LAPORTE METTE TUTTI IN FILA

La prima tappa del Giro del Lussemburgo va al francese Cristophe Laporte (Cofidis), che precede in volata il lussemburghese Alex Kirsch (WB Aqua Protect) ed il nostro Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert). In testa alla classifica non c’è stato nessun cambiamento con Damien Gaudin (Direct Énergie) che mantiene la maglia da leader.

Non era un tracciato molto impegnativo quello odierno, ma è altrettanto vero che la volata non era nemmeno così scontata: le squadre dei velocisti hanno dovuto, infatti, sudare le cosiddette sette camicie per arrivare al traguardo con una situazione di gruppo compatto e giocarsi la vittoria allo sprint.
Per arrivare in volata squadre come Cofidis, Direct Énergie e Wanty-Groupe Gobert si sono impiegate parecchio lungo i 186 chilometri del percorso. Sul traguardo, però, non c’è stata storia: il venticinquenne francese Cristophe Laporte ha avuto nettamente una marcia in più rispetto agli avversari ed il verdetto ha dato ragione a lui, che può tranquillamente incorniciare la stagione 2018. Per lui questa è, infatti, un’annata particolarmente ricca di successi: quello conseguito al Giro del Lussemburgo è il quinto e, a questo punto, pensare anche a una vittoria al Tour de France non è più un’utopia. Dietro di lui si sono classificati Alex Kirsch (WB Aqua Protect) e Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) mentre completano la top ten – Enrique Sanz (Movistar), Alexander Krieger (Leopard Pro Cycling), Justin Jules (WB Aqua Protect), Adrien Petit (Direct Énergie), Brenton Jones (Delko Marseille Provence KTM), Jannik Steimle (Team Vorarlberg Santic) e Sean De Bie (Vérandas Willems-Crelan).

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:39:58
2 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
3 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
4 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
5 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
6 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
7 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
8 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
9 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic
10 Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
11 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
12 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
13 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
15 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
16 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
17 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie
19 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
20 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
21 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
22 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
23 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
24 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
25 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
26 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Team Differdange Losch
27 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
28 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
29 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
30 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
31 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
32 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
33 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
34 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
35 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
36 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
37 Jens Reynders (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
38 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
39 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
40 Pit Leyder (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
41 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
42 Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
43 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
44 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
45 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
46 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
47 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
48 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
49 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Gaëtan Pons (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
51 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
52 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
53 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
54 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
55 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
56 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
57 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
59 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
60 Meron Abraham (Eri) Bike Aid
61 Kevin van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
62 Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
63 Davide Orrico (Ita) Team Vorarlberg Santic
64 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
65 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
66 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
67 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
68 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
69 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
70 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
71 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
72 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
73 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
74 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
75 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
76 Raphaël Kockelmann (Lux) Team Differdange Losch 0:00:55
77 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
79 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
80 Maxim Rusnac (Mda) Team Differdange Losch
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
82 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
83 Meron Teshome (Eri) Bike Aid
84 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
85 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid
86 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
87 Joshua Teasdale (GBr) Team Differdange Losch 0:01:33
88 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
89 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
90 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
91 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid 0:02:28
92 Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
93 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
94 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:03:50
95 Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic
96 Jelle Donders (Bel) Team Differdange Losch
97 Mario Spengler (Swi) Leopard Pro Cycling
98 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
99 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:03:54
100 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
101 Timo Schafer (Ger) Bike Aid 0:12:16

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 4:43:14
2 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:00:01
3 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:00:02
4 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:03
5 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:04
6 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:05
7 Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:00:06
8 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:08
9 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
10 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
11 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:09
13 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
15 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:10
16 Gaëtan Pons (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:00:11
17 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Team Differdange Losch 0:00:12
19 Pit Leyder (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
20 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
21 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
22 Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange Losch 0:00:14
23 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
24 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid
25 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:00:15
26 Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
27 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
28 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
29 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
30 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
31 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:16
32 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
33 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
35 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:00:17
36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
37 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
38 Kevin van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
39 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
41 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:18
42 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
43 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
44 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
45 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:19
47 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
48 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
49 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
50 Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
51 Jannik Steimle (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic
52 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
53 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:21
54 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
55 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
56 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
58 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:22
59 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
60 Jens Reynders (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
61 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange Losch
62 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:23
63 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
64 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
65 Mathias Van Gompel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:24
66 Luca Henn (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
67 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
68 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
69 Davide Orrico (Ita) Team Vorarlberg Santic
70 Maxim Rusnac (Mda) Team Differdange Losch 0:00:25
71 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
72 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
73 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:26
74 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
75 Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
76 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:27
77 Lucas Carstensen (Ger) Bike Aid
78 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
79 Jan Hugger (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:00:28
80 Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
81 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
82 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
83 Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus 0:00:29
84 Meron Teshome (Eri) Bike Aid 0:00:30
85 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:31
86 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
87 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:00:32
88 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:00:33
89 Florian Nowak (Ger) Team Lotto-Kern Haus
90 Meron Abraham (Eri) Bike Aid 0:00:37
91 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:41
92 Raphaël Kockelmann (Lux) Team Differdange Losch 0:01:20
93 Joshua Teasdale (GBr) Team Differdange Losch 0:02:00
94 Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Bike Aid 0:03:00
95 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:05
96 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:04:07
97 Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:04:08
98 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
99 Mario Spengler (Swi) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:04:27
100 Jelle Donders (Bel) Team Differdange Losch 0:04:30
101 Timo Schafer (Ger) Bike Aid 0:13:00