Arnaud De Lie new Belgian road champion! Dylan Groenewegen, Alberto Bettiol and Marco Brenner among new national champions
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Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Ireland are some more of the nations with their men's elite road race national championships finished. In Belgium the big news was of the winner Arnaud De Lie who took a massive win ahead of the Tour de France.
The Belgian race ended in a sprint, with a field worthy of the Tour de France or even more! The explosive race finished in a sprint where Arnaud De Lie took perhaps the biggest victory of his career. Jasper Philipsen and Jordi Meeus completed the podium but they were followed by cyclocross stars Thibau Nys, Wout van Aert and Tim Merlier.
Belgium men's elite road race results:
| 01 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Dstny | 04:55:52 |
| 02 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 03 | MEEUS Jordi | BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 04 | NYS Thibau | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 05 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 06 | MERLIER Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
In Italy, Alberto Bettiol had one of his best days of the season to take an impressive solo victory for EF Education - EasyPost - one of many on the day. Lorenzo Rota and Edoardo Zambanini were second and third in the hilly race.
Italy men's elite road race results:
| 01 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education-EasyPost | 05:03:06 |
| 02 | ROTA Lorenzo | Intermarché-Wanty | + 17 |
| 03 | ZAMBANINI Edoardo | Bahrain Victorious | + 17 |
| 04 | GANNA Filippo | INEOS Grenadiers | + 20 |
| 05 | FORMOLO Davide | Movistar Team | + 26 |
| 06 | ALEOTTI Giovanni | BORA-hansgrohe | + 26 |
| 07 | CICCONE Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 26 |
| 08 | VELASCO Simone | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 54 |
| 09 | FIORELLI Filippo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 54 |
| 10 | ULISSI Diego | UAE Team Emirates | + 54 |
In the Netherlands it was a sprint deciding the race, and Dylan Groenewegen once again managed to win the nationals! The Team Jayco AlUla rider beat Olav Kooij to the title, whilst soon-to-be-retired Ramon Sinkeldam rode to a strong third place.
Netherlands men's elite road race results:
| 01 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | 04:20:10 |
| 02 | KOOIJ Olav | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 03 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 04 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 05 | BOL Cees | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 00 |
| 06 | KRIJNSEN Jelte | Parkhotel Valkenburg | + 00 |
| 07 | VAN KESSEL Corne | Team Deschacht-Hens-Maes | + 00 |
| 08 | VAN DEN BERG Marijn | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 09 | BUDDING Martijn | TdT-Unibet | + 00 |
| 10 | VAN EMPEL Etienne | Team corratec - Vini Fantini | + 00 |
In Germany there was a surprise. BORA - hansgrohe had the numbers and quality but were beaten. Marco Brenner and Florian Lipowitz dealt the winning attack but the Tudor rider blasted off to take a massive victory for himself. Kim Heiduk finished third to complete the podium.
Germany men's elite road race results:
| 1 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:37:57 |
| 2 | LIPOWITZ Florian | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:55 |
| 3 | HEIDUK Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:34 |
| 4 | ZWIEHOFF Ben | BORA - hansgrohe | 2:35 |
| 5 | TEUTENBERG Tim Torn | Lidl - Trek Future Racing | 3:06 |
| 6 | KOCH Jonas | BORA - hansgrohe | 4:57 |
| 7 | MAYRHOFER Marius | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | ,, |
| 8 | RUTSCH Jonas | EF Education - EasyPost | ,, |
| 9 | DENZ Nico | BORA - hansgrohe | 6:44 |
In Denmark the big names were also left to dust. Just like the time-trial (before Johan Price-Pejtersen was disqualified) all the big favourites had to watch as an outsider took the gold. Rasmus Pedersen of the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development team won ahead of Kasper Asgreen. Frederik Wandahl was third as the peloton with Mads Pedersen could only watch from the distance.
Denmark men's elite road race results:
| 01 | PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg | Decathlon AG2R La Mon. Dev. | 04:29:45 |
| 02 | ASGREEN Kasper | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 03 | WANDAHL Frederik | BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 04 | VALGREN Michael | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 05 | CORT Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | + 05 |
| 06 | LUND ANDRESEN Tobias | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 05 |
| 07 | SALBY Alexander | Bingoal WB | + 05 |
| 08 | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl-Trek | + 05 |
| 09 | STAMPE Daniel | Airtox-Carl Ras | + 05 |
| 10 | PEDERSEN Nicklas | TdT-Unibet | + 05 |
In Switzerland Mauro Schmid signaled his return to good form with a very important victory in his career. He beat Simon Pellaud and Stefan Bissegger ina hotly disputed race with a luxurious Top10.
Switzerland men's elite road race results:
| 01 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | 04:07:24 |
| 02 | PELLAUD Simon | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 18 |
| 03 | BISSEGGER Stefan | EF Education-EasyPost | + 25 |
| 04 | CHRISTEN Fabio | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 29 |
| 05 | HIRSCHI Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 29 |
| 06 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 29 |
| 07 | JACOBS Johan | Movistar Team | + 29 |
| 08 | REICHENBACH Sebastien | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 32 |
| 09 | DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 38 |
| 10 | SOMMER Jan | - | + 40 |
In Luxembourg Groupama - FDJ took the victory, as Kevin Geniets won the sprint out of a seven-rider group that found itself fighting for victory.
Luxembourg men's elite road race results:
| 01 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | 03:29:31 |
| 02 | WENZEL Mats | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | + 00 |
| 03 | KESS Alexandre | Philippe Wagner-Bazin | + 00 |
| 04 | KOCKELMANN Mathieu | Team Lotto-Kern Haus PSD Bank | + 00 |
| 05 | WIRTGEN Tom | Team Felt-Felbermayr | + 00 |
| 06 | WALLENBORN Arno | Team Snooze-VSD | + 00 |
| 07 | RIES Michel | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 02 |
| 08 | URY Noe | Team Storck-Metropol Cycling | + 13 |
| 09 | MORANG Mil | Team Lotto-Kern Haus PSD Bank | + 36 |
| 10 | BERNS Mats | U.C.Dipach | + 36 |
In Ireland there was the third victory of the day for EF Education-EasyPost. After teammate Ben Healy last year, Darren Rafferty kept the Irish jersey in the American team. Dillion Corkery and Rory Townsend complete the podium.
Ireland men's elite road race results:
| 01 | RAFFERTY Darren | EF Education-EasyPost | 03:39:36 |
| 02 | CORKERY Dillon | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | + 16 |
| 03 | TOWNSEND Rory | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 01:07 |
| 04 | HARVEY Dean | Trinity Racing | + 01:07 |
| 05 | CROCKETT Finn | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | + 01:43 |
| 06 | MCDUNPHY Conn | Team Skyline | + 01:44 |
| 07 | DOYLE Leo | XSpeed United Continental | + 01:53 |
| 08 | DUNBAR Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:55 |
| 09 | O'LOUGHLIN Patrick | Panduit Carrick Wheelers CC | + 05:09 |
| 10 | O'NEILL Gareth | At.Nut.Coach HD | + 05:10 |
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