2020 Tour de Wallonie (2.Pro), Belgium
41st edition: August 16 - 19, 2020
Tour de Wallonie podium history | 2019 edition | 2021 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4
Tuesday, August 19: 4th & Final Stage, Blegny - Erezée, 198.1 km
Race leader Arnaud Démare takes the final stage and wins the 2020 Tour de Wallonie.
Weather at the finish city of Erezée at 1:30 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner and final GC winner Arnaud Démare's Groupama-FDJ team.
“If our rivals give us a hard time but we can resist, the victory will be all the better.” Frédéric Guesdon’s words after the third stage of the Tour de Wallonie make even more sense on Wednesday evening. Starting the last racing day as the overall leader, Arnaud Démare had a lot to do on yet another very tough course. But with the remarkable help of his teammates, the French sprinter not only managed to keep the first place overall, and therefore to win the race, but also to take a superb bonus with the stage victory. Arnaud Démare now records four victories since the season restart, but more than ever, the teamwork will also be remembered.
“The mission will be difficult” said Arnaud Démare after taking the yellow jersey on the Tour de Wallonie on Tuesday. The start of stage 4 proved to be difficult anyway, as two climbs and two intermediate sprints were listed in the first fifty kilometers. As a consequence, there was a fight from the start and some GC contenders such as Greg van Avermaet or Jhonatan Narvaez took the opportunity to grab a few seconds. “It was a strong start”, said Arnaud. “I then thought it was going to be a very complicated day, but it then calmed down a bit”.
After the first quarter of the race, a breakaway of seven riders was allowed to go and CCC and AG2R-La Mondiale took control in the bunch while Groupama-FDJ would just remain careful. “We wanted to gamble everything on the final since the quite hilly course did not really suit my riders”, explained Frédéric Guesdon. “We benefited a little from the work of the other teams but these are also the race’s circumstances. We are not alone in the peloton”.
Including some strong guys such as Zdenek Stybar, the breakaway did not get more than a 3-minute gap on the bunch, which then gradually took some time back in the second part of the stage. At the first time over the Côte de Beffe (1.6km at 8.7%), the breakaway was only a minute ahead as the selection initiated in the bunch. In this first lap, Arnaud Démare and most of his teammates were able to recon the final which was going to decide the race’s outcome. The main peloton then rode to quite a high pace towards the second and final time of the Côte de Beffe, located 10 kilometers from the finish.
Like the day before, the Groupama-FDJ team managed positioning perfectly, bringing Arnaud Démare up in front at the bottom of the last climb. In the tougher slopes, the yellow jersey logically dropped back a little, but he never cracked and was still surrounded by Lars van den Berg and Ignatas Konovalovas, while Kevin Geniets would go with the stronger ones a hundred meters ahead.
With 8 kilometers to go, Narvaez went solo in the lead while his rivals looked at each other, allowing several guys to return from the back. Among them, Arnaud Démare and his two teammates. Groupama-FDJ then led a strong chase. “The squad is really in great shape,” said Frédéric Guesdon. “You had to be strong not to be too far from the best at the top of the climb, and more so to be able to get back on the breakaway. The strategy that we set up today was followed and worked out, so all the better”. “Like yesterday, I still had three teammates with me in a group of 30-40 riders,” continued Arnaud. “It was great. I really could count on them. They chased really hard to catch the leading man in the last kilometer.” After the final turns from Lars van den Berg and Kevin Geniets, the Frenchman prepared for a hard sprint in these last hundred meters averaging 4-5%. “I was worn out, he said. I wasn’t really thinking of winning. I was really thinking not to take a split on Van Avermaet, who was right behind me. That’s why I started the sprint”. Initially overtook by Philippe Gilbert on his left, the Milan-Turin winner got the better of the former world champion in the last 50 meters. “To make a sprint like this one, you have to be in a very good condition”, explained Frédéric Guesdon.
If the general classification success was his primary goal, Arnaud Démare eventually took a nice bonus with the stage. “It’s amazing,” he said at the finish. “With the legs I have right now, I’m not setting myself any limits. Even more with the very strong team I have around me. I wouldn’t have thought I could win the overall at the start of the week given the course, but the team is very strong. After winning the second stage, we didn’t refrain ourselves from anything. With the time bonuses, we also had a little advantage today. The course was also made for me these last two days with a few kilometers after the climbs to try to come back”.
With this Tour de Wallonie 2020, Arnaud Démare got the sixth GC of his career. “When Arnaud is at his best, he is capable of doing very, very great things”, concluded Frédéric Guesdon. For me it’s not much of a surprise. He’s been very strong this week, but the team has been just as strong. It also must be said that usually, when you have a strong leader, the others go along…” With four successes since the season restart, Arnaud Démare might be the big favourite for the French championship on Sunday. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot since they changed the course, which is less difficult than expected,” concluded the former French Champion. “With my form and considering the courses I’m able to get over right now, I really believe in my chances”.
Complete results:
198.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.77 km/hr
1 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 51min 33sec |
2 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
3 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
4 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
5 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
6 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
7 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
8 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
9 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | @ 4sec |
10 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
11 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | 0:05 |
12 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
13 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
14 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
15 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
16 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
17 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
18 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
19 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
20 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
21 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
22 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
23 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
24 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
25 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
26 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
27 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:24 |
28 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:27 |
29 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:31 |
30 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:38 |
31 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | 0:44 |
32 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | 1:00 |
33 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | 1:04 |
34 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 1:24 |
35 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
36 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:44 |
37 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:05 |
38 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:24 |
39 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
40 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
41 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
42 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
43 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
44 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
45 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
46 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
47 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
48 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
49 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
50 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
51 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
52 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
53 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
54 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
55 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
56 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
57 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
58 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
59 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 2:50 |
60 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | 3:01 |
61 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 3:22 |
62 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:48 |
63 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
64 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
65 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
66 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
67 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
68 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
69 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
70 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
71 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | 4:05 |
72 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:08 |
73 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
74 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:43 |
75 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | 5:19 |
76 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
77 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
78 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
79 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
80 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
81 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
82 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | 5:22 |
83 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5:33 |
84 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 6:29 |
85 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
86 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
87 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
88 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
89 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
90 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
91 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
92 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
93 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
94 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
95 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
96 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
97 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
98 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
99 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
100 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
101 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
103 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
104 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 7:35 |
105 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 7:51 |
106 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | 7:56 |
107 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | 9:40 |
108 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
109 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | 9:55 |
110 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
111 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | 12:27 |
112 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
113 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
114 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | 13:40 |
115 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
116 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
117 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
118 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
119 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
120 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
121 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
122 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 18:58 |
123 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
Final GC after stage 4:
- Final GC leader: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
- Mountains Classification winner: Michal Golas (INEOS)
- Points classification winner: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
- Best young rider: Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS)
- Team classification winner: Ag2r-La Mondiale
748.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.000 km/hr
1 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | 17hr 48min 51sec |
2 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | @ 20sec |
3 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:25 |
4 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:26 |
5 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:27 |
6 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
7 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
8 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | 0:30 |
9 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | 0:31 |
10 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:32 |
11 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
12 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
13 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
14 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
15 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
16 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
17 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
18 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
19 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
20 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
21 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
22 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
23 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | 0:39 |
24 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:54 |
25 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:58 |
26 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:05 |
27 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | 1:27 |
28 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | 1:31 |
29 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 1:50 |
30 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:51 |
31 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | 2:11 |
32 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | 2:18 |
33 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | 2:51 |
34 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
35 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | 3:26 |
36 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:30 |
37 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:55 |
38 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
39 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
40 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
41 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 4:03 |
42 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | 4:13 |
43 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 4:34 |
44 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | 4:57 |
45 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
46 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:09 |
47 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | 5:19 |
48 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 5:24 |
49 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
50 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | 5:25 |
51 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | 5:38 |
52 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | 6:41 |
53 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
54 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 6:56 |
55 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 7:11 |
56 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 7:30 |
57 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7:41 |
58 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | 8:05 |
59 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | 9:25 |
60 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | 9:36 |
61 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 9:45 |
62 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
63 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9:50 |
64 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | 10:33 |
65 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:46 |
66 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
67 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
68 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | 11:11 |
69 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | 11:22 |
70 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | 11:39 |
71 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | 11:41 |
72 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 11:52 |
73 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | 13:35 |
74 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | 13:41 |
75 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | 13:50 |
76 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | 14:42 |
77 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | 15:48 |
78 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 15:49 |
79 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | 15:57 |
80 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | 16:49 |
81 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | 17:00 |
82 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | 17:09 |
83 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | 18:20 |
84 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
85 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | 18:56 |
86 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | 19:00 |
87 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 19:20 |
88 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | 19:26 |
89 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 19:30 |
90 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
91 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | 19:49 |
92 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | 20:09 |
93 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | 20:31 |
94 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 20:52 |
95 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | 21:15 |
96 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 22:16 |
97 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | 22:29 |
98 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 22:37 |
99 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | 22:41 |
100 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 22:56 |
101 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | 23:38 |
102 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | 23:47 |
103 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 24:48 |
104 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 24:49 |
105 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | 24:57 |
106 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | 25:28 |
107 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | 25:58 |
108 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | 26:05 |
109 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | 26:30 |
110 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | 26:41 |
111 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
112 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | 27:56 |
113 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 28:57 |
114 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | 29:40 |
115 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 31:52 |
116 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | 33:16 |
117 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | 33:53 |
118 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 34:03 |
119 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | 34:27 |
120 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 35:26 |
121 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | 36:49 |
122 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 42:42 |
123 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 46:24 |
Monday, August 18: Stage 3, Montzen - Visé, 192 km
Sam Bennett wins in Visé
Weather at the finish city of Visé at 1:50 PM, local time: 24C (75F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 50% chance of rain this afterooon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Sam Bennett's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Sam Bennett sprinted to the team’s 24th win of the year Tuesday afternoon, after an exciting day of racing at the Tour de Wallonie. It was Bennett’s fourth victory of the season, one he dedicated to Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates Remco Evenepoel, Fabio Jakobsen and Yves Lampaert, all injured in the past two weeks.
“This one is for those guys! Hopefully they have a good recovery and will join the Wolfpack, where they are missed, as soon as possible. It’s good to have some luck back and we hope it will be again on our side after today”, Sam said immediately after the finish.
The penultimate stage followed the traditional pattern, with a couple of riders attacking early and establishing a four-minute maximum lead before being reeled in with 40 kilometers to go. The crucial point of the race turned out to be, unsurprisingly, Côte de Cheratte (750 meters, 12.5%) and it was here that Florian Sénéchal launched an attack that stretch out the field and triggered a powerful surge of Zdenek Stybar. The cobbled Classics specialist leaped away, taking with whom just three riders, together with whom he opened a promising 20-second margin inside the last eight kilometers,.
A furious chase ensued, but the four looked capable of holding off the remnants of the bunch, only to be hauled back just 500 meters from the finish. That was the cue for Sénéchal to set a searing pace at the front of the group that created a split which left just four men in contention. One of them was Sam Bennett, and the 29-year-old Irishman launched a devastating sprint to take a convincing win over Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) and John Degenkolb (Lotto-Soudal) in Visé.
“I worked really hard the last month and yesterday didn’t reflect that, so I was a bit disappointed. I didn’t expect a big turnaround today, but I just rode and kept fighting over that climb. The team was fantastic, rode incredibly well and I’m so proud of them. The final was harder than yesterday, but I made it and had strong legs in the sprint. I’m happy with this win, one that I really needed with ten days to go until the Tour de France”, Bennett concluded.
Complete results:
192 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.79 km/hr
1 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4hr 42min 25sec |
2 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
3 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
4 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | @ 1sec |
5 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
6 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
7 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
8 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
9 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
10 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
11 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
12 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
13 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
14 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
15 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
16 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
17 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
18 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
19 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
20 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
21 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
22 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
23 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
24 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
26 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
27 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
28 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
29 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
30 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
31 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
32 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
33 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
34 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
35 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
36 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
37 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
38 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
39 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
40 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | 0:08 |
41 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | 0:22 |
42 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 1:05 |
43 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
44 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
45 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
46 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
47 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
48 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
49 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
50 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
51 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
52 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | 2:07 |
53 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
54 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
55 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
56 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:37 |
57 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
58 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
59 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | 3:51 |
60 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
61 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
62 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
63 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
64 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
65 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
66 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
67 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
68 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
69 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
70 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
71 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
72 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
73 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
74 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
75 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 3:58 |
76 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | 6:20 |
77 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
78 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
79 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | 6:55 |
80 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
81 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
82 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
83 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | s.t. |
84 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
85 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 12:35 |
86 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | s.t. |
87 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
88 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
89 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
90 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
91 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
92 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
93 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
94 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
95 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
96 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
97 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
98 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
99 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
100 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
101 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
102 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
103 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
104 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
105 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
106 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
107 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
108 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
109 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
110 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
111 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
112 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
113 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
114 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
115 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
116 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
117 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
118 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
119 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
120 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
121 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
122 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
123 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
124 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
125 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
126 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
127 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
128 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
129 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
130 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
131 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
132 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
133 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
134 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
135 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
136 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
137 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | 16:11 |
138 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
139 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
140 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
141 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
142 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | 22:34 |
GC after stage 3:
550.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.453 km/hr
1 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | 12hr 57min 28sec |
2 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | @ 16sec |
3 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
4 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:17 |
5 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
6 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
7 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
8 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
9 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
10 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
11 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | s.t. |
12 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
13 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
14 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
15 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
16 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
17 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
18 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
19 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
20 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
21 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
22 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
23 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
24 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
25 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
26 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
27 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
28 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
29 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
30 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
31 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
32 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
33 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
34 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
35 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | 0:24 |
36 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:34 |
37 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | 0:35 |
38 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | 1:17 |
39 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
40 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | 1:21 |
41 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
42 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
43 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
44 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
45 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
46 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
47 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 1:29 |
48 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 2:00 |
49 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | 2:23 |
50 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
51 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
52 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:50 |
53 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | 2:51 |
54 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:54 |
55 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 2:58 |
56 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:13 |
57 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:16 |
58 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:53 |
59 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 3:58 |
60 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | 4:07 |
61 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
62 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
63 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
64 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
65 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
66 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
67 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
68 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
69 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 4:30 |
70 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | 5:00 |
71 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | 5:02 |
72 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 5:10 |
73 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | 6:35 |
74 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | 6:36 |
75 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
76 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 6:55 |
77 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 7:11 |
78 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
79 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
80 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
81 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
82 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:12 |
83 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | s.t. |
84 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | 12:21 |
85 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 12:44 |
86 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | 12:45 |
87 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | 12:47 |
88 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | 12:51 |
89 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
90 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
91 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
92 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
93 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
94 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
95 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
96 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
97 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
98 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
99 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
100 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
101 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
102 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
103 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
104 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
105 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
106 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | 13:10 |
107 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | 13:14 |
108 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
109 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | 13:20 |
110 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | 13:23 |
111 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | 13:30 |
112 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | 13:52 |
113 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | 14:12 |
114 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 14:55 |
115 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | 15:12 |
116 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 15:15 |
117 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | 15:19 |
118 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | 15:50 |
119 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
120 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 15:58 |
121 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 16:20 |
122 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | 16:22 |
123 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | 18:09 |
124 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
125 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | 18:16 |
126 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | 18:18 |
127 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
128 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
129 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | 19:19 |
130 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | 19:26 |
131 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
132 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | 20:03 |
133 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | 20:37 |
134 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 20:51 |
135 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | 21:00 |
136 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | 21:01 |
137 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 22:18 |
138 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | 24:12 |
139 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | 28:08 |
140 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 28:47 |
141 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 28:52 |
142 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 32:34 |
Monday, August 17: Stage 2, Frasnes lez Anvaing - Wavre, 172.3 km
Arnaud Demare wins stage two.
Weather at the finish city of Wavre at 2:00 PM, local time: 24C (76F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 40% chance of rain at 3:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Démare's Groupama-FDJ team.
Arnaud Démare is in great form, and he showed it once again on the Tour de Wallonie on Monday. Left disappointed with a seventh place because of a too long sprint on the opening stage, the Frenchman rider took full revenge on the second stage by getting the better of Caleb Ewan, in a very short sprint this time. After Milan-Turin, this is his second victory of the season and the fourth for the Groupama-FDJ cycling team this year.
Before some harder courses on the Tour de Wallonie on Tuesday and Wednesday, the sprinters were supposed to be in the spotlight again on Monday, after 172 kilometers leading to Wavre. Therefore, the scenario of the opening stage repeated itself, with a small breakaway of six riders right from the beginning and the sprinters’ teams in control behind them. The race leader’s teammates initially took the chase in charge in the first part of the race, preventing the breakaway from getting more than a 4-minute gap. Around halfway in the race, Groupama-FDJ also got involved in front. “After the feeding zone, we got back on a portion with small, quite winding roads and also a few small showers, explained Frédéric Guesdon. Therefore, it was better to be in front in order to avoid crashes and to avoid wasting energy unnecessarily. It made the second part of the race quite nervous and tense, and that’s why we wanted to stay in front for the last 80-90 kilometers”.
As in the first stage, the young Dutchman Lars van den Berg was the first to get to work in order to protect Arnaud Démare and his lead-out train. Gradually, the field got closer to the breakaway and even caught it before the first crossing over the line, 26 kilometers from the goal. “Once we got to the final circuit, it went pretty much as we expected,” Frédéric said. “We had to ride in front and also control the attacks, because it was still a hard circuit”. An attempt from Philippe Gilbert and Zdenek Stybar on a short cobbled climb with ten kilometers to go put some panic in the peloton, which had to chase hard. Everything finally got back to normal with five kilometres to go, but the final sprint went differently than expected. “Because the race was harder and we had to make more efforts earlier in the race, we did not have a real lead-out train today,” explained Frédéric. “It was not easy to keep three or four riders to lead out Arnaud today, but the main thing was to keep Jacopo, or even Ramon. Above all, we wanted to be in a good position before the descending part, three kilometers to go. As a consequence, our riders had to work earlier on, so did Ramon, and we then let the other teams work for the sprint”.
Well positioned by Jacopo Guarnieri in the last kilometre, Arnaud Démare then used a different strategy than the day before. “I decided to take Caleb Ewan’s wheel at 400 meters because Jacopo had put in a lot of effort before,” explained the winner. “I waited for him to launch the sprint, but from the moment we hit our top speed, I felt able to overpass him. That’s what happened and it’s great. It was a short sprint, of about 150 meters. It’s not what I’m used to do, but it was the right timing today”. “The level of sprinters is so high here that every detail matters,” continued Frédéric. “Yesterday, Arnaud found himself in front a little early. Today it wasn’t necessarily planned to take Caleb Ewan’s wheel, but it turned out differently and that’s what happened. These kinds of things are decided on the road, with the experience you get from race to race and from year to year. Usually, Arnaud prefers long sprints but he feels strong now and he was confident. We know that Caleb Ewan is very, very fast in the last 100 meters, and when he started his sprint, I was afraid Arnaud would not get back on him, but he really has good legs at the moment”.
Eventually, that makes it two victories in twelve days for Arnaud Démare. “I’m super happy,” he added. “It’s another win in front of a good field, and there was again a strong teamwork, even if we did not see them in the last kilometre. Today, the upstream work was important. You had to stay in front to stay to save energy and we did that well.” With a good support and great legs, Arnaud Démare wants to keep going the same way. “I know it’s going to be hard tomorrow,” he said. “The course is not easy but we will try to hang on. It might be possible to get over that climb”. His sports director told a similar speech. “Our goal of a stage win has been met, but it doesn’t mean we will stop there,” he concluded. “Tomorrow, Arnaud may have his chances but that will also depend on how the race unfolds. It will for sure be difficult with a 700-meter climb at 10% with eight kilometers to go. We will still start with the desire to try our luck with him and then we will see according to the race circumstances. We can also give our youngsters a chance, especially Kevin, who can be a contender in this kind of profile. He showed great things on the Binck Bank Tour last year, on a similar terrain. So why not”.
Complete Results:
172.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.44 km/hr
1 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | 3hr 57min 59sec |
2 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
3 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
4 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
5 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
6 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
7 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
8 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
9 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
10 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
11 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
12 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
13 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
14 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
15 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
16 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
17 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
18 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
19 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
20 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
21 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | s.t. |
22 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
23 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
24 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
25 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
26 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
27 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
28 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
29 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
30 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
31 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
32 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
33 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
34 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
35 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
36 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
37 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
38 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
39 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
40 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
41 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
42 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
43 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
44 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
45 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
46 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
47 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
48 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
49 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
50 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
51 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
52 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
53 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
54 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
55 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
56 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
57 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
58 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
59 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
60 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
61 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
62 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
63 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
64 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
65 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
66 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | s.t. |
67 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
68 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
69 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
70 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
71 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
72 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
73 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
74 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
75 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
76 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
77 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
78 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
79 | DOULL Owain | INEOS | s.t. |
80 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
81 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
82 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
83 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
84 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
85 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
86 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
87 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
88 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
89 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
90 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
91 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
92 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
93 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
94 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
95 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
96 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
97 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
98 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | @ 23sec |
99 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
100 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
101 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
102 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
103 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
104 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
105 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:31 |
106 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
107 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 0:39 |
108 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
109 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
110 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
111 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
112 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 0:49 |
113 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | s.t. |
114 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | 1:01 |
115 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
116 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
117 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
118 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | 1:03 |
119 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 1:05 |
120 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | 1:08 |
121 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 2:59 |
122 | EGHOLM Jakob | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
123 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
124 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
125 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
126 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
127 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
128 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
129 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
130 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
131 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | 5:18 |
132 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
133 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
134 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
135 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
136 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
137 | VAN DEN BRANDE Julien | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
138 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
139 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
140 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 8:00 |
141 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | 8:11 |
142 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | 8:12 |
143 | RONHAAR Pim | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
144 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
145 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
146 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
147 | LAWLESS Chris | INEOS | 9:56 |
148 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 9:57 |
149 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 12:18 |
GC after stage 2:
358.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.402 km/hr
1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 8hr 15min 3sec |
2 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | @ 2sec |
3 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | 0:06 |
4 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 0:09 |
5 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | 0:12 |
6 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | 0:14 |
7 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 0:15 |
8 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | 0:16 |
9 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
10 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
11 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
12 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
13 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
14 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
15 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
16 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
17 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
18 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
19 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
20 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
21 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
22 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
23 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
24 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
25 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
26 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
27 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
28 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
29 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
30 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
31 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
32 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
33 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
34 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | s.t. |
35 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
36 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
37 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
38 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
39 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
40 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
41 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
42 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
43 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
44 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
45 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
46 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
47 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
48 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
49 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
50 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
51 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
52 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
53 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
54 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
55 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
56 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
57 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
58 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
59 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
60 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | s.t. |
61 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
62 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
63 | DOULL Owain | INEOS | s.t. |
64 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
65 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
66 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
67 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
68 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
69 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
70 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
71 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
72 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
73 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
74 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
75 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
76 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
77 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
78 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
79 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
80 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
81 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
82 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
83 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
84 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
85 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
86 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
87 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
88 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
89 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:33 |
90 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | 0:34 |
91 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:35 |
92 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
93 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:39 |
94 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
95 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
96 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:45 |
97 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:47 |
98 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | 0:48 |
99 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 0:55 |
100 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
101 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | 1:09 |
103 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | 1:11 |
104 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | 1:17 |
105 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | s.t. |
106 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:19 |
107 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 1:33 |
108 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | 1:37 |
109 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:53 |
110 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 2:20 |
111 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | 2:37 |
112 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 2:40 |
113 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | 2:44 |
114 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
115 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
116 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:04 |
117 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:15 |
118 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
119 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
120 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
121 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
122 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
123 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:23 |
124 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 3:45 |
125 | EGHOLM Jakob | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 3:47 |
126 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
127 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | 3:52 |
128 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:34 |
129 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
130 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
131 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:41 |
132 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | 5:43 |
133 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
134 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | 6:01 |
135 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | 6:46 |
136 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | 8:01 |
137 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | 8:02 |
138 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 8:16 |
139 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:22 |
140 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | 8:26 |
141 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | 8:28 |
142 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 9:43 |
143 | LAWLESS Chris | INEOS | 10:12 |
144 | RONHAAR Pim | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 10:56 |
145 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias | Tarteletto-Isorex | 12:01 |
146 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 12:41 |
147 | VAN DEN BRANDE Julien | Tarteletto-Isorex | 12:59 |
148 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 16:12 |
149 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 19:59 |
Sunday, August 16: Stage 1, Soignies - Templeuve, 185.8 km
Caleb Ewan takes the first stage.
Weather at the finish city of Templeuve at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (72F) with rain showers. The wind is from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph).
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto-Soudal team.
Caleb Ewan delivers a great win for team Lotto Soudal in the opening stage of Tour de Wallonie. In Templeuve Ewan was faster than Sam Bennett and Tim Merlier. It is Ewan's fourth win of the season and the first for Lotto Soudal after lockdown. A great start for Lotto Soudal in Tour de Wallonie as Caleb also takes the lead in the general and points classification.
Caleb Ewan:
"The whole day was quite nice until it started raining with one hour to go. The rain and cobbles on the finishing circuit made it a super nervous run-up to the final sprint. My team did a good job in keeping me close to the front. In the end I was a little bit far, but that was perfect since my competitors launched the sprint very early and I could come back in the final meters."
"Lotto Soudal did a great training camp in July in the Vosges. Everyone is on good form and this win proves all the hard work we have been doing with the team. I knew that coming here it would be a hard contest for the victory. But it is great for the confidence that I can beat the other guys that are here."
"I only had two race days since the confinement and I feel that this race is the ideal preparation heading to Tour de France. I was disappointed in my performance in Milano-Sanremo last week. It is such a hard race and the heat and the new course made it even harder for me. But I will try again in the future!"
"I want to defend the leader's jersey tomorrow and maybe even the day after tomorrow if I have good climbing legs. But the fourth stage will be too hard for me. With Philippe Gilbert we have someone in great form and he knows the local roads. So he will target the GC for team Lotto Soudal."
Complete Results:
185.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.32 km/hr
1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 4hr 17min 20sec |
2 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
3 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
4 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
5 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
6 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
7 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
8 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
9 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
10 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
11 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
12 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
13 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
14 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
15 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
16 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
17 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
18 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
19 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
20 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
21 | HAVIK Piotr | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
22 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
23 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
24 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
25 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
26 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
27 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
28 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
29 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
30 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
31 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
32 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
33 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
34 | LAWLESS Chris | INEOS | s.t. |
35 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
36 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
37 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
38 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
39 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
40 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
41 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
42 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
43 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
44 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
45 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
46 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
47 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
48 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
49 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
50 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
51 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
52 | DOULL Owain | INEOS | s.t. |
53 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
54 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
55 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
56 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
57 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
58 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
59 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
60 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
61 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | s.t. |
62 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | s.t. |
63 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
64 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
65 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
66 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
67 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
68 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
69 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
70 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
71 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
72 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
73 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
74 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
75 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
76 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
77 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
78 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
79 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
80 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
81 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
82 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
83 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
84 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
85 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
86 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
87 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
88 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
89 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
90 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
91 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
92 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
93 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
94 | CANTON Isaac | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
95 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
96 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
97 | EZQUERRA Jesús | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
98 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
99 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
100 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
102 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
103 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
104 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
105 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
106 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
107 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
108 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
109 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
110 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
111 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
112 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
113 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
114 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
115 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
116 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
117 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | s.t. |
118 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
119 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
120 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
121 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 24sec |
122 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | 0:27 |
123 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 0:28 |
124 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | 0:32 |
125 | EGHOLM Jakob | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
126 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
127 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | s.t. |
128 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | 0:53 |
129 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 0:59 |
130 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:12 |
131 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 1:15 |
132 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 1:23 |
133 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:37 |
134 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | 1:58 |
135 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 2:25 |
136 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 2:28 |
137 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
138 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
139 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
140 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
141 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
142 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
143 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
144 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
145 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
146 | RONHAAR Pim | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
147 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
148 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
149 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
150 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:27 |
151 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 7:25 |
152 | VAN DEN BRANDE Julien | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
153 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 7:44 |
GC after stage 1:
1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 4hr 17min 10sec |
2 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | @ 2sec |
3 | REYNDERS Jens | Hagens Berman-Axeon | 0:03 |
4 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:04 |
5 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:06 |
6 | DE KLEIJN Arvid | Riwal Readynez | 0:10 |
7 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
8 | EINHORN Itamar | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
9 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
10 | PENALVER Manuel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
11 | DILLIER Silvan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
12 | VENTURINI Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
13 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
14 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
15 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
16 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
17 | KOCH Jonas | CCC Team | s.t. |
18 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
19 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
20 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
21 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
22 | CARVALHO Andre | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
23 | HAVIK Piotr | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
24 | VLIEGEN Loïc | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
25 | DUPONT Timothy | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
26 | KAMP Ryan | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
27 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | s.t. |
28 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
29 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
30 | CAVENDISH Mark | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
31 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
32 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
33 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
34 | THWAITES Scott | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
35 | JENSEN August | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
36 | LAWLESS Chris | INEOS | s.t. |
37 | LIETAER Eliot | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
38 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
39 | HARDY Romain | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
40 | VERMAERKE Kevin | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
41 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
42 | DAVIS Cole | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
43 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
44 | VAN STAEYEN Michael | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
45 | JANS Roy | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
46 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
47 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | s.t. |
48 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
49 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
50 | WOUTERS Enzo | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
51 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
52 | NOPPE Christophe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
53 | DOULL Owain | INEOS | s.t. |
54 | KRIEGER Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
55 | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | INEOS | s.t. |
56 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
57 | FOUCHE James | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
58 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
59 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
60 | BOL Jetse | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
61 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
62 | TRENTIN Matteo | CCC Team | s.t. |
63 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | s.t. |
64 | KRON Andreas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
65 | FUENTES Angel | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
66 | STYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
67 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
68 | PETIT Adrien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
69 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
70 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
71 | MOLENAAR Alex | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
72 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
73 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
74 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
75 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
76 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
77 | CARBEL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
78 | ERIKSSON Lucas | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
79 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
80 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
81 | ROBEET Ludovic | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
82 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
83 | INKELAAR Kevin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
84 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
85 | AERTS Toon | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
86 | CANAL Carlos | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
87 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
88 | DE GENDT Aimé | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
89 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS | s.t. |
90 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
91 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
92 | PLANCKAERT Edward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
93 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
94 | CANTON Isaac | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
95 | WURF Cameron | INEOS | s.t. |
96 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
97 | EZQUERRA Jesús | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
98 | GOEMAN Andreas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
99 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
100 | MENTEN Milan | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | RELAES Jacob | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
102 | MARCHAND Gianni | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
103 | CLEPPE Nicolas | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
104 | TEUGELS Lennert | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
105 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
106 | VAN DEN BERG Lars | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
107 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
108 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
109 | VANENDERT Jelle | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
110 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
111 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
112 | VAN MELSEN Kévin | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
113 | RICHARDSON Alexander | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
114 | ROWE Luke | INEOS | s.t. |
115 | ISERBYT Eli | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
116 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
117 | KNEES Christian | INEOS | s.t. |
118 | AERNOUTS Jim | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
119 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
120 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
121 | STEIMLE Jannik | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 0:34 |
122 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto-Soudal | 0:37 |
123 | DEGENKOLB John | Lotto-Soudal | 0:38 |
124 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-McLaren | 0:42 |
125 | EGHOLM Jakob | Hagens Berman-Axeon | s.t. |
126 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
127 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | s.t. |
128 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | 1:03 |
129 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 1:09 |
130 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:22 |
131 | VAN KESSEL Corné | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 1:25 |
132 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 1:33 |
133 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:47 |
134 | BEKAERT Yentl | Telenet-Lions | 2:08 |
135 | REZA Kévin | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 2:35 |
136 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:36 |
137 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal-WB | 2:37 |
138 | DE WINTER Ludwig | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 2:38 |
139 | SUTHERLAND Rory | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
140 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
141 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
142 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
143 | LISSON Christoffer | Riwal Readynez | s.t. |
144 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
145 | SWEECK Laurens | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
146 | RONHAAR Pim | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | s.t. |
147 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
148 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
149 | AERTS Thijs | Telenet-Lions | s.t. |
150 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:37 |
151 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 7:35 |
152 | VAN DEN BRANDE Julien | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
153 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 7:54 |