Tour de Wallonie 2021 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

July 24, 2021

Tour de Wallonie 2021 – Stage 5 – Dinant – Quaregnon : 192,4 km

The VOO-Tour de Wallonie is a five-day stage race held in the Wallonia region of Belgium, a French-speaking area located in the south of the country. Like these one-day races, the Tour de Wallonie is characterised by an abundance of short sharp climbs and fatiguing, rolling roads. As a result, this race often favours the Classics specialists and those riders with a killer uphill sprint. With no time trial to speak of, the race is more akin to five separate one-day races than an actual stage race and – for that reason – tends to favour the Classics specialists like Tim Wellens, Dylan Teuns, Niki Terpstra and Greg Van Avermaet – all winners of this race in the past ten years. Since the race opened its doors to pro riders in 1996, only one has managed to win multiple editions – Greg Van Avermaet in 2013 and 2011.

Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) secured his second stage win of the week on the final day of the Tour de Wallonie, which finished in a sprint in Quaregnon.

The Dutchman sprinted to victory ahead of Matteo Fabbro (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Milan Menten (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB).

Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) finished in the peloton and won the overall classification at the five-day race.

The Tour de Wallonie came to a conclusion on stage 5, where the field raced 192.4km between Dinant and Quaregnon. The route included three sprints and one categorised climb over the Côte de Rossignol before finishing in Quaregnon.

An early breakaway of five riders cleared the field, with Fumiyuki Beppu (EF Education-Nippo), Senne Leysen (Alpecin-Fenix), Ward Vanhoof (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Sean Quinn (Hagens Berman Axeon) and Jesper Hansen (Riwal Cycling Team).

Their gap decreased to under two minutes in the final 30km of the race as Trek-Segafredo led the main field behind for overall leader Simmons.

The field back together over the Côte de Rossignol, which offered an opportunity for Simmons to attack but he was followed by Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal).

There were several other late-race attacks but the field ultimately came back together for a sprint won by Jakobsen, in what was his second victory since recovering from a devastating crash during the 2020 Tour de Pologne.

Results :
1 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4:32:31
2 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0
3 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0
4 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0
5 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0
6 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0
8 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0
9 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0
10 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0
11 Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0
12 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0
13 Ryan Kamp (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 0
14 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0
15 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie 0
16 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0
17 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0
18 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0
19 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0
20 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0
21 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0
22 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0
23 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0
24 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0
25 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0
26 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0
27 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0
28 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team 0
29 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0
30 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0
31 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0
32 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0
33 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0
34 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0
35 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0
36 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0
37 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0
38 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0
39 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0
40 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0
41 André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis 0
42 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0
43 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0
44 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0
45 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0
46 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0
47 Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0
48 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0
49 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0
50 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0
51 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0
52 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 0
53 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
54 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:07
55 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:11
56 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:13
57 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:17
58 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:19
59 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
60 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:25
61 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:44
62 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:47
63 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
64 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:59
65 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:01
66 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
67 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
68 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
69 Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
70 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:00
71 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:04
72 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
73 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:06
74 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:02:33
75 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
76 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
77 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
78 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
80 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
81 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
82 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
83 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
84 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
85 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
86 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
87 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
88 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:04:35
89 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
90 Diogo Barbosa (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon
91 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:39
92 Matthew Riccitello (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:05:30
93 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Total Direct Energie
94 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
95 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
96 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
97 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
98 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
99 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
100 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
101 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
102 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
103 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
104 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
105 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
106 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
107 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation
108 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
109 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
110 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
111 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
112 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
113 Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
114 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
115 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
116 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
117 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
118 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
119 Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
120 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie
121 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
122 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
123 Witse Meeussen (Bel) Pauwells Sauzen-Bingoal
124 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
125 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
126 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
127 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
128 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
129 Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
130 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
131 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
132 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
133 Lars van der Haar (Ned) Baloise-Trek Lion
134 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
135 Toon Aerts (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lions
136 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
137 Maxime De Poorter (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:11:06
138 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:14
139 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo
140 Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lion
141 Daan Mariën (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lion

Final General Classification :
1 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 20:31:13
2 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:04
3 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:20
4 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:24
5 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
6 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:27
7 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:28
8 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:31
9 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:32
10 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
11 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
12 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:33
13 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
15 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
16 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:34
17 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:00:35
18 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team 0:00:36
19 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
20 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
21 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
22 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
23 André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis
24 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
25 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
26 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
27 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
28 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
29 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:32
31 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:01:35
32 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:37
33 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:42
34 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
35 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:52
36 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:24
37 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:02:43
38 William Barta (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:44
39 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:02
40 Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:56
41 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
42 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:33
43 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:00
44 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:06:52
45 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie 0:07:23
46 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:08:25
47 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:08:31
48 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:26
49 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:09:37
50 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:24
51 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:11:31
52 Ryan Kamp (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
53 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
54 Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 0:11:36
55 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:33
56 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:12:54
57 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:10
58 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:13:30
59 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:33
60 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:13:52
61 Tim van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:13:55
62 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 0:13:57
63 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:35
64 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:15:09
65 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:56
66 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:16:07
67 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:16:28
68 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:17:08
69 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:17:18
70 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:17:46
71 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:18:20
72 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:18:31
73 Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:19:09
74 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:19:18
75 Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:19:23
76 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:19:24
77 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
78 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:19:27
79 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
80 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
81 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 0:19:29
82 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:19:30
83 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:20:22
84 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:20:55
85 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:34
86 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:42
87 Witse Meeussen (Bel) Pauwells Sauzen-Bingoal 0:21:50
88 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:54
89 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:21:56
90 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:22:02
91 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:22:07
92 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:08
93 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:23:12
94 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:18
95 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis 0:23:22
96 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:24:40
97 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:24:41
98 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:24:52
99 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:24:53
100 Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
101 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:25:15
102 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:25:31
103 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:02
104 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:26:56
105 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:27:01
106 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:27:02
107 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 0:27:16
108 Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:27:26
109 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:27:39
110 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:28:26
111 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:28:38
112 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 0:28:48
113 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:29:09
114 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:29:46
115 Lars van der Haar (Ned) Baloise-Trek Lion 0:30:34
116 Matthew Riccitello (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
117 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:30:40
118 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation 0:30:57
119 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:36
120 Diogo Barbosa (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:33:53
121 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:34:01
122 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:34:03
123 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Total Direct Energie 0:35:26
124 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:35:56
125 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:36:07
126 Toon Aerts (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lions 0:36:08
127 Tobias Kongstad (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:36:34
128 Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:36:57
129 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo 0:37:24
130 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:38:34
131 Maxime De Poorter (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:40:28
132 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:40:46
133 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:41:19
134 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:41:51
135 Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:42:18
136 Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:42:58
137 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:45:12
138 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:49:11
139 Daan Mariën (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lion 0:49:36
140 Jakob Egholm (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:55:25
141 Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise-Trek Lion