Tour de Wallonie 2018: Stage 1 Results

Romain Cardis (Direct Energie) finishes (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie	4:25:57
2	Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
3	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
4	Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
5	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Club
6	Corne van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Lions
7	Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
8	Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
9	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10	Tom Wirtgen (Lux) AGO-Aqua Service
11	Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic
12	Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
13	Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
14	Kevyn Ista (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
15	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
16	Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
17	Jens Adams (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
18	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
19	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
20	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
21	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
22	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
23	Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
24	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25	Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26	Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
27	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
29	Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
30	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
31	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept Club
32	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club
33	Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
34	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
35	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
36	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
38	Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
39	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
40	Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
41	Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
42	Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
43	Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
44	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
45	Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
46	Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
47	Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
48	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
49	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
50	Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport
51	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
52	Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept Club
53	Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
54	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
55	Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
56	Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
57	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
58	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
59	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
60	Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
61	Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
62	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
63	James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
64	Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems Crelan
65	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
66	Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
67	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
68	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
69	Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
70	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
71	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
72	Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
73	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
74	Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda's Willems Crelan
75	Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
76	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
77	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
78	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
79	Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
80	Clement Russo (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
81	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
82	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
83	Daan Soete (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
84	Michael Boros (Cze) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
85	Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
86	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
87	Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
88	Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport	0:00:12
89	Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors	0:00:27
90	Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
91	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:42
92	Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
93	Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:54
94	Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	0:02:43
95	Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
96	Anthony Debuy (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
97	Braam Merlier (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
98	Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
99	Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
100	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
101	William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
102	Lars van der Haar (Ned) Telenet Fidea Lions
103	Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
104	Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
105	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club
106	Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
107	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
108	Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
109	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
110	Kenny Molly (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
111	Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates
112	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
113	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service	0:02:49
114	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors	0:03:21
115	Thijs Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions	0:04:17
116	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
117	Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
118	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
119	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
120	Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
121	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
122	Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
123	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
124	Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125	Yann Pestiaux (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
126	Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
127	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
128	Sieben Wouters (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
129	Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
130	Etienne van Empel (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
131	Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data	0:06:55
132	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:08:58
133	Gordon De Winter (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service	0:10:17
134	Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	0:11:14
135	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:11:17
136	Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport
137	Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
138	Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie	4:25:47
2	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions	0:00:03
3	Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:04
4	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:00:06
5	Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:00:08
6	Michael Boros (Cze) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice	0:00:09
7	Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:10
8	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Club
9	Corne van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Lions
10	Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
11	Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
12	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
13	Tom Wirtgen (Lux) AGO-Aqua Service
14	Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic
15	Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
16	Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
17	Kevyn Ista (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
18	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
19	Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
20	Jens Adams (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
21	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
22	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
24	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
26	Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
27	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28	Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
29	Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
30	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32	Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
33	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept Club
35	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club
36	Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
37	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
38	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
39	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
41	Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
42	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
43	Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
44	Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
45	Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
46	Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
47	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
48	Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
49	Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
50	Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin
51	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
52	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
53	Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport
54	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
55	Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept Club
56	Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
57	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
58	Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
59	Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
60	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
61	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
62	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
63	Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
64	Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
65	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
66	James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors
67	Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda's Willems Crelan
68	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
69	Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
70	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
71	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
72	Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
73	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
74	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
75	Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
76	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77	Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda's Willems Crelan
78	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
79	Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
80	Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
81	Clement Russo (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
82	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
83	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
84	Daan Soete (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
85	Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
86	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
87	Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
88	Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport	0:00:22
89	Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors	0:00:37
90	Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
91	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:52
92	Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
93	Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:02:04
94	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service	0:02:51
95	Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	0:02:53
96	Emiel Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
97	Anthony Debuy (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
98	Braam Merlier (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
99	Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
100	Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
101	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
102	William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
103	Lars van der Haar (Ned) Telenet Fidea Lions
104	Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
105	Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
106	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club
107	Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
108	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
109	Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
110	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
111	Kenny Molly (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
112	Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates
113	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
114	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors	0:03:31
115	Thijs Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions	0:04:27
116	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
117	Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions
118	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
119	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
120	Justin Mottier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
121	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
122	Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
123	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
124	Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125	Yann Pestiaux (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
126	Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
127	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service
128	Sieben Wouters (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice
129	Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
130	Etienne van Empel (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
131	Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data	0:07:05
132	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:09:08
133	Gordon De Winter (Bel) AGO-Aqua Service	0:10:27
134	Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	0:11:24
135	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:11:27
136	Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport
137	Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
138	Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal