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Sunday, May 28: 5th and Final Stage, Tienen - Tongeren, 196.6 km

Jens Debusschere wins the Belgium Tour's final stage

The race: Here's the report from Lotto-Soudal:

The final stage in the Baloise Belgium Tour was scheduled today, taking the riders from Tienen to Tongeren. The race started at a very high pace and the first breakaway was only formed after fifty kilometres. This group was reeled in at thirty kilometres from the finish and shortly afterwards, a new group, with Tiesj Benoot, escaped the peloton. This breakaway was caught after a few kilometres and the peloton was heading for a bunch sprint. With three kilometres to go, Lotto Soudal formed their sprint train to guide Jens Debusschere perfectly to the finish line. No other team managed to get alongside the Lotto Soudal train and Jens Debusschere came from behind his lead-out, Jürgen Roelandts, to win the final stage in the Baloise Belgium Tour. He beat Coen Vermeltfoort and Boy van Poppel.

Tiesj Benoot finished seventh in the GC, forty seconds behind winner Jens Keukeleire. Jens Debusschere won the points jersey.

Jens Debusschere: “The Belgian team did most of the work during today’s stage. We came to the front when we got to the sprint. I want to thank everyone for his support. It was a perfect sprint.”

“The past week we showed ourselves. Wednesday, Coquard was faster than me, but today I could finish off the work of the team. The Belgium Tour is an important race for our team, so it is wonderful that we could win a stage.”

“When I started the second part of my season I was thinking: it would be nice to win a stage at 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Belgium Tour and Tour de Suisse. So far, so good (laughs). It will be more difficult to win a stage in Switzerland, but I will do my very best. I feel very fresh at the moment.”

Complete Results:

196.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.959 km/hr

1	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	3:41:25
2	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
3	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
5	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
6	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
7	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
9	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
11	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
13	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
14	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
15	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
16	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
18	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
20	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
22	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
23	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
24	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
27	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
28	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
29	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
30	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
32	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
33	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
34	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
35	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
36	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
37	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
38	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
40	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
41	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
42	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
46	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
47	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
48	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
49	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
50	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
51	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
52	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
54	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
55	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
56	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	s.t.
57	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
60	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
61	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
63	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
64	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
65	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
66	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
67	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
68	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
69	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
70	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
71	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
72	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
73	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
75	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
77	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
79	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
81	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
82	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
83	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
84	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
85	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
86	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
87	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
88	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
89	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
90	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
91	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
92	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
94	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
95	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
96	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
97	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
98	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
99	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
100	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
101	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
102	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
103	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
104	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
108	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
109	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
110	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
113	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
114	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
115	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
117	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
118	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	s.t.
119	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:27
120	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	0
121	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:54
122	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	+2:42
123	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
124	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+2:49
125	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+4:14
126	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+5:22
127	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
128	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+9:40
129	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
130	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
131	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
132	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
133	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
134	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
135	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
136	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
137	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
138	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
139	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+13:38
140	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
141	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 5:

• GC winner: Jens Keukeleire (Team Belgium)
• Points classification winner: Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Soudal)
• Combativity competition winner: Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis)
• Team classification winner: Quick-Step Floors

728.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.87 km/hr

1	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	16:59:42
2	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	@ 6sec
3	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	11
4	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	12
5	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	38
6	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	40
7	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	42
9	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	52
10	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	58
11	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:11
12	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	+1:19
13	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+1:23
14	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:26
15	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	+1:30
16	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:39
17	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	+1:40
18	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+1:43
19	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:47
20	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+2:06
21	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
23	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	+2:07
24	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+2:10
25	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+2:11
26	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	+2:12
27	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:15
28	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:19
29	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:29
30	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+2:31
31	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	+2:35
32	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:44
33	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+2:45
35	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2:49
36	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:50
37	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	+3:03
38	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:40
39	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+3:48
40	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+4:02
41	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:19
42	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:29
43	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:30
44	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	+6:01
45	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+6:01
46	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+6:25
47	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	+7:01
48	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+7:03
49	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	+7:22
50	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+8:30
51	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	+9:27
52	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	+9:30
53	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+9:45
54	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:55
55	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+9:57
56	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	+10:02
57	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	+10:03
58	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	+10:06
59	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:09
60	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	+10:13
61	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+10:20
62	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:29
63	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+11:05
64	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+12:24
65	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	+12:46
66	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:08
67	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:20
68	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	+13:23
69	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	+13:39
70	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:29
71	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+15:14
72	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+15:40
73	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	+16:30
74	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+18:11
75	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+19:00
76	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+19:04
77	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+19:11
78	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+19:40
79	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+20:00
80	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	+20:24
81	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+20:29
82	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+20:30
83	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+20:34
84	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	+20:39
85	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	+20:43
86	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:00
87	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+21:05
88	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+21:05
89	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+21:07
90	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+21:09
91	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+21:09
92	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+21:15
93	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:18
94	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+21:22
95	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	+21:23
96	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:23
97	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	+21:25
98	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:28
99	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+21:28
100	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	+21:45
101	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:55
102	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	+22:08
103	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+22:11
104	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	+22:15
105	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	+22:47
106	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	+23:35
107	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	+23:46
108	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	+23:48
109	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	+23:50
110	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+24:01
111	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	+25:17
112	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	+26:34
113	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	+28:36
114	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+31:45
115	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	+32:12
116	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:12
117	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	+32:21
118	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:23
119	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	+32:23
120	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+32:25
121	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	+32:29
122	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:44
123	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	+32:52
124	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	+33:22
125	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	+34:09
126	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+34:45
127	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	+35:11
128	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+36:59
129	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+37:22
130	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+37:31
131	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+38:00
132	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+38:27
133	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+39:49
134	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+40:07
135	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+41:31
136	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+41:51
137	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	+41:52
138	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+42:00
139	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+42:22
140	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+43:29
141	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+51:40

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Saturday, May 27: Stage 4, Ans - Ans, 167.8 km

The race: Here's the story from GC leader Remi Cavagna's Quick-Step team.

Rémi Cavagna shined on the penultimate day (Ans – Ans, 167.8 kilometers) of the Belgium Tour, which took the bunch on the roads of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, packed with eight classified climbs, including Côte de la Vecquee, Côte de Maquisard and Côte de la Roche aux Faucons. An important breakaway took off early, and Rémi was part of it, together with 11 other men, but over the top of the first hill, the script was ripped to pieces, as echelons formed and the peloton got spread all over the road.

The escapees continued to power ahead and at one point enjoyed a seven-minute advantage, but the gap began to drop once the GC favourites took the reins and pushed the pedal to the metal. Unfortunately, the stage wasn't an incident-free for Quick-Step Floors, the leader of the team standings, as Niki Terpstra hit the ground in the second half of the race.

Third at this Spring's Ronde van Vlaanderen, the Dutchman was taken to the hospital where he underwent tests which thankfully didn't reveal any fractures, but a small concussion following the crash and a right hip and shoulder contusion. As a result, Niki will have to stay off the bike for a few days before resuming training.

With 25 kilometers remaining, Philippe Gilbert went on the attack on Roche aux Faucons, a move which had only a handful a riders respond. The advantage of the breakaway riders was already beginning to come down, but the group at the front somehow managed to hold on to that slender gap, despite fragmenting on the tough gradients of Saint-Nicolas.

Ruben Guerreiro (Trek-Segafredo) and Maurits Lammertink (Katusha-Alpecin) put some daylight between them and the other escapees and went on to contest the win, which was bagged by the latter in a sprint. Cavagna rolled home five seconds later and pulled on the leader's jersey, a remarkable performance for the 21-year-old Frenchman, who stepped up to the pro ranks five months ago from the Klein Constantia team.

Cavagna, who had a strong race this week, being promiment in the time trial as well as in the road stages, will take a one-second advantage over Jens Keukeleire (Belgian National Team) in the final day of the Belgium Tour, which is expected to finish in a mass sprint.

"I was a bit afraid at the start due to the heat, but in the end I felt good and coped with the race conditions. I wasn't expecting to be in this position now, I only went in the break to counter an attack of Katusha, but once the group formed we opened a significant gap and we continued to push on", said Rémi after his most important day since turning pro. "I'm very happy to take over the race lead, but my advantage is a slim one, so there's still a lot of work to do tomorrow. It will be difficult, but we are ready to fight for it."

Complete results:

1	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	4:09:50
2	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	5
4	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	31
6	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	s.t.
8	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
9	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
10	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	43
12	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	+1:11
13	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:16
14	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+1:16
15	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:17
16	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
17	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
18	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+1:20
19	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	+1:23
20	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	+1:25
21	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:28
22	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
24	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
25	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
27	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
28	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
30	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
31	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
32	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
33	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
34	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
35	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
36	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
37	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
38	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
39	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	+2:19
41	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
43	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
44	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:28
45	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
46	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:55
47	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+3:00
48	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+4:34
49	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
50	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+5:22
51	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	+5:30
52	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
53	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	+6:04
54	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
56	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
57	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+7:10
58	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+7:40
59	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
60	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+8:49
61	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
62	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
63	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
64	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
67	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
69	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
70	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
71	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
72	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
73	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
75	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
77	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
78	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
79	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
80	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
81	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
82	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
84	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
85	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
86	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
87	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+10:17
88	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+11:57
90	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
92	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
93	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
94	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
95	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
96	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
97	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
98	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	+12:24
99	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	+12:33
100	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	+16:10
101	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	s.t.
102	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+16:26
103	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+18:27
104	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+20:13
105	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
106	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
108	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
109	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
110	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
111	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	s.t.
112	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
113	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
115	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	s.t.
116	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
117	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
118	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
120	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
121	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
122	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
123	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
124	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
125	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
126	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
127	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
128	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
129	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
130	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
132	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
133	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
134	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
135	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
136	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
137	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
138	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
139	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
141	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
142	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+26:11
143	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
144	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
145	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+27:19

GC after Stage 4:

1	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	13:18:23
2	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	@ 1sec
3	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	@ 5sec
4	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	14
5	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	34
6	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
7	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	35
8	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	36
9	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	46
10	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	52
11	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:05
12	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	+1:13
13	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+1:17
14	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:20
15	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	+1:24
16	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:33
17	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	+1:34
18	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	+1:37
19	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:41
20	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+2:00
21	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
22	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	+2:01
23	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
25	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+2:05
26	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	+2:06
27	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:09
28	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:13
29	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:23
30	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+2:25
31	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	+2:29
32	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:38
33	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+2:39
35	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+2:43
36	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:44
37	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	+2:57
38	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:34
39	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+3:42
40	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:56
41	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:13
42	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:23
43	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:24
44	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	+5:55
45	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+5:55
46	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+6:19
47	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	+6:55
48	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+6:57
49	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	+7:16
50	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	+7:18
51	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+8:24
52	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+9:18
53	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	+9:21
54	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	+9:24
55	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+9:32
56	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+9:39
57	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:49
58	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+9:51
59	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+9:54
60	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	+9:56
61	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	+9:57
62	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:03
63	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	+10:07
64	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+10:14
65	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:23
66	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+12:18
67	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+12:25
68	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	+12:40
69	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	+12:50
70	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	+13:01
71	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:02
72	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:14
73	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	+13:17
74	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	+13:33
75	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:23
76	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+15:08
77	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+15:34
78	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	+16:24
79	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	+16:53
80	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+18:05
81	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+18:54
82	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+19:05
83	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+19:54
84	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	+20:18
85	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	+20:21
86	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+20:23
87	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+20:24
88	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+20:28
89	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	+20:33
90	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	+20:47
91	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:54
92	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+20:59
93	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+20:59
94	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+21:01
95	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+21:03
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+21:03
97	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+21:09
98	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:12
99	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+21:16
100	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	+21:17
101	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:17
102	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	+21:19
103	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+21:22
104	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+21:22
105	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	+21:39
106	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:49
107	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	+22:02
108	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	+22:09
109	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	+23:08
110	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	+23:29
111	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	+23:40
112	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	+23:42
113	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	+23:44
114	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+23:55
115	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+24:43
116	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	+25:11
117	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+27:45
118	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+31:31
119	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+31:39
120	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+31:45
121	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	+31:50
122	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+31:50
123	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+32:05
124	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	+32:06
125	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:06
126	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	+32:06
127	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	+32:09
128	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:10
129	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:14
130	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	+32:15
131	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:17
132	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	+32:17
133	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+32:19
134	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	+32:23
135	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	+32:23
136	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+32:36
137	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+32:38
138	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	+32:46
139	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	+33:16
140	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+33:43
141	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+35:47
142	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+37:22
143	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+37:54
144	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+37:56
145	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+39:43

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Friday, May 26: Stage 3, Beveren 13.4 km individual time trial

Matthias Brändle riding to his stage 3 win

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Matthias Brandle's Trek-Segafredo team.

Matthias Brändle rebounded from a disappointing stage two in the Baloise Belgium Tour to capture the victory in the stage three time trial, Friday.  It was an especially sweet win for Brändle after he felt he let his team down when he missed the key move that went over the Kemmelberg in Thursday's race.

"Yesterday I had a pretty bad day, and I am sorry to my team because they worked hard for me, but I just didn't have the legs to follow on the Kemmelberg," said Brändle.  "So I am happy today that I could give the team a win."

"I waited so long for this victory. In January, I thought I could win, it didn't happen, and then the same in Andalusia and Tirreno. Now it finally happens! With my legs of today, I feel I can beat everybody."

Coming into the Belgium Tour, Brändle had red-circled the 13.4-kilometer time trial, a discipline he specializes in, and one where he has been seeking victory since the start of the season.

When Brändle blasted across the line and stopped the clock in 15 minutes and 40 seconds, he was the first to go under 16 minutes and, as an early starter, had a long wait in the hot seat.

Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), fingered as the favorite to win the stage three race against the clock, started an hour after Brändle had finished, and when the world champion clocked 12 seconds slower at the intermediate checkpoint, Brändle began to look good for the win.

Martin lost two more seconds in the latter half and crossed the line 14 seconds slower than Brändle, and when the last of the riders finished, finally the Austrian could celebrate – and erase yesterday's disappointment away.

"For me, the goal here was to do a good TT and maybe go for the GC if I have the legs, but yesterday I felt on the climb I was not ready yet," explained Brändle. "I just came from an altitude camp in Tenerife, and we could not do a lot of intensity and only worked on endurance. But for the effort like today, I had fresh legs; I could do a super good power. I think it was one of my best ones this year.

"I felt good; it was always fast. I knew it would be hard in the first part with the headwind and I knew I had to give everything there and then try to hold on for the rest. It was painful from the beginning, but I knew it had to be painful to win. During the TT, I thought about it all the time: now is a second, now again is a second, now again…"

Brändle joined Trek-Segafredo for the 2017 season after the IAM Cycling Team folded at the end 2016, and is finding the progression he needs. "I came to this team because they have so much experience with the TT," he said. "The mechanics did an awesome job: after some changes over the past months, they have now found the perfect set-up for the bike, and I feel now I am the fastest ever.

"I wanted to make the next step forward with this team, and I think today I did well – I have the fastest bike, the best trainers, and I beat the World Champion, so I think I can be happy."

Saturday's stage four is the queen stage, a mini version of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and Brändle, now third in the general classification, is not looking to protect his current podium spot with the longer and harder climbs.

"I don’t know how tomorrow will go, maybe I will be okay, maybe not, but I don’t care because now I have the first win of the season," Brändle added. "It's been a while since Trek-Segafredo has won and I want to dedicate this win to the whole team and the whole staff, my trainer, and to the Tour of Belgium organization. It's my favorite race of the whole year, and I always have success at this race, I always like to ride here."

"Matthias was outstanding today!" added director Dirk Demol. "He beat Tony Martin, four-time World Champion, by 13-14 seconds and that is quite a lot. He didn't beat just a regular guy! He is a rider with a lot of potential, and we saw that today. I am very happy for him.

"We don’t have a lot of expectations for tomorrow with Gilbert here and Ruben (Guerreiro) is quite tired after the Tour of California. We will do our best and then look again to the final stage which is expected to end in a sprint. But we can be happy after today."

Complete results:

1	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	15min 40sec
2	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	@ 14sec
3	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
4	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
5	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	21
6	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	22
7	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	30
8	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	33
9	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	34
10	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	38
11	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	39
12	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	41
13	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	42
14	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	43
15	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	44
16	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	45
17	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	46
19	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	47
20	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	48
21	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	53
22	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	s.t.
23	Oscar GATTO	Astana	54
24	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
25	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	57
26	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	58
28	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
30	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	59
31	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	+1:00
32	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:01
33	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
34	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:02
35	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	+1:03
38	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
39	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	+1:04
40	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
41	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
42	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+1:05
43	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:06
45	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:07
46	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
47	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	+1:08
48	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
49	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
50	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
51	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:09
52	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:10
53	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
54	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+1:11
55	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+1:13
56	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	+1:14
57	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
58	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:15
59	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	+1:16
60	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+1:17
62	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
63	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	+1:18
64	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
65	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	+1:19
66	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:20
68	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:21
69	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
70	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:22
71	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	+1:23
72	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:24
73	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
75	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:25
76	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
77	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
79	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:26
80	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+1:27
81	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:28
82	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
84	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:29
85	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
86	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:30
87	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	+1:31
89	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
90	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:32
92	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	+1:33
93	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+1:34
94	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
95	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
96	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	+1:36
97	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
98	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
99	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	+1:37
100	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
101	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+1:38
102	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:39
103	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
104	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:40
105	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
106	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:41
107	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+1:42
108	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
109	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	+1:43
111	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
112	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+1:44
113	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
114	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+1:48
115	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
116	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+1:51
117	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
118	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	+1:52
119	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
120	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	+1:54
121	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
122	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:55
123	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:56
124	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:58
125	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:59
126	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:00
127	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:01
128	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
129	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:03
130	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
132	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+2:04
133	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:05
134	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	+2:07
135	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	+2:09
136	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
137	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:11
138	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+2:13
139	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
140	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	+2:14
141	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:19
142	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:22
143	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:24
144	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:27
145	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+2:29
146	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	+2:32
147	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	+2:37
148	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
149	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	+2:40
150	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	+3:02
151	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+3:29

GC after Stage 3:

1	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	9hr 7min 57sec
2	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	@ 10sec
3	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	11
4	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	19
5	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	24
6	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	25
7	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	32
8	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	35
9	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	39
10	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	40
11	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	41
12	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	44
14	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	45
15	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	49
16	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	50
17	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	55
18	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	56
19	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	57
20	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	57
21	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	59
22	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	+1:01
23	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:04
24	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+1:05
25	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	+1:08
26	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	+1:09
28	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
29	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	+1:10
30	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	+1:11
31	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:12
32	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
33	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+1:13
34	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	+1:14
35	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:15
36	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+1:16
37	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:17
38	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:18
39	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
40	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	+1:19
41	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
42	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
43	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
44	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:20
45	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+1:22
46	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+1:25
47	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:26
48	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
49	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	+1:27
50	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:28
51	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:29
52	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	+1:30
53	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:31
54	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:32
55	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:33
56	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:35
57	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:36
58	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:37
59	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+1:38
60	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:39
61	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	+1:40
62	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:41
63	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	+1:42
65	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
66	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	+1:43
67	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	+1:44
68	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:45
69	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
70	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:46
71	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	+1:48
72	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:50
73	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
74	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+1:51
75	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
76	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+1:52
77	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	+1:54
78	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:01
79	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	+2:02
80	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	+2:05
81	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:10
82	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:12
83	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	+2:25
84	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	+2:32
85	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+4:18
86	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:43
87	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+6:55
88	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+7:21
89	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+7:43
90	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+11:18
91	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+11:22
92	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+11:31
93	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+11:36
94	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	+11:41
95	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
96	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+11:47
97	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
98	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+11:50
99	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	+11:54
100	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	+11:55
101	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
102	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	+11:56
103	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	+11:58
104	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+12:01
105	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12:02
106	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	+12:05
107	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	+12:08
108	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
109	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:09
110	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+12:10
111	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+12:11
112	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	+12:13
113	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
114	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+12:15
115	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+12:19
116	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
117	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	+12:20
118	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+12:21
119	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
120	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+12:25
121	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
122	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+12:28
123	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	+12:29
124	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
125	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:32
126	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+12:33
127	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+12:37
128	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	+12:38
129	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+12:40
130	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
132	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+12:42
133	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	+12:46
134	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
135	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12:48
136	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+12:50
137	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
138	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+12:56
139	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+12:59
140	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+13:00
141	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:01
142	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+13:06
143	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	+13:09
144	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	+13:14
145	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	+13:17
146	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+13:22
147	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	+13:39
148	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	+13:58
149	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:06
150	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+14:15
151	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+16:10

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Thursday, May 25: Stage 2, Knokke Heist - Moorslede, 199 km

Mathieu Van der Poel wins the Belgium Tour's second stage

The race: Here's the story from new race leader Philippe Gilbert's Quick-Step team.

In just his second race day after a five-week break, Belgian Champion Philippe Gilbert sprinted to second and moved to the top of the overall standings.

An aggressive race unfolded Thursday at the five-day event once the riders hit the final 60 kilometers, which included three climbs: Schomminkelstraat (1100m, 5.5%), Monteberg (1100m, 5.4%) and Kemmelberg (800m, 7.1%). The last one – a regular feature on the course of Gent-Wevelgem – was the stage's critical point and it was there that the peloton splintered, only 13 riders being left at front.

Until that moment, Quick-Step Floors was again one of the most prominent teams, taking long turns in the bunch and scratching off the advantage of the quintet who jumped clear after the first kilometers of the stage between Knokke-Heist and Moorslede (199 kilometers).

Once the race was reshuffled on the punishing and treacherous cobbles of the Kemmelberg, only 13 riders were left at the front, including Quick-Step Floors' Philippe Gilbert and Julien Vermote. The attackers changed turns and helped the group extend the 25-second gap they possessed after the last hill to a full minute, but once the peloton put together a concerted chase behind, the gap began to melt.

In the end, the 20 seconds separating the two group inside the last 2500 meters proved decisive, as the riders who emerged after the Kemmelberg fought for the win in Moorslede, which was hosting a stage finish for the first time in history. Former cyclo-cross world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Beobank-Corendon) had the upper hand thanks to his explosive skills and took the spoils, but Philippe Gilbert finished a close second and moved into the red jersey thanks to the bonus seconds he took on the line.

Julien Vermote, who was quintessential in the group's successful attempt of going all the way to the line, was ninth on the stage, just a few seconds back, helping Quick-Step Floors jump to first place in the team classification.

"You could sense everyone was nervous ahead of the cobbled climbs, because we were aware it was going to be a crucial point of the stage. A group pulled away there and at one moment we enjoyed a one-minute advantage over the chasers, but with the finish line nearing, people started thinking about the win and the gap came down. I wanted the stage victory, but Van der Poel was faster, so kudos to him. Despite that, I am happy with taking the leader's jersey; let's see now what Friday's individual time trial will bring", said Philippe Gilbert, a winner of the Belgium Tour six years ago.

Complete Results:

1	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	4:43:12
2	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
4	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	s.t.
5	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
6	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	@ 3sec
9	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	5
11	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8
12	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	13
14	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	18
15	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
16	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
17	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
18	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
19	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
20	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
21	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
22	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
24	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
25	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
26	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
28	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
31	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
32	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
33	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
34	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
35	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
36	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
37	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
39	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
40	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
41	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
42	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
43	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
44	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
45	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	s.t.
47	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
48	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
49	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
50	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
51	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
52	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
53	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
54	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
56	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
57	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
58	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
61	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
62	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
66	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
67	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
70	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
71	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
72	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
73	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
74	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
75	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
77	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
78	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
79	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
80	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	s.t.
81	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
82	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
83	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
84	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
85	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
86	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	32
87	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:48
88	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+5:46
89	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
90	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+5:46
91	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	+10:44
92	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	s.t.
93	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
94	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
95	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
96	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
97	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
98	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
99	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
100	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
101	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
102	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
103	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
104	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
106	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
107	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
108	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
109	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
110	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
111	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
112	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
113	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
114	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
116	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
117	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
118	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
119	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
120	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
121	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
122	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
123	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
124	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
125	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
126	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
127	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
128	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
130	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
131	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
132	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
133	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
134	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
135	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
136	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
137	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
138	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
139	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
140	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
141	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
142	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
143	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
144	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
145	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
146	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
147	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
148	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
149	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
150	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+10:52
151	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
152	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	8:51:57
2	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	@ 6sec
3	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	8
4	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	12
5	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	13
6	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	15
8	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	16
9	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	18
11	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	21
12	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	22
14	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	25
15	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	26
16	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27
17	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	30
18	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	31
19	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
20	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
21	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
22	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
23	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
27	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
28	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
29	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
30	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
31	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
32	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
33	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
36	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
37	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
38	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
39	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
40	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
41	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
42	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
45	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
46	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
48	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
49	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
51	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
52	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
53	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
54	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
56	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
57	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
58	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
59	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
60	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
61	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
63	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
64	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
66	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
67	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
68	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
69	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
70	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
71	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	s.t.
74	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
75	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
77	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
80	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
82	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	s.t.
83	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
84	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	45
85	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	+2:24
86	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:40
87	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:01
88	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+5:59
89	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
91	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+10:53
92	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	+10:57
93	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
94	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	s.t.
95	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
96	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
97	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
98	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
99	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
100	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	s.t.
101	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
102	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
104	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
105	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
106	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
107	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
108	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
109	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
110	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
111	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
112	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
113	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
114	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
115	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
116	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
117	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
118	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
119	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
120	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
121	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
122	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
123	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
124	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
125	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
126	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
127	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
128	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
129	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
130	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
131	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
132	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
133	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
134	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
135	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
137	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
138	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
139	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
140	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
141	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
142	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
143	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
144	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
146	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
147	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+11:05
148	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
149	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
150	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	+13:04
151	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+13:06
152	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.

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Wednesday, May 24: Stage 1, Lochristi - Knokke Heist, 178.8 km

Bryan Coquard wins a close one

The race: Here's the story from Lotto-Soudal.

Today marked the first stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour, a 178-kilometre stage between Lochristi and Knokke-Heist. The race started at an incredible pace and only after twenty kilometres were five riders able to escape the peloton: De Winter, Norman Hansen, Stevens, Vanbilsen and Van Goethem. Their maximum lead was 3’50”, as Lotto Soudal and the other sprint teams controlled the pace. With ten kilometres to go, the five were caught by the peloton, which headed for a bunch sprint. Lotto Soudal took control of the peloton with three kilometres to go, to give Jens Debusschere the best position possible. He came from behind Jürgen Roelandts in the last straight line to the finish, but he was countered by Bryan Coquard. Behind the sprinters, there was a crash, but no Lotto Soudal riders were involved.

Jens Debusschere: “The race went perfectly for us, but at the end of the day, one rider was better. We took control over the peloton in the beginning of the stage to make sure that only a small group could escape. Afterwards, Rémy Mertz took the lead in the peloton, together with riders from Trek and Quick-Step. Rémy rode a very strong race today. Three kilometres before the finish line, we moved to the front of the peloton and the lead-out was perfectly executed by my teammates. Unfortunately, I could not hold off Coquard.”

“Tomorrow, there is a new chance for me and I hope I will be strong enough to win the stage. I know the finish by heart, as it takes place in the region where I grew up. On top of that, the race passes by my fan club in Dadizele. I will have some extra motivation for a good result in tomorrow’s stage.”

Complete Results:

1	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	4:08:58
2	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
3	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
4	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	s.t.
5	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
6	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
7	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
8	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
10	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
13	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
14	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	s.t.
17	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
18	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
20	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
21	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
23	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
24	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
25	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
26	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
28	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
29	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
30	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
31	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
33	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	s.t.
34	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
35	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	s.t.
36	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
37	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
38	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
39	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
40	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
41	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
42	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
43	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
44	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
45	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
46	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
47	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
48	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
49	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
50	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
52	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
53	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
54	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
56	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
59	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	s.t.
60	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
62	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
63	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
64	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
65	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
66	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
67	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
68	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
69	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
70	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
71	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
74	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
75	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
76	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
77	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
78	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
79	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
82	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
83	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
84	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
85	Rayane BOUHANNI	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
87	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
88	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
89	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
90	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
92	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
93	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
94	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
95	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
96	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
97	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
98	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
99	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
100	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
101	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
102	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
103	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
104	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
105	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
106	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
107	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
108	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
109	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
110	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
111	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
112	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
114	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
119	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
121	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
122	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
123	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
124	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
125	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
126	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
127	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
128	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
129	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	+2:07
130	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	@ 0sec
131	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
133	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
134	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
135	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
136	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:09
137	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	@ 0sec
138	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:09
139	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	@ 0sec
140	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
141	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
142	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	+2:21
143	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	@ 0sec
144	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
145	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
146	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
147	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	s.t.
148	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
149	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
150	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
151	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
152	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
153	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+4:09
154	Edward PLANCKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 0sec

GC after Stage 1:

1	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	4:08:48
2	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	@ 1sec
3	Jens DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto Soudal	4
4	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	6
5	Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	6
6	Oliver NAESEN	Belgium	8
7	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	8
8	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	9
9	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Belgium	10
10	Roy JANS	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
11	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
13	Michaël VAN STAEYEN	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Kenny DEHAES	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
15	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
16	Piet ALLEGAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
17	Joeri STALLAERT	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
18	Tom MEEUSEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
19	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Jonas RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Raymond KREDER	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
22	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Kevin ISTA	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
24	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
25	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Gianni VERMEERSCH	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
27	Tim MERLIER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
28	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Marcel MEISEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
30	Stijn STEELS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	Frederik BACKAERT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
32	Corne VAN KESSEL	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
33	Maxime VANTOMME	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
34	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
35	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	s.t.
36	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
37	Julien MORTIER	Belgium	s.t.
38	Mathias DE WITTE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
39	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
40	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
41	Jenthe BIERMANS	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
42	David VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
43	Thomas SPRENGERS	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	Adam BLYTHE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
45	Jimmy DUQUENNOY	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
46	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
47	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
48	Riccardo MINALI	Astana	s.t.
49	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
50	Arjen LIVYNS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
51	Maurits LAMMERTINK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
52	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
53	Huub DUYN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
54	Aaron VERWILST	Belgium	s.t.
55	Timothy DUPONT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
56	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
57	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
58	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Iuri FILOSI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
61	Julien MORICE	Direct Energie	s.t.
62	Anthony TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Thijs AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
64	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
65	Adam TOUPALÍK	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
66	Pim LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
67	Vincent BAESTAENS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
68	Coen VERMELTFOORT	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
69	Nicolas CLEPPE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
70	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
71	Lars VAN DER HAAR	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
72	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
73	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
74	Benjamin DECLERCQ	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
75	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Olivier PARDINI	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
77	Ludwig DE WINTER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
78	Wout VAN AERT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
79	Jim AERNOUTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
80	Alexander GEUENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
81	Rúben GUERREIRO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Jelle VANENDERT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
84	Stefan DENIFL	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
85	Maxime BOUET	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
86	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
87	Rayane BOUHANNI	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
89	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
90	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	Oscar RIESEBEEK	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
92	Julien VERMOTE	Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Jan BAKELANTS	Belgium	s.t.
94	Alessandro BISOLTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
95	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
96	Jimmy JANSSENS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
97	Gerry DRUYTS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
98	Michael BOROŠ	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
99	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
100	Brecht RUYTERS	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
101	Erwann CORBEL	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
102	Simone ANTONINI	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
103	Wesley KREDER	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
104	Damiano CUNEGO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
105	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
106	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
107	Gianni MARCHAND	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
108	Stan GODRIE	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
109	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
110	Marcel SIEBERG	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
111	Michael GOOLAERTS	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
112	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
113	Toon AERTS	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
114	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Daan SOETE	Telenet Fidea	s.t.
116	Loic CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Dimitri CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Tiesj BENOOT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	s.t.
121	Petr VAKOC	Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Kohei UCHIMA	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
123	Sander CORDEEL	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
124	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
125	Johannes DE PAEPE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
126	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
127	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
128	Kevin DE JONGHE	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
129	Francis MOUREY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
130	Michiel DIELEMAN	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
131	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Brian VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
133	Philipp WALSLEBEN	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
134	Rob LEEMANS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
135	Jens ADAMS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
136	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Belgium	s.t.
137	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
138	Lukas SPENGLER	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
139	Kenneth VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Milan MENTEN	Belgium	s.t.
141	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
142	Brecht DHAENE	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	s.t.
143	Angelo TULIK	Direct Energie	s.t.
144	Daan HOEYBERGHS	Beobank-Corendon	s.t.
145	Lawrence NAESEN	WB Veranclassic	s.t.
146	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
148	Edward THEUNS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
149	Edward PLANCKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
150	Niki TERPSTRA	Quick-Step	+2:17
151	Timothy STEVENS	Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	+2:19
152	Danilo NAPOLITANO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
153	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	Beobank-Corendon	+2:31
154	Andrew FENN	Aqua Blue Sport	+4:19