Baloise Belgium Tour: Rit 4
yet158 km
Today Durbuy is the setting for the queen stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour. In the scorching heat, the riders have to conquer the Wall of Durbuy several times. Can someone knock leader Mads Pedersen off his throne today? Follow it here from 12.45 pm. At 2:45 pm the broadcast will start on one and on our site/app.
- 13 hours 07. Sep Vanmarcke: “With this weather you have to calculate your efforts very carefully”.
Sep Vanmarcke: “With this weather you have to calculate your efforts very well”
- 12 hrs 59. Yves Lampaert: “Hopefully I can move up one more place in the standings”.
Yves Lampaert: “Hopefully I can move up one more place in the standings”
- 12:55 PM. This morning the race organizers and the teams got together to discuss the predicted heat. The organization considered shortening the 172.2 kilometer long stage, but the teams were not in favor of that. The route therefore remains unchanged. The supply rules are becoming more flexible. This way every rider can drink enough. †
This morning the race organizers and the teams sat together to discuss the predicted heat. The organization considered shortening the 172.2 kilometer long stage, but the teams were not in favor of that. The route therefore remains unchanged. The supply rules are becoming more flexible. This way every rider can drink enough.
- 12h50 match started
We left!
There they go. The riders have started the tough king stage of this Baloise Belgium Tour.
- The unofficial start has been given. The real start is coming! 12 hours 44.
The unofficial start has been given. The real start is coming!
- 12 hours 36.
- 12 noon 31. Within fifteen minutes the riders are released. Who can show themselves in the heat? †
The riders are released within fifteen minutes. Who can show themselves in the heat?
- 12 o’clock 14. I’ll do everything I can to stay in the leader’s jersey, but it’s not going to be easy. Mads Pedersen.
I will do everything I can to stay in the leader’s jersey, but it will not be easy.
Mads Pedersen
- 11 am 03.
- 10 am 58. Yesterday Yves Lampaert was able to show his good form by winning the time trial, but Mads Pedersen finished in a very creditable second place. The differences in the ranking are therefore not very big. Yves Lampaert follows at 10 seconds from Pedersen. Tim Wellens is 3rd at 24 seconds from the Dane. On paper, he might just be the big favorite to strike today. †
Yesterday Yves Lampaert was able to show his good form by winning the time trial, but Mads Pedersen finished in a very creditable second place. The differences in the ranking are therefore not very big. Yves Lampaert follows at 10 seconds from Pedersen. Tim Wellens is 3rd at 24 seconds from the Dane. On paper, he might just be the big favorite to strike today.
- 10 am 56. The trail. The 175.2 kilometer ride today makes four identical loops around Durbuy, with a total of 24 climbs, together good for almost 3,000 altimeters. Especially the Petite Somme (5 km, 7% with parts up to 15%) and the Wall of Durbuy, where the finish is located, will decide whether to win or lose. †
The track
The 175.2 kilometer ride today makes four identical loops around Durbuy, with a total of 24 climbs, together good for almost 3,000 altimeters. Especially the Petite Somme (5 km, 7% with parts up to 15%) and the Wall of Durbuy, where the finish is located, will decide whether to win or lose.
- 10 o’clock 48. Today. Those who want to win the Baloise Belgium Tour will have to be at the appointment today. In Durbuy a very tough course awaits the riders. From the first kilometer it goes up and down in the Ardennes. In addition, temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius are forecast. Who can keep a cool head? †
Today
Those who want to win the Baloise Belgium Tour will have to be at the appointment today. In Durbuy a very tough course awaits the riders. From the first kilometer it goes up and down in the Ardennes. In addition, temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius are forecast. Who can keep a cool head?