The 2023 Tour de Wallonie (known as the
Ethias–Tour de Wallonie for sponsorship reasons) was a five-stage men's professional
road cycling race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
mainly held in the Belgian region of
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
. It was a
2.Pro race as part of the
2023 UCI ProSeries
The 2023 UCI ProSeries was the fourth season of the UCI ProSeries, the second tier road bicycle racing, road cycling tour, below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
The calendar consisted of 57 events, of ...
calendar. It was the 50th edition of the
Tour de Wallonie
The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
.
Teams
Nine
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s, five
UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
* Uganda Cancer In ...
s, and three
UCI Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
teams made up the seventeen teams that participated in the race.
UCI WorldTeams
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UCI ProTeams
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;22 July 2023 —
Huy
Huy ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the '' sillon industriel'', the former industrial backbone of Wall ...
to
Hamoir
Hamoir (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, Hamoir had a total population of 3,592. The total area is 27.80 km2 which gives a population ...
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Stage 2
;23 July 2023 —
Saint-Ghislain
Saint-Ghislain (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 23,335 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of .
The municipality consists ...
to
Walcourt
Walcourt (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,516 inhabitants. The total area is 123.18 ...
,
Stage 3
;24 July 2023 —
Thuin
Thuin ( or ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Biercée, Biesme-sous-Thuin, Donstiennes, Gozée, Leers-et-Fosteau, Ragnies, Thuilli ...
to
Mont-Saint-Guibert
Mont-Saint-Guibert (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2012, Mont-Saint-Guibert had a total population of 7000. The total area is which gives a population density of .
In addition ...
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Stage 4
;25 July 2023 —
Mons
Mons commonly refers to:
* Mons, Belgium, a city in Belgium
* Mons pubis (mons Venus or mons veneris), in mammalian anatomy, the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone
* Mons (planetary nomenclature), a sizable extraterrestrial mountain
* Batt ...
to Mons, , (
ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional typ ...
)
Stage 5
;26 July 2023 —
Banneux
Banneux () is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Sprimont, district of Louveigné, located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium.
It is known because of the reported Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Banneux, also known a ...
to
Aubel
Aubel (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,082 inhabitants. The total area is 18.83 km2, giving a population density of 217 inhabitants per km2.
The Val-D ...
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Classification leadership table
Classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Sprints classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
External links
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2023
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2023 UCI ProSeries
2023 in Belgian sport
July 2023 sports events in Belgium