Ethias-Tour de Wallonie

Stage 3: Thuin - Mont-Saint-Guibert

BE Belgium Monday 24 July 2023 186.8 km

Soudal Quick-Step remains in the mix at the Tour de Wallonie

Soudal Quick-Step remains in the mix at the Tour de Wallonie

The third day of the Belgian race had a bit of everything: four classified climbs, echelons that spiced things up in the final hour of the race and an uphill finish where multiple attacks came from those who were hoping to drop the fast men and take both the win and the bonus seconds that were on the line.

One of these daring attacks – just after a regrouping took place following some crosswinds that had split the peloton – came from Andrea Bagioli, who shot out of the reduced pack with five kilometers to go, putting almost ten seconds between him and the chasers. At one point, it looked like it might be enough for the Italian to hold off the peloton, but he got caught with just two kilometers to go, when the riders hit the steepest gradients of the hill.

Soudal Quick-Step didn’t lack options, and former French Champion Florian Sénéchal positioned himself perfectly going into the last corner, taking advantage of some confusion at the front of the peloton, right in the wheel of Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck). This helped Florian to finish second in Mont-Saint-Guibert, just behind the Belgian, and make a spectacular jump in the general classification ahead of the individual time trial in Mons which could end up playing a major role in the final outcome.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Timo Kielich
Alpecin-Deceuninck
4:28:57
2 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
3 Simone Consonni
Cofidis
0:00
4 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
0:00
5 Jake Stewart
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
6 Paul Lapeira
AG2R Citroën Team
0:00
7 Marco Tizza
Bingoal WB
0:00
8 Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
9 Lorenzo Rota
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:00
10 Filippo Baroncini
Lidl - Trek
0:00
18 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
38 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
41 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
60 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:32
77 Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step
2:46
1 Timo Kielich
Alpecin-Deceuninck
13:23:59
2 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
0:04
3 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
0:04
4 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
0:08
5 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
0:08
6 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
0:08
7 Sander De Pestel
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:08
8 Simone Consonni
Cofidis
0:10
9 Arne Marit
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:10
10 Brent Van Moer
Lotto Dstny
0:11
32 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
0:14
42 Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step
0:14
49 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
0:14
51 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:46
65 Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step
3:39
1 Timo Kielich
Alpecin-Deceuninck
44 pt
2 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
35 pt
3 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
28 pt
4 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
25 pt
5 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
20 pt
6 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
20 pt
7 Elia Viviani
INEOS Grenadiers
20 pt
8 Simone Consonni
Cofidis
15 pt
9 Arne Marit
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
15 pt
10 Robert Stannard
Alpecin-Deceuninck
12 pt
17 Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
1 Johan Meens
Bingoal WB
62 pt
2 Tord Gudmestad
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
22 pt
3 Alex Colman
Team Flanders - Baloise
18 pt
4 Ceriel Desal
Bingoal WB
14 pt
5 Olivier Godfroid
Baloise - Trek Lions
14 pt
6 Jonathan Couanon
Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
14 pt
7 Laurenz Rex
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
12 pt
8 Sander De Pestel
Team Flanders - Baloise
10 pt
9 Joris Nieuwenhuis
Baloise - Trek Lions
4 pt
10 Luke Plapp
INEOS Grenadiers
4 pt
1 Timo Kielich
Alpecin-Deceuninck
13:23:59
2 Arnaud De Lie
Lotto Dstny
0:04
3 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
0:08
4 Jake Stewart
Groupama - FDJ
0:14
5 Vito Braet
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:14
6 Jenno Berckmoes
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:14
7 Filippo Baroncini
Lidl - Trek
0:14
8 Gilles De Wilde
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:14
9 Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
0:14
10 Paul Lapeira
AG2R Citroën Team
0:14
12 Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step
0:14
1 Alpecin-Deceuninck 40:12:39
2 Cofidis 0:00
3 Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
4 Soudal - Quick Step 0:00
5 Lidl - Trek 0:00
6 Intermarché - Circus - Wanty 0:00
7 Team Flanders - Baloise 0:00
8 Bingoal WB 0:00
9 INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
10 AG2R Citroën Team 0:00

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