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Friday, June 5: 5th & Final Stage, Bassenge - Aubel, 176.5 km

Ben Oliver wins stage five and the 2026 Tour de Wallonie. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Aubel at 2:35 PM, local time: 18C (65F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). Starting at 3:00 PM there is a 69% chance of rain.
The stage: The final stage of the 2026 Ethias Tour de Wallonie will lead the riders from Bassenge—which hosted a stage finish in 2014—to Aubel, a town that is a regular fixture of the race, notably having hosted the final finish in 2023. This stage will undoubtedly be the most demanding of the five days of racing and is expected to cause significant upheaval in the general classification.
After a stretch along the banks of the Meuse, the peloton will head into the Pays de Herve region for the first time, then tackle several famous climbs from Liège–Bastogne–Liège, such as the Côte de Forges and La Redoute. Subsequently—traversing equally challenging terrain—the route will lead them back toward the Pays de Herve. After crossing the finish line for the first time at the 128-kilometer mark, the riders will have two 30-kilometer laps left to complete.
This circuit, designed around Aubel, features not a single flat meter and includes two major climbs: the Côte de Stockis and the Côte de Magis—the summit of which lies less than three kilometers from the final finish line of the Ethias Tour de Wallonie.
The race: Loic Vanlaere (Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw) & Jarno Bellens (Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions) did not start. Early in the stage Lars Daelmans (Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw) abandoned
Here's the report from stage winner & new GC leader Ben Oliver's Modern Adventure Pro Cycling team:
New Zealander Ben Oliver caps off a dominant team performance at the Ethias Tour de Wallonie, sprinting to victory on stage five and delivering Modern Adventure Pro Cycling’s first GC win.
The result was the culmination of five days of determined racing from the whole team. Oliver opened his account on stage two with an impressive victory in difficult conditions, moving into the overall race lead after a strong team performance. Meanwhile, teammate Samuel Flórez made his mark in the mountains competition, taking the KOM jersey after an aggressive ride on stage one and successfully defending it through stage two.
The race took a turn on stage three, with a late crash costing Oliver the overall lead and Flórez relinquishing the KOM jersey, leaving the team facing an uphill battle heading into the final two stages. Rather than letting the setback define the rest of their race, they responded with determination, racing aggressively to put themselves back into contention. Stage four saw Flórez back in the KOM jersey, with Oliver picking up valuable bonus seconds to keep the team in the GC fight.
Entering the fifth, and potentially most challenging, final stage, Oliver was just four seconds down on the general classification. The team rode a calm and patient race, fully focused on the final sprint. The challenging parcours brought a reduced group to the line, where Oliver produced a perfectly timed sprint to take the stage victory and the crucial bonus seconds needed to overturn the deficit and secure overall victory at the Tour de Wallonie.
Modern Adventure co-founder, George Hincapie: “I’m really proud of all the guys this week - riders and staff. We were put in a new position by winning stage two and taking the overall lead, and the guys all stepped up. In fact, not only did they step up, but they took control. Today they rode with confidence, they sat back all day, biding their time for the finish and in the end it paid off. I could not be any happier with the guys. Super proud.”
Complete results:
176.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.576 km/hr
| 1 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 4hr 8min 44sec |
| 2 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 3 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 4 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 5 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 6 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 7 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 8 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 10 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 11 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 12 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 13 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 14 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | @ 39sec |
| 15 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 16 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | @ 0sec |
| 17 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 0sec |
| 18 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | @ 0sec |
| 19 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 0sec |
| 20 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 0:55 |
| 21 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | @ 0sec |
| 22 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 1:07 |
| 23 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | @ 0sec |
| 24 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | @ 0sec |
| 25 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 26 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:26 |
| 27 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 28 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 29 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:31 |
| 30 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 31 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | @ 0sec |
| 32 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 33 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 34 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:16 |
| 35 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | 2:21 |
| 36 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 2:24 |
| 37 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 38 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 2:40 |
| 39 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 40 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:52 |
| 41 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | @ 0sec |
| 42 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 3:01 |
| 43 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 45 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:07 |
| 46 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 3:20 |
| 47 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:27 |
| 48 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 49 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:30 |
| 50 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 51 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 53 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:10 |
| 54 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 0sec |
| 55 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 56 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 4:33 |
| 57 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 4:44 |
| 58 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:47 |
| 59 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 10:07 |
| 60 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 61 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 62 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 10:17 |
| 63 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 10:36 |
| 64 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | 10:47 |
| 65 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 19:15 |
| 66 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 67 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 69 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 70 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 71 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 72 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 73 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 74 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 75 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
Final GC after stage 5:
892.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.991 km/hr
| 1 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 21hr 15min 51sec |
| 2 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | @ 2sec |
| 3 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:05 |
| 4 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:12 |
| 5 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:20 |
| 6 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:22 |
| 7 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:26 |
| 8 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | 0:27 |
| 9 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:35 |
| 10 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 11 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:43 |
| 12 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:44 |
| 14 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 0:45 |
| 15 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:48 |
| 16 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:53 |
| 17 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:54 |
| 18 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 1:04 |
| 19 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 1:07 |
| 21 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | 1:49 |
| 22 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:06 |
| 23 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 3:02 |
| 24 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 3:29 |
| 25 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 3:43 |
| 26 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4:01 |
| 27 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 4:23 |
| 28 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 29 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:26 |
| 30 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:43 |
| 31 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | 5:12 |
| 32 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 5:39 |
| 33 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 5:48 |
| 34 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | 5:52 |
| 35 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:53 |
| 36 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | 5:58 |
| 37 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:08 |
| 38 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | 6:09 |
| 39 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 7:18 |
| 40 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | 7:23 |
| 41 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 7:32 |
| 42 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 9:08 |
| 43 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | 9:56 |
| 44 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 10:20 |
| 45 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 10:25 |
| 46 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 10:49 |
| 47 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:29 |
| 48 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | 13:18 |
| 49 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 14:22 |
| 50 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 15:23 |
| 51 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 16:18 |
| 52 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 18:21 |
| 53 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | 18:46 |
| 54 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 18:55 |
| 55 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 19:37 |
| 56 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 20:13 |
| 57 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 21:09 |
| 58 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 21:28 |
| 59 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 21:30 |
| 60 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 22:40 |
| 61 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 24:01 |
| 62 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | 25:01 |
| 63 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 25:35 |
| 64 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 25:52 |
| 65 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 25:58 |
| 66 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 26:34 |
| 67 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 26:37 |
| 68 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 32:25 |
| 69 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | 32:41 |
| 70 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 37:04 |
| 71 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 37:42 |
| 72 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | 38:43 |
| 73 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 38:49 |
| 74 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 41:19 |
| 75 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 44:24 |
Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile
Thursday, June 4: Stage 4, Dison - Eupen, 166.7 km

Arnaud De Lie beats Riley Sheehan for the stage win. Sheehan becomes the new GC leader.
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Weather at the finish city of Eupen at 2:40 PM, local time: 14C (58F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the south-southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). Chance of the showers continuing is 33%.
The stage: For this fourth stage, the race will set off from Dison—which hosted the start of the Lotto Grand Prix de Wallonie in 2025—and finish in Eupen, a town visited by the Ethias Tour de Wallonie in 2013.
This route will undoubtedly play to the strengths of the Ardennes Classics specialists. The peloton will head toward the High Fens, making for the Signal de Botrange—Belgium’s highest point. It is a demanding start before the course plunges southward into Belgium’s German-speaking Community, passing through Saint Vith and Malmedy. From there, the riders will face a highly challenging route featuring, in particular, the ascents of the Ferme Libert and the Côte de Ster.
The riders will then head toward Eupen, where they will cross the finish line—situated atop the Côte de Frankendelle—for the first time. They will complete an initial circuit loop heading toward Membach, followed by a second, nearly identical loop that includes the added challenge of the Edelstrasse—a brutal wall featuring gradients exceeding 20%. All this leads up to a final ascent of the Frankendelle for an explosive finish!
The race: Not starting: Axandre Van Petegem (Tarteletto-Isorex), Asbjorn Hellemose (Jayco-AlUla), Arne Marit (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe). Jon Barrenetxea (Movistar), & Milan Menten (Lotto-Intermarché). That should leave a stage-start peloton of 109 riders.
The large number of non-starters is a result of the of the massive crash at the end of stage three.

GC leader Kim Heiduk on the start line determined to show off his GC leader's jersey in the rain. Photo: Photonewsbelgium
Here's the report from new GC leader Riley Sheehan's NSN Cycling Team:
After mixed fortunes to start the Tour de Wallonie, Riley Sheehan experienced the joy and cruelty of cycling once again in Eupen on Thursday.
Sheehan looked like he was about to claim his second win on Wallonian roads in the space of three weeks this afternoon when no other rider could follow his bold solo attack with 7km to go.
He showed off his technical prowess on a fast and technical approach to the flamme rouge, maintaining a small gap over his nearest GC rivals after another hard day of racing in the rain on undulating terrain.
However, the uphill final kilometer proved too much for Sheehan, as the surging home rider Arnaud De Lie (LOI) managed to close down what appeared to be a stage-winning gap to pass him barely meters from the finish line.
Sheehan says: “You know, I’m a bit disappointed and just in shock. I went so, so deep, and to get passed on the line by De Lie is heartbreaking. It’s good to be up there in the fight on GC today. I made some progress today, and I’m proud of the effort.
“It was the tactic to attack on the final climb – [Krists] Neilands was also up there, so it was going to be one of us, and I saw a good moment to put some pressure on. I saw how good I felt on the top of the climb, and I thought I’d keep on going. I made the gap, and from there I was just holding off the peloton. I went so, so deep, and it almost paid off!
The American’s second place adds to an eventful four days in Belgium so far for Sheehan. He placed third in heavy rain on stage 2, but suffered a flat tire in the final KM in Monday’s opener and was caught behind a huge crash late on in Wednesday’s stage.
Nonetheless, his heroics moved him into the race lead, as he looks to emulate teammate Corbin Strong’s GC victory in last year’s edition. He holds a three-second lead over Ben Oliver (MAP) and De Lie, with fourth-placed Kim Heiduk (NCI) a further 12 seconds in arrears.
“It’s good to hear that I’m the leader,” he adds. “Tomorrow is the hardest day, I hope it’s not any harder than I went today, but with the team we have, I think we have a good shot at this. The guys are really strong, and the team we have, I think we can give everything. I feel confident in our team – let’s play our cards right, and let’s go for the win.
“I really enjoy the parcours here, it’s really nice. It suits me well – I’m a punchy rider. If I can win this race it would be fantastic.”
DS Dror Pekatch believes Sheehan moving into the distinctive orange jersey is a belated reward for the team’s performance in Belgium this week.
He says: “Finally, today we got what we deserved more or less after three days – the first day we had the bad luck of a flat tire in the end, and then a crash yesterday. We knew Riley was one of the strongest guys, and we know we have a good team here.
“He took his shot going for the bonus seconds going on the last climb, and then he held his gap until the finish. He missed out by one meter, basically, so it’s bittersweet to take the jersey.
“The race will be decided tomorrow – there are very small gaps on GC, there are the intermediate sprints, so we will need to fight tomorrow. We are ready for the challenge, but we know it’s going to be very hard. We will do our best – we’ve got seven guys here riding very well every day.”
Complete results:
166.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.339 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | 4hr 7min 57sec |
| 2 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 4sec |
| 4 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | 0:07 |
| 5 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 7 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 8 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 0:11 |
| 9 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:15 |
| 10 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 0:18 |
| 13 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:21 |
| 14 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:23 |
| 15 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:25 |
| 16 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 17 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:29 |
| 18 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:30 |
| 20 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:31 |
| 21 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:34 |
| 22 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 23 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:37 |
| 24 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:39 |
| 25 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:41 |
| 26 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 27 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | 0:44 |
| 28 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 29 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 0:47 |
| 30 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | 0:50 |
| 31 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:59 |
| 32 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:13 |
| 33 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 1:34 |
| 34 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 1:40 |
| 35 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 36 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 37 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 40 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:52 |
| 41 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | 1:57 |
| 42 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:02 |
| 43 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | 2:08 |
| 44 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:14 |
| 45 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:15 |
| 46 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 2:32 |
| 47 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 48 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:39 |
| 50 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:42 |
| 51 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 3:34 |
| 52 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 53 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 4:23 |
| 54 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 55 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | 4:52 |
| 56 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:18 |
| 57 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 60 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 61 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 62 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 63 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 5:22 |
| 66 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:33 |
| 68 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 6:37 |
| 69 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 70 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 71 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 72 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 73 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 74 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 75 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 76 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:40 |
| 77 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 78 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 79 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 8:44 |
| 80 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 81 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 82 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 10:17 |
| 83 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 84 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | 10:44 |
| 85 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 86 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 87 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:10 |
| 88 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 89 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 90 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 91 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 92 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:22 |
| 93 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 94 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 95 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 96 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 98 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 99 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 100 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 101 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 104 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 105 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 106 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:38 |
| 107 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 108 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
716.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.902 km/hr
| 1 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | 17hr 7min 14sec |
| 2 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 4 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:10 |
| 5 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:13 |
| 6 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:15 |
| 7 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | 0:20 |
| 8 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:28 |
| 10 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 11 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:36 |
| 12 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:37 |
| 14 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 0:38 |
| 15 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:41 |
| 16 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:42 |
| 17 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:46 |
| 18 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:47 |
| 19 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:50 |
| 20 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:54 |
| 21 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 0:57 |
| 22 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 1:00 |
| 24 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | 1:03 |
| 25 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 1:12 |
| 26 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 1:37 |
| 27 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:53 |
| 28 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:05 |
| 29 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | 2:21 |
| 30 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:28 |
| 31 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:50 |
| 32 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:52 |
| 33 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:55 |
| 34 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 4:16 |
| 35 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:36 |
| 36 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 4:39 |
| 37 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 4:46 |
| 38 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:56 |
| 39 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | 5:05 |
| 40 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:31 |
| 41 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 42 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 5:35 |
| 44 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | 5:45 |
| 45 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 46 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 47 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:46 |
| 48 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 5:54 |
| 49 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:01 |
| 50 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | 6:02 |
| 51 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 6:13 |
| 52 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 6:30 |
| 53 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:43 |
| 54 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 7:15 |
| 55 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | 7:16 |
| 56 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 8:07 |
| 57 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 8:44 |
| 58 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | 9:49 |
| 59 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 10:42 |
| 60 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | 10:50 |
| 61 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 10:57 |
| 62 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 11:06 |
| 63 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:22 |
| 64 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 12:49 |
| 65 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 13:10 |
| 66 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 13:44 |
| 67 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 14:46 |
| 68 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | 14:47 |
| 69 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | 15:12 |
| 70 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 15:21 |
| 71 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:35 |
| 72 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | 15:40 |
| 73 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 16:15 |
| 74 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | 17:05 |
| 75 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | 17:21 |
| 76 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 17:42 |
| 77 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 17:50 |
| 78 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 18:01 |
| 79 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 18:03 |
| 80 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 18:20 |
| 81 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | 19:21 |
| 82 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 19:26 |
| 83 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 19:27 |
| 84 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 19:48 |
| 85 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 20:14 |
| 86 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 21:18 |
| 87 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 21:44 |
| 88 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | 21:47 |
| 89 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 22:01 |
| 90 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 23:35 |
| 91 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 25:02 |
| 92 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | 26:41 |
| 93 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 28:15 |
| 94 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | 28:22 |
| 95 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 30:36 |
| 96 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 31:35 |
| 97 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 32:40 |
| 98 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | 33:49 |
| 99 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 34:03 |
| 100 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 37:02 |
| 101 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 37:35 |
| 102 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 39:18 |
| 103 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 42:33 |
| 104 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 43:42 |
| 105 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | 44:34 |
| 106 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | 44:39 |
| 107 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | 45:08 |
| 108 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 49:56 |
Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile
Wednesday, June 3: Stage 3, Habay - Vaux-sur-Sûre, 176.9 km

Laurence Pithie wins stage three.
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Weather at the finish city of Vaux-sur-Sûre at 2:30 PM, local time: 15C (59F), cloudy, with the wind from the wouthwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 40% chance of rain.
The stage: Two brand-new towns feature in this third stage: Habay and Vaux-sur-Sûre. Indeed, these municipalities have never before hosted the Ethias Tour de Wallonie! This entire stage will take place within the Province of Luxembourg.
The first section—heading toward the southern part of the province, and specifically toward Virton—will be relatively flat. The riders will then encounter more rugged terrain as they make their way toward Neufchâteau. After covering more than 130 km, the riders will enter a 20-km circuit, which they must complete two additional times. This local loop will feature a mix of wide and narrow roads. The finish line is situated at the end of a straight stretch of nearly 4 kilometers featuring a gentle uphill gradient. This finale is sure to be ripe for attacks once again, though punchy sprinters will also have their chance!
The race: There was a giant crash near the finish. Arne Marit (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) fell while trying to set things up for his teammates in the finishing sprint. That resulted in a giant chain-reaction crash that took down or blocked about 30 riders.
Here's the report from new GC leader Kim Heiduk's Team Netcompany INEOS:
Kim Heiduk sprinted to second place on the third stage of Tour De Wallonie to also be promoted into the race lead.
Axel Laurance also managed to come home fourth in the sprint after a crash inside the final 2km of the 176km race saw much of the field out of contention to the sprint.
Speaking after the stage, Heiduk said:
“Yeah I’m really happy. A bit of a surprise I would say, and a bit disappointed to not win the stage. I think today was a really beautiful stage and luckily it was dry, unlike yesterday! It was super nice, and the final was a bit more difficult with the wind today.
“We tried to split the bunch in the second last lap but it didn’t really work. We then focused on the final and the boys did an amazing job to position me, Axel and Sam. Originally, we wanted to try and go for Sam [Welsford] today but he was blocked a bit further behind and was held up after the crash.
“I’m enjoying some good shape and it’s fun being here with the boys, we have a really good atmosphere. Every day is nice and we try and get the best result. For sure, I will try and keep the leaders jersey. In the end, we’re here with Axel and me for GC, and we have two good cards I think. We will try and win with one of us, and tomorrow will be a good test for us."
As well as leading the GC, three seconds ahead of Jordi Meeus (Red Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe) Heiduk is also leading the points classification.
Tomorrow will see the riders tackle another punchy stage from Dison to Eupen, covering 166km.
Complete results:
176.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.059 km/hr
| 1 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 6min 30sec |
| 2 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 7 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 8 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 10 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 11 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 13 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 14 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 16 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 19 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 20 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 21 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 22 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 23 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 25 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 26 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 27 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 28 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | @ 2min 32sec |
| 29 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | @ 0sec |
| 30 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 31 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 32 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 33 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | @ 0sec |
| 34 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | @ 0sec |
| 35 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 36 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:48 |
| 37 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | @ 0sec |
| 38 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 2:48 |
| 39 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 0sec |
| 40 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 41 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 0sec |
| 42 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 43 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 0sec |
| 44 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 45 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 46 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 47 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 3:52 |
| 48 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 49 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 50 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 51 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 0sec |
| 52 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:52 |
| 53 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 54 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 55 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 56 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 57 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 58 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 59 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 60 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 61 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 62 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 63 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 67 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 68 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 69 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 70 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 3:52 |
| 71 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 72 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 73 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 74 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 0sec |
| 75 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 3:52 |
| 76 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | @ 0sec |
| 77 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 3:52 |
| 78 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 79 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | @ 0sec |
| 80 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 3:52 |
| 81 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 82 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 3:52 |
| 83 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 0sec |
| 84 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 85 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 0sec |
| 86 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 0sec |
| 87 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4:26 |
| 88 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | @ 0sec |
| 89 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 90 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:49 |
| 91 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 92 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:25 |
| 93 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | 6:42 |
| 94 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 0sec |
| 95 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 8:33 |
| 96 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 12:00 |
| 98 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 12:11 |
| 99 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 100 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 101 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 102 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 103 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 104 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 105 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 106 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 107 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 108 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 109 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 110 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 113 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:54 |
| 114 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
GC after stage 3:
549.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.324 km/hr
| 1 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 12hr 59min 17sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 4 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:05 |
| 6 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:06 |
| 7 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:07 |
| 8 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 9 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | 0:09 |
| 10 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:13 |
| 11 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 12 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 13 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 15 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 17 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 18 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 19 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 21 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 22 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 23 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 24 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 25 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 27 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 28 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 30 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 31 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 32 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 33 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 34 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 35 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 36 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 38 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 39 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 41 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 42 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:36 |
| 44 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 45 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 1:03 |
| 46 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:22 |
| 47 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:07 |
| 48 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 49 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 50 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 3:01 |
| 51 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:41 |
| 52 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | 3:59 |
| 53 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:05 |
| 54 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 56 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 57 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 58 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 59 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 60 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 61 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 62 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 64 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 65 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:13 |
| 66 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:20 |
| 67 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:26 |
| 68 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | 4:28 |
| 69 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:33 |
| 70 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 4:52 |
| 71 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 5:41 |
| 72 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 5:56 |
| 73 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | 6:03 |
| 74 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 6:06 |
| 75 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | 6:21 |
| 76 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | 6:55 |
| 77 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 7:07 |
| 78 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | 7:10 |
| 79 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | 7:17 |
| 80 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 7:52 |
| 81 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 8:41 |
| 82 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | 9:00 |
| 83 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 9:36 |
| 84 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 9:53 |
| 85 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:19 |
| 86 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 11:44 |
| 87 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:04 |
| 88 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 12:24 |
| 89 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 12:32 |
| 90 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | 12:44 |
| 91 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 12:55 |
| 92 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 14:08 |
| 93 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 15:14 |
| 94 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 16:13 |
| 95 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 16:21 |
| 96 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 16:23 |
| 97 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | 16:25 |
| 98 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 17:18 |
| 99 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 18:17 |
| 100 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 18:28 |
| 101 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | 20:19 |
| 102 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 21:24 |
| 103 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | 21:39 |
| 104 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | 23:59 |
| 105 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 25:25 |
| 106 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 26:47 |
| 107 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 27:08 |
| 108 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 27:11 |
| 109 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 27:26 |
| 110 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | 29:01 |
| 111 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | 29:12 |
| 112 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | 29:46 |
| 113 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 31:32 |
| 114 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 34:34 |
Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile
Tuesday, June 2: Stage 2, Jodoigne - Libramont-Chevigny, 192.1 km

Ben Oliver (on right, in purple) wins stage two. NSN Cycling Team photo
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Weather at the finish town of Libramont-Chevigny at 2:30 PM, local time: 16C (61F), rain, with the wind from the southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). The rain is forecast to end about 3:30 PM.
The stage: The second stage will set off from the town of Jodoigne in Walloon Brabant. The first 30 kilometers of the stage will be relatively flat and exposed to the wind. After crossing the Meuse Valley, the riders will head south into the province of Namur—passing through Ciney—before reaching Rochefort, where the first bonus sprint will take place.
The course will then become hillier, notably featuring the ascent of Fourneau-Saint-Michel and a passage through Saint-Hubert. Next, the route heads toward Libramont-Chevigny, where the riders will enter a local circuit—comprising primarily narrow roads—which they must complete twice. This stage could well favor the audacious riders.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Ben Oliver's Modern Adventure Pro Cycling Team.
Emerging from the rain-swept finale on stage 2 of the Tour de Wallonie, New Zealander Ben Oliver sprinted to an impressive stage victory, taking his first win of the season and Modern Adventure Pro Cycling’s third race victory of the year.
The win didn’t come easy as the team fought not only the tough conditions but a late mishap which saw Oliver unclip heading into the finish, before being brought back to the front by teammates Riley Pickrell and Paul Wright in the final kilometre before powering through to take the team’s biggest victory to date in its debut season.
Having finished fourth on stage 1, Oliver’s victory and time bonuses propel him into the race lead heading into tomorrow’s third stage. Teammate Samuel Flóres maintained his lead in the KOM jersey at the end of stage 2, having taken the jersey on day one from his efforts in the breakaway.
Ben Oliver: “First European win for the team! We were chasing stage wins this week, and to get that on the second stage after a close day yesterday with fourth with George watching before he heads home tomorrow. To get it done whilst he was here was an awesome way to finish a wet and windy day in the Tour of Wallonie. The boys had my back all day. Me and Riley were in a good position for the sprint then him and Paul got me out of trouble with 1500m to go. We got the job done - a wicked day for the team.”
Modern Adventure Pro Cycling DS Ty Magner: “So happy for the guys. So happy for the organization. We’ve been telling the team for months to commit to each other, commit to the plans, commit to being a team, and results will follow. From day one in Alula the guys showed what was possible, and it’s only taken 6 months to take our first win in Europe.
"Also just extremely happy for Ben. This time last year he was racing crits in the states, and for him to have these opportunities now is one reason this team was founded. A bike racer will always be a bike racer. We’ll enjoy this one!”
Complete results:
192.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.243 km/hr
| 1 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 4hr 39min 28sec |
| 2 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 3 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 5 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 7 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 8 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 9 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 11 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 12 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 13 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 14 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 16 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 20 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 21 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 22 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 23 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 25 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 26 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 27 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 28 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 29 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 30 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 31 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 32 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 36 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 39 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 40 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 41 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 42 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 43 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 44 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 45 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 46 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 47 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 49 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 50 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 51 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 52 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 53 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 54 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 55 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 56 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 57 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 59 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 60 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 61 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 64 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 65 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 66 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 67 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 68 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 23sec |
| 69 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 70 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 71 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 72 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 73 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 74 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 75 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 76 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:26 |
| 77 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:30 |
| 78 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 79 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 0:47 |
| 80 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:50 |
| 81 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 0:54 |
| 82 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:56 |
| 83 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:59 |
| 84 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | 1:06 |
| 85 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:26 |
| 86 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:31 |
| 87 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 89 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 91 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | @ 0sec |
| 92 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 3:01 |
| 93 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 3:12 |
| 94 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 95 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 96 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4:41 |
| 97 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | 4:50 |
| 98 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:00 |
| 99 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | 5:26 |
| 100 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 6:53 |
| 101 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 102 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 8:25 |
| 104 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 8:39 |
| 105 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 106 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 107 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 108 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 109 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | 10:30 |
| 110 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 10:47 |
| 111 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 11:11 |
| 112 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 113 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 11:32 |
| 114 | Louis Marx | Color Code-Alu Center | 14:01 |
| 115 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
372.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.979 km/hr
| 1 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 8hr 52min 50sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 2sec |
| 4 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:03 |
| 5 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 6 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:04 |
| 7 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | 0:06 |
| 8 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:08 |
| 9 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:10 |
| 10 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 11 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 12 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 13 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 14 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 15 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 18 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 21 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 22 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 23 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 24 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 25 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 26 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 27 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 28 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 29 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 30 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 32 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 33 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 34 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 36 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 37 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 38 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 39 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 41 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 42 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 43 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 45 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 46 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 48 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 49 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 50 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 51 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 52 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 53 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 54 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 55 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 57 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 59 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:33 |
| 60 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 61 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 62 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | 0:57 |
| 63 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 1:00 |
| 64 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 65 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:19 |
| 66 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 1:46 |
| 67 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 2:04 |
| 68 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 69 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 70 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:09 |
| 71 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 3:11 |
| 72 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 3:13 |
| 73 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | 3:15 |
| 74 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 75 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | 3:22 |
| 76 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 77 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:38 |
| 78 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | 4:09 |
| 79 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:10 |
| 80 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:17 |
| 81 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:26 |
| 82 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:30 |
| 83 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:46 |
| 84 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:05 |
| 85 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | 5:36 |
| 86 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 6:14 |
| 87 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | 6:18 |
| 88 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 7:49 |
| 89 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 91 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 8:03 |
| 92 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | 8:05 |
| 93 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | 8:42 |
| 94 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | 8:49 |
| 95 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 9:00 |
| 96 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 9:45 |
| 97 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | 9:50 |
| 98 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | 11:45 |
| 99 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 12:01 |
| 100 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 12:25 |
| 101 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 12:26 |
| 102 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 13:11 |
| 103 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 13:23 |
| 104 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 14:05 |
| 105 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 14:33 |
| 106 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 14:54 |
| 107 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 14:57 |
| 108 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 15:12 |
| 109 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | 16:47 |
| 110 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | 16:58 |
| 111 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | 17:29 |
| 112 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | 17:32 |
| 113 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 19:18 |
| 114 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 22:20 |
| 115 | Louis Marx | Color Code-Alu Center | 22:20 |
Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile
Monday, June 1: Stage 1, Manage - Lobbes, 180.7 km

Jordi Meeus (far right) wins stage one. Photo: Sprint Cycling 
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Weather at the finish city of Lobbes at 2:40 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.
The stage: The Grand Départ of the Ethias Tour de Wallonie will take place in Manage, in the Centre region. This marks the first time that Manage has hosted this stage race. The first part of the course will be relatively flat as it heads toward Walloon Brabant. The riders will then tackle the demanding cobbled sector of the Rue de l’Abbaye in Villers-la-Ville, stretching nearly 3 kilometers. After the first sprint in Spy, the riders will descend toward the Sambre River and encounter the Tour’s first major challenge: the Côte de Trémouroux.
The peloton will skirt the Charleroi urban area before heading toward the final circuit. After crossing the finish line in Lobbes for the first time, the riders will head toward the Mur de Thuin, which they must ascend twice. The finish itself will be contested at the top of a false flat rising for over 2,500 meters. The winner will undoubtedly be a powerful rider.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Anders Foldager's Team Jayco AlUla.
Team Jayco AlUla has made a strong start to the Tour de Wallonie, with Anders Foldager finishing second in stage one.
The purple MAAP jerseys of Team Jayco AlUla were impossible to miss in the 180-kilometre opening stage. Dries De Bondt was part of the early escape, alongside two other riders.
The breakaway riders built up a maximum lead of over four minutes, but with 17 kilometres to go they were caught by the chasing peloton.
On the local final circuit, which included the short climb of the Mur de Thuin, there were plenty of attacks afterwards. Foldager attacked as well and showed there that he had come to Belgium with high ambitions.
Ultimately, the stage ended in a bunch sprint. The 24-year-old Foldager, winner of the Flèche Brabançonne earlier this season, sprinted strongly to claim second place.
Anders Foldager:
“As a team, we rode aggressively and took risks. In the end, I went for the sprint and finished second, which earned me some crucial bonus seconds for the general classification! I’m pleased with that. This was a good start to my next block of racing following my break.”
Complete results:
180.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.764 km/hr
| 1 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 13min 32sec |
| 2 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 3 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 5 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 6 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 7 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 8 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 9 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 12 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 13 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Matthew Walls | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 15 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 16 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 17 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 18 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 19 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 20 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 21 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 22 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 23 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 24 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 25 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 26 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 28 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 29 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 30 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 32 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 34 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 35 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 36 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 37 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 41 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 42 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 43 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 44 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 45 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 46 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 48 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 50 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 51 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 52 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 53 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 54 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 55 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 56 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 57 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 58 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 59 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 60 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 62 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 63 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 64 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 65 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 66 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 10sec |
| 68 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 69 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 0:50 |
| 70 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 1:36 |
| 71 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 72 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 1:54 |
| 73 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 74 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 75 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 76 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 3:05 |
| 77 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 78 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 79 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 80 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 81 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 83 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 3:12 |
| 84 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 85 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 86 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 87 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 88 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 0sec |
| 89 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 3:37 |
| 90 | Jelle Harteel | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 91 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 92 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 3:50 |
| 93 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 94 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 95 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 96 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 6:08 |
| 97 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 101 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 102 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 103 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 104 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 105 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 7:54 |
| 106 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 8:09 |
| 107 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 108 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 109 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 110 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 111 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 112 | Louis Marx | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 113 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 114 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 10:01 |
| 115 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 10:29 |
| 116 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 117 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| DNF | Mattia Marcozzi | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente |
GC after stage one:
| 1 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 13min 22sec |
| 2 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Krists Neilands | NSN Cycling Team | 0:08 |
| 5 | Ben Oliver | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:10 |
| 6 | Milan Menten | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 7 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 8 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 9 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 10 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Carlos Canal | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 13 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 14 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 15 | Matthew Walls | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 16 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 17 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 18 | Rudy Porter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 19 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 20 | Riley Pickrell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 21 | Aaron Dockx | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 22 | Lennert Teugels | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 23 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 24 | Victor Vidal | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 25 | Arne Baers | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 26 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 27 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Edgar Cadena | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 29 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 30 | Olivier Godfroid | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 31 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Kay De Bruyckere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 33 | Tobias Foss | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Kieran Haug | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 35 | Arthur van den Boer | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 36 | Gerben Kuypers | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 37 | Andrea Cantoni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 38 | Adrien Boichis | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 40 | Axel Laurance | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | George Wood | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 42 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 43 | Filippo Conca | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 44 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 45 | Pelayo Sanchez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Paul Wright | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 47 | Henri Vandenabeele | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 48 | Ben Swift | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 50 | Yorben Lauryssen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 51 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 52 | Daan Depuydt | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 53 | Senne Thonnon | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 54 | Lucas Jacques | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 55 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 56 | Theo Demarcin | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 57 | Yoel Habteab | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 58 | Lucas Towers | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 59 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 60 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Pim Ronhaar | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | s.t. |
| 62 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 63 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 64 | Francesco Parravano | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 65 | Iben Rommelaere | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 66 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Riley Sheehan | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 70 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:20 |
| 71 | Viktor Vandenberghe | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 1:00 |
| 72 | Noe Ury | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 1:46 |
| 73 | Jonah Killy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 74 | Nahom Efriem | BIKE AID | 2:04 |
| 75 | Ezra Caudell | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 76 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 77 | Jarno Bellens | Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | 3:13 |
| 78 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 3:15 |
| 79 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 80 | Kristians Belohvosciks | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 81 | Axandre Van Petegem | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 82 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 83 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Matteo Melotte | Color Code-Alu Center | 3:22 |
| 85 | Matteo Spreafico | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 86 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 87 | Giuseppe Carmeni | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 88 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 89 | Sil De Brauwere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | 3:47 |
| 90 | Jelle Harteel | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 91 | Robin Orins | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 92 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:54 |
| 93 | Sam Welsford | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:00 |
| 94 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 95 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 96 | Samuel Florez | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 6:14 |
| 97 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 6:18 |
| 98 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 101 | Loïc Vanlaere | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 102 | Lars Daelmans | Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | s.t. |
| 103 | Anton Theo Lennemann | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 104 | Matthew Kingston | MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | s.t. |
| 105 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 8:04 |
| 106 | Paul Keller | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 8:19 |
| 107 | Jakob Neumann | Team Storck-MRW Bau | s.t. |
| 108 | Victor Van de Putte | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 109 | William Graff | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 110 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 111 | Even Yemane | BIKE AID | s.t. |
| 112 | Louis Marx | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 113 | Julien Desmarets | Color Code-Alu Center | s.t. |
| 114 | Robin Kull | Team Storck-MRW Bau | 10:11 |
| 115 | Leo Schyns | Color Code-Alu Center | 10:39 |
| 116 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 117 | Oscar Schempp | BIKE AID | s.t. |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile
Start list with back numbers, June 1, 2026:
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 1 | Alexey Lutsenko |
| 2 | Krists Neilands |
| 3 | Riley Sheehan |
| 4 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| 5 | Moritz Kretschy |
| 6 | Zac Marriage |
| 7 | Jens Verbrugghe |
| Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 11 | Maurice Ballerstedt |
| 12 | Simon Dehairs |
| 13 | Aaron Dockx |
| 14 | Florian Sénéchal |
| 15 | Sente Sentjens |
| 16 | Noah Ramsay |
| 17 | Niels Vandeputte |
| Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 21 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 22 | Robin Orins |
| 23 | Liam Slock |
| 24 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 25 | Milan Menten |
| 26 | Victor Van de Putte |
| 27 | Halvor Dolven |
| Movistar Team | |
| 31 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 32 | Carlos Canal |
| 33 | Pelayo Sanchez |
| 34 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| 35 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| 36 | Jhonatan Guatibonza |
| 37 | Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni |
| Netcompany INEOS | |
| 41 | Tobias Foss |
| 42 | Lucas Hamilton |
| 43 | Kim Heiduk |
| 44 | Axel Laurance |
| 45 | Óscar Rodríguez |
| 46 | Ben Swift |
| 47 | Sam Welsford |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 51 | Adrien Boichis |
| 52 | Alexander Hajek |
| 53 | Arne Marit |
| 54 | Jordi Meeus |
| 55 | Laurence Pithie |
| 56 | Danny van Poppel |
| 57 | Frederik Wandahl |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 61 | Filippo Conca |
| 62 | Dries De Bondt |
| 63 | Dries De Pooter |
| 64 | Davide De Pretto |
| 65 | Anders Foldager |
| 66 | Asbjørn Hellemose |
| 67 | Rudy Porter |
| Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 71 | Ezra Caudell |
| 72 | Samuel Florez |
| 73 | Kieran Haug |
| 74 | Ben Oliver |
| 75 | Riley Pickrell |
| 76 | Lucas Towers |
| 77 | Paul Wright |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 81 | Tom Crabbe |
| 82 | Siebe Deweirdt |
| 83 | Michiel Lambrecht |
| 84 | Senne Thonnon |
| 85 | Henri Vandenabeele |
| 86 | Dylan Vandenstorme |
| 87 | Ward Vanhoof |
| Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw | |
| 91 | Michael Vanthourenhout |
| 92 | Gerben Kuypers |
| 93 | Viktor Vandenberghe |
| 94 | Kay De Bruyckere |
| 95 | Lars Daelmans |
| 96 | Sil De Brauwere |
| 97 | Loïc Vanlaere |
| Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions | |
| 101 | Pim Ronhaar |
| 102 | Arthur van den Boer |
| 103 | Arne Baers |
| 104 | Olivier Godfroid |
| 106 | Daan Depuydt |
| 107 | Jarno Bellens |
| BIKE AID | |
| 111 | Kristians Belohvosciks |
| 112 | Nahom Efriem |
| 113 | Yoel Habteab |
| 114 | Anton Theo Lennemann |
| 115 | Oscar Schempp |
| 116 | Victor Vidal |
| 117 | Even Yemane |
| Color Code-Alu Center | |
| 121 | Matteo Melotte |
| 122 | Lucas Jacques |
| 123 | William Graff |
| 124 | Julien Desmarets |
| 125 | Louis Marx |
| 126 | Leo Schyns |
| 127 | Theo Demarcin |
| MG.K Vis Costruzioni e Ambiente | |
| 131 | Matteo Spreafico |
| 132 | Andrea Cantoni |
| 133 | Francesco Parravano |
| 134 | Matthew Kingston |
| 135 | Mattia Marcozzi |
| 136 | Giuseppe Carmeni |
| 137 | George Wood |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 141 | Lennert Teugels |
| 142 | Gianni Marchand |
| 143 | Jonah Killy |
| 144 | Iben Rommelaere |
| 145 | Jelle Harteel |
| 146 | Yorben Lauryssen |
| 147 | Axandre Van Petegem |
| Team Storck-MRW Bau | |
| 151 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez |
| 152 | Paul Keller |
| 153 | Matthew Walls |
| 154 | Edgar Cadena |
| 155 | Jakob Neumann |
| 156 | Robin Kull |
| 157 | Noe Ury |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 161 | Kévin Avoine |
| 162 | Joppe Heremans |
| 163 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 164 | Kenny Molly |
| 165 | Joes Oosterlinck |
| 166 | Antoine Raugel |
| 167 | Killian Théot |