Renewi Tour

Stage 3: Blankenberge - Ardooie

NL Netherlands Friday 30 August 2024 185.5 km

Vangheluwe lights up the Renewi Tour

Vangheluwe lights up the Renewi Tour

Warre Vangheluwe had a clear goal at the start of the Renewi Tour stage three, from Blankenberge to Ardooie: join the breakaway and make the most out of it there, as the race passed not far from my home. The 23-year-old from Tielt didn’t waste any time when the flag was dropped, attacking immediately and being joined by four riders, with whom he put around three minutes into the peloton. It was a daring move from the Belgian, who knew the sprinters would be favourites on the pan-flat 185.5km course, but that didn’t stop him from giving everything out there.

The escapees did a great job together, but with several teams joining hands behind, their gap continued to shrink and the peloton inched closer in the final 30 kilometers. Knowing this, Vangheluwe launched an all-out attack 15 kilometers from home, similar to that which netted him his first pro victory, at the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque.

Entering the last ten kilometers of the stage, Warre carried a 20-second gap, which was encouraging at that point of the race, but despite an amazing effort on the long and wide roads to Ardooie, the fast men’s teams reeled him in just three kilometers from the line and Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) took the victory. The general classification remained more or less the same, which means Ilan Van Wilder will go into the penultimate day of the event as the best-placed Soudal Quick-Step rider.

“It was a quite special day, with so many of my friends and people I know cheering for me from the side of the road. One of the sprints was just two kilometers from my home, so it was emotional to take on these roads I know so well. I felt good today, wanted to join the breakaway and gave my best there, so at the end of the day, I am quite content”, Warre said after the stage.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
3:57:17
2 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
3 Max Walscheid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
4 Arnaud Démare
0:00
5 Gleb Syritsa
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
6 Jules Hesters
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:00
7 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
8 Davide Persico
Bingoal WB
0:00
9 Stefan Bissegger
EF Education - EasyPost
0:00
10 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
0:00
30 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
46 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
74 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
85 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
132 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
0:50
150 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
3:26
DNS Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
-03:57:17
1 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
7:55:17
2 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:07
3 Tobias Foss
INEOS Grenadiers
0:11
4 Tim Wellens
UAE Team Emirates
0:16
5 Ben Turner
INEOS Grenadiers
0:22
6 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:23
7 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:23
8 Maximilian Schachmann
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:27
9 Alberto Bettiol
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:28
10 Rémi Cavagna
Movistar Team
0:30
13 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:34
20 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:38
65 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
1:35
105 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
2:55
126 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
4:16
137 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
6:35
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
60 pt
2 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
50 pt
3 Stefan Bissegger
EF Education - EasyPost
33 pt
4 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
30 pt
5 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
28 pt
6 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
25 pt
7 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
22 pt
8 Max Walscheid
Team Jayco AlUla
22 pt
9 Tobias Foss
INEOS Grenadiers
19 pt
10 Arnaud Démare
19 pt
1 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
7:55:17
2 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
0:07
3 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:32
4 Iván Romeo Abad
Movistar Team
0:45
5 Emil Herzog
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:50
6 Eddy Le Huitouze
Groupama - FDJ
0:51
7 Jack Rootkin-Gray
EF Education - EasyPost
1:56
8 Dylan Vandenstorme
Team Flanders - Baloise
1:58
9 Manlio Moro
Movistar Team
2:06
10 Pierre Gautherat
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
2:33
1 INEOS Grenadiers 23:46:31
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:48
3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:49
4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:53
5 Lotto Dstny 0:59
6 Soudal Quick-Step 1:11
7 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:14
8 EF Education - EasyPost 1:21
9 Movistar Team 1:37
10 Lidl - Trek 2:00

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