Valentin Madouas secures the first stage of Tour de Luxembourg

Valentin Madouas has won the opening stage of Tour de Luxembourg. He beat Sjoerd Bax and Dorian Godon and overcame the harsh climb to secure the stage victory.

The breakaway included Gil Gelders, Justin Wolf, Antonio Jesús Soto, Niklas Eg, Tom Sexton and Kasper Viberg Søgaard. The group started with a small gap of 30 seconds and worked together to increase it to over 4 minutes.

However they were caught by the peloton in the final 10 kilometers. Valentin Madouas was the fastest and crossed the finish line first. Sjoerd Bax followed soon and finished in second position. Dorian Godon took the bronze.