April 18, 2017 (Belgium) – Canada’s William Elliott (Team RaceClean) finished a stellar 5th overall while capturing the White Jersey as the top U23 rider at the 5-Stage Decathlon – Arden Challenge in Belgium from April 13-17. His teammate Evan Burtnik finished 3rd overall in the Climber’s Jersey classification and 22nd on the final GC.

“Team Race Clean has started me in this race for the past three years and the experience gained from these previous outings is showing in my 5th on the final GC and first in the youth category,” Elliott told Pedal. “Glad to have the team behind me for my last year as a U23 rider. Hopefully more good rides to come.”

Results

Stage 1 – April 13 – Rouvroy – 120km
1. Boris Dron (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
2. Arno Kleinjan (Ned) Rabobank-Pliegersport
3. Lennert Teugels (Bel) United Cycling Team
4. Thijs De Lange (Ned) ZRTC Theo Middelkamp Zuid West
5. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit

18. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
30. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
37. Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean
55. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean
84. Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa (Can) Team RaceClean

Stage 2 – April 14 – Wellin – 123km
1. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit
2. Boris Dron (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
3. Arno Kleinjan (Ned) Rabobank-Pliegersport
4. Niels Vandyck (Bel) Team Thielemans – De Hauwere
5. Hans Dilling (Ned) DRC de MOL

9. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
24. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
33. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean
73. Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean
NP Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa (Can) Team RaceClean

Stage 3 – April 15 – Halanzy – 126km
1. Boris Dron (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
2. Niels Vandyck (Bel) Team Thielemans – De Hauwere
3. Masaki Yamamoto (Jap) Team Eurasia – IRC TIRE
4. Lennert Teugels (Bel) United Cycling Team
5. Arno Kleinjan (Ned) Rabobank-Pliegersport

15. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
17. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
22. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean
78. Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa (Can) Team RaceClean
80. Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean

Stage 4 – April 16 – Libramont-Chevigny – 126km
1. Sjors Dekker (Ned) West-Frisia
2. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit
3. Niels Vandyck (Bel) Team Thielemans – De Hauwere
4. Kevin Inkelaar (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5. Quentin Venner (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev

8. Edward Walsh (Can) Team RaceClean
17. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
45. Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa (Can) Team RaceClean
49. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
NP Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean

Stage 5 – April 17 – Erezee – 114.6 km
1. Niels Vandyck (Bel) Team Thielemans – De Hauwere
2. Cedric Raymackers (Bel) Differdange-Losch
3. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit
4. Boris Dron (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
5. Lennert Teugels (Bel) United Cycling Team

6. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
19. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
43. Willem Boersma (Can) Team RaceClean

Final GC
1. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit
2. Arno Kleinjan (Ned) Rabobank-Pliegersport
3. Lennert Teugels (Bel) United Cycling Team
4. Boris Dron (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
5. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean

21. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean

Climber GC
1. Rémi Cara (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
2. Piotr Havik (Ned) Westland Wil Vooruit
3. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean
4. Marc Kivits (Ned) TWC het snelle wiel
5. Jelle Johannink (Ned) Sensa-Kanjers voor Kanjers CT

9. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean

U23 GC
1. William Elliott (Can) Team RaceClean
2. Jurriaan Vos (Ned) W.V. Eemland
3. Quentin Venner (Bel) Ver Willems-Crabbe Toitures-CC Chev
4. Eit Visser (Ned) West-Frisia
5. Antonie Van Noppen (Ned) Rabobank-Pliegersport

8. Evan Burtnik (Can) Team RaceClean