2023 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1), France

37th edition: August 22 - 25, 2023

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Friday, August 25: Fourth & final stage, Moncoutant - Poitiers, 170.4 km

Stage 4 map

Marc Sarreau just beats Iuri Leitao for the stage win. Getty Images photo

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Weather at the finish city of Poitiers at 3:15 PM, local time: 22C (71F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC third-place Mirco Maestri's Team Eolo-Kometa.

A Tour Poitou-Charentes that we will long remember, and remember with pleasure. Four days and five stages, nervous climbs and a breathless time trial, the Eolo-Kometa that was always protagonist with a victory, many placings, and the third place in the general classification conquered by Mirco Maestri after today’s final stage.

The goal was clear: to try to get on the podium, as this morning the gap to the third place finisher (the Swiss Joel Suter) was only 3″. Not an easy task, also because the very close gaps made the final podium appealing to many riders: chance this time helped our team a little, with the unlucky Suter who fell when there were 70 kilometers to the finish and was forced to retire. At that point, we just had to take care not to be overtaken by those behind in the standings, and the task was handled perfectly by the team, which protected Maestri from the first to the last meter.

In the finale they also tried to work for Lonardi and put him in a position to play the sprint but this time our sprinter failed to place with the best in the sprint won by Marc Sarreau.

Stefano Zanatta: “We started out convinced to recover those 3 seconds that separated us from the podium, then there was bad luck for Suter who was forced to retire so we just had to defend ourselves in the final. The guys also raced very well today, always very careful, and we never risked being overtaken: at the end in the first group there were three of us left, we tried to make the sprint with Lonardi who got into the top 10. We come out of this French race with a more than positive balance: every day a man in the top 10, three breakaways in four days, a victory that gives morale to everyone and gives value to the team also because it was obtained without our two leaders Albanese and Fortunato. This is the line we must hold until the end of the season.”

Mirco Maestri: “The team was fantastic in protecting me throughout the stage and in helping Lonardi in the final. But not only today: every day I felt important and protected by all my teammates, and I think this week made us grow a lot as a team. We are all happy with this podium, which is not a win but it is still a third place in a French race so it is not to be thrown away. My condition is good, I feel the fruits of the work done in the highlands and I know I will grow again so I am really confident for the next races between now and the end of the season. Me and all the teammates, then, are really happy for what Rivi and Lonardi did this week: we before being a team are a family, Samu and Lona were coming from an unlucky period and they deserved these results and we are all really happy for them and with them.”

Complete results:

170.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.097 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	3hr 37min 5sec
2	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
5	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
8	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
14	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
16	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
19	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
21	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
22	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
23	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
25	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
28	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
31	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
32	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	@ 7sec
37	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
43	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:11
45	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	0:29
46	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:36
47	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:09
48	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
49	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
50	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
53	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
54	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
55	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
56	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
57	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
58	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
63	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
64	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
67	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
68	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
71	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:24
74	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	s.t.
77	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
81	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
84	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
85	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
86	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	2:01
88	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	2:46
89	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
92	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:28
93	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:17
94	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	5:22
95	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
96	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	5:43
97	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:50
98	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	5:52
99	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:57
100	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
101	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
103	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	6:11
104	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	7:05
105	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
106	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
107	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	13:23

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Soren Waerenskjold (Team Uno-X)
• Mountains classification winner: James Fouché (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke)
• Points classification winner: Paul Penhoet (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Soren Waerenskjold (Team Uno-X)
• Teams classification winner: Tudor Pro Cycling Team

667.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.985 km/hr.

1	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	14hr 50min 18sec
2	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	@ 6sec
3	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	0:57
4	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00
5	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	1:03
7	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:05
8	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:10
9	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:12
10	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:25
11	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:30
12	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:38
13	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:39
14	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	1:44
16	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:55
17	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:59
18	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:05
19	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:22
20	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	2:26
21	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	2:38
22	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
23	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:48
24	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:53
25	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	3:00
26	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:07
27	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:15
29	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:18
30	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:19
31	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:24
32	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:28
33	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	3:34
34	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:38
35	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	3:40
36	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:47
37	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:48
38	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:53
39	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	3:58
40	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:02
41	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:15
42	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	4:16
43	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	4:17
44	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	4:18
46	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
47	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	4:23
48	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:28
49	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:49
50	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:51
51	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	4:52
52	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:08
53	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:09
54	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	5:14
55	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:18
56	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:25
57	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:28
58	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	5:30
59	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	5:32
60	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:34
61	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	5:35
62	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	5:41
63	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	5:49
64	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:53
65	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	5:57
66	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	5:59
67	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	6:01
68	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:30
69	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	7:01
70	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:02
71	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	s.t.
72	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	7:11
73	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	7:12
74	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	7:16
75	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:20
76	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	7:33
77	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:35
78	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:50
79	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:58
80	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	8:21
81	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:50
82	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:54
83	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	9:00
84	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	9:03
85	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	9:13
86	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	9:18
87	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	9:41
88	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:15
89	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	10:42
90	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:45
91	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	10:59
92	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	11:26
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	11:26
94	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	12:05
95	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	12:06
96	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	12:21
97	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	12:24
98	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	12:40
99	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:10
100	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	13:28
101	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	14:00
102	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	14:22
103	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	16:03
104	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	19:00
105	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	20:28
106	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	28:17
107	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	34:42

 

Stage 4 map:

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Thursday, August 24: Stage 3b, La Roche-Posay 22.1 km individual time trial

Stage 3b map

Bruno Armirail on his way to winning the stage.

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Weather at the race city of La Roche-Posay at 3:50 PM, local time: 28C (82F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 76% chance of rain with the possibiity of large hail.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Bruno Amirail's Team Groupama-FDJ.

The Groupama-FDJ cycling team went through two different feelings on Thursday, during the third day of racing of the Tour Poitou-Charentes in Nouvelle Aquitaine. First, there was frustration, with Paul Penhoët’s fourth place in the morning stage, just behind the winning breakaway. Then there was happiness, in the late afternoon, with the victory of Bruno Armirail in the 22-kilometre time trial in La Roche-Posay. The French rider then took his second victory among the professionals and is only six seconds behind the new leader Søren Wærenskjold. The last stage in Poitiers could be eventful.

On Thursday, two races were planned on the Tour Poitou-Charentes in Nouvelle Aquitaine. It all started with a morning road stage. On paper, it suited the sprinters given that no proper obstacle featured on the 94-kilometer route leading to La Roche-Posay. James Fouché (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke), Samuele Rivi (Eolo-Kometa), Davide Gabburo (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane’) and Jean-Louis Le Ny (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) quickly took the lead but never get more than a 2’30 lead. “We thought it was going to be easy to control, but no one helped us in chase and Lada pulled all alone”, explained Paul Penhoët. “When he had to stop pulling, the peloton got a bit disorganized.”

Entering the last twenty kilometres, the pack was more than a minute behind while the weather conditions became quite bad. “I knew it was going to be difficult because there was still more than a minute with ten kilometres to go, especially with the rain which generally helps breakaways,” added Paul Penhoët. The peloton also split in the last kilometres, while getting a bit closer to the fugitives approaching La Roche-Posay. The Groupama-FDJ sprinter was kept in the front of the peloton and got through the race incidents. “We once again managed to work well with Bram in the final, and I was able to take the last corner in the lead as we planned,” added Paul. “Unfortunately, I finished just behind the last three men from the break. It’s a pity because it was close, but that’s how it is, and congratulations to them because they did quite a ride”.

In the aftermath of his victory, the 21-year-old therefore settled for fourth place but still kept the leader’s jersey before the time trial planned in the afternoon. The 22,1-kilometre race against the clock around La Roche-Posay was set to turn the overall upside down. “It was a real time trial for specialists, on good roads”, explained David Han, coach of the team and of Bruno Armirail in particular. “Basically, it was straight roads of seven kilometres. It was a little harder on the second part with a small climb, then there was a long false-flat downhill on the last part”.

Starting quite early, Enzo Paleni set the third provisional time and then kept his place in the top-10 for a long time. At 4:27 p.m., Bruno Armirail showed up on the launch pad as a favourite. “For a week, I had been telling him that he couldn’t aim for anything other than winning, given his level and how the team has been committing with him in the discipline for years”, explained David. “Regarding the race plan, we got a bit in trouble with the wind. There were heavy thunderstorms in the late morning, rain in the early afternoon, and there weren’t two similar forecasts. We had two scenarios depending on the wind direction, but we saw quite early on that the ranking at the intermediate check was more or less the ranking at the finish”.

After about twelve minutes of racing, the former French champion precisely got to the intermediate check. Officially, he was just one second ahead of the former best time, but his coach’s timer showed much more. “As I wasn’t sure, I simply told him that he was first, but that it was normal given those who had started before, and that the opponent was Wærenskjold”, explained David. “He was gaining more and more time on Enzo, that was our reference.” “The feelings were rather good, and I did a good start,” said Bruno. “I struggled a bit on the top of the climb because it wasn’t downhill right after and I had to keep pushing, but I think it was hard for everyone. My coach and my sports director pushed me, and in such a situation, it is also a mental game”.

After a tough moment, the French rider did get back in the rhythm and went to set the best time with a 47-second lead on the line. He then just had to wait for the finish of the Norwegian champion, second overall and his main competitor for the day. The Uno-X rider officially – but likely wrongly – was one minute behind the Groupama-FDJ rider at the intermediate check, but on the line, he just lost ten seconds.

In any case, that was enough for Bruno Armirail to bring the pressure down and get his second win at the highest level. “I won, that’s good, but I also wanted to take the lead in the general standings,” he said. “So I’m half satisfied.” “He beat Wærenskjold who was thirteenth at the World Championships, second in the Tour of Denmark’s time trial, who is a very good rider against the clock, and then there are big gaps”, added David Han. “Beyond the victory, it is a proper performance in itself”. A performance which was therefore not enough to take control overall, as the Norwegian leads for six seconds ahead of the Frenchman.

“We will see what our tactics will be tomorrow”, said Bruno. “There is a nice stage left, and it is no secret that we are going to try. We know it’s often a sprint in Poitiers, but we’re going to try anyway. I already finished second overall two years ago, so I would like to win this time.” As for Paul Penhoët, he slipped to twenty-fifth place overall on Thursday after setting the 47th fastest time. He could also have an opportunity on the last stage on Friday. 

Complete results:

22.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.584 km/hr

1	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	25min 13sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 10sec
3	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	0:48
4	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:51
6	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
7	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	0:53
8	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:55
9	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:57
10	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	1:08
11	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:10
12	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:14
13	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	1:17
15	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:19
16	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
17	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:28
18	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:30
20	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:33
21	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
22	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:38
24	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
25	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:39
26	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	1:45
27	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:49
28	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:54
29	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:56
30	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
31	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	1:58
32	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:59
33	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:02
34	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:05
35	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:06
36	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:12
37	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	2:13
38	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:23
39	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:26
40	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:28
41	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:32
42	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:36
43	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:38
44	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	2:39
45	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:41
46	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:42
48	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:43
49	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	2:44
50	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:46
51	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:53
52	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:58
53	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:59
55	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:00
56	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	3:01
57	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:03
58	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	3:04
61	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:05
63	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	3:06
64	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:08
65	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	3:09
66	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	3:10
67	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:11
68	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:12
69	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	3:13
70	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
71	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	3:16
72	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	3:17
73	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:18
75	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:28
76	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:37
78	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	s.t.
79	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:40
80	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:44
81	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47
82	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
83	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
84	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	3:50
85	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	3:52
86	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:53
87	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:54
88	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:56
89	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:57
90	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:59
91	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	4:05
93	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:07
94	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:08
95	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	4:09
96	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:12
97	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	4:16
98	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:19
99	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:22
100	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	4:26
101	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	4:27
103	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:38
104	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	4:41
105	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	4:52
106	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:59
107	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:04
108	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	5:09
109	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	5:10
110	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
111	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:28
112	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	5:37
113	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:45

 

GC after stage 3b:

497.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.304 km/hr

1	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	11hr 13min 13sec
2	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	@ 6sec
3	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:55
4	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	0:57
5	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00
6	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	1:03
8	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:05
9	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:10
10	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:12
11	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:25
12	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:30
13	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:31
14	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	1:38
15	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:39
16	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	1:44
18	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:45
19	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:48
20	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	1:51
21	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:55
22	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:05
23	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	2:10
24	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	2:19
25	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:26
26	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	2:36
27	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	2:38
28	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:39
30	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:41
31	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	2:46
32	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:53
33	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:06
34	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	3:07
35	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
37	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:08
38	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:09
39	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:14
40	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:18
41	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:19
42	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:21
43	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:24
44	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:28
45	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:38
46	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	3:40
47	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	3:43
49	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:46
50	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	3:47
51	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	3:56
52	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:59
53	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:04
54	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:09
55	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	4:11
56	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:12
57	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:16
58	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	4:17
60	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:18
61	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	4:22
63	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:25
64	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:28
65	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	4:32
66	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:44
67	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:45
68	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	4:50
69	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:51
70	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	5:01
71	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	5:02
72	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	5:05
73	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:06
74	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	5:07
75	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:25
76	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
77	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:28
78	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	5:37
79	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	5:38
81	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	5:42
82	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	5:50
83	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	5:52
84	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	5:54
85	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	6:02
86	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	6:03
87	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	6:09
88	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:11
89	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:13
90	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:14
91	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	6:23
92	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:26
93	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:34
94	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	6:43
95	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	6:55
96	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:09
97	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:26
98	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	7:39
99	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	7:51
100	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	8:04
101	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:18
102	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	8:32
103	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	9:35
104	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	11:00
105	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	11:58
106	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	12:01
107	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	13:13
108	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	14:39
109	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	15:06
110	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	24:20
111	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	25:09
112	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	25:31
113	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.

 

Stage 3 map:

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Thursday, August 24: Stage 3a, Coussay les Bois - La Roche Posay, 94.1 km

Stage 3a map

Samuele Rivi wins stage 3a.

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Weather at the finish city of La Roche Posay at 1:35 PM and the stage finished: 22C (74F), heavy rain, with the wind from the northeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). The rain should end about 3:00.

The race: Here's the report from stage winneer Samuele Rivi's Team Eolo-Kometa.

It was in the air. Thrown, sought, wanted, chased. And in the end the victory came. Samuele Rivi won the third stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes, arms raised on the finish line in la Roche-Posay in the first of two stages scheduled for today (in the afternoon, 22 km time trial).

Rivi won, wonderful, crowning a breakaway that began almost immediately, or rather: began yesterday. That’s right, because in yesterday’s stage Rivi had crashed getting a few bruises but more importantly losing the chance to fight for the general classification. Today’s victory began at that moment, when Samuele pulled out all his pride to bring home this beautiful result that repays him for so many escapes gone awry, so many sacrifices, so much work for his teammates.
A breakaway gone quickly, it was said: Rivi and three other riders (Gabburo, Le Ny, Fouché) went on the attack. It was an important breakaway, with Gabburo and Le Ny dangerous for the general classification and the group never leaving more than a 2' lead. The work of the four attackers went on well until the GPM when Fouché allowed himself to be detached after passing first. The finale saw a heavy thunderstorm bearing down on the peloton (and this perhaps favored the three attackers a bit) and Rivi handling the final sprint as best he could, crossing the line first under the downpour and thus capturing his first, much-deserved, victory as a pro.

Behind, the team worked as always well to keep Lonardi in front: to be recorded a fall of Davìd Martin 300 meters from the finish line, without consequences.

Samuele Rivi: “All I can say is that it is beautiful. Beautiful. Winning is beautiful. And behind this victory there is really so much, so many emotions that are now exploding inside me. I want to dedicate this moment to the people who have been close to me in this very difficult period, to my girlfriend Anna, to my mom and dad, and to my brother Matteo who have been following me passionately for years and to whom I had given little satisfaction so far. To my trainer De Maria, and to those who are now happy with me and for me. Thanks to all my teammates: I am overjoyed, after chasing it for so long to come to victory is beautiful.”

Stefano Zanatta: “After two days as protagonists, we managed to find this victory. Samuele was very good at managing the breakaway and the final sprint, but above all he was very good at transforming the disappointment for yesterday’s fall into strength that led him to the win. We knew his condition was great, and today he showed it. I have to give kudos to the whole team, which again worked very well today.”

Complete results:

94.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.129 km/hr

1	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	1hr 59min 48sec
2	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	@ 1sec
3	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:04
4	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	0:06
7	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:08
8	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	s.t.
10	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
11	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
12	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
13	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
15	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
16	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
19	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
20	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
21	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
22	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
24	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
25	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
29	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
30	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:17
32	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
38	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
40	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
41	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
47	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
48	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
52	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
53	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
54	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
58	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
59	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:28
63	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:30
64	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
67	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:32
68	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
69	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	0:35
70	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
71	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:38
72	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	0:41
74	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:46
75	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	0:47
76	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:06
78	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:09
79	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:12
82	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:13
83	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:16
84	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
85	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
89	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:50
91	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	1:52
95	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	1:54
96	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	s.t.
97	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
98	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
99	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	@ 4sec
100	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:57
101	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:59
103	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
104	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	2:16
107	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:30
108	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
109	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	@ 4sec
110	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	2:42
111	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	@ 4sec
113	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	4:01
114	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	5:09

 

GC after stage 3a:

475 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.000 km/hr

1	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	10hr 47min 44sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 6sec
3	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	0:07
4	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:10
5	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
7	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:16
8	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
9	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
11	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:19
16	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:20
18	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:21
19	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	0:22
20	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
22	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
25	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
30	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
31	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
32	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	0:28
33	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	0:31
36	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
37	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:36
38	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
39	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:42
40	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	0:44
41	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:46
42	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:47
43	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
48	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
49	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	0:52
51	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:54
52	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	0:56
54	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
55	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	0:56
56	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:00
59	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:09
60	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:12
61	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	1:18
62	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	1:26
63	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:27
64	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:29
65	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
66	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	1:34
67	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:44
68	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:46
69	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:48
70	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	1:52
71	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:08
72	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	2:10
73	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:14
74	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:15
77	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:19
78	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:25
79	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	2:27
80	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:30
80	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:50
81	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:34
83	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:35
84	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	2:37
85	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	2:51
86	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:54
87	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	2:55
88	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:58
89	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:59
91	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	3:02
92	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	3:08
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	3:24
94	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:25
95	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:32
96	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:48
97	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	3:56
98	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	4:16
99	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:57
100	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	5:08
101	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	5:31
102	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	6:08
103	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	6:47
104	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:15
105	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:17
106	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:07
107	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	9:10
108	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:12
109	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	10:41
110	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	12:47
111	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	20:33
112	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	20:59
113	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	22:41
114	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	24:31

 

Stage 3a map

Stage 3a map

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Wednesday, August 23: Stage 2, Aulnay de Saintonge - Bressuire, 185.7 km

Stage 2 map

Paul Penhoet wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Bressuire at 1:30 PM, local time: 32C (90F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Paul Penhoët's Team Groupama-FDJ.

After many good results, Paul Penhoët finally returned to the top step of the podium on Wednesday, on stage 2 of the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine. The Groupama-FDJ’s sprinter took advantage of a demanding final and let his punch do the talking in the uphill finish in Bressuire. After an excellent positioning by Fabian Lienhard and Bram Welten, the 21-year-old man left no chance to his competitors in the last 300 meters to claim his second win of the season, bringing the team’s total to seventeen. As a consequence, he also took the leader’s jersey.

When he took the start of the second stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine in Aulnay de Saintonge, on Wednesday morning, Paul Penhoët knew that he would get a great opportunity, 187 kilometres further, in Bressuire. A bunch finish was again anticipated, but the last 400 meters uphill surely suited the Groupama-FDJ’s young man. That said, the French team did not immediately take the chase in hands behind the day’s breakaway including Lucas Beneteau (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber 93), Tom Mainguenaud (Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole), David Martin Romero (Eolo-Kometa), James Fouché (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke), Damien Girard (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) and Rick Ottema (Allinq Continental CT).

“There was a team with the race leader today, so they had to defend their jersey, which they did rather well,” said Thierry Bricaud. The Uno-X team of Søren Wærenskjold let a gap of around 3/4 minutes during the first two thirds of the race, but the fugitives’ lead was still quite important with thirty kilometres to go. “They still needed a hand to have a sprint in the end, Matthieu went to help them, and it all came back together quite quickly,” added Thierry. “We organized quite fast with other teams”, added Paul. “It also allowed us, Fabian, Bram and me, to always be in a good position in the last thirty kilometres”.

Following the acceleration of the peloton, the last man standing was caught even before the last ten kilometres then the fight for positions intensified. “We lost Enzo in a crash, but we had studied the final closely and we knew exactly what we wanted to do and how we wanted to be positioned”, added Thierry. “We wanted to be in the top positions in the tortuous last 7-8 kilometres so as to be one step ahead. It’s easy to say at the briefing, it’s less obvious on the ground, but Fabian and Bram did it very well.” In the front row to see it all, Paul Penhoët also recounted this straightforward finish:

“Like yesterday, there was a strategic point with six kilometres to go and Fabian did what he had to do. It was just like in a textbook, as we said at the briefing. The second strategic point was 1.6 km from the finish and Fabian dropped us off perfectly with Bram”. Thanks to the work of the Swiss rider, the last two men of Groupama-FDJ were able to start the uphill final in Bressuire in an ideal position. “There was a first small steep hill before the last kilometre, a rider attacked, but we had agreed with Bram that we shouldn’t panic if such a scenario happened because it was still far from the finish”, said Paul. “Bram set a good pace and managed to hold on until the last 400 metres. A runner then passed me on the left and that’s about when I wanted to start my effort”.

Ideally placed at the start of the final climb, the young man followed his competitor, and his explosiveness then did the rest. “I didn’t hesitate, I launched, and I knew that on such an effort uphill, the strongest would normally win”, he said. “I went for it to have no regrets, and it was enough”. Paul Penhoët first overtook Romain Cardis then Léo Danès, the last kilometre attacker, before flying away to the win. With a big margin on the rest of the competition, he therefore took victory in an undisputed way. “Paul was in an excellent position to finish the job and he did it brilliantly,” noted Thierry. “We imagined and considered it, but doing it is another story. He was really confident, the stage suited him, and he knew it. He wanted to take the initiative and start from a bit far. That’s what he did, and he was right because he had the legs to make the difference. He’s been regularly up there for a while, but when you are a sprinter, you want to win. It’s good for his confidence because he never gives up.”

“It’s great, it’s my second victory this season, and that’s really what I came here for”, added the day’s winner. “It feels good to win. In addition, I am taking the leader’s jersey, and with the confidence I gained today, it’s also possible to get some good results over the next few days. I want to thank everyone again for their work today.”

At the finish, Paul Penhoët also had a thought for Thibaut Pinot, who was forced to abandon earlier in the day following a crash. “He was more scared than hurt”, said Thierry. “In the end, he mostly suffers abrasions and there is nothing broken by the looks of things”. The Groupama-FDJ squad will anyway be reduced to six units on Thursday, for the traditional day made of two stages: road stage in the morning, time trial in the afternoon. “Having the leader’s jersey will not change a lot of things”, insisted Thierry. “We expect a sprint tomorrow morning and we want to fight for the stage again, so leader’s jersey or not, it doesn’t change much. In the afternoon, we will aim for victory on the time trial with Bruno, then we will see for the overall”.

Complete results:

185.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.165 km/hr

1	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 12min 17sec
2	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	@ 2sec
3	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
5	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
6	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
9	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
10	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
11	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	s.t.
12	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
15	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	0:08
17	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
18	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
21	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
24	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
26	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
27	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
33	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
35	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:14
36	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
37	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:17
40	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:19
42	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:22
43	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:28
45	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	0:30
46	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	0:33
47	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
51	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
52	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	s.t.
54	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
56	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
57	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:40
58	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
59	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	0:42
60	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
61	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
62	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
63	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	0:50
67	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
68	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:55
69	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
70	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:58
72	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:08
73	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	1:12
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:13
75	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	1:15
76	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
77	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
79	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	1:20
80	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:25
81	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:32
82	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
83	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
84	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:34
85	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	1:38
86	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	1:42
88	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	1:52
89	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	1:56
90	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:00
91	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	2:13
93	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:16
94	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
95	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:17
96	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:20
97	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:21
98	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:44
99	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	2:54
100	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	4:47
101	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
102	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:54
103	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	5:17
104	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:49
105	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:02
106	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	7:03
107	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
108	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:53
109	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	10:38
110	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
111	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	18:07
112	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	s.t.
113	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	18:30
114	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
115	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	34:31

 

GC after stage 2:

380.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.295 km/hr

1	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	8hr 47min 52sec
2	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	@ 6sec
3	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	0:07
4	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:10
5	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:16
8	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
9	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
10	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
11	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:19
16	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:20
18	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:21
19	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	0:22
20	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
22	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
23	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
24	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
31	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
32	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
34	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:28
35	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	0:31
39	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
40	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:33
41	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:36
42	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
43	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:42
44	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	0:44
45	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:47
46	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
51	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
53	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	s.t.
55	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	0:52
56	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:54
57	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	0:56
59	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
60	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
62	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
63	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	1:04
65	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
66	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	1:07
67	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:09
68	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
70	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:12
71	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	1:18
72	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:22
73	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	1:26
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:27
75	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:29
76	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
77	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
79	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	1:34
80	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:39
81	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:46
82	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:46
83	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:48
84	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	1:52
85	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	2:06
86	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:08
87	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	2:10
88	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:14
89	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:25
91	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	2:27
92	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:30
93	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
94	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:34
95	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:35
96	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	2:58
97	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	3:08
98	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	4:16
99	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	4:20
100	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:57
101	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	5:01
102	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	5:08
103	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	5:31
104	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	6:44
105	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:15
106	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	7:17
107	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:07
109	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	10:52
110	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
111	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	18:21
112	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	s.t.
113	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	18:44
114	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	19:26
115	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	35:27

 

Stage 2 map:

Stage 2 map

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Tuesday, August 22: Stage 1, Confolens - Matha, 195.2 km

Stage 1 map

Soren Waerenskjold takes the first stage. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish city of Matha at 1:30 PM, local time: 34C (93F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Giovanni Lonardi's Team Eolo-Kometa.

Of course, when you come within a whisker of victory a bit of disappointment is there. But it’s short-lived, because all you have to do is look around to realize that you still did something good: for the team, for the fans, for the sponsors, for ourselves.

Here, then, the first stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes, 195 km from Confolens to Matha, can be summed up like this: we came within a step. One step away from victory with Lonardi beaten in the sprint only by Soren Waerenskjold, one step away from the mountain leader’s jersey with Sevilla second. But we tried as only a great team can.

Let’s tell the story of this stage. In fact, let’s have it told by those who experienced it in the flagship like Stefano Zanatta. “We started with the idea of taking points immediately for the KOMs since there was one after a few kilometers: the idea was to send David Martìn who is faster and would have been suited to these short climbs, after the first KOM in which David finished third a counter-attack breakaway started in which Diego Sevilla was as always very good at inserting himself. He fought and was really good, and until 15 km to go he was showing off and making points for the KOMs.

"Then the others came into the picture, first Pietrobon and Bevilacqua and then Maestri, who led David and Lonardi in the last kilometers taking him into the best positions. Then he tried, but he found someone stronger than him: this second place rewards him for the sacrifices he is making and the condition he has reached. The team is there, and this is the most important thing: we got off to a great start, let’s continue like this for the next few days.”

Giovanni Lonardi: “Today went well and it was an almost perfect day: it was very close to victory. The team was wonderful we did a wonderful job until 500 meters from the end, then I caught the wheel of the rider who eventually won, maybe I waited a few seconds too long to leave and I couldn’t catch up anymore. But the leg is great and every day is good to try: even tomorrow.”

Diego Sevilla: “Really tough day because of the heat, the breakaway went away right away and I managed to catch it. I tried to score points and take bonuses but I always finished second in all the sprints. I’m happy though because I feel good and I’m very confident for the next few days.”

After today’s stage in the general classification Lonardi is third and Sevilla is fourth, while the KOM classification sees Sevilla in second place.

Complete results:

195.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.463 km/hr.

1	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	4hr 35min 49sec
2	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
9	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
11	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
15	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
17	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
19	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	s.t.
21	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
23	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
24	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
26	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
28	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
32	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
34	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
35	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
39	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
40	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
41	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
42	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
47	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
49	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
50	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
51	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
58	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
59	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
60	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
63	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
66	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
67	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
69	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	s.t.
70	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
71	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
74	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
79	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
80	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
84	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
86	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
88	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
91	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
92	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	s.t.
95	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
100	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
104	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
106	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
107	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
112	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 22sec
113	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	0:40
115	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	0:42
116	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
117	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
118	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	1:50
119	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:24
120	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X	4hr 35min 39sec
2	Scott McGill	Human Powered Health	@ 1sec
3	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:04
4	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
5	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
6	Maël Guégan	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	0:07
7	Jason Tesson	TotalEnergies	0:10
8	Rudy Barbier	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
12	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Bart Lemmen	Human Powered Health	s.t.
14	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Rory Townsend	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
16	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
18	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Léo Danès	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
22	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
23	Dennis Van Der Horst	Allinq Continental	s.t.
24	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
26	Andrii Ponomar	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
27	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Romain Cardis	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
29	Iker Bonillo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
30	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
31	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
32	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Lucas Boniface	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Tom Mainguenaud	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
35	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Emmanuel Morin	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
37	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
38	Matthew Gibson	Human Powered Health	s.t.
39	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
41	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
42	Enzo Boulet	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
43	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
44	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
51	Nicolas Tivani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
52	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
53	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Florian Rapiteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
56	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
57	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Lars Rouffaer	Allinq Continental	s.t.
61	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
63	Ryan Christensen	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
64	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
67	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
68	Thomas Devaux	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
71	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Pepijn Veenings	Allinq Continental	s.t.
74	Lucas Bénéteau	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Anthony Maldonado	Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
79	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
80	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Josu Etxeberria	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
84	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Pierre Barbier	CIC-U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
86	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
88	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
91	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
92	Ilan Larmet	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Arne Peters	Allinq Continental	s.t.
95	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Jordan Labrosse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
100	Joris Chaussinand	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
104	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
106	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
107	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
112	Baptiste Veistroffer	Ag2r-Citroën	0:32
113	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	0:50
115	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	0:52
116	James Fouche	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
117	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
118	Rick Ottema	Allinq Continental	2:00
119	Andrea Pietrobon	EOLO-Kometa	2:34
120	Baptiste Gillet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map:

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Start list with back numbers, August 21, 2023:

	GROUPAMA-FDJ
1	Thibaut Pinot
2	Bruno Armirail
3	Matthieu Ladagnous
4	Fabian Lienhard
5	Enzo Paleni
6	Paul Penhoët
7	Bram Welten
	AG2R CITROËN TEAM
11	Antoine Raugel
12	Joris Chaussinand
13	Valentin Retailleau
14	Marc Sarreau
15	Clément Venturini
16	Jordan Labrosse
17	Baptiste Veistroffer
	COFIDIS
21	Ion Izagirre
22	Alexandre Delettre
23	Eddy Finé
24	Simon Geschke
25	Anthony Perez
26	Max Walscheid
27	Oliver Knight
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
31	Nacer Bouhanni
32	Amaury Capiot
33	Ewen Costiou
34	Thibault Guernalec
35	Anthony Delaplace
36	David Dekker
37	Baptiste Gillet
	TOTALENERGIES
41	Maciej Bodnar
42	Jérémy Cabot
43	Valentin Ferron
44	Lorrenzo Manzin
45	Geoffrey Soupe
46	Jason Tesson
47	Lucas Boniface
	BOLTON EQUITIES-BLACK SPOKE
51	Aaron Gate
52	Logan Currie
53	Ollie Jones
54	Josh Kench
55	George Jackson
56	Tom Sexton
57	Matthew Bostock
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
61	Daniel Babor
62	Tomas Barta
63	Josu Etxeberria
64	Jhojan Garcia
65	Iuri Leitao
66	Eduard Prades
67	Javier Ibanez
	EOLO-KOMETA
71	Diego Sevilla
72	Simone Bevilacqua
73	David Martin
74	Giovanni Lonardi
75	Mirco Maestri
76	Andrea Pietrobon
77	Samuele Rivi
	GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI CSF-FAIZANÈ
81	Iker Bonillo
82	Luca Colnaghi
83	Filippo Fiorelli
84	Davide Gabburo
85	Riccardo Lucca
86	Enrico Zanoncello
87	Samuele Zoccarato
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
91	Pier-André Côté
92	Adam De Vos
93	Matthew Gibson
94	Gage Hecht
95	Bart Lemmen
96	Gijs Van Hoecke
97	Sasha Weemaes
	CORRATEC-SELLE ITALIA
101	Valerio Conti
102	Simone Olivero
103	Nicolas Tivani
104	Karel Vacek
105	Jan Stöckli
106	Charlie Quarterman
107	Etienne Van Empel
	TUDOR PRO CYCLING
111	Tom Bohli
112	Aloïs Charrin
113	Robin Froidevaux
114	Petr Kelemen
115	Arthur Kluckers
116	Joel Suter
117	Roland Thalmann
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
121	Søren Wærenskjold
122	Tord Gudmestad
123	Niklas Larsen
124	Magnus Kulset
125	Lasse Norman Leth
126	Marcus Sander Hansen
127	Sindre Kulset
	VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX-LILLE MÉTROPOLE
131	Thomas Boudat
132	Rait Ärm
133	Jérémy Leveau
134	Valentin Tabellion
135	Samuel Leroux
136	Tom Mainguenaud
137	Norman Vahtra
	NICE MÉTROPOLE-CÔTE D'AZUR
141	Jonathan Couanon
142	Tristan Delacroix
143	Damien Girard
144	Julian Lino
145	Jean-Louis Le Ny
146	Andrea Mifsud
147	Maxime Urruty
	SAINT MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93
151	Rudy Barbier
152	Romain Cardis
153	Nicolas Debeaumarché
154	Thomas Devaux
155	Anthony Maldonado
156	Flavien Maurelet
157	Morne Van Niekerk
	CIC-U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
161	Pierre Barbier
162	Enzo Boulet
163	Léo Danès
164	Maël Guégan
165	Hubert Grygowski
166	Søjberg Pedersen Rasmus
167	Emmanuel Morin
	ALLINQ CONTINENTAL
171	Elmar Abma
172	Mike Bronswijk
173	Dennis Van Der Horst
174	Rick Ottema
175	Arne Peters
176	Lars Rouffaer
177	Pepijn Veenings