Dutchman Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) dominated a bunch sprint to win the fifth stage of the Benelux Tour held over 194km between Verviers and Hasselt in Belgium on Monday.

Belgium's Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) retained the lead in the general classification ahead of Tuesday's penultimate stage held over 196km from St Truiden to Hoogstraten.

Van Heeswijk thus claims his second stage of the race following his victory in the first stage last Thursday.

The Dutch rider finished ahead of Italian Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo), fellow Dutchman Stefan Van Dijck (MrBookmaker) and Belgian Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto), who finished fourth.

The race, an amalgamation of the former Tour of Belgium and Tour of the Netherlands, ends on Wednesday with a 26.3km individual time trial at Etten-Leur.