De Lie's resurgent campaign continues at GP Wallonie
Last spring, Arnaud De Lie was adrift. The Lotto sprinter had DNF'd from Gent-Wevelgem and benched by his team ahead of the Tour of Flanders before it was announced he was taking a break from racing.
[race_result id=93 stage_id=0 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]That return – a DNF at May's Rund um Köln – was inauspicious but things of late are looking up. De Lie factored in several sprint finishes at the Tour de France and has been on a tear since mid-August, with a stage and the overall at the Renewi Tour, a victory in the Bretagne Classic – both WorldTour events – and now a win at the 1.Pro Grand Prix de Wallonie, where he took a bunch sprint against a field including Biniam Girmay, among other riders. De Lie's fall campaign will conclude with several more lower-tier races, but his return to top form is a welcome sign for him and his embattled Lotto team, which is still in discussions to potentially merge with Girmay's Intermarché-Wanty squad.
