Baloise Belgium Tour

Stage 1: Beringen - Beringen

BE Belgium Wednesday 12 June 2024 12 km

Strong start for Asgreen at the Belgium Tour

Strong start for Asgreen at the Belgium Tour

Kasper Asgreen took a solid top ten on the opening day of the Belgium Tour, which got underway with a 12km individual time trial, held on the flat roads around Beringen. The Danish Champion was the penultimate rider to roll down the ramp and immediately found his rhythm, putting together a nice ITT.

The 29-year-old covered the course in 13:38 after averaging 52.75km/h and concluded the stage won by Søren Wærenskjold (Uno X-Mobility) in sixth place. Asgreen was joined in the top ten by his Soudal Quick-Step teammate Josef Cerny, who made his first outing since the Giro d’Italia.

“It was a really fast time trial, with a bit of headwind in some parts of the route. For me it was a good test, because I want to defend my title at the National Championships later this month. This result makes me happy also because it puts me in a good position from which I can try to do something in the general classification. I would like to have a solid week here, but at the same time, I will do my best to help Tim Merlier in the sprint stages”, said Kasper at the finish.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
13:24
2 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:02
3 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Wanty
0:10
4 Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:11
5 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
0:12
6 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:14
7 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:17
8 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
0:17
9 Daan Hoole
Lidl - Trek
0:18
10 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
34 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:38
38 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:40
41 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:41
66 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:52
83 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:04
1 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
13:24
2 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:02
3 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Wanty
0:10
4 Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:11
5 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
0:12
6 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:14
7 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:17
8 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
0:17
9 Daan Hoole
Lidl - Trek
0:18
10 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
34 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:38
38 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:40
41 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:41
66 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:52
83 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:04
1 Søren Wærenskjold
Uno-X Mobility
20 pt
2 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
18 pt
3 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Wanty
16 pt
4 Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
14 pt
5 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
12 pt
6 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
7 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
9 pt
8 Jasper Stuyven
Lidl - Trek
8 pt
9 Daan Hoole
Lidl - Trek
7 pt
10 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
1 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
13:26
2 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
0:10
3 Iván Romeo Abad
Movistar Team
0:21
4 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:24
5 Patrick Eddy
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:26
6 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:33
7 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
8 Pierre Gautherat
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:44
9 Yorben Lauryssen
Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal
0:50
10 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:50
1 Lidl - Trek 40:49
2 Lotto Dstny 0:26
3 Movistar Team 0:27
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:31
5 Uno-X Mobility 0:34
6 Soudal Quick-Step 0:36
7 Israel - Premier Tech 1:02
8 Intermarché - Wanty 1:02
9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:07
10 Team Flanders - Baloise 1:09

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