The peloton had to climb right from the start. After a series of attack attempts, those of Rémi Cavagna, Nans Peters and Krists Neilands were the only ones to hold on.
The three rode away from the pack and saw their lead increase to more than four minutes. Under the impulse of Jumbo-Visma and Ineos-Grenadiers, the three were finally caught with ten kilometers to go.
In the last two climbs the peloton was still sharply thinned but there were no more attacks from the classification riders. The suit rumbled down at a speed and in a sprint Patrick Bevin won somewhat surprisingly for Ethan Hayter.
Leader Rohan Dennis finished third and remains leader. Quinten Hermans again put in a great performance by finishing fifth.
With the victory of Bevin, his team Israel-Premier Tech is doing a good thing in the WorldTour standings. They are, just like Lotto-Soudal, in the relegation zone and can use all the points.
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