2021 Tour of Belgium

The 2021 Tour of Belgium (known as the 2021 Baloise Belgium Tour for sponsorship purposes) was the 90th edition of the Tour of Belgium road cycling stage race, which took place from 9 to 13 June 2021. The category 2.Pro event formed a part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries.^[1] After being upgraded from a category 2.HC event after the 2019 season, the race was set to feature in the inaugural edition of the UCI ProSeries, but after the cancellation of the 2020 edition, this edition was its UCI ProSeries debut.^[2][3]

2021 Tour of Belgium

2021 UCI Europe Tour 2021 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	9–13 June 2021
Stages	5
Distance	692.3 km (430.2 mi)
Winning time	15h 41' 59"
Results
Winner  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)   Second  Yves Lampaert (BEL) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)   Third  Gianni Marchand (BEL) (Tarteletto–Isorex) Points  Caleb Ewan (AUS) (Lotto–Soudal) Combativity  Cédric Beullens (BEL) (Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise)   Team Team Jumbo–Visma
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Teams

Eight of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI ProTeams, and four UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race. ^[4] UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation were originally invited, but they withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak among their staff members.^[5] Trek–Segafredo, with six riders, was the only team to not field a full squad of seven riders. Of the 146 riders who started the race, 137 finished.^[6]

UCI WorldTeams

• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
• Israel Start-Up Nation (Withdrawn)
• Lotto–Soudal
• Team DSM
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Qhubeka Assos
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels p/b KTM
• Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Total Direct Énergie
• Vini Zabù

UCI Continental Teams

• Baloise–Trek Lions
• BEAT Cycling
• Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal
• Tarteletto–Isorex

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[7]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	9 June	Beveren to Maarkedal	175.3 km (108.9 mi)		Flat stage	Robbe Ghys (BEL)
2	10 June	Knokke-Heist to Knokke-Heist	11.2 km (7.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
3	11 June	Gingelom to Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	174.4 km (108.4 mi)		Flat stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
4	12 June	Hamoir to Hamoir	152.7 km (94.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
5	13 June	Turnhout to Beringen	178.7 km (111.0 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
Total			692.3 km (430.2 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

9 June 2021 — Beveren to Maarkedal, 175.3 km (108.9 mi)^[8]

Stage 1 Result[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Robbe Ghys (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 4h 05' 15" 2  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 0" 4  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 28" 5  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 28" 6  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 28" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 28" 8  Boy van Poppel (NED) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 28" 9  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 28" 10  Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 28"

General classification after Stage 1[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 05' 00" 2  Robbe Ghys (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 5" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 8" 4  Dimitri Claeys (BEL) Team Qhubeka Assos + 41" 5  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 43" 6  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 43" 7  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 43" 8  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 43" 9  Boy van Poppel (NED) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 43" 10  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 43"

Stage 2

10 June 2021 — Knokke-Heist to Knokke-Heist, 11.2 km (7.0 mi) (ITT)^[11]

Stage 2 Result[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 12' 00" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 2" 3  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 18" 4  Rune Herregodts (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 19" 5  Frederik Frison (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 19" 6  Thibault Guernalec (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 21" 7  Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) Team Qhubeka Assos + 21" 8  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 24" 9  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 25" 10  Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 26"

General classification after Stage 2[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 17' 00" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 45" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 53" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 01" 5  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 07" 6  Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 09" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 10" 8  Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Alpecin–Fenix + 1' 10" 9  Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 10" 10  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 1' 15"

Stage 3

11 June 2021 — Gingelom to Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, 174.4 km (108.4 mi)^[14]

Stage 3 Result[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 3h 56' 43" 2  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Danny van Poppel (NED) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 4  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 6  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 7  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 8  Thibau Nys (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 0" 9  Nils Eekhoff (NED) Team DSM + 0" 10  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Total Direct Énergie + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 8h 13' 43" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 45" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 53" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 01" 5  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 07" 6  Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 09" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 10" 8  Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Alpecin–Fenix + 1' 10" 9  Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 10" 10  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 1' 15"

Stage 4

12 June 2021 — Hamoir to Hamoir, 152.7 km (94.9 mi)^[17]

Stage 4 Result[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 3h 37' 48" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 3  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 4  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Team Qhubeka Assos + 0" 5  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 6  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 8  Filippo Fiorelli (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 9  Arjen Livyns (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 10  Cyril Barthe (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 11h 51' 32" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 45" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 53" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 01" 5  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 07" 6  Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 09" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 10" 8  Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Alpecin–Fenix + 1' 10" 9  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 1' 15" 10  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 15"

Stage 5

13 June 2021 — Turnhout to Beringen, 178.7 km (111.0 mi)^[20]

Stage 5 Result[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 50' 31" 2  Tim Merlier (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 3  Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 6  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 7  Sasha Weemaes (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 8  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Total Direct Énergie + 0" 9  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 10  Danny van Poppel (NED) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 15h 41' 59" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 46" 3  Gianni Marchand (BEL) Tarteletto–Isorex + 56" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 04" 5  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 08" 6  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 08" 7  Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 12" 8  Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Alpecin–Fenix + 1' 13" 9  Toon Aerts (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 1' 13" 10  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 18"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification (Dutch: Algemeenklassement)	Points classification (Dutch: Puntenklassement)	Combativity classification (Dutch: Strijdlustklassement)	Team classification (Dutch: Ploegenklassement)
1	Robbe Ghys	Remco Evenepoel	Robbe Ghys	Robbe Ghys	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2	Remco Evenepoel		Remco Evenepoel		Team Jumbo–Visma
3	Caleb Ewan			Jan-Willem van Schip
4	Caleb Ewan		Caleb Ewan	Cédric Beullens
5	Mark Cavendish
Final		Remco Evenepoel	Caleb Ewan	Cédric Beullens	Team Jumbo–Visma

• On stage 2, Jan-Willem van Schip, who was second in the combativity classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Robbe Ghys wore the red jersey as the leader of the points classification.
• On stage 3, Gianni Marchand, who was third in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Remco Evenepoel wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification and second placed Robbe Ghys wore the white jersey as the leader of the combativity classification.
• After stage 3, Jan-Willem van Schip, who led the combativity classification, was disqualified by the UCI's technical committee for having a handlebar set-up in contravention of UCI technical regulations, overruling an early decision by commissaires that allowed van Schip to use such handlebars. As a result, on stage 4, Cédric Beullens, who is second in that classification, will wear the white jersey.^[23]
• On stage 4, Robbe Ghys, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Remco Evenepoel wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final 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)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	15h 41' 59"
2	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 46"
3	Gianni Marchand (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	+ 56"
4	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 04"
5	Ide Schelling (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 08"
6	Koen Bouwman (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1' 08"
7	Connor Swift (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 1' 12"
8	Oscar Riesebeek (NED)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 1' 13"
9	Toon Aerts (BEL)	Baloise–Trek Lions	+ 1' 13"
10	Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1' 18"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	71
2	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	64
3	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	45
4	Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	34
5	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	32
6	Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	30
7	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	30
8	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	29
9	Ide Schelling (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	28
10	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	25

Combativity classification

Final combativity classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Cédric Beullens (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	46
2	Jonas Rickaert (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	45
3	Samuele Zoccarato (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	31
4	Andreas Goeman (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	30
5	Laurens Sweeck (BEL)	Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal	26
6	Piotr Havik (NED)	BEAT Cycling	24
7	Taco van der Hoorn (NED)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	23
8	Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	22
9	Mirco Maestri (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	22
10	Jordy Bouts (BEL)	BEAT Cycling	20

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[21][22]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Jumbo–Visma	47h 09' 47"
2	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 35"
3	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 1' 19"
4	Lotto–Soudal	+ 3' 51"
5	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	+ 4' 02"
6	Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal	+ 4' 15"
7	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 4' 17"
8	Team Qhubeka Assos	+ 4' 23"
9	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 4' 53"
10	Total Direct Énergie	+ 5' 40"

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External links

• Official website