Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) claimed a solo victory on the opening stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, taking the first leader's jersey of the five-day race.
The Frenchman played off a surge by teammate Kevin Geniets on the long, uphill drag to the finish line, and held off a chase by Sjoerd Bax (Alpecin-Deceuninck), with Dorion Godon (AG2R Citroën) third just ahead of the peloton, led to the line by Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).
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Giro d'Italia Women GC standings – Major shake-up to overall standings after tough uphill TT with big time gaps
Anna van der Breggen moves into pink with time trial victory -
As it happened: Stage 4 mountain time trial produces huge time gaps at the top of the Giro d'Italia Women overall
The first significant GC shake-up with a challenging 12.7km uphill time trial on a cat.1 climb to Nevegal -
Giro d'Italia Women: Anna van der Breggen crushes opposition with stunning uphill time trial victory on stage 4, moves into pink jersey
Former four-time winner puts more than a minute into Reusser, Vollering and Longo Borghini over 12.7km course
