2022 Tour de Luxembourg (2.Pro)

82nd edition: September 13 - 17, 2022

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Map of the 2022 Tour de Luxembourg

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Saturday, September 17: 5th & final stage, Mersch - Luxembourg, 178.4 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Valentin Madouas wins stage five. Final GC winner Mattias Skjelmose is in yellow, on the left.

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Weather at the finish city of Luxembourg at 1:45 PM, local time: 14C (57F), showers in the area, with the wind from the northwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 60% - 80% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Thee were two non-starters: Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic) & Tim Torn Teutenberg (Leopard Pro). That should leave a starting peloton of 104 riders.

Here's the report from GC winner Mattias Skjelmose's Team Trek-Segafredo:

Mattias Skjelmose and his teammates successfully defended a precarious three-second lead in Stage 5 of the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg to win the general classification of the five-day race.

“I am super happy! I am 21, I turn 22 later this month, and it’s a really big race for me. Tomorrow I go to the World Championships and I don’t think you could have a better preparation than this, so yeah, I’m super happy,” exclaimed Skjelmose.

“I think we did a really good job as a team to control it and limited to what I had to do until the last climb. When it’s so steep it’s all about the legs, and luckily mine were good today.”

After a four-man breakaway was contained in the ending kilometers and a late antagonist tagged back, the bonus seconds on the line posed the biggest threat to Skjelmose.

The young Dane needed to be attentive in the final uphill sprint as Kévin Vauquelin was only three seconds in arrears. With 10, 6, and 4 seconds on the line for the top three places, the best defense for Mattias was offense – finish ahead of Vauquelin and the title was his.

The first attack on the climb to the line came with 1400 meters to go and it came from Valentin Madouas, who won Stage 1 and led the race for the first three days. It drew out the four strongest: Vauquelin, Skjelmose and Kevin Geniets, Madouas’ teammate.

Skjelmose explained: “On the last climb, I had to go deep, that’s for sure. It was all about positioning. I remember in Denmark we had a similar finish like this, and afterward, I spoke with my teammate Alex Kirsch, and he told me that you have to be up there and believe that this is your spot. So that was all I had in mind today. I had to fight for position before the last climb, but I think that was what made the difference. One or two positions further back and it would have been a difficult situation.”

The road leveled before it punched up again, and Skjelmose decided to take the race into his hands. With 250 meters to go, he jumped. Leading out the sprint this early seemed dangerous, but only Madouas was able to overtake the young Dane.

“At first, I was shit! I opened up the sprint too early. But then I saw it was Madouas going past me.  I saw Vauquelin on the left, but I knew that if he was second and me third I would still win.  In the end it was not so bad as it looked like,” explained Skjelmose.

Skjelmose held on for second place and sealed his second pro win, and first stage race GC, in two days – a significant achievement for the promising Dane.

“I am still very young, and I still have time to develop,” pointed out Mattias. “This year I showed I am good in one-week races, and the team wants to see me develop into a Grand Tour rider. I took a huge step after the Giro and if I can keep making these steps, I am really confident I will be a really good rider in the future, and go for a Grand Tour win. That’s the dream and what I will fight for.”

Of course, Mattias added the Tour of Luxembourg best young rider jersey to his collection, too.

Complete results:

178.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.764 km/hr

1	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 36min 8sec
2	Mattias Skjelmose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
4	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	@ 3sec
6	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
8	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
10	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:05
12	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
13	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
14	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
15	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
20	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
21	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:19
22	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:22
23	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
24	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:24
25	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	0:31
29	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
30	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
31	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
35	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	0:38
38	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:40
39	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	0:45
41	Sander Armee	Cofidis	0:51
42	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
43	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
45	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
46	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:15
47	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:21
48	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
49	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:29
51	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:36
52	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
53	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:41
54	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:48
55	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	1:49
56	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:08
57	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	2:11
58	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:24
59	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:27
62	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
65	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	2:32
66	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
67	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	2:44
68	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:57
69	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	3:26
70	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
71	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:39
72	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	3:52
73	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:57
74	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:23
76	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	4:49
77	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	5:13
80	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:40
82	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	6:28
83	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:20
84	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	9:33
85	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:45
86	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	9:51
87	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
88	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
89	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
90	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	10:04
93	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	12:50
94	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:55
95	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
96	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
97	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
98	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
99	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:11
101	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	16:58

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo)
• Mountains classification winner: Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
• Points classification winner: Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates)
• Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classifcation winner: UAE Team Emirates

720.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.627 km/hr

1	Mattias Skjelmose	Trek-Segafredo	17hr 43min 29sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 5sec
3	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:17
4	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:23
5	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
6	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:40
7	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	0:53
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:55
9	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:56
10	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:57
11	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
12	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:02
13	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20
14	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:23
16	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:43
17	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:04
18	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:06
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:16
20	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	2:17
21	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	2:22
22	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	2:31
23	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	2:52
24	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:53
25	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:54
26	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:03
27	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:07
28	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	3:26
29	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:33
30	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:34
31	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:37
32	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:38
33	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:40
34	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:44
35	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:45
36	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	3:46
37	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	3:47
38	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:51
39	Sander Armee	Cofidis	4:03
40	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:11
41	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:20
42	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:28
43	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	4:30
44	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	6:05
45	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	6:06
46	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:47
47	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:49
48	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:29
49	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	8:44
50	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:51
51	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:52
52	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	9:05
53	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	9:17
54	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	10:14
55	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:55
56	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	10:57
57	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:23
58	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:48
59	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:04
60	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	12:14
61	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	12:28
62	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:32
63	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:19
64	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	15:01
65	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	15:03
66	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	17:32
67	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	17:47
68	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:10
69	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	18:18
70	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:02
71	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	20:12
72	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	20:18
73	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	20:32
74	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	22:23
75	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	22:39
76	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:08
77	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	24:19
78	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	24:29
79	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	24:48
80	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:16
81	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:05
82	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	26:16
83	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:27
84	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	26:28
85	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	27:24
86	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	27:30
87	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	27:49
88	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	28:03
89	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	29:13
90	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:14
91	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	29:30
92	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	30:50
93	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	31:15
94	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	35:34
95	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	37:58
96	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	38:10
97	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	38:39
98	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	40:33
99	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	47:23
100	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	49:03
101	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	51:55

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Friday, September 16: Stage 4, Remich 26.1km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile

Mattias Skelmose Jensen on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead. Photo: Serge Waldbillig

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Weather at the start/finish city of Remich at 1:20 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain, rising to 60% at 5:00 PM.

The race: The race organizer posted this short report.

The fourth stage of the SkodaTour Luxembourg featured a 26.1 km long time trial with the start and finish in Remich. In partly rainy weather conditions, Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (TFS) won with 3” ahead of Kévin Vauquelin (ARK) and 13” ahead of Morten Hulgaard (UXT).

Skjelmose Jensen has also taken over the overall leader’s yellow jersey from Valentin Madouas (GFC), who finished 39” behind.

Mattias Skjelmose Jensen: “To be honest, I haven’t felt that good in the past few days. I think the last riders were all riding in the same conditions. You had to be a bit careful sometimes, but it could have been worse with the wet roads. Tomorrow, of course, I want to defend the yellow jersey. But the competitors have been very strong in the last couple of days.”

Here's the report from winner Mattias Skelmose Jensen's Team Trek-Segafredo:

After a remarkable second season as a professional, Mattias Skjelmose finally achieved a major milestone in his career – his first professional win. Skjelmose stopped the clock on the hilly time trial in 34’05”, three seconds faster than his closest competitor on the day. Additionally, Skjelmose’s effort was enough to overcome his deficit in the general classification and position him as the new race leader by three seconds with one stage to come.

Speaking immediately after his win was confirmed, Skjelmose said: “This [victory] means a lot! I’ve been close; I can’t even remember how many times this year. We really believed I could win this one and it was a big goal coming in to the race. To finish this off is just amazing. I can’t really describe it. We knew it would be a really painful way home with 8 kilometers slightly headwind, and also a painful start with a very steep climb, so it was all about pacing this one. I was a little bit conservative on the way out, I tried to keep a little bit [of energy], and then just closed my eyes and went all out the last eight ks on the flat part. To be honest I haven’t been feeling super this week, but I have the power. It was the same yesterday, I don’t know why. But obviously the bike is going fast and that is the most important.”

Skjelmose came close to victory yesterday with a gutsy late attack but was brough back in the final kilometer. Despite a very impressive season of several podium placings, the highly sought after first pro win managed to elude Skjelmose until today. Along with his Trek-Segafredo team, the Danish neo-pro has one stage remaining to defend the lead, hoping to double his win tally with a GC victory.

“The strategy tomorrow is to keep [the leader jersey], but it’s going to be difficult. We saw Madouas and Geniets are looking really strong.  And [Vauquelin] finishing second today is also looking really really strong.  I hope we can have some allies in those looking for a stage result, because otherwise it’s going to be really difficult being one and half men down.

The first professional victory is something every rider chases, and also remembers for the remainder of their career. For Mattias, it’s been a long time coming after a season full of ‘nearly-wins’, but finally his frustration has turned to joy, and we’re sure there will be plenty more to celebrate through his career.

“It’s really special. I have been close so many times this year and at one point I thought I wouldn’t get it. But It’s finally here and I can’t describe this. It’s really nice to have the first one crossed off and hopefully I will have many more in my career.

“Two days ago it was my 28th top 10 finish this year without a win, and in the end you race to win all the time. It’s your childhood dream. It’s why I want to be a pro to win races and to finally have it, is really special. I mean, I am just so happy! Also for the people at home who have sacrificed so much, for them this also means so much. They have given up their own dreams to have me at the best form possible, and without them I could not have done this.  This is a mix of everything: happiness and to finally give something back to people that support me all the time. Just to crack the first win hopefully means I can hope for more. The team has not given me any pressure, they have given me a lot of chances.”

Complete results:

26.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.646 km/hr

1	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	34min 5sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 3sec
3	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	0:13
4	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:15
5	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:25
6	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:26
8	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:27
9	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	0:37
10	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
11	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:41
12	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	0:43
13	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:45
14	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
15	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:50
16	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:51
17	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:55
18	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
19	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:08
20	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:11
21	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
22	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:27
23	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
24	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:36
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:39
26	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:40
27	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	1:43
28	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:45
29	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:46
30	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	1:49
31	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:51
32	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:52
34	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:53
37	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	1:55
38	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:56
39	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:57
40	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	1:58
41	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	1:59
42	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	2:10
43	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
44	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	2:13
46	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	2:14
47	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	2:15
48	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:17
50	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:21
51	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	2:22
52	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:25
53	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:29
54	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	2:30
55	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:32
56	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	2:34
57	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:36
58	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:37
59	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:46
60	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:48
61	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:50
62	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:51
63	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
64	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	2:53
65	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	2:56
66	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
67	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:57
68	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	2:58
69	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:00
70	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:08
71	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:09
72	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:23
73	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	3:25
74	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:31
75	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	3:32
76	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:34
77	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	3:36
78	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:39
79	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	3:41
80	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	3:46
81	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47
82	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:56
83	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	4:04
84	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:04
85	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:08
86	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	4:15
87	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	4:21
88	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:28
89	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:30
90	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	4:33
91	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
92	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:34
93	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:37
94	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	4:45
95	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	4:53
96	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	5:07
97	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:08
98	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:20
99	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
100	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:26
101	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	5:33
102	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	5:39
103	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	5:44
104	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	6:06
105	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	6:11
106	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	6:58

 

GC after stage 4:

541.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.275 km/hr

1	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	13hr 7min 27sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 3sec
3	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:14
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:21
5	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	0:25
6	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:26
7	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:27
8	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:31
9	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	0:37
10	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:39
11	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:40
12	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	0:43
13	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
14	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:55
15	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:11
16	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	1:12
17	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:27
18	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
19	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:36
20	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:39
21	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:40
22	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:50
23	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:51
24	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:52
25	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:53
27	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	1:55
28	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
29	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:12
30	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	2:15
31	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:17
32	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:37
33	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:41
35	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	2:53
36	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	3:02
37	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:08
38	Sander Armee	Cofidis	3:10
39	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:17
40	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:21
42	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:31
43	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:35
44	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:43
45	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	3:53
46	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	4:36
47	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	4:38
48	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:41
49	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:18
50	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:38
51	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	6:47
52	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:31
53	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:40
54	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:01
55	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	8:28
56	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:50
57	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	9:15
58	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:17
59	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:18
60	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	9:30
61	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	9:37
62	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	9:47
63	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:50
64	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	9:59
65	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:09
66	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	10:11
67	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	10:19
68	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	10:47
69	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	12:11
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:07
71	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:17
72	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:24
73	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	14:53
74	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	14:59
75	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	15:09
76	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	15:13
77	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:19
78	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	16:14
79	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	16:31
80	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	16:40
81	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	17:23
82	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:35
83	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	17:39
84	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	18:10
85	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	18:47
86	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	19:16
87	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:17
88	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	19:34
89	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	20:01
90	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	20:50
91	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	20:53
92	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	21:21
93	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	21:26
94	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	21:35
95	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	21:58
96	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:02
97	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	22:35
98	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	22:57
99	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	25:32
100	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	25:33
101	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	25:55
102	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	30:36
103	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:06
104	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	34:02
105	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	35:20
106	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	36:54

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Thursday, September 15: Stage 3, Rosport - Diekirch, 188.4 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Aaron Gate wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Diekirch at 1:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 13 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Davide Ballerini's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.

Despite a hilly route and two steep climbs stacked in the final 15 kilometers, stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg didn’t see any big gaps open between the general classification contenders, in part thanks to Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, who rode hard to keep things together. Even when the bunch split on the final climb and Davide Ballerini and Tim Declercq slipped to the second group while Florian Sénéchal continued with what was left of the peloton, our guys didn’t give up and came back for the closing kilometers.

“El Tractor” drove a big tempo at the front, bringing back the only rider who managed to escape over the top of the ascent, before shutting down another attack, two kilometers from the finish. But when another acceleration involving two men came, the duo managed to hold off the chasers, despite a stunning effort of Davide Ballerini, who came close to bringing them back before eventually running out of road. The Italian finished third, followed by the French Champion, who is our best placed rider in the standings, in fifth place.

“Our team did a very good stage, they kept riding well and showed their shape, but today two guys jumped away just as we made the catch and kept going until the finish. We did our best, but came up short, just like on the previous stage. We miss that win, and it’s frustrating as we gave everything, but we’ll keep trying”, said sports director Brian Holm ahead of the penultimate stage, an individual time trial.

Complete results:

188.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.233 km/hr

1	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4hr 40min 58sec
2	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
4	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
6	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
11	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
17	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
20	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
21	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
26	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
32	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
33	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	@ 52sec
42	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
45	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
47	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
49	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	0:55
53	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
55	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
57	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
59	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:06
62	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
63	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
64	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:47
66	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
68	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
69	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
72	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
75	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:35
77	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
78	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:44
80	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	6:41
81	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	7:10
82	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
86	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
87	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
88	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
89	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
95	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
96	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
97	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	7:44
99	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
100	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
102	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	7:48
107	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:50
108	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

515.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.080 km/hr

1	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	12hr 33min 4sec
2	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 7sec
3	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:08
4	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
5	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:09
6	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:12
7	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:13
9	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:18
10	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
18	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
23	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
29	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
31	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
34	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
37	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:07
38	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10
39	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
44	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	1:13
45	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	2:20
50	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:17
52	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:21
53	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
54	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:08
55	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	4:13
56	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:15
57	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:16
58	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	4:58
59	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:27
60	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	5:37
61	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:08
62	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:45
64	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:53
65	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	7:03
66	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:29
67	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	8:03
68	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	8:06
69	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	8:43
70	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	9:33
71	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	9:57
72	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	10:38
73	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
75	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
76	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:07
77	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	11:33
78	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	11:55
79	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	11:57
80	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:14
81	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	13:18
82	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	13:35
83	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	15:01
84	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:21
87	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	15:32
88	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	15:35
89	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:39
90	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:12
91	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	17:36
92	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	17:38
93	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	17:42
94	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
95	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	18:08
96	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	18:28
97	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	19:13
98	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	19:44
99	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	20:06
100	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	20:40
101	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	24:30
103	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	25:05
104	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	26:39
105	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	29:00
106	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:34
107	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	30:14
108	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	32:47

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Wednesday, September 14: Stage 2, Junglinster - Schifflange, 163.4 km

Stage 2 map & profile

UAE Team Emirates' Matteo Trentin wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Schifflange at 1:15 PM, local time: 23C (73F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Currently there is a 19% chance of rain, rising to 54% at 3:00 PM. There are thunderstorms in the area.

The race: Two riders did not finish yesterday: Juan José Lobato (Euskaltel) and Christophe Masson (Geofco Doltcini). That left 111 riders in the race, who all stated today's stage.

Here's the report from stage winner Matteo Trentin's UAE Team Emirates:

Matteo Trentin took full advantage of a perfectly executed team lead-out today with an impressive victory on stage 2 of the Tour of Luxembourg.

A group of 8 riders formed the days breakaway on the 163km around Junlinster, though they would be picked up by the UAE Team Emirates lead peloton with inside the final 10km to go.

The final climb of the day with a maximum of 16% at 1km long came at the 7km mark, though UAE would hold strong and bring back any last minute attacks through Rafal Majka.

Rui Oliveira launched the sprint forcing the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl train to react with Trentin able to power past, beating Frenchman Florian Senechal on the downhill sprint to the line for his second win of the season.

Trentin: “It was a really nice final with a small climb and fast run through the city. We planned to do the climb with a hard but steady tempo with Majka and then focus on the leadout with Suter, Oliveira and our stagiaire Kluckers. The guys made a really good leadout and we forced Quickstep to go early and so we were able to come around in the last metres. The time-trial should decide the final GC but we’re focused day by day and making another good stage tomorrow.”

The third stage, from Rosport to Diekirch (188.4km) will be another day of rolling terrain.

Complete results:

163.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.286 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 51min 51sec
2	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
4	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
13	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
18	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
23	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
26	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
27	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
30	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
35	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
36	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
39	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
42	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
46	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
48	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
49	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
52	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
58	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
63	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
65	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
66	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
69	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
70	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
71	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
75	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
76	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
77	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
78	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
82	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	@ 1min 13sec
84	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	1:18
85	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	1:44
86	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	2:01
87	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:11
88	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	2:41
90	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
92	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
93	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
94	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
96	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:28
99	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	4:30
100	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:31
101	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:54
102	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	5:05
103	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	13:59
107	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
109	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

327.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.286 km/hr

1	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	7hr 52min 6sec
2	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 7sec
3	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:08
4	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	0:09
5	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:12
6	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:13
7	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:18
8	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
9	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
11	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
20	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
24	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
27	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
30	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
31	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
36	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
38	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
39	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
43	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
45	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
46	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
48	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
49	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
50	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
52	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	1:28
53	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	2:52
54	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:17
55	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:21
56	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
58	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
63	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	3:58
64	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
65	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:12
67	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:16
68	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:42
69	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	4:45
71	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
72	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	5:16
73	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:58
75	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:01
76	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:39
77	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	7:51
78	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
81	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
82	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
86	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
87	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
88	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:29
89	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	9:52
90	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:02
91	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	10:31
92	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	10:32
93	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
94	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
95	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	10:58
96	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	11:18
97	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	12:00
98	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	12:03
99	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:45
100	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	12:56
101	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
102	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:15
104	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	14:15
105	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	17:20
106	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	19:29
107	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	21:50
108	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
109	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	25:03

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, September 13: Stage 1, Luxembourg - Luxembourg Kirchberg, 163.8 km

Stage 1 map and profile

Valentin Madouas takes the first stage.

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Weather at Luxembourg at 1:30 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the stage one report from winner Valentin Madouas' Team Groupama-FDJ.

A bit more than a week ago, Valentin Madouas brought a nice touch to his superb year with a great victory in the Tour du Doubs. On Tuesday, the Frenchman further enhanced his 2022 record by winning solo on the first stage of the Tour Luxembourg. Following good work from his teammates throughout the whole day, the 26-year-old puncher was strong enough to go solo on the last climb, less than two kilometres from the line, thus conquering the victory… and the first yellow jersey! A perfect start.

On Tuesday, Groupama-FDJ returned to a race they left on a high last year. In the streets of Luxembourg, David Gaudu indeed closed his stay in the grand duchy with a nice victory. Frédéric Guesdon and Jussi Veikkanen’s men were then eager to restart in a comparable way with the opening stage of the 2022 edition. “We came here to win stages, especially the first one as we knew that the final suited us”, introduced the French sports director. “We also had in-shape like Valentin and Kevin.” Around the Luxembourg capital, the riders had to tackle several climbs over the route’s 163 kilometres, including two climbs in the last ten kilometres”.

Fully confident with its leaders, the team took responsibility when a five-man breakaway developed. “We hoped that other teams would help us control the break, but we took part in the chase”, said Frédéric. “We had a plan, and we were aiming for a stage victory, so asked Clément to pull”. The young Frenchman therefore spent most of the stage at the head of the peloton to manage the gap, but not only. “We wanted to make the race hard, that’s why Clément went quite fast in the climbs, both to reduce the gap on the breakaway, but also to tire our opponents”, added Valentin Madouas.

After a long chase and a great work by his young teammate, the breakaway was eventually caught at the bottom of the penultimate climb. “We wanted to arrive all together with 12 kilometres to go and make a hard pace from the bottom to get rid of as many riders as possible”, added Frédéric. “Tobias positioned us well then Lorenzo set a strong tempo to make things hard. We know that the harder it is, the better it is for Valentin. We had to make the bodies suffer and not climb at a slow tempo”. At the top, about fifty riders broke away from the rest and then headed to the last climb: the Kirchberg (1.6 km at 6.3%), whose summit was located just over a kilometre from the finish. “We did a recon of the climb yesterday because our hotel is close”, said Frédéric. “Lars and Kevin needed to make things hard again for Val to counterattack with 1000-1500 metres to go”.

From the first slopes, the former Luxembourg champion indeed made a strong acceleration that few riders were able to follow. “Kevin attacked first to force the others to make an effort,” said Frédéric. “They came back, and Valentin went immediately”. “I also had pain in the legs”, admitted the Breton. “Kevin put in a big attack. I didn’t want to bring the others to him. I bided my time. When I then saw that they slowed down, that everyone needed to breathe and that they were struggling to come back to him, I knew it was the right time to attack”.

This time around, no one was able to follow his wheel. With a bit less than two kilometres remaining, the rider from Brest left everyone behind. “I made a gap right away,” he said. “I had a difficult time afterwards. I had to catch my breath because I gave everything at the top of the climb to get as much of a lead as possible. The last 500 metres were very hard, the legs were full of toxins, but it was enough to join the line. It’s really great”. A solo winner, three seconds ahead of his first chaser and eight on the bunch, Valentin Madouas was able to fully celebrate his second success in ten days. “It’s a wonderful day for us,” he added.

“We prepared it well. The whole team did a great job, and the legs are really, really good. My recent victory certainly gave me confidence. Winning is liberating. I recovered well from the Tour du Doubs, where I managed to win despite not having a great day. What gave me confidence was actually to think that I could have won more easily if I had had a good day. Today, I looked at the startlist and I knew that I had to go before the sprint”. “Valentin was motivated, and with his latest victory, he took off some pressure and knew he was going well”, confirmed Frédéric. “We did everything to put him in the best possible conditions at the bottom of the climb, then it was up to him to do his thing. He made a very good effort. We saw that they tried to chase behind, but they just couldn’t match him”.

While his selection for the Worlds Championships’ Road race was made official on Tuesday, the French puncher took his fourth win among the pros as well as the leader’s yellow jersey. “It’s a great race with good competition, and it’s for sure a good sign for the world championships”, concluded Valentin. “Nevertheless, I have a race to finish before going there. We will try to keep the jersey as long as possible. In any case, I might be in a shape that I have never been in during my career”. “This Tour Luxembourg will certainly not be a failure, but there are still other stages that may suit us”, ended Frédéric. “We’re not going to take stock after this victory. We hope to win a second one and why not get in the mix for the overall. The most important thing is that we don’t make any mistakes and that the team gives everything”.

Complete results:

163.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.879 km/hr

1	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 0min 25sec
2	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 3sec
3	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:07
4	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:08
5	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
6	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
8	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
9	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
19	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
29	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
33	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
34	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
37	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
38	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
39	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
44	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
45	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
47	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
52	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	1:18
53	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:25
54	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	2:42
56	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:07
57	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	3:11
58	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
62	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
63	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
66	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
67	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:48
68	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:06
74	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
75	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	4:32
76	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
77	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	4:35
78	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	6:54
80	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:41
81	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
82	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
86	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
90	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
93	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
95	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
96	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
99	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
100	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
101	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
103	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
104	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	9:09
105	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	9:26
106	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	9:35
107	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	Gabriel Muller	Burgos-BH	9:39
109	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:54
110	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	16:38

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 0min 15sec
2	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 7sec
3	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:13
4	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
5	Florian Sénéchal	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
6	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
8	Victor Koretzky	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
9	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
19	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Jon Barrenetxea	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
29	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Ivan Centrone	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
33	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
34	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
37	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
38	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
39	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
44	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
45	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
46	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
47	Josh Kench	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
52	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	1:28
53	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:35
54	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	2:52
56	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:17
57	Louis Coqueret	Leopard Pro Cycling	3:21
58	Aaron Verwilst	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Gil Gelders	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
62	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
63	Elias Maris	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
66	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
67	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:58
68	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
73	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:16
74	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
75	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	4:42
76	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
77	Emil Vinjebo	Riwal Cycling	4:45
78	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Justin Wolf	Leopard Pro Cycling	7:01
80	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	7:50
81	Julien Desmarets	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:51
82	Théo Bonnet	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
83	Colin Heiderscheid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	Jannik Steimle	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
87	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Thomas Delphis	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Jacques Gloesener	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
91	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
92	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Simon Dalby	Uno-X	s.t.
94	Manuel Peñalver	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
96	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
99	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
100	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
101	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
103	Stijn Siemons	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	s.t.
104	Kevin Inkelaar	Leopard Pro Cycling	9:19
105	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	9:34
106	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	9:45
107	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	Gabriel Muller	Burgos-BH	9:49
109	Antonio Soto	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:04
110	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	Alexandre Kess	Geofco Doltcini Materiel-Velo.com	16:48

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, September 12, 2022:

	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL
1	BALLERINI Davide
2	BAGIOLI Andrea
3	DECLERCQ Tim
4	SENECHAL Florian
5	STEELS Stijn
6	STEIMLE Jannik
	AG2R-CITROEN
11	BERTHET Clement
12	BOUCHARD Geoffrey
13	DELPHIS Thomas
14	GALL Felix
15	GODON Dorian
16	TRONCHON Bastien
	COFIDIS
21	ARMEE Sander
22	BOHLI Tom
23	PEREZ Anthony
24	THOMAS Benjamin
25	HERRADA Jesús
26	WOOD Harrison
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
31	DAVY Clement
32	GERMANI Lorenzo
33	GENIETS Kevin
34	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
35	MADOUAS Valentin
36	VAN DEN BERG Lars
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
41	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
42	CICCONE Giulio
43	HELLEMOSE Asbjorn
44	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
45	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
46	TOLHOEK Antwan
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
51	OLIVEIRA Rui
52	ARDILA Andres
53	MAJKA Rafal
54	KLUCKERS Arthur
55	SUTER Joel
56	TRENTIN Matteo
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
61	BAX Sjoerd
62	BAYER Tobias
63	CONCI Nicola
64	SBARAGLI Kristian
65	OSBORNE Jason
66	VERMOTE Julien
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
71	BARTHE Cyril
72	BONNAMOUR Franck
73	ROLLAND Pierre
74	KORETZKY Victor
75	LAURANCE Axel
76	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB
81	GELDERS Gil
82	MERTZ Rémy
83	TIZZA Marco
84	WILLEMS Jago
85	WIRTGEN Luc
86	WIRTGEN Tom
	BURGOS-BH
91	FUENTES Ángel
92	MADRAZO Ángel
93	LÓPEZ-COZAR Juan
94	ORTS Felipe
95	PENALVER Manuel
96	PELEGRÍ Óscar
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
101	AULAR Orluis
102	ETXEBERRIA Josu
103	LOPEZ Joseba
104	BARRENETXEA Jon
105	MARTIN Sergio
106	NICOLAU Joel
	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
111	ARISTI Mikel
112	ETXEBARRIA Asier
113	CUADRADO Unai
114	SOTO Jesús
115	JUARISTI Txomin
116	LOBATO Juan Jose
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
121	APERS Ruben
122	GHYS Robbe
123	HERREGODTS Rune
124	MARIT Arne
125	REYNDERS Jens
126	VERWILST Aaron
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
131	BOUET Maxime
132	GUERNALEC Thibault
133	HOFSTETTER Hugo
134	RIES Michel
135	VAUQUELIN Kevin
136	VERRE Alessandro
	UNO-X PRO
141	DALBY Simon
142	EG Niklas
143	HULGAARD Morten
144	KULSET Sindre
145	TRAEEN Torstein
146	GREGAARD WILSLY Jonas
	BOLTON EQUITIES-BLACK SPOKE
151	CHRISTENSEN Ryan
152	FOUCHE James
153	GATE Aaron
154	KENCH Joshua
155	ORAM James
156	SEXTON Thomas
	LEOPARD PRO CYCLING
161	HEIDERSCHEID Colin
162	INKELAAR Kevin
163	HODAPP Johannes
164	MARIS Elias
165	TEUTENBERG Tim Torn
166	WOLF Justin
	RIWAL CYCLING TEAM
171	BREGNHØJ Mathias
172	BUDDING Martijn
173	ERIKSSON Jacob
174	ERIKSSON Lucas
175	SØGAARD Kasper Viberg
176	VINJEBO Emil Nygaard
	GEOFCO DOLTCINI MATERIEL-VELO.COM
181	BONNET Theo
182	CENTRONE Ivan
183	GLOESENER Jacques
184	KESS Alexandre
185	MASSON Christophe
186	SIEMONS Stijn