Tour de l'Eurométropole 2015: Stage 3 Results

Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Bertjan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Joey Van Rhee (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels) on the podium (Image credit: Bert Geerts/dcp-bertgeerts@xs4all.nl)

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	3:44:28
2	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
3	Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
4	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
5	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
6	Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
7	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
8	Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha
9	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
11	Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Development Team
12	Daniel Mc Lay (GBr) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
13	Gerry Druyts (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
14	Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
15	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
16	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
17	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast
18	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
19	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
20	Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Southeast
21	Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
22	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi
23	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
24	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
25	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
26	Kevyn Ista (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
27	Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
28	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
30	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr
31	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr
33	Timothy Stevens (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
34	Viktor Manakov (Rus) Leopard Development Team
35	Felix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
36	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
37	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
38	Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
39	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
40	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
41	Sebastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42	Jean Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
43	Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
44	Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka
45	Christophe Laborie (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
46	Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Southeast
47	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
48	Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha
49	Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
50	Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
51	Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
52	Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
53	Jan Dieteren (Ger) Leopard Development Team
54	Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
55	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal
56	Emiel Wastyn (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
57	Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
58	Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
59	Marco Konig (Ger) Leopard Development Team
60	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
61	Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
62	Gaetan Pons (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
63	Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
64	Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
65	Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
66	Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
67	Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard Development Team
68	Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
69	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
70	Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
71	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
72	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
73	Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
74	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
75	Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast
76	Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
77	Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
78	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
79	Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
80	Florent Pereira (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
82	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
83	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
84	Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
85	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
86	Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN - Qhubeka
87	Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
88	Dennis Coenen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
89	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
90	Gaëtan Bille (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
91	Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha
92	Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
93	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
94	Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
95	Jelle Goderis (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
96	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
97	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
98	Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
99	Christophe Premont (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
100	Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
101	Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) Leopard Development Team
102	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
103	Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast
104	Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
105	Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
106	Dimitri .Claeys (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
107	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
108	Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
109	Antoine Leleu (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
110	Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
111	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
112	Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:17
113	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
114	Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:21
115	Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
116	Alphonse Vermote (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
117	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:30
118	Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:39
119	Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:00:45
120	Murilo Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr	0:01:09
121	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:01:10
122	Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
123	Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka
124	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
125	Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
126	Alexander Geuens (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
127	Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka
128	Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:01:25
129	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:07
130	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131	Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast	0:02:25
132	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
133	Nic Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka
134	Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
135	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
136	Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha
137	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
138	Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:02
139	Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:03:20
140	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
141	Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ.fr
142	Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team
143	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
144	Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:03:31
145	Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
146	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:06:07
147	Romain Pillon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
148	Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
149	Martial Roman (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:10:24
150	Massimo Morabito (Lux) Leopard Development Team
151	Jordi Van Dingenen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
152	Julien Van Den Brande (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
DNS	Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo
DNS	Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
DNF	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr

General Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	12:09:04
2	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:03
3	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:11
4	Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling	0:00:12
5	Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling	0:00:15
6	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:00:17
7	Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
8	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:18
9	Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:00:19
10	Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha	0:00:21
11	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:23
12	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
13	Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:25
14	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:26
15	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:29
16	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
17	Viktor Manakov (Rus) Leopard Development Team	0:00:30
18	Gaëtan Bille (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:00:32
19	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:38
20	Daniel Mc Lay (GBr) Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:00:39
21	Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
22	Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:00:40
23	Dimitri .Claeys (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
24	Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha	0:00:41
25	Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
26	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:00:42
27	Kevyn Ista (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:00:43
28	Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:45
29	Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling	0:00:47
30	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
31	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:48
32	Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
33	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal	0:00:50
34	Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard Development Team	0:00:52
35	Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
36	Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:53
37	Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
38	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:00:54
39	Jan Dieteren (Ger) Leopard Development Team	0:00:55
40	Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
41	Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:56
42	Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Development Team
43	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
44	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:59
45	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:00
46	Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
47	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
48	Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Southeast	0:01:01
49	Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
50	Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast
51	Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) Leopard Development Team	0:01:03
52	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
53	Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
54	Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team	0:01:06
55	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
56	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:10
57	Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast
58	Jean Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:01:11
59	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:01:12
60	Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:01:13
61	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
62	Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
63	Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:01:15
64	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:01:16
65	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:01:17
66	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
67	Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:18
68	Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
69	Gaetan Pons (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:01:19
70	Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:01:20
71	Gerry Druyts (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team
72	Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:01:21
73	Dennis Coenen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:01:22
74	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling	0:01:24
75	Alphonse Vermote (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:01:29
76	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:01:31
77	Sebastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:36
78	Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha	0:01:39
79	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
80	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:01:41
81	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:01:44
82	Marco Konig (Ger) Leopard Development Team	0:01:49
83	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
84	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:01:50
85	Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:51
86	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:01:54
87	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast	0:01:59
88	Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Southeast	0:02:00
89	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:02:06
90	Felix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:02:08
91	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
92	Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN - Qhubeka	0:02:15
93	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha	0:02:20
94	Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:02:21
95	Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:02:22
96	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:02:26
97	Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:02:29
98	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:02:32
99	Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:02:36
100	Christophe Premont (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:02:43
101	Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:02:58
102	Emiel Wastyn (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:03:01
103	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:03:03
104	Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:03:14
105	Murilo Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr	0:03:23
106	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:03:35
107	Nic Dougall (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka
108	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:03:44
109	Christophe Laborie (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:03:57
110	Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:04:13
111	Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:04:30
112	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:04:31
113	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:04:33
114	Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:04:36
115	Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:05:04
116	Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton	0:05:05
117	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:05:51
118	Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:06:14
119	Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:06:15
120	Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka	0:06:31
121	Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:07:24
122	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:07:34
123	Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:38
124	Timothy Stevens (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:07:44
125	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:39
126	Florent Pereira (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:56
127	Jelle Goderis (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:09:30
128	Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha	0:09:35
129	Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:09:49
130	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:09:57
131	Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:10:10
132	Jayde Julius (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:10:27
133	Alexander Geuens (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:10:51
134	Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka	0:11:15
135	Maxime Cam (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:11:30
136	Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:33
137	Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:34
138	Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast	0:11:42
139	Antoine Leleu (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:12:10
140	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:14:24
141	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:14:39
142	Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:15:00
143	Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team	0:15:05
144	Romain Pillon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:15:43
145	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:16:43
146	Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:17:04
147	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:18:56
148	Julien Van Den Brande (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:20:01
149	Massimo Morabito (Lux) Leopard Development Team	0:22:32
150	Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:26:46
151	Jordi Van Dingenen (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental Team	0:27:30
152	Martial Roman (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:28:20

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