2018 Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France

48th edition: January 31 - February 4, 2018

Etoile de Bessèges podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 4: 5th & Final Stage, Alès 10.74 km individual time time trial

Stage 5 photos | Stage 5 map & profile

Tony Gallopin riding to both a stage win and the final GC lead.

The race: Here's what winner Tony Gallopin's Ag2r team had to say after the stage.

A great satisfaction for Tony who wanted to hang this race on his record :
“It was a great battle all week. The time trial was to my advantage and I am relieved to do the double and win the overall classification! After a great week for the team, it was important that I follow-through today. Everyday my teammates have sacrificed themselves so that I could stay in touch with the leaders. There have been a lot of changes for me this winter, but I integrated perfectly with the Ag2r-LaMondiale group. I also quickly made my mark on the Factor Slick, an efficient bike against the clock. The last three years I had continually come across riders who were stronger than me at this race. I’m happy that this series second place finishes at Bessèges stops here. I wanted to hang this race on my record. After La Marseillaise, the team proved that it is on the right track.
My number one goal remains Paris-Nice for the early part of the season, so it’s reassuring to start the season this way.”

For his sports director, Stéphane Goubert, this victory is also a collective win:

“It’s the victory of a strong team. It was the challenge with a lot of pressure for the whole team because the favorite was in our ranks. It was necessary to be able to be tactical and physical, and to keep the whole team calm. Everyone did their job with talent and selflessness. We had two sprinters, Rudy Barbier and Samuel Dumoulin, who happily put themselves at the service of the team with a smile and without any hesitation. Benoit Cosnefroy was also very strong, and we discover him a little more at each race. Hubert Dupont has been a more than exemplary captain, Alexis Gougeard is in great shape, while Quentin Jauregui is becoming stronger physically.

"Tony put on a nice demonstration. Beyond his talent as a racer, he has an incredible charisma that unites the group. We had a great week, just like we had last Sunday at the GP la Marseillaise with Alexandre Geniez, Romain Bardet and Tony Gallopin. Tony had climbed three times onto the final podium at Bessèges. He arrives in the Ag2r-LaMondiale team and now climbs to the top step. That’s great.”

Complete Results:

10.74 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.973 km/hr

1	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	15min 21sec
2	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	@ 20sec
3	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	+ 00' 22''
4	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	+ 00' 25''
5	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	+ 00' 29''
6	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
7	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 34''
8	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	+ 00' 39''
9	Le Bon, Johan	Vital Concept	+ 00' 44''
10	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 00' 45''
11	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	+ 00' 46''
12	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
14	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	+ 00' 47''
15	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	+ 00' 52''
16	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
17	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	+ 00' 53''
18	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	+ 00' 55''
19	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 56''
20	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
21	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	+ 00' 57''
22	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 03''
23	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 04''
24	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 06''
25	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	+ 01' 07''
26	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 01' 08''
28	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 09''
30	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 10''
31	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 12''
32	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	+ 01' 13''
33	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 01' 14''
34	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 01' 15''
35	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
36	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 01' 19''
37	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	s.t.
38	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 22''
39	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 01' 23''
40	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 24''
41	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 01' 25''
42	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 27''
43	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 28''
46	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	+ 01' 29''
47	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 30''
48	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 32''
49	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
50	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 33''
51	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 34''
52	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 36''
54	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 37''
55	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	+ 01' 39''
56	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 01' 40''
57	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
58	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 42''
59	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 44''
60	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 01' 45''
61	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
62	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 01' 46''
63	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
64	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 48''
65	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 01' 49''
66	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 51''
67	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	s.t.
68	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 52''
69	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 01' 55''
70	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 56''
71	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
72	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
73	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 01' 58''
74	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 02' 00''
76	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
77	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 02' 02''
78	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
79	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 02' 04''
80	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	+ 02' 05''
81	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02' 07''
82	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 02' 08''
83	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 02' 10''
84	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
85	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 02' 11''
86	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 02' 12''
87	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
88	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 02' 13''
89	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	+ 02' 16''
90	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	+ 02' 17''
91	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 02' 19''
92	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
93	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
94	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 02' 24''
95	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 02' 33''
96	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
97	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02' 35''
98	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	+ 02' 36''
99	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 37''
101	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	+ 02' 42''
102	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 02' 47''
103	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
104	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 02' 50''
105	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 02' 50''
106	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	+ 02' 51''
107	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 58''
108	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	+ 02' 59''
109	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 03' 09''
110	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	+ 03' 14''
111	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	+ 03' 23''
112	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 03' 27''

Final GC after stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Tony Gallopin (Ag2r)
• Points classification winner: Marc Sarreau (FDJ)
• Mountains classification winner: Remy di Gregorio (Delko-Marseille Provence)
• Best young rider: Benjamin Thomas (FDJ)
• Team classification winner: Direct Energie

621.54 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.284 km/hr

1	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	15hr 3min 19sec
2	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	@ 15sec
3	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 00' 20''
4	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	+ 00' 22''
5	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	+ 00' 26''
6	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	+ 00' 29''
7	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 34''
8	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 00' 35''
9	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	s.t.
10	Le Bon, Johan	Vital Concept	+ 00' 44''
11	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	+ 00' 46''
12	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
13	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	+ 00' 47''
14	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
15	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 52''
16	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
17	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	+ 00' 56''
18	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
20	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 10''
21	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	+ 01' 11''
22	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 01' 14''
23	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 16''
24	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 18''
25	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 22''
26	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 01' 23''
27	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 24''
28	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 01' 25''
29	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 30''
30	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 01' 31''
31	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 32''
33	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 33''
34	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01' 35''
35	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 38''
36	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 01' 41''
37	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 45''
38	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 46''
40	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	+ 01' 51''
41	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 01' 53''
42	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 01' 56''
43	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 02' 02''
44	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	+ 02' 05''
45	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 02' 08''
46	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	+ 02' 08''
47	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 02' 11''
48	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 02' 19''
49	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 02' 22''
50	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 02' 30''
51	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 02' 31''
53	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	+ 02' 36''
54	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 02' 44''
55	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 02' 47''
56	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	+ 02' 56''
57	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 03' 13''
58	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 03' 15''
59	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 03' 16''
60	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 03' 20''
61	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 03' 56''
62	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	+ 04' 07''
63	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	+ 04' 37''
64	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 04' 49''
65	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 05' 46''
66	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 05' 55''
67	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 06' 44''
68	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 07' 24''
69	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 07' 36''
70	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 08' 05''
71	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 08' 15''
72	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 08' 29''
73	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 08' 41''
74	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 08' 45''
75	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	+ 08' 47''
76	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 09' 06''
77	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 09' 12''
78	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 09' 20''
79	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	+ 09' 36''
80	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 09' 43''
81	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 10' 02''
82	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 10' 08''
83	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 10' 29''
84	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	+ 10' 38''
85	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 11' 12''
86	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 11' 20''
87	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 11' 55''
88	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	+ 12' 03''
89	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 12' 05''
90	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 12' 55''
91	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 13' 06''
92	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 14' 05''
93	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	+ 14' 15''
94	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 15' 03''
95	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	+ 15' 53''
96	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 15' 58''
97	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	+ 16' 04''
98	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 16' 21''
99	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	+ 16' 33''
100	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 17' 16''
101	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	+ 17' 22''
102	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	+ 17' 24''
103	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	+ 17' 32''
104	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	+ 19' 44''
105	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	+ 19' 56''
106	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	+ 20' 09''
107	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 21' 09''
108	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 21' 37''
109	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 21' 55''
110	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 23' 35''
111	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	+ 32' 15''
112	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 32' 33''

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Florian Vachon

Hubert Dupont

Edward Planckaert

Anthony Delaplace was 30th in the time trial

Anthony Turgis ended up 11th in the final GC

Christophe Laporte riding to second place in the final GC.

Stage and final GC winner Tony Gallopin

The final GC podium, from left: Christophe Laporte (2nd), winner Tony Gallopin & Yoann Paillot (3rd).

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 3: Stage 4, Chusclan - Laudun L'Ardoise, 152.9 km

Stage 4 photos | Stage 4 map & profile

Sean De Bie wins stage four

The race: Here's the report from second-place Timothy Dupont's Wanty-Groupe Gobert team.

Wanty-Groupe Gobert was close to the victory in the fourth stage of Étoile de Bessèges (2.1, 31/01-04/02). Tom Devriendt was the first WGG-rider in the front of the race. Together with 3 other riders he set up a long breakaway. Insatisfied of the pace of his companions, our 26-year-old rider went solo with 20km to go. He fought bravely against the chasing pack, but with four kilometers to go he was caught by the peloton. The bunch sprint was inevitable on the final slope in Laudan l'Ardoise.

An acceleration with 500 metres to go caused a break-up in the peloton. Timothy Dupont passed a rider of Cofidis in front and was going for a stage victory. Unfortunatey he was caught by Sean De Bie in the final 30 meters. Dupont had to be satisfied with second spot. On Sunday the fifth and final stage takes place, a time trial in Ales with finish on Hermitage.

Timothy Dupont: "This is a tough nut to crack. I started my sprint with 300 meters to go and felt that I gapped the others. Unfortunately Sean De Bie was ideally placed in my wheel. He could only pass me in the final meters. If he wasn't on my wheel, I win today. But hey, that is cycling. It was an uphill sprint, but that suits me. I can handle such an explosive effort."

"Teammate Tom Devriendt was extremely strong today. In the beginning of the stage I was already part of a big breakaway. Then he attacked a few more times and he was caught solo at four kilometers from the line."

"Tomorrow is a battle against the clock, unfortunately my time-trial skills are not that good, but I will give everything I have. After Bessèges, my competition program consists of the Vuelta Murcia, Clasica Almeria and Volta Algarve."

Complete Results:

152.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.096 km/hr

Stage 4 photos | 120 starters, 113 classified finishers

1	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	3hr 43min 14sec
2	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
3	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
5	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
8	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	s.t.
9	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
12	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
13	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
16	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
17	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
18	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
26	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
27	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
28	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
30	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
32	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
34	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
37	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
38	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	@ 12sec
39	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
40	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
41	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
42	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
43	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 18''
44	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
45	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	+ 00' 22''
46	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
47	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
48	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
49	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	+ 00' 24''
50	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 00' 26''
51	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
52	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
53	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
56	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
58	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	s.t.
59	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
62	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
64	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
66	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 00' 38''
67	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	+ 00' 40''
68	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 00' 50''
69	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
71	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 01' 00''
72	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 01' 03''
73	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	+ 00' 00''
74	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 07''
75	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 09''
76	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	+ 01' 35''
77	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 36''
78	Moinard, Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 39''
79	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
80	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
81	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 01' 42''
82	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 45''
83	Lecroq, Jérémy	Vital Concept	+ 01' 50''
84	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	s.t.
85	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 01''
86	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	+ 02' 04''
87	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 06''
88	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 02' 08''
89	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 00' 00''
90	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02' 17''
91	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	s.t.
93	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	+ 02' 20''
94	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	+ 02' 39''
95	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 00' 00''
97	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 39''
98	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	+ 00' 00''
99	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	+ 02' 47''
100	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	+ 02' 49''
101	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
102	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	+ 02' 51''
103	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 02' 53''
104	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02' 56''
105	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 04' 40''
106	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 04' 58''
107	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 07' 18''
108	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
109	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 07' 21''
111	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 07' 22''
112	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
113	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

610.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.272 km/hr

1	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	14hr 47min 38sec
2	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	@ 8sec
3	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	@ 10sec
4	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
5	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
6	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 16''
8	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 17''
9	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
11	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 20''
12	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
13	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
14	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
15	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
18	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
19	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
21	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
25	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
26	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
31	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
32	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
33	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
35	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 00' 30''
36	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 00' 32''
37	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
38	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 38''
39	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
40	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	+ 00' 39''
41	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 40''
42	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 00' 42''
43	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
44	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
45	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	+ 00' 46''
46	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
47	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
48	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
52	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	s.t.
53	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
55	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 00' 58''
56	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	+ 01' 00''
57	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 22''
58	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 29''
59	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 01' 56''
60	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 01' 59''
61	Moinard, Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 59''
62	Lecroq, Jérémy	Vital Concept	+ 02' 10''
63	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 02' 21''
64	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 03' 17''
65	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	+ 04' 04''
66	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 04' 17''
67	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 04' 43''
68	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 05' 27''
69	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 05' 34''
70	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
71	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 05' 46''
72	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 05' 52''
73	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 06' 24''
74	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 06' 28''
75	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 06' 37''
76	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 07' 05''
77	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 07' 13''
78	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 07' 16''
79	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 07' 38''
80	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	+ 07' 51''
81	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	+ 08' 21''
82	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 08' 23''
83	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 08' 26''
84	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 08' 59''
85	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	+ 09' 07''
86	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 09' 15''
87	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 09' 54''
88	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 10' 24''
89	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	+ 10' 25''
90	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 10' 28''
91	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 11' 10''
92	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 11' 13''
93	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 12' 23''
94	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	+ 12' 59''
95	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	+ 13' 16''
96	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	+ 13' 25''
97	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 13' 25''
98	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 14' 41''
99	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 14' 45''
100	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 14' 49''
101	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 15' 05''
102	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	+ 15' 10''
103	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	+ 15' 46''
104	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	+ 16' 17''
105	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	+ 16' 53''
106	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	+ 17' 28''
107	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	+ 17' 38''
108	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 20' 17''
109	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	+ 20' 21''
110	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 21' 12''
111	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 22' 07''
112	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 29' 44''
113	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	+ 31' 22''

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Looks like a nice day for a bike race, though everyone has arm warmers and lots of riders are wearing leg warmers

Julien Antomarchi leads a break.

Remy Di Gregorio looks for a little solitude off the front.

Team FDJ works to protect Marc Sarreau's GC lead

The peloton is in Laudon

Sean De Bie and Timothy Dupont race for the line.

Sean De Bie beats an unhappy-looking Timothy Dupont

Stage winner Sean De Bie

Marc Sarreau retained his GC lead.

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, February 2: Stage 3, Bessèges - Bessèges, 152 km

Stage 3 photos | Stage 3 map & profile

Marc Sarreau wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

The race: Here's a short report from Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert.

Frederik Backaert and Yoann Offredo showed an offensive spirit in the queen stage of Étoile de Bessèges (2.1, 31/01-04/02).

After some tries of Offredo Backaert accelerated from the reduced front group with 30km to go. He formed a breakaway with Van Gestel and Combaud. Behind our sprinter Timothy Dupont was able to return in the main chasing group. The three leaders with Backy established a nice lead in nice weather conditions, but with only 700 meters to go they were caught by the reduced peloton.

The win was decided in a sprint won by FDJ's Marc Sarreau and where Timothy Dupont finished 5th. He is now 7th in the general classification. Tomorrow the riders head to Laudun L'ardoise in a stage over 153km.

Marc Sarreau is the new General Classification leader.

Complete Results:

1	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	3hr 56min 29sec
2	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
3	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
5	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
6	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
7	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
10	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
11	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
12	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
13	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
14	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
15	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
17	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
18	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
22	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
25	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
26	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
27	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
28	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
33	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
34	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
35	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
37	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
38	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
42	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
45	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
46	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
47	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
51	Moinard, Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
52	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
53	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
54	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
55	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
57	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
59	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	s.t.
60	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
61	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Levarlet, Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
65	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
67	Lecroq, Jérémy	Vital Concept	s.t.
68	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
69	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
70	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
71	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
72	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
73	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
74	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
75	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	@ 12sec
76	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	@ 0sec
77	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 05' 14''
78	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
79	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
81	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
82	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
83	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
84	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
85	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
88	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
89	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
90	Vaugrenard, Benoît	FDJ	s.t.
91	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
93	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
94	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
95	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	s.t.
96	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
97	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
98	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	+ 12' 39''
99	Jans, Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
100	Benito, Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
103	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
104	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
105	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
106	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	s.t.
108	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
109	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
110	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	s.t.
111	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	+ 14' 29''
112	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
114	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
116	Freuler, Jan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
117	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
118	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
119	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
120	Farazijn, Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
121	Nika, Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1	Sarreau, Marc	FDJ	11hr 4min 24sec
2	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	@ 8sec
3	Laporte, Christophe	Cofidis	+ 00' 10''
4	Coquard, Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
5	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 14''
6	Dumoulin, Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00' 16''
7	Dupont, Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
8	Combaud, Romain	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
9	Menten, Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 17''
10	Van Gestel, Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
11	Hivert, Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
12	Backaert, Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 00' 18''
13	Dieleman, Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
14	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 00' 20''
15	Jones, Brenton	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
16	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
17	De Bie, Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
18	Calmejane, Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Chavanel, Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
20	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
21	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Warlop, Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Coenen, Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
24	Pichon, Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
25	El Fares, Julien	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
26	Šiškevičius, Evaldas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
27	Offredo, Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
28	Dernies, Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
29	Ista, Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
30	Ferrari, Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Wackermann, Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
33	De Witte, Mathias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
34	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Van Genechten, Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
36	Devolder, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
37	Irisarri, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Delaplace, Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
39	De Gendt, Aimé	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Di Grégorio, Rémy	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
41	Le Cunff, Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Turgis, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Mainard, Jérôme	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
44	Kreder, Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
45	Jauregui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Andreetta, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
47	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Paillot, Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
49	Bonnafond, Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Marchand, Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
51	Madouas, Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
52	Moinard, Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
53	De Winter, Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
54	Ruyters, Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
55	Vincent, Léo	FDJ	s.t.
56	Schultz, Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Baldo, Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Levarlet, Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
59	Dupont, Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
60	Finetto, Mauro	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	Thomas, Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
62	Lecroq, Jérémy	Vital Concept	s.t.
63	Vanspeybrouck, Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
64	Armirail, Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
65	Six, Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
66	Roy, Jérémy	FDJ	+ 00' 59''
67	Sterbini, Simone	Bardiani-CSF	+ 01' 37''
68	Vachon, Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02' 26''
69	Devriendt, Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02' 35''
70	Touzé, Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 03' 17''
71	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
72	Janssens, Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	+ 03' 38''
73	Antomarchi, Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 04' 17''
74	Bagües, Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 05' 33''
75	Feillu, Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 05' 34''
76	Barbier, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
77	De Bondt, Dries	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
78	Turgis, Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Fonseca, Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
80	Daniel, Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
81	Steels, Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
82	Aberasturi, Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
83	Oien, Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Gérard, Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
85	Masson, Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 05' 38''
86	Cousin, Jérôme	Direct Energie	+ 06' 16''
87	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 06' 53''
88	Jakin, Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	+ 08' 16''
89	Kirsch, Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 08' 31''
90	Bresciani, Michael	Bardiani-CSF	+ 08' 50''
91	Spengler, Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	+ 09' 04''
92	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	+ 10' 02''
93	Vaugrenard, Benoît	FDJ	+ 10' 47''
94	Mottier, Justin	Vital Concept	+ 10' 59''
95	Gabburo, Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 11' 13''
96	Stüssi, Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 11' 57''
97	Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw	Delko-Marseille Provence	+ 12' 56''
98	Maronese, Marco	Bardiani-CSF	+ 12' 59''
99	Dehaes, Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
100	Bernardinetti, Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
101	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Jans, Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
103	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
104	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
105	Van Breussegem, Elias	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
106	De Backer, Bert	Vital Concept	+ 13' 20''
107	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	+ 13' 38''
108	Idjouadienne, Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 14' 46''
109	Barbier, Rudy	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 14' 49''
110	Farazijn, Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
111	Vermeulen, Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
112	De Bock, Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
113	Van Staeyen, Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Gène, Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
115	Cabot, Jérémy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	+ 16' 32''
116	Bogdanovics, Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 22' 26''
117	Benito, Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 22' 59''
118	Nika, Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 26' 00''
119	Garel, Adrien	Vital Concept	+ 29' 02''
120	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	+ 32' 02''
121	Freuler, Jan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	+ 33' 59''

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Sylvain Chavanel picks up his bike.

And speaking of bikes, they certainly have changed in the last decade.

A cool, beautiful day in the south of France

The Cofidis boys hit the front.

Marco Bernardinetti on the Col De Trelys

Team FDJ

Romain Combaud

Marc Sarreau wins stage three.

and will start stage four in the leader's jersey.

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 1: Stage 2, Nimes - Generac, 151 km

Stage 2 photos | Stage 2 map & profile

It's a photo finish

The race: As the strong men headed for the line, Bryan Coquard thought he had the stage won and eased up just a fraction of a second to early so that he could sit up and celebrate. But, Cofidis rider Christophe Laporte was ahead by the smallest of margins and took the stage and the GC lead.

Here's the report from third-place Timothy Dupont's Wanty-Groupe Gobert team:

On Wednesday Timothy Dupont crashed in the opening stage of Étoile de Bessèges, but on Thursday he was able to gain a podium place in his first bunch sprint of the new season. Six riders got a free pass from the peloton. In the final laps around Générac the gap went down fast. At 3 kilometers from the finish, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck closed the gap with the leaders together with Sean De Bie. However, under la flamme rouge they were seized by the peloton.

Timothy Dupont was positioned well and sprinted to third place in Générac behind Laporte and Coquard. A second podium for Wanty-Groupe Gobert in only three race days, after the second place of Odd Christian Eiking in GP La Marseillaise on Sunday.

Also today team WGG was unfortunately not spared from bad luck. After a crash from Vanspeybrouck, Van Keirsbulck and Dupont on Wednesday, Yoann Offredo crashed in the second stage. Our Parisian ran a bruise and extensive abrasion wound on the hip. Normally he can take the start of the third stage.

Timothy Dupont: "Fortunately the damage from the crash wasn't too bad for me, although I had some problems with my back. It was a fast and nervous stage today. The peloton had to hunt firmly on the six attackers. "

"In the final, Sean de Bie accelerated with teammate Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, which was ideal for us. First I was in the wheel of the riders of Veranclassic. But they were in front too early. Then Vital Concept took over and Wesley Kreder could put me perfectly in Coquard's wheel. "

"Amaury Capiot came between Coquard and me just before the sprint, so I first had to pass him and could almost equal Coquard. I stayed there and winner Laporte passed on the inside."

"This third place shows that I am in good shape. Tomorrow will be a fairly difficult stage. We will see how we survive that day. On Saturday there will certainly be another chance of a bunch sprint, where I want to strike."

Complete results:

151 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.833 km/hr

1	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	3hr 22min 5sec
2	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
3	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
4	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
5	VERMEULEN Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
6	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
7	MANZIN Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
8	FEILLU Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
9	ISTA Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
10	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	BARBIER Rudy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
12	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
14	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	JANS Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
16	ABERASTURI Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
17	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
19	DEHAES Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
20	JONES Brenton	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	BARBIER Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
22	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
23	KASPERKIEWICZ Przemysław	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
24	DE BONDT Dries	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
25	FARAZIJN Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
27	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	PICHON Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
29	EL FARES Julien	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
30	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
32	MADOUAS Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
33	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	TOUZE Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
35	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
36	COENEN Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
37	DEVOLDER Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
38	DANIEL Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
39	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	LE BON Johan	Vital Concept	s.t.
41	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
42	BERNARDINETTI Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
43	DE BIE Sean	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
44	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
45	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
46	OIEN Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
50	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
51	STEELS Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
52	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
53	DE WITTE Mathias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
54	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
55	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
56	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	DI GRÉGORIO Rémy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
58	TURGIS Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
59	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
60	DE GENDT Aime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
62	DERNIES Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
63	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	DE WINTER Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
65	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
66	LE CUNFF Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
67	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
68	ANDREETTA Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
69	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
70	LEVARLET Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
71	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	HIVERT Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
73	MAINARD Jerome	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
74	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
75	IDJOUADIENE Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
76	MOREIRA Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	RUYTERS Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
78	DE BOCK Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
79	MARCHAND Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
80	ARMIRAIL Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
81	DIELEMAN Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
82	VAN STAEYEN Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
83	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
84	STERBINI Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	GERARD Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
86	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
87	BALDO Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
88	GENE Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
89	COMBAUD Romain	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
90	VINCENT Léo	FDJ	s.t.
91	FINETTO Mauro	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
92	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
94	JANSSENS Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
95	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
96	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
97	THOMAS Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
98	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
99	DE BACKER Bert	Vital Concept	@ 21sec
100	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	0:39
101	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
102	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
103	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
104	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	0:42
105	KIRSCH Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	0:47
106	SPENGLER Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	1:20
107	JAKIN Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
108	MASSON Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	1:23
109	SIX Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	0:00
110	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2:15
111	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
112	BOGDANOVICS Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	4:19
113	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	5:13
114	GABBURO Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	5:39
115	MOTTIER Justin	Vital Concept	5:56
116	GAREL Adrien	Vital Concept	s.t.
117	CABOT Jeremy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	8:48
118	BENITO Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:00
119	NIKA Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
120	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
121	STÜSSI Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	11:37
122	FREULER Jan-André	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

308 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.169 km/hr

1	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	7hr 8min 5sec
2	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
3	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
4	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	@ 4sec
5	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:06
6	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07
7	IDJOUADIENE Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
8	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:08
9	DIELEMAN Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
10	COMBAUD Romain	Delko Marseille Provence	0:09
11	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
12	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:10
13	FEILLU Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
14	MANZIN Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
15	DEHAES Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
16	BARBIER Rudy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	BARBIER Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
18	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
20	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	JONES Brenton	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
22	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
24	DE BIE Sean	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
25	KASPERKIEWICZ Przemysław	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
26	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
27	DE BONDT Dries	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
28	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
29	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	EL FARES Julien	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	COENEN Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
32	LE BON Johan	Vital Concept	s.t.
33	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
35	DE GENDT Aime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
36	FARAZIJN Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
38	TURGIS Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
39	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
40	DE WITTE Mathias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
41	PICHON Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
42	DEVOLDER Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
43	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	DERNIES Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
45	VERMEULEN Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
46	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
48	DANIEL Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
49	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
50	DI GRÉGORIO Rémy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
51	ISTA Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
52	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	BERNARDINETTI Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
56	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
57	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
58	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
59	ANDREETTA Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	MARCHAND Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
62	MOREIRA Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	LE CUNFF Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	JANS Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
65	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
67	STEELS Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
68	ABERASTURI Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
69	RUYTERS Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
70	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
71	DE BOCK Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
72	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	VINCENT Léo	FDJ	s.t.
74	MADOUAS Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
75	MAINARD Jerome	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
76	LEVARLET Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
77	DE WINTER Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
78	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
79	HIVERT Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
81	OIEN Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	BALDO Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
83	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
84	VAN STAEYEN Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
85	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	ARMIRAIL Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
87	GENE Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
88	GERARD Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
89	FINETTO Mauro	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
90	THOMAS Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
91	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
92	SIX Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
93	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
94	DE BACKER Bert	Vital Concept	0:31
95	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	0:49
96	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
97	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	0:52
98	STERBINI Simone	Bardiani-CSF	1:27
99	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:29
100	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:16
101	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2:25
102	JAKIN Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	2:52
103	TOUZE Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	3:07
104	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
105	KIRSCH Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
106	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	3:26
107	JANSSENS Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	3:28
108	SPENGLER Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	3:40
109	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	4:07
110	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:38
111	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	5:23
112	MASSON Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	5:28
113	GABBURO Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	5:49
114	BOGDANOVICS Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	7:47
115	BENITO Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:10
116	MOTTIER Justin	Vital Concept	10:37
117	CABOT Jeremy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	11:08
118	NIKA Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	11:21
119	STÜSSI Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	11:47
120	GAREL Adrien	Vital Concept	16:13
121	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	17:23
122	FREULER Jan-andré	Amore & Vita-Prodir	19:20

Stage 2 pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Former French road champion (see tricolor cuffs and collar) Sylvain Chavanel heads to the start.

Florian Vachon. Note that unlike the Direct Energie bike of Chavanel, Vachon's Look bike has caliper brakes.

A wintry day in France. Arms and leg warmers are on.

Team FDJ doing their share of the work at the front.

Because these gents have to be rounded up.

Bryan Coquard leads the chase to catch the break.

Here they come...

Bryan Coquard (center, blue) looks over at Christophe Laporte (right, in red). The two are very close.

Bryan Coquard starts to celebrate his win.

Coquard thinks the stage is his.

Though Coquard is sitting up, in fact Cofidis rider Christophe Laporte beat him by the smallest of margins.

Stage winner and new GC leader Christophe Laporte

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, January 31: Stage 1, Bellegarde - Beaucaire, 157 km

Stage 1 photos | Stage 1 map & profile

Marc Sarreau wins the first Besseges stage

The race: It was a cool day in the south of France for the first French stage race of 2018.

Early on, the trio of Michel Dieleman, Milan Menten and Artiz Bagues escaped. It was a good opportunity to give their sponsors some publicity, but the sprinters' team were not going to let them get too far up the road.

Their leash was never more than three and a half minutes, but they did spend most of the race away and off the front.

Michel Dieleman was particularly stubborn about not getting caught. He wasn't reeled in until there were about five kilometers left to race.

That set things up for a big sprint. FDJ's Marc Sarreau the the fastest man of the day and he'll start stage two in the leader's jersey.

Complete Results:

157 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.651 km/hr

1	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	3hr 46min 10sec
2	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
3	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept	s.t.
4	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
5	DE BIE Sean	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
6	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
7	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	DEHAES Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
10	FEILLU Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
11	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
12	BARBIER Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
13	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	MANZIN Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
15	DE GENDT Aime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	GABBURO Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
17	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
18	JONES Brenton	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
19	TURGIS Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
20	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	BARBIER Rudy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	DERNIES Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
23	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
25	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	KASPERKIEWICZ Przemysław	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
27	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
28	COENEN Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
29	DE WITTE Mathias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
30	DI GRÉGORIO Rémy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	WAEYTENS Zico	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
32	LE BON Johan	Vital Concept	s.t.
33	EL FARES Julien	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
34	DE BONDT Dries	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
35	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
36	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
38	MARCHAND Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
39	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	VINCENT Léo	FDJ	s.t.
43	MOREIRA Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
45	BENITO Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	DEVOLDER Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
47	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
48	ANDREETTA Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	DANIEL Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
50	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
51	FARAZIJN Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	RUYTERS Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
53	DE BOCK Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
54	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
55	PICHON Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
56	LE CUNFF Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
57	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
58	DE BACKER Bert	Vital Concept	s.t.
59	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
60	MAINARD Jerome	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
61	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	IDJOUADIENE Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
63	BERNARDINETTI Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
64	LEVARLET Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
66	COMBAUD Romain	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
68	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
69	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
70	BALDO Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
71	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
72	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
73	DE WINTER Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
74	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	s.t.
75	HIVERT Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
76	STEELS Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
77	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
78	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	ISTA Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
80	VERMEULEN Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
81	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	GENE Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
84	THOMAS Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
85	STÜSSI Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
86	FINETTO Mauro	Delko Marseille Provence	@ 1min 0sec
87	VAN STAEYEN Michael	Cofidis	@ 0sec
88	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
89	GERARD Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
90	SIX Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
91	ARMIRAIL Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
92	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
93	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	s.t.
94	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
95	NIKA Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	1:11
96	STERBINI Simone	Bardiani-CSF	1:17
97	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:19
98	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00
99	JAKIN Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	1:22
100	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00
101	MADOUAS Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
102	DIELEMAN Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
103	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:06
104	SPENGLER Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	2:10
105	KIRSCH Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
106	CABOT Jeremy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
107	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:13
108	JANS Roy	Cibel-Cebon	0:00
109	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
110	OIEN Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	2:37
112	ABERASTURI Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:00
113	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	2:57
114	TOUZE Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
115	JANSSENS Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	3:18
116	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
117	BOGDANOVICS Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
118	MASSON Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	3:55
119	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00
120	MOTTIER Justin	Vital Concept	4:31
121	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	7:13
122	FREULER Jan-André	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
123	GAREL Adrien	Vital Concept	10:07

GC after Stage 1:

1	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	3hr 46min 0sec
2	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	@ 4sec
3	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept	0:06
4	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:07
5	DIELEMAN Michiel	Cibel-Cebon	0:08
6	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:09
7	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	0:10
8	DE BIE Sean	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
9	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
10	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	DEHAES Kenny	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
13	FEILLU Romain	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
14	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	BARBIER Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
16	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	MANZIN Lorrenzo	Vital Concept	s.t.
18	DE GENDT Aime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	GABBURO Davide	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
20	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
21	JONES Brenton	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
22	TURGIS Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
23	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	BARBIER Rudy	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	DERNIES Tom	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
26	KREDER Wesley	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
27	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	OFFREDO Yoann	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
29	KASPERKIEWICZ Przemysław	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
30	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
31	COENEN Dennis	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
32	DE WITTE Mathias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
33	DI GRÉGORIO Rémy	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
34	WAEYTENS Zico	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
35	LE BON Johan	Vital Concept	s.t.
36	EL FARES Julien	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
37	DE BONDT Dries	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
38	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
39	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
40	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
41	MARCHAND Gianni	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
42	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
45	VINCENT Léo	FDJ	s.t.
46	MOREIRA Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	BENITO Miguel Ángel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	DEVOLDER Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
49	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
50	ANDREETTA Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	DANIEL Maxime	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
52	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
53	FARAZIJN Maxime	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
54	RUYTERS Brecht	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
55	DE BOCK Stijn	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
56	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
57	PICHON Laurent	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
58	LE CUNFF Kévin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
59	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
60	DE BACKER Bert	Vital Concept	s.t.
61	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
62	MAINARD Jerome	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
63	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	IDJOUADIENE Pierre	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
65	BERNARDINETTI Marco	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
66	LEVARLET Guillaume	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
67	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
68	COMBAUD Romain	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
69	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
70	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
71	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
72	BALDO Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
73	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
74	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
75	DE WINTER Ludwig	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
76	COUSIN Jérôme	Direct Energie	s.t.
77	HIVERT Jonathan	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	STEELS Stijn	Vérandas Willems-Crelan	s.t.
79	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
80	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	ISTA Kevyn	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
82	VERMEULEN Emiel	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
83	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
84	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	GENE Yohann	Direct Energie	s.t.
86	THOMAS Benjamin	FDJ	s.t.
87	STÜSSI Colin	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
88	VAN STAEYEN Michael	Cofidis	s.t.
89	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	Vital Concept	s.t.
90	GERARD Arnaud	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
91	SIX Franklin	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
92	ARMIRAIL Bruno	FDJ	s.t.
93	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
94	VAUGRENARD Benoit	FDJ	s.t.
95	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
96	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
97	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
98	MADOUAS Valentin	FDJ	s.t.
99	JANS Roy	Cibel-Cebon	s.t.
100	OIEN Justin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	ABERASTURI Jon	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
102	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
103	FINETTO Mauro	Delko Marseille Provence	1:10
104	NIKA Iltjan	Amore & Vita-Prodir	1:21
105	STERBINI Simone	Bardiani-CSF	1:27
106	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:29
107	JAKIN Alo	St Michel-Auber 93	1:32
108	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:16
109	SPENGLER Lukas	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	2:20
110	KIRSCH Alex	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	s.t.
111	CABOT Jeremy	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
112	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:23
113	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	2:47
114	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	3:07
115	TOUZE Damien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
116	JANSSENS Jimmy	Cibel-Cebon	3:28
117	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
118	BOGDANOVICS Maris	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
119	MASSON Christophe	WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic	4:05
120	MOTTIER Justin	Vital Concept	4:41
121	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	7:23
122	FREULER Jan-André	Amore & Vita-Prodir	7:43
123	GAREL Adrien	Vital Concept	10:17

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Amael Moinard

Hubert Dupont

Laurent Pichon

The 2018 Cofidis team car

It's hilly just north of Marseille

And no shortage of arm warmers on this cool day in the south of France.

Closing in on the finish town of Beaucaire

Marc Sarreau wins stage one.

Marc Sarreau will start stage two in the leader's jersey.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, January 30, 2018:

	DIRECT ENERGIE
1	CALMEJANE Lilian
2	BOUDAT Thomas
3	CHAVANEL Sylvain
4	COUSIN Jerome
5	GENE Yohann
6	GRELLIER Fabien
7	HIVERT Jonathan
	FDJ
11	ARMIRAIL Bruno
12	MADOUAS Valentin
13	ROY Jérémy
14	SARREAU Marc
15	THOMAS Benjamin
16	VAUGRENARD Benoît
17	VINCENT Leo
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	BARBIER Rudy
22	COSNEFROY Benoit
23	DUMOULIN Samuel
24	DUPONT Hubert
25	GALLOPIN Tony
26	GOUGEARD Alexis
27	JAUREGUI Quentin
	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC
31	DANIEL Maxime
32	DELAPLACE Anthony
33	PICHON Laurent
34	VACHON Florian
35	FONSECA Armindo
36	GERARD Arnaud
37	MOINARD Amaël
	COFIDIS
41	BONNAFOND Guillaume
42	CLAEYS Dimitri
43	LAPORTE Christophe
44	TURGIS Anthony
45	TURGIS Jimmy
46	VANBILSEN Kenneth
47	VAN STAEYEN Michael
	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM
51	JONES Brenton
52	COMBAUD Romain
53	DI GREGORIO Rémy
54	EL FARES Julien
55	FINETTO Mauro
56	KASPERKIEWICZ Przemyslaw
57	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
	VITAL CONCEPT
61	COQUARD Bryan
62	DE BACKER Bert
63	GAREL Adrien
64	LE BON Johan
65	MOTTIER Justin
66	MANZIN Lorrenzo
67	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT
71	OFFREDO Yoann
72	BACKAERT Frederik
73	DEVRIENDT Tom
74	DUPONT Timothy
75	KREDER Wesley
76	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
77	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
81	CAPIOT Amaury
82	RICKAERT Jonas
83	VAN GESTEL Dries
84	PLANCKAERT Edward
85	DE GENDT Aimé
86	FARAZIJN Maxime
87	MENTEN Milan
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
91	OIEN Justin
92	MOREIRA Mauricio
93	SCHULTZ Nicholas
94	BENITO Miguel Angel
95	FERRARI Fabricio
96	IRISARRI Jon
97	LASTRA Jonathan
	WB AQUA PROTECT VERANCLASSIC
101	DEHAES Kenny
102	DE WINTER Ludwig
103	ISTA Kevin
104	KIRSCH Alex
105	MASSON Christophe
106	SIX Franklin
107	SPENGLER Lukas
	BARDIANI-CSF
111	ALBANESE Vincenzo
112	ANDREETTA Simone
113	BARBIN Enrico
114	BRESCIANI Michael
115	MARONESE Marco
116	STERBINI Simone
117	WACKERMANN Luca
	VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN
121	DE BIE Sean
122	DE BONDT Dries
123	WAEYTENS Zico
124	LEYSEN Senne
125	VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias
126	DUYN Huub
127	GOOLAERTS Michael
	ROUBAIX-LILLE METROPOLE
131	ANTOMARCHI Julien
132	CABOT Jeremy
133	BARBIER Pierre
134	DERNIES Tom
135	GOUAULT Pierre
136	IDJOUADIENNE Pierre
137	JOLY Thomas
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
141	BALDO Nicolas
142	FEILLU Romain
143	JAKIN Alo
144	LE CUNFF Kévin
145	LEVARLET Guillaume
146	PAILLOT Yoann
147	TOUZÉ Damien
	CIBEL-CEBON
151	BOUVRY Dieter
152	COBBAERT Robby
153	COENEN Dennis
154	JANS Roy
155	JANSSENS Jimmy
156	MARCHAND Gianni
157	STEVENS Timothy
	EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY-MURIAS
161	ABERASTURI Jon
162	BAGUES Aritz
163	BARTHE Cyril
164	BARCELÓ Fernando
165	ITURRIA Mikel
166	RODRIGUEZ Óscar
	AMORE & VITA-PRODIR
171	FICARA Pierpaolo
172	STÜSSI Colin
173	BERNARDINETTI Marco
174	NIKA Iltjan
175	BOGDANOVICS Maris
176	GABBURO Davide
177	FREULER Jan