2026 ZLM Tour (2.1), Netherlands
Formerly Ster ZLM Toer

36th edition: September 2 - 6, 2026

ZLM Tour podium history | 2024 edition (race was not run in 2025) | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2026 ZLM Tour map.

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Sunday, September 6: 5th & Final stage, Waalwijk - Waalwijk, 182.7 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Henry Hobbs wins stage five.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Waalwijk at 2:55 PM, local time: 23C (74F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five report.

Lidl-Trek’s 24-year-old Czech rider Mathias Vacek was crowned the overall winner of the ZLM Tour in Waalwijk. After five days of racing, his teammate Max Walscheid and Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Axel van der Tuuk joined him on the final podium in second and third place. Henry Hobbs won the final stage. The 19-year-old Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider defeated Lidl-Trek’s Max Walscheid and BEAT CC’s David Dekker in the streets of Waalwijk.

Six riders launch an early attack
The riders clearly had attacking intentions in the final stage around Waalwijk. Roan Konings (METEC-Solarwatt p/b Mantel), Rick Ottema (EEW-VDK Cycling Team), Mees Vlot (Team Picnic PostNL), Tars Poelvoorde (Lotto-Intermarché), Artuur Torney (Team Flanders-Baloise) and Oliver Knudsen (SWAT Club) broke away early in the stage.

They were able to dream of the stage victory for a long time, but on this occasion the peloton caught the escapees just in time. Led by Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe and Lidl-Trek, the peloton closed the final gap.

Hobbs surprises the fast men
Henry Hobbs produced a surprise in the final sprint by proving to be the fastest rider. “The team worked hard for me all day, so it is amazing to win here,” said the young Brit. “I did not expect to beat all those fast riders, but I am incredibly happy with this victory.”

Vacek caps off a strong ZLM Tour with overall victory
Mathias Vacek’s yellow ZLM leader’s jersey was never in danger during the final stage. The 24-year-old Czech received the winner’s trophy with a broad smile. “I mainly came here for the time trial, but winning the general classification is of course amazing as well,” said Vacek. “As a team, we can look back on a successful ZLM Tour. I would be delighted to return in the future.”

Lidl-Trek wins the team classification

Roan Konings received the award for the most combative rider, while Lidl-Trek was crowned the winner of the team classification.

Compelte results:

182.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.216 km/hr

1	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 52min 10sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
4	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
5	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
9	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
11	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
13	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
16	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
17	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
20	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
21	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
26	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
28	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
30	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
31	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
33	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
37	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
38	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
40	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
41	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
45	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 13sec
46	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
47	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
48	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	0:15
49	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	0:21
50	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	0:28
51	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	0:30
52	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:34
53	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	0:42
54	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	1:08
55	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	1:09
56	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
58	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:12
59	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
60	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
62	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
63	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	1:14
64	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	1:16
65	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
66	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:20
67	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	1:22
68	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	1:37
70	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:59
71	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	2:18
73	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	2:59
75	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:11
76	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	s.t.
77	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
78	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:24
80	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	4:06
81	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
82	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	4:35
83	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
84	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:35
85	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:51
87	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:34
88	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
DNF	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification winner: Max Walscheid (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Héctor Álvarez (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification winner: Lidl-trek

809 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.904 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	17hr 14min 53sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	@ 33sec
3	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
4	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:08
5	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:42
6	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	2:08
7	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:11
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:14
9	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:34
10	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:06
11	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:14
12	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:15
13	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	3:26
14	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:40
15	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:54
16	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	4:03
17	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:17
18	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:19
19	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:34
20	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:46
21	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	4:57
22	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:12
23	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	5:19
24	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	10:01
25	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:24
26	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	11:30
27	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	11:42
28	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	12:43
29	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	15:29
30	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	15:59
31	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:16
32	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	16:25
33	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	16:52
34	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	17:13
35	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	17:43
36	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	17:57
37	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	18:28
38	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	20:50
39	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	22:37
40	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	23:50
41	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	23:55
42	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:14
43	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	24:47
44	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:49
45	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	24:55
46	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	25:22
47	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	26:09
48	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:11
49	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	26:27
50	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	26:40
51	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:53
52	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:12
53	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:42
54	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:57
55	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:06
56	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:07
57	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	28:36
58	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	28:53
59	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	28:58
60	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	29
62	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
63	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	29:11
64	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	29:18
65	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	30:11
66	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	30:44
67	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	30:46
68	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	31:15
69	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	31:23
70	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	31:32
71	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	32:10
72	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	34:05
73	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	34:11
74	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	34:50
75	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	35:44
76	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:51
77	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	35:58
78	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	36:11
79	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	36:17
80	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	36:49
81	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	37:40
82	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	39:12
83	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	39:34
84	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	39:36
85	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	42:18
86	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:13
87	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	43:25
88	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	45:29

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, September 5: Stage 4, Schijndel - Schijndel, 210.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Lionel Taminiaux wins stage four.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Schijndel at 2:35 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Sébastien Grignard (Lotto-Intermarché) did not start. Early in the stage Rak van der Wal (EEW-VDK Cyclingteam) abandoned. Later Karst Hayma (Metec-SOLARWATT-Mantel) also quit the race.

Here's the report from stage winner Lionel Taminiaux's Team Lotto-Intermarché:

Lionel Taminiaux has delivered Lotto-Intermarché a fine victory in the ZLM Tour. The 29-year-old Belgian was part of the early breakaway in stage four, which managed to stay clear all the way to the finish after spending 180 kilometres at the front. In a thrilling finale, Taminiaux finished off the job with a powerful sprint. “We worked perfectly together at the front, but I really had to fight and sprint all the way to the line. That makes this victory even more special,” says Taminiaux.

When Lionel Taminiaux initiated the breakaway of the day after 25 kilometres of racing, he certainly did not expect to cross the finish line first four and a half hours later. “There was a lot of wind and our advantage never exceeded a minute and a half throughout the race,” Taminiaux explains. “The five of us worked well together, but we expected the classic breakaway scenario, with the peloton catching us in the finale. However, because of the nature of the tricky local circuit, with climbs and narrow roads, it was difficult for the peloton to make up much ground. That was when we started to realise that something might actually be possible. With 50 kilometres to go, there were four of us left and we started to increase the pace. The cooperation was absolutely perfect until 700 metres from the finish. We kept rotating constantly, with everyone doing their share. I really have to thank the other guys for that. Everyone kept fully committing to our chance. Of course, I still had the opening stage of the Renewi Tour in the back of my mind. I let an opportunity slip away deep into the finale there, and I had learned my lesson.”

Taminiaux entered the final corner in first position, but then saw fellow escapee Danny van der Tuuk accelerate from behind. “Martijn Rasenberg immediately managed to get onto his wheel, while I suddenly had to close a gap of 50 metres. With 500 metres to go, Rasenberg launched his sprint. I was sprinting just as fast as him but wasn’t getting any closer… until he sat down for a moment. That allowed me to pass him with 20 metres to go. I knew my form was good and I think I played it well tactically. It certainly wasn’t an easy victory: I really had to fight and sprint all the way to the line. To be able to finish it off with a win makes it even more satisfying.”

Complete results:

210.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.957 km/hr

1	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	4hr 40min 32sec
2	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
3	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 4sec
4	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07
6	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
10	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
13	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
16	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
17	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
20	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
21	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
22	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
24	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
27	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
29	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
32	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
33	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
35	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
38	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
39	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
42	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
47	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
48	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
49	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
50	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
51	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
53	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
54	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	0:19
55	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
56	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
57	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
59	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	0:37
60	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:30
61	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	2:07
62	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:27
63	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
64	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	2:28
65	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	3:32
66	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:06
67	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
68	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
69	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
70	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
72	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
73	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:21
74	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
75	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
76	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
78	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
80	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
81	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	8:04
82	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
83	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
86	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:17
87	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
89	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification leader: Max Walscheid (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Hector Alvarez (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

626.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.814 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	13hr 22min 43sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	@ 39sec
3	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
4	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:08
5	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:29
6	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	2:08
7	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:11
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:14
9	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:34
10	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:06
11	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:14
12	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:15
13	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:26
14	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	3:30
15	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:40
16	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:54
17	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	4:03
18	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:19
19	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:27
20	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:34
21	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:46
22	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	4:57
23	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:12
24	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	5:19
25	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	10:01
26	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	11:17
27	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:24
28	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	11:42
29	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	12:01
30	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	15:29
31	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	15:31
32	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:16
33	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	16:25
34	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	16:55
35	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	17:13
36	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	17:20
37	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	17:36
38	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	17:43
39	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:14
40	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:50
41	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	22:30
43	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	22:37
44	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	22:45
45	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	23:43
46	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	24:47
47	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:59
48	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	25:22
49	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	26:09
50	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	26:27
51	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
52	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:45
53	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:53
54	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	26:59
55	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:12
56	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	27:23
57	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	27:35
59	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	27:39
60	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:42
61	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	27:45
62	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:46
63	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	27:53
64	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	27:55
65	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	28:06
66	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	28:09
68	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	29:00
69	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	29:24
70	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	30:01
71	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	30:03
72	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:16
73	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	30:23
74	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	32:10
75	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:47
76	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	33:00
77	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	33:02
78	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	33:05
79	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	33:26
80	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	33:28
81	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:39
82	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	34:51
83	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	35:06
84	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	35:28
85	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	36:25
86	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	36:34
87	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	37:43
88	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	38:38
89	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	39:12

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, September 4: Stage 3, Roosendaal - Bergen op Zoom, 201.2 km

Stage 3 map & profile

The race organizer noted that this stage three picture shows riders racing in typcal Dutch conditions.

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Weather at the finish city of Bergen op Zoom at 2:35 PM, local time: 20C (68F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the west at 35 km/hr (22 mph). The showers are forecast to end at 3:30 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Max Walscheid's Team Lidl-Trek:

Lidl-Trek continue their winning streak at ZLM Tour: after Mathias Vacek on stage one and two, Max Walscheid took the glory on stage three

Max Walscheid won the third stage of the ZLM Tour in Bergen op Zoom, continuing Lidl-Trek’s winning streak.

After Mathias Vacek won the opening time trial and also claimed victory on stage two, the German rider went on to win the third stage in a sprint from a ten-man breakaway group.

Vacek finished in the same time in seventh place on the day after 201-kilometers and remains the overall leader of the five-day stage race. The Czech champion has a 39-second lead over Walscheid in second place overall, 1’06 over Axel van der Tuuk of Team Euskaltel-Euskadi in third, and 1’08 over Tim van Dijke of Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.

Vacek had already triumphed from a similar situation on stage two.

There, a twelve-man breakaway group formed in the strong coastal winds of the Zeeland region, with four Lidl-Trek riders among them.

From this group, Vacek eventually attacked together with Tim van Dijke in the final kilometers and beat the Dutcman in a sprinting duel. Walscheid finished sixth, Edward Theuns ninth and Héctor Álvarez eleventh.

On Stage three, a very similar scenario unfolded: once again, strong winds shaped the entire day, and the peloton split into several groups early on the Oesterdam, a dam more than ten kilometres long running through the sea.

“It was again a day in the wind and I have to say on the dam there at the sea it was pretty on the limit. We had to really take care to not fly away,” Vacek explained.

“Everybody knew it would be echelons again, full gas the whole day. And in the end Bora, us and Visma again had the numbers in the first group. Going back on the dam it split again into a smaller group, the ten people that went to the finish.”

When the race crossed the Oesterdam for the second time at the beginning of the second half of the race, the decisive ten-man group featuring Walscheid and Vacek eventually got clear and built up a lead of as much as two minutes. They ultimately reached the finish with a 1’08 lead over the first larger chasing group.

In the final kilometers, Vacek did a large share of the work at the front to save Walscheid for the sprint — and Walscheid then beat Alessia Magagnotti of Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.

“We really wanted to give Max the chance today to go for the win – I won two stages, so he also deserves it after all the work he did for me, and he used that chance perfectly to win the stage. It couldn’t go much better,” said Vacek.

Stages four and five on Saturday and Sunday will once again feature two completely flat stages around Schijndel and Waalwijk. This time, however, the race will no longer take place directly along the coast, so conditions could be somewhat less windy.

Walscheid reflected on his win:
“It was a good sprint. I really saved my legs over the last kilometers for this one effort. Vacek helped me very well – it's a pleasure, if the leader's jersey is turning for you so you can rest, and I'm glad we pulled it off.

“To win all three stages may seem easy, but it is a lot of hard work. Also today we needed to put the absolute maximum effort into it and we are super proud how we are performing this week. I'm not entirely sure about the weather tomorrow, but today and yesterday it was definitely anything but easy.

“I hope we have a little bit more of a quiet day tomorrow, because at the moment we have the cards in our hands and we are the team who can lose it. So it would be great to have a little bit of rest. But if it's another battle, we are also ready!”

Complete results:

201.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.021 km/hr

1	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	4hr 22min 19sec
2	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
6	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
10	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	@ 1min 8sec
12	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
14	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
15	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
16	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
17	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
18	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
19	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
20	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
23	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
24	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
26	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
27	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
29	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
30	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
33	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
34	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
35	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
36	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
37	Karst Hayma	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	7:22
38	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	9:00
39	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
41	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
44	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
45	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	11:18
46	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
48	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
49	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
50	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
51	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
53	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
55	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
58	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
59	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
60	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
61	Rik van der Wal	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
62	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
63	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
65	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
66	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
67	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
69	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
72	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
73	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
74	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
75	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
76	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
77	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
78	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
79	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
80	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
81	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
83	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
88	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
89	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
90	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
92	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification leader: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Héctor Alvarez (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

416.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.822 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	8hr 42min 4sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	@ 39sec
3	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
4	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:08
5	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:29
6	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	2:08
7	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:11
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:14
9	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	2:34
10	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:06
11	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:14
12	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:26
13	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	3:30
14	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:34
15	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:40
16	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:54
17	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	4:03
18	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:19
19	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:27
20	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:34
21	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:46
22	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	4:57
23	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	5:03
24	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:12
25	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	5:19
26	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	10:01
27	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:24
28	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	11:42
29	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	11:49
30	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	12:21
31	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	14:15
32	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	14:33
33	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	15:15
34	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	15:29
35	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	15:31
36	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	15:51
37	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	16:13
38	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:16
39	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	16:55
40	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	17:13
41	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	17:31
42	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	17:38
43	Rik van der Wal	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	20:21
44	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:45
45	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	20:45
46	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:50
47	Karst Hayma	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	23:15
48	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	23:43
49	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	24:47
50	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:59
51	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	25:02
52	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	25:24
53	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	25:27
54	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	26:09
55	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	26:27
56	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	26:33
57	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:42
59	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	26:43
60	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	26:46
61	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	26:48
62	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	26:51
64	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:52
65	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	26:53
66	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	26:54
68	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	26:58
69	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	27:11
70	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:12
71	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
72	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:23
73	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:28
74	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	27:31
75	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	27:35
76	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	27:39
77	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	27:41
78	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	27:42
79	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
80	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	27:43
81	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	27:45
82	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:46
83	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	27:55
84	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	27:56
85	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	27:57
86	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	28:01
87	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	28:06
88	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	28:28
90	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	28:29
91	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	28:52
92	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	29:00

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, September 3: Stage 2, Westkapelle - Heinkenszand, 193.8 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Mathias Vacek wins stage two, apparently to the great displeasure of second-place Tim van Dijke.

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Weather at the finish city of Heinkenszand at 2:35 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 37 km/hr (23 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two summary.

Lidl-Trek rider Mathias Vacek won the second stage of the ZLM Tour in Heinkenszand. After a grueling 194-kilometer race, the general classification leader beat a disappointed Tim van Dijke (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe) in the sprint. Danny van Poppel won the sprint for third place behind them.

Crosswinds split the peloton early on
Strong winds during the stage from Westkapelle to Heinkenszand caused the peloton to quickly break apart into several echelons. Eventually, a lead group of thirteen riders formed, including Vacek, Walscheid, Alvarez Martinez, and Theuns for Lidl-Trek, and Mick van Dijke, Tim van Dijke, Van Poppel, and Mouris for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe.

Duel between Vacek and Van Dijke
In the closing stages, Vacek and local rider Tim van Dijke managed to break away from the lead group. The Czech rider launched his sprint from a long way out, and Van Dijke was unable to overtake him. The rider from Zeeland was visibly disappointed after the finish: "It was an incredibly tough stage that required constant vigilance all day. I really wanted to win here on home turf, but when it came time to sprint, I quickly realized I didn't have enough energy left."
Lead extends in the standings

With this victory, Vacek strengthened his position in the general classification. He now holds a 45-second lead over teammate Max Walscheid and a 56-second advantage over Hector Alvarez, who retained the lead in the Skoda youth classification. Vacek also leads the PostcodeLoterij points classification. Stage 3

Preview
The third stage of the ZLM Tour on Friday, September 4, takes the riders from Roosendaal to Bergen op Zoom over a distance of 201.2 kilometers, featuring, among other things, multiple crossings of the Oesterdam.

Complete results:

193.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.202 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	3hr 56min 20sec
2	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 10sec
4	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
5	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:12
8	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
9	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	0:16
12	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:45
13	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:41
14	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
15	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	s.t.
16	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
17	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
18	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
21	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
22	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
23	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
24	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
26	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
27	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
28	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
29	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	1:45
31	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:53
32	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	5:58
33	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:27
34	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
35	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
36	Rik van der Wal	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
37	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
38	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	7:31
39	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	13:24
40	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
41	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
42	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
43	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
44	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
45	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
46	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
49	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
50	Nino de Jong	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
51	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
52	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	s.t.
53	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
54	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
55	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
56	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
57	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
58	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
59	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
61	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
63	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Johan Dorussen	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
65	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
67	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
68	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Karst Hayma	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
70	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
72	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
74	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
75	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
77	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
79	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
80	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
83	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
85	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Thibault Guernalec	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
89	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
90	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
91	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
92	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	s.t.
93	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
94	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
95	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	s.t.
96	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification leader: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Hector Alvarez (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

214.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 49.627 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	4hr 19min 49sec
2	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	@ 45sec
3	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	0:56
4	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:59
5	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:03
6	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:10
7	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	1:22
8	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:26
9	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:54
10	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:14
11	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
12	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	2:18
13	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:28
14	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	2:38
15	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:42
16	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	2:51
17	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:53
18	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:07
19	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:10
20	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:15
21	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	3:17
22	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:22
23	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:30
24	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:34
25	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	3:45
26	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	3:51
27	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	3:53
28	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:00
29	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	4:07
30	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
31	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	4:29
32	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	8:49
33	Rik van der Wal	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	8:59
34	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:23
35	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
36	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:28
37	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	10:12
38	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	10:37
39	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	14:02
40	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	14:19
41	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	14:29
42	Thibault Guernalec	Team TotalEnergies	14:31
43	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	14:39
44	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	14:47
45	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	15:01
46	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	15:05
47	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	15:11
48	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:20
50	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	15:21
51	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	15:24
52	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	15:26
53	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	15:29
55	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:30
56	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	15:31
57	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	15:32
59	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	15:36
60	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	15:43
61	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
62	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	15:49
63	Karst Hayma	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
64	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	15:50
65	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
66	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:55
67	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	15:58
68	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	16:01
69	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	16:06
71	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	16:09
72	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	16:13
73	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	16:17
74	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:18
75	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:19
76	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
77	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	16:20
78	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
79	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	16:21
80	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	16:23
81	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
82	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	16:24
83	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	16:26
84	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	16:33
85	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:34
86	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	16:35
87	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	16:39
88	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	16:44
89	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Johan Dorussen	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	16:47
91	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	17:06
92	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	17:07
93	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	17:11
94	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	17:30
95	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	17:38
96	Nino de Jong	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	18:06

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

 

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, September 2: Stage 1, Kapelle 21.1 km individual time trial

Stage 1 map & profile

Stage winner Mathias Vacek

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Weather at the race city of Kapelle at 6:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is an 11% chance of rain at.

The race: The first rider to start was Carl Emil Just Pedersen (Hagens Berman Jayco) at 5:21 PM.

Here's the race report from winner Mathias Vacek's Team Lidl-Trek:

Mathias Vacek was clearly the fastest on stage 1 at the ZLM Tour, winning the opening time trial ahead of Niklas Larsen and Lidl-Trek teammate Jakob Söderqvist.

Mathias Vacek has won the 21.1-kilometre opening time trial at the ZLM Tour in the Dutch town of Kapelle, Zeeland. The Czech ITT champion was 19.5 seconds faster than Denmark’s Niklas Larsen and now leads the five-day stage race comfortably.

Lidl-Trek dominated Stage 1, with Jakob Söderqvist finishing third, Max Walscheid fourth and Héctor Álvarez fifth in the time trial – 24, 25 and 26 seconds behind Vacek, respectively.

Edward Theuns finished 14th, while Thor Michielsen of the Future Racing squad was 19th. Otto Vergaerde, who saved his legs for the coming days, finished in 67th place.

The upcoming four stages will all be flat, but already on Stage 2 in Zeeland, the wind could be a huge factor. In general, the race will feature some really technical sections every day, with narrow roads and many corners.

Lidl-Trek will give it everything to defend the yellow jersey and make the most of their comfortable situation on the GC after Stage 1.

In Vacek’s words:
"It was quite a nice TT, I have to say – a bit of everything: Some technical parts and some long straights to push a lot of power. So I knew it could suite me and also in preparation for the World Championships it was a good one. So I really wanted to do well and go full. I'm really happy, that I could win here and gain some more confidence for the World Championships.

"The next stages will be quite hard, not parcours-wise, but for sure with the wind and the small roads, left and right it will be quite hectic. So for sure we'll have to watch out and be always in front. But now witcek-mathias quite a good gap I can really try to go for the GC and try to bring it home. It's a long way to go, but we have a good team here and I'm looking forward to the next stages".

Results & GC after stage 1:

21.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.380 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	23min 43sec
2	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 19sec
3	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	0:24
4	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	0:25
5	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek	0:26
6	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:33
7	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:37
8	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	0:41
9	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	0:43
10	Joren Bloem	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:47
11	Michiel Mouris	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:49
12	Niklas Behrens	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:51
13	Thibault Guernalec	Team TotalEnergies	0:53
14	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	0:56
15	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	0:57
16	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:00
17	Yanne Dorenbos	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	1:01
18	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:02
19	Thor Michielsen	Lidl-Trek	1:09
20	Owain Doull	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:12
21	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:15
22	Rik van der Wal	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	1:18
23	Henry Hobbs	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:20
24	Michiel Coppens	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	1:22
25	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	1:23
26	Wil Holmes	Hagens Berman Jayco	1:27
27	Gari Ugarte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:29
29	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	1:30
30	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:30
31	Carl Emil Just Pedersen	Hagens Berman Jayco	1:33
32	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:35
34	Rick Ottema	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	1:38
35	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:39
36	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:42
37	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
38	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	1:43
39	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	1:46
40	Nolan Huysmans	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:47
41	Bram Dissel	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	1:48
42	Laurens Sweeck	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Matias Malmberg	Swatt Club	1:50
44	Steijn Oosterveld	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	1:51
45	Mads Andersen	Swatt Club	1:52
46	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Mees Vlot	Team Picnic PostNL	1:53
48	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:54
50	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	David Dekker	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	s.t.
52	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Intermarché	1:58
53	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
54	Roy Hoogendoorn	Team Picnic PostNL	2:05
55	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
56	Roan Konings	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
57	Karsten Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:11
58	Karst Hayma	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	s.t.
59	Riccardo Colombo	Hagens Berman Jayco	2:12
60	Luke Verburg	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	s.t.
61	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
62	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
63	Vinnie Manion	Hagens Berman Jayco	2:15
64	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	2:16
65	Mattia Sambinello	Hagens Berman Jayco	s.t.
66	Ander Otegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:17
67	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:18
68	Max Kroonen	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	2:20
69	Jesse Kramer	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	2:23
70	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Jarrad Drizners	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Jed Smithson	Hagens Berman Jayco	2:24
73	Timo Behrens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	2:28
74	Joost Nat	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	2:31
75	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
76	Mathis Avondts	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	2:34
77	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:35
78	Victor Broex	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	2:37
79	Teun Veelers	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	2:38
80	Rick Versloot	Team Picnic PostNL	2:39
81	Alessio Magagnotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:40
82	Pietro Mattio	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:41
83	Francesco Carollo	Swatt Club	s.t.
84	Jasper Verbrugge	Hagens Berman Jayco	2:42
85	Artuur Torney	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Vincent Hoppezak	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	2:43
87	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	2:44
88	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	2:45
89	Mees Hendrikx	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	s.t.
90	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	2:46
91	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	2:48
92	Marvin Peters	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	2:54
93	Ryan Kamp	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	2:55
94	Collin Westbroek	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	2:56
95	Kepa Ormazabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Julian Vergouw	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	2:57
97	Milan Van den Haute	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:01
98	Yoeri Havik	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	3:06
99	Alain Suarez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Johan Dorussen	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	3:09
101	Steyn van der Veen	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel	3:25
102	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Swatt Club	3:28
103	Lars Rouffaer	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam	3:29
104	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	3:33
105	Tijmen Eising	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	3:39
106	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	3:50
107	Oliver Knudsen	Swatt Club	3:52
108	Thomas Rigamonti	Swatt Club	3:55
109	Kasper Andersen	Swatt Club	4:00
110	Nino de Jong	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	4:28

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, September 1, 2026:

	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1	Niklas Behrens
2	Owain Doull
3	Henry Hobbs
4	Kind Høydahl Jonas
5	Pietro Mattio
6	Mikal Grimstad Uglehus
7	Loe van Belle
	Lidl-Trek
11	Mathias Vacek
12	Héctor Álvarez
13	Jakob Söderqvist
14	Edward Theuns
15	Thor Michielsen
16	Otto Vergaerde
17	Max Walscheid
	Alpecin-Premier Tech
21	Oscar Riesebeek
22	Timo Behrens
23	Simon Dehairs
24	Johan Price-Pejtersen
25	Jonas Rickaert
26	Laurens Sweeck
27	Gerben Thijssen
	Team Picnic PostNL
31	Frits Biesterbos
32	Christiaan van Rees
33	Nils Eekhoff
34	Sean Flynn
35	Roy Hoogendoorn
36	Rick Versloot
37	Mees Vlot
	Lotto-Intermarché
41	Jasper De Buyst
42	Sébastien Grignard
43	Shunsuke Imamura
44	Mathieu Kockelmann
45	Tars Poelvoorde
46	Lionel Taminiaux
47	Lorenz Van de Wynkele
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
51	Tim van Dijke
52	Mick van Dijke
53	Danny van Poppel
54	Jarrad Drizners
55	Arne Marit
56	Michiel Mouris
57	Alessio Magagnotti
	Team TotalEnergies
61	Anthony Turgis
62	Rayan Boulahoite
63	Alexys Brunel
64	Thibault Guernalec
65	Samuel Leroux
66	Lorrenzo Manzin
67	Jason Tesson
	Team Flanders-Baloise
71	Michiel Lambrecht
72	Nolan Huysmans
73	Artuur Torney
74	Milan Van den Haute
75	Leander Van Hautegem
76	Noah Vandenbranden
77	Victor Vercouillie
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
81	Unai Aznar
82	Kepa Ormazabal
83	Ander Otegi
84	Alain Suarez
85	Gari Ugarte
86	Danny van der Tuuk
87	Axel van der Tuuk
	Unibet Rose Rockets
91	Joren Bloem
92	Karsten Feldmann
93	Owen Geleijn
94	Niklas Larsen
95	Wessel Mouris
96	Tobias Müller
97	Martijn Rasenberg
	Hagens Berman Jayco
101	Riccardo Colombo
102	Wil Holmes
103	Carl Emil Just Pedersen
104	Mattia Sambinello
105	Jed Smithson
106	Jasper Verbrugge
107	Vinnie Manion
	Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel
111	Karst Hayma
112	Victor Broex
113	Johan Dorussen
114	Roan Konings
115	Steyn van der Veen
116	Julian Vergouw
117	Collin Westbroek
	EEW-VDK Cyclingteam
121	Yoeri Havik
122	Mees Hendrikx
123	Ryan Kamp
124	Rick Ottema
125	Marvin Peters
126	Lars Rouffaer
127	Rik van der Wal
	BEAT CC p/b Saxo
131	David Dekker
132	Michiel Coppens
133	Bram Dissel
134	Tijmen Eising
135	Jesse Kramer
136	Max Kroonen
137	Joost Nat
	Azerion / Villa Valkenburg
141	Mathis Avondts
142	Nino de Jong
143	Yanne Dorenbos
144	Vincent Hoppezak
145	Steijn Oosterveld
146	Teun Veelers
147	Luke Verburg
	Swatt Club
151	Kasper Andersen
152	Mads Andersen
153	Francesco Carollo
154	Oliver Knudsen
155	Matias Malmberg
156	Jack Rootkin-Gray
157	Thomas Rigamonti