PREVIEW | Renewi Tour 2024 stage 3 - Jonathan Milan and Jasper Philipsen face off in another bunch sprint

From the 28th of August to the 1st of September, the Renewi Tour provides extra World Tour action. In Belgium and The Netherlands the peloton will tackle a five-day stage- race which will feature opportunities for the sprinters, time-trialists and classics specialists. We preview stage 3.

Stage 3 is a pan-flat stage, classic of the region. It finishes in the city of Ardooie which should host a bunch sprint without any serious technical feature.

The 185-kilometer long stage starts in Blankerberge right by the sea and heads inland, through flat fields and the roads you are familiar with in Belgium. A green kilometer with 23 kilometers to go can shake things up, but the peloton will inevitably be heading towards a bunch sprint.

This one will be tricky. It doesn't look very technical but it has a few sketchy moments such as the entrance in the final kilometer with a slight chicane, and then a winding left and right turn in from 600 to 200 meters to go. It's not easy to gain positions in this section so it will be key to enter in front and have the leadout work to perfection. 

*** Jonathan Milan, Jasper Philipsen
** Tim Merlier, Biniam Girmay
* Christophe Laporte, Arnaud De Lie, Sam Bennett, Axel Zingle, Phil Bauhaus, Juan Sebastián Molano, Max Kanter, Fernando Gaviria, Arnaud Démare, Sam Welsford, Fabio Jakobsen, Paul Penhöet

Pick: Jasper Philipsen