Jasper Philipsen has retaken the Renewi Tour overall lead after narrowly outsprinting Olav Kooij in a chaotic mass finish to win the fourth stage between Riemst and Bilzen-Hoeselt on Saturday, edging his Dutch rival by a tyre's width just as he had in the opening stage.
The Alpecin-Premier Tech rider recovered the leader's jersey from compatriot Jenno Berckmoes, who had seized it the previous day, and now holds a four-second advantage over Berckmoes with Kooij a further six seconds back heading into Sunday's 183.7-kilometre finale looping through Flemish Brabant from Leuven. Alessandro Borgo finished third and Dylan Groenewegen fourth, while Lidl-Trek were forced to race without leader Jonathan Milan after a heavy crash earlier in the stage. A six-man breakaway, featuring Toms Skujins, was reduced to Kamil Malecki and Aivaras Mikutis before being swept up 20 kilometres from the line despite a late attack by Søren Kragh Andersen.