no one was going to catch him. He tucked in his elbows, dropped his back flat, and rode alone to the finish like the breakaway artist he is.

After his huge solo wins at the Giro d’Italia and Irish champs, Ben knew exactly how hard to push to stay away. Besides, he had nothing to lose, knowing that his teammate Richard Carapaz was waiting to pounce out of the peloton if he was caught.

“We had two cards to play with me and Richard,” Ben said after he had pulled on his yellow jersey. “Going long for me is my strength and we could use Richard behind if I got caught back. I just had the legs today to make it stick and Richard didn’t have to do anything.”

The torrent of rain belting down from the sky did not daunt Ben.

“I don’t think anyone will ever admit to liking these stages,” he said. “The rain’s never nice to ride in, but for sure I perform well in the rain. It doesn’t slow me down.

It sure doesn’t. Tomorrow, Ben will aim to defend his GC lead in a rolling 23.9-km time trial around Pétange. It will be a big test to see if he can hold onto the yellow jersey right to the finish. At the moment, his lead stands at 19 seconds.

Ben is excited to go for the overall victory.

“Now, it’s all about trying to hold on to this jersey,” he says. “I’m pretty confident in my TT and now I have a nice buffer going into tomorrow. We have a strong team to look after the jersey if I keep it tomorrow for the last stage as well, so I’m pretty confident.”

Get ready for an exciting weekend of racing in Luxembourg!

Complete results:

168.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.384 km/hr

1	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 16min 33sec
2	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 15sec
3	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	0:18
4	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	0:37
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
8	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
9	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:49
14	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	0:51
15	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
19	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
20	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	0: 59
26	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:06
28	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:08
30	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	1:10
31	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:17
33	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:25
35	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	2:29
37	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	2:55
38	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	3:36
39	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:05
40	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	4:11
41	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	4:14
42	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	4:16
43	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:21
44	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	4:57
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:46
47	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
49	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
51	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	5:56
59	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	6:06
61	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	6:12
62	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:32
63	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	7:59
64	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	10:51
65	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
66	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	12:19
67	JoséJoaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
68	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
70	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	12:22
72	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	12:30
73	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	12:32
75	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	13:49
76	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	14:46
77	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
78	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	14:48
79	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	14:50
80	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
81	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
85	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
92	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:00
94	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	15:02
96	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
97	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	15:04
98	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	18:14
99	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
102	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
104	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
105	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	18:19

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Mats Wenzel (Leopard TOGT)
• Points classification leader: Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

508.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.923 km/hr

1	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	12hr 38min 34sec
2	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 19sec
3	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	0:24
4	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:43
5	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	0:47
6	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
8	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	0:55
9	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:57
13	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
14	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:01
15	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	1:06
25	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	1:09
26	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:18
28	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	1:20
29	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:27
30	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:31
31	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:35
32	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:03
33	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	2:21
34	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	2:32
35	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	3:15
36	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	3:37
37	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	3:46
38	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:15
39	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	4:24
40	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	4:48
41	William Barta	Movistar	5:22
42	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:53
43	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	5:56
44	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	6:17
46	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	6:22
47	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	6:25
48	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	7:01
49	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:16
50	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	7:34
52	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	7:41
53	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:42
54	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	8:59
55	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	11:04
56	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	11:16
57	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	12:05
58	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	12:29
59	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	12:34
60	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	12:38
61	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	12:43
63	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:10
64	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	13:22
65	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	13:34
66	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	13:44
67	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	13:47
68	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	13:49
69	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	14:14
70	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	15:07
71	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	15:11
72	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	15:14
73	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	15:35
74	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	16:45
75	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	17:12
76	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	17:44
77	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:50
78	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	18:24
79	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	19:22
80	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:26
81	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	20:24
82	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	20:40
83	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:37
84	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	21:42
85	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	21:57
86	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	22:03
87	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	22:17
88	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	22:29
89	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	22:32
90	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	22:44
92	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	22:52
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	24:19
94	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	24:31
96	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	25:06
97	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	25:56:
98	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	26:10
99	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	26:48
100	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	27:18
101	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	28:40
102	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	32:09
103	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	33:32
104	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	33:36
105	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	36:39

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, September 21: Stage 2, Mondorf les Bains - Mamer, 183.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Arkea Samsic's Jenthe Biermans wins stage two. Photo: Getty Sport Images

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Weather at the finish city of Mamer at 1:50 PM, local time: 20C (68F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain, rising to 80% at 3:00.

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

One week after his Okolo Slovenska stage victory, Andrea Bagioli was again in contention, this time at the longest stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, which covered 183.9 kilometers from Mondorf-les-Bains to Mamer. Despite the up-and-down route, the day was billed as being one for the fast men, and as a result, several teams joined hands to chase the breakaway.

Soudal Quick-Step sent Mauri Vansevenant to the front of the peloton, before bringing a larger continent in the final part of the stage. Julian Alaphilippe tried to make a selection with seven kilometers to go, and even though the others responded, our team remained near the upper part of the bunch, with the same Alaphilippe and Dries Devenyns, who worked to position Andrea Bagioli.

The Italian did his best on the uphill drag to the line and finished fifth, as Jenthe Biermans (Arkea Samsic) took the win. Bagioli is now the team’s best-placed rider in the general classification, where he sits in sixth place, just four seconds off the podium.

Complete results:

183.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.691 km/hr

1	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	4hr 31min 10sec
2	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
8	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
9	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
21	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
26	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
31	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
33	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
36	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
40	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
46	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
48	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
58	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
61	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Nielsen Andreas Stokbro	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
63	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 15sec
66	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
67	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
71	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	0:21
75	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	0:26
77	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:33
78	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	0:45
79	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	0:47
80	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:50
81	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
82	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
84	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
85	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:53
86	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10
87	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	1:15
88	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	@ 0sec
89	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	2:03
90	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	2:37
91	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
94	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
96	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
98	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:56
99	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
100	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
101	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
102	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	5:26
104	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	6:58
105	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
107	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
108	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	13:05
109	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	14:21
110	Jonas Hjorth	Global 6 Cycling	20:32

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Soren Kragh Andersen
• Mountains classification leader: Mats Wenzel (Leopard TOGT)
• Points classification leader: Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

340.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.663 km/hr

1	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8hr 21min 59sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 2sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:08
4	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:09
5	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	0:11
6	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	0:12
7	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
20	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
23	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
27	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
28	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
32	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
33	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
43	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:23
44	William Barta	Movistar	0:27
45	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	0:31
48	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:33
51	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
52	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:42
53	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:48
54	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:54
55	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	1:10
56	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	1:17
57	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	1:24
61	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:32
62	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
63	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:50
64	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:54
65	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	1:57
66	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
67	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	2:50
68	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:00
69	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:02
70	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	3:15
71	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	4:05
72	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	4:28
73	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	4:34
74	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	5:26
75	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:51
76	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	5:52
77	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	6:21
78	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	6:49
79	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:51
80	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	6:54
81	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
84	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	6:58
85	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	7:09
86	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	7:15
87	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	7:39
88	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	7:41
89	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	7:44
90	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:56
93	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	8:04
94	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	9:06
95	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	9:15
96	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	9:30
97	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	9:31
98	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
101	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	10:29
102	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	11:26
103	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:50
104	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	13:52
105	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
106	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	15:24
107	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	18:27
108	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	22:45
109	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	28:55
110	Jonas Hjorth	Global 6 Cycling	36:22

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, September 20: Stage 1, Luxembourg/Abbaye De Neumünster - Luxembourg Kirchberg, 156.4 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Corbin Strong wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of Luxembourg Kirchberg at 1:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), fair, with the wind from the south-southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

After a fast day of short, steep climbs, Corbin Strong dug deep and sprinted to an emphatic victory on the first stage of the Tour de Luxembourg.

The team was highly motivated to get a result right from the start, chasing down moves and pacing the peloton all day. After the main breakaway was caught just before the last climb, there was an attack, which Mike Woods expertly chased down, ensuring it never gained the momentum it needed to get a gap. From then on, it was a full-gas sprint to the line, and once Strong moved himself into position on the last corner, he started his sprint, and proved to be too fast for the rest of the riders, and he crossed the line victorious.

“It’s a really nice feeling winning, the team rode exceptionally today,” an ecstatic Corbin said. “I’ve been in really good shape all season, but never quite pulled off the victory, so it’s a really good feeling to get it today.”

From the start, Strong knew this stage would suit him, having reconned the course the day before. “It was a really good stage for me, I knew I would always be on the limit, but if I could suffer and be there at the finish, I would have a good chance at being the fastest guy there.” Despite feeling confident he could produce a result today, Strong had to concede that it was a hard day on the bike. “It definitely wasn’t easy and I had to dig deep in the last climb, but thankfully I was in a good position, and the guys did a perfect job all day and I was able to finish it off.”

Sports Director, Oscar Guerrero, was delighted with Strong and the entire team, who played their roles perfectly.

“We knew we had options today with Corbin, the final was very good for him, as we did a recon yesterday. But still, we had to work hard, and we were the first team to work today. Krists did an incredible job bringing the gap to the breakaway down and positioning the guys in the last moment at twelve kilometers to go, and after with Hugo until three kilometers, and then Mike too. Corbin did everything well with the timing, he was a little far back with a kilometer to go, but he had the confidence to wait until the last corner and position himself well there, and then he finished perfectly. I’m very proud of the team because unfortunately we lost Jakob Fuglsang, but even still we owned the day, and when the riders commit like this, it makes it really special.”

Strong added, “It’s a really nice feeling winning, the team rode exceptionally today. I’ve been in really good shape all season, but never quite pulled off the victory, so it’s a really good feeling to get it today. It definitely wasn’t easy and had to dig deep in the last climb, but thankfully I was in a good position, and the guys did a perfect job all day and I was able to finish it off.”

Complete results:

156.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.620 km/hr

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	3hr 51min 1sec
2	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
15	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
27	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
34	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
40	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	@ 15sec
44	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	0:19
50	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:21
53	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:27
56	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:33
58	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	0:43
59	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
60	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
61	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:05
62	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
64	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
67	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:20
68	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:45
69	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
70	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:57
73	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	2:38
74	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:00
79	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	4:16
81	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
82	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	5:19
83	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
84	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	6:42
85	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
86	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
88	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
91	Nielsen Andreas Stokbro	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
92	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
99	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
101	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
102	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	8:14
107	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
109	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	8:37
111	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Jonas Hjorth	Global 6 Cycling	15:38
113	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
114	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	3hr 50min 51sec
2	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 4sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:06
4	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
5	Tiesj Benoot	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Alex Kirsch	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Fausto Masnada	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Andrea Bagioli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
15	Franck Bonnamour	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Mathias Bregnhøj	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
27	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
34	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
40	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:25
44	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Tony Gallopin	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	0:29
50	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Archie Ryan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:31
53	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Nils Politt	BORA-hansgrohe	0:37
56	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:43
58	Alexis Guérin	Bingoal-WB	53
59	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
60	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
61	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:15
62	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
64	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
67	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:30
68	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	1:55
69	Giacomo Ballabio	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
70	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:07
73	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Dstny	2:48
74	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	2:58
75	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:10
79	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Leopard TOGT	4:26
81	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
82	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	5:29
83	Tom Wirtgen	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.
84	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:49
85	Lennert Teugels	Bingoal-WB	6:51
86	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	6:52
87	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
89	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
90	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
92	Nielsen Andreas Stokbro	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
93	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
94	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Florian Dauphin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
100	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
102	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Mats Wenzel	Leopard TOGT	8:22
107	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:24
108	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X	s.t.
109	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	8:47
111	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Jonas Hjorth	Global 6 Cycling	15:48
113	Cedric Pries	Leopard TOGT	s.t.
114	Gabriel Muller	Global 6 Cycling	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers: September 19, 2023

	Lidl-Trek
1	Dario Cataldo
2	Tony Gallopin
3	Asbjørn Hellemose
4	Alex Kirsch
5	Giulio Ciccone
6	Natnael Tesfazion
	Ag2r-Citroën
11	Franck Bonnamour
12	Felix Gall
13	Ben O'Connor
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
15	Nans Peters
16	Bastien Tronchon
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
21	Quinten Hermans
22	Søren Kragh Andersen
23	Axel Laurance
24	Xandro Meurisse
25	Fabio Van Den Bossche
26	Luca Vergallito
	Bora-hansgrohe
31	Patrick Gamper
32	Marco Haller
33	Bob Jungels
34	Jordi Meeus
35	Nils Politt
36	Frederik Wandahl
	Cofidis
41	Alexandre Delettre
42	Oliver Knight
43	Ion Izagirre
44	Jonathan Lastra
45	Anthony Perez
46	Jelle Wallays
	EF Education-EasyPost
51	Andrey Amador
52	Richard Carapaz
53	Ben Healy
54	Jens Keukeleire
55	Magnus Cort
56	Jonas Rutsch
	Groupama-FDJ
61	David Gaudu
62	Kevin Geniets
63	Matthieu Ladagnous
64	Valentin Madouas
65	Thibaut Pinot
66	Laurence Pithie
	Jumbo-Visma
71	Tiesj Benoot
72	Koen Bouwman
73	Archie Ryan
74	Steven Kruijswijk
75	Sam Oomen
76	Tim Van Dijke
	Movistar
81	Alex Aranburu
82	William Barta
83	Juri Hollmann
84	Matteo Jorgenson
85	Gregor Mühlberger
86	José Joaquin Rojas
	Soudal Quick-Step
91	Julian Alaphilippe
92	Andrea Bagioli
93	Dries Devenyns
94	Fausto Masnada
95	Ilan Van Wilder
96	Mauri Vansevenant
	Arkea-Samsic
101	Jenthe Biermans
102	Ewen Costiou
103	Florian Dauphin
104	Anthony Delaplace
105	Baptiste Gillet
106	Thibault Guernalec
	UAE Team Emirates
111	Jan Christen
112	Felix Grossschartner
113	Marc Hirschi
114	Brandon McNulty
115	Diego Ulissi
116	Michael Vink
	Bingoal-WB
121	Alexis Guérin
122	Johan Meens
123	Remy Mertz
124	Lennert Teugels
125	Luca Van Boven
126	Kenneth Van Rooy
	Israel-Premier Tech
131	Jakob Fuglsang
132	Hugo Houle
133	Krists Neilands
134	Corbin Strong
135	Dylan Teuns
136	Michael Woods
	Lotto Dstny
141	Victor Campenaerts
142	Pascal Eenkhoorn
143	Mathijs Paasschens
144	Maxim Van Gils
145	Brent Van Moer
146	Harm Vanhoucke
	Flanders-Baloise
151	Jenno Berckmoes
152	Kamiel Bonneu
153	Vito Braet
154	Sander De Pestel
155	Gilles De Wilde
156	Elias Maris
	Tudor Pro Cycling
161	Lucas Eriksson
162	Jacob Eriksson
163	Alexander Kamp
164	Arthur Kluckers
165	Rick Pluimers
166	Luc Wirtgen
	Uno-X
171	Anthon Charmig
172	Ådne Holter
173	Anders Halland Johannessen
174	Tobias Halland Johannessen
175	Magnus Kulset
176	Johannes Kulset
	Global 6 Cycling
181	Giacomo Ballabio
182	Jonas Hjorth
183	Gabriel Muller
184	Tom Wirtgen
	Leopard TOGT
191	Mathias Bregnhøj
192	Oliver Knudsen
193	Andreas Stokbro Nielsen
194	Cedric Pries
195	Kasper Viberg Søgaard
196	Mats Wenzel