CYCLING – TEAM Bahrain Victorious rider Phil Bauhaus came close to securing a podium place yesterday in the 2026 edition of the Ronde van Limburg elite men’s road race in Belgium.
The one-day event, held as part of this season’s Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Europe Tour, featured a 178.4-kilometre course, starting from the city of Hasselt and finishing in the region of Tongeren.
Bauhaus finished fifth overall and was part of a large bunch sprint to the finish, which was spearheaded by winner Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step.
Fernando Gaviria of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA was the runner-up, while Floris van Tricht of NSN Development Team came third. Gerben Thijssen of Alpecin-Premier Tech finished just ahead of Bauhaus, with the German clocking a similar time on the race classification as Merlier and 22 others.
Amongst Bahrain Victorious’s other competitors, Italian Leonardo Consolidani came 37th, Finn Kasper Borremans was 45th, Irishman Seth Dunwoody came 51st, Italian Alessandro Borgo finished 75th, his compatriot Alberto Bruttomesso was 84th, and Russian Mikita Babovich came 96th.
Consolidani, Borremans, Dunwoody, and Babovich were all making a step up to the UCI World Tour squad for a senior men’s elite event from their regular international participations as part of Bahrain Victorious Development Team.
Bahrain Victorious are next scheduled to compete in the De Brabantse Pijl-La Fleche Brabanconne, to be held tomorrow, also in Belgium.
The kingdom’s representatives will be racing in the 163km event with a squad that includes Borremans, Hungarians Attila Valter and Balint Feldhoffer, Spaniard Pau Miquel, Croatian Fran Miholjevic, and Italians Edoardo Zambanini and Alessandro Borgo, according to the ride’s preliminary start list.
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