Benelux Tour: Tim Merlier wins stage 4

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Belgian Tim Merlier of AlpecinFenix celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage four of the Benelux cycling tour from Aalter to Ardooie 1661 km Thursday 02 September 2021BELGA PHOTO DAVID STOCKMAN Photo by DAVID STOCKMANBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images — Tim Merlier wins stage 4 at Benelux Tour(Image credit: Getty Images)

Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) claimed his second stage win of the Benelux Tour in a bunch sprint on stage 4.

Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) then rode hard on the front to control things for his team, as the intensity increased ahead of the golden kilometre with 10km to go. Asgreen was led out to take the maximum three bonus seconds at the first, with Bissegger not among the scoring top three. Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) won the second sprint ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) and Luke Durbridge (BikeExchange), before Asgreen reemerged to win the third and final sprint. This time he was tracked by Bissegger, who claimed two bonus seconds himself.

In the end, Trek-Segafredo performed the most concerted lead-out, although they were jumped by Van Poppel, who hit out early and hung on impressively. When Pedersen did full open up, Merlier thought about following to the right but saw the door closed, and then decided to charge up the barriers to the left of Van Poppel. Pedersen had started his sprint at the better time and was close to the line but a surging Merlier had just enough road to make his superior speed count.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	3:36:29
2	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
3	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
4	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
6	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
7	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
8	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos
9	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
10	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
11	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
12	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
13	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
15	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
16	Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
17	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
18	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
19	Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
20	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis
21	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
22	Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
23	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
24	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
25	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
26	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
27	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
28	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
29	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
30	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
31	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
32	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
33	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange
34	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
35	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
36	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
37	Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange
38	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
39	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
40	Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
41	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
42	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
43	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
44	Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
45	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
46	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
47	Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
48	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
49	Andreas Stokbro (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
50	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
51	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
52	Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
53	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
54	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
55	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
56	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
57	Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
58	Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
59	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
60	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
61	Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
62	Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
63	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
64	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
65	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
66	Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis
67	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
68	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
69	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
70	Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
71	Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
72	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange
73	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
74	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
75	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
76	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
77	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM
78	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
79	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
80	Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
81	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
82	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
83	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
84	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
85	Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
86	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
87	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
88	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
89	Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
90	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
91	Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
92	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
93	Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
94	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
95	Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
96	Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
97	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
98	Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
99	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
100	Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
101	Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
102	Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
103	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
104	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
105	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:27
106	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:30
107	Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech
108	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:00:34
109	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:37
110	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
111	Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
112	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:00:44
113	Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
114	Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange
115	Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
116	Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
117	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
118	Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos
119	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
120	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
121	Finn Fisher Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
122	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
124	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
125	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
126	Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
127	Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation
128	Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos
129	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
130	Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
131	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
132	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM	0:00:46
133	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
134	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:00:55
135	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:56
136	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:01:05
137	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:01:15
138	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:19
139	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:35
140	Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:41
141	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:54
142	Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:02
143	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:04:46
144	Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
145	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNF	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team
DNS	Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
DNS	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team

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Sprint 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:03
2	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:02
3	Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:01

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Sprint 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:03
2	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:02
3	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:00:01

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Sprint 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:03
2	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:00:02
3	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:01

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Super 8 Sprint 1
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13
2	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	11
3	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	9
4	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4
5	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	2

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Super 8 Sprint 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12
2	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	10
3	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	8
4	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4
5	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo	2

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Finish
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	30
2	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	25
3	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	22
4	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	19
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	17
6	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	15
7	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	13
8	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos	12
9	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	11
10	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	10

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Teams
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Team Qhubeka NextHash	10:49:27
2	Israel Start-up Nation
3	Trek-Segafredo
4	UAE Team Emirates
5	Deceuninck-QuickStep
6	Groupama-FDJ
7	Movistar Team
8	Alpecin-Fenix
9	Cofidis
10	Bingoal WB
11	Jumbo-Visma
12	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
13	Bahrain Victorious
14	Bora-Hansgrohe
15	Ineos Grenadiers
16	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
17	Team BikeExchange
18	EF Education-Nippo
19	Lotto Soudal
20	Team DSM
21	AG2R Citroën Team
22	Astana-Premier Tech	0:00:30

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General classification after stage 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo	11:01:24
2	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:13
3	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:00:20
4	Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
5	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:00:22
6	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:26
7	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
8	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:36
9	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:40
10	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
11	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:44
12	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:45
13	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM	0:00:46
14	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:48
15	Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM	0:00:51
16	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:53
17	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
18	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM	0:01:00
19	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:02
20	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:09
21	Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
22	Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:14
23	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:01:15
24	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:16
25	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:19
26	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:20
27	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:21
28	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
29	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:01:22
30	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:32
31	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:36
32	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:01:40
33	Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM	0:01:43
34	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
35	Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:48
36	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
37	Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:49
38	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:50
39	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:01:52
40	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
41	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:53
42	Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:55
43	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:56
44	Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
45	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:57
46	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	0:02:04
47	Andreas Stokbro (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:02:05
48	Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:07
49	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:02:11
50	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:14
51	Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:15
52	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:17
53	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
54	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:19
55	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
56	Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:21
57	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:24
58	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:25
59	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
60	Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
61	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
62	Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange	0:02:28
63	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
64	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:31
65	Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:32
66	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:34
67	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:35
68	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:38
69	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:39
70	Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:44
71	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:52
72	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:02:54
73	Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:56
74	Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:57
75	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
76	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:09
77	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:13
78	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis	0:03:22
79	Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:03:23
80	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ	0:03:28
81	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
82	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:03:31
83	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:34
84	Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange	0:03:41
85	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM	0:03:42
86	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:03:46
87	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:03:55
88	Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation	0:03:57
89	Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis	0:04:04
90	Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis	0:04:09
91	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:04:26
92	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:04:34
93	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:04:35
94	Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:04:40
95	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:04:41
96	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:04:45
97	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:04:48
98	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:04:53
99	Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo	0:05:00
100	Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:05:01
101	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma	0:05:19
102	Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo	0:05:31
103	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates	0:06:18
104	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	0:06:23
105	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:06:37
106	Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:06:39
107	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:06:54
108	Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech	0:07:01
109	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:07:06
110	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	0:07:22
111	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates	0:07:50
112	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech	0:07:52
113	Finn Fisher Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates	0:08:04
114	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:08:41
115	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo	0:08:42
116	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix	0:09:01
117	Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:09:05
118	Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:09:20
119	Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:09:23
120	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ	0:09:26
121	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
122	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:09:28
123	Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:09:29
124	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:09:35
125	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:09:40
126	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
127	Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:09:46
128	Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team	0:10:05
129	Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation	0:10:22
130	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates	0:10:29
131	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:10:38
132	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:11:56
133	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:12:07
134	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:12:37
135	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:12:40
136	Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo	0:13:26
137	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo	0:14:50
138	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM	0:15:44
139	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	0:15:49
140	Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:16:34
141	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:17:03
142	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:18:36
143	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:23:05
144	Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:23:22
145	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:23:56

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Points classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	60
2	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	53
3	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	51
4	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	50
5	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos	42
6	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	38
7	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	34
8	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	32
9	Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo	30
10	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	30
11	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team	25
12	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma	25
13	Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	22
14	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	22
15	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep	22
16	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	19
17	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	19
18	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17
19	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	15
20	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM	13
21	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos	12
22	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	12
23	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	11
24	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	11
25	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	11
26	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates	10
27	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	10

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Sprint classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	52
2	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	35
3	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	32
4	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25
5	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	19
6	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	14
7	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team	10
8	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	9
9	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation	6
10	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	5
11	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4
12	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo	2
13	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	2

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Teams classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Team Qhubeka NextHash	33:06:06
2	Team DSM	0:00:05
3	Bahrain Victorious	0:00:08
4	Deceuninck-QuickStep
5	EF Education-Nippo	0:00:30
6	Trek-Segafredo	0:00:49
7	Jumbo-Visma	0:01:10
8	Lotto Soudal	0:01:13
9	Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:38
10	Groupama-FDJ	0:01:48
11	Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:09
12	UAE Team Emirates	0:02:12
13	Team BikeExchange	0:02:29
14	AG2R Citroën Team	0:03:50
15	Movistar Team	0:03:51
16	Ineos Grenadiers
17	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:03:57
18	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:04:23
19	Cofidis	0:04:24
20	Israel Start-up Nation	0:04:31
21	Bingoal WB	0:05:59
22	Astana-Premier Tech	0:14:19

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.