Niemiec Linus Gerdemann (Cult Energy) wygrał drugi odcinek ścigania w Luksemburgu i przywidział na podium koszulkę lidera wyścigu.
32-latek po akcji w końcówce odcinka pokonał Marca de Maara (Team Roompot Oranje Peloton). Podium dopełnił Belg Jelle Wallays (TopSport Vlaanderen-Baloise).
Ucieczkę na mocno pagórkowatym odcinku sformowali Fabio Duarte (Colombia), Johnny Hoogerland (Team Roompot Oranje Peloton), Loïc Pestiaux (Wallonie-Bruxelles) i Stijn Steels (TopSport Vlaanderen-Baloise).
Grupa uzyskała 6:40 nad peletonem prowadzonym przez ekipy Lotto Soudal i Wanty-Groupe Gobert, ale pogoń na naszpikowanej górskimi premiami trasie szła opornie. Przewaga spadała do dwóch minut na wjeździe na ostatnie 30 kilometrów, a z peletonu wyskoczyli Marc de Maar (Roompot Oranje Peloton) i Linus Gerdemann (Cult Energy), udanie przeskakując do pozostających na czele Duarte i Steelsa.
Peleton był coraz bliżej i na ostatnich 15 kilometrach dogonił zmęczonych uciekinierów, a niewielką przewagę utrzymywali tylko Niemiec i Holender, do mety dojeżdżając tuż przed pościgiem.
Gerdemann w końcówce okazał się szybszy i przejął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej od swojego rodaka Andre Greipela.
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 4:50:43 2 Marc De Maar (Aho) Roompot Oranje Peloton 3 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:37 4 Huub Duyn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 5 Migu Rubiano Chaves (Col) Colombia 00:44 6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 00:47 7 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 9 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 10 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 11 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 12 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 13 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 14 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:51 15 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia 01:26 16 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:40 17 Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 18 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 01:42 19 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 20 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 21 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 22 Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 23 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 24 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 25 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 26 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 27 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 28 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 29 Carlos Julian Quintero Norena (Col) Colombia 30 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 01:45 31 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:26 32 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 33 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 34 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 35 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 36 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 37 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team 38 Mike Terpstra (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 39 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 40 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 41 Kenny de Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 42 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 44 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 45 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 46 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch 03:21 47 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 04:34 48 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 06:18 49 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 50 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 51 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 52 Alex Norberto Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia 53 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 54 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 10:17 55 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 56 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 57 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 58 Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon (Col) Colombia 59 Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 60 Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 61 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 62 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Development Team 14:30 63 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka 64 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 65 Jan Dieteren (Ger) Leopard Development Team 66 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 67 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 68 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Soudal 69 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 70 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto - Soudal 71 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 72 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 73 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 74 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 75 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Soudal 76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 78 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 79 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 80 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 81 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 18:23 82 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 83 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 84 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 85 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 86 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 87 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 22:39 88 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22:54 89 Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange - Losch 90 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka 91 Russel Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 92 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 93 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 94 Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard Development Team 95 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 96 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 97 Cedric Raymackers (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 98 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Development Team 99 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 100 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 101 Luc Turchi (Lux) Leopard Development Team 102 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 103 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 104 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 105 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 106 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange - Losch 107 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 108 Rick Ampler (Ger) Team Differdange - Losch 109 Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 24:36 110 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 111 Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 112 Loic Pestiaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 113 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 114 Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 33:54 DNF Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling DNF Pontus Kastemyr (Swe) Team Differdange - Losch
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 10:19:54 2 Marc De Maar (Aho) Roompot Oranje Peloton 00:08 3 Huub Duyn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 00:41 4 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:42 5 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 00:50 6 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:51 7 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 00:54 8 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 00:58 10 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 01:01 12 Migu Rubiano Chaves (Col) Colombia 13 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 01:04 14 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 01:11 15 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 01:40 16 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:41 17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 01:44 18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 01:47 19 Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 01:51 20 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 01:52 21 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:53 22 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 01:54 23 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 01:57 24 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia 01:58 25 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 02:01 26 Carlos Julian Quintero Norena (Col) Colombia 02:03 27 Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 02:05 28 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 02:06 29 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 02:10 30 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Tea 02:19 31 Kenny de Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:30 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia 02:35 33 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 02:37 34 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 35 Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 02:38 36 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 02:41 37 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 38 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 02:42 39 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team 40 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:44 41 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 42 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 02:46 43 Mike Terpstra (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 44 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 45 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Te 02:47 46 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch 03:30 47 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 04:52 48 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 06:22 49 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 06:30 50 Alex Norberto Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia 06:35 51 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 06:36 52 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 06:45 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 06:54 54 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 10:29 55 Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 10:31 56 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 57 Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 10:32 58 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 10:35 59 Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon (Col) Colombia 10:36 60 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 10:40 61 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 12:09 62 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto - Soudal 14:23 63 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 14:27 64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Soudal 14:32 65 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 66 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 14:33 67 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 14:34 68 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 14:36 69 Jan Dieteren (Ger) Leopard Development Team 14:37 70 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Development Team 71 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 14:38 72 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 14:56 73 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Soudal 15:00 74 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 15:01 75 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 76 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 15:16 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 15:32 78 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka 15:56 79 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton 16:27 80 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 17:43 81 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 18:21 82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 18:23 83 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 18:32 84 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 18:37 85 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 18:44 86 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 22:43 87 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 22:48 88 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 22:55 89 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 90 Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard Development Team 22:57 91 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 23:00 92 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 23:02 93 Russel Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 94 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 23:03 95 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 23:06 96 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange - Losch 23:13 97 Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange - Losch 23:15 98 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 23:20 99 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 100 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 24:29 101 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 24:42 102 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 24:48 103 Cedric Raymackers (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 25:04 104 Loic Pestiaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 25:12 105 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 25:46 106 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka 26:22 107 Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 26:28 108 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 26:45 109 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Development Team 26:47 110 Luc Turchi (Lux) Leopard Development Team 26:53 111 Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 27:53 112 Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 34:29 113 Rick Ampler (Ger) Team Differdange - Losch 35:21 114 Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 35:25