Słoweniec był najszybszy na trasie krętego prologu i założy jutro koszulkę lidera.
Pierwszego dnia rywalizacji w holenderskiej etapówce do pokonania było 7.5km po ulicach Westkapelle. Pierwsza część była dość kręta, ale końcówkę stanowiła długa prosta z jedną szykaną.
Najszybszy w tej próbie był Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) – 8 minut i 4 sekundy oznaczały średnią prędkość 55.8km/h. Słoweniec o 3 sekundy pokonał dwóch niemców z Quick-Step Floors – Marcela Kittela i Maximiliana Schachmanna. Kittel stał się tym samym faworytem do przejęcia pozycji lidera po pierwszym etapie dzięki ewentualnej bonifikacie.
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(miejsce, nazwisko, numer startowy, zespół, czas, strata, średnia prędkość):
1 Roglic, Primoz 1 TLJ 8:04.37 55.743 2 Kittel, Marcel 16 QST 8:07.67 3.30 55.365 3 Schachmann, Maximilian 11 QST 8:07.85 3.48 55.345 4 Andersen, Soren Kragh 43 SUN 8:11.79 7.42 54.901 5 Roosen, Timo 2 TLJ 8:12.85 8.48 54.783 6 Kämna, Lennard 41 SUN 8:15.73 11.36 54.465 7 Aerts, Toon 142 TFL 8:17.80 13.43 54.239 8 Hofland, Moreno 31 LTS 8:21.32 16.95 53.858 9 Greipel, Andre 34 LTS 8:22.06 17.69 53.778 10 Sieberg, Marcel 35 LTS 8:22.70 18.33 53.710 11 Cavagna, Rémi 12 QST 8:23.05 18.68 53.673 12 de Plus, Laurens 13 QST 8:24.01 19.64 53.570 13 de Buyst, Jasper 33 LTS 8:24.09 19.72 53.562 14 Wagner, Robert 8 TLJ 8:24.29 19.92 53.541 15 van Hoecke, Gijs 7 TLJ 8:24.35 19.98 53.534 16 Walscheid, Max 42 SUN 8:24.57 20.20 53.511 17 Gonçalves, José 22 KAT 8:24.61 20.24 53.507 17 Mathis, Marco 23 KAT z.t. 19 Castelijns, Twan 5 TLJ 8:25.48 21.11 53.415 20 Laporte, Christophe 63 COF 8:26.41 22.04 53.316 21 Schmidt, Mads Würtz 21 KAT 8:27.11 22.74 53.243 22 Leezer, Tom 6 TLJ 8:27.99 23.62 53.151 23 Merlier, Tim 94 VWC 8:28.86 24.49 53.060 24 Vantomme, Maxime 105 WVA 8:29.39 25.02 53.005 25 Wynants, Maarten 3 TLJ 8:29.82 25.45 52.960 26 Beukeboom, Dion 111 DJP 8:29.91 25.54 52.951 27 Rickaert, Jonas 71 SVB 8:30.00 25.63 52.941 28 van Goethem, Brian 84 RNL 8:30.25 25.88 52.915 29 Soete, Daan 145 TFL 8:30.32 25.95 52.908 30 Belkov, Maxim 24 KAT 8:30.83 26.46 52.855 31 van der Haar, Lars 141 TFL 8:30.88 26.51 52.850 32 Kirsch, Alex 101 WVA 8:30.96 26.59 52.842 33 Lietaer, Eliot 76 SVB 8:31.35 26.98 52.801 34 Bille, Gaetan 91 VWC 8:31.77 27.40 52.758 35 van Rhee, Joey 115 DJP 8:32.47 28.10 52.686 36 Riesebeek, Oscar 81 RNL 8:32.94 28.57 52.638 37 Hermans, Quinten 143 TFL 8:33.01 28.64 52.631 38 de Vries, Berden 83 RNL 8:33.67 29.30 52.563 39 Goolaerts, Michael 95 VWC 8:34.10 29.73 52.519 40 Cleppe, Nicolas 144 TFL 8:34.51 30.14 52.477 41 de Laat, Jasper 121 MET 8:34.81 30.44 52.447 42 Senechal, Florian 65 COF 8:35.13 30.76 52.414 43 Waeytens, Zico 44 SUN 8:35.41 31.04 52.385 44 Ligthart, Pim 82 RNL 8:35.51 31.14 52.375 45 Aerts, Thijs 146 TFL 8:36.61 32.24 52.264 46 Biermans, Jenthe 26 KAT 8:36.67 32.30 52.258 47 Spengler, Lukas 107 WVA 8:37.14 32.77 52.210 48 Ottema, Rick 131 BDC 8:37.48 33.11 52.176 49 Hamelink, Jasper 125 MET 8:37.87 33.50 52.137 50 Meurisse, Xandro 51 WGG 8:38.52 34.15 52.071 51 Schulting, Peter 114 DJP 8:38.75 34.38 52.048 52 Warnier, Antoine 102 WVA 8:39.24 34.87 51.999 53 Vermeltfoort, Coen 87 RNL 8:39.46 35.09 51.977 54 Groenewegen, Dylan 4 TLJ 8:39.61 35.24 51.962 55 Boeckmans, Kris 36 LTS 8:39.86 35.49 51.937 56 Keisse, Iljo 14 QST 8:40.37 36.00 51.886 57 Delfosse, Sebastien 103 WVA 8:40.86 36.49 51.837 58 Kerkhof, Tim 112 DJP 8:41.16 36.79 51.808 59 Ista, Kevyn 108 WVA 8:42.60 38.23 51.665 60 Lunke, Sindre Skjostad 45 SUN 8:42.98 38.61 51.627 61 te Stroet, Rens 117 DJP 8:43.03 38.66 51.622 62 Eising, Tijmen 122 MET 8:43.14 38.77 51.611 63 Doubey, Fabien 53 WGG 8:43.18 38.81 51.607 64 van Kessel, Corne 147 TFL 8:44.01 39.64 51.526 65 ten Dam, Laurens 48 SUN 8:44.47 40.10 51.481 66 de Bondt, Dries 97 VWC 8:44.62 40.25 51.466 67 van Gestel, Dries 73 SVB 8:44.85 40.48 51.443 68 van Hecke, Preben 77 SVB 8:44.98 40.61 51.431 69 Hooghiemster, René 137 BDC 8:45.35 40.98 51.394 70 van Lerberghe, Bert 74 SVB 8:45.94 41.57 51.337 71 Hansen, Adam James 38 LTS 8:46.68 42.31 51.265 72 Gmelich Meijling, Jarno 124 MET 8:46.72 42.35 51.261 73 Turgis, Jimmy 61 COF 8:47.08 42.71 51.226 74 Kreder, Wesley 55 WGG 8:47.30 42.93 51.204 75 Stassen, Julien 106 WVA 8:47.50 43.13 51.185 76 Sabatini, Fabio 15 QST 8:47.56 43.19 51.179 77 Dupont, Timothy 92 VWC 8:47.99 43.62 51.137 78 Allegaert, Piet 78 SVB 8:48.44 44.07 51.094 79 Godrie, Stan 96 VWC 8:48.68 44.31 51.071 80 Aernouts, Jim 148 TFL 8:49.89 45.52 50.954 81 Steels, Stijn 75 SVB 8:49.94 45.57 50.949 82 Terpstra, Niki 17 QST 8:49.96 45.59 50.947 83 Devolder, Stijn 93 VWC 8:50.23 45.86 50.921 84 de Greef, Robbert 138 BDC 8:50.98 46.61 50.849 85 Bakker, Stephan 155 MCT 8:51.75 47.38 50.776 86 Vanbilsen, Kenneth 66 COF 8:51.79 47.42 50.772 87 Bouwmans, Dylan 126 MET 8:51.87 47.50 50.764 88 van Melsen, Kevin 54 WGG 8:52.09 47.72 50.743 89 Mcnally, Mark 56 WGG 8:52.16 47.79 50.737 90 Kuznetsov, Viacheslav 25 KAT 8:52.23 47.86 50.730 91 Bak, Lars Ytting 32 LTS 8:52.71 48.34 50.684 91 Antonini, Simone 52 WGG z.t. 93 van Ginneken, Sjoerd 86 RNL 8:52.72 48.35 50.683 94 Brusselman, Twan 116 DJP 8:53.04 48.67 50.653 95 Blokker, Joris 158 MCT 8:53.98 49.61 50.564 96 Looij, Andre 88 RNL 8:54.08 49.71 50.554 97 van Breda, Rick 154 MCT 8:54.28 49.91 50.535 98 Bosman, Gert-Jan 118 DJP 8:54.31 49.94 50.532 99 Hofstetter, Hugo 67 COF 8:54.50 50.13 50.514 100 Kreder, Raymond 85 RNL 8:55.17 50.80 50.451 101 Wouters, Enzo 37 LTS 8:56.10 51.73 50.364 102 Sprengers, Thomas 72 SVB 8:56.12 51.75 50.362 103 Fröhlinger, Johannes 47 SUN 8:56.76 52.39 50.302 104 de Jonge, Maarten 151 MCT 8:57.02 52.65 50.277 105 Napolitano, Danilo 58 WGG 8:57.92 53.55 50.193 106 Oostra, Folkert 136 BDC 8:59.22 54.85 50.072 107 van den Brand, Twan 113 DJP 8:59.30 54.93 50.065 108 de Backer, Bert 46 SUN 9:00.00 55.63 50.000 109 Lindenburg, Jim 123 MET 9:01.06 56.69 49.902 110 Doets, Marco 134 BDC 9:01.46 57.09 49.865 111 van der Duin, Patrick 135 BDC 9:02.58 58.21 49.762 112 Timmermans, Justin 133 BDC 9:02.74 58.37 49.748 113 Chetout, Loic 64 COF 9:03.22 58.85 49.704 114 de Kleijn, Arvid 132 BDC 9:07.74 1:03.37 49.293 115 Meijer, Gijs 157 MCT 9:08.10 1:03.73 49.261 116 Habeaux, Gregory 104 WVA 9:08.90 1:04.53 49.189 117 Nieuwpoort, Jelle 127 MET 9:12.48 1:08.11 48.871 118 Dehaes, Kenny 57 WGG 9:15.74 1:11.37 48.584 119 Kouwenhoven, Sjoerd 128 MET 9:17.83 1:13.46 48.402 120 van Staeyen, Michael 62 COF 9:18.50 1:14.13 48.344 121 Santoro, Antonio 153 MCT 9:39.99 1:35.62 46.553 122 Zanotti, Marco 156 MCT 9:43.47 1:39.10 46.275 123 Detant, Yannick 152 MCT 10:01.28 1:56.91 44.904
