2022 Route d'Occitanie
Formerly Route du Sud - la Dépêche du Midi (2.1), France

46th edition: June 16 - 19, 2022

Saturday, June 18: Stage 3, Sigean - Les Angles, 188.7 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Michael Woods wins the stage and becomes the GC leader. Photo: Kevin Poulot

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Weather at the finish at Les Angles at 1:30 PM, local time: 27C (80F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Michael Wodds' Team Israel-Premier Tech.

It was the first Canadian victory in La Route d’Occitanie: Michael Woods soloed to the line on top of Les Angles in the Pyrenees. “I am proud to be the first Canadian to win in this race.”

The Canadian was honoured four times on the podium for his efforts in the third stage of the French race. First, he stepped onto the top step of the podium as the conqueror of the stage, next as the new leader in the general classification, then as the leader of the climber’s points, and finally as the new leader in the points classification.

A beautiful day for racing in the Pyrenees.

In the final of the stage, Woods followed an attack from Carlos Rodríquez and committed himself to keeping the gap with the Spanish cyclist from Ineos. On the steepest slopes of the final climb, Woods attacked and dropped his breakaway companion. He soloed to the stage victory and had all the time in the world to celebrate.

“It is great to see the team performing in different races at the moment”, Woods said after the finish. “In Switzerland, Jakob Fuglsang is doing great, and, personally, I am very happy to win here.”

Earlier this month, the Dane and the Canadian raced together in the Mercan’Tour. They finished first and second.

Tomorrow, La Route d’Occitanie will most likely end with a mass sprint finish. Woods: “We will do everything to keep the jersey and win this race. The team has a good chance.”

Complete results:

188.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.047 km/hr

1	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	5hr 23min 3sec
2	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1min 11sec
3	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:12
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
5	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
6	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	1:35
7	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
8	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
9	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:26
11	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	5:51
14	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:56
15	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:44
16	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	7:58
17	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	9:02
18	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	9:43
19	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	10:24
20	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	10:26
21	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	10:30
22	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	10:38
23	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	11:21
24	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	11:54
25	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	12:20
27	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	12:56
28	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	s.t.
29	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
30	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	s.t.
31	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X	13:31
32	Abner González	Movistar	14:02
33	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	14:13
34	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	17:09
35	Adria Moreno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
36	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
39	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	17:31
40	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:40
41	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	17:53
42	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:37
43	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	19:07
44	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	19:10
45	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	20:03
46	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:22
47	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	20:36
48	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	20:50
49	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	21:40
50	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	22:49
51	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	23:02
53	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	24:51
54	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
56	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
57	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	s.t.
58	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
60	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
61	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
62	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	s.t.
63	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
64	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	24:54
68	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	26:20
69	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	27:15
70	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	28:13
71	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
74	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
79	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
81	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
82	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	28:57
86	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
87	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
88	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	André Carvalho	Cofidis	31:55
91	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
92	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
93	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
94	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	32:01
95	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	32:34
96	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	33:13
98	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	33:19
99	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	33:28
100	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	34:41
101	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	38:09
102	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	38:11
103	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
104	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
105	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
109	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
111	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
112	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
113	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
114	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
115	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
117	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
121	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
122	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	39:21
123	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	41:02
124	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	41:20
125	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
126	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	44:56
127	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	45:35
128	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	45:54
129	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.
130	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	45:59
131	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

397.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.459 km/hr

1	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	10hr 19min 59sec
2	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1min 16sec
3	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:21
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	1:24
5	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
6	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	1:48
7	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	2:39
11	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:59
13	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	6:04
14	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	6:43
15	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:57
16	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	8:11
17	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	9:15
18	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	9:56
19	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	10:37
20	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	10:43
21	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	10:51
22	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	11:34
23	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	12:07
24	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	12:33
26	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	13:09
27	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	13:38
29	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X	13:44
30	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	13:46
31	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	14:01
32	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	14:45
33	Abner González	Movistar	15:38
34	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	17:22
35	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
37	Adria Moreno	Burgos-BH	17:41
38	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	17:44
39	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:53
40	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	18:37
41	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:50
42	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	19:20
43	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	19:23
44	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	20:16
45	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	20:21
46	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:35
47	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	20:49
48	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	21:44
49	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	21:53
50	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	23:02
51	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	24:30
53	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	25:04
54	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
55	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	25:07
56	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	25:23
57	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	25:28
58	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	25:33
59	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	25:47
60	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	26:07
61	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:15
62	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	27:31
63	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	27:52
64	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	28:03
65	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	28:20
67	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	28:22
68	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	28:26
69	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:55
72	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	28:58
73	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	29:08
74	Max Kanter	Movistar	29:10
75	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:37
77	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	29:49
78	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	30:08
79	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	30:25
80	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	30:38
81	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	31:25
82	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
83	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
84	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	31:51
85	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	32:08
86	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	32:47
87	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	33:28
88	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	33:41
89	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	33:55
90	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	34:27
91	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	35:13
92	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	35:46
93	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	36:12
94	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
95	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	36:45
96	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	37:15
97	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	37:53
98	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	38:14
99	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	38:24
100	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
101	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
102	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
103	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
104	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	38:41
108	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	38:43
109	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	38:50
110	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	40:19
111	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	40:28
112	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	40:47
113	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	40:57
114	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	40:58
115	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	41:21
116	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	41:33
117	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	42:18
118	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	42:28
119	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	43:31
121	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	43:38
122	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	45:09
123	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	48:34
124	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	49:15
125	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	49:35
126	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	49:42
127	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	49:45
128	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	50:12
129	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	50:16
130	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	51:12
131	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	51:16
132	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	58:55

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Friday, June 17: Stage 2, Graulhet Belmont sur Rance - Roquefort en Aveyron, 154.6 34.3 km

Stage 2 map & profile:

Roger Adria wins a close sprint.

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Weather at the original start city of Graulhet at 1:45 PM, local time: 36C (97F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Because of the extraordinary heat wave hammering the area, the stage has been shortened, Here is a machine translation of the organizer's statement:

The start of the second stage of the Route d'Occitanie La Dépêche du Midi, initially scheduled in Graulhet, has been canceled due to a prefectural ban in connection with the placement of the Tarn department on heat wave red alert. At this point, a new start will take place at 2:45 p.m. in the town of Belmont-sur-Rance in the Aveyron department for a short stage of 36 km. The arrival is always scheduled around 3:30 p.m. in Roquefort in Aveyron. Media and TV coverage remains assured on the antennas of France Television and Eurosport.

Here is a machine-translation of the race report from winner Roger Adria's Equipo Kern Pharma team:

After a difficult start for the Kern Pharma Team and several shots at the post, the Navarre team climbed to the top of the podium this Friday in the second stage of La Route d'Occitanie – La Dépêche du Midi (France, UCI 2.1, 16 -19/06) thanks to an unbeatable Roger Adrià. He finished off to perfection the magnificent work that his colleagues did throughout the day, which earned him also the place as leader of the general classification and of the youngsters.

High temperatures were once again the protagonists in the French round, which was shortened to 35 kilometers due to a red alert due to excessive heat. Even so, the youngsters of the Kern Pharma Team raised an ambitious career from the start and took the reins of the peloton. Already in the last meters, Roger Adrià launched a powerful sprint that lifted him to victory, the first in the cycling elite for the young Barcelonan.

“I am very happy with my first win as a professional, it has been a feeling that I haven't had for a long time and I have felt a great emotion”, acknowledges Roger Adrià, smiling. “It has been a difficult year for everyone because we were not finding our place, but we have continued to work and trust that we have the necessary level to be among the best. The Kern Pharma Team has been top ten and I wouldn't have been able to do it without my teammates”, assures the Catalan runner.

The same emotion felt by Juanjo Oroz, director of the pharmaceutical group, from the car: “This victory defines us as a team. We believe to death in what we do and that is why we have come out with the clear objective of winning with Roger Adrià. I would like to thank all the members of the Kern Pharma Team for their work, through thick and thin, and also Kern Pharma for having opted for an exciting and future-oriented project. I feel proud and to be able to show that we are capable of competing at the highest level. Congratulations to all”, remarks Oroz.

Complete results:

34.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.197 km/hr

1	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	42min 42sec
2	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
6	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
13	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
19	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
28	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
42	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X	s.t.
43	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
46	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
49	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
54	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
55	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
57	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
58	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
61	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
64	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	s.t.
66	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	@ 19sec
68	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
69	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Adria Moreno Sala	Burgos-BH	s.t.
71	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
72	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:24
74	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	s.t.
75	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	0:26
76	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:29
77	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	s.t.
78	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	0:31
79	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:32
80	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	0:37
81	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:39
82	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	0:41
83	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	0:45
84	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	0:52
85	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:55
86	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	1:03
87	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:11
88	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:13
90	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:15
91	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Abner González	Movistar	1:23
93	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
94	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
95	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:40
96	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:55
97	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:12
99	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	2:23
100	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	2:27
101	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
102	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
103	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
104	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	2:59
105	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
106	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
108	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
109	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
111	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
113	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
115	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
116	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:09
118	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	3:25
119	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	4:04
120	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
121	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
122	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
124	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.
125	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
126	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
127	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
130	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
131	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	5:02
132	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	5:07
133	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
134	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
135	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
136	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
137	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
138	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
139	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:11
140	Jasper Levi Pahlke	Bike Aid	7:03
141	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	7:28
142	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
143	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
144	Antonio Puppio	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

208.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.240 km/hr

1	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	4hr 56min 27sec
2	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 4sec
4	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:06
5	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:10
6	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
7	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
8	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
9	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Fredrik Hagen Carl	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
16	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jacob Hindsgaul	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
19	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
21	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
25	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
29	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
34	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
40	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
43	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
46	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
47	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
51	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
54	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
58	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	s.t.
59	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
60	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
64	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:29
67	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
68	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
69	Adria Moreno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
70	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:34
72	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	s.t.
73	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	0:36
74	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:39
75	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	s.t.
76	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	0:41
77	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:42
78	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	0:47
79	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
80	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	0:51
81	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	0:53
82	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	0:55
83	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	1:02
84	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	1:05
85	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	1:13
86	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:21
87	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:25
89	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	1:25
90	Abner González	Movistar	1:33
91	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:50
92	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:05
93	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:22
94	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	2:33
95	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	2:37
96	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
97	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:44
99	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:07
100	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	3:09
101	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
103	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
105	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
106	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
108	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:19
111	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	3:35
112	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	3:37
113	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	4:10
114	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	4:14
115	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
116	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
118	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	5:10
123	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:11
124	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	5:12
125	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	5:14
126	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	5:17
127	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
128	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
129	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	5:39
130	Antonio Puppio	Israel-Premier Tech	7:38
131	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	8:19
132	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	8:28
133	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	8:38
134	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	8:40
135	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	10:11
136	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	10:22
137	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	11:51
138	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	11:57
139	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	12:58
140	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	13:02
141	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:05
142	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
143	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:09
144	Jasper Levi Pahlke	Bike Aid	16:01

 

Stage 2 map & profile, both original & revised:

Revised stage 2 map

Original stage 2 map

 

Revised stage 2 profile

Original stage 2 profile

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Thursday, June 16: Stage 1, Séméac - L'Isle Jourdain, 174.4 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Arnaud Démare takes the first stage.

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Weather at the finish at L'Isle Jourdain at 1:40 PM, local time: 35C (95F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Démare's Team Groupama-FDJ:

A bit more than two weeks after reaching Verona with three stage victories and the cyclamen jersey in his pocket, Arnaud Démare resumed racing in the best possible way on Thursday on the Route d’Occitanie. After a long and – very – hot day, the French sprinter finished off the great teamwork in L’Isle Jourdain, settling the bunch sprint. He then took his fourth wins of the season, and the Groupama-FDJ’s seventh. He obviously also took the lead of the general classification.

For the opening stage on the 2022 Route d’Occitanie, the route was not completely fat between Séméac and L’Isle Jourdain, but it was not difficult enough either to prevent a bunch sprint at the end. Therefore, all eyes were on the Groupama-FDJ cycling team which lined up Arnaud Démare and part of his train at the start, as they returned from a successful Giro d’Italia. “It was important to get off to a good start today,” said Sébastien Joly. “Everyone recovered well even if they experienced some decompression after such a Giro. A large part of the staff and of the riders were doubling both races, and it was already nice to meet yesterday”.

This morning, when a four-man breakaway including Oscar Cabedo (Burgos-BH), Wesley Mol (Bike Aid), Leo Danes (Team U Nantes Atlantique) and Jean Goubert (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) went from the start, Sébastien Joly and Franck Pineau’s men took their responsibilities straight away. Lars van den Berg took control and immediately set the pace. As a consequence, the leading four never enjoy a gap bigger than two minutes.

“Lars did a great work throughout the whole day behind the four fugitives,” said Sébastien. “I was really happy for him, because he had ups and downs since the beginning of the year for various reasons. To see him performing at a good level here was really nice.”

An important parameter also influenced the course of the stage. “It was very hot, extremely hot”, said Sébastien. “We have not yet experienced these conditions this year. “It was important to drink, drink, and drink,” added Bram Welten. “Everyone wanted to manage their efforts because the heartbeat could go high very quickly”, added Arnaud Démare. “We saw that the bunch wanted to go slow because everyone was struggling with the heat”. With the support of other teams in the second half of the race, the gap to the breakaway gradually narrowed, and it was only one minute when the bunch got to the finish for the first time, with 38 kilometres to go. The quartet was eventually caught ten kilometres further, and although some small attacks occurred, nothing could jeopardize a bunch sprint in L’Isle Jourdain.

“There was a small climb twenty kilometres from the finish where we stayed in a good position around Arnaud”, added Bram. “Everyone knew their role, and I think everyone did a great job.” The lead-out train really got into position five kilometres from the line behind Matthieu Ladagnous, before Ignatas Konovalovas enabled his teammates to enter the corner with 1500 metres to go in the top positions. “It was a strategic place”, said Sébastien Joly. The final sprint then approached, and the plans somehow changed.

“Just before the last corner, Ramon had to make an effort and he screamed to tell me to change positions, as he was supposed to be the last lead-out man”, said Bram. “Fortunately, we understood each other, and we could change in a split of a second”. “They switched roles in the last kilometres, and it was kind of a first in this set-up”, confirmed Sébastien. “Ramon launched Bram very well, Bram perfectly led Arnaud out, and Arnaud did a very nice sprint”. Launched 175 meters from the line, the former French champion made a powerful sprint and kept the competition behind him to conquer his fourth win this year. “Everyone did a great job again, especially Lars who didn’t have an easy day. Hats off to him”, he said. “For me, it was a return to competition. I needed a big break after the Giro because I was tired, and it was difficult to get the engine back again. I was planning to do it on this Route d’Occitanie ahead of the championships. So I’m happy to win, it’s great!” After the line, he first celebrated with Bram Welten, who experienced his first victory as a lead-out man in the team. “I think we couldn’t have done better, and I’m very happy that we won,” said the Dutchman. “I really enjoy working on the train, I know it’s something I can be good at.” “Bram was recruited to play his card or be a lead-out man”, recalled Sébastien. “On his own, he recently thought about moving more into this lead-out role. It was a golden opportunity to put it in place today. It’s a good experience and it’s good that he naturally found his bearings with this group and Arnaud”.

Arnaud Démare obviously leads the Route d’Occitanie overall rankings on Thursday evening, but the event has only just begun. “Stage four can potentially finish with a sprint, and we also have ambitions for Attila on a punchy stage tomorrow and on the mountain stage on Saturday. We will be in action every day,” promised Sébastien Joly.

Complete results:

174.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.210 km/hr

1	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 13min 55sec
2	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
6	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
9	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
13	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
15	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen	Uno-X	s.t.
16	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
21	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
26	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
28	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Fredrik Hagen Carl	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
35	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
36	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
37	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
45	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Antonio Puppio	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Christian Eiking Odd	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
54	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Manuel Diaz Jose	Burgos-BH	s.t.
62	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
66	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
67	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Pelayo Sanchez Mayo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
71	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
73	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
75	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
76	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
77	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
78	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	s.t.
80	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
81	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
82	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	s.t.
84	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
86	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
87	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
90	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
97	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Jokin Murguialday Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
100	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
101	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
103	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Adria Moreno Sala	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	s.t.
108	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
109	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	s.t.
113	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
115	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
122	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
123	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
124	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	0:22
125	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:39
126	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	0:43
127	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	0:50
128	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	0:56
129	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:00
130	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02
132	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	@ 0sec
133	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	3:40
134	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:50
135	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:48
136	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
137	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	s.t.
138	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
139	Levi Pahlke Jasper	Bike Aid	s.t.
140	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
141	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
142	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
143	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
144	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 13min 45sec
2	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	@ 4sec
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
4	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:08
5	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:10
6	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
7	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Niccolo Bonifazio	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Léo Bouvier	Bike Aid	s.t.
10	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
13	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
14	Nairo Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
16	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen	Uno-X	s.t.
17	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
21	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
22	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Roger Adriá	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
25	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
29	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
32	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
37	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
38	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
45	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
46	Andrey Zeits	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
50	Antonio Puppio	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Jonas Gregaard	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
63	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
67	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
68	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Stefan De Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	Pelayo Sanchez Mayo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
72	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
75	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
76	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
77	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
78	Iñigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
79	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Jesse Ewart	Bike Aid	s.t.
81	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
82	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
83	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Julian Lino	Bike Aid	s.t.
85	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Axel Mariault	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
88	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
91	Cole Kessler	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
98	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Jokin Murguialday Elorza	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Louis Richard	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
102	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
103	Victor De La Parte	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
105	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Adria Moreno Sala	Burgos-BH	s.t.
107	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Dawit Yemane	Bike Aid	s.t.
109	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
110	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
112	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Adne Van Engelen	Bike Aid	s.t.
114	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
115	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
116	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
117	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
119	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
123	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
124	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	0:32
126	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:49
127	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	0:53
128	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00
129	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:06
130	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
131	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12
133	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	3:50
134	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	8:00
135	Léo Danès	U Nantes Atlantique	8:52
136	Wesley Mol	Bike Aid	8:54
137	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:58
138	Louis Barré	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
139	Jasper Levi Pahlke	Bike Aid	s.t.
140	Diego Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
141	Oscar Cabedo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
142	Kristian Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
143	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
144	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile