2020 Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France

50th edition: February 5 - 9, 2020

Etoile de Bessèges podium history | 2019 edition | 2021 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 9: 5th & Final Stage, Alès 10.88 km individual time trial

Alberto Bettiol on his way to winning the final stage. Sirotti photo

Weather at Alès at 2:00 PM, local time: 11C (51F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Only a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the post from overall winner Benoit Cosnefroy's Ag2r-La Mondiale team.

BENOIT COSNEFROY: "The week was very tense but the team was able to handle the situation perfectly. Everything could have been lost in the first stage if the guys hadn’t taken care of me so well in the echelons. It is a great achievement to win the Etoile de Bessèges. I owe a lot to my teammates, and I really want to thank everyone. Last year I won the general classification at the Tour du Limousin, but the stress and the emotion is not the same when everything depends in the end on a time trial like today.

"I knew this time trial having raced it two years ago, so I knew what to expect. I stayed focused in my effort. I had confidence in myself and I knew that the climb would be my strong point. The season is off to a good start, and now I will be starting the Tour du Haut Var in two weeks. But my first big goal is in Paris-Nice."

AURELIEN PARET-PEINTRE: "I was not originally scheduled to be racing the Etoile de Bessèges, so I'm happy to start this way. The past three weeks, I have known that the good feelings are there. This time trial is difficult. I like it that way, and I wanted to defend my place in the general classification. This week, I was able to test myself a little with different types of efforts. I can't wait to be at the start of the Tour de la Provence where there will be a racing level worthy of a UCI WorldTour event, and great climbs."

PIERRE LATOUR:"I am happy to finish the Etoile de Bessèges with this third place at the time trial, but I am especially happy about Benoît's victory. I came to the race to work for the team, and we really enjoyed it all together. I feel that the sensations are getting better day by day. And I hope this will be confirmed during the Ruta Del Sol (February 19-23)."

Benoit Cosnefroy, winner of the 2020 Etoile de Bessèges. Sirotti photo

THE NUMBER: 36
Winner of the Grand Prix de la Marseillaise and the Etoile de Bessèges, the first two events on the French calendar, Benoit Cosnefroy is the first cyclist to achieve this impressive double since Eddy Planckaert in 1984.

THE NEWS: Two wins in three years
Benoît Cosnefroy not only notched up his second victory of the season (and the 8th of his career), but winning the overall classification at the Etoile de Bessèges means an AG2R LA MONDIALE rider has taken the victory in Bessèges for the second time in three years.

Complete results:

10.88 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.900 km/hr

1	Alberto Bettiol	EF Pro Cycling	15min 13sec
2	Magnus Cort	EF Pro Cycling	@ 9sec
3	Pierre Latour	Ag2r La Mondiale	15
4	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	17
5	Michael Valgren	NTT Pro Cycling	24
6	Ben O'Connor	NTT Pro Cycling	25
7	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r La Mondiale	27
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	28
9	Edvald Boasson Hagen	NTT Pro Cycling	29
10	Kamil Malecki	CCC Team	31
11	Gijs Van Hoecke	CCC Team	39
12	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	40
13	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	43
15	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	44
17	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r La Mondiale	45
18	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-Samsic	46
19	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
20	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	47
21	Kamil Gradek	CCC Team	48
22	Lilian Calmejane	Total Direct Energie	49
23	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	50
25	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Pro Cycling	53
26	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	54
27	Michael Gogl	NTT Pro Cycling	56
28	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Simon Clarke	EF Pro Cycling	57
30	Clément Russo	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
31	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	59
32	Jonathan Hivert	Total Direct Energie	@ 1min 0sec
33	Samuel Leroux	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	1:03
34	Diego Rosa	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
35	Jonas Koch	CCC Team	1:05
36	Arthur Vichot	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
37	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	1:06
38	Alan Riou	Arkea-Samsic	1:08
39	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	1:09
41	Andreas Stokbro	NTT Pro Cycling	1:11
42	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	1:16
43	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
44	Romain Hardy	Arkea-Samsic	1:18
45	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Clément Venturini	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:22
47	Sean Bennett	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Mauro Finetto	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
49	Jose Goncalves	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
50	Julien Vermote	Cofidis	1:23
51	Roy Jans	Alpecin-Fenix	1:24
52	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:26
53	Daniel Mendez	Kern Pharma	1:27
54	Biniyam Ghirmay	Nippo-Delko Provence	1:29
55	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:30
57	Baptiste Bleier	St. Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1:32
59	Tom Devriendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
60	Laurens Huys	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
61	Morne Van Niekerk	St. Michel-Auber 93	1:33
62	Jay Robert Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Logan Owen	EF Pro Cycling	1:34
64	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Edward Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Michal Paluta	CCC Team	1:35
67	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1:36
68	Jasper De Plus	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1:37
69	Ludovic Robeet	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1:39
70	Romain Le Roux	Arkea-Samsic	1:40
71	Kris Boeckmans	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1:42
72	Quentin Jauregui	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	1:43
74	Thomas Boudat	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
75	Jérôme Cousin	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
76	Ibon Ruiz Sedano	Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Roger Adriá Oliveras	Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Sasha Weemaes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:46
79	Tom Dernies	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	s.t.
80	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	1:49
81	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	1:50
82	Massimo Orlandi	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
83	Dimitri Claeys	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	1:51
85	Jakub Mareczko	CCC Team	1:52
86	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
87	Georg Zimmerman	CCC Team	1:53
88	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
89	Anthony Maldonado	St. Michel-Auber 93	2:01
90	Nicolo Parisini	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
91	Flavien Maurelet	St. Michel-Auber 93	2:02
92	Arnaud Courteille	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2:08
93	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:10
94	Franklin Six	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:12
95	Filippo Baroncini	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	2:13
96	Lionel Taminiaux	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:18
97	Lorrenzo Manzin	Total Direct Energie	2:19
98	Pierre Barbier	Nippo-Delko Provence	2:24
99	Fumiyuki Beppu	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
100	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	2:30
101	Florian Dumourier	Cambodia Cycling Academy	2:31
102	Samy Aurignac	Cambodia Cycling Academy	2:32
103	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2:34
104	Tony Hurel	St. Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
105	Atsushi Oka	Nippo-Delko Provence	2:35
106	Luc Wirtgen	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:36
107	Roman Maikin	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
108	Martin Bouzas Rey	Kern Pharma	2:46
109	Matus Stocek	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	2:49
110	Martí Marquez Román	Kern Pharma	2:52
111	Marco Grendene	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	2:55
112	Florian Hudry	Cambodia Cycling Academy	2:59
113	Francisco Galvan	Kern Pharma	3:00
114	Christophe Masson	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	3:01

Final GC after Stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r La Mondiale)
• Mountains classification winner: Georg Zimmermann (CCC Team)
• Points classification winner: Magnus Cort (EF Pro)
• Best Young Rider: Alexys Brunel (Groupama-FDJ)
• Team classification winner: EF Pro Cycling

605 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.252 km/hr

1	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r La Mondiale	14hr 39min 57sec
2	Alberto Bettiol	EF Pro Cycling	@ 13sec
3	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	14
4	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
5	Lilian Calmejane	Total Direct Energie	1:05
6	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:26
7	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	1:45
8	Aimé De Gendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2:14
9	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:17
10	Edward Planckaert	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:19
11	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	2:21
12	Xandro Meurisse	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2:22
13	Arthur Vichot	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
14	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	2:28
15	Laurens Huys	Wallonie-Bruxelles	2:33
16	Daniel AMendez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
17	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	2:34
18	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-Samsic	2:42
19	Gijs Van Hoecke	CCC Team	2:54
20	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	3:10
21	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	3:12
22	Simon Clarke	EF Pro Cycling	3:15
23	Mauro Finetto	Nippo-Delko Provence	3:20
24	Michael Valgren	NTT Pro Cycling	3:21
25	Jonas Koch	CCC Team	3:23
26	Kenneth Van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:35
27	Ibon Ruiz Sedano	Kern Pharma	3:36
28	Kamil Malecki	CCC Team	3:43
29	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	3:44
30	Pierre Latour	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:09
31	Georg Zimmerman	CCC Team	4:13
32	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	4:16
33	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	4:31
34	Biniyam Ghirmay	Nippo-Delko Provence	4:39
35	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:40
36	Michal Paluta	CCC Team	4:46
37	Magnus Cort	EF Pro Cycling	4:52
38	Samuel Leroux	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	5:20
39	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	5:22
41	Romain Hardy	Arkea-Samsic	5:31
42	Flavien Maurelet	St. Michel-Auber 93	5:54
43	Roman Maikin	Cambodia Cycling Academy	6:51
44	Sean Bennett	EF Pro Cycling	7:22
45	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	7:43
46	Lindsay De Vylder	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	7:44
47	Julien Vermote	Cofidis	7:47
48	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	8:05
49	Morne Van Niekerk	St. Michel-Auber 93	8:57
50	Edvald Boasson Hagen	NTT Pro Cycling	9:02
51	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	9:32
52	Franklin Six	Wallonie-Bruxelles	9:33
53	Arnaud Courteille	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	10:20
54	Roy Jans	Alpecin-Fenix	10:39
55	Andreas Stokbro	NTT Pro Cycling	11:49
56	Romain Le Roux	Arkea-Samsic	11:52
57	Roger Adriá	Kern Pharma	12:17
58	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	12:26
59	Anthony Maldonado	St. Michel-Auber 93	13:33
60	Diego Rosa	Arkea-Samsic	13:46
61	Luc Wirtgen	Wallonie-Bruxelles	13:51
62	Jonathan Hivert	Total Direct Energie	14:55
63	Dimitri Claeys	Cofidis	15:07
64	Ben O'Connor	NTT Pro Cycling	15:08
65	Michael Gogl	NTT Pro Cycling	15:30
66	Clément Venturini	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:57
67	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	16:08
68	Jose Goncalves	Nippo-Delko Provence	16:24
69	Tony Hurel	St. Michel-Auber 93	17:03
70	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Pro Cycling	17:21
71	Thomas Boudat	Arkea-Samsic	17:23
72	Massimo Orlandi	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	17:31
73	Jérémy Leveau	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	18:03
74	Kamil Gradek	CCC Team	18:46
75	Clément Russo	Arkea-Samsic	19:13
76	Filippo Baroncini	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	19:43
77	Pierre Barbier	Nippo-Delko Provence	19:44
78	Ryan Mullen	Trek-Segafredo	19:53
79	Jakub Mareczko	CCC Team	20:32
80	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:47
81	Thomas Pesenti	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	21:05
82	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	21:07
83	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	22:01
84	Samy Aurignac	Cambodia Cycling Academy	22:37
85	Tom Dernies	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	22:45
86	Tom Devriendt	Circus-Wanty Gobert	22:58
87	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	23:03
88	Jérôme Cousin	Total Direct Energie	24:53
89	Nicolo Parisini	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	25:34
90	Ludovic Robeet	Wallonie-Bruxelles	25:51
91	Lorrenzo Manzin	Total Direct Energie	25:58
92	Alan Riou	Arkea-Samsic	26:31
93	Quentin Jauregui	Ag2r La Mondiale	28:12
94	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	28:46
95	Sasha Weemaes	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	28:48
96	Florian Dumourier	Cambodia Cycling Academy	29:15
97	Baptiste Bleier	St. Michel-Auber 93	29:45
98	Julien Antomarchi	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	30:36
99	Atsushi Oka	Nippo-Delko Provence	31:22
100	Francisco Galvan	Kern Pharma	31:50
101	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	32:57
102	Kris Boeckmans	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	33:48
103	Jay Robert Thomson	NTT Pro Cycling	34:42
104	Lionel Taminiaux	Wallonie-Bruxelles	34:55
105	Matus Stocek	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	35:29
106	Martí Marquez	Kern Pharma	35:30
107	Logan Owen	EF Pro Cycling	36:00
108	Jasper De Plus	Circus-Wanty Gobert	36:22
109	Fumiyuki Beppu	Nippo-Delko Provence	41:12
110	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	42:01
111	Martin Bouzas Rey	Kern Pharma	42:35
112	Christophe Masson	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	42:59
113	Florian Hudry	Cambodia Cycling Academy	50:06
114	Marco Grendene	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	50:52

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Saturday, February 8: Stage 4, Le Pont du Gard - Le Mont Bouquet, 138.7 km

Ben O'Connor takes a brilliant solo win. Erin go Bragh. Sirotti photo

Weather at Bouquet at 4:50 PM, local time: 11C (51F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Ben O'Connor's NTT Pro Cycling team.

It was an inspired team performance that set Ben O’Connor up for the win on stage 4 of the Etoile de Bessèges. Initially, O’Connor made it into the early break of the day with 6 other riders but with 55km to go of the 138km stage, NTT Pro Cycling looked to shake up proceedings by relentlessly attacking from the peloton.

First, Andreas Stokbro made a move but he was brought back by the main group. Then Michael Gogl jumped clear and he got a slight gap before two others bridged to him. We then had Edvald Boasson Hagen and Michael Valgren also attack the peloton just a few kilometers later, as they looked to bridge across to Gogl.

With around 30km to go, the Boasson Hagen and Valgren group caught both the Gogl and O’Connor leading group almost simultaneously, giving NTT Pro Cycling 4 riders in a lead group of 11 riders. Our quartet took charge of the front group and drove the pace all the way to foot of the 4.5km finishing climb, arriving at its base some 40" ahead of the main field.

O’Connor set the pace as soon as they turned onto the uphill gradient and one-by-one, the remaining riders were distanced until only Simon Clarke (EF Education) remained.

As O’Connor had done all the work on the climb, Clarke thought he had the advantage and attacked our young Australian with just over 2km to go. O’Connor was equal to him and not only followed the move but also counter-attacked, twice, while also keeping the chasers from the main field at bay too.

It was the third surge that came at 1km to go from O’Connor that was the telling blow though. He got the gap on the EF rider and soloed to an incredible stage victory, just reward after a superb team performance.

Ben O’Connor:
"We got the stage win. It was awesome teamwork from the boys, they really took the race on. I was upfront early and then Michael (Valgren), Eddy and (Michael) Gogl came across and really took the race on. We gave it our best shot and blew it to pieces. In the end, I was able to finish off their work so it was a team win today. It was absolutely perfect, what we were able to do. It gives us confidence for the upcoming races, that we can be up there with the best in the world.”

Complete results:

138.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.51 km/hr

1	O'Connor, Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	3hr 20min 29sec
2	Clarke, Simon	EF Pro Cycling	@ 16sec
3	Małecki, Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
4	Bettiol, Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	26''
5	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	29''
6	Rosa, Diego	Arkea-Samsic	33''
7	Huys, Laurens	Wallonie-Bruxelles	36''
8	Edet, Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Paret-Peintre, Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	38''
10	Méndez, Daniel	Kern Pharma	41''
11	Cort, Magnus	EF Pro Cycling	52''
12	Touzé, Damien	Cofidis	56''
13	Brunel, Alexys	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Valgren, Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Calmejane, Lilian	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
16	Geniets, Kévin	Groupama-FDJ	1' 00''
17	Madouas, Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1' 07''
18	De Gendt, Aimé	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1' 09''
19	Meurisse, Xandro	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
20	Janssens, Jimmy	Alpecin-Fenix	1' 12''
21	Latour, Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 19''
22	Guernalec, Thibault	Arkea-Samsic	1' 23''
23	Perez, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Finetto, Mauro	Nippo-Delko Provence	1' 25''
25	Ruiz, Ibon	Kern Pharma	1' 28''
26	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 34''
27	Barthe, Cyril	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1' 41''
28	Burgaudeau, Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Van Rooy, Kenneth	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 49''
30	Koch, Jonas	CCC Team	1' 53''
31	Vichot, Arthur	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1' 57''
32	Courteille, Arnaud	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Thwaites, Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	1' 58''
34	Zimmermann, Georg	CCC Team	2' 02''
35	Schönberger, Sebastian	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2' 09''
36	Grmaye, Biniam	Nippo-Delko Provence	2' 30''
37	Krieger, Alexander	Alpecin-Fenix	2' 39''
38	Orlandi, Massimo	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	2' 42''
39	Adriá, Roger	Kern Pharma	2' 44''
40	Le Gac, Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	2' 49''
41	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	2' 55''
42	Hivert, Jonathan	Total Direct Energie	3' 09''
43	Pałuta, Michał	CCC Team	s.t.
44	Cam, Maxime	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	3' 11''
45	Bennett, Sean	EF Pro Cycling	3' 21''
46	Wirtgen, Luc	Wallonie-Bruxelles	3' 24''
47	Bidard, François	Ag2r La Mondiale	3' 26''
48	Leroux, Samuel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	3' 47''
49	Le Roux, Romain	Arkea-Samsic	3' 49''
50	Pesenti, Thomas	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
51	Hardy, Romain	Arkea-Samsic	3' 58''
52	Simmons, Quinn	Trek-Segafredo	4' 00''
53	Maikin, Roman	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
54	Mosca, Jacopo	Trek-Segafredo	4' 27''
55	Kirsch, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Maldonado, Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Maurelet, Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Gonçalves, José	Nippo-Delko Provence	4' 42''
59	Niekerk, Morné van	St Michel-Auber 93	4' 49''
60	Dernies, Tom	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	s.t.
61	Stokbro, Andreas	NTT Pro Cycling	5' 04''
62	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Vermote, Julien	Cofidis	5' 39''
64	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	5' 43''
65	Fedeli, Alessandro	Nippo-Delko Provence	6' 00''
66	Six, Franklin	Wallonie-Bruxelles	6' 41''
67	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	NTT Pro Cycling	8' 09''
68	Devriendt, Tom	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
69	Liepiņš, Emīls	Trek-Segafredo	8' 13''
70	Leysen, Senne	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
71	Hurel, Tony	St Michel-Auber 93	8' 14''
72	Jans, Roy	Alpecin-Fenix	9' 00''
73	Guglielmi, Simon	Groupama-FDJ	9' 13''
74	Owen, Logan	EF Pro Cycling	9' 38''
75	Berg, Julius van	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Gradek, Kamil	CCC Team	9' 46''
77	Turgis, Anthony	Total Direct Energie	11' 15''
78	Gogl, Michaël	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Aurignac, Samy	Cambodia Cycling Academy	13' 18''
80	Russo, Clément	Arkea-Samsic	14' 52''
81	Venturini, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Hudry, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	15' 40''
83	Dumourier, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	15' 43''
84	Parisini, Nicolò	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
85	Thomson, Jay	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Štocek, Matúš	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
87	Masson, Christophe	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	s.t.
88	Leveau, Jérémy	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	15' 47''
89	De Plus, Jasper	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
90	Weemaes, Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	Beppu, Fumiyuki	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
92	Barbier, Pierre	Nippo-Delko Provence	s.t.
93	Bleier, Baptiste	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
94	Bouzas, Martín	Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Morin, Emmanuel	Cofidis	15' 50''
96	Antomarchi, Julien	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	15' 58''
97	Quarterman, Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	16' 02''
98	Boudat, Thomas	Arkea-Samsic	16' 05''
99	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	16' 13''
100	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
101	Mozzato, Luca	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	16' 28''
102	Taminiaux, Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
103	Baroncini, Filippo	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	16' 33''
104	De Bondt, Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	16' 36''
105	Mareczko, Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
106	Riou, Alan	Arkea-Samsic	16' 59''
107	Alaphilippe, Bryan	St Michel-Auber 93	17' 02''
108	Robeet, Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	17' 30''
109	De Decker, Alfdan	Circus-Wanty Gobert	18' 12''
110	Boeckmans, Kris	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
111	Poppel, Boy van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
112	Grendene, Marco	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	s.t.
113	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Galván, Francisco	Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Márquez, Martí	Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Ferri, Gregorio	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	19' 05''
117	Cousin, Jérôme	Total Direct Energie	19' 37''
118	Jaurégui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	Vermeulen, Emiel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	s.t.
120	Oka, Atsushi	Nippo-Delko Provence	20' 09''
121	Richardson, Alexandar	Alpecin-Fenix	21' 44''
122	Ghys, Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22' 57''

GC after stage 4:

594.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.262 km/hr

1	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	14hr 24min 17sec
2	Brunel, Alexys	Groupama-FDJ	@ 24sec
3	Bettiol, Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	40''
4	Calmejane, Lilian	Total Direct Energie	43''
5	Geniets, Kévin	Groupama-FDJ	45''
6	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 12''
7	Paret-Peintre, Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 25''
8	Huys, Laurens	Wallonie-Bruxelles	1' 28''
9	Touzé, Damien	Cofidis	1' 29''
10	Méndez, Daniel	Kern Pharma	1' 33''
11	Vichot, Arthur	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1' 44''
12	Thwaites, Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	1' 45''
13	Madouas, Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1' 49''
14	De Gendt, Aimé	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1' 51''
15	Barthe, Cyril	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2' 01''
16	Janssens, Jimmy	Alpecin-Fenix	2' 04''
17	Meurisse, Xandro	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 06''
18	Van Rooy, Kenneth	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 09''
19	Perez, Anthony	Cofidis	2' 15''
20	Ruiz, Ibon	Kern Pharma	2' 20''
21	Burgaudeau, Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	2' 23''
22	Guernalec, Thibault	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
23	Finetto, Mauro	Nippo-Delko Provence	2' 25''
24	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	2' 42''
25	Koch, Jonas	CCC Team	2' 45''
26	Clarke, Simon	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Zimmermann, Georg	CCC Team	2' 47''
28	Schönberger, Sebastian	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2' 51''
29	Krieger, Alexander	Alpecin-Fenix	3' 05''
30	Valgren, Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	3' 24''
31	Grmaye, Biniam	Nippo-Delko Provence	3' 37''
32	Pałuta, Michał	CCC Team	3' 38''
33	Małecki, Kamil	CCC Team	3' 39''
34	Le Gac, Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	3' 49''
35	Kirsch, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	4' 11''
36	Bidard, François	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 18''
37	Maurelet, Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	4' 19''
38	Latour, Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 21''
39	Hardy, Romain	Arkea-Samsic	4' 40''
40	Maikin, Roman	Cambodia Cycling Academy	4' 42''
41	Leroux, Samuel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	4' 44''
42	Simmons, Quinn	Trek-Segafredo	5' 00''
43	Cort, Magnus	EF Pro Cycling	5' 10''
44	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6' 01''
45	Bennett, Sean	EF Pro Cycling	6' 27''
46	Vermote, Julien	Cofidis	6' 51''
47	Cam, Maxime	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	7' 00''
48	Edet, Nicolas	Cofidis	7' 16''
49	Fedeli, Alessandro	Nippo-Delko Provence	7' 35''
50	Six, Franklin	Wallonie-Bruxelles	7' 48''
51	Niekerk, Morné van	St Michel-Auber 93	7' 51''
52	Courteille, Arnaud	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	8' 39''
53	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	NTT Pro Cycling	9' 00''
54	Leysen, Senne	Alpecin-Fenix	9' 13''
55	Jans, Roy	Alpecin-Fenix	9' 42''
56	Le Roux, Romain	Arkea-Samsic	10' 39''
57	Adriá, Roger	Kern Pharma	11' 01''
58	Stokbro, Andreas	NTT Pro Cycling	11' 05''
59	Wirtgen, Luc	Wallonie-Bruxelles	11' 42''
60	Turgis, Anthony	Total Direct Energie	11' 57''
61	Maldonado, Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	11' 59''
62	Rosa, Diego	Arkea-Samsic	13' 10''
63	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	13' 44''
64	Hivert, Jonathan	Total Direct Energie	14' 22''
65	Hurel, Tony	St Michel-Auber 93	14' 56''
66	Gogl, Michaël	NTT Pro Cycling	15' 01''
67	Venturini, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15' 02''
68	Mosca, Jacopo	Trek-Segafredo	15' 05''
69	O'Connor, Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	15' 10''
70	Gonçalves, José	Nippo-Delko Provence	15' 29''
71	Boudat, Thomas	Arkea-Samsic	16' 07''
72	Orlandi, Massimo	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	16' 08''
73	Leveau, Jérémy	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	16' 47''
74	Berg, Julius van den	EF Pro Cycling	16' 55''
75	Barbier, Pierre	Nippo-Delko Provence	17' 47''
76	Baroncini, Filippo	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	17' 57''
77	Gradek, Kamil	CCC Team	18' 25''
78	Russo, Clément	Arkea-Samsic	18' 43''
79	Mozzato, Luca	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	19' 00''
80	Pesenti, Thomas	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	19' 02''
81	Mareczko, Jakub	CCC Team	19' 07''
82	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	19' 12''
83	Poppel, Boy van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	19' 31''
84	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	20' 29''
85	Aurignac, Samy	Cambodia Cycling Academy	20' 32''
86	De Bondt, Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	20' 39''
87	Dernies, Tom	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	21' 26''
88	Morin, Emmanuel	Cofidis	21' 39''
89	Devriendt, Tom	Circus-Wanty Gobert	21' 53''
90	Cousin, Jérôme	Total Direct Energie	23' 37''
91	Parisini, Nicolò	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	24' 00''
92	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Total Direct Energie	24' 06''
93	Robeet, Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	24' 39''
94	Riou, Alan	Arkea-Samsic	25' 50''
95	Alaphilippe, Bryan	St Michel-Auber 93	26' 16''
96	Jaurégui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	26' 57''
97	Vermeulen, Emiel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	26' 58''
98	Dumourier, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	27' 11''
99	Guglielmi, Simon	Groupama-FDJ	27' 23''
100	Weemaes, Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	27' 29''
101	Ghys, Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	28' 04''
102	Bleier, Baptiste	St Michel-Auber 93	28' 42''
103	Oka, Atsushi	Nippo-Delko Provence	29' 14''
104	Galván, Francisco	Kern Pharma	29' 17''
105	Antomarchi, Julien	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	29' 54''
106	De Decker, Alfdan	Circus-Wanty Gobert	30' 51''
107	Liepiņš, Emīls	Trek-Segafredo	31' 58''
108	Boeckmans, Kris	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	32' 33''
109	Taminiaux, Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	33' 04''
110	Márquez, Martí	Kern Pharma	33' 05''
111	Štocek, Matúš	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	33' 07''
112	Thomson, Jay	NTT Pro Cycling	33' 36''
113	Owen, Logan	EF Pro Cycling	34' 53''
114	De Plus, Jasper	Circus-Wanty Gobert	35' 12''
115	Beppu, Fumiyuki	Nippo-Delko Provence	39' 15''
116	Richardson, Alexandar	Alpecin-Fenix	39' 27''
117	Bouzas, Martín	Kern Pharma	40' 16''
118	Masson, Christophe	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille	40' 25''
119	Quarterman, Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	40' 54''
120	Ferri, Gregorio	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	41' 11''
121	Hudry, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	47' 34''
122	Grendene, Marco	Beltrami TSA-Marchiol	48' 24''

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Friday, February 7: Stage 3, Besseges - Besseges, 158.2 km

Dries De Bondt wons the stage ahead of Georg Zimmermann. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Besseges at 6:00 PM, local time: 10C (50F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Georg Zimmermann's CCC Team.

After spending the whole day in the breakaway and taking maximum points on the two categorized climbs on stage three, Georg Zimmermann extended his lead in the King of the Mountain classification before sprinting to second place.
With the first categorized climb situated just 6,4 km into the stage, the German rider, who has led the classification since stage one, attacked as soon as the flag dropped.

Zimmermann won on the Col de Trelis and became part of a four-man breakaway which also included Marti Marquez Roman (Equipo Kern Pharma), who started the stage with the same amount of points as Zimmermann in the KOM classification.

The maximum advantage of the escapees was sitting around nine minutes halfway through the stage, before the peloton started reducing the gap steadily in anticipation of a bunch sprint in Bessèges. 

Despite a determined chase from the bunch, the four riders were motivated to stay away and continued to push hard at the front of the race.

Zimmermann attacked inside the final 15 kilometers and was virtual General Classification leader, but was eventually caught by the rest of the breakaway, who continued to cooperate well in the finale.

The peloton was closing in on the breakaway inside the final 10 kilometers, however the advantage was still one minute with six kilometers to go and on the final lap, it was all or nothing for the breakaway riders who started to attack each other ahead of the flamme rouge.

In the end, the peloton was denied a bunch sprint and it was a two-rider battle for the stage win between Zimmermann and Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix), who managed to cross the line ahead of the German rider.

Georg Zimmermann:
“I went today in a breakaway with the main goal of protecting my KOM jersey. Unlike the bunch, it turned out that we worked well so we had the opportunity to go to the finish line. We worked well until the last climb, then I attacked and tried to go solo to the finish, but the rider from Alpecin was too strong and I could’t drop him so we went together for the last 10 km. Then we were caught by two other riders, who were in the breakaway, and our collaboration stopped. The bunch was really close and they were about to catch us but luckily we were able to finish. When it came to final sprint, I felt really good but, unfortunately, De Bondt was stronger. All in all, I’m really happy with my stage result and the fact that I kept the KOM jersey for tomorrow. For me, it was a perfect day”

Complete results:

158.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.403 km/hr

1	DE BONDT Dries	ALPECIN-FENIX	3hr 54min 56sec
2	ZIMMERMANN Georg	CCC TEAM	s.t.
3	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	EF PRO CYCLING	@ 2sec
4	JANS Roy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
5	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
6	VERMEULEN Emiel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
7	DEVRIENDT Tom	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
8	TAMINIAUX Lionel	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
9	GHYS Robbe	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
10	PARISINI Nicolo'	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
11	BOUDAT Thomas	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
12	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	NTT PRO CYCLING	s.t.
13	VAN ROOY Kenneth	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
14	BARONCINI Filippo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
15	BARTHE Cyril	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
16	MORIN Emmanuel	COFIDIS	s.t.
17	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC TEAM	s.t.
18	BRUNEL Alexys	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
19	SIMMONS Quinn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
20	THWAITES Scott	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
21	PLANCKAERT Edward	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
22	ALAPHILIPPE Bryan	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
23	MAIKIN Roman	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
24	RUIZ SEDANO Ibon	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
25	SIX Franklin	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
26	TOUZE Damien	COFIDIS	s.t.
27	FINETTO Mauro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
28	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC TEAM	s.t.
29	CALMEJANE Lilian	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
30	WIRTGEN Luc	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
31	DE VYLDER Lindsay	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
32	MAURELET Flavien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
33	MOZZATO Luca	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
34	MOSCA Jacopo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
35	LE GAC Olivier	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
36	PARET PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
37	VICHOT Arthur	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
38	SCHONBERGER Sebastian	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
39	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
40	VAN POPPEL Boy	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
41	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
42	DE GENDT Aime	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
43	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
44	MALDONADO Anthony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
45	GENIETS Kévin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
46	KOCH Jonas	CCC TEAM	s.t.
47	GUERNALEC Thibault	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
48	MADOUAS Valentin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
49	PALUTA Michal	CCC TEAM	s.t.
50	KIRSCH Alex	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	LEVEAU Jérémy	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
52	LEVASSEUR Jordan	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
53	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
54	MENDEZ Daniel	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
55	HARDY Romain	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
56	MEURISSE Xandro	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
57	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
58	LEROUX Samuel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
59	LEYSEN Senne	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
60	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	BARBIER Pierre	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
62	AURIGNAC Samy	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
63	VERMOTE Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
64	COURTEILLE Arnaud	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
65	GALVAN Francisco	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
66	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
67	ROBEET Ludovic	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
68	ANTOMARCHI Julien	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
69	VAN NIEKERK Morné	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
70	JANSSENS Jimmy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
71	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
72	THOMAS Benjamin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
73	BENNETT Sean	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
74	ADRIA Roger	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
75	ORLANDI Massimo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
76	HUYS Laurens	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
77	MARQUEZ Martin	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
78	TURGIS Anthony	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	KRIEGER Alexander	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
80	BETTIOL Alberto	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
81	LE ROUX Romain	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
82	PESENTI Thomas	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
83	FEDELI Alessandro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
84	HUREL Tony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
85	COUSIN Jerome	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
86	HAILU Biniam	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
87	OKA Atsushi	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
88	GRADEK Kamil	CCC TEAM	s.t.
89	RUSSO Clément	ARKEA-SAMSIC	25''
90	MASSON Christophe	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	35''
91	NIELSEN Andreas	NTT PRO CYCLING	s.t.
92	MALECKI Kamil	CCC TEAM	37''
93	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	38''
94	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
95	BOUZAS Martin	KERN PHARMA	57''
96	CAM Maxime	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	01'00''
97	HUNDAHL Michael Valgren	NTT PRO CYCLING	01'18''
98	GOGL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING	s.t.
99	LIEPINS Emils	TREK-SEGAFREDO	01'32''
100	DE PLUS Jasper	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	01'40''
101	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
102	DE BIE Sean	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	01'42''
103	CLARKE Simon	EF PRO CYCLING	01'55''
104	GONCALVES José	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	02'16''
105	HIVERT Jonathan	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
106	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF PRO CYCLING	02'47''
107	STOCEK Matúš	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	03'12''
108	DUMOURIER Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	03'27''
109	WEEMAES Sasha	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
110	BLEIER Baptiste	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	04'06"
111	BOECKMANS Kris	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	02''
112	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT PRO CYCLING	04'45''
113	ROSA Diego	ARKEA-SAMSIC	05'49''
114	RIOU Alan	ARKEA-SAMSIC	05'51''
115	FERRI Gregorio	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	06'40''
116	GRENDENE Marco	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
117	RICHARDSON Alexandar	ALPECIN-FENIX	06'42''
118	BEPPU Fumiyuki	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
119	DE DECKER Alfdan	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	08'24''
120	QUARTERMAN Charles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	09'38''
121	THOMSON Jay Robert	NTT PRO CYCLING	s.t.
122	OWEN Logan	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
123	HUDRY Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
124	GUGLIELMI Simon	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
125	DERNIES Tom	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

455.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.187 km/hr

1	BRUNEL Alexys	GROUPAMA-FDJ	11hr 3min 16sec
2	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 3sec
3	PLANCKAERT Edward	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	10''
4	KIRSCH Alex	TREK-SEGAFREDO	16''
5	GENIETS Kévin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	17''
6	THWAITES Scott	ALPECIN-FENIX	19''
7	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC TEAM	s.t.
8	CALMEJANE Lilian	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
9	VICHOT Arthur	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
10	MAURELET Flavien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	24''
11	BOUDAT Thomas	ARKEA-SAMSIC	34''
12	THOMAS Benjamin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
13	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	42''
14	BETTIOL Alberto	EF PRO CYCLING	46''
15	BARTHE Cyril	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	52''
16	VAN ROOY Kenneth	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	s.t.
17	LEVASSEUR Jordan	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	55''
18	KRIEGER Alexander	ALPECIN-FENIX	58''
19	PALUTA Michal	CCC TEAM	01'01''
20	TOUZE Damien	COFIDIS	01'05''
21	JANS Roy	ALPECIN-FENIX	01'14''
22	MAIKIN Roman	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
23	SCHONBERGER Sebastian	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
24	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
25	TURGIS Anthony	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
26	MADOUAS Valentin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
27	DE GENDT Aime	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
28	HARDY Romain	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
29	ZIMMERMANN Georg	CCC TEAM	01'17''
30	PARET PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	01'19''
31	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	NTT PRO CYCLING	01'23''
32	RUIZ SEDANO Ibon	KERN PHARMA	01'24''
33	KOCH Jonas	CCC TEAM	s.t.
34	MENDEZ Daniel	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
35	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
36	HUYS Laurens	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
37	JANSSENS Jimmy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
38	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
39	DE VYLDER Lindsay	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	01'29''
40	LEROUX Samuel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
41	MEURISSE Xandro	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
42	FINETTO Mauro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	01'32''
43	SIMMONS Quinn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
44	LEVEAU Jérémy	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
45	GUERNALEC Thibault	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
46	LE GAC Olivier	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
47	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
48	LEYSEN Senne	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
49	SIX Franklin	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	01'39''
50	HAILU Biniam	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
51	VERMOTE Julien	COFIDIS	01'44''
52	VAN POPPEL Boy	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	01'51''
53	BARONCINI Filippo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	01'56''
54	FEDELI Alessandro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	02'07''
55	BARBIER Pierre	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	02'32''
56	HUNDAHL Michael Valgren	NTT PRO CYCLING	03'00''
57	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC TEAM	03'03''
58	MOZZATO Luca	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	03'04''
59	CLARKE Simon	EF PRO CYCLING	03'07''
60	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03'34''
61	VAN NIEKERK Morné	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
62	BENNETT Sean	EF PRO CYCLING	03'38''
63	MALECKI Kamil	CCC TEAM	03'59''
64	GOGL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING	04'18''
65	CAM Maxime	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	04'21''
66	RUSSO Clément	ARKEA-SAMSIC	04'23''
67	COUSIN Jerome	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	04'32''
68	DE BONDT Dries	ALPECIN-FENIX	04'35''
69	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	04'48''
70	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	EF PRO CYCLING	04'50''
71	GHYS Robbe	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	05'39''
72	MORIN Emmanuel	COFIDIS	06'21''
73	NIELSEN Andreas	NTT PRO CYCLING	06'33''
74	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	07'12''
75	COURTEILLE Arnaud	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	07'14''
76	HUREL Tony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
77	LE ROUX Romain	ARKEA-SAMSIC	07'22''
78	ROBEET Ludovic	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	07'41''
79	AURIGNAC Samy	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	07'46''
80	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF PRO CYCLING	07'49''
81	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	07'52''
82	VERMEULEN Emiel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	07'53''
83	MALDONADO Anthony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	08'04''
84	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	08'25''
85	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	08'36''
86	PARISINI Nicolo'	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	08'49''
87	ADRIA Roger	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
88	WIRTGEN Luc	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	08'50''
89	GRADEK Kamil	CCC TEAM	09'11''
90	RIOU Alan	ARKEA-SAMSIC	09'23''
91	OKA Atsushi	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	09'37''
92	ALAPHILIPPE Bryan	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	09'46''
93	MOSCA Jacopo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	11'10''
94	GONCALVES José	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	11'19''
95	GALVAN Francisco	KERN PHARMA	11'37''
96	HIVERT Jonathan	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	11'45''
97	DUMOURIER Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	12'00''
98	WEEMAES Sasha	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOUSE	12'14''
99	ROSA Diego	ARKEA-SAMSIC	13'09''
100	DE DECKER Alfdan	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	13'11''
101	BLEIER Baptiste	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	13'27''
102	ORLANDI Massimo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	13'58''
103	DEVRIENDT Tom	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	14'16''
104	ANTOMARCHI Julien	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	14'28''
105	BOECKMANS Kris	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	14'53''
106	MARQUEZ Martin	KERN PHARMA	15'25''
107	PESENTI Thomas	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	15'45''
108	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT PRO CYCLING	15'53''
109	DERNIES Tom	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	17'09''
110	TAMINIAUX Lionel	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	17'10''
111	STOCEK Matúš	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	17'56''
112	RICHARDSON Alexandar	ALPECIN-FENIX	18'15''
113	THOMSON Jay Robert	NTT PRO CYCLING	18'25''
114	GUGLIELMI Simon	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18'42''
115	DE PLUS Jasper	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	19'57''
116	FERRI Gregorio	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	22'38''
117	BEPPU Fumiyuki	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	24'00''
118	LIEPINS Emils	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24'17''
119	BOUZAS REY Martin	KERN PHARMA	25'01''
120	MASSON Christophe	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	25'14''
121	QUARTERMAN Charles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	25'24''
122	OWEN Logan	EF PRO CYCLING	25'47''
123	DE BIE Sean	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	26'23''
124	GRENDENE Marco	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	30'44''
125	HUDRY Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING ACADEMY	32'26''

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Thursday, February 6: Stage 2, Milhaud - Poulx, 156.1 km

Could it get any closer? Magnus Cort Nielsen just beats Edvald Boasson Hagen. Sirotti photo

Complete Results:

156.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.121 km/hr

1	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	EF PRO CYCLING	3hr 47min 46sec
2	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
3	DEVRIENDT Tom	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
4	TURGIS Anthony	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
5	VERMEULEN Emiel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
6	KRIEGER Alexander	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
7	BARBIER Pierre	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
8	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	JANS Roy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
10	HAILU Biniam	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
11	LEVEAU Jérémy	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
12	KOCH Jonas	CCC TEAM	s.t.
13	MOZZATO Luca	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
14	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC TEAM	s.t.
15	FINETTO Mauro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
16	CALMEJANE Lilian	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
17	MAIKIN Roman	CAMBODIA CYCLING	s.t.
18	ZIMMERMANN Georg	CCC TEAM	s.t.
19	SIX Franklin	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
20	BARTHE Cyril	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
21	PLANCKAERT Edward	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
22	VAN ROOY Kenneth	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
23	VAN POPPEL Boy	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
24	THWAITES Scott	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
25	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
26	DE VYLDER Lindsay	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
27	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
28	BETTIOL Alberto	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
29	RUIZ SEDANO Ibon	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
30	MOSCHETTI Matteo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
31	VERMOTE Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
32	LEROUX Samuel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
33	DERNIES Tom	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
34	BRUNEL Alexys	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
35	MEURISSE Xandro	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
36	VICHOT Arthur	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
37	MENDEZ Daniel	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
38	TOUZE Damien	COFIDIS	s.t.
39	SIMMONS Quinn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
40	DE BONDT Dries	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
41	GUERNALEC Thibault	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
42	HUYS Laurens	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
43	PALUTA Michal	CCC TEAM	s.t.
44	KIRSCH Alex	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
45	SCHONBERGER Sebastian	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
46	GENIETS Kévin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
47	MADOUAS Valentin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
48	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
49	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
50	THOMAS Benjamin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
51	DE GENDT Aime	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
52	HARDY Romain	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
53	LEYSEN Senne	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
54	MAURELET Flavien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
55	BOUDAT Thomas	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
56	JANSSENS Jimmy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
57	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
58	CLARKE Simon	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
59	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
60	LE GAC Olivier	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
61	PARET PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
62	ROBEET Ludovic	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
63	FEDELI Alessandro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
64	ANTOMARCHI Julien	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	@8sec
65	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
66	LEVASSEUR Jordan	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	11''
67	ROSA Diego	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	13''
68	LE ROUX Romain	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
69	HUNDAHL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	30''
70	BARONCINI Filippo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	32''
71	AURIGNAC Samy	CAMBODIA CYCLING	37''
72	MALDONADO Anthony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
73	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	49''
74	BENNETT Sean	EF PRO CYCLING	01'01''
75	NIELSEN Andreas	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	01'07''
76	WIRTGEN Luc	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	01'17''
77	DUMOURIER Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING	s.t.
78	CAM Maxime	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	01'27''
79	COUSIN Jerome	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	01'28''
80	RUSSO Clément	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
81	ADRIA Roger	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
82	WEEMAES Sasha	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
83	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC TEAM	s.t.
84	PESENTI Thomas	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
85	PARISINI Nicolo'	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
86	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
87	MORIN Emmanuel	COFIDIS	s.t.
88	DE DECKER Alfdan	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	01'43''
89	BLEIER Baptiste	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	02'02''
90	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	02'10''
91	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
92	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
93	OKA Atsushi	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
94	MALECKI Kamil	CCC TEAM	s.t.
95	COURTEILLE Arnaud	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
96	ALAPHILIPPE Bryan	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
97	GOGL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
98	HUREL Tony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
99	RIOU Alan	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
100	VAN NIEKERK Morné	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
101	HIVERT Jonathan	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
102	TAMINIAUX Lionel	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
103	GALVAN Francisco	KERN PHARMA	03'47''
104	OURSELIN Paul	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
105	THOMSON Jay	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	04'01''
106	MOSCA Jacopo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
107	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
108	GONCALVES José	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
109	RICHARDSON Alexandar	ALPECIN-FENIX	04'02''
110	GRADEK Kamil	CCC TEAM	s.t.
111	DE PLUS Jasper	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
112	GHYS Robbe	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
113	GUGLIELMI Simon	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
114	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF PRO CYCLING	04'20''
115	GUILLONNET Adrien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	06'37''
116	ORLANDI Massimo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
117	STOCEK Matúš	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	07'28''
118	LIEPINS Emils	TREK-SEGAFREDO	08'30''
119	OWEN Logan	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
120	QUARTERMAN Charles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
121	FERRI Gregorio	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	08'33''
122	HUDRY Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLING	s.t.
123	BEPPU Fumiyuki	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	09'49''
124	BOUZAS Martin	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
125	GRENDENE Marco	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
126	MASSON Christophe	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
127	HERRADA Jose	COFIDIS	s.t.
128	DE BIE Sean	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
129	BOECKMANS Kris	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
130	WILLEMS Thimo	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	09'55''
131	MARQUEZ Martin	KERN PHARMA	10'38''
132	VAN POPPEL Danny	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	10'41''

GC after stage 2:

297.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.617 km/hr

1	BRUNEL Alexys	GROUPAMA-FDJ	7hr 8min 18sec
2	COSNEFROY Benoit	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 3sec
3	PLANCKAERT Edward	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	10''
4	KIRSCH Alex	TREK-SEGAFREDO	16''
5	GENIETS Kévin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	17''
6	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC TEAM	19''
7	CALMEJANE Lilian	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
8	THWAITES Scott	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
9	VICHOT Arthur	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
10	MAURELET Flavien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	24''
11	THOMAS Benjamin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	34''
12	BOUDAT Thomas	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
13	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	42''
14	BETTIOL Alberto	EF PRO CYCLING	46''
15	BARTHE Cyril	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	52''
16	VAN ROOY Kenneth	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
17	LEVASSEUR Jordan	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	55''
18	KRIEGER Alexander	ALPECIN-FENIX	58''
19	PALUTA Michal	CCC TEAM	01'01''
20	TOUZE Damien	COFIDIS	01'05''
21	MOSCHETTI Matteo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	01'10''
22	JANS Roy	ALPECIN-FENIX	01'14''
23	TURGIS Anthony	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
24	MAIKIN Roman	CAMBODIA CYCLINGMY	s.t.
25	MADOUAS Valentin	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
26	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
27	SCHONBERGER Sebastian	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
28	DE GENDT Aime	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
29	CLARKE Simon	EF PRO CYCLING	s.t.
30	HARDY Romain	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
31	PARET PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	01'19''
32	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	01'23''
33	KOCH Jonas	CCC TEAM	01'24''
34	RUIZ SEDANO Ibon	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
35	MENDEZ Daniel	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
36	HUYS Laurens	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
37	PEREZ Anthony	COFIDIS	s.t.
38	JANSSENS Jimmy	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
39	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
40	ZIMMERMANN Georg	CCC TEAM	01'29''
41	DE VYLDER Lindsay	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
42	LEROUX Samuel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	s.t.
43	MEURISSE Xandro	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	s.t.
44	LEVEAU Jérémy	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	01'32''
45	FINETTO Mauro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	s.t.
46	SIMMONS Quinn	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
47	GUERNALEC Thibault	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
48	MULLEN Ryan	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	LEYSEN Senne	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
50	LE GAC Olivier	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
51	HAILU Biniam	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	01'39''
52	SIX Franklin	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
53	VERMOTE Julien	COFIDIS	01'44''
54	HUNDAHL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
55	VAN POPPEL Boy	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	01'51''
56	BARONCINI Filippo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	01'56''
57	FEDELI Alessandro	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	02'07''
58	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF PRO CYCLING	02'08''
59	BARBIER Pierre	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	02'32''
60	GOGL Michael	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	03'02''
61	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC TEAM	03'03''
62	MOZZATO Luca	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	03'04''
63	CAM Maxime	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	03'23''
64	MALECKI Kamil	CCC TEAM	03'24''
65	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03'34''
66	RIOU Alan	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
67	VAN NIEKERK Morné	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
68	BENNETT Sean	EF PRO CYCLING	03'38''
69	RUSSO Clément	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	04'00''
70	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	04'12''
71	COUSIN Jerome	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	04'32''
72	DE BONDT Dries	ALPECIN-FENIX	04'48''
73	DE DECKER Alfdan	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	04'49''
74	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	EF PRO CYCLING	04'54''
75	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF PRO CYCLING	05'04''
76	OURSELIN Paul	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	05'34''
77	GHYS Robbe	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	05'41''
78	NIELSEN Andreas	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	06'00''
79	MORIN Emmanuel	COFIDIS	06'21''
80	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	06'58''
81	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	07'12''
82	COURTEILLE Arnaud	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	07'14''
83	HUREL Tony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	s.t.
84	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	07'16''
85	ROSA Diego	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	07'22''
86	LE ROUX Romain	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
87	DERNIES Tom	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	07'33''
88	ROBEET Ludovic	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	07'41''
89	AURIGNAC Samy	CAMBODIA CYCLINGMY	07'46''
90	VERMEULEN Emiel	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	07'53''
91	MALDONADO Anthony	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	08'04''
92	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	08'25''
93	DUMOURIER Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLINGMY	08'35''
94	ADRIA Roger	KERN PHARMA	08'49''
95	THOMSON Jay Robert	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
96	WEEMAES Sasha	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
97	PARISINI Nicolo'	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	s.t.
98	WIRTGEN Luc	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	08'50''
99	GRADEK Kamil	CCC TEAM	08'55''
100	GONCALVES José	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	09'05''
101	GUGLIELMI Simon	GROUPAMA-FDJ	09'06''
102	BLEIER Baptiste	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	09'23''
103	HIVERT Jonathan	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	09'31''
104	OKA Atsushi	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	09'37''
105	ALAPHILIPPE Bryan	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	09'46''
106	WILLEMS Thimo	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	11'09''
107	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM	11'10''
108	MOSCA Jacopo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
109	HERRADA Jose	COFIDIS	11'21''
110	VAN POPPEL Danny	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	11'29''
111	RICHARDSON Alexandar	ALPECIN-FENIX	11'35''
112	GALVAN Francisco	KERN PHARMA	11'37''
113	ORLANDI Massimo	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	13'58''
114	GUILLONNET Adrien	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93	14'04''
115	DEVRIENDT Tom	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	14'16''
116	ANTOMARCHI Julien	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	14'28''
117	STOCEK Matúš	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	14'46''
118	BOECKMANS Kris	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT	14'53''
119	MARQUEZ Martin	KERN PHARMA	15'30''
120	PESENTI Thomas	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	15'45''
121	QUARTERMAN Charles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15'48''
122	FERRI Gregorio	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	16'00''
123	OWEN Logan	EF PRO CYCLING	16'11''
124	TAMINIAUX Lionel	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	17'10''
125	BEPPU Fumiyuki	NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE	17'20''
126	DE PLUS Jasper	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT	18'19''
127	LIEPINS Emils	TREK-SEGAFREDO	22'47''
128	HUDRY Florian	CAMBODIA CYCLINGMY	22'50''
129	GRENDENE Marco	BELTRAMI TSE MARCHIOL	24'06''
130	BOUZAS REY Martin	KERN PHARMA	s.t.
131	MASSON Christophe	NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX LILLE	24'41''
132	DE BIE Sean	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	24'43''

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Wednesday, February 5: Stage 1, Bellegarde - Bellegarde, 139.56 km

Alexys Brunel wins alone in Bellegarde. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Bellegarde at 1:45 PM, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 43 km/hr (27 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Alexys Brunel's Groupama-FDJ team.

It’s special victory in many ways that Alexys Brunel was able to get in the opening stage of the Etoile de Bessèges. For his second day of racing with the WorldTour team, the 21-year-old not only took his first professional win and collected the first one for the team in 2020, he also conquered … the 500th victory of the organization’s history! Moreover, his flair and power were rewarded after a thrilling and windy stage.

A historic victory obviously could not have come after an ordinary day. The first stage of the Etoile de Bessèges did not follow a classic scenario, and the morning breakaway only lasted about forty kilometers before a bunch completelyshattered in the wind caught it. The fight started early on, and although the headwind brought things together for a bit, with sixty kilometers to go, the fight then restarted. Thirty riders made it through the numerous echelons, including Benjamin Thomas, Kevin Geniets and Alexys Brunel for Groupama-FDJ.

“At first, we wanted race for Valentin [Madouas] and keep him in the mix for the general classification along withKevin”, says Thierry Bricaud. “Obviously, it got complicated since echelons occurred during the whole race. Unfortunately, we did not get what we wanted in this matter but there is a real competition and we do not control everything. Valentin found himself caught behind but we still had guys in front. And the briefing was clear this morning: we wanted to win a stagein this race, and if there was an opportunity today, we had to go for it.“

Always on the alert, the three riders of the team even made a bold attempt fifteen kilometers from the finish in the leading group. “In the final, they tried to make another echelon. There was a side wind and therefore the opportunity to split the breakaway”, recalls Thierry. “It didn’t end up as we would have hoped but they made quite an impression. At first, they wanted to lead-out Kevin in the finish. Then, because of the race’s movements and circumstances on the last lap, Alexys saw a window, went for it and proved to be opportunistic.“

A few moments after the finish, the man of the day gave his view on these last few minutes with a big smile on his face: “With one lap to go, I tried to push in the climb and I felt very good. I realized something was possible. And with three kilometers to go, on the flat, I made on attack and it was the right one. It’s incredible, it’s my first professional victory. I will always remember it. I’m really proud and happy”.Bricaud added: “It is a beautiful symbol for the team. This is a proof that the transition from the continental team to the WorldTour team works. We knew he had great potential, and when you are able to time trial like he does, you are able to win races solo. He proved it. He ended the last season with a victory in Paris-Tours and he starts this one with a victory here. He’s got a lot of confidence”.

Alexys Brunel will obviously start the second stage with the leader’s jersey on his shoulders, but unfortunately, he will not be able to count on Matthieu Ladagnous who has been forced to abandon due to sickness today. In terms of the following days, Thierry Bricaud remains cautious. “Kevin is able to be in the mix for the overall,” he said. “But there are still big opponents like Calmejane or Cosnefroy. The main bunch only came a minute later on the line and there may be a lively race until Saturday. A lot can still happen, it’s far from over. We have a little head start, it is up to us to manage it well, but our Etoile de Bessèges is already a success.“

Complete results:

139.56 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.719 km/hr

1	Brunel, Alexys	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 20min 43sec
2	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 1sec
3	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	03''
4	Kirsch, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	05''
5	Thwaites, Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	08''
6	Geniets, Kévin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
8	Calmejane, Lilian	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
9	Vichot, Arthur	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
10	Maurelet, Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	13''
11	Thomas, Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	23''
12	Boudat, Thomas	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Langeveld, Sebastian	EF Pro Cycling	29''
14	Venturini, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	31''
15	Berg, Julius van den ..	EF Pro Cycling	33''
16	Levasseur, Jordan	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
17	Bettiol, Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	35''
18	Poppel, Danny van van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	37''
19	Barthe, Cyril	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	41''
20	Gogl, Michaël	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Van Rooy, Kenneth	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Krieger, Alexander	Alpecin-Fenix	47''
23	Pałuta, Michał	CCC Team	50''
24	Touzé, Damien	Cofidis	54''
25	Moschetti, Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	59''
26	Burgaudeau, Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	1' 03''
27	Madouas, Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Jans, Roy	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Małecki, Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
30	Clarke, Simon	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	De Gendt, Aimé	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
32	Schönberger, Sebastian	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Willems, Thimo	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
34	Maikin, Roman	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
35	Turgis, Anthony	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
36	Valgren, Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Hardy, Romain	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Paret-Peintre, Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 08''
39	Méndez, Daniel	Kern Pharma	1' 13''
40	Huys, Laurens	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
41	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Bidard, François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Niekerk, Morné van van	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Riou, Alan	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Janssens, Jimmy	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
46	Ruiz, Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Koch, Jonas	CCC Team	s.t.
48	Baroncini, Filippo	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
49	Latour, Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Perez, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Leroux, Samuel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1' 18''
52	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Meurisse, Xandro	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
54	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Zimmermann, Georg	CCC Team	s.t.
56	Herrada, José	Cofidis	1' 21''
57	Simmons, Quinn	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Guernalec, Thibault	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Leveau, Jérémy	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Leysen, Senne	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
61	Le Gac, Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Finetto, Mauro	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
63	Mareczko, Jakub	CCC Team	1' 24''
64	Ghys, Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 28''
65	Six, Franklin	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
66	Grmaye, Biniam	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
67	Vermote, Julien	Cofidis	1' 33''
68	Ourselin, Paul	Total Direct Energie	1' 36''
69	Poppel, Boy van van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1' 40''
70	Cam, Maxime	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1' 45''
71	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 51''
72	Fedeli, Alessandro	Nippo Delko Provence	1' 56''
73	Russo, Clément	Team Arkéa-Samsic	2' 21''
74	Barbier, Pierre	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
75	Bennett, Sean	EF Pro Cycling	2' 26''
76	Mozzato, Luca	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	2' 53''
77	Cousin, Jérôme	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
78	De Decker, Alfdan	Circus-Wanty Gobert	2' 55''
79	De Bondt, Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	4' 37''
80	Thomson, Jay	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Stokbro, Andreas	NTT Pro Cycling	4' 42''
83	Gradek, Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
84	Morin, Emmanuel	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Márquez, Martí	Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Cort, Magnus	EF Pro Cycling	4' 53''
87	Hurel, Tony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
88	Guglielmi, Simon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Gonçalves, José	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
90	Courteille, Arnaud	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
91	Boeckmans, Kris	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
92	Le Roux, Romain	Team Arkéa-Samsic	6' 58''
93	Rosa, Diego	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	O'Connor, Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Aurignac, Samy	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
96	Mosca, Jacopo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Edet, Nicolas	Cofidis	7' 01''
98	Jaurégui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	7' 05''
99	Štocek, Matúš	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	7' 07''
100	Dumourier, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
101	Quarterman, Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Adriá, Roger	Kern Pharma	7' 10''
103	Hivert, Jonathan	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
104	Weemaes, Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
105	Bleier, Baptiste	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
106	Parisini, Nicolò	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
107	Orlandi, Massimo	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
108	Maldonado, Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	7' 16''
109	Guillonnet, Adrien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
110	Ferri, Gregorio	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
111	Oka, Atsushi	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
112	Dernies, Tom	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	7' 22''
113	Wirtgen, Luc	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
114	Beppu, Fumiyuki	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
115	Richardson, Alexandar	Alpecin-Fenix	7' 25''
116	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
117	Alaphilippe, Bryan	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
118	Robeet, Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	7' 30''
119	Lietaer, Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
120	Owen, Logan	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Galván, Francisco	Kern Pharma	7' 39''
122	Vermeulen, Emiel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	7' 42''
123	Liepiņš, Emīls	Trek-Segafredo	14' 06''
124	Hudry, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
125	De Plus, Jasper	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
126	Grendene, Marco	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
127	Pesenti, Thomas	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
128	Bouzas, Martín	Kern Pharma	s.t.
129	Devriendt, Tom	Circus-Wanty Gobert	14' 09''
130	Antomarchi, Julien	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
131	Masson, Christophe	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	14' 41''
132	De Bie, Sean	Wallonie-Bruxelles	14' 43''
133	Taminiaux, Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	14' 49''

GC after stage 1:

1	Brunel, Alexys	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 20min 32sec
2	Cosnefroy, Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 3sec
3	Planckaert, Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10''
4	Kirsch, Alex	Trek-Segafredo	16''
5	Geniets, Kévin	Groupama-FDJ	17''
6	Thwaites, Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	19''
7	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
8	Calmejane, Lilian	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
9	Vichot, Arthur	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
10	Maurelet, Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	24''
11	Thomas, Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	34''
12	Boudat, Thomas	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Langeveld, Sebastian	EF Pro Cycling	40''
14	Venturini, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	42''
15	Berg, Julius van den	EF Pro Cycling	44''
16	Levasseur, Jordan	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
17	Bettiol, Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	46''
18	Poppel, Danny van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	48''
19	Barthe, Cyril	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	52''
20	Gogl, Michaël	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Van Rooy, Kenneth	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
22	Krieger, Alexander	Alpecin-Fenix	58''
23	Pałuta, Michał	CCC Team	1' 01''
24	Touzé, Damien	Cofidis	1' 05''
25	Moschetti, Matteo	Trek-Segafredo	1' 10''
26	Burgaudeau, Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	1' 14''
27	Madouas, Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Jans, Roy	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Małecki, Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
30	Clarke, Simon	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
31	De Gendt, Aimé	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
32	Schönberger, Sebastian	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
33	Willems, Thimo	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
34	Maikin, Roman	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
35	Turgis, Anthony	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
36	Valgren, Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Hardy, Romain	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Paret-Peintre, Aurélien	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 19''
39	Méndez, Daniel	Kern Pharma	1' 24''
40	Huys, Laurens	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
41	Mullen, Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Bidard, François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Niekerk, Morné van	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Riou, Alan	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Janssens, Jimmy	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
46	Ruiz, Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Koch, Jonas	CCC Team	s.t.
48	Baroncini, Filippo	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
49	Latour, Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Perez, Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Leroux, Samuel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1' 29''
52	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Meurisse, Xandro	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
54	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Zimmermann, Georg	CCC Team	s.t.
56	Herrada, José	Cofidis	1' 32''
57	Simmons, Quinn	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Guernalec, Thibault	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Leveau, Jérémy	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Leysen, Senne	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
61	Le Gac, Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Finetto, Mauro	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
63	Mareczko, Jakub	CCC Team	1' 35''
64	Ghys, Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 39''
65	Six, Franklin	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
66	Grmaye, Biniam	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
67	Vermote, Julien	Cofidis	1' 44''
68	Ourselin, Paul	Total Direct Energie	1' 47''
69	Poppel, Boy van	Circus-Wanty Gobert	1' 51''
70	Cam, Maxime	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	1' 56''
71	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	2' 02''
72	Fedeli, Alessandro	Nippo Delko Provence	2' 07''
73	Russo, Clément	Team Arkéa-Samsic	2' 32''
74	Barbier, Pierre	Nippo Delko Provence	2' 32''
75	Bennett, Sean	EF Pro Cycling	2' 37''
76	Mozzato, Luca	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	3' 04''
77	Cousin, Jérôme	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
78	De Decker, Alfdan	Circus-Wanty Gobert	3' 06''
79	De Bondt, Dries	Alpecin-Fenix	4' 48''
80	Thomson, Jay	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Stokbro, Andreas	NTT Pro Cycling	4' 53''
83	Gradek, Kamil	CCC Team	s.t.
84	Morin, Emmanuel	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Márquez, Martí	Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Cort, Magnus	EF Pro Cycling	5' 04''
87	Hurel, Tony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
88	Guglielmi, Simon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Gonçalves, José	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
90	Courteille, Arnaud	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
91	Boeckmans, Kris	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
92	Le Roux, Romain	Team Arkéa-Samsic	7' 09''
93	Rosa, Diego	Team Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	O'Connor, Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Aurignac, Samy	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
96	Mosca, Jacopo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Edet, Nicolas	Cofidis	7' 12''
98	Jaurégui, Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	7' 16''
99	Štocek, Matúš	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	7' 18''
100	Dumourier, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
101	Quarterman, Charlie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Adriá, Roger	Kern Pharma	7' 21''
103	Hivert, Jonathan	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
104	Weemaes, Sasha	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
105	Bleier, Baptiste	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
106	Parisini, Nicolò	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
107	Orlandi, Massimo	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
108	Maldonado, Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	7' 27''
109	Guillonnet, Adrien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
110	Ferri, Gregorio	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
111	Oka, Atsushi	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
112	Dernies, Tom	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	7' 33''
113	Wirtgen, Luc	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
114	Beppu, Fumiyuki	Nippo Delko Provence	s.t.
115	Richardson, Alexandar	Alpecin-Fenix	7' 36''
116	Manzin, Lorrenzo	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
117	Alaphilippe, Bryan	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
118	Robeet, Ludovic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	7' 41''
119	Lietaer, Eliot	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
120	Owen, Logan	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Galván, Francisco	Kern Pharma	7' 50''
122	Vermeulen, Emiel	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	7' 53''
123	Liepiņš, Emīls	Trek-Segafredo	14' 17''
124	Hudry, Florian	Cambodia Cycling Academy	s.t.
125	De Plus, Jasper	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
126	Grendene, Marco	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
127	Pesenti, Thomas	Beltrami TSA Marchiol	s.t.
128	Bouzas, Martín	Kern Pharma	s.t.
129	Devriendt, Tom	Circus-Wanty Gobert	14' 20''
130	Antomarchi, Julien	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
131	Masson, Christophe	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Metropole	14' 52''
132	De Bie, Sean	Wallonie-Bruxelles	14' 54''
133	Taminiaux, Lionel	Wallonie-Bruxelles	15' 00''