BinckBank Tour 2019 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

August 17, 2019

BinckBank Tour 2019 – Stage 6 – Den Haag – Den Haag : 8,4 km

Nothing comes easy at the BinckBank Tour, and a glance at the palmarès confirms as much. The most recent winners are Matej Mohoric, Tom Dumoulin, Niki Terpstra, Tim Wellens and Zdenek Stybar, and, on each occasion, the race was decided by mere seconds. A constant in the WorldTour since it succeeded the old Tour of the Netherlands in 2005, the BinckBank Tour – formerly the Eneco Tour – is something of a point of confluence in the cycling calendar. In mid-August, WorldTour riders tend to be in one of two camps: recovering from the Tour de France or still feeling their way back into action after missing out on the big show in July. As ever, the race offers a sample of spring Classics terrain, with a short, stiff leg in the Ardennes on stage 4 and then a demanding trek around the cobbles and hills of Flanders on the final day. In between, there is a short, flat time trial in The Hague, while the four flat stages rarely run quite as smoothly as the profile in the roadbook would indicate.

Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos) won the BinckBank Tour’s 8.4km time trial around Den Haag in the Netherlands on Saturday as Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) extended his overall race lead before Sunday’s final stage on the Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Ganna is the current Italian national time trial champion and used his power and bike skills on the city centre circuit to set a time of 9:16. Fellow Italian rouleur Eduardo Affini (Mitchelton-Scott) was five seconds slower, with Netherlands national time trial champion Jos Van Emden (Jumbo-Visma) third at eight seconds.

It was Ganna’s third time trial win of the 2019 season after success at the Tour de Provence and the Italian national time trial championships.

“It was my first victory in the Italian national jersey and I was very happy with my performance and my time, too,” Ganna said.

“I’m feeling better after a small crash two days ago and I feel better, luckily I didn’t do too much damage.

“I really wanted this win. It’s great it happened. I saved energy in the last few days and so was fresh today. The wind wasn’t too strong and so I was able to produce my best ride.”

Wellens started last in the green and white leader’s jersey and finished 20 seconds slower than Ganna. However he extended his overall lead to eight seconds on Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb), with Laurens De Plus (Jumbo-Visma) now third overall at 12 seconds.

Sunday’s 178km final stage includes three hilly circuits around the Muur van Geraardsbergen, with six sectors of cobbles and 12 other Flemish climb before the final ramp to the finish.

“I took four seconds out of the guy in second place but Laurens (De Plus) rode a super time trial and took a little time back but I am satisfied,” Wellens said.

“Though I don’t really feel comfortable with such a small lead. It’s a very tough stage, especially with the rain that is forecast. I have to count on good legs and even more on a good team, hopefully that will be enough.”

An intense 8.4km in the saddle

The time trial was a battle between the pure specialists who started early in the afternoon and the overall contenders who last off. Van Emden was the local hero in the Netherlands national champion’s jersey and got a cheer when he set the fastest time of 9:24. However he was soon bettered by Ganna, who bettered his time by eight seconds.

The 23-year-old Affini came in soon after and was close to his compatriot but was timed five seconds slower. The two young Italians were helped by the weather, which worsened as the stage went on, with the wind rising and a few drops of rain making it risky on the many corners.

The overall contenders were fighting for the race lead but did not want to take excessive risks.

Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) was only fourth fastest at 11 seconds and Greg van Avermaet (CCC Team) was also off the pace, losing a further five seconds to Wellens.

The 20-year-old Hirschi continued to impress, despite losing four seconds to Wellens, as did De Plus, who gained four seconds on his rival Belgian and moved up to just 12 seconds back overall. Everyone else is over 40 seconds behind, making this year’s Binckbank Tour a three-way race come the final battle on the Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Results :
1 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Ineos 0:09:16
2 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:05
3 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:08
4 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:11
5 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:15
6 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:16
7 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
8 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
9 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:18
10 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:20
11 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
13 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:21
14 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb
15 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:23
16 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:24
17 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb
18 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:25
19 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
20 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
21 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team
22 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:00:26
23 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:27
24 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
25 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:28
26 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:29
27 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ Continental
28 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
29 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:30
30 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
31 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:00:31
32 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
33 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:32
34 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
35 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:33
36 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
38 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:34
39 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
40 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:35
41 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
42 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:36
44 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:37
46 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Team Sunweb
47 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
48 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
49 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:38
50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
51 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:39
52 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 0:00:40
53 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
54 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles
55 Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
56 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
58 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
59 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:42
60 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
61 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
62 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:43
63 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
64 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:44
65 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:00:45
66 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
67 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
68 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:46
69 Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
70 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:47
71 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
72 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles
73 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:48
74 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data 0:00:49
75 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
76 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
77 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:50
78 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:00:51
79 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe
81 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:52
82 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
83 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:53
84 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
85 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
86 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
87 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
88 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:54
89 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Total Direct Energie
90 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:00:55
91 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Ineos 0:00:56
92 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:57
93 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
94 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First
95 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
97 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:59
98 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:00
100 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:01
101 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
102 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:02
103 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
104 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
105 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:03
106 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles
107 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:04
108 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:05
109 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
110 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:06
111 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:08
112 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
113 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:09
114 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
115 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:10
116 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:11
117 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
118 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:12
119 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:01:13
120 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:14
121 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:15
122 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
123 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:16
124 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:18
125 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:19
127 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:01:20
128 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
129 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
130 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:21
131 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal
132 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:23
133 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:24
134 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:25
135 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:26
136 Stijn Steels (Bel) Roompot-Charles
137 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:01:27
138 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:28
139 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:29
140 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31
141 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
142 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:40
143 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:44
DNS Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
DNS Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNS Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 17:37:10
2 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:00:08
3 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:12
4 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:40
5 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:43
6 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:45
7 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
8 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:49
9 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:00:53
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:54
11 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
12 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:55
13 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:57
14 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:59
15 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
16 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:03
17 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:06
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:07
19 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:12
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
21 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:32
22 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:02:40
23 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:02:45
24 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:55
25 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Team Sunweb
26 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:56
27 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:03
28 Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:04
29 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos 0:03:13
30 Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:39
31 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ Continental 0:04:37
32 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:20
33 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:22
34 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:39
35 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:05:40
36 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:41
37 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team 0:05:43
38 Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:47
39 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:50
40 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:04
41 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:08
42 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:06:29
43 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:50
44 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:51
45 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:09:08
46 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:36
47 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:09:53
48 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 0:10:16
49 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:10:56
50 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:00
51 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:11:16
52 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
53 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:11:32
54 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 0:11:44
55 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:50
56 Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:11:51
57 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:11:52
58 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:11:58
59 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:02
60 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:08
61 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:12:12
62 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:16
63 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:21
64 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Ineos
65 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:36
66 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First 0:13:01
67 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:13:32
68 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:46
69 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:14:12
70 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:20
71 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:14:29
72 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:14:50
73 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:14:57
74 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15:11
75 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:15:24
76 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 0:15:26
77 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:27
78 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:28
79 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
80 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team 0:15:32
81 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:15:33
82 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:15:38
83 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:15:43
84 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data 0:15:45
85 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:15:48
86 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15:52
87 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:53
88 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:15:54
89 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team 0:15:56
90 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
92 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Ineos 0:15:59
93 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:00
94 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:16:02
95 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:16:04
96 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos 0:16:05
97 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:16:12
98 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:17
99 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:16:21
100 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:16:23
101 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:16:26
102 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:29
103 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:16:32
104 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:16:36
105 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:42
106 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:57
107 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:17:05
108 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:12
109 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:16
110 Stijn Steels (Bel) Roompot-Charles
111 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:28
112 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:17:40
113 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:17:43
114 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:17:47
115 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:48
116 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:17:54
117 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:18:02
118 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:18:26
119 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
120 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:18:34
121 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:19:34
122 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:16
123 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:26
124 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:20:38
125 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:20:54
126 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:21:00
127 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:04
128 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:21:07
129 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:21:18
130 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:26
131 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:21:34
132 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:21:53
133 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:21:54
134 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:24:05
135 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:42
136 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:25:53
137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:50
138 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:31:50
139 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:33:17
140 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:33:36
141 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:36:16
142 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:36:32
143 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:12