Italian produces brutally long sprint in Bilzen as Merlier and Groenewegen crash at the finish line getting the better of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on the uphill run to the line in Bilzen Axel Zingle (Cofidis) rounded out the podium in third place on a stage marred by a late crash involving sprinter Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease A Bike) and a fall on the finish line for Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) Milan’s 10th win of the season saw him find the perfect position inside the final kilometre riding on the wheel of Philipsen’s lead-out man Mathieu van der Poel who holds the first leader’s jersey of the race launched the sprint first with Philipsen next in line Philipsen had the speed to hit the wind and move alongside Milan but wasn’t able to go clear in the final run to the line so Milan held on to win Further back it was Frenchman Zingle who picked up his 18th podium placing of the season while further back Groenewegen and Merlier hit the deck hard as they crossed the finish line after a coming together Milan now leads the race by four seconds from Philipsen while Axel Heuns (TDT-Unibet) lies in third The hilly 164km stage 1 at the Renewi Tour took the peloton to the province of Limburg in northeast Belgium Ascents of the Côte de Hallembaye (three times) and the Slingerberg (twice) featured as the riders took on two laps of the finishing 60km circuit which concluded with an uphill run to the finish line A five-man group consisting of riders from ProTeams made up the break of the day Jordy Bouts and Axel Huens (TDT-Unibet) joined out in the move by Lars Craps (Flanders-Baloise) Huens grabbed bonus seconds and the intermediate sprints jersey after proving himself the quickest at the intermediate sprints and the green kilometre sprints the situation was controlled by the likes of Alpecin-Deceuninck Soudal-QuickStep and Lidl-Trek in anticipation of a bunch sprint finish The WorldTour teams kept the break close by holding the gap at two minutes all day before eventually bringing the quintet back 16km from the finish to set things up for the sprint Visma’s sprinter Kooij wouldn’t be there with the Dutchman getting caught in a major crash 15km from the finish Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan) and Nils Eekhoff (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) were also caught in the fall while Alpecin-Deceuninck had to work hard to bring Philipsen back to the front of the race after he was held up The final run back to Bilzen saw numerous teams vie for control of the peloton as Ineos Grenadiers and Bahrain Victorious all leading the way at various points It was Jayco-AlUla who led the way into the final kilometre though world champion Van der Poel lurked close behind The Dutchman duly took it up at the front with 500 metres to go dragging Milan and Philipsen along with him It was another perfect lead-out from Van der Poel getting the jump on Philipsen and holding him off to take the win Results powered by FirstCycling Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia Passengers on the train to Bilzen are getting used to it the automatic announcement has been informing passengers they are arriving at the Austrian ski resort of ‘Fieberbrunn’ who takes the train from Alken to Diepenbeek every day was able to make a video illustrating the phenomenon the electronic voice can be heard announcing that the next stops are ‘Diepenbeek ‘It's been happening for several weeks now,’ says Chiara It sounds like the voice is saying ‘Fieberbroem’ It always triggers a lot of chuckling in our carriage Fieberbrunn doesn't sound at all like Bilzen.’ So how come the automatically generated announcement is confusing Bilzen with Fieberbrunn That’s a municipality in the Austrian region of Tyrol that is a popular ski resort There is no clear connection with Limburg’s Bilzen ‘Every station at home and abroad has a telegraphic code,’ explains Belgian Rail spokesman Bart Crols because the code of a foreign station was entered instead of the one for Bilzen station It is not the first time this has happened' Passengers for Bilzen will have to get off at the ‘Fieberbrunn’ stop for a while ‘The database with the telegraphic codes has been updated but the data also needs to be updated in each train individually For practical reasons we do that every time a train comes in for maintenance So it may take some time before all trains are adapted.’ Club Brugge brushed Belisia Bilzen 6-1 aside in the Croky Cup 1/16th finals Blauw-Zwart were 3-1 up at the break after a Jutglà brace and Romero goal and racked up three more in the second half through Nilsson Nicky Hayen changed his line-up in eight positions compared to Sunday's 2-1 win over Anderlecht Nordin Jackers was given the nod for the first time this season with Sabbe Romero and Siquet lined-up as a back four in front of him Onyedika patrolled the midfield with Vanaken and Nielsen while Skóraś and Skov Olsen started out wide with Jutglà as centre-forward Belisia Bilzen ousted second divisionist Lommel from the cup in the previous round and were hoping to stun Club with a first chance after just thirty seconds but Jackers did well to collecte the dangerous looking cross Nonetheless it ook Blauw-Zwart fifteen minutes to break the deadlock by Jutglà which was quickly followed by a seond for the Catalan then he rolled it in underneath the goalkeeper Club were in the drivers' seat and saw a good goal by Nielsen chalked off because Sabbe's cross had just crossed the backline Halfway the first half it was 3-0 after all when Zaid Romero pounced home from close range Nielsen and Vanaken missed to make it four before Sam Valcke pulled one back for Belisia when he chested down a good long ball and then smashed it in the far top corner out of reach of Jackers A header from Spileers and an effort from Jutglà didn't result in a goal so the 3-1 score remained on the bord at half-time The second half started with a blocked shot by Sabbe an effort by Nielsen over goal and a goal by Skov Olsen that was disallowed for offside while Jackers had to parry away a header from Vandecaetsbeek Davino Verhulst also had to show his prowess on a Skov Olsen shot Hayen made a triple change: besides Jashari and Nilsson Bjorn Meijer was also allowed to celebrate his return after months of absence And those substitutions immediately paid off A cross from Siquet to Nilsson was first cleared but immediately afterwards it was a winner Skóraś released Meijer down the left and his cross was turned in by Nilsson when Meijer headed Jashari's looping through ball over Verhulst a free-kick by Siquet rattled the crossbar and Meijer failed to cash in on a fine pass from Jashari Michał Skóraś had the final say when Meijer found the Poland international in front of goal and he put the ball against the back of the net: 6-1 A great night for Club that cruises past Belisia to the 1/8th finals of the Croky Cup Croky Cup – 1/16th finalsAttendance: 14.000 – Jan BreydelstadionReferee: Hannes De CouvreurClub Brugge: Nordin Jackers – Kyriani Sabbe (60’ Bjorn Meijer) Hans Vanaken (73’ Romeo Vermant) – Andreas Skov Olsen (73’ Chemsdine Talbi) Coach: Nicky Hayen.Belisia Bilzen SV: Davino Verhulst – Siebren Lathouwers (86’ Jasper Coolen) Matthiece Nelissen - Sam Valcke (73’ Frederik Spruyt) Tiemen Wijnen - Bernd Stassen (73’ Denis Bunchukov) Coolen.Red cards: noneGoals: 15’ Jutglà (1-0) Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date about your favourite Club Become a member off the country's biggest supporter family Don't miss any important updates about your favourite Club SPORTALSUB.NET Receive the news directly on your WhatsApp - Join our group (Sportalsub.net / Orca Onderwaterhockey) – Leer en Español +info: https://www.owh.be/hohohockey-thanks-for-coming/ Sign In Register A motorist was seriously injured after the car she was driving was hit by a train at Schoonbeek Her condition is described as not being life-threatening Footage of the incident has been shared on social media The Railway Police are investigating the incident A train that was on its way from Maastricht to Hasselt collided with the car at the level crossing on the Molenstraat in Schoonbeek a village that is part of the municipality of Bilzen Speaking on Thursday evening the Chief Commissioner of the Bilzen-Hoeselt-Riemst Local Police Service Dirk Claes told VRT News that "The level crossing on the Molenstraat is currently closed due to roadworks The Railway Police are still investigating how the woman managed to end up on the railway track." Thomas Baeken of the rail infrastructure company Infrabel says that 40 passengers were on board the train It took more than an hour before for the last of the passengers had been evacuated from the train They were then taken by bus to the nearest railway station A workman working for the energy infrastructure company Fluvius near to the railway track filmed the incident His role is in what happened is currently also under investigation Thomas Baeken told VRT News that "In this kind of situation it is important that the driver gets out of the car as quickly as possible and gets themself to safety" The workman's behavior could possibly have made the driver of the car feel even more nervous causing her to misjudge what she should do The accident caused the suspension of rail traffic between Tongeren and Bilzen (both Limburg Province) for around 18 hours belgium all images courtesy bassam el okeily photographer: tim van de velde ‘narrow house’ by brussels-based architect bassam el-okeily is a three-storey building in bilzen, a small city near the eastern border of belgium. the project, which is a collaborative design with architect karla menten features a dynamic and expressive street facade: a glass-encased layer of space that could be defined as an thin atrium with two jutting look-out balconies that are skewed in angles and directions the face of the ‘narrow house’ acts as a public light sculpture by night sitting on a lot that is just 5.3 meters wide the dwelling which was built for a couple accommodates a garage and entrance on the ground floor the second and third level above are completely enclosed in glazing exposing a white facade with a set of balconies the lower balcony connects to the the client’s library and reading nook offering him natural light as well as a sheltered view of the street which seems to be turned slightly to face the other,  juts off the third-level studio where the woman of the house works as an artist (left) building face illuminated in blue light (upper right) building face illuminated in yellow light (lower right) view from the interior because one of the two exposed facades of the house is made mostly solid by the balcony set-up the rest of the interior draws on clever slicing away of ceiling mass and walls to sufficiently light up the space the main living space on the ground level is set back further into the lot and features a carved out atrium that allows natural light to wash down the walls from above small geometric windows and clerestories allow rooms that are not directly linked to the facade to still be bright and well-lit (left) ceiling form of dining and lounge (right) look-out facing the street side studio on the third level upper floor balcony to the left (left) looking down from the balcony (right) studio floor plan / level 0 (1) garage (2) kitchen (3) lounge and dining (4) patio and backyard (5) wc (6) cloakroom floor plan / level 1 (7) hallway (8) library (9) bathroom (10) bedroom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style