De Lie beats Van der Poel to stage and overall win in spectacular Renewi Tour finale
Arnaud De Lie started the final stage of the Renewi Tour with a one-second advantage over stage 3-winner Mathieu van der Poel, and with bonus seconds available intermittently during the stage as well as at the finish, the young Belgian had to stick like glue to the former world champion if he stood any chance of taking it all the way.
And sure enough, the Green KM sprint saw Van der Poel take three bonus seconds to De Lie's one, putting the Dutchman in the virtual lead. It looked like Van der Poel might run away with it as he got into a lead group with Fred Wright, Tim Wellens, Toms Skujiņš and Alberto Bettiol. They were soon caught, though, and the ensuing attacks were also all neutralised – just – bringing the stage down to a frantic sprint for the line.
De Lie took the victory ahead of Van der Poel, his winning bonus enough to take the overall by three seconds. Late attacker Dries De Bondt finished third having been caught just in time.
[race_result id=21 stage_id=88817 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=21 stage_id=88817 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]
