2019 BinckBank Tour

The 2019 BinckBank Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 12 and 18 August 2019 in Belgium and the Netherlands. It was the 15th edition of the BinckBank Tour and the thirty-first event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Laurens De Plus.

2019 BinckBank Tour

2019 UCI World Tour, race 31 of 38
Race details
Dates	12–18 August 2019
Stages	7
Distance	970.55 km (603.1 mi)
Winning time	21h 29' 55"
Results
Winner  Laurens De Plus (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Second  Oliver Naesen (BEL) (AG2R La Mondiale)   Third  Tim Wellens (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Points  Sam Bennett (IRL) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Combativity  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) (Wallonie Bruxelles)   Team Team Sunweb
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Teams

All UCI WorldTeams were invited as the race is part of the UCI World Tour. The race organisation also gave out wildcards to five UCI Professional Continental teams.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• Bahrain–Merida
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• CCC Team
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Education First
• Groupama–FDJ
• Lotto–Soudal
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Ineos
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Team Sunweb
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Roompot–Charles
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Total Direct Énergie
• Wallonie Bruxelles
• Wanty–Gobert

Schedule

The race organisation announced the full schedule in June 2019.^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	12 August	Beveren to Hulst	167.7 km (104 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
2	13 August	Blankenberge to Ardooie	167.9 km (104 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
3	14 August	Aalter to Aalter	166.9 km (104 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
4	15 August	Houffalize to Houffalize	96.2 km (60 mi)		Hilly stage	Tim Wellens (BEL)
5	16 August	Riemst to Venray	184.9 km (115 mi)		Flat stage	Álvaro Hodeg (COL)
6	17 August	The Hague to The Hague	8.35 km (5 mi)		Individual time trial	Filippo Ganna (ITA)
7	18 August	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to Geraardsbergen	178.6 km (111 mi)		Hilly stage	Oliver Naesen (BEL)
Total		970.55 km (603.1 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

12 August 2019 – Beveren to Hulst, 167.7 km (104 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 42' 57" 2  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 3  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 4  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 5  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 6  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 7  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 8  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 9  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 10  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 42' 47" 2  Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL) CCC Team + 2" 3  Lars Ytting Bak (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 3" 4  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 4" 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 6  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 7  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 10" 8  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 10" 9  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 10  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 10"

Stage 2

13 August 2019 – Blankenberge to Ardooie, 167.9 km (104 mi)^[7]

Stage 2 result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 45' 20" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 4  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 5  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 7  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 8  Nikolas Maes (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 10  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 7h 27' 57" 2  Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL) CCC Team + 12" 3  Lars Ytting Bak (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 13" 4  Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team + 13" 5  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 14" 6  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 14" 7  Robert Stannard (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 14" 8  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 16" 9  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 16" 10  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 17"

Stage 3

14 August 2019 – Aalter to Aalter, 166.9 km (104 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 48' 36" 2  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 7  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 8  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) CCC Team + 0" 9  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 10  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 11h 16' 23" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 20" 3  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 20" 4  Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL) CCC Team + 22" 5  Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) CCC Team + 22" 6  Lars Ytting Bak (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 23" 7  Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team + 23" 8  Harry Tanfield (GBR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 23" 9  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 24" 10  Robert Stannard (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 24"

Stage 4

15 August 2019 – Houffalize to Houffalize, 96.2 km (60 mi)^[13]

Stage 4 result[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 2h 20' 41" 2  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 0" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 5" 4  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 23" 5  Oliver Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 6  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 26" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 33" 8  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team Sunweb + 33" 9  Dion Smith (NZL) Mitchelton–Scott + 33" 10  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 33"

General classification after Stage 4[14][15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 13h 32' 46" 2  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 4" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 4  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 36" 5  Oliver Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 39" 6  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 42" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 45" 8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 49" 9  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 49" 10  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team Sunweb + 49"

Stage 5

16 August 2019 – Riemst to Venray, 184.9 km (115 mi)^[16]

Stage 5 result[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 54' 48" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 4  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 5  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 6  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 7  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 8  Stan Dewulf (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Boris Vallée (BEL) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 10  Boy van Poppel (NED) Roompot–Charles + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[17][18] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 17h 27' 34" 2  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 4" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 4  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 36" 5  Oliver Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 39" 6  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 42" 7  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 45" 8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 49" 9  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 49" 10  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team Sunweb + 49"

Stage 6

17 August 2019 – The Hague, 8.35 km (5 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[19]

Stage 6 result[20] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Ineos 9' 16" 2  Edoardo Affini (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 3  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 8" 4  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 11" 5  Harry Tanfield (GBR) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 15" 6  Bob Jungels (LUX) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 16" 7  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 16" 8  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team Sunweb + 16" 9  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 18" 10  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 20"

General classification after Stage 6[20][21] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 17h 37' 10" 2  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 8" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 12" 4  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 40" 5  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 43" 6  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 45" 7  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team Sunweb + 45" 8  Fabio Felline (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 49" 9  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 53" 10  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 54"

Stage 7

18 August 2019 – Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to Geraardsbergen, 178.6 km (111 mi)^[22]

Stage 7 result[23] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oliver Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale 3h 52' 40" 2  Greg van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 0" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 4" 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 25" 5  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 26" 6  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 26" 7  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 35" 8  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 35" 9  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 38" 10  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 38"

General classification after Stage 7[23][24] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma 21h 29' 55" 2  Oliver Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 35" 3  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 36" 4  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team + 37" 5  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 44" 6  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 06" 7  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 13" 8  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 16" 9  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 1' 19" 10  Michael Valgren (DEN) Team Dimension Data + 1' 21"

Classification leadership table

There are four principal classifications in the race. The first of these is the general classification, calculated by adding up the time each rider took to ride each stage. Time bonuses are applied for winning stages (10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders) and for the three "golden kilometre" sprints on each stage. At each of these sprints, the first three riders are given 3-, 2- and 1-second bonuses respectively. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification. The rider leading the classification wins a green jersey.

There is also a points classification. On each road stage the riders are awarded points for finishing in the top 10 places, with other points awarded for intermediate sprints. The rider with the most accumulated points is the leader of the classification and wins the red jersey. The combativity classification is based solely on points won at the intermediate sprints; the leading rider wins the white jersey. The final classification is a team classification: on each stage the times of the best three riders on each team are added up. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the seven stages wins the team classification.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Combativity classification	Teams classification
1	Sam Bennett	Sam Bennett	Sam Bennett	Baptiste Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2	Sam Bennett				Deceuninck–Quick-Step
3	Sam Bennett				Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
4	Tim Wellens	Tim Wellens			Team Sunweb
5	Álvaro Hodeg
6	Filippo Ganna
7	Oliver Naesen	Laurens De Plus
Final		Laurens De Plus	Sam Bennett	Baptiste Planckaert	Team Sunweb

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity classification

General classification

Final general classification (1-10)^[23][24]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	21h 29' 55"
2	Oliver Naesen (BEL)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 35"
3	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 36"
4	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	CCC Team	+ 37"
5	Marc Hirschi (SUI)	Team Sunweb	+ 44"
6	Mike Teunissen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 06"
7	Iván García (ESP)	Bahrain–Merida	+ 1' 13"
8	Stefan Küng (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 16"
9	Simon Clarke (AUS)	EF Education First	+ 1' 19"
10	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Team Dimension Data	+ 1' 21"

Points classification

Final points classification (1-10)^[23][24]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Sam Bennett (IRL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	115
2	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	UAE Team Emirates	66
3	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	62
4	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	57
5	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	55
6	Mike Teunissen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	50
7	Oliver Naesen (BEL)	AG2R La Mondiale	47
8	Amaury Capiot (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	46
9	Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR)	Team Ineos	46
10	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	40

Combativity classification

Final combativity classification (1-10)^[23][24]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Baptiste Planckaert (BEL)	Wallonie Bruxelles	71
2	Robert Stannard (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	26
3	Thomas Sprengers (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	24
4	Aaron Verwilst (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	23
5	Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL)	CCC Team	19
6	Oscar Riesebeek (NED)	Roompot–Charles	16
7	Laurens De Plus (BEL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	14
8	Stan Dewulf (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	12
9	Willie Smit (RSA)	Team Katusha–Alpecin	12
10	Jesper Asselman (NED)	Roompot–Charles	12

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1-10)^[23][24]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Sunweb	64h 36' 42"
2	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 15"
3	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 1' 22"
4	Lotto–Soudal	+ 5' 38"
5	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10' 52"
6	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 11' 13"
7	Groupama–FDJ	+ 11' 47"
8	EF Education First	+ 12' 12"
9	Astana	+ 13' 14"
10	Team Katusha–Alpecin	+ 14' 16"