Tour de Wallonie 2016 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

July 27, 2016

Tour de Wallonie 2016 – Stage 5 – Engis – Dison – 189,3 km

The 2016 Tour de Wallonie is a five-stage men’s professional road cycling race. It is the forty-third running of the Tour de Wallonie. The race started on 23 July in Charleroi and is scheduled to finish on 27 July in Dison.

IAM Cycling’s Dries Devenyns broke through the Etixx-Quickstep blockade to snatch the final stage win and overall victory from Gianni Meersman.

“I am very happy with this success,” Devenyns said. “The last few weeks have not been easy since I had to abandon the Tour de Suisse and then could not start the Tour de France due to illness. Something else that is satisfying is how this victory came about today. I knew I felt good, and was probably one of the strongest in the field. Add to that the fact that the team performed exactly as we said we would in the team meeting this morning. We were able to be competitive in the final attacks, and made the tempo seriously hard for everyone else. And then I managed to finish off such strong teamwork with a good win.”

Although Meersman’s teammates patrolled the front of the race to try to protect the race leader from such attacks, Devenyns powered away on the last of 11 climbs, the Côte de Val Fassotte, with 2.2km to go and blew the race to pieces.

The 33-year-old narrowly avoided being passed at the line by a hard-charging Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Soudal) and Evegeny Shalunov (Gazprom-Rusvelo).

Thanks to his time bonus of 10 seconds and an eight-second gap to Meersman, who was dragged to the line by stage 4 winner Matteo Trentin, Devenyns claimed the overall victory by five seconds on Meersman, with Katusha’s Viacheslav Kuznetsov in third.

“The team was very strong today and worked really hard, keeping me sheltered and in a good position, but on the last ascent, Dries Devenyns was just stronger than me and although I did everything in my power, it wasn’t enough to keep the jersey”, Meersman said. “I am disappointed now, but I will try to take the positives out of this week and carry my good form into the next race, Vuelta a Burgos.”

It is Devenyns’ second stage race win of the year after the Tour of Belgium.

Results :
1 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 4:33:56
2 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
3 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
4 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
6 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:02
7 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
8 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:07
9 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:08
10 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
11 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
12 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
13 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
14 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
16 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:13
17 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
18 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:15
19 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
20 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:29
21 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:31
22 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
23 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:00:35
24 Michel Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
25 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
26 Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
27 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:58
28 Remy Mertz (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
29 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
30 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
31 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
33 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
36 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
37 Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
38 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
39 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
40 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:09
41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling
42 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:19
43 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
44 Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-Ago 0:01:21
45 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:48
48 Gerry Druyts (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:01:52
49 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:02:14
50 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
51 Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:02:50
52 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
53 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
54 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ
55 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
56 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
57 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
58 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:14
59 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:03:21
60 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:34
61 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
62 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:03:41
63 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 0:03:48
65 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:04:17
66 Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
67 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre
68 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
69 Jens Adams (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
70 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
71 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre
72 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:05:53
73 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
74 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
75 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:07:22
76 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre
77 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:15
78 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
79 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Armee de Terre
80 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
81 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago
82 Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago
83 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Tim Merlier (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
85 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
86 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha
88 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
89 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
90 Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago
91 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
92 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
93 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
94 Antoine Loy (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
95 Christophe Masson (Fra) Veranclassic-Ago
96 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
97 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
98 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
99 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
100 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:09:54
101 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:48
102 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:11:49
103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104 Johan Hemroulle (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
105 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
106 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
107 Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-Ago
108 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
109 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
110 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
111 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:13:12
112 André Looij (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
113 Roman Kustadinchev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:13:59
DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
DNF Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
DNF Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
DNF Jordan Levasseur (Fra) Armee de Terre
DNF Dennis Coenen (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
DNS Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept

Final General classification :
1 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 22:02:48
2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:05
3 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:06
4 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:07
5 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:09
6 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:13
7 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:00:15
8 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 0:00:16
10 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:17
11 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:20
12 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
13 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
14 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:21
15 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
16 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:23
17 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:26
18 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
19 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:28
20 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:42
21 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:00:43
22 Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
23 Michel Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:48
24 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:07
25 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:01:11
26 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:12
28 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:35
29 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:39
30 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 0:01:41
31 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:01
32 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:25
33 Remy Mertz (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef 0:03:11
34 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:13
35 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:19
36 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:40
37 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:03:54
38 Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:04:00
39 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:04:03
40 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:04:08
41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:05:00
42 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:05:11
43 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:05:46
44 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:06:02
45 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:06:05
46 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:06:36
47 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 0:06:48
48 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 0:06:53
49 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 0:07:11
50 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:07:27
51 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:08:31
52 Jens Adams (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:09:05
53 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:10:03
54 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:10:09
55 Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:11:00
56 Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:11:42
57 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef 0:11:58
58 Christophe Masson (Fra) Veranclassic-Ago 0:12:25
59 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
60 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:12:30
61 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:12:56
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 0:13:35
63 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:14:11
64 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:15:09
65 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:15:10
66 Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago 0:15:14
67 Antoine Loy (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef
68 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:15:58
69 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:16:24
70 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 0:16:27
71 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:34
72 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago
73 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:45
74 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:17:06
75 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 0:17:32
76 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 0:17:58
77 Gerry Druyts (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:18:10
78 Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-Ago 0:18:35
79 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:18:44
80 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:18:51
81 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:19:06
82 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:19:08
83 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:19:30
84 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:19:34
85 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:19:40
86 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:19:49
87 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:53
88 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:10
89 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:22:15
90 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:47
91 Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic-Ago 0:22:52
92 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:23:43
93 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:23:52
94 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:24:10
95 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:01
96 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:26:28
97 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:38
98 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:27:13
99 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:27:18
100 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:28:06
101 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:30:08
103 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:31:20
104 Roman Kustadinchev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:31:50
105 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:32:40
106 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:37:31
107 Tim Merlier (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team 0:38:48
108 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:40:50
109 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:41:08
110 Johan Hemroulle (Bel) Color Code – Arden’beef 0:41:12
111 André Looij (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:42:35
112 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
113 Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-Ago 0:44:54