PASQUALON ON FIRE

La terza tappa del Giro di Lussemburgo va ad Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), che precede dopo una volata ristretta il francese Angelo Tulik (Direct Énergie) e l’olandese Nick Van der Lijke (Roompot). Come se non bastasse il portacolori italiano della Wanty si colloca al primo posto della classifica generale provvisoria.

Una doppietta che permette ad Andrea Pasqualon di circoscrivere questo periodo come in assoluto uno dei migliori della sua carriera. Per il trentenne veneto si tratta della terza vittoria stagionale, onorata anche da ottimi piazzamenti in corse importanti come il Gp di Francoforte.
La terza tappa, con partenza da Eschweiler e arrivo a Differdange dopo 163 chilometri, aveva il momento topico negli ultimi trenta chilometri con la triplice scalata al Col d’Europe, salita non impossibile ma che può fare la differenza. Ed è lì che si decide la corsa: dopo aver ripreso la fuga iniziale, nell’ultimo passaggio attaccano Eduard Prades (Euskadi – Murias) e Jonas Koch (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), ma Mauro Finetto (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) fa buona guardia e nel ritornare sui due battistrada riporta quel che rimane del gruppo, una quindicina di corridori. Nella successiva discesa verso il traguardo ci prova invece Jan Tratnik (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), uomo pericoloso anche per la classifica generale, ma il suo tentativo viene annullato prima dell’ultimo chilometro. A quel punto la volata è inevitabile e Pasqualon fa valere il suo spunto veloce, precedendo Angelo Tulik (Direct Énergie) e Nick Van der Lijke (Roompot), mentre completano la top ten Huub Duijn (Vérandas Willems-Crelan), Olivier Pardini (Team Differdange – Losch), Julien El Fares (Delko Marseille Provence KTM), Prades, Aimé De Gendt (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Pit Leyder (Leopard Pro Cycling) e Finetto. Per quanto riguarda la classifica il leader Alexander Krieger (Leopard) perde 17 secondi e ad approfittarne è proprio Pasqualon, che si presenterà al via dell’ultima tappa con un vantaggio di 7” nei confronti di Tratnik.
L’ultima frazione avrà come scenario la capitale del Lussemburgo, dove si affronterà un circuito cittadino insidioso da ripetere 4 volte, con il traguardo posto al culmine di uno strappo di 800 metri.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

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

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

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