Tour de l'Eurométropole 2017: Results

Daniel McLay at Paris-Nice (Image credit: Fortuneo-Vital Concept)

Dan McLay (Fortuneo-Oscaro) won the sprint from a small group to take victory in the Eurometropole Tour, after Cofidis' Anthony Turgis celebrated too early. The Frenchman ended up in third, as Kenny Dehaes of Wanty-Groupe Gobert also slipped by him for second.

The race, formerly called Circuit Franco-Belge, was marked by a long break from Jenthe Biermans (Katusha Alpecin), Martijn Budding (Roompot Nederlandse Loterij), Kevin Deltombe (Sport Vlaanderen Baloise), Kenny Molly (AGO Aqua Service), Paul Ourselin (Direct Energie), Alan Riou (Fortuneo Oscaro), Timothy Stevens (Pauwels sauzen) and Stephen Tronet (Armee de Terre). They built up a lead of up to six minutes before being caught with only 24km left.

From there, break followed break, with the sprinters' teams chasing furiously. Finally a group of about 20 got away with less than 5km remaining. Their gap was not big but as they neared the final kilometre, it was clear that they would take the win. Turgis lead the way into the finale and jumped for victory. He looked to have an easy win, but his legs looked to tire near the finish line and he slowed to raise his arms in victory. Too early, as McLay pipped him at the line with Dehaes also passing him.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Oscaro	4:20:20
2	Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bmc Racing Team	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick - Step Floors	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Martin Elmiger (Swi) Bmc Racing Team	0:00:07
20	Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	0:00:30
21	Alexander Geuens (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team	0:00:32
22	Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Anthony Debuy (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick - Step Floors	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Thomas Gibbons (USA) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Floris Gerts (Ned) Bmc Racing Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Piotr Havik (Ned) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Roy Jans (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Bram Welten (Ned) Bmc Racing Team	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Gerry Druyts (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Maximilien Picoux (Bel) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick - Step Floors	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Bastien Duculty (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Antoine Loy (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Gordon De Winter (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Marco Mathis (Ger) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Lukas Spengler (Swi) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Bram Tankink (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Michael Schär (Swi) Bmc Racing Team	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Bmc Racing Team	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick - Step Floors	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Brecht Dhaene (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	0:00:41
75	Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Oscaro	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:00:47
78	Kevyn Ista (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick - Step Floors	0:01:26
83	Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui (Col) Quick - Step Floors	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Pierre Goebeert (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Arthur Baude (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Michiel Stockman (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Niels De Rooze (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Abram Stockman (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Julien Stassen (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aquality Protect	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Max Emil Boholm Kørner (Nor) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Julien Duval (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 97 - Cell 2
99	Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 98 - Cell 2
100	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Oscaro	Row 99 - Cell 2
101	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Fortuneo - Oscaro	0:02:10
102	Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Bmc Racing Team	0:03:14
103	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Kenny Molly (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	0:03:55
107	Nico Denz (Ger) Ag2R La Mondiale	0:03:59
108	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 108 - Cell 2
110	Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal	0:05:22
111	Michael Goolaerts (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:06:36
114	Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 113 - Cell 2
115	Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Alan Riou (Fra) Fortuneo - Oscaro	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Andrew Leigh (GBr) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 117 - Cell 2
119	Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 118 - Cell 2
120	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 119 - Cell 2
121	Daniel Oss (Ita) Bmc Racing Team	Row 120 - Cell 2
122	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:06:42
123	Norman Vahtra (Est) Ago - Aqua Service	0:08:32
124	Robby Cobbaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 123 - Cell 2
125	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 124 - Cell 2
126	Rudy Barbier (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 125 - Cell 2
127	Antoine Didier (Bel) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 126 - Cell 2
128	Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick - Step Floors	Row 127 - Cell 2
129	Timothy Stevens (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team	Row 128 - Cell 2
130	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 129 - Cell 2
DNF	Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 130 - Cell 2
DNF	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 131 - Cell 2
DNF	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 132 - Cell 2
DNF	Jonas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 133 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 134 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Verwaest (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 135 - Cell 2
DNF	William Elliott (Can) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 136 - Cell 2
DNF	Edward Walsh (Can) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 137 - Cell 2
DNF	Guillaume Haag (Bel) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 138 - Cell 2
DNF	Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 139 - Cell 2
DNF	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 140 - Cell 2
DNF	Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij	Row 141 - Cell 2
DNF	Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 142 - Cell 2
DNF	Florian Maitre (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 143 - Cell 2
DNF	Clement Orceau (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 144 - Cell 2
DNF	Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 145 - Cell 2
DNF	Charlie Arimont (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 146 - Cell 2
DNF	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 147 - Cell 2
DNF	Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 148 - Cell 2
DNF	Jordi Van Dingenen (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team	Row 149 - Cell 2
DNF	Jordan Levasseur (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 150 - Cell 2
DNF	Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 151 - Cell 2
DNF	Ángel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 152 - Cell 2
DNF	Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Team Katusha Alpecin	Row 153 - Cell 2
DNF	Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	Row 154 - Cell 2
DNF	Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda's Willems - Crelan	Row 155 - Cell 2
DNF	Martin Velits (Svk) Quick - Step Floors	Row 156 - Cell 2
DNF	Brent Van De Kerkhove (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice Continental Team	Row 157 - Cell 2
DNF	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 158 - Cell 2
DNF	Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	Row 159 - Cell 2
DNF	Auxence Buntinx (Bel) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 160 - Cell 2
DNF	Merlijn Decoster (Bel) T.Palm Pôle Continental Wallon	Row 161 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee De Terre	Row 162 - Cell 2
DNS	Ciske Aneca (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	Row 163 - Cell 2
DNS	Martin Palm (Bel) Ago - Aqua Service	Row 164 - Cell 2
DNS	Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 165 - Cell 2