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2023 Baloise Belgium Tour Tour de Belgique - Ronde van België (2.Pro), Belgium

92nd edition: june 14 - june 18, 2023.

Tour of Belgium podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Sunday, June 18: 5th & Final Stage, Brussels - Brussels, 194.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Fabio Jakobsen wins the final stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Brussels at 1:55 PM, local time: 23C (72F), rain showers in the vicinity. The wind is from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 53% chance of rain.

The race: Team Baloise-Trek Lions did not start because their bikes were stolen during the night.

Here's the report from stage winner Fabio Jakobsen's Team Soudal Quick-Step :

Soudal Quick-Step concluded the 92nd edition of our home race on a high, with Fabio Jakobsen picking up the team’s 23rd stage victory at the Belgium Tour after delivering a pitch-perfect sprint not far from the Atomium, the symbol of the famous Expo ’58.

Thanks to a superb job of his teammates, the European Champion found himself in an ideal slot as he rounded out the last corner with 300 meters to go, and unleashed a brilliant sprint in the last 150 meters – a massive acceleration that couldn’t be matched by any of his opponents, who were left fighting for the minor placings on the podium.

Just like Remco Evenepoel twenty-four hours earlier in Switzerland, Jakobsen dedicated his victory to Gino Mäder, with whom he has fond memories from the 2021 Vuelta a España: “This one was for Gino. I thought a lot about him these past couple of days and during today’s stage. I had this picture of us together on the final podium of the Vuelta, both with our distinctive jersey after a hard race. He will be missed for sure, by everyone, but especially by his family and friends.”

“I’m happy with the two wins I got this week in Belgium. The preparation went well, and this makes me satisfied. The legs are getting better and better and the confidence is there, which is important as I get closer to my second half of the season goals”, added the 26-year-old Dutchman.

Casper Pedersen was another Soudal Quick-Step rider on the podium in Brussels, thanks to his third place in the general classification – just ahead of Yves Lampaert – which came on the back of a solid time trial and a day on the attack on the queen stage of the race.

The GC podium in front of the Atomium, the centerpiece of the 1958 World's Fair. It was a different era. From left: Søren Wærenskjold (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (1st) & Casper Pedersen (3rd)

“It was a really nice week for us here. Our primary goal was to be successful in the bunch sprint with Fabio, but we also raced for the GC. To get two victories and to see how well we worked together makes us happy. Taking third and fourth in the standings shows that we can be up there also on the hard days. It was also great to have Michael here, not only that he has a wealth of experience, he gives some great tips during the stages and knows how to calm things. I can’t wait to race together with him at the National Championships next weekend”, said Casper after his first ever top three finish in a stage race.

Complete results:

194.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.265 km/hr

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification winner: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification winner: Trek-Segafredo

732.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.314 km/hr

Stage 5 map & profile:

Saturday, June 17: Stage 4, Durbuy - Durbuy, 172.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

GC leader Mathieu van der Poel wins stage four.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Durbuy at 1:55 PM, local time: 27C (80.6 F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from Casper Pedersen's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Casper Pedersen is on track to become the first Danish rider in 50 years to finish in the top three overall at the Belgium Tour, after a solid and gutsy ride on the fourth stage of the race, which took in numerous short but hard climbs around Durbuy.

Soudal Quick-Step was in the spotlight from the very beginning, controlling the gap of the escapees and remaining at the front even after the attackers were reeled in, with more than 60 kilometers to go. Fifth at the start of the day, Casper put in a probing attack a couple of kilometers later, and then tried to organise the chase behind lone leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), once the Dutchman went clear.

The 27-year-old, victorious this season at the Figueira Champions Classic, put in a strong effort as he tried to reduce the margin, and despite not getting any help from the other riders in the group, he continued to leave everything out there. At the end of the stage, he was rewarded for this with a place on the podium, which catapulted him to third overall, just ahead of teammate Yves Lampaert.

“We knew that today would be the hardest stage of the race, a decisive one for the general classification. We were really motivated and I felt from the start I had really good legs. Stan and Jannik followed the first moves, while Michael, Fabio and Tim kept myself and Yves in a good position. It was some great team work.”

“In the end I found myself part of a select group together with Yves and we just raced. The tactics of the group were frustrating, because nobody wanted to try and go for the win, but I went full gas on the climb with 30 kilometers to go and tried to do my best. Being on the podium of both the stage and GC isn’t bad at the end of the day. All our attention now will shift to the final stage, where we’ll try to help Fabio”, said Casper in Durbuy.

172.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.474 km/hr

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Teams classification leader: Trek-Segafredo

528.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.256 km/hr

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map & profile

Friday, June 16: Stage 3, Beveren 15.2 kilometer individual time trial

Stage 3 map & profile

Mathieu van der Poel riding to first place in the GC

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Weather at the race city of Beveren at 2:05 PM, local time: 27C (81F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Yves Lampaert's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Yves Lampaert made it three consecutive days with a Soudal Quick-Step rider on the podium at our home race. After Fabio Jakobsen finished runner-up on the opening stage and then took the spoils twenty-four hours later, Yves showed his prowess against the clock in the 15.2km individual time trial that reshuffled the general classification.

Eighth overall at the start of the day, the two-time National Champion of the discipline produced a solid effort to average 52.56km/h and claim runner-up in Beveren, just twelve seconds behind Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X), who took the victory with a time of 17:09.

As a result, Lampaert made a significant jump in the standings, up to third, just ten seconds behind first place. He is joined in the upper part of the ranking by teammate Casper Pedersen, another Soudal Quick-Step rider to impress in the time trial, which he concluded eighth, thus moving to fifth place.

“I had a very good start, but in the last four kilometers I really began to suffer and couldn’t keep the pace I had in the beginning. I can’t say I am disappointed, just that I would have liked to be closer to victory. All the riders with GC ambitions here wanted to do well in the time trial. We have two riders in a good position ahead of stage four, when we hope to be again up there”, said Yves.

15.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 53.178 km/hr

GC after stage 3:

• Points classification leader: Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rinder: Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

355.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.666 km/hr

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Stage 3 map & profile

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Thursday, June 15: Stage 2, Merelbeke - Knokke Heist, 175.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Fabio Jakobsen takes stage two.

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Weather at the finish town of Knokke-Heist at 2:00 PM, local time: Sunny, 23C (73F) with the wind from the north-northeast at 21 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Fabio Jakobsen's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Fabio Jakobsen powered to Soudal Quick-Step’s 27th victory of the year in convincing fashion after a sensational lead-out of his teammates and moved into the leader’s jersey ahead of the race’s individual time trial in Beveren.

Crosswinds, tricky corners, crashes and an uphill drag to the line – nothing could stop the Wolfpack Thursday afternoon in Knokke-Heist, where the second stage concluded after several local laps. Consisting of Yves Lampaert – whose three seconds scored at the Golden Kilometer sprint moved him in the top 10 overall at the end of the day – Casper Pedersen and Michael Mørkøv, Soudal Quick-Step dominated the finale in Knokke-Heist.

Jakobsen came out of Mørkøv’s wheel with just 150 meters to go, after another magnificent lead-out of the experienced Dane, and gave no chance to his opponents, taking by a clear margin his fourth victory since the start of the season.

“Today was hectic with that crash that took place in the last kilometers, and I hope that all the guys involved are ok. We were at the front when it happened, and it’s thanks to the team that I was so well-positioned, I am really grateful to them for their fantastic work. In the sprint, I went early, as I didn’t want to get boxed in, and a quick glance over my shoulder showed me that all was good and I had a comfortable gap. The leader’s jersey is a nice bonus, I hope that they have a big size skinsuit for me to wear during Friday’s individual time trial”, said a smiling Fabio, who also holds the points jersey.

175.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.417 km/hr

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal Quick-Step)

340.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.405 km/hr

Stage 2 map & profile:

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Wednesday, June 14: Stage 1, Scherpenheuvel Zichem - Scherpenheuvel Zichem, 164.9 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Jasper Philipsen takes the first stage.

Weather at the start/finish city of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem at 2:05 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Fabio Jakobsen's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

What should have been a relatively easy and quiet day in the saddle turned into a mad stage in the last 80 kilometers, when several riders – taking advantage of the small climbs spread on the course and the narrow roads which made organising a chase a tough task – took off from the peloton and joined the original group up the road.

Our team pulled hard behind to reduce the gap, and as soon as only a handful of seconds separated the two groups, Casper Pedersen jumped from the bunch and joined the leaders, making it ten men at the front. Their maximum gap stood at 40 seconds, but the move was a real threat for the peloton, where more teams began contributing to the pace-making in the hope they would bring back the attackers.

They eventually did, in the last four kilometers, but only after the Golden Kilometer sprint, where Casper Pedersen showed how strong he is by taking six bonus seconds which could become vital in the final outcome at the end of the week. Yves Lampaert then closed a late acceleration which tried to fool the sprinters’ teams, while Fabio Jakobsen expertly surfed wheels in the hectic finale in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. The European Champion kicked out with 150 meters to go and came close to winning the stage, less than a wheel separating him from Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who took the win.

Thanks to the bonifications scored on the line, where he nabbed his fifth podium of the season, the Dutchman sits in the top five overall, alongside teammate Casper Perdersen, ahead of Thursday’s Knokke-Heist stage, which will give the fast men another opportunity.

“It was a very fast first stage. As soon as the attacks began, the race didn’t stop anymore. We managed to close the gap, and Casper had a great day, bridging across to that group, which allowed us to remain calm in the peloton. He had a good chance in case they would have made it, but everything came together and we got a bunch sprint instead. Fabio did a good effort, he showed he is on an upward trajectory and he will get other opportunities to show what he is capable of”, said Soudal Quick-Step sports director Tom Steels.

164.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.337 km/hr

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Points classification leader: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Oded Kogut (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Teams classification leader: EOLO-Kometa

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Profiles & Route Baloise Belgium Tour 2023

Profiles . From the 14th to 18th of June the riders take on the Baloise Belgium Tour , a race that is very popular among those preparing for the national championships, Tour de France but also the stage for an internal battle among the vast Belgian peloton.

The five-day stage-race is a classic for Belgium and features stages for all types of riders, as long as they don't wish for long climbs. There should be three stages that are almost certain sprints and to decide the overall classification there will be a 15-kilometer time-trial and an explosive circuit hilly day.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023

With just under 1000 meters of climbing, the rolling opening stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour will take the riders through a four-lap circuit in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem where the first yellow jersey will be taken, likely in a bunch sprint.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 stage 1

Stage 2 of the race sees the riders head towards the Atlantic ocean and the pan-flat roads of western Belgium. From Merelbeke to Knokke-Heist, the sprinters will likely have another opportunity in a day that can be dangerous with it's exposure to the wind.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 stage 2 - Pan-flat day to see deluxe sprinter battle including Philipsen, Jakobsen, Ewan and Welsford

Stage 3 of the race should be the most crucial one for the overall classification, as meaningful gaps can be created in the individual time-trial. Pan-flat, but in 15 kilometers it is possible to take quite a lot of time for such a small race. It may not decide the race, but into the hilly day there will be a clear set of rider who will have the advantage.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 stage 3 - Time-trial day decisive for the overall classification

Stage 4 is as explosive as it could be. The town of Durbuy hosts the start and finish to this hilly day and the whole stage consists of a circuit around it's rolling hills. 2Km at 6% and 1Km at 6% will are the details of the two main climbs in the circuit that come with around 10 kilometers to go, but the finale itself is tough with the final 900 meters featuring ramps of over 10% towards the line.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 stage 4 - Mathieu van der Poel to defend race lead on hilly explosive day

The final day of racing sees the riders back into sprinter country, this time in the capital of Belgium and the headquarters of the European Union. Stage 5 of the Baloise Belgium Tour should end in a bunch sprint in the city of Bruxelles.

PREVIEW | Baloise Belgium Tour 2023 stage 5 - Jasper Philipsen and Fabio Jakobsen's final sprint battle before Tour de France

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El esperado Wine Tour 2024 de El Catador en la ciudad de Santiago, deslumbró a los amantes del vino de la zona norte del país con una noche icónica, celebrada en el Centro de Convenciones y Cultura Dominicana de la Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA). Con la asistencia de más de 700 entusiastas del buen vino, el evento ofreció una experiencia enológica de primera categoría, diseñada para satisfacer los paladares más exigentes y generar con cada copa un recuerdo único para los asistentes.

Este año, el Wine Tour ofreció en exclusiva una innovadora propuesta de vinos. Entre las novedades del portafolio de Rioja, destacaron los vinos de Izadi, Aiurri del grupo Alma Carraovejas, y Orben, que deleitaron a los asistentes por el carácter distintivo de los vinos riojanos. Además, se incluyeron etiquetas de vinos blancos como Pazo Pondal Albariño, Menade Sauvignon Blanc y el elegante La Scolca de Gavi Etiqueta Negra, un blanco italiano de renombre.

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Giuseppe Bonarelli, presidente de El Catador, expresó su agradecimiento por la excelente recepción del evento: “Nos entusiasma poder regresar una vez más a la Ciudad Corazón, y compartir con nuestros catadores de la zona norte nuestra pasión por el vino y los lazos que nos unen a través de éste. Este año hemos puesto un cariño especial en entregar una propuesta diferente, con una variedad de vinos novedosos en el mercado que permiten en cada copa descubrir nuevas sensaciones. Estamos muy agradecidos con todos los asistentes que nos acompañaron en esta velada y que junto a nosotros inspiran a sus seres queridos a ser catadores también”.

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Youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 16 June 2023
• Start time: 14:15
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Tour de Romandie Féminin: Lotte Kopecky wins overall as Riejanne Markus nets stage 3 from breakaway

Dutch rider takes final stage in Morges ahead of Niamh Fisher-Black after near-80km duo move but Belgian holds onto lead

How it unfolded

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) won the Tour de Romandie Féminin 2024. Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the final stage in a sprint à deux against Niamh Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime) after a long duo breakaway, while Kopecky finished third, 21 seconds behind.

On the final kilometre, a crash in the last roundabout brought down several riders, including second overall Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime), but due to the crash being in the last 3km, they should not lose time in GC.

“The last period wasn’t the easiest one for me, and it was really difficult to come back. I came here hoping that I can go back home with some confidence, and this is definitely what I needed. I am so, so happy,” said Markus after her stage victory.

Kopecky’s teammate Fisher-Black was in the breakaway with Markus for much of the stage, and the world champion said that this had been the team’s plan for the day.

“Good. I mean, today was actually kind of a perfect day for us. We knew we could play Niamh because she is also not that far in GC. It was perfect for us that she was in the break; then the gap came down because other teams started to chase. In the end, it’s sad for her that she could not win, but she rode an amazing race,” said the overall winner.

Despite missing a stage victory, Kopecky takes confidence from a strong three-day performance with the bigger goal of retaining her rainbow jersey still to come later this month.

“I came here to see how my form was, and I am quite happy with where I am at the moment, with the World Championships coming in three weeks. It would have been nice to have a stage victory, but I have the overall victory, and yesterday, Demi won a nice stage, so I think we can’t complain, we should be very happy,” she said.

The 144.5km final stage started in Morges on the shores of Lake Geneva, consisting of two laps of a rolling circuit before entering a shorter loop with two classified climbs and then returning to Morges for the finish.

On the first lap, Mijntje Geurts (Visma-Lease a Bike), Henrietta Christie (Human Powered Health), Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal), and Hannah Ludwig (Cofidis) formed a breakaway that was soon joined by Vollering, Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez). They had only a small advantage and were quickly reeled in again as the other teams considered this break to be too dangerous.

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) won the first intermediate sprint to defend her orange points jersey; the Italian would win the points classification in the end, five points ahead of Kopecky. Kopecky, on the other hand, won the first QOM sprint of the day, adding to her advantage and taking home the light-blue mountain jersey.

Soon after, Fisher-Black and Majerus went away and gradually increased their advantage to four minutes, putting Fisher-Black in the virtual leader’s jersey. Eventually, Movistar Team and Liv-AlUla-Jayco took up the chase, reducing the gap to 1:50 minutes at the top of the last categorised climb, the Signal de Bougy, with 33km to go.

Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) launched a fierce attack from the peloton on an unclassified climb 21km from the finish; she was followed by Kopecky, Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Noemi Rüegg (Switzerland), and Élise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM). Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ), Vollering, and Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) bridged to the quintet where Smulders attacked, and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) also made it across, immediately following Gasparrini’s counter.

Things came back together as nobody wanted to press on, but this action had reduced the front duo’s advantage to under a minute. Nienke Vinke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) made a move and quickly got a gap, and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) went on the chase behind her.

The two solo chasers were reeled in by the peloton with 11km to go, and Fisher-Black and Markus had increased their gap a little bit again to 1:05 minutes.

This fell to 50 seconds at the 5km mark and 34 seconds with 2km to go, but the two escapees would sprint for the stage. Fisher-Black led onto the final kilometre, still trying to maximise her time gain in a bid to move onto the GC podium, and Markus could launch her sprint from the New Zealander’s wheel 200 metres from the line.

The Dutchwoman quickly took the lead and sat up to celebrate, but as Fisher-Black was coming back from behind, Markus went down into the handlebars for two more pedal strokes to the finish line before celebrating her victory.

In the peloton, there was a crash in the final roundabout with 400 metres to go: Vollering, GC third place and best U25 rider Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal), Cédrine Kerbaol, Alice Maria Arzuffi (both Ceratizit-WNT), Nienke Vinke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ), and Dygert went down, but they were all able to finish. Due to the crash, everybody in the peloton was given the time of Kopecky, neutralising any time gaps at the finish.

Fisher-Black missed the GC podium by five seconds but was awarded the stage 3 combativity prize, and SD Worx-Protime also won the team classification. Rüegg was the best Swiss rider.

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.

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