Stijn Steels Update

Tuesday 29 September 2020 - 20:47

Race report

The Belgian was one of the many riders involved in a huge crash on the opening stage of the BinckBank Tour.

Stijn Steels had to say goodbye to the BinckBank Tour at the end of stage 1, which was impacted by an incident taking place a shy over four kilometers to go. A massive pile-up brought down dozens of men, and Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s rider was among those to hit the ground. Several minutes later, the 31-year-old arrived on his bike at the finish, but from there was taken to the AZ Delta Roeselare hospital.

Examinations revealed a left scaphoid fracture, which will require surgery that will be performed this week. Unfortunately, it also means that his first season with the Wolfpack has come to an abrupt end.

“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am. I was feeling good and wanted to help the team here in the BinckBank Tour, before doing the one-day races. I was really looking forward to my first Classics campaign with the Wolfpack, but now it won’t happen, and that makes me sad”, Stijn said.

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

1	Jasper Philipsen UAE-Team Emirates	2:59:26
2	Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo	,,
3	Pascal Ackermann BORA - hansgrohe	,,
4	Danny van Poppel Circus - Wanty Gobert	,,
5	Stefan Bissegger EF Pro Cycling	,,
6	Alberto Dainese Team Sunweb	,,
7	Nils Eekhoff Team Sunweb	,,
8	Lorrenzo Manzin Team Total Direct Energie	,,
9	Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix	,,
10	Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix	,,
12	Shane Archbold Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
25	Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
30	Yves Lampaert Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
37	Zdeněk Štybar Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
45	Bert Van Lerberghe Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
64	Jannik Steimle Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
153	Stijn Steels Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,

1	Jasper Philipsen UAE-Team Emirates	2:59:16
2	Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo	0:04
3	Mike Teunissen Team Jumbo-Visma	0:05
4	Pascal Ackermann BORA - hansgrohe	0:06
5	Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix	0:07
6	Yves Lampaert Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
7	Mark Cavendish Bahrain - McLaren	0:09
8	Danny van Poppel Circus - Wanty Gobert	0:10
9	Stefan Bissegger EF Pro Cycling	,,
10	Alberto Dainese Team Sunweb	,,
15	Shane Archbold Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
27	Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
37	Zdeněk Štybar Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
45	Bert Van Lerberghe Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
64	Jannik Steimle Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
154	Stijn Steels Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,

1	Jasper Philipsen UAE-Team Emirates	30 pt
2	Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo	25 pt
3	Pascal Ackermann BORA - hansgrohe	22 pt
4	Danny van Poppel Circus - Wanty Gobert	19 pt
5	Stefan Bissegger EF Pro Cycling	17 pt
6	Alberto Dainese Team Sunweb	15 pt
7	Nils Eekhoff Team Sunweb	13 pt
8	Lorrenzo Manzin Team Total Direct Energie	12 pt
9	Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix	11 pt
10	Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix	10 pt

1	Alpecin-Fenix	8:58:18
2	Team Sunweb	,,
3	Deceuninck - Quick Step	,,
4	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
5	Trek - Segafredo	,,
6	Circus - Wanty Gobert	,,
7	Bahrain - McLaren	,,
8	BORA - hansgrohe	,,
9	Lotto Soudal	,,
10	EF Pro Cycling	0:36