2025 Tour de Luxembourg (2.Pro)

85th edition: September 17 - 21, 2025

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

Map of the 2025 Tour de Luxembourg: 5 stages, 694.4 km

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Sunday, September 21: 5th & Final stage, Mersch - Luxembourg Limpertsberg, 176.4 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Romain Grégoire appears to be rather well-pleased with winning his second 2025 Tour de Luxembourg stage.

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Weather at the finish town of Limpertsberg at 2:40 PM, local time: 13C (56F), rain, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). The rain is forecast to continue through 7:00 PM.

The stage: The traditional finale with the climbs of Nommern, Gralingen, Kautenbach and three brutal ascents of the short but steep Pabeierbierg.

To succeed 2024 winner Antonio Tiberi, riders will have to give everything until the very last climb.

Limpertsberg is a quarter in northwestern Luxembourg City.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Romain Grégoire's Team Groupama-FDJ.

Romain Grégoire’s run isn’t over! Still hungry despite his recent successes, the young Frenchman once again made his mark this Sunday, on the fifth and final stage of the Tour de Luxembourg. This time, he won after a twenty-kilometre breakaway with Ben Healy, whom he got rid of with one kilometre to go. Unstoppable, the 22-year-old puncher claimed his sixth victory of the season, his twelfth as a pro rider, while allowing the Groupama-FDJ cycling team to reach the fifteen-win mark in 2025.

Towards the city of Luxembourg, the Groupama-FDJ cycling team was coming not only on familiar ground this Sunday, but also on conquered land, in the final stage of the national Tour. In the recent past, both Valentin Madouas and David Gaudu, twice, had already won on the finishing circuit through the streets of the Grand Duchy’s capital. This surely gave Romain Grégoire, who was out for revenge after losing the yellow jersey 48 hours earlier, some ideas.

“I felt very bad, for myself and for the team, for missing out on Friday,” he said. “I wasn’t at my level, and I was keen to show today that I could do much better than that and win.” “We were expecting a big fight for the breakaway, and we were a bit scared of that given that there were a lot of riders far behind in the general classification,” Benoît Vaugrenard said. “So the goal was to put a guy in the breakaway, because you never know, and that’s what Enzo did very well.”

With around ten other competitors, the French rider managed to join the leading group, but the peloton remained at a reasonable distance all day, in the pouring rain. Shortly before the finishing circuit, the Groupama-FDJ rider accelerated with Mats Wenzel in the lead, while the peloton was only forty seconds behind.

“We saw that UAE was taking it a bit easy because their goal was not to catch the breakaway, so it was time to get going,” Benoît added. “There was a nice descent that was ideal for doing so, we did it, and that brought other teams into the mix.” At the bottom of the first of three climbs of the Pabeierberg (800m at 9.2%), located about one kilometre from the finish line, things really got serious. Romain Grégoire was perfectly launched by Lorenzo Germani, who set a strong pace on the first few slopes, before following Ben Healy’s move.

“It wasn’t really the plan to go from so far, but we know that things can unfold early on a circuit like this, especially in the rain, and that it’s very difficult for a peloton to organize itself,” explained Romain. “When I saw Ben Healy attack, I didn’t hesitate for a second. We know he’s a rider to follow when the race opens up, because he’s always going to ride, and ride hard.” “You needed to be able to keep up with him, and Romain was, then we quickly saw that things were slowing down a bit behind because Healy was quite far back in the general classification,” explained Benoît. “It was good for us.”

Across the finish line, two laps from the end, the Franco-Irish duo came back on Enzo Paleni’s group, then prevented Marc Hirschi from bridging across while catching the last fugitive, Wenzel, twenty kilometres from the finish. The cooperation between the two men proved extremely smooth, and the gap quickly increased to thirty seconds, and even to one minute after another time up the Pabeierberg. As the bell announced the final twelve-kilometre lap, Romain Grégoire and Ben Healy had more than a minute’s lead over the group of favorites.

The last lap did not change the situation, and the duo came at the bottom of the final climb battling for the win. “It was clear that we each had our card to play,” said Romain. “His was to climb full gas from the bottom and mine was to wait for the final to play on my explosiveness. It wasn’t easy, but I held on until the top.” However, the French rider wasn’t satisfied with that. “With this technical final and these few corners, I decided to counterattack with a kilometre to go,” he smiled. “It took boldness to attack him at the top of the climb,” Benoît said. “He scared me a bit, because Healy isn’t the type to give up.” Although the Irishman didn’t give up, it proved insufficient to close the twenty metres separating him from the rider from Besançon.

After a last effort in the final straight, Romain Grégoire was able to put his hands in the air before even crossing the finish line. “It was close, because he wasn’t far behind, but it was enough,” the young Frenchman enjoyed. “It’s pretty crazy to find myself here again five days after my first victory. I’ve had a pretty crazy week in Luxembourg and doing this last stage in the rain made things even more difficult. I’m just so happy to win.” Impressive and always in control, he thus brought the Groupama-FDJ cycling team its fourth victory in five years in this stage. He also won for the fourth time this September.

“With two stage wins, the contract for the week has been more than fulfilled,” Benoît added. “I also want to highlight the team’s commitment. Eddy and everyone else rode a superb race, and we had a leader who was up to the task. It also gives him confidence after Friday’s stage. We can now say that it was for sure a bad day and that the legs are really there.” A very good omen for the next races.

Complete results:

176.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.179 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 10min 56sec
2	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 1sec
3	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:55
4	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	57
10	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	59
11	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	1:03
12	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	s.t.
14	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06
17	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
18	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	1:25
21	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 55sec
22	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:31
23	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	1:39
26	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:40
27	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	1:54
28	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
29	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:02
30	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	3:40
31	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	4:25
32	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
34	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
35	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
36	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	4:30
42	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
48	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
49	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	4:35
50	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	4:52
51	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:02
52	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
53	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	5:16
56	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:33
57	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
60	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
61	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	5:58
62	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	6:48
64	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:46
65	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:36
66	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	8:36
67	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	10:17
68	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	10:45
69	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
71	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
73	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	10:58
74	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:40
75	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	12:41
76	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	s.t.
77	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
78	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
79	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	12:53
80	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:13
81	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	13:14
83	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	13:20
85	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	15:11
86	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	15:37
87	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
89	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
91	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
93	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
94	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
95	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
96	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
97	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
98	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
99	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
100	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
102	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	15:46
103	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:51
104	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification winner: Mil Morang (Luxembourg)
• Points classification winner: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

694.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.620 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16hr 17min 34sec
2	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	@ 47sec
3	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:04
4	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:14
5	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:19
6	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
7	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	1:30
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:35
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:37
10	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:48
11	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	2:27
12	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	2:43
13	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	2:50
14	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:08
16	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	3:20
17	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:31
18	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	3:34
19	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:40
20	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	5:14
21	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	6:02
22	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:26
23	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	7:53
24	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	8:43
25	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	8:48
26	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	9:06
27	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	9:10
28	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	9:20
29	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:38
30	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:48
31	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:08
32	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:14
33	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:35
34	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	10:49
35	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	11:04
36	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	11:21
37	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	11:22
38	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	13:14
39	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	13:16
40	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	13:54
41	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	14:12
42	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	14:19
43	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:22
44	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:20
45	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	15:24
46	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	15:30
47	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	15:38
48	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:16
49	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	18:24
50	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	19:03
51	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	19:16
52	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	19:28
53	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	20:29
54	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	21:01
55	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	21:14
56	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	21:19
57	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	21:26
58	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	21:42
59	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	22:22
60	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	22:47
61	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	23:12
62	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	23:36
63	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:44
64	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	24:26
65	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:48
66	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	25:12
67	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	25:53
68	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	27:06
69	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	28:56
70	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	29:01
71	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	29:11
72	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	29:46
73	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	30:48
74	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	31:17
75	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	31:45
76	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	32:00
77	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	33:10
78	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	34:31
79	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	34:53
80	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:14
81	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	35:18
82	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	35:31
83	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:41
84	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:23
85	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	36:27
86	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	37:28
87	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	38:16
88	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	38:48
89	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	39:09
90	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	39:23
91	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	39:26
92	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	39:52
93	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	40:16
94	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	40:56
95	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	41:26
96	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	42:27
97	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	42:51
98	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	43:26
99	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	43:56
100	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:19
101	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:18
102	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	46:12
103	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	46:27
104	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	48:30

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, September 20: Stage 4, Niederanven 26.3 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile

Stage winner Ethan Hayter. Getty Images.

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The stage: The individual time trial is a decisive moment of the race. Riders face a demanding 26.3 km course that will test pacing and power. Specialists against the clock will aim to take advantage here to defend or overturn standings.

The race: First rider off was Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost) at 3:22 PM.

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

One hour after Soudal Quick-Step celebrated its 40th success of the season in Slovakia, Ethan Hayter added another win to this impressive tally, on the penultimate stage of the Tour de Luxembourg. It was a well-deserved victory for the Brit – just two days after he celebrated his 27th birthday – in what was his first outing in the ITT National Champion jersey that he won at the end of June.

Held around Niederanven, over a 26.3km course featuring a couple of testing uphill sections, the stage 4 time trial was a demanding one, especially in the second part, where the headwind only complicated matters. This didn’t seem to bother Hayter, who made the difference in the last twelve kilometers of the race after already setting the fastest time at the first checkpoint.

Ethan stopped the clock in 30:38 after blitzing the course at a spectacular 51.5km/h average speed and won comfortably, almost half a minute ahead of new GC leader Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates). For Hayter, who’s in his first season with Soudal Quick-Step, this was his third success of the year, after the one he took at the Belgium Tour and the National Championships.

“I’m really happy, as it wasn’t the easiest time trial in my career. I pushed a hard tempo, and maybe it took a bit until I found my rhythm, but I then managed to sustain it and tried to give everything I had each time the road went up. I’m delighted not just with this win, but also with the fact Soudal Quick-Step kept believing in me, and I could repay them for this. I love time trials and I’m happy to show again what I’m capable of in this type of races”, a smiling Ethan said after the podium ceremony in Luxembourg.

Complete results:

26.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.513 km/hr

1	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	30min 38sec
2	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 28sec
3	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:58
4	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:01
5	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:02
6	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:10
7	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:16
8	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20
9	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	1:22
10	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	1:23
11	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:25
12	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	1:27
13	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:28
14	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:30
15	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	1:35
16	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:38
17	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	1:42
18	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:43
20	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	1:45
21	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
22	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	1:48
23	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:50
24	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	1:54
25	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:56
26	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:58
27	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:59
28	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:01
29	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	2:05
30	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	2:06
31	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:07
32	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:08
33	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:09
34	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	2:14
35	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	2:14
36	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:16
37	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:17
38	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
39	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:27
40	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	2:35
42	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:38
43	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	2:42
44	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	2:43
45	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:48
48	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:49
50	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	2:51
51	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:52
53	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:53
54	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
55	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:58
56	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:00
58	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
60	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	3:02
61	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:03
62	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	3:11
63	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
64	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
65	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	3:12
66	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	3:15
67	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:16
68	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	3:18
69	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:20
70	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:23
71	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	3:27
72	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	3:34
74	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:38
75	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
76	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	3:40
77	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:46
78	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	3:57
80	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	4:01
81	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	4:02
82	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	4:09
83	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	4:10
84	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:16
85	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:18
86	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	4:20
87	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	4:21
88	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	4:24
89	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	4:26
90	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:27
91	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	4:29
92	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	4:31
93	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	4:35
94	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	4:36
95	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:37
97	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	4:39
98	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:42
99	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	4:43
100	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:44
101	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:56
102	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	4:59
103	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	s.t.
104	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	5:10
105	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	5:11
106	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:14
107	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	5:15
108	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:25
109	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	5:32
110	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:32
111	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	5:47
112	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	6:06
113	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
114	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:11
115	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	7:19

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification leader: Mil Morang (Luxembourg)
• Points classification leader: Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

518 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.827 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12hr 5min 43sec
2	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	@ 47sec
3	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:04
4	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:12
5	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	1:19
6	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:19
7	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:35
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:37
10	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:40
11	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	2:19
12	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:20
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:23
14	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	2:27
15	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:32
16	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	2:35
17	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	2:39
18	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
19	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:48
20	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:57
21	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	3:12
22	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:36
23	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:10
24	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	4:17
25	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	4:18
26	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	4:36
27	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	4:39
28	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:53
29	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:10
30	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	5:13
31	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:35
32	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	5:47
33	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	7:10
34	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	7:19
35	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	7:52
36	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:21
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	8:36
38	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	8:50
39	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	8:53
40	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	9:13
41	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:27
42	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:38
43	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:46
44	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:55
45	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:57
46	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:59
47	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:12
48	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	10:39
49	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:42
50	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:52
52	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	11:00
53	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:11
54	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	11:17
55	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	11:33
56	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	11:47
57	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	12:05
58	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:06
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	13:18
60	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	13:25
61	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	14:13
62	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:49
63	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:58
64	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	15:04
65	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:01
66	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	16:06
67	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	16:40
68	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	17:18
69	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	17:26
70	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	17:44
71	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	17:49
72	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	18:53
73	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	19:11
74	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:25
75	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:35
76	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	19:42
77	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	20:01
78	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20:09
79	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	20:11
80	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	20:36
81	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	21:00
82	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	21:42
83	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	21:45
84	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	21:49
85	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	21:55
86	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:22
87	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	23:42
88	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:27
89	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	25:10
90	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	25:41
91	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	26:24
93	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	26:30
94	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	26:39
95	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	27:04
96	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	27:40
97	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	27:45
98	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	28:06
99	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	28:09
100	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	28:18
101	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	28:32
102	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	28:38
103	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	28:44
104	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	29:14
105	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:32
106	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:37
107	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	29:40
108	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	30:02
109	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:22
110	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:07
111	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	31:30
112	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	31:45
113	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	32:55
114	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	33:25
115	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	33:39

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, September 19: Stage 3, Mertert - Vianden, 170.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Mattias Skjelmose just beats Jordan Jegat for the stage win. Photo: Getty Sport Images

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Weather at the finish at the finish city of Vianden at 2:15 PM, local time: 24C (76F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The queen stage! Featuring Beaufort and Munshausen climbs, a passage through Hosingen, then three ascents of the Niklosbierg in the final 50 km – before the iconic finish at Vianden Castle.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Mattias Skjelmose's Team Lidl-Trek.

Mattias Skjelmose claimed the spoils in Vianden after a hard day of racing which saw a serious GC shake up, and Skjelmose ending the day as the new race leader. A challenging circuit had the peloton contend with three ascents of Montée de Niklosbierg and coupled with attacks from Søren Kragh Andersen, was enough to blow the race apart. A select group formed at the front of the race, including Skjelmose and teammate Toms Skujins.

A late attack by Marc Hirschi [Tudor] looked promising, but he was caught in the final kilometer on the uphill slog to the finish thanks to work from Skujins. Skjelmose waited patiently on the wheel of Brandon McNulty, making his move in the final 150 meters and holding off Jegat [Totalenergies] to the finish line.

“It was a difficult final, everyone knew if you attacked early then you would have the motorbike and Marc (Hirschi) was really good, he was really strong and it was difficult to catch him back. Luckily Brandon [McNulty] started his sprint early and I could overtake in the last moment. Toms did super good today, we spoke earlier because I wasn’t feeling super and I asked him if he could win and he said ‘no, we go all in for you’. He delivered me perfectly and then I just had to execute the plan in the end. It will be difficult tomorrow in the TT to keep the leaders jersey but we’ll do what we can and hopefully we can win the race”.

Complete results:

170.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.735 km/hr

1	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	4hr 5min 7sec
2	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 2sec
4	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06
7	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
8	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:13
11	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:28
12	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:41
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:51
14	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:53
15	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	0:56
16	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
17	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	0:59
18	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:10
19	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	1:13
20	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:33
21	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:35
22	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:38
24	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:41
25	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:48
26	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	1:59
27	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	2:40
28	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	2:45
29	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2:48
30	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:51
31	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	3:06
32	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:14
33	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	3:24
34	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	4:40
35	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	4:43
36	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	4:44
37	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	5:08
38	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:49
39	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:07
40	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
43	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
44	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
45	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	7:14
47	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:24
48	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	7:26
49	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	7:34
50	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:37
52	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:41
53	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
54	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
55	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:46
56	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:59
57	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:01
58	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	8:19
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	8:28
60	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	9:16
61	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	9:29
62	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
63	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
64	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	9:38
65	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	10:20
66	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	10:37
67	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
68	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
69	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:45
70	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	11:38
71	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	12:21
72	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	12:23
73	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	12:26
74	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
75	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:41
76	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:53
77	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	13:09
78	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:21
79	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	15:08
80	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	s.t.
81	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
83	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
84	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
85	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
86	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	19:00
89	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
90	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	s.t.
92	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
93	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
94	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	s.t.
96	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
97	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
98	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:06
100	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
103	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
105	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
106	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
107	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
108	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
111	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	19:18
112	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:21
113	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	19:21
114	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	19:22
115	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	20:04

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification leader: Mil Morang (Luxembourg)
• Points classification leader: Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Tudor Pro Cycling Team

491.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.481 km/hr

1	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	11hr 34min 29sec
2	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	@ 4sec
3	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:08
4	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:12
5	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:20
8	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:23
11	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:38
12	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:51
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:01
14	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:03
15	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	1:06
16	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	1:06
17	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	1:09
18	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:43
19	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	1:45
20	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:48
22	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	1:52
23	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:56
24	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:58
25	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2:48
26	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:22
27	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	3:30
28	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	3:31
29	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:37
30	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:44
31	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	4:09
32	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	4:46
33	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	4:50
34	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	4:53
35	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	4:54
36	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	5:18
37	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:59
38	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:11
39	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	7:17
40	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:17
41	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	7:24
42	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:34
43	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
44	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	7:44
45	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:47
47	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:48
48	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	7:51
49	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:53
50	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:56
51	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:08
52	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:24
53	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	9:08
54	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	9:26
55	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	9:36
56	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	9:39
57	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	9:48
58	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:59
59	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:02
60	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	10:27
61	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	10:43
62	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	10:57
63	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:05
64	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:56
65	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	12:22
66	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	12:33
67	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	13:30
68	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	13:41
69	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	14:24
70	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	15:18
71	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	15:19
72	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	15:20
73	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:27
74	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:45
75	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	15:49
76	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	16:21
77	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	17:04
78	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	17:48
79	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	18:01
80	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
81	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	18:02
82	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	18:12
83	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	18:39
84	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:44
85	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	19:04
86	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	19:27
87	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	19:43
88	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:21
89	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	21:09
90	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	21:53
91	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
92	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	22:07
93	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	22:10
94	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	22:15
95	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	22:31
96	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	23:43
97	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	23:49
98	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	24:34
99	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	24:41
100	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	24:47
101	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	24:54
102	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	25:05
103	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
104	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	25:11
105	Aagaard Hansen Tobias	Team Coloquick	s.t.
106	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	25:26
107	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:32
108	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	26:09
109	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:15
110	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:24
111	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	28:41
112	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:51
113	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	31:13
114	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	31:22
115	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	31:25

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, September 18: Stage 2: Remich - Mamer, 168.4 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Mathieu Kockelmann (in Team Luxembourg red jersey) wins the stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Mamer at 2:10 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: After the Côte de Wintrange and Côte de Remerschen, the stage heads to Mamer, where the finish is located near the house of Nicolas Frantz, double Tour de France winner. A likely day for the sprinters!

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

The second stage of the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg was reserved for the sprinters.

Admittedly, a breakaway group of seven riders managed to escape early on, but the sprinters’ teams gave them no chance over the 168.4 km between Remich and Mamer. In the end, it was Luxembourg’s own Mathieu Kockelmann (Luxembourg National Team) who triumphed in the bunch sprint, right in front of the birthplace of double Tour de France winner Nicolas Frantz, finishing ahead of Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Tom Donnenwirth (Groupama-FDJ). Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) retains the yellow jersey as overall race leader.

Lovely day for a bike race. Photo: Anouk

The day’s breakaway consisted of Gilles Baptiste (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Jonas Geens (Team Flanders-Baloise), Victor Papon (Wagner-Bazin), Pedro Pinto (Efapel Cycling), Loïc Bettendorff (Hrinkow Advarics), Malte Hellerup (Team Coloquick), and Mil Morang (Luxembourg National Team). They built up a gap of four and a half minutes, but as on the previous day, the escape was caught before the finish, setting up a mass sprint.

Mathieu Kockelmann (Luxembourg National Team), stage winner: “I didn’t have a lead-out train for the sprint, so I tried to stay calm and follow the right opponents. I placed myself behind Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), who launched his sprint too early. Since I had studied videos of previous finishes in Mamer, I knew that patience was key. I am overjoyed. I have no words to describe what it means to win a stage wearing the national team jersey. I’m still in the U23 category, and in this race, we have the smallest team. So this is incredible.”

Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), overall leader: “It’s cool to wear the yellow jersey. But tomorrow, it will be tough to keep it. It was a good day. People think it’s a flat stage, but in Luxembourg, it’s always hilly. Even this kind of stage hurts the legs. Still, I enjoyed it. Tomorrow will be a really tough stage. It could suit me. We’ll approach it like a one-day race.”

Complete results:

168.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.164 km/hr

1	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	3hr 48min 47sec
2	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
7	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
12	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
14	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
16	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
20	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	s.t.
22	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
25	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
28	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
38	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
39	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
41	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
42	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
43	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
44	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
47	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
50	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
51	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
52	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
53	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	s.t.
57	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	s.t.
58	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	s.t.
60	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
61	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
62	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
67	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
70	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
72	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
73	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
76	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
77	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
78	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
81	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
82	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
83	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
87	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
88	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
90	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
91	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
93	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
94	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
95	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
96	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	@ 1min 1sec
98	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
100	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	1:05
101	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:08
102	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
103	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	1:32
104	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	2:20
105	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
106	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
107	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
109	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:55
110	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:40
111	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:38
112	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:53
113	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	6:04
114	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
115	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	s.t.
117	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Mil Morang (Luxembourg)
• Points classification leader: Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification leader: EF Education-EasyPost

321.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.887 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	7hr 29min 22sec
2	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 4sec
3	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06
5	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:10
6	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
10	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
12	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
13	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
14	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
17	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
26	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
27	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	s.t.
31	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
40	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:27
44	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
46	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:30
47	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	0:37
48	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	0:39
49	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:41
50	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:43
52	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	s.t.
53	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:46
54	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	0:49
58	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:08
59	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:14
60	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:21
61	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	1:29
62	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	1:31
63	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	1:41
64	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:48
65	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:56
66	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	2:03
67	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
68	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
69	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
70	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:06
71	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:53
72	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	2:53
73	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	2:53
74	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	2:53
75	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	2:53
76	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	2:53
77	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	2:53
78	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	2:53
79	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	2:53
80	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	2:54
81	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:04
82	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	3:04
83	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:04
84	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	3:04
85	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:04
86	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	3:04
87	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:31
88	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:32
90	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:39
91	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	4:43
92	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
93	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
94	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
95	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:41
97	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	5:48
98	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:51
99	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	6:05
100	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
101	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
102	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
103	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	6:15
105	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:26
106	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	6:59
107	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	7:03
108	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	7:04
109	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:54
110	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:09
111	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:24
112	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	9:35
113	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:45
114	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	12:01
115	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	12:07
116	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
117	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	12:08

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, September 17: Stage 1, Luxembourg (Place Guillaume II) - Luxembourg (Fëschmaart), 152.8 km

Stage 1 map & profile:

Romain Grégoire wins the first stage. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Luxembourg at 2:10 PM, local time: 17C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: A demanding opener featuring the climbs of Putscheid, Bourscheid and Eschdorf. The Spuerkeess Bonus Sprint comes 51 km from the finish. The full ascent of the Montée de Clausen guarantees a thrilling finale in the capital.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage one report.

Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) won the first stage of the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City. After 152.8 km and a thrilling finale on the Montée de Clausen, he crossed the line ahead of Marijn Van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) and Marc Hirschi (Tudor Pro Cycling Team). With this victory, the Frenchman also claimed the yellow jersey as overall race leader.

Shortly after the start, six riders broke away: Andrea Pietrobon (Team Polti-Visit Malta), Quentin Bezza (Wagner Bazin), André Carvalho (Efapel Cycling), Malte Hellerup (Team Coloquick), as well as two riders from the Luxembourg National Team, Mats Berns and Mil Morang. They led the race on the climbs of the Montée de Putscheid, the Côte de Bourscheid, and the Côte d’Eschdorf.

However, their lead over the peloton never exceeded 3’30’’, and they were eventually caught. The bunch remained together until the final climb, where Grégoire unleashed his power in the sprint to take the victory.

Stage winner Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ): “What a sprint! Yesterday, I took a look at the finish with my friends and saw that this climb could suit me. I was really motivated to fight for this victory. I launched the sprint a bit too early, but fortunately, it was enough in the end. I was afraid of being overtaken. My team did a fantastic job. Today, we really took control of the race.“

Complete results:

152.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.531 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 40min 45sec
2	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
6	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
8	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
16	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
26	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	s.t.
30	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
34	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
36	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
38	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	@ 17sec
43	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	0:23
46	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	0:29
48	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
49	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
50	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:33
52	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	s.t.
53	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:36
54	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	0:39
58	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
59	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:04
60	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:11
61	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	1:19
62	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	1:21
63	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	1:31
64	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:39
65	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:46
66	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	1:53
67	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
68	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
70	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:56
71	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	2:43
72	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
73	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
74	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
75	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
76	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
77	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
79	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:54
80	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
81	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
82	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
83	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
84	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
85	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	s.t.
86	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:21
87	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
93	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
95	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 0sec
96	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:33
97	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
99	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
100	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	s.t.
101	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
102	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	s.t.
103	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	5:53
107	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Aagaard Hansen Tobias	Team Coloquick	5:55
110	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
111	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
113	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	s.t.
114	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
115	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
116	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:44
117	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	11:51

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 40min 35sec
2	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 4sec
3	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06
4	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
5	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
6	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Giacomo Ballabio	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
8	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Morten Nørtoft	Team Coloquick	s.t.
16	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Tiago Antunes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
26	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Arno Wallenborn	Luxembourg	s.t.
30	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
34	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Floris De Tier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
36	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
38	Simon Guglielmi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Johannes Adamietz	REMBE | rad-net	0:27
44	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Loïc Bettendorff	Hrinkow Advarics	0:33
47	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
48	Keegan Swirbul	Efapel Cycling	0:39
49	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	0:41
50	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Jean-Loup Fayolle	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:43
53	Alexandre Kess	Luxembourg	s.t.
54	Aaron Dockx	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:46
55	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	0:49
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:08
60	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:14
61	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:21
62	Riccardo Zoidl	Hrinkow Advarics	1:29
63	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	1:31
64	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	1:41
65	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:49
66	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:56
67	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	2:03
68	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
69	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
71	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:06
72	Pepe Albrecht	REMBE | rad-net	2:53
73	Ole Theiler	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
74	Anders Vos Sørensen	Team Coloquick	s.t.
75	Jermaine Zemke	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
76	Otto Schultz Jølving	Team Coloquick	s.t.
77	Julian Borresch	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
78	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
79	Aleksandr Grigorev	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
80	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:04
81	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
82	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
83	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
84	Jaka Primozic	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
85	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	s.t.
87	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:31
88	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
90	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Cesar Perez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Pedro Pinto	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
96	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:40
97	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	4:41
98	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	4:43
99	Dominik Hödlmoser	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
100	Valentin Poschacher	Hrinkow Advarics	s.t.
101	Noe Ury	Luxembourg	s.t.
102	Leon Arenz	REMBE | rad-net	s.t.
103	Mathéo Barusseau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:03
107	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Malte Hellerup	Team Coloquick	6:04
110	Tobias Aagaard Hansen	Team Coloquick	6:05
111	Quentin Bezza	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
112	Jesper Stiansen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	André Carvalho	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
114	Mats Berns	Luxembourg	s.t.
115	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
116	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:54
117	Joshua Gudnitz	Team Coloquick	12:01

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers: September 16, 2025

	Alpecin-Deceuninck
1	Tibor Del Grosso
2	Silvan Dillier
3	Aaron Dockx
4	Michael Gogl
5	Senna Remijn
6	Johan Price-Pejtersen
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
11	Michel Ries
12	Laurens Huys
13	Baptiste Gillet
14	Thibault Guernalec
15	Simon Guglielmi
16	Jean-Loup Fayolle
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
21	Stefan Bissegger
22	Oscar Chamberlain
23	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
24	Nicolas Prodhomme
25	Andrea Vendrame
26	Geoffrey Bouchard
	EF Education-EasyPost
31	Richard Carapaz
32	Vincenzo Albanese
33	Kasper Asgreen
34	Ben Healy
35	Marijn van den Berg
36	Max Walker
	Groupama-FDJ
41	Tom Donnenwirth
42	Lorenzo Germani
43	Romain Grégoire
44	Olivier Le Gac
45	Eddy Le Huitouze
46	Enzo Paleni
	Lidl-Trek
51	Mattias Skjelmose
52	Tao Geoghegan Hart
53	Lennard Kämna
54	Jacopo Mosca
55	Søren Kragh Andersen
56	Toms Skujins
	Soudal Quick-Step
61	Ethan Hayter
62	James Knox
63	Casper Pedersen
64	Jasper Schoofs
65	Pieter Serry
66	Pepijn Reinderink
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
71	Nils Politt
72	Igor Arrieta
73	Brandon McNulty
74	Jhonatan Narvaez
75	Rafal Majka
76	Pablo Torres
	Equipo Kern Pharma
81	Ibai Azanza
82	Hugo Aznar
83	Urko Berrade
84	Cesar Perez
85	Diego Uriarte
86	Mats Wenzel
	Team Flanders-Baloise
91	Toon Clynhens
92	Lindsay De Vylder
93	Jonas Geens
94	Milan Lanhove
95	Yentl Vandevelde
96	Victor Vercouillie
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
101	Mattia Bais
102	Francisco Muñoz
103	Manuel Peñalver
104	Andrea Pietrobon
105	Davide Piganzoli
106	Alessandro Tonelli
	Team TotalEnergies
111	Mathéo Barusseau
112	Mathieu Burgaudeau
113	Fabien Doubey
114	Thomas Gachignard
115	Jordan Jegat
116	Mattéo Vercher
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
121	Marc Hirschi
122	Marco Brenner
123	Arthur Kluckers
124	Jesper Stiansen
125	Joel Suter
126	Mathys Rondel
	Uno-X Mobility
131	Carl-Frederik Bevort
133	Ådne Holter
134	Johannes Kulset
135	Magnus Kulset
136	Henrik Pedersen
	Wagner Bazin WB
141	Quentin Bezza
142	Floris De Tier
143	Victor Papon
144	Davide Persico
145	Giacomo Villa
146	Henri-Francois Haquin
	Efapel Cycling
151	Tiago Antunes
152	André Carvalho
153	Aleksandr Grigorev
154	Pedro Pinto
155	Joaquim Silva
156	Keegan Swirbul
	Hrinkow Advarics
161	Giacomo Ballabio
162	Loïc Bettendorff
163	Valentin Poschacher
164	Jaka Primozic
165	Dominik Hödlmoser
166	Riccardo Zoidl
	REMBE | rad-net
171	Johannes Adamietz
172	Julian Borresch
173	Leon Arenz
174	Pepe Albrecht
175	Ole Theiler
176	Jermaine Zemke
	Team Coloquick
181	Joshua Gudnitz
182	Tobias Aagaard Hansen
183	Malte Hellerup
184	Morten Nørtoft
185	Anders Vos Sørensen
186	Otto Schultz Jølving
	Luxembourg
191	Mats Berns
192	Alexandre Kess
193	Mathieu Kockelmann
194	Mil Morang
195	Noe Ury
196	Arno Wallenborn