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Map of the 2022 edition. 505.6 kilometers
Sunday, February 13: 3rd & Final Stage, Monosque - Montagne de Lure, 166.1 km
Nairo Quintana wins stage 3 and the 2022 Tour of Provence. Sirotti photo
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Weather at Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues, on the route, 15 km from the finish, at 1:50 PM, local time: 9C (48F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is no rain, but it is coming. It should hold off until the end of the race.
The race: Here's the report from final GC 2nd-place and points classification winner Julian Alaphilippe's Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl team:
Julian Alaphilippe produced another cracking effort, this time on the first big summit of the season, and concluded the Tour de la Provence in second overall – a strong start to the season for the World Champion, who never finished lower than seventh in the four days of the event.
Montagne de Lure (14.6km, 6.4%), a steady climb with double-digit gradients towards the top that had previously featured in Paris-Nice, awaited the peloton on the final stage of the competition, and the Wolfpack was again up for the challenge when things became serious. Dries Devenyns shepherded Alaphilippe in the first kilometers of the ascent, before Louis Vervaeke took over the reins at the front and pushed a tempo that further thinned out an already depleted bunch.
When Nairo Quintana launched an attack with 4.4 kilometers to go, Julian was the only one able to follow him. The points jersey wearer even did some pulls that ensured the duo a solid lead over the chasers, but eventually was distanced when the gradient stiffened, three kilometers from the top. Joined by a small group that contained Ilan Van Wilder, Alaphilippe tried as much as possible to reduce the gap to the leader, even though he knew that his chances of winning the overall title were slipping away.
Eventually, he rolled over the line in seventh place, and thanks to an enormous effort and the help of Ilan, he retained his place on the podium and concluded runner-up at the Tour de la Provence for the second consecutive year. In addition to that, the 29-year-old claimed the points jersey, which last year was won by another member of the Wolfpack, Davide Ballerini.
“I think I made a small mistake when I tried to follow Quintana. In hindsight, maybe it would have been better to ride my own tempo and wait some more time before making a move, because in the last kilometers I exploded. Nevertheless, I am still happy, because I tested myself and had fun. I am satisfied with this week and with my first race of the season. Now I will take some time to recover before lining up for Ardèche and Drôme two weeks from now, where I hope to have some good outings as well”, explained Julian after his first race of the year.
Alaphilippe was joined in the top 10 overall by Ilan Van Wilder (6th) and Louis Vervaeke (10th), who both impressed in their first race with the squad, helping Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl win the best team classification at La Provence.
“The team did a great job today. Dries, Pieter and Louis protected us the entire stage, which allowed us to start the final climb as fresh as possible. Quintana was the strongest out there, so there was nothing to be done, but I did my best and in the last kilometer I raced full gas to reduce the gap. We did everything we could do and we can be content with our effort. I am happy with the week and with how things went in my first race with the Wolfpack”, said Ilan.
Complete results:
166.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.879 km/hr
1 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 4hr 23min 6sec |
2 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | @ 37sec |
3 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
4 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 0:39 |
5 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:41 |
6 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 0:46 |
7 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:47 |
8 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 0:49 |
9 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 0:59 |
10 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:03 |
11 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 1:19 |
12 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:27 |
13 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:29 |
14 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 1:33 |
15 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | s.t. |
16 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:35 |
17 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 1:37 |
18 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:51 |
19 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:04 |
20 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 2:35 |
21 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
22 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
23 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 2:44 |
24 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 2:49 |
25 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
26 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:55 |
27 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 3:19 |
28 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
29 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | 4:00 |
30 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:03 |
31 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | 4:14 |
32 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
33 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 4:34 |
34 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:45 |
35 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:46 |
36 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 5:02 |
37 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
38 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 5:29 |
39 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:50 |
40 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
41 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
42 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
43 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
44 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
45 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
46 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 5:58 |
47 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 6:00 |
48 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 6:02 |
49 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 6:08 |
50 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 6:16 |
51 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 6:22 |
52 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:43 |
53 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
54 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | 7:08 |
55 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
56 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 7:31 |
57 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 7:32 |
58 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | 7:58 |
59 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 8:52 |
60 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
61 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | 9:26 |
62 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 9:34 |
63 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
64 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
65 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:53 |
66 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
67 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 10:11 |
68 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:15 |
69 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 10:55 |
70 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
71 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 11:34 |
72 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 12:05 |
73 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 12:59 |
74 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 15:18 |
75 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:33 |
76 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:41 |
77 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
78 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
79 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
80 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
81 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
82 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
83 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
84 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
85 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 16:45 |
86 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 19:04 |
87 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
88 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 20:09 |
89 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 22:40 |
90 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
91 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
Final GC after stage 3:
505.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.611 km/hr
1 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 12hr 9min 11sec |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | @ 27sec |
3 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 0:34 |
4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | 0:36 |
5 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 0:41 |
6 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:46 |
7 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:21 |
8 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:45 |
9 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:56 |
10 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 2:56 |
11 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:57 |
12 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:54 |
13 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:03 |
14 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | 6:58 |
15 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 10:51 |
16 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 11:24 |
17 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | 11:44 |
18 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 11:52 |
19 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 12:26 |
20 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 12:30 |
21 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 12:46 |
22 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 12:50 |
23 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 12:57 |
24 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 13:19 |
25 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 13:37 |
26 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 13:38 |
27 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 13:45 |
28 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 13:58 |
29 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 14:18 |
30 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | 14:30 |
31 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 14:40 |
32 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 14:48 |
33 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 15:04 |
34 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 15:23 |
35 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:09 |
36 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 16:11 |
37 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | 16:47 |
38 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
39 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 16:47 |
40 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 17:34 |
41 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 17:42 |
42 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 18:18 |
43 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 18:26 |
44 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 19:04 |
45 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:26 |
46 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 19:28 |
47 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | 19:38 |
48 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
49 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | 20:56 |
50 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | 20:57 |
51 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 21:02 |
52 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 21:09 |
53 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 21:30 |
54 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 21:38 |
55 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 22:06 |
56 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 22:19 |
57 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | 22:30 |
58 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 22:41 |
59 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 23:16 |
60 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | 23:22 |
61 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | 23:26 |
62 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 24:09 |
63 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | 24:20 |
64 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 24:32 |
65 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 24:35 |
66 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 24:37 |
67 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | 24:40 |
68 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 25:44 |
69 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | 26:19 |
70 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | 26:20 |
71 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 26:37 |
72 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 26:39 |
73 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | 26:57 |
74 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | 27:40 |
75 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 27:46 |
76 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 28:29 |
77 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 28:42 |
78 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 28:53 |
79 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 29:49: |
80 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 30:20 |
81 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 30:54 |
82 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 31:18 |
83 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 31:57 |
84 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 32:08 |
85 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 34:18 |
86 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 35:17 |
87 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 37:31 |
88 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | 40:07 |
89 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | 40:27 |
90 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 41:35 |
91 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 43:22 |
Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The day's break gives it a shot.
The peloton descends a narrow mountain road.
It's clearly still winter.
The stage is Nairo Quintana's
Mattias Jensen finishes second with Matteo Jorgensen right behind him.
Filippo Ganna in his last moments in the GC leader's jersey.
Nairo Quintana, both the stage 3 and final GC winner.
The GC podium, from left: Mattias Jensen (3rd), Nairo Quintana (1st) & Julian Alaphilippe (2nd)
Saturday, February 12: Stage 2, Arles - Manosque, 183 km
Bryan Coquard wins stage two just ahead of Julian Alaphilippe and Filippo Ganna
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Weather at the finish city of Manosque at 2:30 PM, local time: 14C (58F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 16 km/hr (10 km/hr). No rain
The race: Here's the report from second-place Julian Alaphilippe's Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl team:
Julian Alaphilippe began his day by being named a Reserve Colonel in the French Army in a special ceremony organised for him in Arles and concluded it by inching closer to the Tour de la Provence lead, on the back of a spectacular collective effort of his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl teammates.
Not only that the Wolfpack was among the most active squads during Saturday’s 180.6km stage, clawing back the breakaway and working tirelessly for the World Champion, they also constantly upped the pace on the climbs and whittled down the peloton with 30 kilometers remaining, putting many riders on the limit. One by one, the escapees were reeled in, the last of these being hauled back six kilometers from the line thanks to a mammoth effort of Louis Vervaeke.
A big turn of pace from Ilan Van Wilder at four kilometers to go stretched the field and almost caused a split, and the frantic pace continued on the 2km drag to the line, thanks to Dries Devenyns, who shut down a late attack before guiding Alaphilippe to the front just as the battle for victory kicked off. The rainbow jersey hit out with 200 meters to go and took second behind Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) – his first podium of the season – nabbing more bonifications that helped him reduce the gap to the overall leader of the Tour de la Provence to a mere two seconds.
“I did the best I could in the sprint, which was fast and nervous. Before that, on the last classified climb, I had already put in a brutal effort, so after that I was just happy to be well placed in the last kilometers, which I did thanks to the great work of my teammates. I am satisfied with this result, as I knew Bryan was faster, and I’m already looking forward to Sunday’s stage. The legs will do the talking on the climb, and I just want to give my maximum there, have fun, bring some more joy to the fans and see what happens”, said Julian – who continues to lead the points classification – before the race’s sole mountain top finish.
Complete results:
183 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.280 km/hr
1 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 4hr 19min 42sec |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
3 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
4 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
5 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
6 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
7 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
8 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
9 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
10 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
11 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
12 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
13 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
14 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
15 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
16 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
17 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
18 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | @ 6sec |
19 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
20 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
21 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
22 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
23 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
24 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
25 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
26 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
27 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
28 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
29 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
30 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
31 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:17 |
32 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 0:18 |
33 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
34 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 0:21 |
35 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 0:24 |
36 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 0:27 |
37 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 0:32 |
38 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:34 |
39 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 0:41 |
40 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 0:46 |
41 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:57 |
42 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 1:25 |
43 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:34 |
44 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
45 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:36 |
46 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 1:36 |
47 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:38 |
48 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 2:15 |
49 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 3:34 |
50 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | 3:54 |
51 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 5:33 |
52 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
53 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 5:35 |
54 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
55 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
56 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
57 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
58 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
59 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
60 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
61 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
62 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
63 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
64 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
65 | Raphael Parisella | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
66 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
67 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
68 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
69 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
70 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
71 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
72 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
73 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
74 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
75 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
76 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
77 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
78 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
79 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
80 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
81 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
82 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
83 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
84 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
85 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
86 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
87 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
88 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
89 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:42 |
90 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
91 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
92 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
93 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
94 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
95 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 9:37 |
96 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:30 |
97 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
98 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
99 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
100 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | 11:39 |
101 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 14:11 |
102 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
GC after stage two:
342.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.074 km/hr
1 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 7hr 45min 43sec |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | @ 2sec |
3 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 0:14 |
4 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:16 |
5 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 0:25 |
6 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
7 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:27 |
8 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
9 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:30 |
10 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:32 |
11 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:38 |
12 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:43 |
13 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 0:58 |
14 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:06 |
15 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:21 |
16 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:23 |
17 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | 3:06 |
18 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:11 |
19 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
20 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 6:14 |
21 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:19 |
22 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 6:50 |
23 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 6:59 |
24 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 9:01 |
25 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | 10:00 |
26 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | 10:01 |
27 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
28 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
29 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | 10:07 |
30 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 10:08 |
31 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 10:09 |
32 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 10:16 |
33 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 10:18 |
34 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 10:24 |
35 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
36 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 10:27 |
37 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 10:28 |
38 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | 10:31 |
39 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 10:35 |
40 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 10:37 |
41 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | 10:38 |
42 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 10:41 |
43 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 10:58 |
44 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | 11:34 |
45 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 11:55 |
46 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:59 |
47 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 12:01 |
48 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | 12:05 |
49 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:06 |
50 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 12:20 |
51 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 12:24 |
52 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 12:27 |
53 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 12:40 |
54 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 12:47 |
55 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 13:02 |
56 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 13:36 |
57 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 13:37 |
58 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 13:57 |
59 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 15:23 |
60 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | 15:28 |
61 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | 15:29 |
62 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 15:34 |
63 | Raphael Parisella | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
64 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 15:36 |
65 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
66 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 15:38 |
67 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
68 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:43 |
69 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 15:49 |
70 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 15:50 |
71 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
72 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
73 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 15:51 |
74 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 15:55 |
75 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | 15:57 |
76 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 15:58 |
77 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 16:03 |
78 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 16:05 |
79 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 16:12 |
80 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:13 |
81 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 17:28 |
82 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | 17:33 |
83 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | 17:44 |
84 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | 17:45 |
85 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | 17:49 |
86 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | 17:54 |
87 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 17:56 |
88 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 18:09 |
89 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
90 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 18:29 |
91 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:58 |
92 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | 19:03 |
93 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 19:08 |
94 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 21:12 |
95 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 21:48 |
96 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | 21:54 |
97 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 22:04 |
98 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | 22:25 |
99 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 23:28 |
100 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | 24:02 |
101 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 24:40 |
102 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 26:38 |
Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Arnaud Demare heads to the start.
GC leader Filippo Ganna on the start line.
The peloton is lined up in the start city of Arles and looks ready to race.
It's a warm enough day that Ganna has pushed his arm warmers down.
Alexis Gougeard of B&B Hotels leads a small break.
Bryan Coquard nails it ahead of Julian Alaphilippe and Filippo Ganna.
The stage is Bryan Coquard's
Julian Alaphilippe just after the stage.
Stage winner Bryan Coquard on the podium
Friday, February 11: Stage 1, Istres - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, 152 km
Elia Viviani wins stage two. Photo: Getty Sport Images
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Weather at the finish city of Les Saintes Maries de la Mer at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (58F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 37 km/hr (23 mph). No rain.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Elia Viviani's INEOS Grenadiers team:
Elia Viviani continued the team’s momentum after taking sprint victory on a thrilling second day at Tour de la Provence.
The Italian finished off a superb team performance by raising his arms, taking his first victory of a second stint with the team.
The Grenadiers worked hard to split the race apart in the crosswinds with 85 kilometres still to race. The team’s acceleration saw a huge split in the bunch, with Viviani, Filippo Ganna, Luke Rowe and Richard Carapaz in the lead group.
With no other established sprinters present Viviani was in the box seat, and Carapaz buried himself late on to keep the race together, before Ganna helped shut down a key move from Maciej Bodnar.
Luke Rowe then timed his lead-out to perfection, dropping Viviani out of the final corner to take an emphatic victory.
Ganna also remained in the overall lead by four seconds following his prologue victory on Thursday.
Elia Viviani:
"It was not an easy flat stage because of the wind. We moved really well and we have some experienced guys from the Classics like Luke Rowe. When we saw we had four in front, and also Richie with us for the GC, we thought it’s good and we kept pushing all day. When we saw there weren’t any other sprinters in the front (group) of course we were happy about that. I felt a bit of pressure but the guys did an amazing job. Ganna closed the gap on Bodnar which was a dangerous attack in the last few km. Then Luke Rowe did a perfect lead-out for me. Thanks to the whole team for their great job today.
"We had some tactics for today. The first was attack in the wind, and then once we’d seen the finish line the guys wanted to know from me what I wanted for the proper lead-out. It’s what we talked about in the last 10km, how to approach the final few metres.
"I finished the season really well last year and that’s important. For sure I’m really happy to be back with team INEOS Grenadiers. It’s really important for a sprinter winning at the start of the season. From Valenciana we knew I had a good condition and then coming here to Provence with a big goal to win the first race of the season."
Complete results:
152 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.068 km/hr
1 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 17min 58sec |
2 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
4 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
5 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
6 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
7 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
8 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
9 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
10 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
11 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
12 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
13 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
14 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
15 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
16 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
17 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | @ 3sec |
18 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
20 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:07 |
21 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:16 |
22 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 0:30 |
23 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 0:34 |
24 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | 2:28 |
25 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
26 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
27 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
28 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:34 |
29 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
30 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
31 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
32 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
33 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
34 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
35 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
36 | Raphael Parisella | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
37 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
38 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
39 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
40 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
41 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
42 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
43 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
44 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
45 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
46 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
47 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
48 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
49 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
50 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
51 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
52 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
53 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
54 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
55 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
56 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
57 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
58 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
59 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
60 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
61 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
62 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
63 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
64 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
65 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
66 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | s.t. |
67 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
68 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
69 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
70 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
71 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
72 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
73 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
74 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
75 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | s.t. |
76 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
77 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
78 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
79 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
80 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:25 |
81 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
82 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
83 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
84 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
85 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
86 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
87 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
88 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
89 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
90 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
91 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
92 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
93 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
94 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | s.t. |
95 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
96 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
97 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
98 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
99 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
100 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
101 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
103 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
GC after stage 1:
159.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.321 km/hr
1 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 26min 5sec |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | @ 4sec |
3 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 0:10 |
4 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:12 |
5 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:17 |
6 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 0:21 |
7 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
8 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
9 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:22 |
10 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:23 |
11 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:26 |
12 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:28 |
13 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:32 |
14 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
15 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:34 |
16 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 0:35 |
17 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:40 |
18 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 0:48 |
19 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:51 |
20 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:56 |
21 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 1:11 |
22 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:17 |
23 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 1:20 |
24 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | 2:56 |
25 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | 3:19 |
26 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 3:22 |
27 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 3:54 |
28 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 9:44 |
29 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | 9:50 |
30 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
31 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | 9:51 |
32 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | 9:53 |
33 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 9:55 |
34 | Raphael Parisella | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
35 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 9:56 |
36 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
37 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 9:57 |
38 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
39 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
40 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
41 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
42 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
43 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | 9:58 |
44 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 9:59 |
45 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
46 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
47 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 10:00 |
48 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 10:02 |
49 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 10:06 |
50 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:07 |
51 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
52 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 10:08 |
53 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 10:10 |
54 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:11 |
55 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
56 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 10:12 |
57 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
58 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 10:13 |
59 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | s.t. |
60 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
61 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:14 |
62 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
63 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 10:15 |
64 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 10:17 |
65 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 10:19 |
66 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | 10:20 |
67 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
68 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 10:22 |
69 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:23 |
70 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 10:24 |
71 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 10:25 |
72 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 10:26 |
73 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | 10:27 |
74 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | 10:28 |
75 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 10:30 |
76 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 10:31 |
77 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 10:33 |
78 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | 10:42 |
79 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 10:44 |
80 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:34 |
81 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 11:49 |
82 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
83 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | 11:54 |
84 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
85 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:56 |
86 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 11:57 |
87 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:59 |
88 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
89 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | 12:05 |
90 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:06 |
91 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 12:07 |
92 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:10 |
93 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
94 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | 12:15 |
95 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 12:17 |
96 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 12:23 |
97 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 12:26 |
98 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 12:26 |
99 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | 12:28 |
100 | Kévin Besson | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
101 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 12:30 |
102 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
103 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 12:50 |
Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
As part of the race start ceremonies the Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Metropole team is presented.
Arnaud Demare signs autographs before the race.
A break rolls across the French countryside.
It's clearly a winter day with the trees without leaves.
World champion Julian Alaphilippe
The race has reached the finish town of Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. Julian Alaphilippe tries his luck with an attack.
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
Stage winner Elia Viviani finishes well ahead of the rest of the front group.
Pierre Roger Latour just after the stage finish.
Stage winner Elia Viviani
GC leader Filippo Ganna
Thursday, February 10: Berre l'Etang 7.1 kilometer prologue individual time trial
Here's Filippo Ganna in the world champion's rainbow jersey on his way to winning the stage. Sirotti photo
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Weather at Berre l'Etang at 2:15 PM, local time: 14C (58F), fair, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Filippo Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers team.
Flippo Ganna got the Tour de la Provence off to a perfect start, leading home a Grenadiers 1-2 in the prologue.
The Italian world champion rocketed across the 7.1-kilometre course in Berre-l’Etang, claiming victory by 12 seconds to move into an early race lead. Ganna led home teammate Ethan Hayter, with the British TT champion also setting a superb time on the opening day.
Hayter was able to dislodge long-time leader Tobias Ludvigsson (Groupama-FDJ) by just four tenths, but in the end there was no denying Ganna, who claimed a second TT victory in five days.
Filippo Ganna:
"To come back to Provence and win again is really really nice. My first victory for a WorldTour team I did here so it’s nice to come back. It’s nice to see another win after three or four days and it’s a good start to the season. Now we look to the next stages to improve and work well with the team and we cross our fingers.
"Tomorrow is a really hard stage as there is a lot of wind. Maybe it’s possible to split the bunch in the wind. We’ll see but we have to be ready."
Complete results & GC:
7.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.810 km/hr
1 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 8min 4sec |
2 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 12sec |
3 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 0:13 |
4 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:15 |
5 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
6 | Julian Alaphilippe | Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:17 |
7 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
8 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | 0:19 |
9 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
10 | Ilan Van Wilder | Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:20 |
11 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
12 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
13 | Louis Vervaeke | Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:22 |
14 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
15 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 0:24 |
16 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar | s.t. |
17 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
18 | Raphael Parisella | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
19 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 0:25 |
20 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
21 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 0:26 |
22 | Michele Gazzoli | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
23 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
24 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
25 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
26 | Yoann Paillot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
27 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:27 |
28 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
29 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
30 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
31 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 0:28 |
32 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
33 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
34 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 0:29 |
35 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
36 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | 0:30 |
37 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:31 |
38 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
39 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
40 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
41 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | 0:32 |
42 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
43 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
44 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 0:35 |
45 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
46 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
47 | Rudy Barbier | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:36 |
48 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
49 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 37 |
50 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
51 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
52 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 0:38 |
53 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
54 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 0:39 |
55 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
56 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:40 |
57 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
58 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 0:41 |
59 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
60 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 0:42 |
61 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | s.t. |
62 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
63 | Omer Goldstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:43 |
64 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
65 | Carl Fredrik Hagen | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
66 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
67 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 0:44 |
68 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
69 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 0:45 |
70 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
71 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 0:46 |
72 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 0:48 |
73 | Leonardo Basso | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
74 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
75 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | 0:49 |
76 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
77 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | 0:51 |
78 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:52 |
79 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
80 | Miguel Florez | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:53 |
81 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
82 | Maxime Chevalier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
83 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | 0:54 |
84 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
85 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 0:55 |
86 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | s.t. |
87 | Sebastian Schönberger | B&B Hotels-KTM | 0:56 |
88 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Auber 93 | 0:57 |
89 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
90 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 0:59 |
91 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | 1:00 |
92 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 1:01 |
93 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 1:02 |
94 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 1:04 |
95 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. |
96 | Xandres Vervloesem | Lotto Soudal | 1:06 |
97 | Kévin Besson | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | s.t. |
98 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | 1:08 |
99 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
100 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | 1:11 |
101 | Dayer Quintana | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:13 |
102 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | 1:14 |
103 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:17 |
104 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | 1:28 |
105 | Jean Goubert | Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur | 1:29 |
Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Arnaud Demare
Julian Alaphilippe
Nairo Quintana
Sep Vanmarcke
Third-place Tobais Ludvigsson
And Filippo Ganna on his way to first place.
Second-place Ethan Hayter
Filippo Ganna enjoys his win on the podium
Start list, February 9, 2022:
Arkéa-Samsic |
QUINTANA NAIRO |
FLOREZ MIGUEL EDUARDO |
HARDY ROMAIN |
OWSIAN LUKASZ |
BOUET MAXIME |
QUINTANA DAYER |
VAUQUELIN KEVIN |
Astana-Qazaqstan |
BRUSSENSKIY GLEB |
DE BOD STEFAN |
HENAO GOMEZ SEBASTIAN |
NURLYHASSYM NURBERGEN |
RIABUSHENKO ALEKSANDR |
ROMO JAVIER |
VELASCO SIMONE |
Ag2r-Citroen |
BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
CALMEJANE Lilian |
PARET PEINTRE Aurélien |
PETERS Nans |
PRODHOMME Nicolas |
RAUGEL Antoine |
WARBASSE Larry |
Israel Start Up Nation |
BARBIER Rudy |
BEVIN Patrick |
GOLDSTEIN Omer |
HAGEN Carl Fredrik |
HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
JONES Taj |
NEILANDS Krists |
St Michel Auber 93 |
CARDIS Romain |
ROSSETTO Stephane |
TESSON Jesson |
MALDONADO Anthony |
HUREL Tony |
PAILLOT Yoann |
VAN NIEKERK Morne |
B&B Hotel P/B KTM |
GAUTIER Cyril |
GOUGEARD Alexis |
HEIDEMANN Miguel |
MOZZATO Luca |
PARISELLA Raphaël |
ROLLAND Pierre |
SCHONBERGER Sebastian |
Nice Metropole Cote d’Azur |
BERLIN Antoine |
BESSON Kévin |
COUANON Jonathan |
DELACROIX Tristan |
GOUBERT Jean |
MIFSUD Andréa |
URRUTY Maxime |
Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl |
ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
ASGREEN Kasper |
BALLERINI Davide |
DEVENYNS Dries |
KNOX James |
VAN WILDER Ilan |
VERVAEKE Louis |
INEOS Grenadiers |
Bernal Gomez Egan |
Carapaz Montenegro Richard |
Dunbar Edward |
Hayter Ethan |
Puccio Salvatore |
Rowe Luke |
Sheffied Magnus |
Trek-Segafredo |
Baroncini Filippo |
Brambilla Gianluca |
Cataldo Dario |
Ciccone Giulio |
Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel |
Skjelmose Jensen Mattias |
Tolhoek Antwan |
Team TotalEnergies |
Bodnar Mariej |
Doubey Fabien |
Ferron Valentin |
Latour Pierre |
Manzin Lorenzo |
Simon Julien |
Vuilleromoz Alexis |
Groupama-FDJ |
ARMIRAIL Bruno |
ASKEY Lewis |
LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
MOLARD Rudy |
ROUX Anthony |
STORER Michael |
Lotto Soudal |
BEULLENS Cedric |
GILBERT Philippe |
HOLMES Matthew |
MALECKI Kamil |
VANHOUCKE Harm |
VERSCHAEVE Viktor |
VERVLOESEM Xandres |
Movistar |
GONZALEZ ABNER |
IZAGUIRRE GORKA |
JORGENSON MATTEO CONNOR |
PEDRERO ANTONIO |
RODRIGUEZ OSCAR |
ROJAS JOSE JOAQUIN |
Ivan Sosa |
Cofidis |
LAFAY VICTOR |
BOHLI TOM |
CHAMPION THOMAS |
DELETTRE ALEXANDRE |
GESCHKE SIMON |
BIDARD FRANCOIS |
PEREZ ANTHLONY |
Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole |
BOUDAT THOMAS |
CARISEY CLEMENT |
LEROUX SAMUEL |
LEVEAU JEREMY |
TABELLION VALENTIN |
VAHTRA NORMAN |
VERMEULEN EMIEL |