Baloise Belgium Tour 2023

Name: Baloise Belgium Tour 2023
Start: 2023-06-14T17:20:00Z
End: 2023-06-18T16:00:00Z
Location: Belgium

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Baloise Belgium Tour: Mathieu van der Poel solos to stage 4 victory

Dutchman extends overall race lead with one day to go

Mauro Schmid atop the podium of the 2022 Baloise Belgium Tour (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

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Baloise Belgium Tour 2023
Date	June 14 - 18, 2023
Distance	723,3 kilometres
Start location	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
Finish location	Brussels
Category	UCI ProSeries
Previous edition	2022 Baloise Belgium Tour
Previous winner	Mauro Schmid

The Baloise Belgium Tour is a five-day ProSeries stage race that is steeped in cycling history, starting in 1908 with Lucien Petit-Breton the first champion and running through 1981 with interruptions due to the World Wars.

Eddy Merckx won the Tour two times in 1970 and 71.

The race hit a bad patch in the 1980s and was not held in 1982, 83 or 87. In between cancellations, riders like Sean Yates and Eddy Planckaert claimed the titles.

The Belgium Tour vanished from the calendar from 1991 to 2001 before being revived as a third-tier stage race, jumping from 2.1 to the equivalent of the ProSeries in 2009.

Recent winners include Philippe Gilbert, Tony Martin (2012-2014), Greg Van Avermaet, Jens Keukeleire and Remco Evenepoel (2019 and 2021). The race was not held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mauro Schmid was the last winner in 2022.

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Baloise Belgium Tour 2023
14 June 2023 - 18 June 2023 | Belgium | 2.Pro
- Stage 1 - Baloise Belgium Tour: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 1, takes early lead | Scherpenheuvel-Zichem - Scherpenheuvel-ZIchem
  2023-06-14 164.9km
- Stage 2 - Baloise Belgium Tour: Fabio Jakobsen wins crash-marred stage 2, takes overall lead | Merelbeke - Knokke-Heist
  2023-06-15 175.7km
- Stage 3 - Belgium Tour: Wærenskjold wins stage 3 time trial as Mathieu van der Poel takes GC lead | Beveren - Beveren
  2023-06-16 15.2km
- Stage 4 - Baloise Belgium Tour: Mathieu van der Poel solos to stage 4 victory | Durbuy - Durbuy
  2023-06-17 172.6km
- Stage 5 - Mathieu van der Poel wins Baloise Belgium Tour | Brussels - Brussels
  2023-06-18 194.8km