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Prologue - Luxembourg Ville The 5.2km parcours through Luxembourg city has one clear favorite: Chavanne. For some other riders it's a first opportunity to gain some valuable seconds for a notable GC result and the parcours does also feature an interesting profile, where a final short climb may favor those prologue specialits, who handle hills better than other TT horses.



Oba sets a first notable best time:

7'33"

Kreuziger + 5"
Stoenchev + 5"



Pökälä as one of those specialists, who actually handle hills pretty well. He proves to be a real threat for today's stage, as he smashes Oba's best time easily:

7'28" to finish the course 5 seconds faster!



Laizer ain't known as a good climber, but he looks strong, too:

+ 3" as provisional 2nd at the finish!

Johansson + 9" for a rather disappointing result
Kovalev + 9" and the same here..



Dzervus does even better than Laizer, but only by the smallest possible margent:

+ 3" as well, but ahead of Laizer to finish as 2nd so far:



A few puncheurs like Mendes and Meyer did quite well, too.

Drucker as the best cobbler so far, his solid prologue skills may lead to a notable stage result after all..

Burke as provisional 6th..



Chavanne with the already well known mission to take the prologue. He's on a good way to add another stage win to his palmares, as he easily beats the best time:

7'20" and so a convincing 8 seconds faster than Pökälä!



Kireva next, a possible dark horse for the stage. He does well indeed:

+ 6" as provisional 2nd at the finish..



Kruopis on the road and while he's clearly off Chavanne's best time, he remains in striking distance for the coming days:

+ 12" to finish one second behind teammate Dzervus and Laizer..



Aregger as one of the last riders, who can possibly attack Chavanne. Just like Kruopis, he gets himself into a good position for tomorrow's flat stage, but he can't beat his teammate:

+ 10" as provisional 4th at the finish!



Van Poppel now and while he's also chanceless against Chavanne, he still went for a very strong time eventually:

+ 7" as 3rd at the finish!



No more rider on the road and so Chavanne can celebrate a commanding victory in this opening stage through Luxembourg. A kinda expected win, of course, but still an important one. Given the time gaps, he definitely has a good chance to defend his race lead at least tomorrow.

Kireva with a strong 2nd place ahead of Van Poppel, Pökälä and Aregger, who may be the most dangerous rider for Chavanne in tomorrow's flat, but challenging road race. Oba finishes the stage as 9th after leading the stage earlier on. Reijnen had a strong time off the tv cameras, completing the Top-10 ahead of Mendes, Modolo, Burke, Meyer and Drucker. A good result for Modolo (15 seconds behind Chavanne), who can attack the GC lead with a stage win tomorrow. The profile should suit him just like it should suit Aregger and Kruopis.

Results Stage 1

1	Gabriel Chavanne	Sauber Petronas Racing	7'20
2	Albert Kireva	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 6
3	Boy Van Poppel	Oberfranken	+ 7
4	Samuel Pökälä	Valio - DeLaval	+ 8
5	Marcel Aregger	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 10
6	Darijus Dzervus	DK Zalgiris	+ 11
7	Richard Laningo Laizer	Andorra Project - InGamba	s.t.
8	Aidis Kruopis	DK Zalgiris	+ 12
9	Masatoshi Oba	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 13
10	Kiel Reijnen	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
11	Jose Mendes	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 14
12	Sascha Modolo	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 15
13	Steven Burke	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
14	Travis Meyer	Eddie Stobart	+ 16
15	Jempy Drucker	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
16	Adrian Richeze	Banco de Bogota	+ 17
17	Michal Kukrle	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
18	Freddy Johansson	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
19	Ivan Kovalev	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Roman Kreuziger	DK Zalgiris	+ 18
21	Maximilian Beyer	Oberfranken	s.t.
22	Roger Kluge	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	s.t.
23	Kristof Vandewalle	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
24	Valentin Stoenchev	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
25	Sabelo Mngometulu	Control Team	+ 19
26	George Alexandru Stancu	ENI-MOL	s.t.
27	Linus Dahlberg	Eddie Stobart	+ 20
28	Mujtaba Hussein	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
29	Martin Weiss	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 21
30	Izidor Penko	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Johan Fredrik Ziesler	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
32	Jelle Wallays	Banco de Bogota	+ 22
33	Nick Reddish	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Lars Van der Haar	Delvaux	s.t.
35	Nikolay Mihaylov	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
36	Paavo Paajanen	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
37	Karol Andrzej Domagalski	Compal-Merida	s.t.
38	Adel Barbari	Oberfranken	s.t.
39	Mihkel Räim	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 23
40	Salvador Moreno Hernandez	Eddie Stobart	s.t.
41	Tom Meeusen	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
42	Rui Oliveira	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Gorka Izagirre	DK Zalgiris	s.t.
44	Aleksi Hänninen	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
45	Hassen Ben Nasser	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
46	Leszek Plucinski	Banco de Bogota	+ 24
47	Yannick Martinez	Eddie Stobart	s.t.
48	Elia Favilli	Delvaux	s.t.
49	Daniel Hoelgaard	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	s.t.
50	Kari Brynjolfsson	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
51	Daniel Thorsen	Eddie Stobart	s.t.
52	Martin Mahdar	Compal-Merida	+ 25
53	Geoffroy Ngandamba	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
54	Estifanos Kebede	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
55	Sebastian Henao	Compal-Merida	s.t.
56	Jose Luis Cano	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	s.t.
57	Gasper Katrasnik	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Evaldas Siskevicius	DK Zalgiris	+ 26
59	Johannes Heider	Oberfranken	s.t.
60	Salvatore Mancuso	ENI-MOL	s.t.
61	Aiman Cahyadi	ENI-MOL	s.t.
62	Erdenebayar Daspuntsag	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Arnaud Grand	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
64	Martins Blums	DK Zalgiris	s.t.
65	Tom Veelers	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 27
66	Csaba Palyi	Banco de Bogota	s.t.
67	Aaron Grosser	Oberfranken	s.t.
68	Matija Mestric	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Sergio Godoy	Banco de Bogota	s.t.
70	Meron Amanuel	ENI-MOL	s.t.
71	Vegard Breen	Delvaux	s.t.
72	Oliver Naesen	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 28
73	Stef Krul	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
74	Campbell Flakemore	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Eugert Zhupa	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Ben King	Banco de Bogota	s.t.
77	Airidas Videika	DK Zalgiris	s.t.
78	David Veilleux	Telia-Brussels Airlines	+ 29
79	Carlos Quintero	Oberfranken	s.t.
80	Eduardo Colon	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
81	Gabriel Marin	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Miles Scotson	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Tesfar Teklit	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 30
84	Marco Minnard	Rothaus - Aegon	s.t.
85	Omer Goldstein	Andorra Project - InGamba	s.t.
86	Kristoffer Halvorsen	Rothaus - Aegon	s.t.
87	Simon Geschke	Oberfranken	s.t.
88	Michel Kreder	Delvaux	s.t.
89	Martin Puusepp	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 31
90	Stefan Hristov	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
91	Cristian Cominelli	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	s.t.
92	Diego Rosa	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
93	Stijn Vandenbergh	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 32
94	Federico Rocchetti	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
95	Bauke Mollema	Rothaus - Aegon	s.t.
96	Luka Pibernik	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Ricardo Ferreira	Rothaus - Aegon	s.t.
98	Pieter Serry	ENI-MOL	s.t.
99	Kim Michely	ENI-MOL	s.t.
100	Michal Schlegel	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 33
101	Nino Schurter	Compal-Merida	s.t.
102	Jonas Vangenechten	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
103	Gregory Hugentobler	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
104	Max Losch	Banco de Bogota	s.t.
105	Narankhuu Baterdene	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Nathan Haas	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Chris Opie	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
108	Kristoffer Skjerping	ENI-MOL	+ 34
109	Luke Mudgway	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Anders Ekh Dahlberg	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
111	Maris Bogdanovics	Campari - Super Dry	s.t.
112	Marvin Orlando Angarita	Banco de Bogota	s.t.
113	Davide Cimolai	Eddie Stobart	s.t.
114	Ole Haavardsholm	Compal-Merida	+ 35
115	Fabio Taborre	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 36
116	James Curry	Eddie Stobart	s.t.
117	Grega Bole	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
118	Adria Urcelay	Andorra Project - InGamba	s.t.
119	Aviv Yechezkel	Valio - DeLaval	+ 37
120	Oumaru Minoungou	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
121	Matti Breschel	Compal-Merida	s.t.
122	Bryan Salas	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 38
123	Miha Poljanec	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Egidijus Juodvalkis	DK Zalgiris	s.t.
125	Alain Quispe	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Michael Thomson	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
127	Rob Partridge	Eddie Stobart	+ 39
128	Nandra Eko Wahyudi	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
129	Christoph Taubel	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
130	Pieter Jacobs	GCN ProTeam	s.t.
131	Ivan Centrone	Delvaux	s.t.
132	Evert Verbist	Delvaux	+ 40
133	Pedro Pablo Pereyra	ENI-MOL	s.t.
134	Olli Kulppi	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
135	Fabien Grellier	Delvaux	+ 41
136	Kim Magnusson	Telia-Brussels Airlines	s.t.
137	Michael Vanderaerden	Adastra - Argon 18	s.t.
138	Emils Liepins	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
139	Ralf Matzka	BNZ Cycling Team	s.t.
140	Constantinos Thymides	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Oskari Vainionpää	Valio - DeLaval	+ 42
142	Daniele Ratto	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
143	Romeo Quicibal	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
144	Nick Bain	Rothaus - Aegon	s.t.
145	Franck Bonnamour	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 43
146	Timothy Dupont	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 44
147	Ermin Van Wyk	Oberfranken	+ 45
148	Nikola Lefkov	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	s.t.
149	Dries De Bondt	Delvaux	s.t.
150	Kevin Eeckhout	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 50
151	Lionel Coutinho	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 51
152	Husain Al Basri	Control Team	+ 1'11
153	Dragan Jasovic	Control Team	+ 3'50

General Classification

see above

Points Classification

1	Gabriel Chavanne	Sauber Petronas Racing	25
2	Albert Kireva	Andorra Project - InGamba	20
3	Boy Van Poppel	Oberfranken	16
4	Samuel Pökälä	Valio - DeLaval	14
5	Marcel Aregger	Sauber Petronas Racing	12
6	Darijus Dzervus	DK Zalgiris	10
7	Richard Laningo Laizer	Andorra Project - InGamba	9
8	Aidis Kruopis	DK Zalgiris	8
9	Masatoshi Oba	Andorra Project - InGamba	7
10	Kiel Reijnen	Telia-Brussels Airlines	6
11	Jose Mendes	Rothaus - Aegon	5
12	Sascha Modolo	Equinor Pro Cycling	4
13	Steven Burke	GCN ProTeam	3
14	Travis Meyer	Eddie Stobart	2
15	Jempy Drucker	Campari - Super Dry	1

Mountain Classification

None yet

U25 Classification

1	Michal Kukrle	Adastra - Argon 18	7'37
2	Maximilian Beyer	Oberfranken	+ 1
3	Izidor Penko	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 4
4	Nick Reddish	BNZ Cycling Team	+ 5
5	Adel Barbari	Oberfranken	s.t.
6	Mihkel Räim	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 6
7	Rui Oliveira	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Aleksi Hänninen	Valio - DeLaval	s.t.
9	Daniel Hoelgaard	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 7
10	Sebastian Henao	Compal-Merida	+ 8
11	Gasper Katrasnik	Equinor Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Aiman Cahyadi	ENI-MOL	+ 9
13	Martins Blums	DK Zalgiris	s.t.
14	Aaron Grosser	Oberfranken	+ 10
15	Matija Mestric	Swisslion Cycling Team	s.t.

Teams Classification

1	Andorra Project - InGamba	22'30
2	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 1
3	DK Zalgiris	+ 11
4	Oberfranken	+ 17
5	Telia-Brussels Airlines	+ 22
6	Valio - DeLaval	+ 23
7	Campari - Super Dry	+ 26
8	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 27
9	Eddie Stobart	+ 29
10	GCN ProTeam	+ 30
11	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 31
12	Banco de Bogota	+ 33
13	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 35
14	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 39
15	ENI-MOL	+ 41
16	Compal-Merida	+ 42
17	Delvaux	+ 43
18	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 44
19	BNZ Cycling Team	+ 46