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Sunday, August 27: 5th & Final Stage, Riemst - Bilzen, 187.3 km

Stage 5 map

Matej Mohoric beats Matteo Trentin for the stage win.

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Weather at the finish city of Bilzen at 2:00 PM, local time: 20C (68F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 30% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC third-place Yves Lampaert's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Yves Lampaert took his best result ever in a World Tour stage race after the Renewi Tour came to a conclusion Sunday afternoon in Bilzen. By doing so, the 32-year-old from Hulste became the fifth different rider in the history of our team to finish on the overall podium of the competition, just one week from a strong outing at the BEMER Cyclassics, where only 75 meters separated him from the win.

It was a complicated final day of racing in Belgium, with many hills spread out over the 187.3km course and a finishing circuit that the riders deemed too dangerous, and as a result stopped the race with more than 80 kilometers to go to protest about this. After holding talks with the organisers, it was decided that the time would be taken at the foot of the Keiberg, with five kilometers remaining, and that there would be no bonus seconds at the Green Kilometer and on the finish line.

This didn’t stop the Soudal Quick-Step boys from showing their offensive intentions on the last climb, both Yves and Florian Sénéchal trying to get a gap. The group that emerged from the peloton following these accelerations reacted, but the Frenchman made another move, which despite his best efforts was reeled in. The stage came down to a small sprint, won by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), while the general classification was sealed by Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates).

“I’m happy with my third spot on the standings. After a difficult Tour de France, this result gives me a lot of confidence, especially on such a hard race, with many top riders. It was correct to neutralise the final kilometers of today’s stage, because it was very narrow there. This made things safer for us in the end”, explained Yves. “Our team did its best and we can be content with the week we had here.”

Complete results:

187.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.728 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 7min 0sec
2	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
6	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
14	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	@ 7sec
15	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
19	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
21	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
28	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 7sec
29	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
37	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
42	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
44	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
48	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	O:28
56	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	@ 7sec
57	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 20sec
58	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	@ 7sec
59	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	@ 7sec
60	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	@ 7sec
61	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
62	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	@ 7sec
63	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	1:41
64	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
65	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
76	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
77	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 7sec
79	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	4:30
80	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
81	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
84	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
96	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
97	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
98	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
99	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
101	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
107	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
109	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
110	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
112	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
115	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
117	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
121	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
123	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
125	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
126	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
127	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates)
• Points classification winner: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Best young rider: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

735.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.387 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	15hr 51min 52sec
2	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	@ 23sec
3	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:30
5	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:31
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
7	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:34
8	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
9	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:38
10	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
11	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
12	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
13	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:53
14	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	1:02
15	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	1:04
16	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	1:09
17	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:14
18	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15
19	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22
20	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:23
21	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:36
22	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	1:43
24	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:53
25	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	2:08
26	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:23
27	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:25
28	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:26
29	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:34
30	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:36
31	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	2:43
32	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	3:05
33	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	3:23
34	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	3:37
35	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:57
36	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	4:25
37	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	4:39
38	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	4:47
39	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	5:24
40	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	5:26
41	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	5:33
42	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	5:38
43	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	5:41
45	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	5:51
46	Max Kanter	Movistar	5:57
47	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	6:11
48	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	6:29
49	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	6:45
50	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:46
51	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	7:03
52	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	7:17
53	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	7:22
54	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	7:44
55	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	7:51
56	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	8:24
57	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	9:20
58	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:37
59	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	10:38
60	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	10:40
62	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	10:59
63	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	11:09
64	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:10
65	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:27
66	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	11:39
67	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	11:47
68	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	12:17
69	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	12:32
70	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	12:44
71	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	13:11
72	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	13:14
74	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	13:19
76	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	13:33
77	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	13:46
78	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	13:59
79	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	14:18
80	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	14:56
81	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	15:13
82	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	15:21
83	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:41
84	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	15:42
85	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	15:51
86	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	16:02
87	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:07
88	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	16:29
89	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:58
90	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	17:05
91	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	17:23
92	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	17:28
93	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	17:29
94	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	17:31
95	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	17:45
96	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:47
97	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	18:05
98	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:10
99	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	18:14
100	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	18:31
101	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	18:37
102	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	18:46
103	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	19:23
104	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	19:27
105	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
106	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	19:37
107	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:41
108	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	19:50
109	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	20:10
110	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	20:14
111	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	20:35
112	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	20:50
113	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	21:00
114	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	21:27
115	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	21:44
116	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	21:49
117	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	21:57
118	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	21:59
119	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	22:15
120	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	22:23
121	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	22:55
122	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	22:58
123	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	22:59
124	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:03
125	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	24:50
126	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	28:33
127	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	31:21
128	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	32:40

 

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

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Saturday, August 26: Stage 4, Beringen - Peer, 179.4 km

Stage 4 map

Sam Welsford wins a close one.

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Weather at the finish city of Peer at 1:30 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sam Welsford's Team dsm-firmenich.

Biding their time before taking responsibility in the finale, Team dsm-firmenich produced a brilliant lead-out and took a great sprint win with Sam Welsford into the town of Peer.

An air of nervousness was over the peloton at the Renewi Tour this afternoon but the potential crosswind threat never prevailed. It did see the early break caught with 60 kilometres to go, as Team dsm-firmenich navigated the local circuit well, looking out for each other and bringing finisher Welsford into the finale in the best place possible.

On the last lap, everyone on the team executed their job perfectly, ensuring the team avoided any danger on the narrow roads before stringing things out. Last lead-out man Niklas Märkl positioned Welsford in the first five three wheels in sight of the line, before the Australian kicked powerfully and lunged to the line; taking a superb win with a bike throw.

A delighted Welsford said: "It was very tight at the line, I didn’t know who got it. It was a long sprint, bit of uphill and headwind all the way to the line. I think everyone had the idea to try and go early and surprise Jasper. The local lap was very narrow and everyone knew it was going to be a big fight. You could see the nerves and the tension rising as the laps went on, but luckily enough the boys looked after me so well today. Full credit to them, they looked after me and kept me at the front in the narrow section, then delivered me in a great position with the lead-out.

"It’s been a good year so far with the team and I’m happy to take my first WorldTour win. I had a tough period at the Tour, it was a big step up but we learnt a lot and that’s helped here. I’m keen to get stuck into the next opportunities and do my best for the team."

Team dsm-firmenich coach Matt Winston added: “We’ve had some honest discussions here and we’ve done a few sprints where we’ve looked to improve on. Today I would say the guys have done a fantastic job. They took responsibility, looked after Sam, brought him as fresh as possible into the final and he finished off the job in a really nice way. I think we can be very happy with that.”

Complete results:

179.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.303 km/hr

1	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	3hr 57min 36sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
6	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
8	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
9	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
20	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
30	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
31	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
42	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
43	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
44	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
53	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
58	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
63	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
65	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
66	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 41sec
70	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 0sec
71	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
72	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	0:49
73	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	@ 0sec
74	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
75	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	1:01
76	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
77	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
78	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
79	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	1:07
80	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	1:43
81	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	1:50
82	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
86	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
87	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	@ 0sec
88	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	2:05
89	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	2:32
90	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
91	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
92	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
93	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	3:43
94	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
99	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
100	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
101	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
102	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
108	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
114	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
115	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
118	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
119	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
120	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
121	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	4:43
122	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
123	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
125	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
126	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
127	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	5:39
128	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	5:47
129	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
130	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	5:53
131	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	6:30
132	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
133	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
134	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
135	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	6:47
136	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
137	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	7:03
138	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
139	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
140	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	7:11
141	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
142	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
143	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 4:

547.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.571 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	11hr 44min 52sec
2	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	@ 23sec
3	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:30
5	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:31
7	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
9	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:34
10	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
11	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:38
12	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
13	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
14	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	0:41
15	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:44
16	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:53
17	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
18	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	1:04
19	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:07
20	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	1:09
21	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:13
22	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	1:15
23	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:21
26	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:29
27	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
28	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	1:36
29	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	1:42
30	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:46
31	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	2:01
32	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:16
33	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:26
34	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27
35	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:29
36	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
37	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	2:36
38	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:44
39	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	2:58
40	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	3:21
41	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	3:30
42	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:57
43	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	4:30
44	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	4:32
45	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	4:40
46	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	4:48
47	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	4:50
48	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:57
49	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	5:17
50	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	5:19
51	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	5:22
52	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	5:26
53	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	5:31
54	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
55	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	5:34
56	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	5:36
57	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	5:41
58	Max Kanter	Movistar	5:50
59	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:07
60	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	6:38
61	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:39
62	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	7:09
63	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	7:22
64	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
65	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:02
66	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	8:14
67	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	8:17
68	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	8:49
69	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	8:52
70	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	9:48
71	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	10:31
72	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	10:33
74	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	10:36
75	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	10:43
76	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	10:51
77	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	10:52
78	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	10:59
79	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	11:02
80	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:03
81	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:07
82	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:11
83	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	11:21
84	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	11:32
85	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	11:33
86	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:37
87	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	11:40
88	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	11:52
89	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	12:25
90	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:28
91	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	12:35
92	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	12:58
93	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	12:59
94	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	13:01
95	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	13:04
96	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	13:07
98	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	13:15
99	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	13:18
101	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	13:35
102	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:40
103	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	13:44
104	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	13:52
105	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	14:01
106	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
107	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	14:07
108	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	14:16
109	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	14:48
110	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	14:53
111	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	14:57
112	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	15:07
113	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:11
114	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	15:16
115	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	15:20
116	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	15:25
117	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	15:40
118	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	15:44
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	16:20
120	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	16:30
121	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	16:33
122	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	16:57
123	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	17:09
124	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	17:14
125	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	17:16
126	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	17:19
127	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	17:27
128	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	17:29
129	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:40
130	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	17:45
131	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	17:46
132	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	17:53
133	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	18:14
134	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	18:25
135	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	18:28
136	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:33
137	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	20:20
138	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	20:28
139	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	20:34
140	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	20:58
141	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	24:03
142	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	26:51
143	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	28:10

 

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

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Friday, August 25: Stage 3, Aalter - Geraardsbergen, 171.2 km

Stage 3 map

Mike Teunissen wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Geraardsbergen at 3:05 PM, local time: 21C (69F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 12% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC second-place Yves Lampaert's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Yves Lampaert confirmed the strong form he is enjoying in this second part of the season with another impressive display on the third stage of the Renewi Tour. Taking in more than a dozen climbs, including two and a half ascents of the iconic Muur-Kapelmuur, the race between Aalter and Geraardsbergen came to life with more than 50 kilometers to go, when a couple of riders got away from the peloton, catching and dropping the original escapees as they put themselves at the front of the race.

Soudal Quick-Step had both Florian Sénéchal and Yves Lampaert there, and the latter made the cut when this strong group fragmented as they tackled the brutal slopes of the Muur for the second time. Eight riders moved into the lead, and Yves was one of the strongest there, taking some long pulls that helped them increase their advantage over the peloton to more than half a minute. The Belgian got involved also at the Green Kilometer sprints, taking a bonus seconds, as the attackers kept working in order to hold off the chasers.

Despite the bunch making up ground rapidly in the final kilometers, Lampaert still had enough left to clinch a top ten place on this stage won by Mike Teunissen (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) – a result that elevated him to second on the general classification with two days left at the Renewi Tour.

“It was very hard today. I gave my best, but in the finale I found myself a bit isolated against two guys from UAE and two from Lotto. I did everything I could and I am content with my effort. We’ll just see what the next stages – and especially the one of Sunday – will bring, now that I’m second in the GC”, Yves said.

Complete Results:

171.2 kilometers raced at an aveage speed of 46.631 km/hr

1	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3hr 40min 17sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:02
4	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:04
5	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
6	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	0:06
7	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	0:08
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:10
11	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:12
14	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
15	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
21	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	0:20
31	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
34	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
37	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
38	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:44
40	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	0:45
41	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:51
42	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	0:53
43	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	1:06
44	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:17
45	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:21
50	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:52
52	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	2:01
54	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:03
55	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	2:18
56	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
57	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
58	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:44
59	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:24
60	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	3:59
61	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:02
63	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
71	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	4:11
72	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
73	Max Kanter	Movistar	4:22
74	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	7:06
75	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	9:47
77	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
78	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
82	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
92	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
95	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
96	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
100	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	10:04
102	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
103	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	10:05
104	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	10:20
107	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
108	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	12:11
109	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
110	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	12:16
111	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
115	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
116	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
120	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
121	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
122	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
123	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
124	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
126	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
132	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
133	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
134	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
135	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
136	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
137	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
140	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
141	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
142	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
143	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
144	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
145	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
146	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
147	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	13:01

 

GC after stage 3:

367.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.215 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	7hr 47min 16sec
2	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 24sec
3	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	0:26
4	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:30
5	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:31
7	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
8	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:34
9	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:36
10	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:38
11	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
12	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:41
13	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:44
16	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	0:47
17	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:53
18	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
19	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:57
20	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	1:05
21	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:07
22	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	1:09
23	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:13
24	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:14
25	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	1:15
26	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16
28	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:21
29	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:29
30	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	1:32
32	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	1:36
33	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:38
35	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	1:40
37	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	1:42
38	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:46
39	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	1:47
40	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	1:51
41	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:56
42	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	2:01
43	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:16
44	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:26
45	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:27
46	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:29
47	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	2:32
48	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	2:36
49	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	2:39
50	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:44
51	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	2:45
52	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	2:55
53	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	2:58
54	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	3:00
55	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	3:13
56	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	3:31
57	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:55
58	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:01
59	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:19
60	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	4:48
61	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	4:52
62	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	5:17
63	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	5:19
64	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	5:22
65	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:26
66	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	5:31
68	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
69	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	5:32
70	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	5:36
71	Max Kanter	Movistar	5:50
72	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:28
73	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	7:38
74	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	8:14
75	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	8:19
76	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	9:46
77	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	10:18
78	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	10:24
79	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	10:31
80	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	10:33
81	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	10:35
82	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	10:36
83	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	10:37
84	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	10:37
85	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	10:39
86	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	10:42
87	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	10:43
88	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	10:52
89	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	10:59
90	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	11:02
92	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:03
93	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	11:05
94	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:07
95	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	11:14
96	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	11:17
97	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	11:28
98	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	11:32
99	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	11:33
100	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	11:37
102	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
103	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	11:40
104	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	11:52
105	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	12:00
106	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:28
107	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	12:35
108	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	12:47
109	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	12:50
110	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	12:58
111	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	13:01
112	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	13:04
113	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	13:11
115	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	13:15
116	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
117	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:17
118	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	13:18
119	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	13:31
120	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
121	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	13:33
122	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	13:35
123	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	13:36
124	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:40
125	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	13:41
126	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	13:42
127	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
128	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	13:44
129	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:46
131	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	13:50
132	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	13:52
133	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	13:55
134	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:57
135	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	14:01
136	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	14:02
137	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	14:03
138	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	14:16
139	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	14:30
140	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	14:31
141	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	14:37
142	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	14:45
143	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	14:53
144	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	15:07
145	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	20:20
146	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	22:23
147	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	23:08

 

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Thursday, August 24: Stage 2, Sluis 13.6 km individual time trial.

Stage 2 map

Joshua Tarling on his way to winning the stage and taking the GC lead.

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Weather at the race city of Sluis at 1:35 PM. local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (7 mph). During the afternoon there is a 76% chance of rain.

The race: First rider is scheduled to start at 2:02 PM.

Here's the report from winner Joshua Tarling's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Josh Tarling powered to a dominate time trial victory in stage two of the Renewi Tour.

The 19 year-old set off early in the day, and clocked a time of 15’05” across the line to put him straight into the hot seat.

As the rest of the field rolled in, none could better the British National Champion’s effort.

Strong rides also came from Luke Plapp (11th) and Michal Kwiatkowski (14th), to make it three Grenadiers in the top 15.

The win also puts Tarling into the leader’s jersey, ahead of lumpy stage three that sees the riders tackle the mythical Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Reaction:
“I’m so happy, I think we did super good in the team, I’ve been super supported with it and I’m super happy.”

"I thought I started fast, and then I heard their splits and I started panicking so I just tried to get everything out that I could, and I think it worked well with the wind.”

“I’ll always see how well I can go on GC, but we have other super talents in the team, so we have options - everyone can win this race, we have a super strong team so we’ll see what happens.”

Complete results:

13.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.099 km/hr

1	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	15min 5sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	@ 14sec
3	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
4	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:19
5	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	0:21
6	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:23
8	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:25
10	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:26
11	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
12	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:29
14	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	0:30
16	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:32
20	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
22	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
23	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:38
24	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	0:39
25	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	0:40
26	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:42
28	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	0:43
29	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:44
30	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:45
31	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
33	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	0:47
34	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
35	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:48
36	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	0:49
37	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	0:50
40	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	0:51
42	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	0:52
44	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
45	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	0:53
46	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:54
47	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
48	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:55
49	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	0:56
50	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:59
51	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	1:00
52	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
53	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	1:01
58	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
59	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
61	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:03
62	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:06
64	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:07
68	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	1:09
70	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10
72	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
73	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
74	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:11
75	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:13
76	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:14
79	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:16
83	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
85	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	1:18
87	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	1:19
88	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:20
92	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:21
94	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
95	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
99	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:23
100	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
101	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:25
102	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
103	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	1:26
107	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
108	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	1:27
109	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	1:28
112	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Max Kanter	Movistar	1:29
114	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
115	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	1:30
117	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:31
118	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
119	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	1:33
120	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	1:35
122	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
125	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	1:36
126	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
128	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	1:37
129	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	1:40
130	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:42
131	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	1:45
133	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	1:46
134	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
135	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
136	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
137	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
138	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
139	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	1:49
140	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:51
141	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	2:01
142	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	2:03
143	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	2:07
144	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	2:14
145	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:15
146	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	2:16
147	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:18
148	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	2:22
149	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	2:33
150	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	2:38
151	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	2:49
152	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	2:52

 

GC after stage 2:

196.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.739 km/hr

1	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 6min 58sec
2	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	@ 14sec
3	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
4	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:19
5	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:21
6	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	0:23
8	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:25
10	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:26
11	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
12	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:29
14	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
16	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
19	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
21	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
22	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:38
23	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
24	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	0:39
25	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:40
26	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:42
28	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	0:43
29	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:44
30	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	0:45
31	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
32	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
33	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	0:47
34	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:49
36	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:50
39	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:51
41	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
43	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	0:52
44	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
45	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	0:53
46	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:54
47	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
48	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	0:56
49	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:59
50	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	1:00
51	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
53	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	1:01
57	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	1:02
59	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	1:03
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
63	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:06
64	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:07
67	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	1:09
69	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:10
71	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:11
73	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:13
74	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
75	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	1:13
76	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	1:14
77	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	1:16
81	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
82	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
83	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:17
85	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	1:18
86	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	1:19
88	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:20
92	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	1:21
94	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
99	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	1:23
100	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:25
101	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
103	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	1:26
106	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	1:27
107	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
109	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	1:28
110	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:29
112	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
113	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
114	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	1:30
115	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:31
116	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
117	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	1:33
118	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
119	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:35
120	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
121	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
122	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	1:36
124	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
125	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
126	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	1:37
127	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	1:40
128	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:42
129	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
130	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	1:46
131	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
132	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
133	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
134	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
135	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:51
136	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	2:01
137	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	2:14
138	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:15
139	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	2:16
140	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:18
141	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	2:22
142	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	2:30
143	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	2:38
144	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:42
145	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	2:43
146	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	2:49
147	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	2:52
148	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	3:40
149	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	7:28
150	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	8:05
151	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	10:08
152	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	10:53

 

Stage 2 map:

Stage 2 map

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Wednesday, August 23: Stage 1, Blankenberge - Ardooie, 182.9 km

Stage 1 map

Jasper Philipsen (far left) takes the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Ardooie at 1:35 PM, local time: 24C (76F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 3 km/hr (2 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Tim Merlier was maybe the fastest sprinter in the final meters of the opening stage, but despite the incredible power he unleashed, the Belgian Champion missed out on what would have been his ninth victory of the season after running out of road in Ardooie.

Despite being completely flat, the 182.9km stage was a nervous one, and it came as no surprise that multiple crashes occurred on the last of the three local circuits that the peloton had to tackle. Fortunately, none of our riders was involved in these incidents, and with the help of his Soudal Quick-Step teammates, Merlier remained well positioned at the front and could contest the bunch sprint.

“The finale was very hectic, which was normal given that all the sprinters were quite fresh. The squad did a very good job and worked hard the entire day but at the end you get punished for the small mistakes. Despite this, the morale is strong and I’m already looking forward to Saturday, when we hope to have another mass gallop”, Tim explained after the stage.

It was a tricky finale also for Yves Lampaert. The Belgian, who last Sunday came so close to winning the Bemer Cyclassics, punctured with ten kilometers to go, but thanks to some fierce chasing, he made it back in the group just in time and made sure of not losing any valuable seconds ahead of the very important individual time trial in Sluis.

Complete results:

182.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.394 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3hr 51min 53sec
2	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
6	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
9	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
11	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
13	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
17	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
28	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
30	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
35	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
51	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
55	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
58	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
60	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
62	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
63	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
68	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
73	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
74	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
75	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
79	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
81	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
86	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
87	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
88	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
98	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
99	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
101	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
104	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
115	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
117	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
119	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
120	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
128	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
129	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
130	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
131	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
133	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
136	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
137	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
138	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
139	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
140	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
141	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
142	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	@ 44sec
143	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	@ 0sec
144	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
145	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
146	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:32
147	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	1:56
148	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
149	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 0sec
150	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	@ 0sec
151	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	5:21
152	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	7:35
153	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
154	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	9:08

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3hr 51min 43sec
2	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 2sec
3	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	0:04
4	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	0:05
5	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:06
6	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	0:10
7	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Casper Van Uden	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
15	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
19	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Emils Liepins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
30	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
32	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Florian Sénéchal	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
37	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
42	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Ide Schelling	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
49	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
53	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
55	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
56	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
60	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
62	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
64	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
70	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
77	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
79	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
81	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
82	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
83	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
88	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
89	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
90	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
93	Markus Hoelgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
94	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Marc Brustenga	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
98	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
101	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
103	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
106	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
108	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
115	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
117	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
119	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
120	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
128	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
129	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
130	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
131	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
133	Søren Kragh Andersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
136	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
137	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
138	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
139	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
140	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
141	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
142	Alex Edmondson	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
143	Arnaud Démare	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
144	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
145	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
146	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
147	Sam Welsford	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
148	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	0: 54
149	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:42
150	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	2:01
151	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	5:31
152	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	7:45
153	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
154	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	9:18

 

Stage 1 map: