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Saturday (Samedi), September 19: 5th & Final Stage, Mersch - Luxembourg, 177 km

Andreas Kron takes the final stage with GC winner Diego Ulissi in yellow, right next to him. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Luxembourg at 1:50 PM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: GC winner Diego Ulissi's UAE-Team Emirates posted this:

With second place in the finish of the 5th and final stage, Diego Ulissi has put the final seal on the success in the general classification of the Tour de Luxembourg.

In the final stage (Mersch-Luxembourg, 177 km), the UAE Team Emirates leader was bettered in the sprint by Andreas Kron (Riwal Securitas).

The second spot was enough for Ulissi to win the race, with a margin of 25″ over Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Pro) and 27″ over Aimé De Gendt (Circus-Wanty Gobert).

The Italian rider also won the points ranking.

The seasonal victory haul for UAE Team Emirates now rises to 27 wins.

Ulissi: “I am very happy to have won the overall standings: three wins in five days, I couldn’t have asked for better for me and for UAE Team Emirates. Today’s stage was exciting, the course was challenging, with an important split in the final.  The team worked well today at the head of the group. Too bad we didn’t win the stage, but that’s okay, with the overall win in the bag.

Now I’ll head to the World Championships full of confidence”.

Complete Results:

177 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.702 km/hr

1	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	4hr 8min 42sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
5	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
6	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
8	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 6sec
9	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
10	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
11	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	9''
14	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	11''
15	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	15''
16	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	17''
17	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
18	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	19''
20	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29''
21	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
22	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31''
23	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	55''
28	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	1' 01''
29	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	1' 03''
30	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 10''
31	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
33	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
35	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	1' 15''
36	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
39	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
42	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
44	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
45	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	1' 38''
46	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	1' 40''
47	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	1' 45''
49	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	1' 53''
50	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	2' 09''
51	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
53	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	3' 26''
54	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	3' 32''
55	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	3' 56''
56	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4' 00''
58	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Davide Martinelli	Astana	4' 20''
60	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	4' 57''
61	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	5' 36''
64	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
65	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	6' 23''
66	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
67	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
68	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
69	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	8' 20''
72	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
75	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
77	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
78	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
79	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
80	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
81	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
82	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
83	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
85	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
86	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
91	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
92	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
95	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	8' 34''
97	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	8' 49''
98	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	9' 49''
99	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	9' 51''
100	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	28' 03''
101	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
102	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
103	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Diego Ulissi (UAE-Team Emirates)
• Mountains classification winner: Baptiste Planckaert (Bingoal-WB)
• Points classification winner: Diego Ulissi (UAE-Team Emirates)
• Best young rider: Andreas Kron (Riwal Securitas)
• Team Classification winner: Ag2r La Mondiale

712 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.036 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	16hr 32min 39sec
2	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	@ 25sec
3	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	27''
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	35''
5	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	38''
6	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	44''
7	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	47''
8	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	48''
9	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	50''
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	54''
11	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	59''
12	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	1' 05''
13	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	1' 25''
14	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	1' 37''
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	2' 26''
16	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	2' 34''
17	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 44''
18	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	2' 48''
19	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	3' 13''
20	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	3' 20''
21	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 26''
22	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	3' 29''
23	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	3' 34''
24	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
26	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	3' 38''
27	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3' 40''
28	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	3' 50''
29	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	4' 15''
31	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4' 35''
32	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	4' 37''
33	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 42''
34	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	4' 44''
35	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5' 00''
36	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	5' 02''
37	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	5' 29''
38	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	5' 54''
39	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	5' 59''
40	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	6' 12''
41	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	8' 12''
42	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	8' 32''
43	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	8' 42''
44	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 45''
46	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	8' 46''
47	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	8' 47''
48	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	8' 54''
49	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9' 15''
50	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	10' 20''
51	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	10' 39''
52	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
53	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	10' 53''
54	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11' 04''
55	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	11' 18''
56	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	12' 25''
57	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	12' 38''
58	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	13' 35''
60	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	13' 43''
61	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	14' 01''
62	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	14' 38''
63	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	15' 21''
64	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	18' 28''
65	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	19' 14''
66	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	19' 27''
67	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	19' 30''
68	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	19' 39''
69	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	20' 04''
70	Davide Martinelli	Astana	20' 07''
71	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	20' 11''
72	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	20' 34''
73	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	21' 09''
74	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	21' 21''
75	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	21' 55''
76	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	21' 58''
77	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	22' 14''
78	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	23' 02''
79	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	23' 05''
80	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	23' 06''
81	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	23' 12''
82	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23' 41''
83	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	23' 54''
84	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	24' 23''
85	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	24' 58''
86	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	25' 11''
87	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26' 03''
88	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	26' 45''
89	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	27' 42''
90	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	27' 48''
91	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE Team Emirates	27' 58''
92	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	28' 00''
93	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	29' 49''
94	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	30' 36''
95	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	34' 26''
96	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	36' 16''
97	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	39' 06''
98	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	43' 39''
99	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	43' 47''
100	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	45' 00''
101	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	45' 37''
102	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	47' 13''
103	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	55' 19''

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Friday (Vendredi), September 18: Stage 4, Rodange - Differdange, 201 km

Diego Ulissi takes stage four. Sirotti pnoto

Weather at the finish city of Differdange at 3:00 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 23 km/hr (14 mph).

The race: Here's what stage winner Diego Ulissi's UAE-Team Emirates posted.

Diego Ulissi put down a strong marker today on stage 4 of the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg, the veteran claiming the stage win in a reduced group sprint between four riders.

After much work in the crosswinds early-on from the ever-present Oliveira twins, the puncheur went clear with 7km to go in a group containing fellow race favourite Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) before taking his second win of the race.

Ulissi: “Today’s stage was very hard, we were fighting crosswinds all day. The team keep me out of trouble and set me up well on the last climb. I attacked with 10km to go with a group with Wellens. My legs are feeling great and I hope to hang on to the overall tomorrow. After the work the team did today I am confident about it.”

Tomorrow the team will aim to defend the jersey on the final stage from Mersch to Luxembourg city (177km).

Complete Results:

201 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.259 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	4hr 45min 23sec
2	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
3	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
5	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 15sec
6	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
7	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
9	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
11	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
12	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	18''
14	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	24''
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	58''
16	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	1' 44''
18	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 46''
19	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
22	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
26	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
27	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
29	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
30	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
31	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
37	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
38	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
39	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
44	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
48	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1' 51''
50	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
51	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	3' 24''
52	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	3' 31''
53	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 38''
55	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
58	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	4' 17''
59	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	4' 48''
60	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
63	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
64	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
66	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	5' 05''
67	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	7' 13''
68	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	8' 07''
70	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
73	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	10' 23''
77	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
78	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
80	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
82	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	11' 07''
83	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	11' 50''
84	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
86	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
88	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	12' 25''
90	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	13' 44''
91	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
92	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
93	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
95	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
97	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Davide Martinelli	Astana	s.t.
99	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
100	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
101	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
104	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
107	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
109	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	20' 27''
110	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
111	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
112	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	s.t.
113	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
114	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
115	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
116	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
117	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

535 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.116 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	12hr 24min 7sec
2	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	17''
3	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	19''
4	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	21''
5	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	31''
6	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	34''
7	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	38''
8	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
11	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
12	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	40''
13	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	47''
14	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	58''
15	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	1' 21''
16	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
17	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 59''
18	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 03''
19	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 06''
20	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	2' 09''
21	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
24	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
25	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
26	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
27	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
28	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
30	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	2' 20''
32	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
33	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	2' 25''
34	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2' 34''
38	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	2' 46''
39	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	2' 48''
40	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	3' 14''
41	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	3' 26''
42	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	3' 40''
43	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	3' 47''
44	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 54''
45	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	3' 55''
46	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 01''
47	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	4' 09''
48	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	4' 09''
49	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4' 21''
50	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
51	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	4' 51''
52	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5' 05''
53	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
54	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	5' 11''
55	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	5' 27''
56	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	6' 08''
57	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	6' 27''
58	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	6' 29''
59	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	6' 47''
60	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
61	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	6' 58''
62	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	7' 17''
63	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 18''
64	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	8' 20''
65	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	8' 30''
66	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	10' 53''
67	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	10' 57''
68	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	11' 09''
69	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11' 13''
70	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	11' 34''
71	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	11' 41''
72	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	11' 43''
73	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	13' 05''
74	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	13' 20''
75	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	13' 27''
76	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	13' 44''
77	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	14' 01''
78	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	14' 14''
79	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 32''
80	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	14' 35''
81	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	14' 46''
82	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	14' 50''
83	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15' 11''
84	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	15' 24''
85	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	15' 25''
86	Davide Martinelli	Astana	15' 37''
87	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	15' 41''
88	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	15' 53''
89	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	16' 28''
90	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	16' 33''
91	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	16' 47''
92	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	16' 48''
93	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	17' 24''
94	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17' 33''
95	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	17' 59''
96	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	18' 15''
97	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18' 38''
98	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	19' 00''
99	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19' 12''
100	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	19' 28''
101	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	20' 01''
102	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	20' 50''
103	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
104	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	21' 41''
105	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	22' 06''
106	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	23' 38''
107	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	24' 03''
108	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	24' 27''
109	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	27' 06''
110	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	27' 32''
111	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	31' 18''
112	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	32' 34''
113	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	35' 09''
114	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	35' 45''
115	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	36' 38''
116	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	37' 07''
117	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	37' 14''

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Thursday (Jeudi), September 17: Stage 3, Rosport - Schifflange, 159.8 km

John Degenkolb is the day's fast man. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Schifflange at 1:45 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Stage winner John Degenkolb's Lotto-Soudal team sent me this:

John Degenkolb sprinted to his first 2020 win in Skoda Tour de Luxembourg. In a bunch sprint John was the fastest in Schifflange. The 31-year-old German preceded Eduard Grosu and Pieter Vanspeybrouck. It is his first victory for team Lotto Soudal.

John Degenkolb:
“We had something to make up after two difficult opening stages here in Luxembourg. Especially since Tomasz Marczyński and Harm Vanhoucke could not start this morning because of the isolation measures. That was a setback for Lotto Soudal and we only started the stage with four remaining riders.”

“I was well protected end kept out of the wind by my teammates. We are working together so well. In the final kilometers Tosh Van der Sande did a tremendous job leading me out. I am so so happy with victory. It is nice to give something back to the team and the fact that this is my first win for Lotto Soudal makes it extra special.”

“This win comes only 19 days after my crash in the opening stage in Tour de France. This victory is a sign that I was in a really good shape starting the Tour. The knee is getting better, at the moment I don’t feel pain anymore.

“There are still some chances left for the team in the next two stages, but not for me. I will support Tim, Tosh and Phil in the next stages. Tim is feeling better and better and can target the general classification.”

“I am also selected for the world championships next week. This selection might come as a surprise for some, but today’s win is proof of my good form. The course in Imola does not suit my characteristics, so I will ride in a support role for Germany.”

Results:

159.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.447 km/hr

1	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	3hr 35min 43sec
2	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
3	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
4	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
6	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
7	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
11	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
13	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
16	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
18	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
19	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
20	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
21	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
22	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
24	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
25	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
27	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
28	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
30	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
32	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
33	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
34	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
36	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
37	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
39	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
41	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
44	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
46	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
47	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
48	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
50	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
52	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
54	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
56	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
64	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
75	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
76	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Davide Martinelli	Astana	13''
79	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	16''
80	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	40''
81	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
82	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
83	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	43''
84	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	47''
85	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	1' 11''
86	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
87	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	1' 15''
92	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
93	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 16''
94	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 26''
96	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	1' 35''
97	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	1' 42''
98	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	1' 47''
99	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
100	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
101	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
102	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2' 00''
103	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	2' 02''
104	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	2' 45''
105	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	0''
106	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	3' 01''
107	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	3' 43''
109	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
111	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
112	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	4' 20''
113	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
114	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
115	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	5' 02''
116	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
117	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	7' 22''
118	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	11' 14''
119	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	11' 15''
120	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
121	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	13' 42''
122	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
123	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
124	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù-KTM	s.t.
125	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
128	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

334.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.654 km/hr

1	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	7hr 38min 49sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 5sec
3	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9''
4	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	11''
5	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12''
6	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	15''
8	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	16''
10	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	17''
12	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
13	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18''
14	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
17	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
19	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
20	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
22	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
25	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
26	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
30	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
31	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
34	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
36	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
37	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
38	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
39	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
41	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù-KTM	29''
42	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
43	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
44	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	34''
46	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
47	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	38''
51	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
52	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	41''
54	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	43''
55	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	57''
57	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	1' 01''
60	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	1' 06''
61	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	1' 18''
62	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	1' 23''
63	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 34''
64	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	1' 35''
65	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
66	Davide Martinelli	Astana	1' 48''
67	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	1' 49''
68	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1' 52''
69	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	1' 54''
70	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù-KTM	2' 04''
71	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
72	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	2' 09''
73	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 18''
74	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	2' 19''
76	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 24''
77	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	2' 39''
78	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	2' 44''
79	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 01''
80	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 16''
81	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	3' 22''
82	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	3' 30''
83	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	3' 31''
84	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	3' 35''
85	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 44''
86	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	4' 10''
87	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	4' 17''
88	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	4' 26''
89	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	4' 31''
90	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	4' 51''
91	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	4' 52''
92	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	4' 53''
93	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5' 01''
94	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	5' 03''
95	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	5' 11''
96	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5' 23''
97	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	5' 34''
98	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	5' 43''
99	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	5' 49''
100	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	6' 02''
101	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	6' 23''
102	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	6' 27''
103	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	6' 34''
104	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6' 43''
105	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	7' 00''
106	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	7' 04''
107	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù-KTM	8' 07''
108	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
109	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	9' 00''
110	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	9' 30''
111	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	9' 44''
112	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	10' 38''
113	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11' 39''
114	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	12' 02''
115	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	13' 10''
116	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14' 16''
117	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	14' 37''
118	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	15' 39''
119	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	16' 35''
120	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	17' 04''
121	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	17' 26''
122	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	17' 29''
123	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	19' 50''
124	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù-KTM	19' 57''
125	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	21' 56''
126	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	22' 05''
127	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	22' 49''
128	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	24' 44''

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Wendesday (Mercredi), September 16: Stage 2, Remich - Hesperange, 160.8 40.5 km

Arnaud Démare zooms to another race win. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Hesperange at 1:50 PM, local time: 31C (87F), fair, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The race: The riders were concerned about the safety of the route and after 18 km they neutralized a large part of the stage in protest. The riders and race management came to an agreement and the peloton raced 40.5 kilometers around Hesperange.

Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Démare's Groupama-FDJ team:

The collection starts again for the French champion. After a tough opening stage on Tuesday, Arnaud Démare found his way back to victory in the second stage of the Tour de Luxembourg on Wednesday.

After a very special day, during which the peloton neutralized the race for 100 kilometers due to a lack of safety, the Frenchman made the most of a good teamwork to get his tenth win of the season, making him the most successful rider of the international peloton.

No less than 160 kilometers were on the menu of the Tour de Luxembourg’s second stage between Remich and Hesperange on Wednesday. Eventually, the riders only did 60 kilometers of racing: the first twenty and the last forty. In-between these two sections, the bunch got united and imposed neutralization due to insufficient safety on the race.

The riders explain their complaints about road safety. Sirotti photo

“It was quite a special day, confirmed Frédéric Guesdon. From the start, some went to complain to the commissaires after the problems that occurred during yesterday’s stage. We then entered a circuit of twenty kilometers and a few cars entered the race’s course. It made everyone angry and a few guys stepped forward to say “this is enough, let’s stop before it gets too serious!”. It just happened quite quickly, and everyone got it pretty well, including the organizers after a twenty-minute discussion. It’s not really their fault, because it’s not easy to control everything in Luxembourg. The rules are different and it’s difficult to completely block the roads and put people at every intersection”.

“It’s a shame that it happens here, because there is everything to have a great race: great roads, great courses, great weather, a great field. Let’s say that there was no accident, that the neutralization happened early enough so that is the main thing,” Frédéric concluded on the topic. “We know that it’s hard to organize races currently, and it is all the more difficult to give a rant”, confessed Arnaud. “Unfortunately, security was not enough, neither yesterday nor this morning and all the riders found it logical to protest. Our sport is quite dangerous, it should not be made even more complicated with cars on our way”.

Following this unanimous decision, accepted by the organization and the commissaires, the riders then progressed for a hundred kilometers without actually racing. “When the neutralization started, we thought it was going to be long,” admitted Frédéric. “Actually it did not feel that long. It eventually passed quite quickly with the good roads and scenery. It was done at a decent pace and we were able to refuel the riders 2-3 times before arriving on the final circuit”. The 20-kilometer circuit was to be repeated twice and included a short climb. “It was a 500-meter climb at 6-7%. We knew Arnaud was going to get over it, and moreover the finish was not at the top. In case of, we could always come back after, we weren’t worried.”

However, the team had to be ready for a fierce last hour of racing. “Little by little, the guys got back in the race context,” explained Frédéric. “We knew it was going to start again very fast, so we had to be up and running right away and that’s what they managed to do.” A few attacks naturally came from the peloton, but the latter never left much room, in particular thanks to Ignatas Konovalovas for Groupama-FDJ. The whole team finally got back in front of the bunch in the wake of the Luxembourg champion Kevin Geniets, as they entered the last ten kilometers, in order to tackle the final climb in the best conditions.

Arnaud Démare and the last three men on his train were able to get over it in a good position and then organize themselves for the sprint. Miles Scotson took the lead ahead of Ramon Sinkeldam, Jacopo Guarnieri and their leader. “Arnaud still had some guys by his side and they really did their job at the right time,” said Frédéric.

The Groupama-FDJ lead-out train did not drop from the front row during the last kilometre and Arnaud Démare was thus perfectly launched with 200 meters to go. Behind him, Jasper Philipsen never seemed able to come back up. “There was great team work,” said the French champion. “We knew that the last 500 meters were very tortuous, we were in front and no one pulled us back. It’s the clearest sprint I’ve been able to make since the start of the year. At no time was I rubbed in the last kilometre, it was a very clean sprint. This is my tenth victory of the season; it’s amazing. Being now the world most successful rider is also quite symbolic, it means something”. “It’s no surprise,” Frédéric said. “We know that Arnaud has the qualities to net a large number of victories over a year”.

At the top of his game since the season restarted at the end of July, Arnaud Démare will have the opportunity to add an eleventh victory on Thursday. “We will see from day to day, and even if it will be a little more complicated tomorrow, I think it is still doable for Arnaud”, concluded Frédéric.

Complete results:

40.5 kilomters raced at an average speed of 48.503 km/hr

1	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	50min 6sec
2	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
4	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
5	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
6	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
8	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
10	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3''
12	Davide Martinelli	Astana	s.t.
13	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	s.t.
14	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
17	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
19	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
21	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
23	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
25	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
26	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
27	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
29	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
32	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
34	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
35	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
36	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
40	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
41	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
42	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
43	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
44	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
45	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
48	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
49	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
50	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
51	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
57	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
58	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
59	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
61	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
64	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
65	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
68	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
70	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
72	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
73	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
74	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
75	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
78	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
80	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
81	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
82	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
83	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
85	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
89	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
94	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
98	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
100	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
101	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 24sec
104	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	38''
105	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	1' 09''
106	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
108	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 20''
109	Matteo De Bonis	Vini Zabù KTM	1' 30''
110	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	1' 46''
111	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
112	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
114	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
115	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
117	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
118	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
119	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
121	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
122	Andrea Bartolozzi	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
123	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	2' 59''
124	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	3' 11''
125	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	3' 20''
126	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	3' 38''
128	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
130	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
131	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	3' 54''
132	Raphaël Kockelmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	4' 15''
133	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù KTM	4' 25''
134	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	5' 57''
135	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	6' 00''
136	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
137	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Pro Cycling	11' 20''

GC after stage 2:

174 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.031 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	4hr 3min 11sec
2	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 4sec
3	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
4	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
5	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	6''
6	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	7''
7	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10''
8	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	12''
10	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13''
11	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
16	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
17	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
18	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
19	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
20	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
21	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
25	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
26	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
29	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
30	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
31	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
35	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
36	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
37	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
38	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
39	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
40	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
42	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù KTM	24''
43	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
44	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
45	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
47	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	26''
48	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	29''
49	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
51	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	33''
57	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
59	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
60	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	36''
61	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	38''
62	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
63	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	49''
65	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	52''
66	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	1' 01''
69	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1' 03''
70	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	1' 19''
71	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	1' 28''
72	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Davide Martinelli	Astana	1' 30''
74	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	1' 30''
75	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
76	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1' 47''
77	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	1' 48''
78	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
80	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 51''
81	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù KTM	1' 59''
82	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
83	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	2' 04''
84	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 13''
85	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	2' 14''
86	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 17''
87	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	2' 18''
88	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 19''
89	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
90	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	2' 46''
91	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
92	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 56''
93	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 11''
96	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
97	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
98	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	3' 12''
99	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	3' 17''
100	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
101	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 31''
103	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3' 39''
104	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	3' 42''
105	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
106	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
107	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
109	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	3' 53''
110	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	3' 55''
111	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	3' 58''
112	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	4' 10''
113	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	4' 19''
114	Matteo De Bonis	Vini Zabù KTM	4' 23''
115	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	4' 26''
116	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	4' 27''
117	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	4' 48''
118	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5' 22''
119	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	5' 44''
120	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	5' 57''
121	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù KTM	6' 10''
122	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	6' 18''
123	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	6' 22''
124	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7' 14''
125	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	8' 09''
126	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	8' 14''
127	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	8' 18''
128	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	9' 02''
129	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	9' 25''
130	Andrea Bartolozzi	Vini Zabù KTM	9' 34''
131	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	9' 39''
132	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12' 23''
133	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	14' 43''
134	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
135	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Pro Cycling	17' 53''
136	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	21' 54''
137	Raphaël Kockelmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	22' 31''

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Tuesday (Mardi) September 15: Stage 1, Luxembourg - Luxembourg, 133.5 km

Diego Ulissi takes the first stage. Bettini photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Luxembourg at 2:10 PM, local time: 32C (89F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Diego Ulissi's UAE-Team Emirates.

Diego Ulissi put in a confident performance to take his first win of the season on stage 1 of the Skoda-Tour of Luxembourg (2.Pro). After being set up nicely by his teammates, the Italian made one of his trademark punchy attacks on the final incline which came with 1km to go.

As the group came back Ulissi eased off before pouncing with 250m to go and holding off until the line.

Jasper Philipsen and Rui Oliveira finished off a strong team performance with 5th an 6th respectively on the stage.

Ulissi: “The team did a great job today, setting me up perfectly for my attack in the last kilometer. I did a good sprint, finally managing to get my first win of the season after so many placings. The stage in general wasn’t too hard, but the final 20 km were complicated, especially the last thousand meters, where luckily I had great legs”.

Ulissi will now wear the yellow leader’s jersey heading into stage 2 from Remich to Hesperange (160.8k) which features a hilly finishing circuit.

Complete results:

133.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.449 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	3hr 13min 15sec
2	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
3	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
4	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
5	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
8	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
9	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
13	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
15	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
16	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
17	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
20	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
22	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
23	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
24	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
25	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
29	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
30	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
31	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
33	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
36	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
38	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
40	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	11''
42	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
45	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
46	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
47	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	16''
48	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
50	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
56	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	20''
57	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
59	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
60	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	23''
61	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25''
62	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
63	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	36''
65	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	39''
66	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
68	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	50''
69	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	51''
70	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	1' 00''
71	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 03''
72	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	1' 06''
73	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1' 15''
74	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
75	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
77	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	1' 17''
78	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Davide Martinell	Astana	s.t.
80	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1' 35''
82	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
85	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	1' 46''
88	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
89	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
90	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
91	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 00''
92	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	2' 02''
93	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 04''
94	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	2' 06''
97	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
98	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 16''
100	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	2' 23''
101	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
105	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	2' 27''
106	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	2' 30''
107	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	2' 33''
108	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
109	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2' 43''
110	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
112	Matteo De Bonis	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
113	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	2' 59''
114	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	3' 04''
116	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
117	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
118	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	3' 18''
119	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3' 26''
120	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
121	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
122	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	3' 32''
123	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
124	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	4' 14''
125	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	5' 14''
128	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	6' 13''
129	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
131	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
133	Andrea Bartolozzi	Vini Zabù KTM	7' 38''
134	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	12' 47''
135	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Raphaël Kockelmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	18' 06''
137	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	3h 13' 15''

GC after stage 1:

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	3hr 13min 2sec
2	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 7sec
3	Eduard Michael Grosu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
4	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	12''
5	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13''
6	Jasper Philipsen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Rui Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
10	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Mathias De Witte	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
14	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
16	Jan Bakelants	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
17	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
18	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	August Jensen	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
21	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Andreas Kron	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
23	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	James Shaw	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
25	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
26	Ivan Centrone	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
29	Alessandro Fedeli	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
30	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana	s.t.
31	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
33	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
36	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
38	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
40	Torjus Sleen	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Mauro Schmid	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	24''
43	Harm Vanhouck	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Securitas	s.t.
45	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
46	Umberto Marengo	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
47	Jesús Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	29''
48	Michel Ries	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana	s.t.
50	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
56	Grega Bole	Bahrain-McLaren	33''
57	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
59	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
60	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	36''
61	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38''
62	Romain Combaud	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
63	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
64	Manuel Senni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	49''
65	Juan Pedro López	Trek-Segafredo	52''
66	Jan Maas	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	52''
68	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	1' 03''
69	Martijn Budding	Riwal Securitas	1' 04''
70	Johannes Schinnagel	Vorarlberg-Santic	1' 13''
71	Ivo Oliveira	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 16''
72	Ángel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	1' 19''
73	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1' 28''
74	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
75	John Degenkolb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
77	Nick van der Lijke	Riwal Securitas	1' 30''
78	Thomas Boudat	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Davide Martinelli	Astana	s.t.
80	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1' 48''
82	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	Jan Petelin	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
85	Emiel Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	Romain Le Roux	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Baptiste Planckaert	Bingoal-WB	1' 59''
88	Thomas Degand	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
89	Matteo Busato	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
90	Etienne van Empel	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
91	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	2' 13''
92	William Clarke	Trek-Segafredo	2' 15''
93	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 17''
94	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain-McLaren	2' 19''
97	Dušan Rajovic	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
98	Benjamin King	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
99	Loïc Vliegen	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 29''
100	Miguel Heidemann	Leopard Pro Cycling	2' 36''
101	Szymon Rekita	Leopard Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
105	Kévin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	2' 40''
106	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Pro Cycling	2' 43''
107	Alexis Guérin	Vorarlberg-Santic	2' 46''
108	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
109	Héctor Sáez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2' 56''
110	Matteo Malucelli	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
112	Matteo De Bonis	Vini Zabù KTM	s.t.
113	Sergio Martín	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 11''
114	Jaume Sureda	Burgos-BH	3' 12''
115	Michael Carbel	NTT Pro Cycling	3' 17''
116	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
117	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
118	Arthur Kluckers	Leopard Pro Cycling	3' 31''
119	Marco Benfatto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3' 39''
120	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
121	Alessandro Pessot	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
122	Axel Zingle	Nippo-Delko Provence	3' 42''
123	Mark Cavendish	Bahrain-McLaren	3' 55''
124	Fred Wright	Bahrain-McLaren	4' 27''
125	Philipp Walsleben	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	Matthew Gibson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	Tom Bohli	UAE-Team Emirates	5' 27''
128	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	6' 22''
129	Franck Bonnamour	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6' 26''
131	Jay Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
132	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Pro Cycling	6' 36''
133	Andrea Bartolozzi	Vini Zabù KTM	7' 51''
134	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	13' 00''
135	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Raphaël Kockelmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	18' 19''
137	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.