Renewi Tour 2026 Classifications stage 1 - Milan the first yellow jersey but several GC riders take important bonus seconds
CyclingWednesday, 19 August 2026 at 17:57
The 2026 Renewi Tour takes place from the 19th to 23rd of August, taking the riders through a five-day course packed with stages for the sprinters and classics specialists. Below you will find the overall and points classifications, updated on the daily after all stages.
This live classifications hub is updated after each stage of the 2026 Renewi Tour with the latest overall and points classifications updates.
The General Classification remains the central battle of the race, but the wider standings will develop their own stories across a compact and demanding route. With only five stages and four major jersey competitions to settle, there is little room to recover from lost time or missed opportunities. Bonus seconds, sprint points, mountain points, breakaway moves and decisive race incidents can all produce significant changes from one day to the next.
General Classification Standings after Stage 1
The first stage of the race naturally crowned the winner as the yellow jersey but the standings have already seen some interesting movement on the opening day. The Renewi Tour has a golden kilometer on every stage, meaning that there are plenty bonus seconds up for grabs everyday, in a race without a mountainous stage or time trial to really break things up.
Milan is the yellow jersey with four seconds over Olav Kooij but also Dries de Bondt. The latter, a breakaway specialist, might well get in the breakaway once again on the second day of the race and attempt to take the yellow jersey through this method.
Simultaneously, a few of the men in front sought out seconds that can be important in their pursuit of a result in the final overall classification. Fourth on GC, Quinten Hermans, has net five seconds through an attack that shouldn't prove too costly; whilst Visma's Timo Kielich will have the same in mind after winning three seconds.
| Rnk | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl - Trek | 4:04:08 |
| 2 | Kooij Olav | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:04 |
| 3 | De Bondt Dries | Team Jayco AlUla | ,, |
| 4 | Hermans Quinten | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:05 |
| 5 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:06 |
| 6 | Kielich Timo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:07 |
| 7 | Taminiaux Lionel | Lotto Intermarché | 0:08 |
| 8 | Bévort Carl-Frederik | Uno-X Mobility | ,, |
| 9 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin - Premier Tech | 0:10 |
| 10 | Bennett Sam | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ,, |
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Points Classification Standings after Stage 1
The points classification sits in the same order as the stage classification on the opening day of the race. Jonathan Milan took the win, but the green jersey will not be decided on any specific day. The 20 points conquered are only a small gap over Olav Kooij's 25 or Tim Merlier's 22.
Jasper Philipsen, due to his versatility and ability to score on the hilly stages, may even be the biggest threat to the Italian's lead.
| Rnk | Rider | Team | Pnt |
| 1 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl - Trek | 30 |
| 2 | Kooij Olav | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 25 |
| 3 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 22 |
| 4 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin - Premier Tech | 19 |
| 5 | Bennett Sam | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 17 |
| 6 | Welsford Sam | Netcompany INEOS | 15 |
| 7 | Bittner Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | 13 |
| 8 | Groenewegen Dylan | Unibet Rose Rockets | 12 |
| 9 | Teunissen Mike | XDS Astana Team | 11 |
| 10 | De Lie Arnaud | Lotto Intermarché | 10 |
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