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Hagenes eighth in queen stage Tour de Wallonie

Hagenes eighth in queen stage Tour de Wallonie

Per Strand Hagenes finished eighth in the third stage of the Tour de Wallonie. The 21-year-old Norwegian of Team Visma | Lease a Bike made a strong impression in the queen stage and finished in the same time as the GC riders. Breakaway rider Markus Hoelgaard took the stage win.

With 2900 altimeters and seven categorised climbs, the peloton could prepare for a tough day. Five riders went clear and gained a maximum five-minute lead. Hoelgaard and Jimmy Janssens were the strongest of the breakaway and stayed ahead. In a sprint-a-deux, it was Hoelgaard who won.

In the peloton, Hagenes climbed with the best and was part of a small group chasing the leaders. After it became clear that they could not be caught, the sprint for the final podium spot was on. Hagenes eventually had to settle for eighth place.

"I was surprised that the breakaway riders got such a big lead."

Per Strand Hagenes

"I was surprised that the breakaway riders got such a big lead and were allowed to battle for victory. No team took responsibility", Hagenes said. "I had a very good day. Beforehand, I wasn't sure if I would be able to go up with the best, but fortunately the pace on the climbs wasn't too fast. That worked out well for me."

Hagenes is happy he got the team's trust. "I wanted to try to follow as long as possible and see what would happen. That went okay. As a team, we did very well. Even though there are only four of us left, we had everything under control. It wasn't up to us to close the gap with the leading group."

Ethias-Tour de Wallonie

Stage 3

Result
Rankings

Result

1
Markus Hoelgaard
Uno-X Mobility 04:46:53
2
Jimmy Janssens
Alpecin - Deceuninck +00:00:02
3
Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team +00:00:43
8
Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:00:43
33
Mick van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:03:29
59
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:11:51
108
Jesse Kramer
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:19:22

Rankings

1
Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech 12:54:57
2
Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team +00:00:07
3
Alex Kirsch
Lidl - Trek +00:00:11
12
Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:00:13
25
Mick van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:02:59
58
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:12:31
72
Jesse Kramer
Team Visma | Lease a Bike +00:19:46

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