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September 18, 2026
86th Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2026 🇱🇺 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 3 – Wiltz – Diekirch : 179,6 km
Tour de Luxembourg is a UCI ProSeries multi-stage road race through the rolling and hilly terrain of Luxembourg,
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September 18, 2026
86th Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2026 🇱🇺 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 3 – Wiltz – Diekirch : 179,6 km
Tour de Luxembourg is a UCI ProSeries multi-stage road race through the rolling and hilly terrain of Luxembourg, combining short climbs, technical descents and fast valley roads across several stages. The route typically features narrow rural lanes, wooded sections and repeated changes of gradient, with climbs generally short to medium in length and occasionally reaching 8–12%. Rather than one dominant mountain, the race is shaped by accumulated elevation and frequent accelerations, making pacing and positioning important throughout. Tight bends and rapid transitions between climbs and descents demand precise bike handling, while exposed sections can add wind as an environmental factor. Breakaways can form early, with the peloton controlling the tempo before increasing pressure on the climbs and finishing circuits. The field may split into smaller groups before regrouping on flatter roads. Finishes can range from reduced-group sprints to late attacks or uphill accelerations, while the individual time trial, when included, adds a separate test of pacing and sustained power.
Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep) surged from a decisive breakaway and held off a late-race chase to win solo on stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg.
Reinderink got away from his breakaway rivals with 7km remaining and held a slim lead all the way to the finish, crossing the line just one second ahead of runner-up Davide Piganzoli (Visma-Lease a Bike) and third-placed Thomas Gachignard (TotalEnergies), while his teammate Mattéo Vercher finished in fourth at four seconds back.
Piganzoli moved up four places in the overall classification and now leads the race by six seconds over Gachignard and nine seconds over Vercher.
Stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg was a challenging 179.6km route from Wiltz to Diekirch that included climbs over Um Knupp, Montée de Knaphoscheid, and again over Um Knupp before entering two finishing circuits with two climbs over Montée de Haemerich and Montée de Seitert, each before dropping to the finish in the city of Diekirch.
After winning the previous day’s stage 2, Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) started in the overall race lead by just four seconds ahead of both Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech).
Multiple attacks in the first few kilometres of the race that caused splits among the peloton but it wasn’t until 35km in that a large breakaway cleared the field that included Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Noah Ramsay (Alpecin-Premier Tech Development), Antoine L’Hote (Decathlon CMA CGM), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), Gil Gelders and Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep), Pietro Mattio (Visma-Lease a Bike), Pierre Thierry (TotalEnergies) and Leo Hayter (Modern Adventure Pro).
The breakaway continued to gain time en route toward the second ascent, Montée de Knaphoscheid, and still had 1:45 on the peloton as they reached the third climb, Um Knupp.
A chase group joined the first group to form a larger 19-rider breakaway that also included Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon CMA CGM), Sam Oomen (Lidl-Trek), Lukas Nerurkar (EF Education-EasyPost), Gauthier Servranckx (Soudal Quick-Step Devo), Tijmen Graat and Timo Kielich (Visma), Thomas Gachignard and Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies), and Eike Behrens(Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur).
And four more riders were chasing them at roughly one minute back, including Samuel Flórez (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling), Joshua Gudnitz and Sebastian Nielsen (Team ColoQuick), and Luc Wirtgen (Tudor Pro Cycling).
As the front group hit the circuit, however, it split apart over the Montée de Haemerich. Arrieta surged, bringing Reinderink with him, and the pair raced into the final lap with a small lead, while Gachignard bridged across on the Montée de Seitert, and Piganzoli surged across as well.
On the last climb over the Montée de Haemerich, Reinderink had enough left to attack again and, this time, open a small gap on a chasing Gachignard. However, he looked over his shoulder and saw Piganzoli and Vercher were in hot pursuit, with Arrieta, Oomen and Behrens just 10 seconds behind with just 3km to go.
Over the top, Reinderink crested seven seconds ahead of now-three chasers – Piganzoli, Gachignard and Vercher – and plummeted to the Diekirch finish line to take the victory.
Results :
 ME - Stage 3 </strong> - Wiltz - Diekirch : 179,6 km
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Tour de Luxembourg is a UCI ProSeries multi-stage road race through the rolling and hilly terrain of Luxembourg, combining short climbs, technical descents and fast valley roads across several stages. The route typically features narrow rural lanes, wooded sections and repeated changes of gradient, with climbs generally short to medium in length and occasionally reaching 8–12%. Rather than one dominant mountain, the race is shaped by accumulated elevation and frequent accelerations, making pacing and positioning important throughout. Tight bends and rapid transitions between climbs and descents demand precise bike handling, while exposed sections can add wind as an environmental factor. Breakaways can form early, with the peloton controlling the tempo before increasing pressure on the climbs and finishing circuits. The field may split into smaller groups before regrouping on flatter roads. Finishes can range from reduced-group sprints to late attacks or uphill accelerations, while the individual time trial, when included, adds a separate test of pacing and sustained power.
Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep) surged from a decisive breakaway and held off a late-race chase to win solo on stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg.
Reinderink got away from his breakaway rivals with 7km remaining and held a slim lead all the way to the finish, crossing the line just one second ahead of runner-up Davide Piganzoli (Visma-Lease a Bike) and third-placed Thomas Gachignard (TotalEnergies), while his teammate Mattéo Vercher finished in fourth at four seconds back.
Piganzoli moved up four places in the overall classification and now leads the race by six seconds over Gachignard and nine seconds over Vercher.
Stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg was a challenging 179.6km route from Wiltz to Diekirch that included climbs over Um Knupp, Montée de Knaphoscheid, and again over Um Knupp before entering two finishing circuits with two climbs over Montée de Haemerich and Montée de Seitert, each before dropping to the finish in the city of Diekirch.
After winning the previous day's stage 2, Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) started in the overall race lead by just four seconds ahead of both Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech).
Multiple attacks in the first few kilometres of the race that caused splits among the peloton but it wasn't until 35km in that a large breakaway cleared the field that included Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Noah Ramsay (Alpecin-Premier Tech Development), Antoine L'Hote (Decathlon CMA CGM), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), Gil Gelders and Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep), Pietro Mattio (Visma-Lease a Bike), Pierre Thierry (TotalEnergies) and Leo Hayter (Modern Adventure Pro).
The breakaway continued to gain time en route toward the second ascent, Montée de Knaphoscheid, and still had 1:45 on the peloton as they reached the third climb, Um Knupp.
A chase group joined the first group to form a larger 19-rider breakaway that also included Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon CMA CGM), Sam Oomen (Lidl-Trek), Lukas Nerurkar (EF Education-EasyPost), Gauthier Servranckx (Soudal Quick-Step Devo), Tijmen Graat and Timo Kielich (Visma), Thomas Gachignard and Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies), and Eike Behrens(Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur).
And four more riders were chasing them at roughly one minute back, including Samuel Flórez (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling), Joshua Gudnitz and Sebastian Nielsen (Team ColoQuick), and Luc Wirtgen (Tudor Pro Cycling).
As the front group hit the circuit, however, it split apart over the Montée de Haemerich. Arrieta surged, bringing Reinderink with him, and the pair raced into the final lap with a small lead, while Gachignard bridged across on the Montée de Seitert, and Piganzoli surged across as well.
On the last climb over the Montée de Haemerich, Reinderink had enough left to attack again and, this time, open a small gap on a chasing Gachignard. However, he looked over his shoulder and saw Piganzoli and Vercher were in hot pursuit, with Arrieta, Oomen and Behrens just 10 seconds behind with just 3km to go.
Over the top, Reinderink crested seven seconds ahead of now-three chasers - Piganzoli, Gachignard and Vercher - and plummeted to the Diekirch finish line to take the victory.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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