Results Baloise Belgium Tour 2025 | Mixed emotions for Thibau Nys, positive Tour signs, and yet another win for UAE
CyclingSunday, 22 June 2025 at 17:43
With the ZLM Tour canceled due to the NATO summit in the Netherlands, the Baloise Belgium Tour is the only remaining warm-up race for the Tour de France in the Low Countries. Eight WorldTeams will be in action from Wednesday to Sunday in Belgium, so we can expect another exciting edition. IDLProCycling.com shows you what to expect!
Last year, victory went to the strong Uno-X-Noor Soren Waerenskjold, who held on to his leader's jersey after the time trial. The year before, Mathieu van der Poel dominated the race in Durbuy, while Mauro Schmid won in 2022 by taking advantage of the Golden Kilometer.
In 2021 and 2019, Remco Evenepoel won, while in previous years, riders such as Jens Keukeleire, Dries Devenyns, and Greg Van Avermaet, who have since retired, came out on top.
Latest winners Baloise Belgium Tour
2024 Soren Waerenskjold
2023 Mathieu van der Poel
2022 Mauro Schmid
2021 Remco Evenepoel
2020 Not ridden
2019 Remco Evenepoel
2018 Jens Keukeleire
2017 Jens Keukeleire
2016 Dries Devenyns
2015 Greg Van Avermaet
2023 Mathieu van der Poel
2022 Mauro Schmid
2021 Remco Evenepoel
2020 Not ridden
2019 Remco Evenepoel
2018 Jens Keukeleire
2017 Jens Keukeleire
2016 Dries Devenyns
2015 Greg Van Avermaet
Baloise Belgium Tour 2025: Course, favorites stage wins and times
Stage 1, Wednesday, June 18: Merelbeke - Knokke-Heist (197.6 km)
This year, the Baloise Belgium Tour will start in Merelbeke-Melle and finish almost 200 kilometers later at the now-familiar location in Knokke-Heist. At De Wandelaar, the road climbs steeply at the end, but we usually see sprinters in action.
Winner
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
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Stage 2, Thursday, June 19: Beringen - Putte (194.6 km)
On day two, the peloton will cycle from Beringen to Putte, where several local laps are on the program. This is likely another battle between the faster men in this Baloise Belgium Tour.
Winner
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
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Stage 3, Friday, June 20: Tessenderlo - Ham (9.7 km, individual time trial)
This year, the Baloise Belgium Tour is visiting Jasper Philipsen's region, but it is unlikely that he will compete for the victory. The program includes a 9.7-kilometer individual time trial—really something for the powerhouses.
Winner
Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step)
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Stage 4, Saturday, June 21: Durbuy - Durbuy (173.0 km)
For the third year in a row, the queen stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour will be held in and around Durbuy. In this tourist town, developed by Marc Coucke, the finish is on a steep hill after a day of ups and downs. Who will follow Alex Aranburu and Mathieu van der Poel?
Winner
Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto)
Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto)
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Stage 5, Sunday, June 22: Brussels - Brussels (183.4 km)
The Baloise Belgium Tour ends in Brussels, Belgium's capital. There, the 180-kilometer stage is divided into five local laps, after which the sprinters must time their sprint on the slightly uphill finish.
Winner
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
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- Maybe I was a bit disrespectful to Heiden. What he did was unique and exceptional but he wasn't the only one who combined those distances, nowadays it is just not possible and nobody competes in both distances. The same is true for cycling with for example the combination of Roubaix and de Tour de France. In Merckx era there were more riders who managed a top10 in both races than currently.Joostmehrtens19-06-2025
- Two old men shouting at pigeons in the park…JonS16-06-2025
- Out of touch old men hankering after their youth through rose tinted spectacles, their arrogance almost outshines their irrelevance. Turn the volume down, this modern stuff just isn't music like we used to sing...johnny20whales16-06-2025
- In talking speed skating, the days when Heiden did that, nobody else did that. And Eddy couldn't do the equivalent of the bike. His 200 on the velodrome was good, but not world competitive for gold. Heiden was in his own world on the ice, moreso than Eddy if we pretend Eric didn't have a very short career on the ice.Veganpotter16-06-2025
- They wouldn't have dropped HIM so easily.... the GOAT. They would have dropped the rest from that era easily thoughVeganpotter16-06-2025
- Merckx was able to win in a break away on a flat (sprinters) stage, what do you mean they did not drop that easily in his time. Vlaeminck won in the mountains and the classics, but now you need to specialise. The days that a Eric Heiden could win the sprint and the 10k and everything in between are long gone and cycljng is no differentJoostmehrtens16-06-2025
- Carsapaz and Del torro were not capable of chasing Yates. They paused and looked at each other because they didn't have it in them. Yates had kept his powder dry waiting for this stage and demolished both of them. They lost Yates won. Your second guessing is utter nonsense., if either felt they could close Yates down they would have , just like they did countless times for other riders. They blew up , Yates excelled.Uphillbilly05-06-2025
- Carapaz is full of it. He is absolutely irrelevant after a rant at del Toro. Isaac had no obligations to do anything for Carapaz. It should remind one of the saying that goes lke this: "If I jump off the bridge, are you going to jump too?" If Caapaz wanted to win the Giro he should have chased Yates with or without Isaac. And if del Toro could follow, then so be it. But it was Carapaz's choice to slow down and stare at Isaac. Isaac was on the radio at times and you can bet he was being told by the Team car to do just what he was doing. Did I like that he didn't set out after Yates himself, NO. But the 21 year old was probably being instructed to do what he did, otherwise you can bet we would have heard from UAE mgmt. that Isaac chose to ignore their orders. But what we did hear was they were happy with his result. Which I think was a terrible betrayal of their young rider, who I think was capable of more than that penultimate stage showed. The Giro finished on a truly sour note as far as I'm concerned, because it was not "raced" The most crucial stage of the whole 21 stage race was simply given away, playing games with the unwritten rules of bicycle racing. "Leaders jerseys responsibility" and all that nonsense. Just RACE! It was disgraceful.
reemmo004-06-2025 - Well this aged like fine milkGlyn31-05-2025
- This is just mean-spirited.agnessk29-05-2025