Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck) gained with room to spare in Mont-Saint-Guibert on stage 3 and took the general lead at Tour de Wallonie on Monday.
Florian Sénéchal (Soudal-QuickStep) grabbed second place, simply forward of Simone Consonni (Cofidis) from the massive bunch dash.
From the beginning in Thuin there was a direct assault by three rides, Johan Meens (Bingoal WB), Alex Colman (Flanders-Baloise) and Tord Gudmestad (Uno-X Professional Biking). Solely as soon as did it seem there may be hassle for the trio, as Gudmestad having to cease for a flat tyre with 122km to go, however rapidly rejoining the entrance group.
They stayed away for 137km and have been picked up by the peloton earlier than getting into the native circuit at Mont-Saint-Guibert. Meens used his efforts to consolidate his white jersey lead within the mountain classification,
The ultimate circuit of 25km noticed Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Ande Holter (Uno-X) assault, however the try to remain away lasted solely 10km. The dash groups positioned on the entrance headed to the ultimate kilometre and with underneath 500 metres to go Kielich made a large acceleration to the entrance.
The early transfer paid off for the victory. The 23-year-old Belgian, who was third on stage 2, additionally moved into the factors classification lead.
“It is very nice to win a stage in a ProSeries race. The final kilometers made the ultimate tough. We have been nonetheless three riders at Alpecin-Deceuninck and one rider attacked. With Xandro [Meurisse], we have been pushing exhausting till the final nook to meet up with him. I used to be in a position to proceed my effort and I resisted till the road. This consequence proves that I’ve my place within the workforce,” Kielich stated, saying that he didn’t anticipate to maintain the orange chief’s jersey after the person time trial on Tuesday.
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