It is the Danish Patrick Frydkjaer, riding for Lidl-Trek Future Racing, who puts his signature on the first stage of the 50th edition of the Circuit des Ardennes International, a French 2.2 category race. At the finish line of the Sedan - Nouvion-sur-Meuse, after 133.3 km, Frydkjaer preceded Brady Gilmore (Israel-Premier Tech Academy) and Antoine Raugel (VC Villefranche Beaujolais).

In the top ten, there is also space for two Italian riders: the 19-year-old Ludovico Mellano from Xds Astana Devo and the more experienced Thomas Pesenti from Soudal Quick Step Devo: for them, sixth and seventh place respectively

FINISH ORDER

1. FRYDKJÆR Boje Patrick LIDL-TREK FUTURE RACING 3:01:51
2. GILMORE Brady ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ACADEMY
3. RAUGEL Antoine VÉLO CLUB VILLEFRANCHE BEAUJOLAIS
4. EEMAN Kamiel LOTTO DEVELOPMENT TEAM
5. HANNES Victor WANTY - NIPPO - RE UZ
6. MELLANO Ludovico XDS ASTANA DEVELOPMENT TEAM
7. PESENTI Thomas SOUDAL QUICK-STEP DEVO TEAM
8. NEUMAN Dominik ATT INVESTMENTS
9. SOENENS Viktor SOUDAL QUICK-STEP DEVO TEAM
10. SILLIAU Nicolas BOURG EN BRESSE AIN CYCLISME