Van Aert Wins Belgium Tour Prologue

25 May 2016 04:44

Wout Van Aert of Crelan-Vastgoedservice Cycling Team took the win on the prologue of the 86th edition of the Baloise Belgium Tour.

This year's race started with a 6km stage in Beveren and saw Reto Hollenstein of IAM Cycling the first rider to break seven minutes with a time of 6.56.

Niki Terpstra got to within three tenths of a second of Hollenstein's time which stood until Wout Van Aert finished in 6:52.

Tony Martin was the stage favourite but the German could only finish in 6.54 and the Belgian took the win by two seconds.

Result

1 Wout Van Aert 6.52

2 Tony Martin +2

3 Reto Hollenstein +4

4 Niki Terpstra +4

5 Yves Lampaert +5

Source: DSG