Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) finally shook off months of missed opportunities and misfortune, winning the Heistse Pijl in a reduced bunch sprint ahead of Tobias Andresen (Uno-X Mobility) and Simon Dehairs (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
The closing laps were riddled with crashes in the UCI 1.1 race, with the last coming with 7.5km to go just after the peloton caught solo attacker Aldo Tailleu (Lotto).
Results
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: All the yellow cards, fines, and penalties after stage 5
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot incurs fine and deduction of UCI points for littering while one team incurs four fines for irregular feeding -
Volta a Portugal - UAE Team Emirates XRG 1-2 prologue time trial in team's race debut
Julius Johansen takes race lead ahead of teammate Rui Oliveira -
Tour de France Femmes 2026 abandons: Race down to 135 riders after brutal day of climbing on stage 5
A tally of the toll that illness and crashes have taken on the peloton in the fourth edition of the race -
ASO announces fan restrictions on some sections of Tour de France Femmes queen stage to Mont Ventoux due to wildfire risk
Spectators and hikers banned from two stretches of the route towards Mont Ventoux, though final climb is unaffected by restrictions
