Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step) won the queen stage of the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg. After 201.3 km between Rosport and Diekirch, he claimed victory as a solo rider with an 18-second lead over Davide Formolo (Movistar Team) and 41 seconds over Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates).

However, Formolo was later disqualified due to an illegal position on the bike during a descent. With this victory, Vansevenant also secured the overall lead.

After 10 km, a two-man breakaway group formed: Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-Quick Step) and Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility) broke away from the peloton, building up a lead of more than six minutes.

Not all riders were content to stay in the peloton: Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Lidl-Trek) and Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) made a move and caught up with the leaders about 50 km before the finish. By that time, the gap to the peloton had shrunk to less than two minutes.

The final 30 km around Diekirch turned chaotic. Attack after attack split the peloton. Van der Poel and Bob Jungels (Team Luxembourg) were among those who tried to escape. However, only Vansevenant and Formolo managed to break away decisively. Although Hirschi and van der Poel attempted to catch the leaders, it was too late.

Mauri Vansevenant: “I knew I still had some energy left. It’s great to win a stage in this race. I felt stronger than my companion, so I went full throttle on the final climb. The yellow jersey is an extra motivation and good for my confidence. Tomorrow I will give it my all, but it will be tough to defend the yellow jersey, as the time trial is not my specialty.”