The Real Giro 2026 Afternoon

[team fl]

Stage two, Jensen going at it. From the beginning, Falcor made clear that this was the stage for Magnus Jensen. Even Rory showed the Maglia Bianca chasing the escape group(s) eagerly. After a nervous start, a 5 rider group formed as the early escape of the day. Initially being 6 riders, Adam Darski (SouthWest Packers) decided to better protect his GC leader in the peloton. With Falcor not getting much help, the leash was kept short all day. While Terentiy Tikhomirov (Tukhtahuaev) took over the Maglia Azzurra, the escape was over when the late attacks started. Still, Falcor had everything under control and after getting rid of other dangerous riders at the Liasovets Pass, the rest was just routine Jensen, who not only won the stage but also wears the Maglia Rosa now. Vincent Verwimp (Team FL) is not too sad though, as he is able to present the Maglia Ciclamino at stage 3, where he could do well again, or be siebed at the Borovets Pass and never able to get back. Until then, here are the statistics after stage 2:

General classement:
01. 00:00:00 Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
02. 00:00:04 Uros Urbanek (L RSV)
03. 00:00:06 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
...
13 riders 10 seconds behind Jensen.

Points classement:
01. 050 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)
02. 035 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 025 - Magnus Jensen

Mountain classement:
01. 018 - Terentiy Tikhomirov (Tukhtahuaev)
02. 009 - Tristan Rasmussen (Veline)
03. 006 - Antoine Masson (Flandrien Pro Cycling)

Youth classement:
01. 00:00:06 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
02. 00:00:10 Graziano Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 00:00:10 Finn Bennett (Confidential Era)

Team classement:
00:00:00 All teams still in the same time

Stage wins by riders:
1 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Stage wins by teams:
1 - Falcor
1 - Team FL

Days in Rosa:
1 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Most combative rider:
1 - Magnus Fjellvik (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
1 - tbd

Days with the Red Lantern:
1 - Pyry Pitkäaikainen (L RSV)
1 - Cesare Baddetti (Falcor)

[Nomorelulz]

From trustable sources I have heard:
-NML still uncertain to ride at all

I'm a bit late, but quick news: There were some serious threats to our team, Viitanen and Liiv got a letter written with crayons(?!), that they better should not start here else they may die in a horse race?!

The team didn't really understand most of the letter, but decided that the health of our riders is more important than the sanity of the manager. So we decided to switch to the morning. This also has the positive effect of not having an angry shareholder at the weekends.

I wish you a nice giro! Will miss you guys <3

[team fl]

Stage 3: Bunch sprint or reduced sprint (or an early escape)? In the end, it was a bunch sprint. Only Flandrien Pro Cycling tried it early and nobody really wanted to keep the sprinters away. So long story short: In the end, the complete peloton but Dacian Liberu (L RSV) arrived at the finish line where Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev) showed his strength on the final meters, overtaking Vincent Verwimp (Team FL) to win his first Giro stage. The MSR winner is now on level with Verwimp regarding points, but the latter still wearing the Maglia Ciclamino for the rest day. His team, Tukhtahuaev, might not be too sad as a) it's still holding the Maglia Azzura (Terentiy Tikhomirov) and will get more chances to bring Palamarchuck in a good position during next week. The other classements didn't change, Magnus Jensen (Falcor) still in Rosa and Mick Rory (also Falcor) still leading the youth classement. In the meantime, SouthWest Packers is cosily controlling for the GC favourite Jamshid Abdurashitov. But now it's time for the first rest day and see what the Afternoon offers on Italian soil from Tuesday on. Until then, as usual, here are the statistcs:

General classement:
01. 00:00:00 Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
02. 00:00:06 Uros Urbanek (L RSV)
03. 00:00:12 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
04. 00:00:14 Michael Redrocks (FAlcor)
...
12 riders 16 seconds behind Jensen.

Points classement:
01. 085 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)
02. 085 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 050 - Fabiano Frizzante (L RSV)

Mountain classement:
01. 020 - Terentiy Tikhomirov (Tukhtahuaev)
02. 018 - Robin Jonckheere (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
03. 009 - Tristan Rasmussen (Veline)

Youth classement:
01. 00:00:12 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
02. 00:00:16 Graziano Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 00:00:16 Finn Bennett (Confidential Era)

Team classement:
01. 00:00:00 Confidential Era
...
4 Teams 9 seconds behind

Stage wins by riders:
1 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Stage wins by teams:
1 - Falcor
1 - Team FL
1 - Tukhtahuaev

Days in Rosa:
2 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Most combative rider:
1 - Zane Claessens
1 - Magnus Fjellvik (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
1 - Shohrat Dawamat (Tukhtahuaev)


Days with the Red Lantern:
1 - Pyry Pitkäaikainen (L RSV)
2 - Cesare Baddetti (Falcor)

[Falcor CC]

and Mick Rory (also Falcor) still leading the youth classement.

Actually quite the opposite, Rory only leads if you start from the bottom

[team fl]

and Mick Rory (also Falcor) still leading the youth classement.

Actually quite the opposite, Rory only leads if you start from the bottom

Huch

[Falcor CC]

Opening weekend is in the books! Think FL is doing a great job with the race reports so will keep it shorter than last year for my rest day recaps, especially since only 3 stages were ridden before this first one.

Stage 1 was your typical first grand tour stage. Fully flat, a small group with no chances, then an even smaller group with no chances. The top 3 sprinters' teams still very motivated to work together, so catching the group was never in doubt. We get the very expected bunch sprint. Romoc with the 2-man train vs the expected FL train. Romoc offline, Toornstra misses the right time to launch, Verwimp manages to jump to his wheel, Palamarchuk lurking in third position. Frizzante launches first from behind, Verwimp with the strong counter. Palamarchuk tries it with an ultimate jump, but is blocked a little by Toornstra and ends up a few inches short. Vincent Verwimp wins stage 1!

Stage 2 an interesting profile. Whoever gets wins here, gets the opportunity to keep rosa for almost a week at least. 6 riders from 5 different teams try their luck in front, but with a very interested Jensen behind and just one puller in front, the group was never dangerous. Most notably there, Tikhomirov (Tukhtahuaev) takes la maglia azzurra and seems to be defending it for a few days at least. First Piskun + Dosmagambetov action then, but those guys also kept on a short leash by Romoc and myself, caught before the Lyaskovets Pass already. Luca Parri opens on the climb, then Michael Redrocks takes over and gets all classics out.... Except Magnus Jensen. The climbers + Jensen group keeps around 20 seconds at the top after a little plateau, 10km left. Parri sacrifices himself in the descent and is then the only one losing touch with the group on the penultimate km, but he succeeds in keeping the Matt/Joma group, where FL and CP pushed hard, behind the climbers group. Jensen controls the last km himself with his flat advantage and never really gets threatened in the sprint with a perfect Redrocks launch. Magnus Jensen winst stage 2!

Stage 3 another bunch sprint. Tukh made it clear early enough that he doesn't plan to ride against the weaker MO sprinters, so for many teams, it became a rest day before the rest day (including the Falcors). Maglia Rosa team sleeping a bit at first, a little lost without their manager who only saw a few of the first ~50km. 3 man group, all from Flandrien Pro Cycling, a bit boring that no other teams try before the rest day, but only few teams with interest to go in the group here anyway. The bunch gets over the climb together, group gives up, Jensen-Urbanek-Redrocks take bonis, mass sprint! Romoc back with the 2-man train, tries it from 300m with Toornstra now but gets countered by FL easily. Verwimp from 100m but Palamarchuk takes over convincingly. Artem Palamarchuk wins stage 3!

No chaos edition here, everyone taking their responsibilities early. A somewhat boring opening weekend saw 3 very closed stages with favos winning. Magnus Jensen in the lead for la maglia rosa right now, but seems to be a temporary role until the monstreous Blockhaus climb on Friday. Palamarchuk and Verwimp tied with 85 points for the ciclamino, seems to be between those 2 if a sprinter ends up taking it. Jensen with 25 there, Urbanek at 18, if you're looking for non-sprint alternatives. Tikhorimov in la maglia azzurra, but Robin Jonckheere (Flandrien Pro Cycling) right on his tail. Burger in white already after a third place (and bonis) on stage 2, might end up wearing it for 19 days. Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev) and Bennett (Confidential Era) just a few seconds behind though! FL got the favorites for tc right already, just that Confi leads over SWP there for now. Falcor proving he deserved his star!

Top 10 gc on the first rest day:
1) Magnus Jensen (Falcor) – 00:00:00
2) Uros Urbánek (L RSV) – 00:00:06
3) Arjen Burger (CreditPommes) – 00:00:12
4) Michael Redrocks (Falcor) – 00:00:14
5) Salvatore Meeus (Flandrien Pro Cycling) – 00:00:16
6) Azimbek Iskanderov (Big Donkey) – 00:00:16
7) Conor Whelan (Confidential Era) – 00:00:16
8) Graziano Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev) – 00:00:16
9) Jamshid Abdurashitov (SouthWest Packers) – 00:00:16
10) Finn Bennett (Confidential Era) – 00:00:16

Now just waiting for a new FL favorite check!

[team fl]

There will be no new favourite check, but four stories from the first three days:

Story 1: The most combative

Offensive or aggressive, who cares, what matters ist the most combative. For the first three days, the honour goes out to one of the newest teams around: Flandrien Pro Cycling. After only 23 eternal races, the Belgian team entered its first Giro d'Italia. At least it made the right choice with the Afternoon Giro, the only real one. From the beginning, FPC (he might be the perfect member for the FPC, hihi), showed that he's a valuable addition to the group, already joining the discussions in the race thread and having an active race style, attacking during two of the three stages ridden, currently having the red number for Zane Claessens. It's not FPC's first tour though, as he already rode the Tour of the Alps, includie two stage wins, winning the sprint jersey and being on the GC podium, all done with Salavatore Meeus, a name to look out for in the upcoming mountain stages maybe? Anyway, we're happy to have him around and hope, he enjoys the Giro as we do.

Stroy 2: SWP - Setting Well-defined Priorities

Only one time during stage 2, SouthWest Packers seemed to have forgotten he's riding in the Afternoon, when Adam Darski followed Shohrat Dawamat. But after around 50 km, either SouthWest Packers' TD or Adam Darski himself came to the conclusion, that for future collaboration, he might be better suited to stay in the peloton. Hence SWP's opening weekend in Bulgaria might have been a quiet one, but also one that clearly set a sign for the rest of the Giro. So, quietly he has everything under control for Jamshid Abdurashitov's ambitions to win the GC. And his considerate behaviour by setting well-defined priorities will help him for sure.

Story 3: In the lane on the train

Three stages, two bunch sprints. One clear, the second one not so much but to be expected. What had to be expected was also the sprint situations with one dominant Team FL sprint train and a two man punch from Romoc riders, trying to bring Toornstra in a good situation. While in stage 1 that helped Vincent Verwimp win, in the third stage that was probably the move that cost him the win against Artem Palamarchuck. So, we had two times the same situation in a sprint: The Team FL train vs. the Romoc Riders train. it will be interesting to see, what future bunch will have ready for us, but it doesn't look like this situation will change much. Maybe one day, Frizzante will get Verwimp's wheel over Palamarchuck, or somebody decides to take Toornstra's wheel, although he's ass covering. But who knows. And let's see if Bongiorno will make the predicted 4-10 place full or will stay stubbornly 4th for the rest of the bunch sprint. Or maybe he's the lucky one with the surprise sprint one day?

Story 4: has Voldemort won?

I am sorry: You Know Who.. Anyway, we all know who is meant, it's Magnus Jensen, the guy in Rosa (guess Voldemort would not have liked that colour for his robe though). During stage 2, Falcor showed everybody what he's willing to do to support You Know Who. Alone he controlled the peloton and chased the escape group for the most part of the stage. And in the end, You Know Who got his full trust, even over Michael Redrocks, or Harry P. as he's better know (to some). So has the favour shifted at Falcor? Has You Know Who won that fight already? Maybe Falcor wants to let us think it's over, but I have the feeling that Harry P. will strike back one day. But until then, You Know Who will have to get comfy with his Rosa robe...

[Robyklebt]

Not much left to say here for the Donkey, all said.

Training, Abdurashitov at 84 mountain now, bad for Lafuente, his brilliant plan to get second in GT while doing close to nothing is gone. Was such a great (and boring) plan. Just hang on Abdurashitov, be pulled up profit from the TT to stay second... now it's already a bit more difficult. Bah.

Rory being tortured needlessly by his manager, after getting white, the guy drops him for no reason at all. Just to then drop Baddetti to help him. Rory must be confused, the guy will be useless for the rest of his career.

Boring? Wouldn't say boring, but ok, despite the doubful quality of our sprint system, the Donkey likes sprints, who will win, who will be where at the start, who follows whom. Not much action, true, but well... On sprint stages, 3 main sprint teams, that work. SWP that helps in a unconventional way. (late, not early) Donkey and possibly others are for sprint too, ride for sprint by staying in peloton and are basically on call, if really needed I'd be in. That's at least 5 teams, somebody like Romoc might be like Donks, who knows with that guy. So, attacks don't look too promising from the start, not really trying isn't wrong either, save that energy for those others.
On the hilly stages it was all Falcor. He's to blame! He doesn't know how to ride properly with a classic with sprint. The c4f standard is to claim to have no chance, to either go in the attack or simply not ride. What does Falcor think he's doing by riding for Jensen? A classic with sprint, and a team that rides for him? Almost unheard of. But ok, seems he really was the almost unbeatable favorite, I hadn't realized that, thought Gallego would win. Or maybe not, but believed Falcor when he said Joma had chances, didn't really bother checking everything too closesly... so yeah, wasn't a big believer in Gallego either maybe.

Donks team, first 3 days no Gjeldnes no Bonjour the right decision, there is little need for Donkstempo, no Gjeldnes ok. Might miss him later when I get ideas and motivations about attacks (wanted on stage 2, Kagge+?, then decided it was too bothersome, then seeing SWP there decided to follow with Sherifo) for that Gjeldnes would be good. And Bonjour when it gets hillier, stage 8 or so. Stage 4+5 not really yet, Bonjour there makes little or no difference... might go for Bongiorno on stage 4 anyway, pretty hopeless and not sure how to do it, can't drop Gallego for the 5 really... but chasing in the back might keep me occupied.

Stage 4 though important for ciclamino. classics vs sprinters vs sprinters. it's a flat stage, so 50 points for the win. Classics? Then Jensen (and others) are back in the chase for ciclamino. Can Palamarchuk get a sprint without the FLs? Then ciclamino looks almost safe already. Classics go through: Jensen (and co?) back in the game. They don't score on flat stages really, too many stronger sprinters around, so difficult for them to get ciclamino, but getting today would put them back, stage 18 then another one that looks good for them to fight for big points. Next is Greta, multi, 66 mountain 73 sprint, basically assured to be there, lots of 60+ in the team, but might want to wait for Vidir, 60 and 87 sprint. Which then most likely means Tukh and Romoc with 56 mountain are there too. But of course others, the classics, might try to ride and pull Greta, trying to win with attacks later. So classics plus Vidir, followed by Tukh. Romoc possibly riding, Multi, pretty famous for being mostly off, might just be a passenger in both groups. And then further back the great Bongiorno with the tiny Verwimp as support. I will ride there, but won't have much. Can't drop Gallego, maybe FL wants to drop Felikss? But well, he might use him in front for ciclamino, try to keep Palamarchuk away and ride for Matt. Then assuming my flat brigade is dropped.. well, Ousland... Ousland+Rocha full gas, sounds good. Pretty hopeless, but why not try, maybe L wants to join too, drop a classic in case Palamarchuk looks like coming back for sure... Anyway, sounds interesting, Might turn out not to be. Tukh risks being too strong, Piskun pulling up Palamarchuk and Taiwia... Dawamat (did he ever get a red number?) and Taiwia, Mamatkhodzaev (or just 1 of the 2, can't help the whole team after all) sounds fast and too strong for classics... also too strong for Verwimp/Bongiorno. Hm, Donks might even end up keeping Ousland in that group after thinking about it. Hm, need a new plan maybe. Wait and do nothing all day? Attack at km 1 sounds nice, but as usual from Tue-Fr I will come late, start the race on the train, doesn't motivate the Donkey to do much usually. He likes his computer, big screen and all.

[team fl]

I have similar thoughts about today's stage. No idea what to do yet. But I am pretty sure, the chances for the sprinters around 50 mountain (Bongiorno, Frizzante, Verwimp, etc.) are close to 0. I think even if Romoc Riders or Tukhtahuaev would cooperate with the other sprinters, the climb is too inviting and too hard if somebody decides it's better to get rid of them. And at one point, the will to cooperate (or let's say wait after the Cozzo Tunno) might be gone, when it's finally time to control for a sprint. SWP needs to control for GC at a point, Falcor for Rosa maybe. Too much needs not to happen for Verwimp to be there too. So, in my eyes it's either the classics (with or without Greta), Palamarchuck-Toornstra-Vidir, or an escape (early or late). A case of: not impossible but very unlikely (that a bunch sprint will happen). Will I try anyway? Who knows .

[team fl]

Stage 4: We have the first cereal of this year's Afternoon Giro (and not completely unexpected): Artem Palamarchuck. For Vince the Prince, this means that the Ciclamino is gone, most likely to Artem for good. At the beginning of the stage, nobody knew how it would turn out, although different scenarios were discussed in the peloton. RC Cost was the only team that tried the early option with a two rider escape. But Falcor made clear that he will control for Rosa, leaving the door open for stage hunter's later. And they took over once it went up the Cozzo Tunno. Goal was a reduced bunch sprint for Palamarchuck and Toornstra, with the help of Rosa and SWP as GC favourite. Flandien Pro Cycling and Team FL tried to change the expected outcome, but with no success. So in the end, Artem celebrated his second stage win and took over the Maglia Ciclamino. In his back, three Falcors cruised to the places 2-4, with Redrocks and Jensen taking bonifications. Rest of the classements almost stayed the same. Almost, because we have a new guy in the Maglia Azzurra! It's Tristan Rasmussen from Veline, a climber finally.


General classement:
01. 00:00:00 Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
02. 00:00:10 Uros Urbanek (L RSV)
03. 00:00:14 Michael Redrocks (Falcor)
04. 00:00:16 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
...
12 riders 20 seconds behind Jensen.

Points classement:
01. 135 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
02. 085 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)
03. 050 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)

Mountain classement:
01. 027 - Tristan Rasmussen (Veline)
02. 024 - Robin Jonckheere (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
03. 020 - Terentiy Tikhomirov (Tukhtahuaev)

Youth classement:
01. 00:00:12 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
02. 00:00:16 Graziano Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 00:00:16 Finn Bennett (Confidential Era)

Team classement:
01. 00:00:00 Confidential Era
...
3 Teams 9 seconds behind

Stage wins by riders:
2 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Stage wins by teams:
2 - Tukhtahuaev
1 - Falcor
1 - Team FL

Days in Rosa:
3 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Most combative rider:
1 - Zane Claessens
1 - Magnus Fjellvik (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
1 - Shohrat Dawamat (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Stage 4 tbd

Days with the Red Lantern:
2 - Cesare Baddetti (Falcor)
1 - Pyry Pitkäaikainen (L RSV)
1 - Mick Rory (Falcor)

[Robyklebt]

After 4-6-4 today bad Donks day...19th Trofeo Asino, whatever it was, adding the placements? Or just the worst placement? Anyway, no chance whatever there too... Before probably was second behind L.

Today, sprint, actually looked surprisingly good up the hill, just Verwimp dropping, we waited, but he was dropped again, I dropped Ousland to that group, and well then saw Verwimp was gone and hadn't ridden, that was it. Otherwise.. it looked better than hoped really, but Tukh didn't ride up perfectly he said (probably missed a +4/5 with Piskun?) with Ousland, later Gallego, but more importantly Rocha, maybe Felikss, some more Ls.. .maybe it wasn't completely hopeless, despite Tukh's strength in front. Probably Tukh still keeps us away, 85+89, also Romoc with 85.. still looks good, but some 87-83-81-79-79-78 mass with some ok downhillers there too... instead of losing time we at least could hope to win a bit, maybe not enough, probably. then lose once he changes.. But no Verwimp... no chance really. But we tried, I even dropped Gallego, later, even if it was hopeless. The risk of Lafuente/Iskanderov in front losing time seemed minimal, Palamarchuk the leader, risk of attacking and hope he follows, then he doesn't, didn't seem worth it for Tukh. So a hopeless chase.. but I enjoyed the stage, for once I had something to do at least.

With that as feared, Ciclamino seems pretty much decided. 50 points to Verwimp, 85 to Jensen. Hard for Jensen to come back from this, hard for Verwimp too. Might be that L and FL want to work less, Palamarchuk presumably still needs to sprints to keep Jensen away, but well, actually a 5 man group through on the sprint stages and Palamarchuk still can 10/12 points. Not even that needed maybe. Intermediates though this time are not very sprinter friendly, not very early and sometimes after nasty hills, so Palamarchuk can't count too much on that. But he really doesn't need too. Even if L and FL decide to let Tukh work more (I'm all for it, so maybe having a tired team he doesn't win 10+ stages but only 7, he plans to win hilly stages too, I'm sure, escapes, Dosmagambetov and what not) but in the end sprints still look like a pretty good chance for them, no reason to work much less, a bit maybe...

Tomorrow, like today but with a 6 shortly before the end. Dosmagambetov is announced. Jensen... the 6 maybe just a bit too far from him, even if he manages to drop all other classics, but most likely he won't, on a single 6 it's hard to drop classics. Quite a few should stay. And Piskun carrying Dosmagambetov in the back.... hm, 3 Donkeys in the final then hopefully tomorrow, Iskanderov unlucky today, kicked of the following in a line change, otherwise a few places further up... let's hope for a top 10 tomorrow. Or maybe not, soon we'll be under the 70% tax.. just waiting for that to start selling more riders. Lanfredini, Lüthi...

[Falcor CC]

3 Falcors in the top 4 today, unimportant. The closest fight of all classements is actually the red lantern, where cult hero Mick Rory just took the lead by one second to his own teammate Baddetti! Cesare seemed to be in a rather bad mood after the finish and refused to speak to the press...

[Falcor CC]

Stage 5: FL with wrongly set priorities, so I take over the stage report. Biggest group of the Giro so far! First 4x Flandrien, 2x Cost, 2x CP, 1x Big Donkey and 1x L RSV, then some guys dropping back after the first KOM and new ones going to the front, eventual group 3x L RSV, 2x Cost, 2x Romoc (one dropping back later), 1x Flandrien, Donkey, CP. Tamikkonen still in front too close in GC, so no big gap allowed. Nice coöp behind between Tuk, SWP and Falcor. Peloton goes very slow on La Montagna Grande di Viggiano, then Mostly Tuk controlling after with help from Diego (Falcor) and Darski (SWP). Pack gets thinned out to around 40 riders (group included) on the last 6%, but hoped for a stronger sieb. 66MO Chambaere (Romoc) managed to stay on board and attacks, keeps 1s in the end and beats his companion Vikkolainen in the sprint. Jensen sprints to p3 behind, his third podium already, gaining more bonis to increase his lead for rosa. Verbeke (Flandrien) takes more points for blue and gets to wear the jersey until Friday at least. Ciclamino and white remain pretty unchanged.

General classement:
01. 00:00:00 Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
02. 00:00:14 Uros Urbanek (L RSV)
03. 00:00:16 Michael Redrocks (Falcor)
04. 00:00:20 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
...
12 riders 24 seconds behind Jensen.

Points classement:
01. 135 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
02. 085 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)
03. 062 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)

Mountain classement:
01. 035 - Kenneth Verbeke (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
02. 027 - Tristan Rasmussen (Veline)
03. 026 - Robin Jonckheere (Flandrien Pro Cycling)

Youth classement:
01. 00:00:20 Arjen Burger (CreditPommes)
02. 00:00:20 Graziano Alborghetti (Tukhtahuaev)
03. 00:00:20 Finn Bennett (Confidential Era)

Team classement:
01. 00:00:00 Confidential Era
02. 00:00:08 L RSV
...
2 Teams 9 seconds behind

Stage wins by riders:
2 - Artem Palamarchuck (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Carlo Chambaere (Romoc Riders)
1 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Stage wins by teams:
2 - Tukhtahuaev
1 - Romoc Riders
1 - Falcor
1 - Team FL

Days in Rosa:
4 - Magnus Jensen (Falcor)
1 - Vincent Verwimp (Team FL)

Most combative rider:
1 - Zane Claessens
1 - Magnus Fjellvik (Flandrien Pro Cycling)
1 - Shohrat Dawamat (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Luat Meo (RC Cost)
1 - Stage 5 tbd

Days with the Red Lantern:
2 - Mick Rory (Falcor)
2 - Cesare Baddetti (Falcor)
1 - Pyry Pitkäaikainen (L RSV)

[Tukhtahuaev]

After 2 great stages in a row finally an absolute stinker from me. Stupid mistakes, messed up sprint. Hopefully tomorrow is a bit better. Could be the last real chance for a stage win for a while