2023 Baloise Belgium Tour
Tour de Belgique - Ronde van België (2.Pro), Belgium

92nd edition: June 14 - June 18, 2023

Tour of Belgium podium history | 2022 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, June 18: 5th & Final Stage, Brussels - Brussels, 194.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Fabio Jakobsen wins the final stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Brussels at 1:55 PM, local time: 23C (72F), rain showers in the vicinity. The wind is from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 53% chance of rain.

The race: Team Baloise-Trek Lions did not start because their bikes were stolen during the night.

Here's the report from stage winner Fabio Jakobsen's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Soudal Quick-Step concluded the 92nd edition of our home race on a high, with Fabio Jakobsen picking up the team’s 23rd stage victory at the Belgium Tour after delivering a pitch-perfect sprint not far from the Atomium, the symbol of the famous Expo ’58.

Thanks to a superb job of his teammates, the European Champion found himself in an ideal slot as he rounded out the last corner with 300 meters to go, and unleashed a brilliant sprint in the last 150 meters – a massive acceleration that couldn’t be matched by any of his opponents, who were left fighting for the minor placings on the podium.

Just like Remco Evenepoel twenty-four hours earlier in Switzerland, Jakobsen dedicated his victory to Gino Mäder, with whom he has fond memories from the 2021 Vuelta a España: “This one was for Gino. I thought a lot about him these past couple of days and during today’s stage. I had this picture of us together on the final podium of the Vuelta, both with our distinctive jersey after a hard race. He will be missed for sure, by everyone, but especially by his family and friends.”

“I’m happy with the two wins I got this week in Belgium. The preparation went well, and this makes me satisfied. The legs are getting better and better and the confidence is there, which is important as I get closer to my second half of the season goals”, added the 26-year-old Dutchman.

Casper Pedersen was another Soudal Quick-Step rider on the podium in Brussels, thanks to his third place in the general classification – just ahead of Yves Lampaert – which came on the back of a solid time trial and a day on the attack on the queen stage of the race.

The GC podium in front of the Atomium, the centerpiece of the 1958 World's Fair. It was a different era. From left: Søren Wærenskjold (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (1st) & Casper Pedersen (3rd)

“It was a really nice week for us here. Our primary goal was to be successful in the bunch sprint with Fabio, but we also raced for the GC. To get two victories and to see how well we worked together makes us happy. Taking third and fourth in the standings shows that we can be up there also on the hard days. It was also great to have Michael here, not only that he has a wealth of experience, he gives some great tips during the stages and knows how to calm things. I can’t wait to race together with him at the National Championships next weekend”, said Casper after his first ever top three finish in a stage race.

Complete results:

194.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.265 km/hr

1	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 12min 38sec
2	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
5	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
6	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
8	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
9	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
10	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
13	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
18	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
20	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
21	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
22	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
25	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
27	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
33	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
36	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
38	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
39	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
41	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
44	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
46	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
47	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
52	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
53	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
57	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
58	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
59	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
60	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
61	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
62	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
64	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
67	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
69	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
70	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
71	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
72	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
73	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
74	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	s.t.
75	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
76	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
77	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	@ 23sec
78	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
79	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
80	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
81	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
82	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:33
83	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	0:36
84	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
86	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	0:43
87	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	0:55
89	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
90	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
91	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11
92	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
99	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:46
100	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
101	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
104	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
105	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:05
106	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	2:15
107	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
108	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
109	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:28
110	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	2:48
111	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	3:22
112	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:44
113	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	3:56
114	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
115	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
116	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
117	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	5:08
118	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
121	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
122	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
123	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	5:14
124	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	s.t.
125	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	9:19

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification winner: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification winner: Trek-Segafredo

732.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.314 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16hr 9min 30sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 40sec
3	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:53
4	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:59
5	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
6	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	1:17
7	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	1:25
8	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	1:35
9	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	1:44
10	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:46
11	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:49
12	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:00
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	3:10
14	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:24
15	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:28
17	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
18	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	3:31
19	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:34
20	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	3:41
21	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:45
22	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	3:51
23	Erik Resell	Uno-X	5:06
24	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:10
26	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:39
27	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	7:25
28	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	13:40
29	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	14:31
30	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	14:59
31	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	15:02
32	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:16
33	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	15:28
34	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:34
35	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	15:35
37	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	15:39
38	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:53
39	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:54
40	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	16:03
41	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	16:05
42	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	16:22
43	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:27
44	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	16:49
45	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:02
46	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	17:52
47	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:30
48	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	19:39
49	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	19:44
50	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:48
51	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:50
52	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	19:58
53	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	20:11
54	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	20:20
55	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	20:22
56	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	20:52
57	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	21:19
58	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	21:28
59	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:02
60	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	22:07
61	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	22:07
62	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	22:14
63	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	22:15
64	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	22:28
65	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	22:30
67	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	23:30
68	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	24:51
69	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	25:19
70	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	25:39
71	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	25:47
72	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	26:07
73	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	26:37
74	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	26:38
75	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:48
76	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	27:10
77	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	27:13
78	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	27:53
79	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	29:03
80	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	30:55
81	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	30:58
82	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	31:08
83	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	31:13
84	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	31:27
85	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	32:10
86	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	32:14
87	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	32:15
88	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	32:23
89	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	32:47
90	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	32:56
91	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
92	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	32:58
93	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	34:30
94	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	34:43
95	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	35:07
96	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	35:42
97	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:36
98	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	36:50
99	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
100	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	36:56
101	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	37:19
102	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	37:23
103	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	37:53
104	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	38:08
105	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	40:12
106	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	40:37
107	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	41:18
108	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
109	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	41:24
110	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	41:59
111	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	42:06
112	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	42:58
113	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	43:03
114	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	43:08
115	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	43:11
116	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	43:52
117	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	43:59
118	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	44:41
119	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	45:44
120	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	46:22
121	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	47:28
122	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	47:56
123	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	49:38
124	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	51:06
125	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	51:39

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

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Saturday, June 17: Stage 4, Durbuy - Durbuy, 172.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

GC leader Mathieu van der Poel wins stage four.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Durbuy at 1:55 PM, local time: 27C (80.6 F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from Casper Pedersen's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Casper Pedersen is on track to become the first Danish rider in 50 years to finish in the top three overall at the Belgium Tour, after a solid and gutsy ride on the fourth stage of the race, which took in numerous short but hard climbs around Durbuy.

Soudal Quick-Step was in the spotlight from the very beginning, controlling the gap of the escapees and remaining at the front even after the attackers were reeled in, with more than 60 kilometers to go. Fifth at the start of the day, Casper put in a probing attack a couple of kilometers later, and then tried to organise the chase behind lone leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), once the Dutchman went clear.

The 27-year-old, victorious this season at the Figueira Champions Classic, put in a strong effort as he tried to reduce the margin, and despite not getting any help from the other riders in the group, he continued to leave everything out there. At the end of the stage, he was rewarded for this with a place on the podium, which catapulted him to third overall, just ahead of teammate Yves Lampaert.

“We knew that today would be the hardest stage of the race, a decisive one for the general classification. We were really motivated and I felt from the start I had really good legs. Stan and Jannik followed the first moves, while Michael, Fabio and Tim kept myself and Yves in a good position. It was some great team work.”

“In the end I found myself part of a select group together with Yves and we just raced. The tactics of the group were frustrating, because nobody wanted to try and go for the win, but I went full gas on the climb with 30 kilometers to go and tried to do my best. Being on the podium of both the stage and GC isn’t bad at the end of the day. All our attention now will shift to the final stage, where we’ll try to help Fabio”, said Casper in Durbuy.

Complete results:

172.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.474 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4hr 9min 42sec
2	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	@ 16sec
3	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
4	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	0:20
5	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:26
6	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	0:28
8	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:30
9	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
10	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:32
11	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	0:34
13	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:35
14	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
15	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	0:41
16	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:49
17	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:50
18	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:59
19	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	2:01
20	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	2:02
21	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	2:05
22	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
23	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	2:07
24	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	2:08
25	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
26	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	2:15
27	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
28	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:17
29	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:22
32	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:28
35	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	2:31
36	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
37	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:33
38	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	2:36
39	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
40	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:42
41	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:49
42	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:59
43	Erik Resell	Uno-X	3:05
44	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:12
45	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:13
46	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	6:53
47	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	12:33
48	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
49	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	13:59
50	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
53	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
54	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
56	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
58	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
60	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
61	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
63	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
65	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
66	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
67	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
68	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
69	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
71	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
73	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
76	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
77	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
78	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
79	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
80	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
81	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
82	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	14:14
83	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	14:16
84	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	14:28
85	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	18:23
86	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
88	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
89	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
92	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
93	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
94	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
96	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
99	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
101	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
102	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
103	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
105	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
106	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
107	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
108	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	18:31
109	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	18:33
110	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
111	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
112	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
113	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
114	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	18:38
115	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
116	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
118	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
121	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	18:41
122	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
123	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	18:46
124	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
125	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
126	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
127	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
129	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
130	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
131	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
132	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
133	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
134	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
135	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
136	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
137	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
138	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification leader: Trek-Segafredo

528.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.256 km/hr

1	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11hr 56min 52sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 40sec
3	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:53
4	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:59
5	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
6	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	1:17
7	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	1:25
8	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	1:35
9	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	1:46
10	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
11	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:49
12	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:00
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	3:10
14	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:24
15	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:28
17	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
18	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	3:31
19	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:34
20	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	3:41
21	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:45
22	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	3:51
23	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:55
24	Erik Resell	Uno-X	5:06
25	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:10
26	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:45
27	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	7:25
28	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	13:40
29	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	13:49
30	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	14:19
31	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	14:22
32	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	14:31
33	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	14:59
34	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:16
35	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	15:28
36	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:34
37	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	15:34
38	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	15:39
39	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:53
40	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	15:54
41	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	16:03
42	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	16:05
43	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	16:13
44	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	16:16
45	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	16:22
46	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:27
47	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	16:41
48	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:02
49	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	17:22
50	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:45
51	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:30
52	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	19:39
53	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	19:44
54	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:48
55	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	19:57
56	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	19:58
57	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	20:08
58	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	20:15
60	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	20:22
61	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	20:30
62	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	20:33
63	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	20:41
64	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	21:12
65	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:26
66	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	21:28
67	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	21:42
68	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	22:05
69	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	22:07
70	Peter Kusztor	Team Novo Nordisk	22:14
71	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	22:28
72	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	23:30
73	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	24:51
74	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	25:19
75	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	25:26
76	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	25:39
77	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	26:05
78	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	26:07
79	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	26:21
81	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	26:38
82	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:48
83	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	26:50
84	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	27:10
85	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	27:17
86	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	29:59
87	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	30:28
88	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	30:35
89	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	30:37
90	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	30:55
91	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:59
92	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	31:08
93	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	31:12
94	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	31:23
95	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	31:27
96	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	31:36
97	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	31:39
98	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	31:46
99	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	32:15
100	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
101	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	32:56
102	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	34:43
103	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	35:50
104	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	36:02
105	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	36:07
106	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	36:16
107	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
108	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	36:25
109	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	36:27
110	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:36
111	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	36:50
112	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	36:56
113	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	36:58
114	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	37:19
115	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	37:23
116	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	37:50
117	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	37:56
118	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	38:08
119	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	38:42
120	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	38:45
121	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	38:51
122	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	39:11
123	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	41:18
124	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	42:00
125	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	42:45
126	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	43:03
127	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	43:59
128	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	44:07
129	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	44:30
130	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	44:41
131	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	46:33
132	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	46:37
133	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	46:45
134	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	47:10
135	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	47:43
136	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	47:52
137	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	48:15
138	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	49:40

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map & profile

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Friday, June 16: Stage 3, Beveren 15.2 kilometer individual time trial

Stage 3 map & profile

Mathieu van der Poel riding to first place in the GC

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Weather at the race city of Beveren at 2:05 PM, local time: 27C (81F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

Yves Lampaert made it three consecutive days with a Soudal Quick-Step rider on the podium at our home race. After Fabio Jakobsen finished runner-up on the opening stage and then took the spoils twenty-four hours later, Yves showed his prowess against the clock in the 15.2km individual time trial that reshuffled the general classification.

Eighth overall at the start of the day, the two-time National Champion of the discipline produced a solid effort to average 52.56km/h and claim runner-up in Beveren, just twelve seconds behind Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X), who took the victory with a time of 17:09.

As a result, Lampaert made a significant jump in the standings, up to third, just ten seconds behind first place. He is joined in the upper part of the ranking by teammate Casper Pedersen, another Soudal Quick-Step rider to impress in the time trial, which he concluded eighth, thus moving to fifth place.

“I had a very good start, but in the last four kilometers I really began to suffer and couldn’t keep the pace I had in the beginning. I can’t say I am disappointed, just that I would have liked to be closer to victory. All the riders with GC ambitions here wanted to do well in the time trial. We have two riders in a good position ahead of stage four, when we hope to be again up there”, said Yves.

Complete results:

15.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.178 km/hr

1	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	17min 9sec
2	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 12sec
3	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	0:13
4	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:15
5	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:18
6	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	0:19
7	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
8	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:26
9	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:28
10	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	0:30
11	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:31
12	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	0:32
13	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	0:34
14	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
15	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:36
16	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
17	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	0:39
18	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:40
19	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	0:41
20	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:43
21	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	0:46
22	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:50
24	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
25	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	0:51
26	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:57
27	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
29	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	0:58
30	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:00
31	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	1:03
32	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
33	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
34	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	1:04
35	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:05
37	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:06
38	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	1:07
39	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
41	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:08
43	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
44	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
45	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:11
46	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	1:13
47	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:14
48	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
50	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:15
51	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:17
53	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	1:20
54	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:21
56	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:24
57	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
58	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
59	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:25
60	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
62	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	1:29
63	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
64	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	1:30
66	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	1:31
67	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:33
68	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:35
69	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
70	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
71	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:36
72	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
73	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	1:37
74	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:38
75	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
76	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	1:40
77	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
78	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Erik Resell	Uno-X	1:41
80	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	1:42
81	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	1:43
82	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	1:44
83	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
84	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	1:45
85	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	1:46
86	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	1:47
88	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	1:50
90	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:51
91	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
92	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	1:52
93	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
94	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	1:53
95	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	1:54
96	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:55
97	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	1:57
98	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	1:58
99	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:59
100	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
101	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:00
102	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	2:01
104	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
105	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:02
106	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:03
107	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
108	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	2:05
109	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	2:06
110	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	2:07
111	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	2:08
112	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	2:10
113	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	2:12
114	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:13
115	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	2:15
116	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:17
117	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
118	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	2:20
119	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	2:21
120	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	2:23
121	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
122	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	2:24
124	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:25
125	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
126	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
127	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
128	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	2:29
129	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	2:30
130	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	2:31
131	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:32
132	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	2:33
133	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	2:34
134	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:41
135	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	2:45
136	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:55
137	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	2:56
138	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	2:59
139	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	3:17
140	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:15

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rinder: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

355.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.666 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7hr 47min 29sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 1sec
3	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
4	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:18
5	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:21
6	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	0:29
7	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:32
8	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	0:34
9	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	0:42
11	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:43
12	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	0:47
13	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:51
15	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
16	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:58
17	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
18	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:01
20	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	1:04
21	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
22	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	1:08
23	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:09
24	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14
25	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:15
26	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:16
28	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	1:21
30	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:25
31	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:26
32	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	1:30
33	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:35
34	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:36
35	Erik Resell	Uno-X	1:42
36	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	1:45
37	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	1:47
38	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:52
39	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	1:55
40	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	1:59
41	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:04
42	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	2:07
43	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	2:23
44	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:42
45	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:44
46	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:45
47	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:56
48	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:13
49	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	3:23
50	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:27
51	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	4:25
52	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	5:54
53	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	6:38
54	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	7:16
55	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	7:33
56	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	7:47
57	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	7:49
58	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	8:16
59	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	10:41
60	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	11:01
61	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	11:08
62	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	11:14
63	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	11:17
64	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:21
65	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	11:32
66	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	11:34
67	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:46
68	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	11:47
69	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	11:49
70	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	11:50
71	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	11:53
72	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	11:58
73	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	12:03
74	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	12:07
76	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	12:09
77	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	12:13
78	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	12:16
79	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:30
80	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	12:59
81	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	13:31
82	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	13:42
83	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:19
84	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	15:46
85	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	16:37
86	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:38
87	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16:41
88	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	16:58
89	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	17:02
90	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	17:09
91	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	17:18
92	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	17:20
93	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	17:21
94	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	17:27
95	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	17:28
96	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	17:31
97	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	17:34
98	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
99	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	17:35
100	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	17:40
101	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	17:43
102	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
103	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	17:45
104	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	17:53
105	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	17:54
106	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	17:56
107	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	17:57
108	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	18:27
109	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	18:37
110	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	18:38
111	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	18:41
112	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	19:03
113	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	19:19
114	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	19:37
115	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	19:46
116	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	19:48
117	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	20:09
118	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	21:44
119	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	22:26
120	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	23:18
121	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	23:32
122	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	23:38
123	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	23:48
124	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	24:21
125	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	24:36
126	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	24:53
127	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	25:17
128	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	25:25
129	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	25:30
130	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	25:31
131	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	25:59
132	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	27:51
133	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	27:55
134	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	28:03
135	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	28:28
136	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	28:36
137	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	28:46
138	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	28:47
139	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	29:10
140	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	30:35

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map & profile

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Thursday, June 15: Stage 2, Merelbeke - Knokke Heist, 175.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Fabio Jakobsen takes stage two.

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Weather at the finish town of Knokke-Heist at 2:00 PM, local time: Sunny, 23C (73F) with the wind from the north-northeast at 21 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Fabio Jakobsen's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Fabio Jakobsen powered to Soudal Quick-Step’s 27th victory of the year in convincing fashion after a sensational lead-out of his teammates and moved into the leader’s jersey ahead of the race’s individual time trial in Beveren.

Crosswinds, tricky corners, crashes and an uphill drag to the line – nothing could stop the Wolfpack Thursday afternoon in Knokke-Heist, where the second stage concluded after several local laps. Consisting of Yves Lampaert – whose three seconds scored at the Golden Kilometer sprint moved him in the top 10 overall at the end of the day – Casper Pedersen and Michael Mørkøv, Soudal Quick-Step dominated the finale in Knokke-Heist.

Jakobsen came out of Mørkøv’s wheel with just 150 meters to go, after another magnificent lead-out of the experienced Dane, and gave no chance to his opponents, taking by a clear margin his fourth victory since the start of the season.

“Today was hectic with that crash that took place in the last kilometers, and I hope that all the guys involved are ok. We were at the front when it happened, and it’s thanks to the team that I was so well-positioned, I am really grateful to them for their fantastic work. In the sprint, I went early, as I didn’t want to get boxed in, and a quick glance over my shoulder showed me that all was good and I had a comfortable gap. The leader’s jersey is a nice bonus, I hope that they have a big size skinsuit for me to wear during Friday’s individual time trial”, said a smiling Fabio, who also holds the points jersey.

Complete results:

175.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.417 km/hr

1	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 52min 7sec
2	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
5	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
6	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
7	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
8	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
14	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
15	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
16	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
17	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
22	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
30	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
33	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	s.t.
35	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
38	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
39	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
41	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
45	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
50	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
51	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
52	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
53	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
54	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
57	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
58	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
59	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
60	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
62	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
63	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
64	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 19sec
66	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
67	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:27
69	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
70	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
71	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:39
72	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:50
73	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:00
74	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:30
76	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
77	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	1:50
78	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	1:55
79	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:01
80	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
81	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	2:10
82	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	2:24
83	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:44
84	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	5:23
86	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
88	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
90	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
91	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
92	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	s.t.
93	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
94	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
97	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
98	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
99	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
103	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
104	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
105	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
106	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
108	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
109	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
110	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
111	Gil D'Heygere	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
112	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
113	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.
115	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
116	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
117	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
118	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	5:50
120	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
121	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	7:04
122	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
123	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
125	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
126	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
127	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	s.t.
130	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
131	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	10:17
133	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
134	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
135	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
136	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
137	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
138	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
139	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
140	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
141	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

340.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.405 km/hr

1	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	7hr 30min 5sec
2	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	@ 7sec
4	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
5	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
6	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:12
7	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	0:13
8	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	0:15
10	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	0:16
13	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
15	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
18	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
19	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
20	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
23	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	s.t.
25	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
27	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
29	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
36	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
41	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	0:38
42	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:43
43	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:56
44	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	1:00
45	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:26
46	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	1:31
47	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:36
48	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	1:38
49	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	1:46
50	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
51	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	3:00
52	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	5:39
53	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
54	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
55	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
56	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	5:54
57	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	6:06
58	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	7:20
59	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	10:11
60	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	10:25
61	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
62	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
65	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
67	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
69	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
71	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
72	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
73	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
74	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	10:44
75	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
76	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	10:52
78	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	11:59
79	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	12:22
80	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:26
81	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	12:35
82	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Trek Lions	12:49
83	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:09
84	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	15:48
85	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
88	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
90	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
91	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
92	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
93	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
94	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
95	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
96	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
98	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
99	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
101	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
102	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	16:11
106	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
107	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
108	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
110	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
111	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	17:29
112	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
113	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
114	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
115	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	18:01
116	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	18:06
117	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	18:12
118	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:42
119	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	21:34
120	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
121	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
122	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
123	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	Gil D'Heygere	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
125	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	22:01
126	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	23:00
127	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	23:15
128	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
129	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
130	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
131	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	s.t.
132	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
133	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	26:28
134	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
135	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
136	Daan Marien	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
137	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.
138	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
139	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
140	David Haverdings	Baloise Trek Lions	27:54
141	Ward Huybs	Baloise Trek Lions	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Tour of Belgium stage two map

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Wednesday, June 14: Stage 1, Scherpenheuvel Zichem - Scherpenheuvel Zichem, 164.9 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Jasper Philipsen takes the first stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem at 2:05 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

What should have been a relatively easy and quiet day in the saddle turned into a mad stage in the last 80 kilometers, when several riders – taking advantage of the small climbs spread on the course and the narrow roads which made organising a chase a tough task – took off from the peloton and joined the original group up the road.

Our team pulled hard behind to reduce the gap, and as soon as only a handful of seconds separated the two groups, Casper Pedersen jumped from the bunch and joined the leaders, making it ten men at the front. Their maximum gap stood at 40 seconds, but the move was a real threat for the peloton, where more teams began contributing to the pace-making in the hope they would bring back the attackers.

They eventually did, in the last four kilometers, but only after the Golden Kilometer sprint, where Casper Pedersen showed how strong he is by taking six bonus seconds which could become vital in the final outcome at the end of the week. Yves Lampaert then closed a late acceleration which tried to fool the sprinters’ teams, while Fabio Jakobsen expertly surfed wheels in the hectic finale in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. The European Champion kicked out with 150 meters to go and came close to winning the stage, less than a wheel separating him from Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who took the win.

Thanks to the bonifications scored on the line, where he nabbed his fifth podium of the season, the Dutchman sits in the top five overall, alongside teammate Casper Perdersen, ahead of Thursday’s Knokke-Heist stage, which will give the fast men another opportunity.

“It was a very fast first stage. As soon as the attacks began, the race didn’t stop anymore. We managed to close the gap, and Casper had a great day, bridging across to that group, which allowed us to remain calm in the peloton. He had a good chance in case they would have made it, but everything came together and we got a bunch sprint instead. Fabio did a good effort, he showed he is on an upward trajectory and he will get other opportunities to show what he is capable of”, said Soudal Quick-Step sports director Tom Steels.

Complete results:

164.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.337 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3hr 38min 14sec
2	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
4	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	s.t.
5	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
6	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
8	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
9	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
14	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
18	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	s.t.
22	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
24	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
27	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
29	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
30	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
34	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
35	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
36	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
38	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
41	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
42	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
43	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
51	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	@ 15sec
52	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	0:22
53	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
54	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:31
55	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:40
56	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	0:44
57	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:53
58	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	1:15
59	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	6:43
60	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	9:55
61	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:09
62	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
63	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
64	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
68	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
71	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
73	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
74	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
76	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
80	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
82	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
83	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
84	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
85	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
86	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
87	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
88	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
89	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
91	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
92	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
97	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
98	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
99	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
100	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
101	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
106	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
107	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
109	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
110	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	15:55
111	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
112	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	s.t.
115	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
116	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
117	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
118	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
119	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
120	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
121	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	s.t.
125	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
126	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
127	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
128	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
130	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
131	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
132	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
133	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
134	Gil D'Heygere	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
135	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
136	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
137	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
138	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
139	David Haverdings	Baloise-Trek Lions	17:21
140	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
141	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Oded Kogut (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Teams classification leader: EOLO-Kometa

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3hr 38min 4sec
2	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 2sec
3	Fabio Jakobsen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:04
4	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Timothy Dupont	Tarteletto-Isorex	0:06
6	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X	0:07
7	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	0:09
8	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X	0:10
9	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
10	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
11	Ryan Kamp	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
12	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
16	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
17	Andrea Peron	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
21	Mathias Vacek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
23	Kenneth Van Rooy	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
24	Thimo Willems	VolkerWessels	s.t.
25	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Andreas Goeman	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
27	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
32	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Timo De Jong	VolkerWessels	s.t.
36	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
37	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
38	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Jacob Scott	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
41	Thomas Joseph	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
42	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
43	Tim Declercq	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Sander De Pestel	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
47	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
51	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	0:25
52	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	0:32
53	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
54	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:41
55	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:50
56	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	0:54
57	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03
58	John Degenkolb	Team DSM	1:25
59	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	6:53
60	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	10:05
61	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:19
62	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
63	Stijn Daemen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
64	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	August Jensen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
68	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
71	Casper Van Uden	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Vincent Hoppezak	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
73	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
74	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Jochem Kerckhaert	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
76	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Peter Kusztor	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
80	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Emiel Vermeulen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
82	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
83	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
84	Maxime De Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
85	Jonas Geens	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
86	Zak Coleman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
87	Kobe Vanoverschelde	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
88	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
89	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Lucas Janssen	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
91	Peter Schulting	VolkerWessels	s.t.
92	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
97	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
98	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
99	Bert-Jan Lindeman	VolkerWessels	s.t.
100	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
101	Michael Mørkøv	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
103	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
104	Matyas Kopecky	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
106	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
107	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
109	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
110	Yorben Lauryssen	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	16:05
111	Lukas Vanderlinden	Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal	s.t.
112	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Jasper Haest	VolkerWessels	s.t.
115	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
116	Guillaume Visser	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
117	Javier Serrano	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
118	Daan Marien	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
119	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
120	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
121	Filippo Ridolfo	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
122	Declan Irvine	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
123	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
124	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk	VolkerWessels	s.t.
125	Dietmar Ledegen	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
126	Lars Van Der Haar	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
127	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
128	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
129	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
130	Hamish Beadle	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
131	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
132	Etienne Van Empel	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
133	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
134	Gil D'Heygere	BEAT Cycling Club	s.t.
135	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
136	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
137	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
138	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
139	David Haverdings	Baloise-Trek Lions	17:31
140	Ward Huybs	Baloise-Trek Lions	s.t.
141	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Start list with back numbers, June 13, 2023:

	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
1	Fabio Jakobsen
2	Tim Declercq
3	Yves Lampaert
4	Michael Mørkøv
5	Casper Pedersen
6	Jannik Steimle
7	Stan Van Tricht
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
11	Mathieu Van Der Poel
12	Jasper Philipsen
13	Dries De Bondt
14	Senne Leysen
15	Jonas Rickaert
16	Ramon Sinkeldam
17	Gianni Vermeersch
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
21	Jasper Stuyven
22	Thibau Nys
23	Emils Liepins
24	Toms Skujins
25	Asbjørn Hellemose
26	Mathias Vacek
27	Otto Vergaerde
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
31	Gerben Thijssen
32	Aimé De Gendt
33	Hugo Page
34	Lorenzo Rota
35	Sven Erik Bystrøm
36	Boy Van Poppel
37	Loic Vliegen
	LOTTO-DSTNY
41	Caleb Ewan
42	Jarrad Drizners
43	Frederik Frison
44	Sébastien Grignard
45	Jacopo Guarnieri
46	Jasper De Buyst
47	Florian Vermeersch
	TEAM DSM
51	John Degenkolb
52	Joost Brinkman
53	Alex Edmondson
54	Nils Eekhoff
55	Niklas Märkl
56	Casper Van Uden
57	Sam Welsford
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
61	Cees Bol
62	Yuriy Natarov
63	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym
64	Cristian Scaroni
65	Manuele Boaro
66	Davide Martinelli
67	Gleb Syritsa
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
71	Sep Vanmarcke
72	Ben Hermans
73	Jens Reynders
74	Oded Kogut
75	Guy Sagiv
76	Tom Van Asbroeck
77	Marco Frigo
	TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
81	Jenno Berckmoes
82	Vito Braet
83	Alex Colman
84	Sander De Pestel
85	Elias Maris
86	Aaron Van Poucke
87	Ward Vanhoof
	BINGOAL-WB
91	Cériel Desal
92	Remy Mertz
93	Matteo Malucelli
94	Ludovic Robeet
95	Luca Van Boven
96	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
97	Kenneth Van Rooy
	BOLTON EQUITIES-BLACK SPOKE
101	Ryan Christensen
102	Logan Currie
103	James Fouche
104	Aaron Gate
105	Ollie Jones
106	Jacob Scott
107	Rory Townsend
	CORRATEC-SELLE ITALIA
111	Stefano Gandin
112	Charlie Quarterman
113	Lorenzo Quartucci
114	Jan Stöckli
115	Etienne Van Empel
116	Attilio Viviani
117	Samuele Zambelli
	EOLO-KOMETA
121	Vincenzo Albanese
122	Erik Fetter
123	Giovanni Lonardi
124	Mirco Maestri
125	David Martin
126	Andrea Pietrobon
127	Javier Serrano
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
131	Scott McGill
132	August Jensen
133	Wessel Krul
134	Bart Lemmen
135	Barnabas Peak
136	Gijs Van Hoecke
137	Matthew Gibson
	NOVO NORDISK
141	Hamish Beadle
142	Declan Irvine
143	Matyas Kopecky
144	Peter Kusztor
145	Andrea Peron
146	Umberto Poli
147	Filippo Ridolfo
	UNO-X
151	Alexander Kristoff
152	Jonas Abrahamsen
153	Stian Fredheim
154	William Blume Levy
155	Erik Resell
156	Rasmus Tiller
157	Søren Wærenskjold
	BALOISE-TREK LIONS
161	Dietmar Ledegen
162	David Haverdings
163	Ward Huybs
164	Daan Marien
165	Joris Nieuwenhuis
166	Pim Ronhaar
167	Lars Van Der Haar
	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL
171	Eli Iserbyt
172	Kay De Bruyckere
173	Ryan Kamp
174	Yorben Lauryssen
175	Angelo Van Den Bossche
176	Lukas Vanderlinden
177	Michael Vanthourenhout
	BEAT CYCLING CLUB
181	Stijn Daemen
182	Gil D'Heygere
183	Guillaume Visser
184	Vincent Hoppezak
185	Lucas Janssen
186	Jochem Kerckhaert
187	Emiel Vermeulen
	TARTELETTO-ISOREX
191	Timothy Dupont
192	Maxime De Poorter
193	Jonas Geens
194	Andreas Goeman
195	Gianni Marchand
196	Thomas Joseph
197	Kobe Vanoverschelde
	VOLKERWESSELS
201	Zak Coleman
202	Timo De Jong
203	Jasper Haest
204	Bert-Jan Lindeman
205	Peter Schulting
206	Daan Van Sintmaartensdijk
207	Thimo Willems