Renewi Tour

Stage 5: Menen - Geraardsbergen

NL Netherlands Sunday 01 September 2024 202.7 km

Renewi Tour concludes with traditional Muur stage

Renewi Tour concludes with traditional Muur stage

The fifth stage of the Renewi Tour began with around a dozen riders within 30 seconds, making the fight for the general classification an intriguing and exciting one. To add more spice to everything, the 202.7km parcours from Menen to Geraardsbergen featured three ascents of the mythical Muur-Kapelmuur, as well as other climbs known from De Ronde, such as the Paterberg and Bosberg.

This combination of hills, cobbles and up-and-down roads made for an action-packed day, animated for more than 100 kilometers by a large breakaway group that featured Soudal Quick-Step’s Josef Cerny. Once the breakaway was caught, the GC men began showing their intentions, around twenty riders zipping away inside the last hour of racing. Ilan Van Wilder was there and helped the group open a comfortable gap on the chasers.

On the last lap, with some 17 kilometers to go, five men attacked, two of them making another move just before the finish and arriving together at the finish, where Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny) took the victory, while Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) sealed the GC victory. Ilan – who raced the Renewi Tour for the first time in his career – concluded the week as the top-ranked Soudal Quick-Step rider, in 11th place, just six seconds from the top ten.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
4:30:56
2 Tim Wellens
UAE Team Emirates
0:05
3 Valentin Madouas
Groupama - FDJ
0:17
4 Rick Pluimers
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:20
5 Stan Dewulf
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:20
6 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
0:20
7 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:20
8 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
0:39
9 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:41
10 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
0:43
15 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:43
53 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
5:24
85 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
12:32
DNF Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
-04:30:56
DNF Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
-04:30:56
DNF Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-04:30:56
1 Tim Wellens
UAE Team Emirates
16:03:28
2 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
0:40
3 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:42
4 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:51
5 Stan Dewulf
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:55
6 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:57
7 Ben Turner
INEOS Grenadiers
0:58
8 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
1:01
9 Maximilian Schachmann
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
1:03
10 Alberto Bettiol
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:04
11 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
1:10
65 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
13:19
75 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
14:00
1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
80 pt
2 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
62 pt
3 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
49 pt
4 Paul Penhoët
Groupama - FDJ
46 pt
5 Tim Wellens
UAE Team Emirates
42 pt
6 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
34 pt
7 Stefan Bissegger
EF Education - EasyPost
33 pt
8 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
30 pt
9 Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
26 pt
10 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
25 pt
1 Alec Segaert
Lotto Dstny
16:04:08
2 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:02
3 Eddy Le Huitouze
Groupama - FDJ
1:00
4 Dylan Vandenstorme
Team Flanders - Baloise
2:04
5 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
2:13
6 Iván Romeo Abad
Movistar Team
4:54
7 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
11:38
8 Emil Herzog
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
13:14
1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 48:13:16
2 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:35
3 EF Education - EasyPost 1:47
4 Groupama - FDJ 1:51
5 Lotto Dstny 2:23
6 Team Flanders - Baloise 3:07
7 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 5:07
8 Bahrain - Victorious 5:53
9 TDT - Unibet Cycling Team 7:21
10 Intermarché - Wanty 8:04

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