2017 Route du Sud - la Dépêche du Midi (2.1), France

41st edition: June 15 - June 18, 2017

Route du Sud podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

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Sunday, June 18: 4th and Final Stage , Gers - Nogaro, 154.8 km

Stage 4 map and profile

Tom Scully wins the final stage

The race: Here's the report from final overall winner Silvan Dillier's BMC team.

18 June, 2017, Nogaro (FRA): Far from the top of the favorites list for the General Classification at Route du Sud, Silvan Dillier proved anything can happen when he secured the first stage race win of his career, crossing the line safely on stage 4 to take the overall win.

After battling to the line line on the queen stage in fifth place and inheriting the lead over Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team) by one second, it came down to the relatively flat 154.8km stage 4 which was predicted to end in a sprint.

Dillier's BMC Racing Team teammates kept him out of trouble throughout the stage as up ahead, nine riders went clear to form the day's breakaway. Their advantage was kept within two and a half minutes as the sprinters' teams looked to make the most of the last stage win on offer.

The breakaway claimed the bonus seconds throughout the stage, helping to secure Dillier's overall lead, and in the end only splits on the line or a top three finish from Carapaz would threaten Dillier's win.

With 5km remaining, the breakaway was holding on to a 40-second advantage and three kilometers later, the peloton was chasing hard 20 seconds behind the group.

Tom Skully (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) claimed the win from the breakaway to upset the predicted bunch sprint while behind, Jempy Drucker sprinted to 11th place and Dillier finished in the peloton to secure the win.

After accumulating points during his two days in the breakaway, Dillier made it a clean sweep by also claiming the sprint and King of the Mountain jerseys.

Interview with Silvan Dillier:

Congratulations, Silvan! How does it feel to take your first stage win?

"It's a fantastic feeling. Route du Sud was never a race I thought I would win with all of the climbs. Finally, I succeeded in doing it. The whole team did a really good job today. We controlled the whole stage with Team Sky. There were not too many dangerous guys in the breakaway because of the big time gaps so we let a really good group go. We could relax a little bit knowing that none of the guys in front were a threat. But, we still had to be focused for the finish on the circuit to make sure there were no splits."

After winning a stage at the Giro d'Italia, 2017 is proving to be a breakout year for you. Do you agree?

"It has been a really nice start to the year with the Giro d'Italia stage win and now the overall win here. It would be nice to continue the rest of the year as I have started it. Winning never gets easier so I just have to continue working hard and progressing as I have been. If you stop progressing, then you can never keep winning."

What do you hope to achieve in the rest of the year?

"The World Championships are a big goal for me. The time trial will suit me well as there is a climb and it will make the race pretty hard. All of my races in the second half of the year will lead up to this, but for sure I want to keep my good form at every race I do for the rest of the year."

Yvon Ledanois, Sports Director: "With only a one-second advantage going into today's stage, it was important for us to control the beginning of the race. When the breakaway went clear it was perfect for us as there was no one that could threaten the overall GC. From that moment, I knew we didn't need to pull too hard as the sprinters' teams would want to bring it back together and we saw that with Team Sky."

"The guys did an amazing job to protect Silvan Dillier. They rode around him all day and on a circuit like that at the end, it could have been dangerous. One second is such a small margin and we didn't want to lose the race on the last day. Everybody was working really hard to achieve our objective."

"Not only did we win the General Classification but we also won the Mountains and Points Classification with Silvan so, it's been a great race for him and for the team. We didn't come into this race with the GC in mind but as we saw on the first stage if you don't take opportunities you never know what might happen."

Complete results:

154.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.859 km/hr

1	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	3hr 27min 3sec
2	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
4	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
5	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
6	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
8	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
9	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
10	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	s.t.
11	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
12	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
13	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
15	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
16	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	s.t.
17	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
18	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
22	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	s.t.
23	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
24	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
25	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	@ 6sec
26	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
28	Aritz BAGUES KALPARSORO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
29	David ARROYO DURAN	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
32	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
33	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
34	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
35	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	s.t.
36	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
37	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
38	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
39	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
41	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
42	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
44	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
45	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
47	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
48	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	13
49	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
50	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
51	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
52	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	s.t.
53	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
55	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
56	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	22
57	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	30
58	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	30
59	Johan LE BON	FDJ	37
60	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
61	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	41
62	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
63	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
65	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
68	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	48
69	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+1:01
70	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
71	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
72	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
73	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
75	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
77	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
80	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:05
81	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
82	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
83	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
84	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+1:24
85	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+1:31
86	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
87	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
88	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:33
89	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
90	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:38
91	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+1:42
92	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+1:50
93	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:57
94	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
95	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	+2:03
96	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+2:11
97	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
99	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+2:17
100	Félix POUILLY	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
101	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
103	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
104	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
105	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
106	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+2:28
107	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+2:34
108	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	+2:35
109	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+2:36
110	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+2:36
111	Wout POELS	Sky	+2:44
112	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	+3:12
113	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+3:21
114	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+12:21

Final GC after stage 4:

672.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.114 km/hr

1	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	17hr 11min 9sec
2	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	@ 7sec
3	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	+1:44
4	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:47
5	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:07
6	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	+4:42
7	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	+5:38
8	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+5:45
9	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	+5:51
10	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+6:33
11	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+6:59
12	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+7:19
13	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+7:51
14	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	+8:49
15	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	+8:50
16	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+8:54
17	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+9:59
18	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+9:59
19	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+10:36
20	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+11:27
21	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+12:23
22	Manuel SENNI	BMC	+13:04
23	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	+13:29
24	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+14:32
25	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	+14:33
26	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	+14:48
27	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	+15:27
28	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+15:31
29	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	+15:33
30	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	+15:55
31	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	+16:21
32	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	+16:27
33	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	+17:02
34	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+19:28
35	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+19:57
36	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+21:49
37	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	+22:18
38	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+23:04
39	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	+23:10
40	Jose HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	+24:11
41	Wout POELS	Sky	+26:11
42	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+27:07
43	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+27:15
44	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+27:44
45	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	+27:49
46	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber 93	+28:02
47	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	+28:19
48	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+28:30
49	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+28:49
50	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+28:50
51	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+29:27
52	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+30:02
53	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+30:06
54	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+32:33
55	Floris GERFS	BMC	+32:33
56	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+34:01
57	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+36:34
58	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	+38:56
59	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	+39:07
60	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	+39:11
61	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
63	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+39:15
64	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	+39:17
65	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	+39:59
66	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	+40:12
67	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+40:42
68	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	+42:18
69	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+42:24
70	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+42:58
71	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+45:30
72	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+46:03
73	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+46:20
74	Félix POUILLY	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+48:00
75	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+49:05
76	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+49:37
77	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
78	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubiax Lille Metropole	s.t.
79	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+49:43
80	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
81	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	+50:32
82	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber 93	+50:38
83	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	+50:42
84	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+50:54
85	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+51:02
86	Ian STANNARD	Sky	+51:06
87	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+51:33
88	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber 93	+51:48
89	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
90	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	+51:51
91	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+52:48
92	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+53:17
93	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+53:42
94	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber 93	+53:46
95	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+53:54
96	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	+54:47
97	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	+55:06
98	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	+55:49
99	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+55:51
100	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+56:17
101	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+56:27
102	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+57:04
103	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber 93	+57:20
104	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	+57:47
105	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+1:00:06
106	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	+1:01:17
107	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+1:04:15
108	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+1:04:48
109	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+1:04:53
110	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:04:58
111	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	+1:05:36
112	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:06:11
113	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	+1:06:23
114	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubiax Lille Metropole	+1:08:48

Stage 4 map and profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Saturday, June 17: Stage 3, St. Gaudens - Gavernie Gèdre, 167 km

Stage 3 map and profile

Pierre Rolland wins the queen stage.

The race: Here's the story from new GC leader Silvan Dillier's BMC team.

Silvan Dillier put in a huge effort in the breakaway on stage 3, the queen stage, of Route du Sud and crossed the line in Gavarnie-Gèdre to claim the race lead by one second ahead of the final stage.

Dillier’s second place finish and the significant time gained by the breakaway over the peloton on stage 1 meant the battle for the General Classification would come down to just nine riders on stage 3, the final day of climbing.

Despite sitting in second place overall, Dillier formed part of an 11-rider breakaway after 40km of racing. Dillier’s threat to the General Classification meant the peloton kept the group within two and a half minutes for the first half of the stage.

Before the breakaway reached the category 1 Col du Tourmalet, Dillier claimed the first intermediate sprint, adding points to his lead in the sprint classification and gaining three valuable bonus seconds.

On the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, the breakaway split up and Dillier found himself chasing the leading trio of Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team).

Dillier reached the summit in fourth place but put his descending skills to the test as behind, the peloton was reduced to just 30 riders, three minutes behind the then-leading duo of Moscon and Rolland.

Dillier battled on behind and ascended the next climb, the RF de Gaborisse in third place, before chasing the duo down on the descent and making contact with 20km to go.

With more bonus seconds on offer at the second and final intermediate sprint, Dillier added another three bonus seconds to his haul before the brutal final climb started.

As the trio tackled the climb to Gavarnie-Gèdre, led by Dillier, a small group of General Classification contenders were behind and it became clear the battle for the overall lead would come down to a matter of seconds between Dillier and Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team), who started the day 12 seconds behind Dillier.

Rolland attacked on the climb and held on to take the solo win and less than one minute behind, Dillier gave it everything he had to fight for the race lead. Carapaz passed Dillier in the final kilometer and crossed the line 13 seconds ahead in third place, to also claim a four-second time bonus.

However, the six-second bonus Dillier had picked up during the stage meant Dillier claimed the race lead by a mere second and continues to lead the sprint and King of the Mountain classification with one stage remaining.

Silvan Dillier: “If somebody had told me before the race that I was going to be going for the General Classification at Route du Sud, I would have told them that they were crazy. But now it is happening. The first objective was to make the breakaway today to get some bonus seconds and points for the sprint jersey, and then I took it climb by climb to see where I ended up at the top and how much I could get back on the descents. All of a sudden, I was in a position to take the leader’s jersey and I took it by one second.”

“On the final climb, Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) were with me but they told me that it was up to me to do all of the pulling because I was going for the GC. So I basically did my own time trial all the way to the finish. They attacked me with about 5km to go but I just kept my own rhythm and eventually, Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team) overtook me with 250m to go. I was going full gas and couldn’t accelerate anymore. Eventually, I just crossed the finish line with the right time to take the jersey.”

“It’s a flat stage tomorrow so it’s one for the sprinters. So, I think the only way Carapaz can take the jersey from me is with bonus seconds. You also have to pay attention to splits at the finish line. But, I think we have a good team to defend the jersey. I didn’t think I would be in this position at Route du Sud.”

Complete Results:

167 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.840 km/hr

1	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	4hr 56min 6sec
2	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	@ 42sec
3	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
4	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
5	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	55
6	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:23
7	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:41
8	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+1:49
9	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+2:15
10	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
11	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+2:41
12	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+3:11
13	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	+3:27
14	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:38
15	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	+5:49
17	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	+5:57
18	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+6:24
19	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	+6:26
20	Manuel SENNI	BMC	+7:06
21	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	+7:19
22	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+8:37
23	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	+9:29
24	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
25	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+9:41
27	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+10:30
28	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
29	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	+10:52
30	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	+11:24
31	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
32	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
33	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+12:03
34	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+12:19
35	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+13:29
36	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+14:02
37	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+14:54
38	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+15:21
39	Jorge ARCAS	Movistar	+16:10
40	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	+16:57
41	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	+17:15
42	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+17:52
43	Wout POELS	Sky	+18:30
44	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+19:01
45	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber 93	+22:52
46	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
47	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
51	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
52	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
54	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
55	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+24:21
57	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+24:39
58	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
59	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+24:57
60	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+25:11
61	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+26:47
62	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+30:58
63	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+34:10
64	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+34:14
65	Miguel Angel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
67	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
69	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
70	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
71	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
72	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
74	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
75	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
76	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
77	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	s.t.
79	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
80	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
81	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
82	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
83	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
84	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
85	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
86	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
87	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
88	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
90	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
91	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
92	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
93	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+34:23
95	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+34:25
96	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+34:49
97	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	+35:58
98	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+36:30
99	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+36:32
100	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+36:55
101	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	+39:43
102	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+41:51
103	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
104	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
105	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
106	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	s.t.
107	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+41:54
109	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	+44:00
110	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
111	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+44:20
112	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+44:42
113	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	+46:38
114	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+46:39
115	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	+46:44

GC after Stage 3:

1	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	13hr 44min 6sec
2	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	@ 1sec
3	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	+1:38
4	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:34
5	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+4:01
6	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	+4:36
7	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	+5:32
8	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+5:39
9	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	+5:45
10	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+6:20
11	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+6:38
12	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+6:46
13	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	+7:12
14	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	+7:38
15	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	+8:08
16	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	+8:44
17	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+9:35
18	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	+9:53
19	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+9:53
20	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	+10:54
21	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+11:21
22	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	+11:42
23	Manuel SENNI	BMC	+12:03
24	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	+12:16
25	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:34
26	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+14:26
27	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	+14:26
28	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	+15:27
30	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	+15:49
31	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	+16:21
32	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
33	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
34	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+17:00
35	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+19:51
36	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+20:18
37	Jorge ARCAS	Movistar	+21:07
38	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	+21:54
39	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	+22:12
40	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+23:04
41	Wout POELS	Sky	+23:27
42	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+24:31
43	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+26:10
44	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+27:43
45	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+27:48
46	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	+27:49
47	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
50	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+29:25
54	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+30:06
55	Floris GERFS	BMC	+31:32
56	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	+31:44
57	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+32:20
58	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+36:38
59	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	+38:15
60	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	+39:11
61	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
64	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
65	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
67	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
68	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	+39:22
69	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+39:50
70	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	+42:12
71	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+42:52
72	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+44:06
73	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+44:30
74	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
75	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+45:43
76	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+46:48
77	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+48:57
78	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
79	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+49:37
80	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
82	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
83	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
84	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
85	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
88	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+49:56
89	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+50:01
90	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
91	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	+50:32
92	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+51:43
93	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	+51:43
94	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	+52:01
95	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+52:27
96	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+53:42
97	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber 93	+53:46
98	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
99	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	+55:06
100	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+55:10
101	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	+55:19
102	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	+55:30
103	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	+56:04
104	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+56:27
105	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+57:04
106	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber 93	+57:14
107	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+59:31
108	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	+1:01:17
109	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+1:01:58
110	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	+1:02:24
111	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:03:27
112	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+1:03:52
113	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	+1:06:10
114	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:06:11
115	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+1:07:15

Stage 3 map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Friday, June 16: Stage 2, Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout - Saramon, 173.8 km

Elia Viviani wins the second stage

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Elia Viviani's Team Sky.

Elia Viviani pounced early with 125m to go on the 176km stage to Saramon, powering to the line with Carlos Barbero (Movistar) second and Lorrenzo Manzin (FDJ) third.

The final move from Team Sky was superbly executed as the whole team combined on the front of the peloton to bring back a long range break which saw Miles Scotson (BMC Racing) cling onto a lead until the final kilometres.

Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas and Gianni Moscon then combined to lead Viviani to the front of the pack and the Italian secured victory

In the general classification Kenny Elissonde moves up to sixth ahead of a crucial stage three which will be pivotal in deciding who wins the  race.

Viviani was delighted with the efforts of his teammates and was pleased to have been able to make their hard work count in difficult conditions. He told TeamSky.com: "We focused all the team on the sprint and we pulled with [Michal] Golas first who did a really strong turn with 5km to go. It was very hot here in the South of France and it's not easy to pull all day.

"Sergio started the lead out train with 3km to go and then Yogi [Ian Stannard], G and Moscon left me in the perfect position with 200m to go. It's a special time when I have those guys leading out for me."

He added: "I'm feeling good, the legs are good and I I'm delighted with this second win of the season."

Complete results:

173.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.873 km/hr

1	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	4hr 15min 8sec
2	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	s.t.
3	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
4	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
5	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
6	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
8	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
9	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
10	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
11	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	s.t.
12	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
13	Floris GERFS	BMC	s.t.
14	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	s.t.
18	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
19	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
21	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	s.t.
22	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
24	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
25	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
26	Jose HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
27	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
28	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	s.t.
29	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
31	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
32	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
34	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
35	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
36	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
37	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
38	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
39	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
40	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
41	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	s.t.
42	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
43	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	s.t.
44	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
45	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
46	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
47	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
49	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
50	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	s.t.
51	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
52	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
55	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Josu ZABALA LOPEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
58	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
59	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
60	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
61	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
63	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
65	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
66	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
67	Mikel ITURRIA SEGUROLA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
68	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
70	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
71	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
74	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
76	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
79	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	s.t.
81	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
82	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
83	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
85	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
88	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	s.t.
90	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
91	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
92	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
93	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
94	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
96	David MENUT	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
97	Wout POELS	Sky	s.t.
98	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	@ 17sec
99	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	21
100	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	24
101	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
102	Flavien DASSONVILLE	HP BTP Auber 93	35
103	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
104	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
105	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
106	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	55
107	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+1:32
108	Fabrice JEANDESBOZ	Direct Energie	+1:34
109	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	+1:39
111	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+1:57
112	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+2:04
113	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+2:06
114	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
115	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
116	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
117	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	+2:24
118	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+3:23
119	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
120	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+5:36

GC after Stage 2:

1	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	8hr 46min 47sec
2	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	@ 24sec
3	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	32
4	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36
5	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
6	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
7	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
9	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+1:23
11	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:25
12	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:36
14	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	+6:10
15	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	s.t.
16	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
19	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
20	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
21	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
22	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
24	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
25	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
26	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
27	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
28	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
29	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
30	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
31	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
32	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
33	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
35	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
36	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
38	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
39	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	s.t.
41	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
42	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
44	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Wout POELS	Sky	s.t.
48	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
49	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
51	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
52	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
53	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
54	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
58	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
59	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
61	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	s.t.
62	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
63	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
64	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+6:27
66	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+6:40
67	Flavien DASSONVILLE	HP BTP Auber 93	+6:45
68	Floris GERFS	BMC	+8:06
69	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	+8:36
70	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	+9:11
71	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	+9:33
72	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+9:55
73	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+10:30
75	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+11:29
76	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+13:54
77	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+16:26
78	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+16:36
79	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
80	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	s.t.
82	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
83	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
84	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
85	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
86	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
89	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
90	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
91	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	+16:53
92	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	+17:00
93	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
94	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	+17:31
95	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+18:42
96	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
97	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+18:50
98	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	+19:00
99	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+19:59
100	Carlos BARBERO CUESTA	Movistar	+20:39
101	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+20:41
102	David MENUT	HP BTP Auber 93	+20:42
103	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+20:45
104	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
105	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP Auber 93	s.t.
106	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
107	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
108	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	s.t.
109	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
110	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
111	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
112	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+21:20
113	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	+22:09
114	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+22:17
115	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	+22:18
116	Fabrice JEANDESBOZ	Direct Energie	+22:19
117	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	+22:42
118	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+22:49
119	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+22:51
120	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+31:58

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Thursday, June 15: Stage 1, Villeveyrac - St. Pons de Thomieres, 176.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Julien Loubet wins the first stage

The race: Here's the report from second-place Silvan Dillier's BMC team.

Silvan Dillier animated stage 1 of Route du Sud with a solo effort on the first mountain stage which saw him claim the two intermediate sprints before sprinting to second place.

Dillier was the first rider to attack and formed part of a three-rider breakaway after 12km. The trio quickly established a solid advantage and by the 30km mark, the gap has extended to 2’50”.

The race situation stabilized and the peloton kept Dillier’s group within three minutes for the first half of the stage. The advantage came down to two minutes before the peloton eased their chase and allowed the trio to go four minutes clear.

After Dillier won the two intermediate sprints, the breakaway continued on to the first two categorized climbs of the day. The pace of the peloton increased on the climb and while many riders were dropped, four riders jumped clear from the bunch to form a chase group behind the breakaway.

Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) was dropped from Dillier’s group, leaving just Dillier and Julien Loubet (Armée de Terre) with a slight advantage over the chase group as they approached the summit of Col de la Bane.

Dillier took the honors on Col de la Bane and attacked on the descent to go solo for the next 15km of racing, during which time he held a 20-second advantage on the five-rider chase group.

Just inside 40km to go, Dillier was caught and immediately jumped in the wheel to form a six-rider leading group, 1’30” clear of another chase group and four minutes ahead of the peloton. With two climbs still to come, Loubet attacked again and gained 50” on the chase group with Dillier.

Behind, multiple attacks were neutralized and after being dropped and then fighting back, Dillier led the chase behind Loubet on the descent of the final climb, the Col de Saint-Colombe.

Loubet held on to take the stage win and Dillier sprinted to second place, 22 seconds behind. After taking points on all three climbs and the two intermediate sprints, Dillier is leading the Sprint classification and the King of the Mountain classification.

With temperatures over 37 degrees, Dylan Teuns was forced to retire after suffering from the extreme weather conditions.

Silvan Dillier: “At the beginning of the stage everyone was sprinting to try and get in the breakaway but then it flattened out and I was alone. I kept on going for a couple of kilometers before the other two guys joined me. I felt really good. I never expected to finish so far ahead of the peloton. Some guys attacked on the first climb and eventually joined us in the final and I expected them to go really hard on the last climb, to fight it out for the stage win, but they never did. I followed until the last kilometer of the final climb and then tried to force the split in the downhill to catch Loubet. We didn’t catch him and the rest of the group caught on me on the finish line”

“I can imagine that quite a lot of people suffered in the heat. It was the same with me. I drank so much, around 10 litres I think. Your stomach feels like it’s going to explode but you have to keep drinking because it was so hot. Now I have the KOM and sprint jerseys. For the KOM jersey, the third day is important so I probably will try to go in the breakaway. Tomorrow is a bunch sprint and we will try to help Jempy Drucker get the win.”

Yvon Ledanois, Sports Director: “Today was a really, really tough day of racing. It was about 37 degrees the whole stage and with the three climbs, it was super hard. But, Silvan Dillier did a very good ride. He showed he definitely has good legs and continued his good form from the Giro d’Italia. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the stage win but he definitely showed good signs. We will now look to tomorrow which should, on paper, be a sprint stage. We know Jempy Drucker is in good shape and we hope he can be up there. We said from the beginning that stage wins, not the General Classification, is our priority so each day is an opportunity for us.”

Complete Results:

176.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.972 km/hr

1	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	4hr 31min 53sec
2	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	@ 22sec
3	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
4	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
7	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
8	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
9	David ARROYO DURAN	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+1:09
11	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:11
12	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:22
14	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber93	+5:56
15	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	s.t.
16	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
17	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
18	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
19	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
20	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	Wout POELS	Sky	s.t.
22	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
23	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
24	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
26	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
27	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
28	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
29	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
32	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
33	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
35	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
36	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
37	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
38	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
39	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
40	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
41	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
46	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
47	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
49	Antonio MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
51	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
52	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
53	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
54	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	s.t.
56	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
59	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	s.t.
60	Flavien DASSONVILLE	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
61	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
64	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
65	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
66	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+6:05
68	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+6:13
69	Floris GERFS	BMC	+7:52
70	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	+8:22
71	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+9:41
73	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
74	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+13:42
77	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+16:22
78	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
79	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
80	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	s.t.
81	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
82	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
83	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
84	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
85	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
86	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
87	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
90	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
91	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
92	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
93	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
94	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
95	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
96	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
97	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
99	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
100	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+16:30
101	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+20:31
102	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
103	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
104	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
105	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
106	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	s.t.
107	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
108	David MENUT	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
109	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	s.t.
110	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
111	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
112	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
113	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
114	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
115	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	s.t.
117	Fabrice JEANDESBOZ	Direct Energie	s.t.
118	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
119	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	s.t.
120	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+31:44

GC after Stage 1:

1	Julien LOUBET	Armée de Terre	4hr 31min 39sec
2	Silvan DILLIER	BMC	@ 24sec
3	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	32
4	Anthony PEREZ	Cofidis	36
5	Luis Angel MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
7	Brice FEILLU	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
8	Kenny ELISSONDE	Sky	s.t.
9	David ARROYO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Romain GUILLEMOIS	Direct Energie	+1:23
11	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	+1:25
12	Clement CHEVRIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:36
14	Fabien TOUZE	HP BTP-Auber93	+6:10
15	Jose ROJAS	Movistar	s.t.
16	Steven TRONET	Armée de Terre	s.t.
17	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
18	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
19	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
20	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
21	Wout POELS	Sky	s.t.
22	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
23	Truls KORSÆTH	Astana	s.t.
24	Jonathan LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
26	Manuel SENNI	BMC	s.t.
27	Pierre GOUAULT	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
28	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
29	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
32	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC	s.t.
33	Fabricio FERRARI	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Daniel MORENO	Movistar	s.t.
35	Beñat TXOPERENA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
36	Andrey ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
37	Clement VENTURINI	Cofidis	s.t.
38	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
39	Garikoitz BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
40	Yannick MARTINEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
41	François BIDARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Hubert DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Mikel ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	Kevin LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
46	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
47	Mathias LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
49	Antonio MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Fabien CANAL	Armée de Terre	s.t.
51	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
52	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
53	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
54	Sergio PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Jorge ARCAS PEÑA	Movistar	s.t.
56	Yoann BAGOT	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Josu ZABALA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Mikel BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
59	Thomas VOECKLER	Direct Energie	s.t.
60	Flavien DASSONVILLE	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
61	Stéphane ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Julien BERARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Jimmy RAIBAUD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
64	Jerome MAINARD	Armée de Terre	s.t.
65	Julien ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
66	Christopher BUTLER	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Yohann GENE	Direct Energie	+6:19
68	Kevin LEBRETON	Armée de Terre	+6:27
69	Floris GERFS	BMC	+8:06
70	Daniele BENNATI	Movistar	+8:36
71	Quentin JAUREGUI	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+9:55
73	Joeri CALLEEUW	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
74	Miguel Angel BENITO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Elie GESBERT	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+13:54
77	Tom VAN ASBROECK	Cannondale Drapac	+16:36
78	Loïc VLIEGEN	BMC	s.t.
79	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
80	MARC FOURNIER	FDJ	s.t.
81	Romain FEILLU	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
82	Pello OLABERRIA	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
83	Tom SCULLY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
84	Aritz BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
85	Benoit JARRIER	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
86	Paul OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
87	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Nicolas VEREECKEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
90	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
91	Jérémy LEVEAU	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
92	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
93	Nicolas BALDO	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
94	Ian STANNARD	Sky	s.t.
95	Jeremy BESCOND	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
96	Benjamin THOMAS	Armée de Terre	s.t.
97	Alexandre PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
99	BENOIT VAUGRENARD	FDJ	s.t.
100	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+16:44
101	Bryan COQUARD	Direct Energie	+20:45
102	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
103	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
104	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
105	Daniel MCLAY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
106	Carlos BARBERO	Movistar	s.t.
107	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
108	David MENUT	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
109	Miles SCOTSON	BMC	s.t.
110	Anthony MALDONADO	HP BTP-Auber93	s.t.
111	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
112	Lander SEYNAEVE	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
113	Romain CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
114	Aitor GONZALEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
115	Félix POUILLY	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Stéphane POULHIES	Armée de Terre	s.t.
117	Fabrice JEANDESBOZ	Direct Energie	s.t.
118	Oscar RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
119	Héctor CARRETERO	Movistar	s.t.
120	Emiel VERMEULEN	Roubaix Lille Metropole	+31:58

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Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile