And whether it was good for him. Jenno Berckmoes has won the fourth stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour. After an interesting Ardennes ride, he showed the strongest on the wall of Durbuy. The Belgian puts an end to a few difficult months. Filippo Baroncini is the new leader.
If the leader himself has to be halfway as a counter -attack, you know that it will be a day that can go in all directions.
Ethan Hayter went along with a counterattack on a previously creeping interesting group. Almost every large team was represented in it, so that the peloton stopped completely.
When Jasper Philipsen, who made a great impression in the Ardennes, let his team mates beched in the lead, it was actually too late.
Until the leaders they would no longer touch, or not to four of them. Orluis Aular first mouseed away, Filippo Baroncini, Marco Frigo and Jenno Berckmoes then popped there.
Leader Hayter collapsed again, just a completely parked uphill. He saw Philipsen and Filippo Ganna, among others, rush him by.
The Brit still picked up, but today he also had to acknowledge his superior in the leading foursome. Baroncini did the best business for the leader’s jersey in the golden kilometer.
Those bonis on the way also proved decisive. Berckmoes stormed untenably to the day’s victory on the Durbuy wall. An emotional moment after a difficult season, in which he sustained a heavy concussion in the Tour of Flanders.
The Belgian lacked 2 seconds for the purple-white sweater. Baroncini and Uae start on Sunday in pole position on the final day.
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Berckmoes pops for wins on the wall of Durbuy!
Baroncini Leider
Frigo finishes second, Aular is third. Baroncini grabs in addition to the bonifications at the finish. The Italian van Uae is the new leader, thanks to the golden kilometer.
Jenno Berckmoes wins on the wall of Durbuy!
Strong from Jenno Berckmoes! He is the first to turn on and the rest has nothing left in the tank to remump him. The Lotto rider pops to his third professional victory, and what kind of one.
Berckmoes is also ready to take his jump. The peloton is getting a little closer, but too late!
Baroncini takes the head and leads the group. Frigo is in second position.
A few hundred meters over the cobblestones in the center of Durbuy and then it goes up on the wall.
20 seconds, the 4 leaders have better papers again for their punch towards the ride and perhaps also a final win. Certainly one of these men will do a giant case today.
The wall of Durbuy will decide.
Renaat Schotte
Another 5 kilometers
Now we will soon be in Durbuy. Baroncini, Aular, Berckmoes and Frigo turn around again, 10 seconds for their attackers. There it also stops for a while in the sink towards the finish.
Frigo
With an interconnection, Baroncini closed the hole on Frigo. We have 4 leaders again, who are now not allowed to start looking at each other. Philipsen takes the chasing group in tow, Hayter hangs on the rack.
Everything to catch in one image on the plateau for the dive to Durbuy. Frigo has 10 seconds on Baroncini, Berckmoes and Aular. Another 15 counts away, the large group behind it also has the Italian in sight.
The gap is growing and Frigo is a soloist who can handle this effort. It immediately hits a nice hole, so the double stroke is even possible.
Frigo Furious!
Marco Frigo drops a hole and then suddenly pops away from his fellow leaders on his great resistance. Still in the golden kilometer, so he is on his way to two bonus seconds. And who knows even to the stage win.
Baroncini grabs 3 seconds for Aular and Berckmoes for the first time. They only lose more and more seconds with their game.
Intermarché-Wanty now also floats in the lead of group 2. Ganna is in second position, but has to let the man drive for him. They come in 25 seconds, because the leaders look at each other towards Golden Kil.
And then the golden kilometer also arrives as a bonus. It goes uphill in the Ardennes, on the Côte de Hermanne to an average of 5.8%. 3, 2 and 1 bonus seconds for grabbing are 3 times.
It looks better and better for the leaders.
Renaat Schotte
