Four drivers pulled away immediately after the start of the race: Elmar Reinders (Netherlands / Rompoot), Piet Allegaert (Belgium / Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Laurens De Vreese (Belgium / Astana) and Mark McNally (Great Britain / Wanty). The quartet at the top had a lead of a maximum of two minutes and was overtaken a good three kilometers before the finish. On the way, Allegaert secured the two sprint classifications and thus the black jersey for this special classification. De Vreese won the three bonus sprints. After catching up with the leading group, there was a mass sprint in the end. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) decided this in the photo finish before Phil Bauhaus (Germany / Sunweb). Sagan took the overall lead.
The Swiss Stefan Küng (BMC) won the individual time trial around Voorburg over nine kilometers . Like the first 25 starters, he had an advantage due to the dry weather conditions. Then rain set in and the streets got wet. Some drivers slipped on wet roads such as Tony Martin (Germany / Katusha Alpecin) or his German team-mate Nils Politt . Küng was the new leader in the overall standings.
Shortly after the start of the stage, some riders were able to pull away : Kristijan Koren (Slovenia / Cannondale), Frederik Backaert (Belgium / Wanty), Piet Allegaert (Belgium / Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Sander Cordeel (Belgium / Verandas) and Elmar Reinders ( Netherlands / Rompoot). The outliers were able to gain a lead of a maximum of four minutes. Allegaert won the sprint rankings and Backaert won the bonus sprints. The escape group of the day was put back up to 6 kilometers before the finish. In the end there was a mass sprint. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) won the sprint ahead of Edward Theuns (Belgium / Trek). Stefan Küng (Switzerland / BMC) retained overall leadership.
After driving a good 40 kilometers, three drivers pulled away from the field: André Greipel (Germany / Lotto Soudal), Nils Politt (Germany / Katusha Alpecin) and Pim Ligthart (Netherlands / Rompoot). The trio had a lead of a maximum of 2:30 minutes and was caught up with 25 kilometers from the finish. Then there were a few more attacks by Alex Dowsett (Great Britain / Movistar), Dion Smith (New Zealand / Wanty) or Yves Lampaert (Belgium / Quick Step), but these did not lead to a stage win. So it came back to the mass sprint. This time the Belgian Edward Theuns (Trek) won ahead of Marko Kump (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates). Stefan Küng (Switzerland / BMC) continued to defend the overall ranking.
After many attempts to break away at the beginning of the stage, a group around the Czech Petr Vakoč (Quick Step) was able to break away . This had a lead of a maximum of 4:30 minutes on the field. This was set again. On the hilly stage to Sittard-Geleen , Lars Boom (Netherlands / LottoNL) made the decisive attack three kilometers from the finish and reached the finish as a soloist. The pursuers around Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Sunweb) and Co had a few seconds on boom. Boom took overall lead.
Up to 31 kilometers from the finish, a six-man leading group with a maximum of five minutes ahead of Tony Martin dominated the action. Tim Wellens (Belgium / Lotto Soudal) attacked together with Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Bora) 24 kilometers from the finish and pulled away. Sagan fell back on it due to a defect in the bike. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Sunweb) attacked the pursuers and was able to approach Wellens. The duo was no longer overtaken and Wellens won in the sprint of the two. A good 20 seconds later, the pursuers around Jasper Stuyven (Belgium / Trek) arrived at the finish. Dumoulin took over the overall lead.
Up to 25 kilometers from the finish, at the last crossing of the Geraardsbergen wall , nine drivers led by Tony Martin dominated the race with a maximum of two minutes ahead. This was followed by many attacks from the field by, among others, Jasha Sütterlin (Germany / Movistar), Lukas Pöstlberger (Austria / Bora) or Nils Politt (Germany / Katusha Alpecin). But these and others failed. The Belgian Jasper Stuyven (Trek) placed the decisive attack a good three kilometers from the finish. He reached the finish as a soloist with one second ahead of Greg Van Avermaet's pursuers (Belgium / BMC). Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Sunweb) reached the finish line with Van Avermaet's group and won the BinckBank Tour.
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