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Sunday, June 13: 5th & final stage, Turnhout - Beringen, 178.7 km

Mark Cavendish wins the fifth stage. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Weather at the finish city of Beringen at 1:50 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from final overall winner Remco Evenepoel's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Remco Evenepoel continued to write history, as he became the youngest rider to take multiple GC wins at the Belgium Tour, the second-oldest stage race in the world. The Belgian youngster laid down the foundation of his victory on the very first day of the race, when a long-range attack in the Flemish Ardennes blew the peloton to pieces, and cemented it twenty-four hours later, courtesy of a flawless ride in the race’s short individual time trial.

From then on, the 21-year-old defended his position atop the leaderboard. He did so backed up by a strong Deceuninck – Quick-Step squad, which worked tirelessly at the front of the peloton in the remaining three days and made sure nothing would spoil Evenepoel’s sixth GC success since turning pro.

The final day of the race was one for the sprinters, and having in its ranks one of the fastest men of this season in Cavendish. Our team took the matter into its own hands, and not only protected Remco on the undulating roads to Beringen, but also made sure Cavendish was at the front when it came to crunch time. A huge pull by Yves Lampaert with one and a half kilometers to go brought the Deceuninck – Quick-Step into position, before Davide Ballerini took over the reins, paving the way for another superb lead-out of Michael Mørkøv.

The Dane did what he does best and left the Manxman in an ideal position and Cavendish measured his sprint perfectly, coming along the barriers in an incredible rush towards the line, and defeated by a wheel Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) for his 151st career victory.

“It’s a big relief. After a long injury and a long way back it’s very special to win again, to know that you’re back where you were before. It’s a confirmation of the fact that we worked hard to return to this level and of the support I got from the team, which is something I am very grateful for. Winning the Belgium Tour again and especially that ITT is also a mental boost ahead of the National Championships and shows it was a good decision to do this race, as it showed the progress I have made”, said Remco, before sharing his thoughts on Mark Cavendish’s great day.

Today we saw again the team’s Wolfpack mentality, this incredible spirit that has carried us and continue to carry us to so many amazing victories.

“We fought hard and we worked hard, and at the end of the day Cav showed why he is the best sprinter in history. He is an amazing athlete and a real champion, and you could see that not just today, when he took the win, but also on the previous stages, when he worked for me.”

A delighted Mark Cavendish was equally happy and echoed Remco’s thoughts after the stage that brought him his 49th victory in the Deceuninck – Quick-Step jersey: “Quite a hectic finale today, which was normal, as every team wanted to be there and fight for positioning and for the win, but I had a superb team around me, with the boys doing everything to keep me at the front. We knew what we had to do and we did it, and I couldn’t have asked for more. When you have these guys in front of you – Styby, Remco, Iljo, Lampy, Davide, Michael – it’s…  What more could I say? It’s my first time in the Belgium Tour and to win here, against so many sprinters who will be at the Tour de France in two weeks, makes this victory even more beautiful. I’m incredibly happy!”

Deceuninck-Quick Step's Remco Evenepoel (right) won the race and the team's Yves Lampaert (left) was second in the GC, just 46 seconds behind. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Last but not least, Yves Lampaert sealed an impressive 1-2 for Deceuninck – Quick-Step in the general classification, a result that bodes well for the Belgian ahead of the National Championships, which will be held in his home town of Ingelmunster: “Today was fast and a but messy, but I did my best and made sure the team was where it had to be going under the flamme rouge. I feel good after this race, had a solid week and now I look forward to the Nationals, it will be special to race for a good result in Ingelmunster.”

Complete results:

178.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.513 km/hr

1	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 50min 31sec
2	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
7	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
9	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	s.t.
12	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
14	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
16	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
20	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
21	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
24	VLIEGEN Loïc	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	s.t.
26	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
29	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
30	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
33	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
34	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
35	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
38	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	s.t.
40	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
42	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	s.t.
43	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
45	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
47	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
48	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
49	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
50	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
51	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
52	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
54	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	s.t.
55	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	@ 13sec
56	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
57	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
58	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
59	BOL Cees	Team DSM	s.t.
60	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	0:18
61	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	0:20
62	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
64	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
65	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	s.t.
66	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
67	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	0:24
69	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
70	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	s.t.
72	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
73	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
74	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
77	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	0:31
78	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	0:33
79	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	0:35
82	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	0:37
83	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	0:39
84	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
85	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
87	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
88	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
89	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
90	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
91	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	s.t.
92	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
93	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
95	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
98	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
100	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	s.t.
101	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
103	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
104	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	0:47
108	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	s.t.
109	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	0:51
110	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	0:52
111	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	1:00
112	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	1:13
113	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	1:35
114	MARIEN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
115	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
116	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	s.t.
118	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
119	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
120	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
121	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	1:41
122	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	s.t.
123	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
124	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
125	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:36
126	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
127	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
128	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	3:01
129	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	3:06
130	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:17
131	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	3:26
132	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	3:34
133	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:51
134	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	4:39
137	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	8:59

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Points classification winner: Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal)
• Team classification winner: Jumbo-Visma

692.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.096 km/hr

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15hr 41min 59sec
2	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 46sec
3	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:56
4	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	1:04
5	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:08
6	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	1:12
8	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	1:13
9	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
10	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	1:18
11	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	1:28
12	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:30
13	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	1:31
14	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	1:38
15	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:40
16	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	1:51
17	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	1:59
18	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	2:06
19	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:07
20	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	2:08
21	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	2:09
23	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	2:15
24	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	2:29
25	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:41
26	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	2:43
27	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	2:48
28	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	2:54
29	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:25
30	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	3:40
31	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:46
32	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	5:01
33	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:18
34	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	6:22
35	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	6:29
36	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:57
37	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:32
38	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	7:34
39	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:40
40	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	7:46
41	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:50
42	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	8:21
43	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	8:32
44	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:51
45	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	9:14
46	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	9:16
47	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	9:17
48	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	9:22
49	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:27
50	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	9:34
51	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	9:56
52	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	9:58
53	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	10:13
54	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:27
56	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	10:30
57	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:52
58	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	11:07
59	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:49
60	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	12:15
61	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	12:28
62	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	12:31
63	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	12:51
64	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	12:53
65	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	13:00
66	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	13:13
67	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	13:14
68	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	13:26
69	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:49
70	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	13:50
71	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	13:53
72	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	14:04
73	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	14:06
74	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	14:33
75	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	14:34
76	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	14:46
77	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	14:59
78	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	15:13
79	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	15:19
80	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	15:36
81	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	15:39
82	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	16:18
83	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	17:17
84	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	17:28
85	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	17:35
86	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	17:57
87	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	18:05
88	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	18:14
89	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	18:39
90	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:59
91	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:04
92	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	19:12
93	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	19:13
94	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:34
95	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
96	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	19:45
97	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	19:50
98	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	20:00
99	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	20:13
100	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	20:16
101	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	20:25
102	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	20:33
103	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	20:34
104	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	20:47
105	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	21:36
106	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	21:55
107	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	21:56
108	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	22:31
109	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	22:32
110	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	22:55
111	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	23:24
112	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	23:25
113	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	24:38
114	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	24:51
115	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	25:03
116	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	25:09
117	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	25:17
118	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	25:23
119	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	25:25
120	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	25:41
121	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	26:08
122	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	26:36
123	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	26:48
124	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	27:37
125	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
126	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	27:44
127	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	28:51
128	BOL Cees	Team DSM	29:30
129	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	30:31
130	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	32:16
131	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	32:28
132	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	32:53
133	MARIËN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	34:09
134	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	34:31
135	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	37:57
136	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	40:19
137	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	40:39

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Saturday, June 12: Stage 4, Hamoir - Hamoir, 152.7 km

Caleb Ewan drives for the line. Getty Sport photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Hamoir at 1:30 PM, local time: 17C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 12% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race summary from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto Soudal team:

One day after Caleb Ewan’s stage win in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, the Australian once again took the day’s honours for Lotto Soudal at the Belgium Tour. Against all odds, a reduced bunch sprinted for victory in what was marked as the queen stage in and around Hamoir. Following another impressive lead-out by Lotto Soudal, Caleb Ewan finished the job perfectly. The Australian won the sprint with a considerable margin over Bryan Coquard and Davide Ballerini. Ewan also took over the points jersey from Remco Evenepoel, who remains the overall leader.

“To be honest, I didn’t really believe in a stage victory before the start”, begins Caleb Ewan. “I expected that the GC guys would take their opportunity today and that there would be a lot of attacks. But the pace was kept really high all day long and I think a lot of the guys didn’t really have the legs to get away in the end. It was only with one lap to go that I really started to believe in it. I felt good and we decided that we would give it a go. That is why you started seeing us coming to the front to chase the breakaway. I am really happy to pull it off once again after a superb job by my team today.”

After a run-up that included several ascents – one of which the infamous Mur de Huy – two local laps of around 30 kilometres were covered in and around Hamoir. The pace was held high and the peloton was thinned out as the riders headed closer to the finish. Despite several attacks, no one was able to carve out a considerable gap. In the very final of the race, the riders were confronted with several climbs, where the peloton was completely strung out. Caleb Ewan got a little distanced, but thanks to impeccable teamwork, he was brought back to the very front of the race. His Lotto Soudal teammates delivered a perfect lead-out in which Jasper De Buyst brought Caleb Ewan in a perfect position to the final straight. The Australian rewarded his teammates with a second consecutive stage win, De Buyst still finished in 5th place.

Two in a row for Caleb Ewan.

“Of course it was a really tough stage and obviously I wasn’t really expecting to be there in the final. I got distanced on the final climb but the team did an amazing job waiting for me and moving me back to the bunch. In the end, we were still with five guys left and it worked out perfectly. I knew it would be hard to come back but I kept fighting with my teammates to bridge to the front group. And that lead-out was again really impressive…”

Caleb Ewan can make it three wins tomorrow in the closing stage towards Beringen, where another bunch sprint is expected.

“Tomorrow, there’s another chance for a stage win and obviously we are really motivated to go for it again. I don’t think I ever scored a hat-trick in my career so that would really be unique”, concludes the 26-year-old Australian.

Complete results:

152.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.066 km/hr

1	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	3hr 37min 48sec
2	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
3	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
5	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
10	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
12	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
13	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
14	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
18	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	s.t.
19	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
20	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
23	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
25	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
29	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
31	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
32	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
33	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
34	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
35	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
36	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
37	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	@ 9sec
38	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
39	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
40	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	0:20
41	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
42	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
44	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
46	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
48	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
49	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	0:23
51	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
53	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
54	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
56	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	0:27
57	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	0:45
58	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
59	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
61	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	0:48
63	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
65	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	0:54
66	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	0:55
67	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	0:57
68	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
69	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:10
70	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	1:11
71	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	1:59
72	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	2:58
73	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	s.t.
74	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	3:05
75	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	3:46
76	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	s.t.
77	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
78	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:54
79	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	s.t.
80	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
81	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	4:15
83	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:16
84	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	5:06
85	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	6:14
86	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
89	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:53
92	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	7:45
96	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	7:48
100	HANSEN Lasse Norman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
101	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
103	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	s.t.
104	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	11:46
105	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	11:47
106	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
107	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
108	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
110	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
112	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
113	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
114	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	s.t.
115	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
116	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	s.t.
119	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	s.t.
120	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
121	BOL Cees	Team DSM	s.t.
122	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	s.t.
124	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	s.t.
125	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
126	MARIEN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
127	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
128	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	s.t.
131	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
133	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	s.t.
134	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
135	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
136	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
137	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
138	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	13:22

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Points classification leader: Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal)
• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

513.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.310 km/hr

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11hr 51min 31sec
2	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 45sec
3	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:53
4	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	1:01
5	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	1:07
6	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	1:09
7	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10
8	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:15
10	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	1:25
12	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:27
13	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	1:28
14	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	1:33
15	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	1:35
16	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:37
17	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:47
18	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	1:48
19	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:50
20	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	1:56
21	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:04
22	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	2:05
23	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
24	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	2:06
25	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
26	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	2:12
27	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	2:26
28	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	2:37
29	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:38
30	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	2:40
31	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:04
32	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	4:58
33	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:36
34	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	5:55
35	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	6:26
36	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:54
37	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	7:13
38	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:29
39	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:37
40	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	7:43
41	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:47
42	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	7:54
43	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:09
44	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	8:22
45	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	8:35
46	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	8:51
47	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	8:52
48	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	8:53
49	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	8:59
50	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:10
51	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:24
52	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:31
53	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	9:37
55	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	9:53
56	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:04
57	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:10
58	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	10:27
59	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:34
60	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	11:04
61	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	11:52
62	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	12:18
63	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	12:25
64	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	12:28
65	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	12:34
66	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	12:35
67	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	12:37
68	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	12:49
69	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:07
70	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	13:22
71	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	13:23
72	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	13:24
73	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	13:26
74	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:41
75	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	13:47
76	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	13:55
77	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	14:11
78	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	14:17
79	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:31
80	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	14:43
81	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:49
82	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	14:52
83	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	15:02
84	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	16:15
85	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	16:35
86	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	16:45
87	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	17:21
88	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	17:24
89	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	17:57
90	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	18:02
91	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	18:06
92	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	18:52
93	HANSEN Lasse Norman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
94	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:01
95	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:06
96	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	19:09
97	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	19:10
98	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
99	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	19:13
100	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:32
101	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	19:42
102	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	19:49
103	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	20:07
104	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	20:10
105	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
106	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	20:22
107	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	20:54
108	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	21:28
109	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	21:37
110	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	21:47
111	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	21:50
112	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	22:28
113	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	22:55
114	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	23:11
115	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	23:13
116	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	23:21
117	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	24:00
118	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	24:03
119	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:17
120	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	24:21
121	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	24:27
122	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	24:30
123	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	24:43
124	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	24:47
125	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	24:52
126	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	25:14
127	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	27:41
128	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	28:34
129	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	28:35
130	BOL Cees	Team DSM	29:14
131	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	29:24
132	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	29:49
133	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	31:00
134	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	31:37
135	MARIEN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	32:31
136	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	32:53
137	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	34:03
138	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	37:10

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Friday, June 11: Stage 3, Gingelom - Scherpenheuvel Zichem, 174.4 km

Caleb Ewan wins stage three. Photo: Photo News

Weather at the finish city of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem at 1:50 PM, local time: 25C (77F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

Caleb Ewan has won the third stage at the Baloise Belgium Tour after an impressive team effort. On a slightly uphill finish in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, the Australian launched a strong sprint after what was an impressive lead-out from his Lotto Soudal teammates. Ewan won ahead of Pascal Ackermann and Michael Mørkøv. For the 26-year-old Ewan, it’s the 50th professional victory of his career.

“I am really impressed by what my teammates did today”, starts Caleb Ewan. “They brought me into a perfect position before that final climb and at the top, we were all together. Then they basically pulled into the headwind all the way to the finish and no one came around us. I think we were only with four guys left as we had to use a few more teammates than we wanted to chase the breakaway and that’s what makes it even more impressive.”

From the start of the stage, Lotto Soudal – together with several other sprint teams – immediately took control of the race. An early breakaway of five was kept in check and eventually caught at a handful kilometres from the finish. With an impressive lead-out, Caleb Ewan was brought into a perfect position towards the slightly uphill finish, which suited the Australian perfectly. Ewan finished off the work of his teammates with a powerful kick to the line.

Caleb Ewan: “I am really lucky to have such strong and smart teammates. We’ve integrated Tosh Van der Sande and Harry Sweeny in the lead-out as well, a first time at the UAE Tour and now here again and I think that was maybe what we were missing a little, those two guys in front of Jasper and Roger. Although it had been months since we’ve all raced together and did a sprint, they just did the perfect job.”

“Obviously, tomorrow’s Ardennes stage will be quite hard but I’ll use it as a training. Of course, I hope to be back up there on Sunday for another sprint. It would be nice to go into the Tour with at least one more win, but I am happy with how I am feeling now. As a sprinter, confidence is your biggest weapon. I feel like everything’s on track”, concludes Caleb Ewan.

Complete results:

174.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.205 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	3hr 56min 43sec
2	Pascal Ackermann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Bryan Coquard	B&B Hotels	s.t.
9	Thibau Nys	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
10	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Niccolo Bonifazio	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
12	Luuc Bugter	Beat Cycling	s.t.
13	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Yoeri Havik	Beat Cycling	s.t.
16	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
17	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Gil d'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
19	Dries van Gestel	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
20	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
22	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
24	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
25	Jeeémy Lecroq	B&B Hotels	s.t.
26	Giovanni Lonardi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
27	Martin Laas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Sasha Weemaes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
30	Lars van der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
31	Giacomo Nizzolo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
32	Toon Vandebosch	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
33	Jakub Mareczko	Vini Zabú	s.t.
34	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Jan-Willem van Schip	Beat Cycling	s.t.
36	Emil Vinjebo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
37	Fabio van den Bossche	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Toon Aerts	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
43	Davide Ballerini	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
44	Mark Cavendish	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
45	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
47	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
48	Geoffrey Soupe	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
49	Daniel Savini	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
51	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
52	Jordy Bouts	Beat Cycling	s.t.
53	Matteo Pelucchi	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
54	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels	s.t.
55	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
56	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
57	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
58	Finn Fisher-Black	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Yves Lampaert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
60	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
61	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
62	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Kamil Gradek	Vini Zabú	s.t.
64	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Roberto Gonzalez	Vini Zabú	s.t.
67	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Dimitri Claeys	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
69	Mattia Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú	s.t.
70	Rudiger Selig	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Casper van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
73	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Laurens Sweeck	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
76	Piotr Havik	Beat Cycling	s.t.
77	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Lasse Hansen	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
80	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Anton Ferdinande	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
82	Kevin Reza	B&B Hotels	s.t.
83	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
84	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
85	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	Jonas Koch	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Cédric Beullens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
90	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Niki Terpstra	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
92	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
93	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
95	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
96	Corne van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
97	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 17sec
98	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	0:20
99	Simone Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú	s.t.
100	Riccardo Stacchiotti	Vini Zabú	0:24
101	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	0:29
102	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	0:43
104	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:46
105	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:53
106	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	1:20
107	Adrien Petit	Total Direct Energie	1:49
108	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:56
109	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
110	Witse Meeusen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:58
111	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
112	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
113	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
114	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
115	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	Thijs Aerts	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
118	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
119	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Oliver Behringer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Mick van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-hansgrohe	2:27
125	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
126	Christopher Lawless	Total Direct Energie	2:58
127	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	3:01
128	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
129	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	3:44
130	Damien Gaudin	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
131	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
132	Marco Frapporti	Vini Zabú	s.t.
133	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
134	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	4:48
135	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	5:02
136	Zdenek Stybar	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
137	Martijn Budding	Beat Cycling	5:14
138	Jules Hesters	Beat Cycling	5:28
139	Logan Phippen	Novo Nordisk	5:51
140	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
141	Frederik Frison	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
142	Stephen Clancy	Novo Nordisk	8:52
143	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	19:11

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Points classification leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

360.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.859 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8hr 13min 43sec
2	Yves Lampaert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 45sec
3	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:53
4	Finn Fisher-Black	Jumbo-Visma	1:01
5	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:07
6	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	1:09
7	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10
8	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Toon Aerts	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:15
11	Jasper de Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	1:25
13	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:27
14	Bryan Coquard	B&B Hotels	1:34
15	Dimitri Claeys	Qhubeka-Assos	1:35
16	Fabio van den Bossche	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:37
17	Laurens Sweeck	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:43
18	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	1:45
19	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Geoffrey Soupe	Total Direct Energie	1:46
21	Jonas Koch	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:47
22	Dries van Gestel	Total Direct Energie	1:48
23	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:49
24	Eli Iserbyt	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:50
25	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:55
26	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	1:56
27	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:04
28	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:18
29	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	2:26
30	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	2:37
31	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	2:40
32	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:48
33	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:04
34	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:17
35	Kevin Reza	B&B Hotels	4:58
36	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	5:04
37	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	5:16
38	Aime de Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:27
39	Tosh van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	5:46
40	Piotr Havik	Beat Cycling	6:07
41	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	6:33
42	Milan Menten	Bingoal-WB	6:37
43	Davide Ballerini	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:58
44	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	7:05
45	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels	7:13
46	Michael Morkov	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:16
47	Mark Cavendish	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:19
48	Pascal Ackermann	Bora-hansgrohe	7:20
49	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels	7:23
50	Adrien Petit	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
51	Jan-Willem van Schip	Beat Cycling	7:25
52	Daniel Savini	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:29
53	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:37
54	Lars van der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
55	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:45
57	Thibau Nys	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:47
58	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	7:54
60	Yoeri Havik	Beat Cycling	7:55
61	Corne van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:56
62	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:59
63	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	8:02
64	Emil Vinjebo	Qhubeka-Assos	8:05
65	Toon Vandebosch	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	8:06
66	Luuc Bugter	Beat Cycling	8:21
67	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	8:23
68	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Roberto Gonzalez	Vini Zabú	8:29
70	Mick van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	8:32
71	Niki Terpstra	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
72	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	8:34
73	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:50
74	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	8:54
75	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:01
76	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	9:04
77	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:13
78	Niccolo Bonifazio	Total Direct Energie	9:33
79	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	9:37
80	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	9:44
81	Riccardo Stacchiotti	Vini Zabú	9:50
82	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:56
83	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	9:59
84	Witse Meeusen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	10:17
85	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	10:18
86	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:41
87	Lasse Hansen	Qhubeka-Assos	11:04
88	Thijs Aerts	Baloise-Trek Lions	11:08
89	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	11:09
90	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	11:14
91	Sasha Weemaes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:34
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	11:45
93	Casper van Uden	Team DSM	11:50
94	Cedric Beullens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
95	Kamil Gradek	Vini Zabú	12:14
96	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	12:19
98	Giovanni Lonardi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:21
99	Giacomo Nizzolo	Qhubeka-Assos	12:25
100	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Anton Ferdinande	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:34
102	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	12:35
103	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	12:39
104	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	12:40
105	Frederik Frison	Lotto Soudal	12:43
106	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:48
107	Jordy Bouts	Beat Cycling	12:49
108	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:55
109	Gil d'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
110	Simone Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú	12:56
111	Martin Laas	Bora-hansgrohe	13:00
112	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels	13:05
113	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	13:09
114	Jakub Mareczko	Vini Zabú	13:27
115	Mattia Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú	13:30
116	Rudiger Selig	Bora-hansgrohe	13:43
117	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:54
118	Martijn Budding	Beat Cycling	13:58
119	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	14:02
120	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	14:08
121	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	14:53
122	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-hansgrohe	15:28
123	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	15:40
124	Jules Hesters	Beat Cycling	15:54
125	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	16:36
126	Marco Frapporti	Vini Zabú	16:44
127	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	16:47
128	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	16:55
129	Zdenek Stybar	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:24
130	Cees Bol	Team DSM	17:27
131	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	17:37
132	Matteo Pelucchi	Qhubeka-Assos	18:02
133	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	19:13
134	Oliver Behringer	Novo Nordisk	19:50
135	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	20:06
136	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	20:17
137	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	20:32
138	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	20:44
139	Christopher Lawless	Total Direct Energie	20:47
140	Damien Gaudin	Total Direct Energie	21:06
141	Stephen Clancy	Novo Nordisk	22:03
142	Charles Planet	Novo Nordisk	22:18
143	Logan Phippen	Novo Nordisk	23:48

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Thursday, June 10: Stage 2, Knokke-Heist 11.2 km individual time trial

Remco Evenepoel going faster than anyone else. Getty Sports photo

Weather at Knokke-Heist at 1:50 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Having re-injured a tendon damaged in the Giro d'Italia while racing hard in stage one, Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos) did not start stage two.

Here's the report from stage winner Remco Evenepoel's Deceunnck-Quick Step team:

Remco Evenepoel tasted victory for the first time since last August, after producing one of the best time trials of his career on the flat and non-technical 11.2km parcours of the Belgium Tour stage 2. As the last rider to roll down the start ramp in Knokke-Heist, the country’s best-known seaside resort, Evenepoel was immediately in an aero tuck on his Specialized bike and easily found his rhythm, recording the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint.

Using his power to blast around the course, the 21-year-old bested by two seconds the time of Yves Lampaert – the provisional leader at that moment – and stopped the clock on 12 minutes exactly, after averaging an astonishing 56km/h. The victory, his 15th since turning pro at the beginning of 2019, extended Remco’s lead in the general classification to 45 seconds on the next rider Lampaert, who made a remarkable jump of ten places in the standings after Thursday’s stage.

“I can’t put into words how happy I am! This winning feeling is something that was missing since last year’s Tour de Pologne and I am relieved that I took the stage today. I went through some difficult months with the rehabilitation, so it feels quite nice to win in this discipline that I love so much and contribute to the team’s superb tally. Everyone here supported and believed in me, and for that I am grateful”, Evenepoel said after the finish.

The Belgian, who also leads the points classification after becoming the tenth different Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider to score a victory this year, continued: “It’s my first win of the season and achieving it on home soil makes it even more special. My only regret is that there wasn’t a way to be two riders on the podium, as Yves was very strong and would have deserved the victory as well. The GC picture looks great at the moment for us, but it’s far from being over, so we’ll continue to remain focused until Sunday.”

Complete Results:

11.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.0 km/hr

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12min 0sec
2	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 2sec
3	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	0:18
4	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:19
5	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	0:21
7	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
8	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
9	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:25
10	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	0:26
11	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	0:27
13	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
14	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	s.t.
15	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	0:28
18	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	0:32
19	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
21	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	0:36
23	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	s.t.
24	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	0:38
25	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	0:42
26	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
27	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
28	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	0:43
29	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
31	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:44
32	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:45
33	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	s.t.
34	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:46
35	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	0:47
36	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
37	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	0:48
38	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	0:50
39	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:51
41	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
42	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	s.t.
43	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	0:52
44	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
45	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	0:53
46	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:54
47	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
48	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	0:58
49	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	0:59
50	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
51	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	1:00
52	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	1:01
53	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	1:02
55	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
57	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
58	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	1:03
59	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
60	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:04
61	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	1:05
64	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	1:06
65	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	1:07
68	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
69	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	1:08
70	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	1:09
71	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:10
72	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	1:11
73	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	1:12
74	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	1:13
77	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
78	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
79	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
80	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:14
81	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:15
83	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:16
84	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	1:17
86	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:18
88	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:20
89	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:21
90	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	1:22
92	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	s.t.
93	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
94	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:23
95	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:25
96	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	1:26
97	VAN DEN BRANDE Julien	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
98	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	1:27
99	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:28
100	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	1:29
101	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
102	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Beat Cycling	1:30
103	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	1:31
104	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:32
106	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:33
107	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	1:37
108	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
110	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	1:38
111	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
112	BOL Cees	Team DSM	1:39
113	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	1:40
114	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	1:42
115	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
116	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
117	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	1:44
118	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:45
119	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:46
120	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
121	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	1:48
122	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:50
123	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
124	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:51
125	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	1:53
126	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	1:54
127	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	1:56
128	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	s.t.
129	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:57
130	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:59
131	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	2:00
132	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	2:04
133	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
134	MARIEN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	2:06
135	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	2:07
136	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	2:09
137	D'HEYGERE Gil	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:12
138	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	2:14
139	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	2:20
140	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:34
142	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	2:53
143	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:08

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Points classification leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

186.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.541 km/hr

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 17min 0sec
2	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 45sec
3	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:53
4	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	1:01
5	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	1:07
6	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	1:09
7	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10
8	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	1:15
11	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	1:21
13	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	1:25
14	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:27
15	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	1:34
16	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	1:35
17	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:37
18	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	1:45
19	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	1:46
21	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
22	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:47
23	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	1:48
24	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	1:49
25	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:50
26	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:55
27	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	1:56
28	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:01
29	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:04
30	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	2:26
31	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	2:37
32	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	2:40
33	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:54
34	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:04
35	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:17
36	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	4:44
37	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	4:58
38	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	5:16
39	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:27
40	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	5:34
41	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	5:46
42	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	5:50
43	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	6:07
44	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	6:34
45	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:52
46	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:58
48	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	7:05
49	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	7:08
50	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	7:13
51	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:15
52	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:19
53	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:20
54	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	7:23
55	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
56	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	7:25
57	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	7:26
58	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:29
59	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Beat Cycling	7:30
60	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:37
61	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	7:39
63	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:45
64	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	7:47
65	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
66	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:48
67	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	7:55
68	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:56
69	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:58
70	VAN DEN BRANDE Julien	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:59
71	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	8:02
72	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	8:03
73	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	8:05
74	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	8:06
75	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	8:19
76	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	8:21
77	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	8:23
78	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
79	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	8:29
80	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	8:32
81	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	8:34
82	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	8:44
83	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	8:54
84	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:01
85	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	9:04
86	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	9:10
87	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	9:26
88	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:32
89	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	9:33
90	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	10:26
91	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	10:41
92	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	10:59
93	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	11:04
94	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
95	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	11:09
96	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	11:11
97	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	11:24
98	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:34
99	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	11:41
100	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	11:45
101	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	11:50
102	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	11:52
103	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:53
104	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:56
105	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
106	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	12:04
107	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	12:14
108	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
109	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:21
110	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:22
111	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	12:25
112	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
113	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:34
114	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	12:35
115	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
116	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	12:36
117	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	12:39
118	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	12:40
120	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	12:49
121	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	12:52
122	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	12:55
123	D'HEYGERE Gil	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
124	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	13:00
125	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	13:01
127	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	13:03
128	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	13:05
129	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	13:11
130	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	13:27
131	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	13:30
132	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	13:43
133	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	16:33
134	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	17:15
135	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	17:22
136	BOL Cees	Team DSM	17:27
137	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	17:30
138	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	17:49
139	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	17:52
140	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	17:57
141	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	18:02
142	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	18:08
143	MARIEN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	18:46

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Wednesday, June 9: Stage 1, Beveren - Maarkedal, 175.3 km

Robbe Ghys takes the first stage.

Weather at the finish city of Maarkedal at 1:35 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Remco Evenepoel's Deceuninck-Quick step team:

Remco Evenepoel picked up where he left off two years ago at the Belgium Tour, as the race returned on the calendar following a one-year hiatus, and took the blue jersey as early as the first day after a dominant ride in the Flemish Ardennes.

Having controlled the gap to the escapees, Deceuninck – Quick-Step took the race by the scruff of its neck on the first lap of the local circuit, pushing a hard tempo at the front with the likes of Mark Cavendish and Yves Lampaert, before the defending champion decided to unleash the watts and attack from the distance, making a massive selection. Only one other rider was capable of matching the brutal tempo that Remco pushed on the hills, as they caught the last two survivors of the breakaway.

The 21-year-old didn’t show any signs of relenting, continuing to remain at the front of the small group and single-handedly increase the gap to the chasers. Motoring on the flat, he scored nine bonus seconds in the Golden Kilometer, before accelerating on the Ellestraat, the last difficulty on the route, and dispatching one of his companions. The insane rhythm of Evenepoel didn’t slow down even on Berg Ten Houte (1.1km, 6.3%) – the toughest climb of the stage – as he kept towing the other riders in the move and increasing the lead over the bunch, unable to make any inroads despite having the numbers.

It all came down to a three-man sprint in Maarkedal, where Remco finished in second place behind Robbe Ghys (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), a result that combined with the bonifications he took during the stage and at the finish put him at the top of the general classification.

“Today was a very hot and hard stage, with some technical and nervous local laps where the race came to life and where you didn’t have any proper moment of respite. The team did a great job and I am grateful to them, as we were in the right place at the right moment. When we saw there were some splits and that the others were suffering, we decided to do something, so I attacked and it worked out well. The goal was to gain as much time as possible on the chasers and we can be content with the way it panned out, as it’s a perfect start for us”, Evenepoel said after donning the blue jersey.

Complete Results:

175.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.887 km/hr

1	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4hr 5min 15sec
2	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 28sec
5	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
7	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
15	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
16	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
17	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
20	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
22	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
23	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
24	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
25	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
27	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
28	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	0:54
31	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
33	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	1:25
34	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:29
35	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	2:59
36	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	3:53
37	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	4:18
38	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
39	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
41	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	4:36
43	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:45
45	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	5:16
46	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Beat Cycling	5:45
47	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	5:52
48	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
51	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	6:18
53	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	s.t.
55	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	s.t.
56	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
59	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
60	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
62	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
63	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	VAN DEN BRANDE Julien	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
65	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
72	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
73	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
74	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
76	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
77	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
78	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	7:18
79	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	s.t.
80	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
82	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
83	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
84	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	s.t.
87	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
90	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	s.t.
91	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	s.t.
92	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	8:12
93	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	10:01
94	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	10:15
96	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:28
97	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
99	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
101	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
102	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
103	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
106	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
107	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
109	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	D'HEYGERE Gil	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
112	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
113	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	11:08
115	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
118	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
119	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	s.t.
122	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	s.t.
123	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
124	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	s.t.
125	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	s.t.
131	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
132	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	s.t.
133	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	15:33
135	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
137	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	s.t.
138	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
139	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
140	BOL Cees	Team DSM	s.t.
141	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
142	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	16:25
143	MARIËN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
144	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
• Points classification leader: Robbe Ghys (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
• Team classification leader: Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 5min 0sec
2	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	@ 5sec
3	MARCHAND Gianni	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:08
4	CLAEYS Dimitri	Qhubeka-Assos	0:41
5	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Fenix	0:43
6	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	AERTS Toon	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
8	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	VAN POPPEL Boy	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	ISERBYT Eli	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
16	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
17	VLIEGEN Loic	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
20	SWIFT Connor	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
22	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
23	LEMOINE Cyril	B&B Hotels	s.t.
24	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
25	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	KOCH Jonas	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
27	SWEECK Laurens	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
28	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	DE BONDT Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	1:09
32	SBARAGLI Kristian	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
33	GOEMAN Andreas	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
34	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	1:40
35	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:44
36	REZA Kevin	B&B Hotels	3:14
37	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	4:08
38	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Qhubeka-Assos	4:29
39	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa-Samsic	4:33
40	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	DE GENDT Aime	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	WELTEN Bram	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	PETIT Adrien	Total Direct Energie	4:51
44	MENTEN Milan	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
45	HAVIK Piotr	Beat Cycling	5:31
46	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Beat Cycling	6:00
47	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels	6:07
48	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	VAN DIJKE Mick	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
51	SAVINI Daniel	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	VANDEBOSCH Toon	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	6:33
53	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	GONZALEZ Roberto	Vini Zabù	s.t.
55	HAVIK Yoeri	Beat Cycling	s.t.
56	MARIT Arne	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	ZOCCARATO Samuele	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
59	TEUGELS Lennert	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
60	VAN KESSEL Corne	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	VAN DER HAAR Lars	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
62	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
63	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	VAN DEN BRANDE Julien	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
65	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	DUPONT Timothy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	MERLIER Tim	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	VAN POPPEL Danny	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	DEKKER David	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
72	MEEUSSEN Witse	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
73	NYS Thibau	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
74	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	ROBEET Ludovic	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
76	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
77	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
78	VINJEBO Emil	Qhubeka-Assos	7:33
79	BUDDING Martijn	Beat Cycling	s.t.
80	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	MARENGO Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
82	DE DECKER Alfdan	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
83	AERTS Thijs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
84	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	Vini Zabù	s.t.
87	KOOIJ Olav	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	REX Laurenz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
90	BUGTER Luuc	Beat Cycling	s.t.
91	HESTERS Jules	Beat Cycling	s.t.
92	EEKHOFF Nils	Team DSM	8:27
93	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	10:16
94	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team DSM	10:30
96	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:43
97	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	WEEMAES Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
99	IRVINE Declan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	HANSEN Lasse	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
101	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
102	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
103	GUERNALEC Thibault	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	NOPPE Christophe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	VAN UDEN Casper	Team DSM	s.t.
106	VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
107	BRAND Sam	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
108	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
109	LIEPINS Emils	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	QUARTERMAN Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	D'HEYGERE Gil	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
112	FERDINANDE Anton	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
113	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	BEVILACQUA Simone	Vini Zabù	11:23
115	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	CAPIOT Amaury	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
118	KAMP Ryan	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
119	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels	s.t.
120	CLANCY Stephen	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	BEVILACQUA Mattia	Vini Zabù	s.t.
122	BOUTS Jordy	Beat Cycling	s.t.
123	RONHAAR Pim	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
124	GRADEK Kamil	Vini Zabù	s.t.
125	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	KUSZTOR Peter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	SELIG Rudiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	MARECZKO Jakub	Vini Zabù	s.t.
131	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
132	FRAPPORTI Marco	Vini Zabù	s.t.
133	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	EGHOLM Jakob	Trek-Segafredo	15:48
135	PHIPPEN Logan	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
136	PLANET Charles	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
137	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team DSM	s.t.
138	PELUCCHI Matteo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
139	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
140	BOL Cees	Team DSM	s.t.
141	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels	s.t.
142	GAUDIN Damien	Total Direct Energie	16:40
143	MARIËN Daan	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
144	LAWLESS Chris	Total Direct Energie	s.t.