Greipel continues sprint dominance in Luxembourg
After a short break following the Giro d’Italia, André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) returned to his winning ways immediately as he continued his love affair with the Tour de Luxembourg by winning the first stage for the third year in a row.
After his team had controlled most of the stage, he held off Adam Blythe (Tinkoff) and Amaury Capiot (Topsport Vlaanderen) in the bunch kick. Jempy Drucker (BMC) had to settle for sixth but it was enough to retain the lead.
Tour de Luxembourg 2016 – stage 1 results (Luxembourg – Hesperange):
| 1 | André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) |
4:13:07 |
| 2 | Adam Blythe (Tinkoff) |
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| 3 | Amaury Capiot (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise) |
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| 4 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise) |
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| 5 | Clément Venturini (Cofidis) |
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| 6 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) |
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| 7 | Gerald Ciolek (Stölting) |
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| 8 | Marco Marcato (Wanty – Groupe Gobert) |
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| 9 | Alexander Edmondson (Orica GreenEDGE) |
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| 10 | Steel Von Hoff (ONE) |
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General classification after stage 1:
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) |
4:17:27 |
| 2 | Maurits Lammertink (Roompot-Oranje Peloton) |
+03” |
| 3 | Tom Bohli (BMC) |
+04” |
| 4 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) |
+05” |
| 5 | Marco Marcato (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) |
+06” |
| 6 | Alexander Edmondson (Orica-GreenEdge) |
+07” |
| 7 | Alexander Krieger (Leopard Pro Cycling) |
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| 8 | Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) |
+09” |
| 9 | Alex Kirsch (Stölting) |
+10” |
| 10 | Amaury Capiot (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise) |
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