2013 Tour of Belgium

The 2013 Tour of Belgium was the 83rd edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 22 May to 26 May 2013 in Belgium. The race was a part of the UCI Europe Tour.

2013 Tour of Belgium

2013 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	22—26 May
Stages	5
Distance	730.1 km (453.7 mi)
Results
Winner  Tony Martin (GER) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Second  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Blanco Pro Cycling)   Third  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) Points  André Greipel (GER) (Lotto–Belisol) Youth  Tom Dumoulin (NED) (Argos–Shimano) Combativity  Laurens De Vreese (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise)   Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
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Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner
1	Lochristi to Knokke-Heist	194.2 km (120.7 mi)	Wednesday, May 22	André Greipel (GER)
2	Knokke-Heist to Ninove	181 km (112.5 mi)	Thursday, May 23	André Greipel (GER)
3	Beveren to Beveren	15 km (9.3 mi)	Friday, May 24	Tony Martin (GER)
4	Eau d'Heure lakes to Eau d'Heure lakes	164.3 km (102.1 mi)	Saturday, May 25	Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)
5	Banneux to Banneux	175.6 km (109.1 mi)	Sunday, May 26	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)

Teams

Twenty teams were invited to the 2013 Tour of Belgium: 9 UCI World Tour Teams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 5 UCI Continental Teams.

UCI ProTeams Argos–Shimano Astana Blanco Pro Cycling Lotto–Belisol Omega Pharma–Quick-Step RadioShack–Leopard Team Katusha Saxo–Tinkoff Vacansoleil–DCM

UCI Professional Continental Teams Accent Jobs–Wanty Cofidis Crelan–Euphony RusVelo Team Europcar Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise

UCI Continental Teams An Post–Chain Reaction BKCP–Powerplus Telenet–Fidea To Win-Josan Cycling Team Wallonie-Bruxelles

Stages

Stage 1

22 May 2013 – Lochristi to Knokke-Heist, 194.2 km (120.7 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol 4h 34' 53" 2  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Argos–Shimano s.t. 4  Danny van Poppel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 5  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 6  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Team Europcar s.t. 7  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 8  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 9  Maxime Vantomme (BEL) Crelan–Euphony s.t. 10  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol 4h 34' 43" 2  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 4" 3  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Argos–Shimano + 6" 4  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 7" 5  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8" 6  Nikolas Maes (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 9" 7  Danny van Poppel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 10" 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10" 9  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Team Europcar + 10" 10  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10"

Stage 2

23 May 2013 – Knokke-Heist to Ninove, 181 km (112 mi)

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol 4h 11' 29" 2  Danny van Poppel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 3  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 4  Alexander Porsev (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 5  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Simone Ponzi (ITA) Astana s.t. 7  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 8  Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) Astana s.t. 9  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 10  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Argos–Shimano s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol 8h 46' 02" 2  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 10" 3  Danny van Poppel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 14" 4  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Argos–Shimano + 16" 5  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 17" 6  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 17" 7  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 18" 8  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 18" 9  Nikolas Maes (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 19" 10  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana + 19"

Stage 3

24 May 2013 – Beveren to Beveren, 15 km (9.3 mi)

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 17' 42" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Argos–Shimano + 40" 3  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) RusVelo + 43" 4  Alexander Serov (RUS) RusVelo + 46" 5  Ben Hermans (BEL) RadioShack–Leopard + 46" 6  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 53" 7  Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar + 56" 8  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 00" 9  Will Clarke (AUS) Argos–Shimano + 1' 00" 10  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 01"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 9h 04' 04" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Argos–Shimano + 40" 3  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 50" 4  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 53" 5  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 59" 6  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 1' 04" 7  Manuel Quinziato (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 11" 8  Stijn Devolder (BEL) RadioShack–Leopard + 1' 11" 9  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Blanco Pro Cycling + 1' 16" 10  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) Team Katusha + 1' 17"

Stage 4

25 May 2013 – Eau d'Heure lakes to Eau d'Heure lakes, 164.3 km (102.1 mi)

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) Astana 3h 41' 38" 2  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol + 2" 3  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 2" 4  Danny van Poppel (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 2" 5  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana + 2" 6  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Team Europcar + 2" 7  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Argos–Shimano + 2" 8  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus + 2" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 2" 10  Jean-Pierre Drucker (LUX) Accent Jobs–Wanty + 2"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 12h 45' 47" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Argos–Shimano + 40" 3  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 50" 4  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 53" 5  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 57" 6  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 59" 7  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol + 1' 10" 8  Manuel Quinziato (ITA) BMC Racing Team + 1' 11" 9  Stijn Devolder (BEL) RadioShack–Leopard + 1' 11" 10  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) Team Katusha + 1' 14"

Stage 5

26 May 2013 – Banneux to Banneux, 175.6 km (109.1 mi)

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Blanco Pro Cycling 4h 42' 18" 2  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana + 27" 3  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 27" 4  Andreas Klöden (GER) RadioShack–Leopard + 27" 5  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 27" 6  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 47" 7  Jérôme Baugnies (BEL) To Win-Josan Cycling Team + 1' 13" 8  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus + 1' 16" 9  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Team Europcar + 1' 17" 10  Sergey Lagutin (UZB) Vacansoleil–DCM + 1' 17"

Final Classification Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 17h 28' 32" 2  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Blanco Pro Cycling + 36" 3  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 51" 4  Andreas Klöden (GER) RadioShack–Leopard + 1' 18" 5  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Argos–Shimano + 1' 30" 6  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana + 1' 36" 7  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 43" 8  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 1' 44" 9  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 1' 49" 10  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) Team Katusha + 2' 04"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification Algemeen klassement	Points classification Puntenklassement	Combativity Classification Prijs van de strijdlust	Young Rider classification Jongerenklassement	Team classification Ploegenklassement
1	André Greipel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Laurens De Vreese	Ramon Sinkeldam	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2	André Greipel			Stijn Steels	Danny van Poppel	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
3	Tony Martin	Tony Martin			Tom Dumoulin
4	Maxim Iglinsky
5	Luis León Sánchez			Laurens De Vreese
Final		Tony Martin	André Greipel	Laurens De Vreese	Tom Dumoulin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tony Martin (GER)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	17h 28' 32"
2	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Blanco Pro Cycling	+ 36"
3	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 51"
4	Andreas Klöden (GER)	RadioShack–Leopard	+ 1' 18"
5	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Argos–Shimano	+ 1' 30"
6	Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)	Astana	+ 1' 36"
7	Kristof Vandewalle (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 1' 43"
8	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	+ 1' 44"
9	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 1' 49"
10	Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)	Team Katusha	+ 2' 04"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	André Greipel (GER)	Lotto–Belisol	85
2	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	83
3	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	63
4	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	59
5	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Blanco Pro Cycling	54
6	Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)	Astana	51
7	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	48
8	Tony Martin (GER)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	47
9	Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)	Team Europcar	41
10	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	39

Combativity classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Laurens De Vreese (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	56
2	Stijn Steels (BEL)	Crelan–Euphony	41
3	Sébastien Delfosse (BEL)	Crelan–Euphony	39
4	Arman Kamyshev (KAZ)	Astana	33
5	Alphonse Vermote (BEL)	An Post–Chain Reaction	29
6	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	Team Europcar	29
7	Florent Barle (FRA)	Cofidis	25
8	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	23
9	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Team Europcar	19
10	Grégory Rast (SUI)	RadioShack–Leopard	17

Young rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Argos–Shimano	17h 30' 02"
2	Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)	Team Katusha	+ 34"
3	Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 1' 56"
4	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	Argos–Shimano	+ 2' 00"
5	Laurent Evrard (BEL)	Wallonie-Bruxelles	+ 3' 23"
6	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 5' 08"
7	Dominik Nerz (GER)	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 50"
8	Marcel Meisen (GER)	BKCP–Powerplus	+ 8' 44"
9	Nikita Novikov (RUS)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 9' 30"
10	Marc Goos (NED)	Blanco Pro Cycling	+ 9' 49"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	52h 29' 09"
2	RadioShack–Leopard	+ 2' 26"
3	Team Katusha	+ 4' 49"
4	Blanco Pro Cycling	+ 5' 27"
5	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 6' 16"
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 41"
7	Cofidis	+ 8' 28"
8	Team Europcar	+ 10' 09"
9	Astana	+ 12' 29"
10	Crelan–Euphony	+ 12' 51"