A press release from the race direction already announced the colour early this morning. Additional security measures have been put in place following the incidents that occurred in the first stage, the real start has even been modified to be moved to Born at kilometre 5.4.

On top of that, cases of illness prevented some riders from taking part in the start, although they all tested negative at COVID-19.

Quoiqu'il en soit, ce matin notre maillot jaune Diego Ulissi démarrait confiant avec son coéquipier et dauphin au classement général Jasper Philipsen pendant que le premier coureur luxembourgeois, toujours Ivan Centrone, se contentait de la 29e place.

Anyway, this morning, our yellow jersey Diego Ulissi started confidently with his team-mate and overall runner-up Jasper Philipsen, whereas the first Luxemburgish rider, still Ivan Centrone, was content with 29th place.