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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

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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

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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

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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