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Damien Gaudin (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre) continued his good 2017 season with the prologue victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sander Cordeel (Veranda's Willems Crelan) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Dries De Bondt (Veranda's Willems Crelan) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Sébastien Delfosse (WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Raphael Freienstein (Team Lotto - Kern Haus) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Hugo Hofstetter (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Arnold Jeannesson (Fortuneo - Vital Concept) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Yuma Koishi (Nippo - Vini Fantini) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Wesley Kreder (Wanty - Groupe Gobert) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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John Mandrysch (Leopard Pro Cycling) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Aksel Nommela (Leopard Pro Cycling) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Gaeten Pons (Leopard Pro Cycling) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Rasmus Guldhammer Poulsen (Team Veloconcept) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo - Vital Concept) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Stijn Steels (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Loic Chetout (Cofidis) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Martijn Budding (Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Bob Jungels was a guest at his home race (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Tim Ariesen (Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Giacomo Berlato (Nippo - Vini Fantini) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

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Best young rider Piet Allegaert (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Race leader Damien Gaudin (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jean-Pierre Drucker in the KOM jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) riding to second place (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Nathan Van Hooydonck was 11th on his BMC Racing debut (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Michael Schar (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Floris Gerts (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Martin Elmiger (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) making his return to racing and placing second (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Damien Gaudin (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre) on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Damien Gaudin (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre) claimed the early race lead in the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg with a victory in Wednesday's two-kilometre prologue.

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The Frenchman set the fastest mark on the short – though intermittently cobbled – course at exactly three minutes, topping BMC Racing's Greg Van Avermaet by one second and Jean-Pierre Drucker by four.

"I am pretty happy with my ride. I was not expecting anything coming into today's race, but it is a course that really suits me. It’s a bit disappointing that I am not in my best condition right now but I am happy with what I did, and we will see what happens over the next few days," said Van Avermaet.

Racing continues Thursday with a rolling 170km stage 1 from Luxembourg to Bascharage.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:03:00
2	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:00:01
3	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	0:00:04
4	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:05
5	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre
6	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:06
7	Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
8	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:08
9	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
10	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
11	Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems Crelan
12	Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
13	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:09
14	Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
15	Tom Wirtgen (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
16	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:10
17	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
18	Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:11
19	Raphael Freienstein (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
20	Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre
21	Aksel Nommela (Est) Leopard Pro Cycling
22	Andreas Hyldgaard Jepssen (Den) Team Veloconcept
23	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:00:12
24	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
25	Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
26	Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
27	Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre
28	Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
29	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:13
30	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
31	Gaeten Pons (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
32	Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
33	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
34	Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:00:14
35	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
36	Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
37	Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
38	Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
39	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:15
40	Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
41	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
42	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
43	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre
44	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
45	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46	Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:16
47	Romain Le Roux (Fra) Armee de Terre
48	Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
49	Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50	Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
51	Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team	0:00:17
52	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
53	Jan Petelin (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
54	Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
55	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
56	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Team Veloconcept
57	Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
58	Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
59	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
60	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange - Losch	0:00:18
61	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
62	Rasmus Guldhammer Poulsen (Den) Team Veloconcept
63	Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:19
64	Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
65	Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
66	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
67	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
68	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
69	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:20
70	Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
71	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
72	Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
73	Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:21
74	Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Veloconcept
75	Mike Diener (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
76	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
77	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:22
78	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre
79	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
80	Michael Reihs (Den) Team Veloconcept
81	Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:23
82	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:00:24
83	Carmelo Foti (Ita) Leopard Pro Cycling
84	Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
85	John Mandrysch (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
86	Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus	0:00:25
87	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
88	Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
89	Luc Turchi (Lux) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
90	Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus	0:00:26
91	Nicolaj Steen (Den) Team Veloconcept
92	Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
93	Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:27
94	Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
95	Jelle Donders (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch
96	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:28
97	Mads Baadsgaard Rahbek (Den) Team Veloconcept
98	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:00:30
99	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
100	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:31
101	Tom Vermeer (Ned) Team Differdange - Losch
102	Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:34
103	Alexander Kamp (Den) Team Veloconcept
104	Justin Jules (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:39
105	Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:40
106	Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:43
107	Claudio Catania (Ita) Team Differdange - Losch	0:00:48
108	Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:59

General classification after prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:03:00
2	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:00:01
3	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	0:00:04
4	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:05
5	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre
6	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:06
7	Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
8	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:08
9	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
10	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
11	Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems Crelan
12	Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
13	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:09
14	Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
15	Tom Wirtgen (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
16	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:10
17	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
18	Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:11
19	Raphael Freienstein (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
20	Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre
21	Aksel Nommela (Est) Leopard Pro Cycling
22	Andreas Hyldgaard Jepssen (Den) Team Veloconcept
23	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:00:12
24	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
25	Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
26	Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
27	Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre
28	Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
29	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:13
30	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
31	Gaeten Pons (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
32	Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
33	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
34	Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:00:14
35	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
36	Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
37	Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
38	Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
39	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:15
40	Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
41	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
42	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
43	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre
44	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
45	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
46	Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:16
47	Romain Le Roux (Fra) Armee de Terre
48	Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
49	Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50	Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
51	Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team	0:00:17
52	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
53	Jan Petelin (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
54	Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
55	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
56	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Team Veloconcept
57	Christopher Hatz (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
58	Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
59	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
60	Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange - Losch	0:00:18
61	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
62	Rasmus Guldhammer Poulsen (Den) Team Veloconcept
63	Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:19
64	Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
65	Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
66	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
67	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
68	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
69	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:20
70	Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
71	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
72	Szymon Rekita (Pol) Leopard Pro Cycling
73	Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:21
74	Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Veloconcept
75	Mike Diener (Lux) Team Differdange - Losch
76	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
77	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:22
78	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre
79	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
80	Michael Reihs (Den) Team Veloconcept
81	Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:23
82	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:00:24
83	Carmelo Foti (Ita) Leopard Pro Cycling
84	Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
85	John Mandrysch (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
86	Fabian Schormair (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus	0:00:25
87	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
88	Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
89	Luc Turchi (Lux) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
90	Richard Weinzheimer (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus	0:00:26
91	Nicolaj Steen (Den) Team Veloconcept
92	Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
93	Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:27
94	Tobias Knaup (Ger) Team Lotto - Kern Haus
95	Jelle Donders (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch
96	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:28
97	Mads Baadsgaard Rahbek (Den) Team Veloconcept
98	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:00:30
99	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
100	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:31
101	Tom Vermeer (Ned) Team Differdange - Losch
102	Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:34
103	Alexander Kamp (Den) Team Veloconcept
104	Justin Jules (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:39
105	Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:40
106	Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:00:43
107	Claudio Catania (Ita) Team Differdange - Losch	0:00:48
108	Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:59

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