Today André Greipel won the first stage in the Tour de Luxembourg. After 212 kilometer, the German sprinter was faster than Enrico Gasparotto and Daniele Ratto. It’s his fifth victory of the season. Thanks to his good prologue yesterday and the bonifications today, Greipel becomes the new leader in the general classification.

The break of the day was formed by six riders: Matt Brammeier, Tom Devriendt, Mike Terpstra, Federico Zurlo, Pit Schlechter and Rick Ampler. They took a maximum bonus of 6’25, but Cofidis and Lotto Soudal kept control of the situation. At 25 kilometer from the finish, Brammeier, Terpstra and Schlechter went alone, but the chasing bunch was too strong. Lotto Soudal prepared the sprint perfectly and Greipel won quite easily

“I can understand that it looked quite easy on the finish photo, but that was thanks to a fantastic lead out. Dennis Vanendert and Boris Vallée did a great job to chase down the break together with Cofidis. In the last 30 kilometer, it was a little bit cat and mouse, but we caught the break with less than five kilometer to go. At three kilometer from the finish, Kenny Dehaes and Sean De Bie pulled for almost 2k and we had still four riders left for the final kilometer," Greipel said.