2018 Tour de Luxembourg

The 2018 Tour de Luxembourg was the 78th edition of the Tour de Luxembourg road cycling stage race. It was held between 30 May and 3 June, as a 2.HC event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour.

2018 Tour de Luxembourg

2018 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	30 May – 3 June 2018
Stages	5
Distance	618.0 km (384.0 mi)
Winning time	14h 31' 33"
Results
Winner  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) (Wanty–Groupe Gobert)   Second  Jan Tratnik (SLO) (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice)   Third  Pit Leyder (LUX) (Leopard Pro Cycling) Points  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) Mountains  Mauro Finetto (ITA) (Delko–Marseille Provence KTM) Youth  Pit Leyder (LUX) (Leopard Pro Cycling)   Team Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
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Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
P	30 May	Luxembourg City to Luxembourg City	2.3 km (1.4 mi)		Individual time trial	Damien Gaudin (FRA)
1	31 May	Luxembourg City to Hesperange	186.7 km (116.0 mi)		Flat stage	Christophe Laporte (FRA)
2	1 June	Junglinster to Schifflange	89.2 km (55.4 mi)		Flat stage	Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)
3	2 June	Eschweiler to Differdange	163.8 km (101.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)
4	3 June	Mersch to Luxembourg City	176 km (109 mi)		Hilly stage	Anthony Perez (FRA)
Total		618.0 km (384.0 mi)

Teams

Ten UCI Professional Continental teams and five UCI Continental teams made up the fifteen teams that participated the race. Each team entered seven riders, except for Vérandas Willems–Crelan and Wanty–Groupe Gobert, which each entered six, for a starting peloton of 103 riders. Of these riders, only 84 finished the race.^[1]

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
• Cofidis
• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
• Direct Énergie
• Euskadi–Murias
• Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Vérandas Willems–Crelan
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic

UCI Continental Teams

• Bike Aid
• Differdange–Losch
• Leopard Pro Cycling
• Team Lotto–Kern Haus
• Team Vorarlberg Santic

Stages

Prologue

30 May 2018 — Luxembourg City to Luxembourg City, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) (ITT)

Prologue Result[2][3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Direct Énergie 3' 16" 2  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 1" 3  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 3" 4  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie + 4" 5  Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Direct Énergie + 5" 6  Sean De Bie (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 6" 7  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 8  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 8" 9  Piet Allegaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 10  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8"

General classification after Prologue[2][3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Direct Énergie 3' 16" 2  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 1" 3  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 3" 4  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie + 4" 5  Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Direct Énergie + 5" 6  Sean De Bie (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 6" 7  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 8  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 8" 9  Piet Allegaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 10  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8"

Stage 1

31 May 2018 — Luxembourg City to Hesperange, 186.7 km (116.0 mi)

Stage 1 Result[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis 4h 39' 58" 2  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 0" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 4  Enrique Sanz (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 0" 5  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 0" 6  Justin Jules (FRA) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 0" 7  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie + 0" 8  Brenton Jones (AUS) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 0" 9  Jannik Steimle (GER) Team Vorarlberg Santic + 0" 10  Sean De Bie (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Direct Énergie 4h 43' 14" 2  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 1" 3  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 2" 4  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 3" 5  Adrien Petit (FRA) Direct Énergie + 4" 6  Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Direct Énergie + 5" 7  Sean De Bie (BEL) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 6" 8  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 9  Piet Allegaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 10  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8"

Stage 2

1 June 2018 — Junglinster to Schifflange, 89.2 km (55.4 mi)

Stage 2 Result[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 1h 57' 29" 2  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 0" 3  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 0" 4  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 0" 5  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 0" 6  Piet Allegaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 7  Mauro Finetto (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 3" 8  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 3" 9  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 3" 10  Eduard Prades (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 5"

General classification after Stage 2[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling 6h 40' 38" 2  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 3" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 5" 4  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 8" 5  Piet Allegaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 13" 6  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 16" 7  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 17" 8  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 17" 9  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 20" 10  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 22"

Stage 3

2 June 2018 — Eschweiler to Differdange, 163.8 km (101.8 mi)

Stage 3 Result[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 3h 53' 36" 2  Angelo Tulik (FRA) Direct Énergie + 0" 3  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij + 0" 4  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 0" 5  Olivier Pardini (BEL) Differdange–Losch + 0" 6  Julien El Fares (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 0" 7  Eduard Prades (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 0" 8  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 9  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 0" 10  Mauro Finetto (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 10h 34' 06" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 7" 3  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 23" 4  Angelo Tulik (FRA) Direct Énergie + 24" 5  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 24" 6  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 25" 7  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 25" 8  Alex Kirsch (LUX) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic + 28" 9  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 30" 10  Eduard Prades (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 32"

Stage 4

3 June 2018 — Mersch to Luxembourg City, 176 km (109 mi)

Stage 4 Result[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis 3h 57' 31" 2  Eduard Prades (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 0" 3  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 4  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 0" 5  Angelo Tulik (FRA) Direct Énergie + 4" 6  Mauro Finetto (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 4" 7  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 4" 8  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 4" 9  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 4" 10  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 4"

General classification after Stage 4[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 14h 31' 33" 2  Jan Tratnik (SLO) CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice + 15" 3  Pit Leyder (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 29" 4  Eduard Prades (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 30" 5  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Pro Cycling + 31" 6  Angelo Tulik (FRA) Direct Énergie + 32" 7  Huub Duijn (NED) Vérandas Willems–Crelan + 32" 8  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 33" 9  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis + 36" 10  Mauro Finetto (ITA) Delko–Marseille Provence KTM + 40"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
P	Damien Gaudin	Damien Gaudin	Damien Gaudin	not awarded	Aimé De Gendt	Direct Énergie
1	Christophe Laporte		Alexander Krieger	Patryk Stosz	Alex Kirsch
2	Andrea Pasqualon	Alexander Krieger				Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
3	Andrea Pasqualon	Andrea Pasqualon	Andrea Pasqualon		Pit Leyder
4	Anthony Perez			Mauro Finetto
Final		Andrea Pasqualon	Andrea Pasqualon	Mauro Finetto	Pit Leyder	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[10][11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	14h 31' 33"
2	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	+ 15"
3	Pit Leyder (LUX)	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 29"
4	Eduard Prades (ESP)	Euskadi–Murias	+ 30"
5	Alexander Krieger (GER)	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 31"
6	Angelo Tulik (FRA)	Direct Énergie	+ 32"
7	Huub Duijn (NED)	Vérandas Willems–Crelan	+ 32"
8	Thomas Sprengers (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 33"
9	Anthony Perez (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 36"
10	Mauro Finetto (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 40"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[10][11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	66
2	Alexander Krieger (GER)	Leopard Pro Cycling	43
3	Alex Kirsch (LUX)	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	32
4	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	25
5	Angelo Tulik (FRA)	Direct Énergie	25
6	Pit Leyder (LUX)	Leopard Pro Cycling	22
7	Eduard Prades (ESP)	Euskadi–Murias	22
8	Anthony Perez (FRA)	Cofidis	20
9	Christophe Laporte (FRA)	Cofidis	20
10	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	Direct Énergie	20

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[10][11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mauro Finetto (ITA)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	19
2	Patryk Stosz (POL)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	19
3	Amaro Antunes (POR)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	12
4	Lukas Meiler (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	12
5	Matteo Badilatti (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	11
6	Jan Tratnik (SLO)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	10
7	Paweł Cieślik (POL)	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	8
8	Romain Combaud (FRA)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	8
9	Davide Orrico (ITA)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	8
10	Jan-Willem van Schip (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[10][11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Pit Leyder (LUX)	Leopard Pro Cycling	14h 32' 02"
2	Aimé De Gendt (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 22"
3	Benjamin Declercq (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 34"
4	Alex Kirsch (LUX)	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 38"
5	Floris Gerts (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 46"
6	Szymon Rekita (POL)	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 1' 13"
7	Mathias Le Turnier (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 41"
8	Roland Thalmann (SUI)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 2' 41"
9	Jeroen Meijers (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 2' 55"
10	Oscar Riesebeek (NED)	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 3' 01"

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1–10)^[10][11]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	43h 36' 56"
2	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 24"
3	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice	+ 1' 13"
4	Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij	+ 1' 20"
5	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 1' 39"
6	Direct Énergie	+ 2' 39"
7	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 3' 13"
8	Team Vorarlberg Santic	+ 4' 00"
9	Cofidis	+ 7' 35"
10	Differdange–Losch	+ 10' 17"

Notes

References

1. "Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
2. "Gaudin wins Tour de Luxembourg prologue". CyclingNews. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
3. "Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Prologue". ProCyclingStats. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
4. "Tour de Luxembourg: Laporte wins stage 1". CyclingNews. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
5. "Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Stage 1". ProCyclingStats. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
6. "Tour of Luxembourg: Pasqualon wins stage 2". CyclingNews. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
7. "Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Stage 2". ProCyclingStats. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
8. "Pasqualon wins Tour de Luxembourg stage 3". CyclingNews. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
9. "Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Stage 3". ProCyclingStats. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
10. "Pasqualon wins Tour de Luxembourg". CyclingNews. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
11. "Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg 2018 Stage 4". ProCyclingStats. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links

• Official website