Ilan Van Wilder wins the Deutschland Tour

Ilan Van Wilder entered the 37th edition of the Deutschland Tour in search of his first success with the pros and concluded it with two victories in the bag, including the general classification, which he won with a margin of eleven seconds. By doing so, Ilan signed off Soudal Quick-Step’s 76th overall triumph in a stage race in the last 21 years, and the second of the season, after the UAE Tour.
It was a well-deserved success for the Belgian – who earlier this summer extended his contract with the team until the end of 2025 – as he became the youngest rider in the last 76 years to win the competition that was created in 1911. On top of this, Van Wilder took home also the white jersey, which rewards the best youngster of the Deutschland Tour.
The final stage in Bremen came down to a mass gallop, and Soudal Quick-Step was involved there with prologue winner Ethan Vernon, who took sixth place in this hectic sprint, enough to secure the points classification and the green jersey that came with it.
“It’s a great feeling to take both my first pro victory and my maiden GC win, all in the same week. It was an amazing race with the team, and we can all be proud of what we achieved here. After I got the stage victory on the second day, the boys did a great job helping me defend the jersey, and I want to thank them for that and for being there also in the most hectic moments.”
“I think I found a balance when it comes to my role in the team. I want to grow further and get good results in this type of races, but at the same time I want to help the squad in the Grand Tours. Now, after this success, I can’t wait to go to Canada with the boys, where we hope to score some more solid results”, Ilan said after delivering Soudal Quick-Step’s 43rd win of the season.
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Race details
1 |
Arvid de Kleijn Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
3:41:35 |
2 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
3 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team dsm - firmenich |
0:00 |
4 |
Emilien Jeannière TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
5 |
Rüdiger Selig Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
6 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
7 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
8 |
Matteo Moschetti Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
0:00 |
9 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
10 |
Natnael Tesfatsion Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
20 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
40 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
58 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
89 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:10 |
97 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:47 |
1 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
17:01:18 |
2 |
Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates |
0:11 |
3 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:13 |
4 |
Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers |
0:13 |
5 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
0:17 |
6 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
0:18 |
7 |
Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:20 |
8 |
Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:21 |
9 |
Nils Politt BORA - hansgrohe |
0:22 |
10 |
Dylan Teuns Israel - Premier Tech |
0:23 |
45 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:23 |
47 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:35 |
53 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:42 |
57 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:51 |
62 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
17:43 |
1 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
39 pt |
2 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
28 pt |
3 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
21 pt |
4 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
19 pt |
5 |
Madis Mihkels Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
18 pt |
6 |
Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers |
16 pt |
7 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
16 pt |
8 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
16 pt |
9 |
Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team |
15 pt |
10 |
Arvid de Kleijn Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
15 pt |
22 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
6 pt |
28 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
4 pt |
1 |
Harm Vanhoucke Lotto Dstny |
7 pt |
2 |
Florian Stork Team dsm - firmenich |
5 pt |
3 |
Vincent John Rad-Net Oßwald |
4 pt |
4 |
Frank van den Broek Team dsm - firmenich |
3 pt |
5 |
Vinzent Dorn BIKE AID |
3 pt |
6 |
Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team |
3 pt |
7 |
Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
3 pt |
8 |
Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Deceuninck |
3 pt |
9 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
3 pt |
10 |
Gianluca Brambilla Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
2 pt |
1 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
17:01:18 |
2 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
0:18 |
3 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
0:27 |
4 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
0:28 |
5 |
Frank van den Broek Team dsm - firmenich |
0:30 |
6 |
Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies |
0:32 |
7 |
Vinzent Dorn BIKE AID |
1:00 |
8 |
Mattéo Vercher TotalEnergies |
1:22 |
9 |
Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
1:30 |
10 |
Juri Hollmann Movistar Team |
1:31 |
14 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:35 |
19 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:42 |
22 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:51 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 51:05:06 |
2 | Team dsm - firmenich | 0:08 |
3 | Movistar Team | 0:11 |
4 | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:24 |
5 | Lidl - Trek | 2:28 |
6 | Israel - Premier Tech | 2:33 |
7 | Bahrain - Victorious | 4:08 |
8 | TotalEnergies | 4:19 |
9 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 6:45 |
10 | Soudal - Quick Step | 8:37 |