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Sunday, September 5: 7th & final stage, Namur - Geraardsbergen, 177.9 km

Matej Mohoric wins the final stage. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Geraardsbergen at 2:35 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Tom Dumoulin's Jumbo-Visma team:

Tom Dumoulin has finished third on the last day of the Benelux Tour. The 30-year-old Dutchman had to let go on the penultimate climb of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, but came back and rode away on the last climb. This resulted in third place, behind Mohoric, who had escaped earlier, and overall winner Colbrelli.

The stage was characterised by a very high average speed. A group of eleven riders escaped after a long run-up, but they never really got away. The Muur of Geraardsbergen caused an explosion in the race. It was every man for himself, but the consequence of this course was that mergers took place. Dumoulin came back and immediately hit the pedals. Only the two riders of Bahrain-Victorious proved to be stronger. In the general classification Dumoulin finished ninth and Mike Teunissen tenth.

Dumoulin was happy with his third place. “We had the stage under control. We kept it short so Mike and I could ride the final. We did that well as a team. Unfortunately we both lacked the power to put our mark on the stage. With a bit of luck we came together for the last climb and then I went full throttle. In the end, I could get the third place. A pleasant way to end this week.”

Sports director Arthur van Dongen was proud. “It was a tough day. Everyone felt their legs after seven days of racing. We planned to be in the main breakaway and Dylan and Olav put a lot of energy into that. In the end a strong breakaway of eleven riders got away on a tough part. Then we controlled the race. From then on there was a lot of racing on the local laps. We assumed it would merge at the front. Only Mohoric was too strong. Tom gave it his all on the last climb. We went for the highest possible in the stage; we have to be satisfied with third place.”

Complete results:

177.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.221 km/hr

1	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 50min 56sec
2	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	@ 11sec
3	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	15
4	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	22
5	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	24
7	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
8	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
13	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
14	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
16	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
22	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
23	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
24	Davide Villella	Movistar	0:31
25	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	0:33
26	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:49
27	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:54
28	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:07
29	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	1:43
30	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	1:46
31	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:56
32	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:27
33	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:55
35	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	2:57
36	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	3:01
40	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:03
42	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	3:05
43	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
44	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3:09
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	3:11
47	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
48	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	3:21
50	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	5:49
52	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:38
53	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
55	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:46
56	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	7:54
57	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	8:17
58	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
59	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
60	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
61	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
63	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	9:46
65	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
66	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	10:22
67	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	11:24
68	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
69	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
71	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
72	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
73	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
77	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
78	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
80	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
86	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
87	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
88	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
89	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	11:37
90	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	11:53
92	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	12:09

Final GC after stage 7:

• GC winner: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classificatin winner: Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert)
• Super 8 classification winner: Arjen Livyns (Bingoal-WB)
• Team classification winner: Bahrain Victorious

992.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.947 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	24hr 14min 29sec
2	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	@ 29sec
3	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:14
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	1:26
5	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	1:28
6	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	1:30
7	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	1:37
8	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	1:54
9	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	1:55
10	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	2:01
11	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:17
12	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:25
13	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	2:32
14	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:34
15	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	2:41
16	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:05
17	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	3:16
18	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	3:47
19	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:40
20	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:24
21	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:57
22	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	7:01
23	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	7:06
24	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:40
25	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:56
26	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	9:07
27	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	9:13
28	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	9:54
29	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:48
30	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	11:24
31	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	11:43
32	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	11:48
33	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	11:51
34	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:57
35	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	14:33
36	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:03
37	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	15:19
38	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	16:04
39	Davide Villella	Movistar	16:50
40	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	17:29
41	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	17:34
42	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	17:42
43	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	18:35
44	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:36
45	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	19:56
46	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	20:00
47	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:39
48	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	21:15
49	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	21:59
50	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	22:28
51	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	22:44
52	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	24:02
53	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	24:07
54	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	25:05
55	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	25:26
56	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	27:13
57	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	27:58
58	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	28:10
59	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	28:25
60	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	29:21
61	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
62	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	29:48
63	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	30:02
64	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	30:04
65	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	31:21
66	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	32:10
67	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	32:19
68	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	32:42
69	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	33:22
70	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	33:31
71	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	34:44
72	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	35:07
73	Hector Carretero	Movistar	35:46
74	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	37:12
75	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	37:25
76	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	37:30
77	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	37:41
78	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	38:29
79	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	38:39
80	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	38:40
81	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	38:59
82	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	39:52
83	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	40:41
84	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	40:42
85	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	42:10
86	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	43:08
87	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	43:19
88	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	43:55
89	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	45:02
90	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	45:04
91	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	46:17
92	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	46:49
93	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	1:05:01

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Saturday, September 4: Stage 6, Ottignies Louvain la Neuve - Houffalize: 207.6 km

Sonny Colbrelli wins stage six and becomes the new GC leader. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Houffalize at 2:15 PM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the stage six report from stage winner Sonny Colbrelli's Bahrain Victorious team.

Impressive day for Bahrain Victorious at the Benelux Tour. The longest and toughest stage on the menu (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve > Houffalize207.6km) became the most spectacular and sweetest one so far for the team.

The riders faced a series of côtes in the Ardennes, especially in the final laps, including some steep climbs. The race was nervous immediately after the start with some attacks as the flat initial part was ideal to set a breakaway.

At 10 km Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos) went into the move gaining a maximum of 7 minutes. But as expected, when the first of the 10 Côte on the menu came after about 100km, the race exploded.

With 49km to go as Thomas was got back, on the Côte Bois des Mointes Mohorič attacked, with Hirschi and Colbrelli joining him.

Early in the stage Team Groupama-FDJ works at the front to protect their GC leader Stefan Küng. Photo: Benelux Tour

The leading trio continued their action while behind the peloton split. At 25km to go, a solo attack of Sonny Colbrelli turned out to be the winning move. With Mohorič stopping the chase, the Italian Champion maintained a substantial advantage (42 seconds) to storm to a tremendous solo victory. Behind him, a reduced chasing group sprinted for runner-up place, and to complete the team’s excellent work, Matej Mohorič took second place.

With today’s victory, Sonny Colbrelli also moved into the overall leader’s jersey, with an advantage of 51″ seconds to the Slovenian Champion, who sits in second place. That is a perfect scenario with only one stage to go.

Sonny Colbrelli: “It has probably been one of the hardest races of my life. With Matej, we attack in the first of the final laps, and Hirshi followed us. Then we agreed to try one time each. When it was up to me, I went that it was a bit early actually and I didn’t think to arrive alone. But I always kept a good tempo and never looked back. I’m so happy as I can say to have done something extraordinary. It never happened to me to win a race like this way. Tomorrow, let’s see how I will recover as today I spent a lot. But as a team, we also have Matej ready to fight for the GC”.

Rolf Aldag, Bahrain Victorious SD: “The goal of the day was to take a win, having the two strongest guys in the peloton like Sonny and Matej. It was great to see how Matej controlled the chase to give his teammate a good advantage to go also into the leader jersey today. The key to success was to believe in himself and ride aggressively, execute perfectly every move. Now we have also the leader’s jersey with one stage to go. We’re looking forward to it. We have more than an option. Mohorič can also have his opportunity. We don’t change our goals. We came here intending to win stages, and we went for it every day, and we will do the same tomorrow to defend and win the leader jersey”.

Complete results:

207.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.159 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 55min 27sec
2	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	@ 42sec
3	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
5	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
6	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:02
10	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
11	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
15	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
17	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
18	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
20	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
21	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	2:00
24	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:17
25	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
27	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
28	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
30	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
31	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	2:23
32	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	2:32
33	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:36
34	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
36	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
39	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
41	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
43	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
46	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
47	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
49	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
53	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	13:54
55	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	14:02
57	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
58	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
60	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
66	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
71	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
72	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
75	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
76	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
77	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
78	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
79	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:14
80	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	14:19
81	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	16:39
82	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
85	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
86	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
88	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
89	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
90	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
91	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
93	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
94	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
99	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
100	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
101	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
105	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
108	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
109	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
110	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
111	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	20:12
112	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
113	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
117	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
118	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
120	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
121	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
122	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
124	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
130	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	24:20
132	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

814.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.953 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	20hr 23min 30sec
2	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	@ 51sec
3	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:53
4	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	1:07
5	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	1:09
6	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	1:16
8	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	1:33
9	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	1:40
10	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:42
11	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:47
12	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	2:11
14	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:13
15	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	2:20
16	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	2:43
17	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:44
18	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	2:55
19	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	2:56
20	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:19
21	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	4:37
22	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:53
23	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	5:05
24	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	6:19
25	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	6:47
26	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	6:52
27	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	7:05
28	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:19
29	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	7:43
30	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	7:50
31	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	8:14
32	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	8:26
33	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	8:35
34	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:42
36	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	8:46
37	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	8:49
38	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:55
39	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:59
40	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:18
42	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	10:13
43	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	11:48
44	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:55
45	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	13:15
46	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	14:21
47	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	15:09
48	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	15:35
49	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	15:52
50	Davide Villella	Movistar	16:02
51	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	16:16
52	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:27
53	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:44
54	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	17:04
55	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	17:21
56	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	17:23
57	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	17:50
58	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	17:52
59	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	18:05
60	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	18:14
61	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	18:20
62	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	18:21
63	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	18:41
64	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	18:43
65	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	18:53
66	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	19:10
67	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	19:23
68	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	19:38
69	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	19:44
70	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	19:56
71	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	21:25
72	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	21:52
73	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	22:10
74	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:18
75	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	23:23
76	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	23:44
77	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	23:46
78	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	24:25
79	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
80	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	25:07
81	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	25:27
82	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	26:04
83	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	26:09
84	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	26:20
85	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	26:27
86	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	26:31
87	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	26:32
88	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	26:53
89	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	27:11
90	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	27:18
91	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	27:38
92	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	27:55
93	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	28:16
94	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	28:25
95	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	28:31
96	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	28:33
97	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	28:50
98	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	28:51
99	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	29:01
100	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	29:16
101	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	29:20
102	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	29:38
103	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	29:43
104	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	30:15
105	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	30:26
106	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	30:41
107	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	30:49
108	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	31:04
109	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	31:11
110	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	31:48
111	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	31:49
112	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	31:58
113	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	32:02
114	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:28
115	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	32:33
116	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	32:51
117	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	33:01
118	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	33:41
119	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	33:43
120	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	34:05
121	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	34:30
122	Cees Bol	Team DSM	34:34
123	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	34:37
124	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:43
125	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	35:25
126	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	35:28
127	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	37:52
128	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	41:09
129	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	51:47
130	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	53:57
131	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:01:13
132	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:07:11

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Friday, September 3: Stage 5, Riemst - Bilzen, 192.0 kilomters

Caleb Ewan wins stage five. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Bilzen at 2:30 PM, local time: 24C (76F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr (9mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There were three notable abandons. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuinck-Quick Step) has ongoing stomach problems and did not start today's stage. Mitchell Docker (EF Education-Nippo) broke his elbow yesterday. Stage three winner Taco van der Hoorn also had to quit the race.

The official start was given to the peloton at 10:40 AM, local time.

Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto Soudal team:

Caleb Ewan took victory on stage five of the Benelux Tour with a superb showing of strength and power on the uphill finish in Bilzen. Italian champion Sonny Colbrelli hit out early but Ewan came past him in sight of the line to take his sixth victory of the season, his first since crashing out of the Tour de France. Stefan Küng took the leader’s jersey after race leader Stefan Bissegger was dropped in the final local lap.

“Once we did the first lap of the circuit, it looked like it would be very tough and then they started attacking quite early from the bunch which made the race actually very hard. I knew this was my last chance to win this week. I really wanted to do well, coming back from my crash. So, I’m really happy. Tomorrow is something for Tim and Phil”, explained Caleb Ewan.

Time to pick up some food about two and a half hours into the stage. Photo: Benelux Tour

“In the first three sprint stages there was always something that went wrong like a mechanical when the bunch split in the first stage or when my spokes were taken out with fifteen kilometres to go in another stage. I knew my form was there but I didn’t have the luck. On a finish like today it is more about strength than luck.”

In two weeks Caleb Ewan will start in the Tour of Luxemburg, the next race in his build-up to the World Championships.

“The season wasn’t what I wanted. I’m so motivated to make something out of it. A world title would really make my season. I trained really hard to come back. I was disappointed that I couldn’t be back in time for the Vuelta, but I stayed focused and knew the end goal would be the Worlds. The Benelux Tour and the Tour of Luxemburg are important steps in my process to get the top form. Winning a hard stage like today gives me a lot of confidence. It shows that I’m really on the right track and that my legs are coming. I still got time to improve. By the time the Worlds are there, I really should be in top shape”, concluded Caleb Ewan.

Complete results:

192 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.243 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	4hr 26min 24sec
2	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
12	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
13	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
20	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
23	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
24	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
30	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
31	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
32	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
34	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 1sec0
35	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
37	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
38	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
43	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	0:13
44	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
45	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 0sec
48	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
49	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:16
51	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:26
53	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
55	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	0:43
57	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	0:49
58	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:21
59	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	1:41
60	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	2:00
61	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
63	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
64	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	2:33
66	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	3:17
67	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	3:23
68	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
72	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	5:06
74	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
75	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
80	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
86	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
88	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	5:10
90	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
91	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
93	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
95	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	5:59
96	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
97	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
98	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
100	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
101	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
102	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
103	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
104	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
110	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
111	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	7:25
112	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:35
113	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
114	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
116	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
117	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
118	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
121	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
123	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
127	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
128	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
129	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
130	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	8:48
131	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	8:51
132	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	11:56
133	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	13:46
134	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
135	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
136	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
137	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
138	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	19:10
139	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
140	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

607.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.247 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	15hr 28min 8sec
2	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	@ 2sec
3	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:06
4	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
5	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	0:14
6	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:16
7	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:20
8	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	0:25
9	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:26
10	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:28
11	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:33
12	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:35
14	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:38
15	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	0:40
16	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	0:49
17	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	1:00
18	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:02
19	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	1:04
21	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:06
22	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:08
23	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	1:09
24	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	1:30
25	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:33
26	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:36
28	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:37
30	Lluis Mas	Movistar	1:38
31	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:45
32	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:48
34	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:54
35	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:57
37	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:59
39	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:01
40	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	2:05
41	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	2:08
42	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	2:09
43	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:14
44	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:15
45	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:18
46	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:20
48	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:31
49	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:37
50	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	3:12
52	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:14
53	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	3:16
54	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	3:32
55	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	3:57
56	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:58
57	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	4:08
58	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	4:13
59	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	4:14
60	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	4:41
61	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4:46
62	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	4:47
63	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	5:08
64	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	5:10
65	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:14
66	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	5:16
67	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	5:37
68	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	5:58
69	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:00
70	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:21
71	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	8:03
72	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	8:08
73	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:11
74	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	8:14
75	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	8:23
76	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	8:33
77	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	8:34
78	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	8:59
79	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	9:16
80	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	9:20
81	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	9:25
82	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	9:26
83	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:36
84	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	9:43
85	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	9:47
86	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	9:48
87	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	9:52
88	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	10:09
89	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	10:24
91	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	10:27
92	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	10:34
93	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	10:47
94	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:54
95	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	11:09
96	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	11:11
97	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	11:24
98	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	11:44
99	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	12:08
100	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:11
101	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	12:29
102	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	12:36
103	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	12:54
104	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	13:26
105	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	13:31
106	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	14:09
107	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:14
108	Cees Bol	Team DSM	14:17
109	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:26
110	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	14:54
111	Davide Villella	Movistar	14:55
112	Jasper ve Buyst	Lotto Soudal	15:05
113	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:08
114	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	15:09
115	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	15:14
116	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	15:19
117	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	16:07
118	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	16:17
119	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	16:42
120	Sean de Bie	Bingoal-WB	16:49
121	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	16:57
122	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	17:16
123	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	17:35
124	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	17:41
125	Hector Carretero	Movistar	17:44
126	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	17:46
127	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	17:55
128	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	18:26
129	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	18:44
130	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	20:06
131	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	20:30
132	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	20:52
133	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	21:20
134	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:31
135	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	26:51
136	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	28:44
137	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	31:30
138	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	33:40
139	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	36:48
140	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	42:46

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Thursday, September 2: Stage 4, Aalter - Ardooie, 166.1 km.

Tim Merlier wins his second stage in this edition of the Benelux Tour. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Ardooie, Belgium at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Mads Pedersen's Trek-Segafredo team.

Mads Pedersen had a clear view of the white line and could taste victory.  The team had just given him a fantastic leadout. The last man in the Trek-Segafredo train, Jasper Stuyven, launched him perfectly. Even an early jump by Danny van Poppel could not deter him.  Mads powered past van Poppel with just the looming finish banner ahead.

But someone was coming up fast on his left. Within meters of the finish, Tim Merlier flew by, snatching what seemed like sure victory away.

A bunched sprint ending is a world like none other. You must be fearless, confident, and have a strong team for help. The preparation begins from kilometer zero and kicks into top gear in the chaotic last kilometers. You need skilled teammates to help you get into the best positioning to exert as little energy as possible and then fast legs.  And, often, you need luck.

“Another perfect lead-out from Edward (Theuns) and Jasper (Stuyven). I had to open the sprint when they started to pass on the right side. Sadly, it was a bit too open on the left side, so Tim could pass there and also pass me at the finish line.  When I go back home, I have to train a bit more in the sprints for next year,” said Mads, not satisfied with second.

“It was nice work from the team today,” continued Mads. “Charlie (Quarterman) did a really good job pulling from almost the beginning, and when we caught back the breakaway, he managed to fight back a few times and help a bit, so it was a really nice job from Charlie today,” he explained.

“The rest of the boys (Matteo Moschetti, Toms Skujins, Ryan Mullen) did a really good job in keeping us out of trouble – there are a lot of troubles in this race – but we didn’t crash, and they managed to deliver me, Jasper, and Edward to the front of the peloton in the deep finale,” he continued. “That was very nice work from them.”

Flawless teamwork. So, what could have been different? We put the question to Mads.

“A little bit faster legs would have been nice, but the rest was perfect,” he said bluntly, then added: “If Danny van Poppel could have kept a half-meter more to the left, it would have been nice because then I would have won the stage.”

There are times when the door is closed, you cannot even move, and times when, if it does open, it’s too late. For Merlier, the door opened in the last meters, and he had fast legs and enough road remaining to rocket past Mads.

The alignment was a little off in today’s sprint. If van Poppel was a little more towards the left barriers, Merlier would not get by, and the outcome would be different.

Today Merlier had lady luck on his side. Next time, Mads turn (we hope!).

Complete results:

166.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.036 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	3hr 36min 29sec
2	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
9	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
12	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
13	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
16	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
18	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
20	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
23	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
25	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
26	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
31	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
34	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
36	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
38	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
40	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
42	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
44	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
48	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
50	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
58	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
72	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
73	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
75	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
80	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
82	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
83	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
95	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
99	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
100	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
101	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
102	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
105	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	@ 27sec
106	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:30
107	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	0:34
109	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
110	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
111	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
112	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:44
113	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
114	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
115	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
119	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
121	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
122	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
125	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
127	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
128	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
129	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
130	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
131	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
132	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	0:46
133	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	0:55
135	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	0:56
136	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	1:05
137	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:15
138	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:19
139	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	1:35
140	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	1:41
141	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	1:54
142	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	3:02
143	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	4:46
144	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
145	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

515.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.728 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	11hr 1min 24sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 13sec
3	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	0:20
4	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:22
6	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:26
7	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
9	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:40
10	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	0:44
12	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	0:45
13	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:46
14	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:48
15	Cees Bol	Team DSM	0:51
16	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
17	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
18	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:00
19	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:02
20	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
21	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	1:14
23	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:15
24	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:16
25	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	1:19
26	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
27	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:21
28	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
30	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	1:32
31	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:36
32	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	1:40
33	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	1:43
34	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1:48
36	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
37	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:49
38	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:50
39	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	1:52
40	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
41	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:53
42	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:55
43	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56
44	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:57
46	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:04
47	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	2:05
48	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07
49	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:11
50	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:14
51	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15
52	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:17
53	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	2:19
55	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
56	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
57	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:24
58	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:25
59	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
60	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	2:28
63	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:31
65	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:32
66	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:34
67	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:35
68	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:38
69	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:39
70	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	2:44
71	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:52
72	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	2:54
73	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	2:56
74	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:57
75	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:09
77	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	3:13
78	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	3:22
79	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	3:23
80	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	3:28
81	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:31
83	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:34
84	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	3:41
85	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	3:42
86	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	3:46
87	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:55
88	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:57
89	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	4:04
90	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	4:09
91	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	4:26
92	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	4:34
93	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	4:35
94	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:40
95	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:41
96	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	4:45
97	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	4:48
98	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4:53
99	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	5:00
100	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	5:01
101	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	5:19
102	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	5:31
103	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	6:18
104	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	6:23
105	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	6:37
106	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	6:39
107	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	6:54
108	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	7:01
109	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	7:06
110	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	7:22
111	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	7:50
112	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	7:52
113	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	8:04
114	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	8:41
115	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	8:42
116	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	9:01
117	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:05
118	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	9:20
119	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	9:23
120	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	9:26
121	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
122	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:28
123	Hector Carretero	Movistar	9:29
124	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:35
125	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:40
126	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	9:46
128	Davide Villella	Movistar	10:05
129	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:22
130	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	10:29
131	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	10:38
132	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	11:56
133	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	12:07
134	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	12:37
135	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	12:40
136	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	13:26
137	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	14:50
138	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	15:44
139	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	15:49
140	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	16:34
141	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	17:03
142	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	18:36
143	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	23:05
144	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	23:22
145	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:56

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Wednesday, September 1: Stage 3, Essen - Hoogerheide, 168.3 km.

Taco van der Hoorn wins the third stage. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Hoogerheide at 2:25 PM, local time: 19C (66F), cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Taco van der Hoorn's Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team.

The Dutchman of the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, already winner after a thrilling breakaway in the Giro d’Italia, repeated the feat on Wednesday in stage 3 of the Benelux Tour (2.WT, 30/08-5/09). Along with five other riders, Taco van der Hoorn broke away early on but never enjoyed much freedom, the maximum gap never even reached 3 minutes.

On an entirely flat course, the sprinter teams had every chance to compete for the honors at Hoogerheide, at the end of this 168 kilometer-long stage. However van der Hoorn breakaway kept resisting valiantly, even after losing a rider 95 kilometers from the finish.

The now quintet constantly battled against the peloton, and their perfect collaboration kept the gap at around one minute 10 kilometers from the finish. A sufficient lead to keep the peloton in check and compete for victory in a five-man sprint. Taco van der Hoorn launched his powerful effort 200 meters from the finish, with no one able to get past him. He grabs therefore his second win in the event and his second also this season. Danny van Poppel took eighth place on the stage, taking third place in the peloton’s sprint.

"It is fantastic when a plan comes together! When analyzing the parcours I discovered that this stage was perfect for a breakaway because of the small roads. At first, I missed the breakaway because I expected it to be formed on a large road instead of a small one. But thanks to the help of my teammates I managed to join the leaders. Actually the peloton could have known that it was dangerous to let us go, because the composition of our group was really strong. Riders like Durbridge are really powerful! But also tactically we were strong.

"We rode a good pace from the beginning and left something for the final. Our turns in the front were equally divided, so we used our energy optimally. I planned to make use of the little hill in the final kilometer to attack, but Battistella prevented me to do it. I wasn’t confident for the sprint, but thanks to good positioning and timing I managed to take the victory! I’m really happy!" - Taco van der Hoorn

Complete results: 168.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.820 km/hr

1	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3hr 40min 23sec
2	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
3	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
4	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
6	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
7	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
13	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
16	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
19	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
20	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
22	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
26	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
27	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
31	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
32	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
37	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
43	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
46	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
47	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
48	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
52	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
55	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
56	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
57	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
58	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
59	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
61	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
62	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
65	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
69	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
73	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	0:42
82	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
83	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
87	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
88	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
89	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	1:06
96	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
98	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
101	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
102	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
103	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
104	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
106	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:16
107	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	1:24
108	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	1:40
109	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
110	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
111	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1:59
112	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
115	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
116	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
117	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
119	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
121	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
123	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
124	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
125	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
128	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
129	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:38
131	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	2:47
132	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:52
134	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
135	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	3:27
136	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	3:39
137	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	3:44
139	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
140	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	3:59
142	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
143	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	4:58
144	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	6:31
145	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
146	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:34
147	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
148	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

349.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.065 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	7hr 24min 55sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 19sec
3	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
4	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	0:22
5	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
6	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:26
7	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:29
8	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
9	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	0:42
10	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	0:46
11	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:48
13	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	0:50
14	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
15	Cees Bol	Team DSM	0:51
16	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
17	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
18	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:00
19	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:06
20	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
21	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	1:14
23	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:15
24	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:16
25	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	1:19
26	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
27	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:21
28	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
30	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	1:32
31	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:36
32	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	1:40
33	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	1:43
34	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:43
35	Lluis Mas	Movistar	1:48
36	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:49
37	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:50
39	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	1:53
40	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
41	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:55
43	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56
44	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:57
46	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:04
47	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	2:05
48	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07
49	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:11
50	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	2:13
51	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:14
52	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15
53	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:17
54	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	2:19
56	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
57	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
58	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:24
59	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:25
60	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	2:27
64	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	2:28
65	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:31
67	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:32
68	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:34
70	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:35
71	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:38
72	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:39
73	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:41
74	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	2:44
75	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:52
76	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:56
77	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:57
79	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
80	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	3:13
81	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
82	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	3:22
83	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	3:23
84	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	3:28
85	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:31
86	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:34
87	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	3:46
88	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	3:51
89	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:56
90	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:57
91	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	4:00
92	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	4:04
93	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	4:09
94	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	4:14
95	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	4:17
96	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	4:26
97	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	4:34
98	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:41
99	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	4:45
100	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	4:47
101	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4:53
102	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	5:00
103	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	5:23
104	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	5:41
105	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	5:59
106	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	6:18
107	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	6:23
109	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	6:31
110	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	6:39
111	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	6:45
112	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	7:06
113	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	7:08
114	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	7:20
115	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	7:42
116	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	7:50
117	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	8:17
118	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:21
119	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	8:40
120	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	8:41
121	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	8:42
122	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
123	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:44
124	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	8:56
125	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	9:02
127	Albert Torres	Movistar	9:13
128	Davide Villella	Movistar	9:28
129	Hector Carretero	Movistar	9:29
130	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	9:33
131	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:35
132	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:38
133	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	9:40
134	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	9:45
135	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	9:46
136	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	10:13
137	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	11:25
138	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	11:53
139	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	11:56
140	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	13:50
141	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	14:50
142	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	15:28
143	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	15:44
144	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	15:49
145	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	16:34
146	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	18:19
147	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	22:38
148	Ludwig De Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:12

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Tuesday, August 31: Stage 2, Lelystad 11.1-kilometer individual time trial

Stefan Bissegger riding to both a stage win and the GC leadership. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the race city of Lelystad at 2:10 PM, local time: 19C (66F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Edoardo Affini's Jumbo-Visma team.

Edoardo Affini has finished second in the eleven kilometre individual time trial in the Benelux Tour. In Lelystad, the Italian of Team Jumbo-Visma clocked a time of 12:23 and had to concede fifteen seconds to Stefan Bissegger. Dutch champion Tom Dumoulin finished in sixth place at twenty-three seconds.

For a long time it looked like Affini was on his way to his first win of the season, but he eventually had to settle for his third second place finish in a time trial this year. Earlier he was second in the opening time trial of the Giro and a few weeks later he was second in the Italian championship.

“I am of course disappointed with the result, but not with my performance”, Affini said. “I think I have done a good time trial. I was hopeful that I could possibly win the stage when other specialists went slower. In the end, fifteen seconds is a lot and I don’t have to reflect about whether I could have done things differently. I really gave everything I had; one guy was just faster. To finish among some of the best TT specialists today gives me confidence and a good feeling towards the European and World Time Trial Championship.”

Mike Teunissen, who started the time trial in fourth place overall, was not satisfied with his performance. “I had hoped to be able to ride a good time trial here. But I wasn’t good enough today. I did not have the right speed in the second part of the course and then you know you’re going to lose way too much time. That’s a pity, especially after I had good hopes yesterday. However, this gives a realistic picture of the balance of power. For the rest of the week, our tactics will not change. We have to gain time from now on and who knows, maybe we can still ride a good classification.”

Complete results:

11.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.890 k/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	12min 8sec
2	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	@ 15sec
3	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
4	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:21
5	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:22
6	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	0:23
7	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	0:24
8	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:26
9	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:29
10	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:31
11	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
12	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	0:35
13	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	0:36
14	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	0:38
16	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	0:39
17	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
18	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:40
20	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	0:44
21	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	0:45
23	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	0:46
24	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:49
28	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	0:50
29	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
30	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:51
31	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
32	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
33	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	0:52
35	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
36	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
40	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
41	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	0:56
42	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	0:57
44	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
47	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
48	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	0:59
49	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1:00
51	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
52	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
55	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	1:01
56	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:02
57	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Danny van Poppel	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:06
59	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
60	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:07
61	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:08
63	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
65	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	1:10
69	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
70	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	1:12
71	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:13
72	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	1:14
73	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
74	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
75	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
76	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
77	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
78	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	1:15
79	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
80	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	1:16
81	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:16
83	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	1:17
84	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	1:18
86	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
87	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	1:19
88	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:20
90	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
91	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	1:21
93	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:22
94	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
95	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
96	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:23
99	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:24
100	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:25
101	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:27
102	Aime de Gendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:28
103	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
105	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	1:31
106	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
109	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	1:33
110	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:34
111	Boy van Poppel	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:35
112	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:36
113	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
114	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:37
115	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
116	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
117	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	1:40
118	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:41
119	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	1:42
121	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:43
122	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:46
124	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:47
125	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
126	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:48
127	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
128	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	1:49
129	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:52
130	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
131	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
132	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	1:53
133	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
135	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	1:55
136	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:56
137	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
138	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	1:58
139	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	1:59
140	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
141	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	2:01
142	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	2:04
143	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	2:10
144	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	2:12
145	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	2:13
146	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	2:16
147	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	2:19
148	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	2:34
149	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	2:35

GC after stage 2:

180.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 48.301 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	3hr 44min 28sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@19sec
3	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
4	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:22
5	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	0:26
6	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:29
7	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
8	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	0:39
9	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	0:42
10	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	0:46
11	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:48
13	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	0:50
14	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
15	Cees Bol	Team DSM	0:51
16	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
18	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:00
20	Danny van Poppel	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:06
21	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
22	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:12
24	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	1:14
25	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	1:15
26	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:16
27	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	1:19
28	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
29	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:21
30	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
32	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:23
33	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	1:29
34	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	1:32
35	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:35
36	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:36
37	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	1:40
39	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	1:42
40	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	1:43
41	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	1:47
43	Lluis Mas	Movistar	1:48
44	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:49
45	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:50
48	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	1:53
49	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
51	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:55
52	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
53	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56
54	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:57
56	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	2:04
57	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	2:05
58	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	2:06
59	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	2:07
60	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
61	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	2:10
62	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:11
63	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
64	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	2:13
65	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:14
66	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15
68	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:17
69	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:18
71	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:19
72	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
73	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
74	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
75	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
76	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	2:24
77	Aime De Gendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	2:25
78	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	2:28
81	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:31
83	Boy van Poppel	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	2:32
84	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:34
85	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	2:35
86	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
87	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:38
88	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:44
90	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:45
91	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
92	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	2:46
93	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	2:49
94	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
95	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
97	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	2:56
98	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	2:58
99	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	3:07
100	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	3:09
101	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	3:13
102	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	3:22
103	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	3:26
104	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	3:32
105	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:34
106	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	3:40
107	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	3:46
108	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	4:02
109	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	4:04
110	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	4:21
111	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	6:18
112	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	6:23
113	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:26
114	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	6:31
115	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	6:33
116	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	6:39
117	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	6:42
118	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	6:47
119	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
120	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	6:48
121	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:49
122	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
123	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	6:59
124	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	7:01
125	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	7:02
127	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	7:06
128	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	7:07
129	Albert Torres	Movistar	7:18
130	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	7:20
131	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	7:23
132	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	7:30
133	Davide Villella	Movistar	7:33
134	Hector Carretero	Movistar	7:34
135	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	7:39
136	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	7:40
137	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:43
138	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	7:45
139	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	7:51
140	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	7:57
141	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	8:03
142	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	8:21
143	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	14:26
144	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	14:42
145	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	14:56
146	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	15:08
147	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	15:32
148	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	15:42
149	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	15:49

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Monday, August 30: Stage 1, Surhuisterveen - Dokkum, 169.6 km

Tim Merlier wins the first stage in Dokkum. Photo: Benelux Tour

Weather at the finish city of Dokkum at 2:45 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Alvaro Hodeg's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Alvaro Hodeg continued to show the strong legs that have recently netted him wins at the Tour de l’Ain and GP Marcel Kint, finishing on the podium of the Benelux Tour flat stage 1, which was far from being a straightforward day in the saddle, as the strong crosswinds ripped the peloton to pieces.

Because of the wind, the riders formed echelons. Photo: Benelux Tour

A group of around 30 men was left in the front with 40 kilometers to go, Deceuninck – Quick-Step being among the few teams to be well represented. Unfortunately, a couple of broken spokes in his front wheel just 29 kilometers from the finish saw recent Brussels Cycling Classic winner Remco Evenepoel drop out of the group, who continued to ride at a crazy pace, shedding riders out the back. Attacks soon came, just before the Golden Kilometer, and Kasper Asgreen was among those testing the waters with an acceleration that brought him a bonus second.

Despite some more attempts, the stage concluded in a reduced bunch sprint, where Alvaro Hodeg kicked out after being brought to the front by Stijn Steels, and took third place behind Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix). It was the 24-year-old Colombian’s fifth top 3 finish of the season, one that puts him on the overall podium of the race ahead of the individual time trial. The second group, containing Evenepoel, arrived almost one minute later having reduced their original 1:30 deficit in the last five kilometers.

“Today we raced full gas from the start, it was an insane speed of over 48km/h and you could feel in that in the legs as we approached the finish, especially after a whole hour spent in the echelons, where you had to do your best to remain in the group. The legs were a bit empty and the headwind made things even more difficult, but I somehow managed to be in the top 3, which is a good result after such a hard stage”, Alvaro said.

Complete results:

169.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.925 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	3hr 32min 20sec
2	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
9	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
18	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
22	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
23	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
24	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
25	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
26	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
27	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
29	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
30	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	@ 57sec
35	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
36	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
39	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
44	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
47	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
52	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
64	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
66	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
69	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
70	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
71	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
74	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
76	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
77	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
81	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
83	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
84	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
85	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
94	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
95	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
96	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
98	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
100	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	1:51
101	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
105	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
106	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	2:19
107	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	2:26
109	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:08
111	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	3:24
112	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	5:39
113	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	5:47
114	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
116	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
120	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
121	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
123	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
124	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
125	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
128	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
131	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
132	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
135	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
136	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
137	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
139	Julius van Ddn Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
140	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
142	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
143	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
144	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	13:50
145	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
146	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
147	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
148	Ludwig de Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
149	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	3hr 32min 10sec
2	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:06
4	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:07
7	Lukas Postlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	0:08
9	Kasper Asgreen	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
10	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
11	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
12	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
14	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
22	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
25	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
26	Reinardt Van Rensburg	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
27	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
28	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Logan Owen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
31	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Stijn Steels	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:07
35	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
36	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
39	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
44	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Barnabas Peak	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
47	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
52	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Julien Duval	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
64	Alexis Renard	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
66	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
69	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
70	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
71	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Mads Wurtz Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
74	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
76	Alexander Konychev	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
77	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
81	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Sean De Bie	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
83	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
84	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
85	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Gijs van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Jasper ee Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
94	Mitchell Docker	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
95	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
96	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
98	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
100	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	2:01
101	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
105	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
106	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	2:29
107	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	2:36
109	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	2:36
110	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:18
111	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	3:34
112	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	5:49
113	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	5:57
114	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
116	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
120	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
121	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
123	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
124	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
125	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
128	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Thomas ee Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
131	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
132	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
135	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
136	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
137	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Fumiyuki Beppu	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
139	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
140	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
142	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
143	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
144	Lasse Norman Hansen	Qhubeka-NextHash	14:00
145	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-NextHash	s.t.
146	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
147	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
148	Ludwig De Winter	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
149	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.