2022 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Haut Var (2.1), France

Formerly Tour du Haut Var

54th edition: February 18 - 20, 2022
Complete results

Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Haut Var podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

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Sunday, February 20: 3rd & Final Stage, Villefranche sur Mer - Blausasc, 112.6 km

Nairo Quintana wins the final stage and the 2022 Tour de Alpes-Maritimes. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Blausasc at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (58F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from final GC second-place Tim Wellens' Lotto Soudal team.

Despite putting up a big fight, Tim Wellens could not hold on to the yellow leader’s jersey in the final stage of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var today. The expected attack from his nearest rival on the general classification, Nairo Quintana, came on the long climb of the Col de Saint Roch. Like Saturday, Wellens tried to pace his effort and limit his losses towards the Colombian. Wellens went full speed down the descent, but didn’t receive much cooperation. The 30-year-old Belgian saw Quintana ride towards the stage and overall win and had to settle for fifth on the day and second overall. With two stage wins and the young rider’s jersey for Andreas Kron, Lotto Soudal can look back at a successful three days of racing at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var.

The final GC podium, from left: Tim Wellens (2nd), Nairo Quintana (1st) & Guillaume Martin (3rd). Sirotti photo

Today the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var came to a close with a short but tough stage stacked with climbing between Villefranche-sur-Mer and Blausasc. Following his stage win yesterday, Lotto Soudal rider Tim Wellens started the closing stage with the yellow jersey around his shoulders, looking to secure the overall win. From the start, the attacks came thick and fast, making it a very difficult assignment for the 30-year-old Belgian to retain his yellow jersey.

The key moment in the stage was to be found on the Col de Saint Roch, topping out at about 30 kilometres from the finish. Lotto Soudal once again controlled things at the head of the bunch but when Quintana made his move at 35 kilometres from the line, Tim Wellens was left to chase and worked hard to limit his losses. Wellens fought hard and joined a first chasing group on the descent, where he was forced to do all the work by himself. That way, he saw the advantage of Nairo Quintana go up as the Colombian was set to win the stage and overall. Tim Wellens battled his way to fifth on the stage and secured a 2nd spot on the general classification.

“As we expected it became a tough day right from the start, but once again the team did a tremendous job”, begins Tim Wellens. “We were in control until a few kilometres from the top of the Col de Saint Roch, where Quintana attacked. We knew beforehand that it would be very difficult to follow the Colombian up the mountain, but just like yesterday I hoped to catch him on the descent. I knew the roads really well, so I went full gas. However, Quintana also knew the area so I couldn’t make up much time. It proves that he was really strong today.”

“When Guillaume Martin attacked from our chasing group, I didn’t have the legs to respond. I had to put in a lot of effort earlier on because everyone looked at me to do the chasing. I quickly shifted focus on retaining my 2nd spot on GC, which succeeded. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the overall win, but I will especially remember the collective strength Lotto Soudal showed these past three days. Even if Caleb and I won, it wouldn’t have been possible without impressive teamwork from the whole squad.”

Next up for Tim Wellens is the Belgian opening weekend next week.

“I had to push huge watts to get the win on Saturday so I am really satisfied with my form. I am really looking forward to the opening weekend, where we want to deliver another strong collective performance with the team”, Tim Wellens looks ahead.

Complete results:

112.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.543 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	2hr 55min 17sec
2	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	@ 1min 21sec
3	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:30
4	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	WELLENS Tim	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	STORER Michael	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
7	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r-Citroën	2:25
8	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	MERTZ Rémy	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
10	COMBAUD Romain	Team DSM	s.t.
11	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
13	BARRE Louis	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
14	SIMON Julien	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	GODON Dorian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	ADRIA Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	CHEVALIER Maxime	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
20	KRON Andreas	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
21	TRAEEN Torstein	Uno-X	s.t.
22	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	s.t.
24	OWSIAN Lukasz	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	GREGAARD Jonas	Uno-X	s.t.
27	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
28	BRYNSRUD Magnus	Uno-X	s.t.
29	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	TOUZE Damien	Ag2r-Citroën	2:35
31	MARQUEZ Marti	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:49
32	BREGNHOJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling	3:31
33	MIFSUD Andrea	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	3:50
34	CHEREL Mikaël	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	EDET Nicolas	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	SANCHEZ Eugenio	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	FERRON Valentin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	5:58
39	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X	s.t.
40	TUSVELD Martijn	Team DSM	s.t.
41	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
42	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
43	BOUET Maxime	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	HELLEMOSE Asbjørn	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	JARNET Maxime	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
46	CASTRILLO Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:11
47	LEROUX Samuel	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	10:13
48	CALMEJANE Lilian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	GOUBERT Jean	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
50	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
51	BIDARD François	Cofidis	s.t.
52	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	LAFAY Victor	Cofidis	10:43
54	DELBOVE Joris	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
55	MILESI Lorenzo	Team DSM	11:25
56	SLEEN Torjus	Uno-X	s.t.
57	ERIKSSON Jacob	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
58	TIZZA Marco	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
59	FINE Eddy	Cofidis	s.t.
60	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
63	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	12:04
65	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	12:13
67	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	14:03
68	BERLIN Antoine	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	14:08
69	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels-KTM	16:38
70	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	17:30
71	MORIN Emmanuel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
72	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	REINDERS Elmar	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
74	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
75	VAN DER TUUK Danny	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	CARISEY Clément	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
77	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
78	KORETZKY Victor	B&B Hotels-KTM	22:31
79	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	LISSON Christoffer	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
84	NAKANE Hideto	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	MAINGUENAUD Tom	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
86	GUEGAN Maël	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
87	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
88	URRUTY Maxime	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
89	AMADORI Julien	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
90	COUANON Jonathan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
91	JEGAT Jordan	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
92	MAURELET Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
93	MALDONADO Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
94	ASKEY Lewis	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	DELACROIX Tristan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
96	MARIAULT Axel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• Final GC leader: Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic)
• Points classification winner: Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic)
• Mountains classification winner: Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic)
• Best young rider: Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal)

438.04 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.064 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	10hr 56min 1sec
2	WELLENS Tim	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 30sec
3	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	1:48
4	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
5	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
6	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek-Segafredo	2:55
7	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	2:57
8	KRON Andreas	Lotto Soudal	3:52
9	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	3:56
10	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	3:58
11	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	COMBAUD Romain	Team DSM	s.t.
13	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
14	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	TRAEEN Torstein	Uno-X	4:06
16	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	4:11
17	BREGNHOJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling	5:12
18	MIFSUD Andrea	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	5:36
19	ADRIA Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:01
20	TOUZE Damien	Ag2r-Citroën	7:11
21	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:31
22	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r-Citroën	7:59
23	OWSIAN Lukasz	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	8:27
25	SIMON Julien	TotalEnergies	9:22
26	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	9:30
27	GREGAARD Jonas	Uno-X	s.t.
28	EDET Nicolas	Arkéa-Samsic	9:32
29	GODON Dorian	Ag2r-Citroën	10:37
30	FERRON Valentin	TotalEnergies	10:55
31	BOUET Maxime	Arkéa-Samsic	11:32
32	STORER Michael	Groupama-FDJ	13:26
33	CHEVALIER Maxime	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:14
34	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X	14:51
35	LAFAY Victor	Cofidis	15:27
36	CALMEJANE Lilian	Ag2r-Citroën	15:47
37	BIDARD François	Cofidis	s.t.
38	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	17:07
39	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	17:10
40	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	17:39
41	TUSVELD Martijn	Team DSM	s.t.
42	DELBOVE Joris	St Michel-Auber 93	17:40
43	TIZZA Marco	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	17:47
44	MARQUEZ Marti	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:10
45	MERTZ Rémy	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	18:53
46	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	18:54
47	BARRE Louis	U Nantes Atlantique	19:01
48	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
49	GOUBERT Jean	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	20:15
50	SANCHEZ Eugenio	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:18
51	CHEREL Mikaël	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	JARNET Maxime	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	21:19
53	MILESI Lorenzo	Team DSM	21:27
54	BRYNSRUD Magnus	Uno-X	22:18
55	ERIKSSON Jacob	Riwal Cycling	23:14
56	FINE Eddy	Cofidis	s.t.
57	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels-KTM	23:43
58	BERLIN Antoine	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	24:10
59	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	24:36
60	CASTRILLO Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:39
61	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	26:05
62	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	26:38
63	HELLEMOSE Asbjørn	Trek-Segafredo	27:06
64	VAN DER TUUK Danny	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:38
65	LEROUX Samuel	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	28:02
66	KORETZKY Victor	B&B Hotels-KTM	28:05
67	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Soudal	29:11
68	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
69	REINDERS Elmar	Riwal Cycling	29:19
70	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:41
72	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	31:27
73	MORIN Emmanuel	U Nantes Atlantique	32:51
74	DELACROIX Tristan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	34:12
75	MARIAULT Axel	U Nantes Atlantique	34:20
76	SLEEN Torjus	Uno-X	34:30
77	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	URRUTY Maxime	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	34:51
79	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	EF Education-EasyPost	35:06
80	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	37:10
81	NAKANE Hideto	EF Education-EasyPost	38:20
82	CARISEY Clément	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	38:28
83	COUANON Jonathan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	39:07
84	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	40:22
85	FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo	Arkéa-Samsic	40:40
86	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	41:14
87	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	42:24
88	MALDONADO Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
89	MAURELET Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
90	MAINGUENAUD Tom	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	43:29
91	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	45:15
92	JEGAT Jordan	U Nantes Atlantique	45:18
93	GUEGAN Maël	U Nantes Atlantique	45:36
94	ASKEY Lewis	Groupama-FDJ	49:53
95	LISSON Christoffer	Riwal Cycling	51:10
96	AMADORI Julien	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	56:07

 

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Saturday, February 19: Stage 2, Puget Théniers - La Turbie, 149 km

Tim Wellens finishes just ahead of Nairo Quintana to take the stage and the GC lead. Image: Photo News.

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Weather at the finish at La Turbie at 2:20 PM, local time: 13C (55F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Time Wellens' Lotto Soudal team.

After Caleb Ewan won the opening stage yesterday, his Lotto Soudal teammate Tim Wellens now took the victory on stage two of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var. The 30-year-old Belgian had to dig deep to catch Nairo Quintana – who launched a solo attack at the foot of the Col d’Eze – in the closing kilometres. Eventually, Tim Wellens joined the Colombian at less than three kilometres from the finish. In a two-man sprint, Wellens proved to be the fastest and powered to the stage win and leader’s jersey, which he takes over from his teammate Caleb Ewan with one stage to go.

With the yellow jersey around his shoulders, Caleb Ewan started stage two of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var, which saw the peloton tackle plenty of climbs in the hinterland of Nice. Lotto Soudal controlled the race perfectly, as it exploded at around 30 kilometres from the finish on the Col de Châteauneuf de Contes. After that, the riders raced to the foot of the Col d’Eze in a furious pace. It was Caleb Ewan amongst others, who guided Tim Wellens excellently to the start of the famous climb, with the summit only a few kilometres from the finish in La Turbie. Shortly after the bunch hit the first steep slopes, Quintana launched a powerful attack. Tim Wellens paced his effort and limited his losses to around fifteen seconds.

With about seven kilometres to go, the Belgian shook off Guillaume Martin and went looking for Quintana. In the flatter final kilometres, a man-to-man battle saw Wellens take the advantage. In the closing kilometres, Wellens joined Quintana and beat the Colombian in a two-man sprint to take his second victory of the season.

“It was definitely not an easy stage but just like yesterday I felt really good and with the way the team worked tirelessly, it was just a joy to race like this. They brought me towards the foot of the Col d’Eze just perfectly”, begins Tim Wellens. “I started the climb in ideal position but when Quintana launched his attack, I didn’t have an immediate answer. I realised he went a little too fast so I needed to pace my effort and I could eventually make up ground a bit later. To be honest, I was struggling on the plateau just after the summit but when I finally caught Quintana, I think that I broke his morale a bit. I knew the finish all too well because I live just a couple of kilometres away in Monaco.”

Tim Wellens and his teammates will do everything in their power to secure the GC lead but it won’t be an easy task with plenty of climbing kilometres still to tackle.

“Of course we are going full for the overall win but tomorrow’s longer climbs are not in my favour. I expect that Arkéa Samsic will go full and try to make it as hard as possible for us. In theory it’s quite simple: I just need to follow Quintana’s wheel. However, I will do everything I can to take home the overall win.”

Complete results:

149 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.558 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto Soudal	3hr 46min 0sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
3	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	@ 25sec
4	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	0:27
5	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
6	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek-Segafredo	0:30
7	KRON Andreas	Lotto Soudal	1:27
8	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	1:31
10	BREGNHOJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling	1:33
11	COMBAUD Romain	Team DSM	s.t.
12	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	TIZZA Marco	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
15	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
16	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	TAEEN Torstein	Uno-X	s.t.
19	MIFSUD Andrea	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:38
20	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	s.t.
21	ADRIA Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:36
22	TOUZE Damien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	LAFAY Victor	Cofidis	s.t.
24	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r-Citroën	5:34
25	CALMEJANE Lilian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	BOUET Maxime	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	OWSIAN Lukasz	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
29	RENARD Alexis	Cofidis	s.t.
30	EDET Nicolas	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
31	KORETZKY Victor	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
32	BIDARD François	Cofidis	s.t.
33	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	6:57
34	SIMON Julien	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
36	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	GODON Dorian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	FERRON Valentin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	GREGAARD Jonas	Uno-X	s.t.
42	DELBOVE Joris	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
43	BERLIN Antoine	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	8:47
44	DELACROIX Tristan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
45	GOUBERT Jean	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
46	MILESI Lorenzo	Team DSM	s.t.
47	VAN DER TUUK Danny	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:53
48	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X	s.t.
49	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	11:41
50	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
52	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
55	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	REINDERS Elmar	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
57	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	STORER Michael	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	CHEVALIER Maxime	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
60	TUSVELD Martijn	Team DSM	s.t.
61	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
62	ERIKSSON Jacob	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
63	FINE Eddy	Cofidis	s.t.
64	MARIAULT Axel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
65	URRUTY Maxime	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
66	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	EF Education-EasyPost	12:01
67	BRYNSRUD Magnus	Uno-X	s.t.
68	MORIN Emmanuel	U Nantes Atlantique	15:13
69	GUEGAN Maël	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
70	LE TURNIER Mathias	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
71	NAKANE Hideto	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	SANCHEZ Eugenio	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	MARQUEZ Marti	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	CASTRILLO Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	SLEEN Torjus	Uno-X	s.t.
78	CHEREL Mikaël	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
80	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
81	BUDDING Martijn	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
82	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
83	MERTZ Rémy	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
84	JARNET Maxime	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
85	LEROUX Samuel	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	16:34
86	COUANON Jonathan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	16:36
87	BARRE Louis	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
88	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
89	ASKEY Lewis	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	18:01
91	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	FLOREZ Miguel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	MALDONADO Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	19:53
94	WILKSCH Hannes	Team DSM	s.t.
95	HELLEMOSE Asbjørn	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	CARR Simon	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	VAN NIEKERK Morné	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
98	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
99	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	s.t.
100	MAURELET Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	MAINGUENAUD Tom	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
103	JEGAT Jordan	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
104	CARISEY Clément	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
105	FERASSE Thibault	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
106	LISSON Christoffer	Riwal Cycling	23:26
107	ARAIZ Sergio	Equipo Kern Pharma	24:51
108	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	25:44
109	AMADORI Julien	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
110	NORTOFT Morten	Riwal Cycling	29:05
111	JOHANNESSEN Anders	Uno-X	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

325.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speedof 40.577 km/hr

1	WELLENS Tim	Lotto Soudal	8hr 0min 43sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
3	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	@ 26sec
4	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	0:27
5	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
6	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek-Segafredo	0:31
7	KRON Andreas	Lotto Soudal	1:27
8	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
10	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
11	COMBAUD Romain	Team DSM	s.t.
12	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
14	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
16	BREGNHOJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling	1:41
17	TRÆEN Torstein	Uno-X	s.t.
18	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	1:47
19	MIFSUD Andrea	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
20	TOUZE Damien	Ag2r-Citroën	4:37
21	ADRIA Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	LAFAY Victor	Cofidis	4:45
23	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r-Citroën	5:34
24	RENARD Alexis	Cofidis	s.t.
25	CALMEJANE Lilian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	BOUET Maxime	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	OWSIAN Lukasz	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	BIDARD François	Cofidis	s.t.
29	KORETZKY Victor	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
30	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	5:42
31	EDET Nicolas	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	TIZZA Marco	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:22
33	SIMON Julien	TotalEnergies	6:58
34	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	DELBOVE Joris	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
37	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
38	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	7:06
39	GREGAARD Jonas	Uno-X	s.t.
40	FERRON Valentin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	GODON Dorian	Ag2r-Citroën	8:13
43	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X	8:54
44	MILESI Lorenzo	Team DSM	10:02
45	BERLIN Antoine	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
46	GOUBERT Jean	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
47	VAN DER TUUK Danny	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:09
48	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	11:41
49	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	TUSVELD Martijn	Team DSM	s.t.
52	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	DELACROIX Tristan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
55	REINDERS Elmar	Riwal Cycling	11:49
56	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	CHEVALIER Maxime	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	STORER Michael	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	ERIKSSON Jacob	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
60	FINE Eddy	Cofidis	s.t.
61	MARIAULT Axel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
62	URRUTY Maxime	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	12:20
63	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	12:23
64	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	EF Education-EasyPost	12:36
65	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	12:56
66	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	15:14
67	MORIN Emmanuel	U Nantes Atlantique	15:22
68	MARQUEZ Marti	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	JARNET Maxime	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
70	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
71	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	15:48
72	LE TURNIER Mathias	U Nantes Atlantique	15:50
73	NAKANE Hideto	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	15:53
75	SANCHEZ Eugenio	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:29
76	CASTRILLO Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	MERTZ Rémy	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
78	CHEREL Mikaël	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	COUANON Jonathan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	16:36
80	BARRE Louis	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
81	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	17:24
82	LEROUX Samuel	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	17:49
83	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	17:51
84	FLOREZ Miguel	Arkéa-Samsic	18:09
85	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	18:43
86	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:16
87	MALDONADO Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	19:53
88	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	MAURELET Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
90	FERASSE Thibault	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
91	BRYNSRUD Magnus	Uno-X	19:54
92	MAINGUENAUD Tom	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	20:58
93	CARISEY Clément	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
94	HELLEMOSE Asbjørn	Trek-Segafredo	21:08
95	WILKSCH Hannes	Team DSM	s.t.
96	CARR Simon	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	BUDDING Martijn	Riwal Cycling	21:58
98	JEGAT Jordan	U Nantes Atlantique	22:47
99	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	23:06
100	GUEGAN Maël	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
101	SLEEN Torjus	Uno-X	s.t.
102	VAN NIEKERK Morné	St Michel-Auber 93	25:06
103	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	27:00
105	ASKEY Lewis	Groupama-FDJ	27:22
106	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	27:45
107	LISSON Christoffer	Riwal Cycling	28:39
108	ARAIZ Sergio	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:44
109	AMADORI Julien	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	33:37
110	NORTOFT Morten	Riwal Cycling	35:49
111	JOHANNESSEN Anders	Uno-X	36:58

 

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Friday, February 18: Stage 1, Saint Raphaël - La Seyne sur Mer, 176.1 km

Stage 1 photos

Caleb Ewan wins stage one. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of La Seyne-sur-Mer at 2:20 PM, local time: 17C (63F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto Soudal team.

Lotto Soudal rider Caleb Ewan won the first stage of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var in a bunch sprint. In a tough and technical final, Lotto Soudal guided its sprinter perfectly towards the finish. Florian Vermeersch delivered Caleb Ewan in perfect position into the final straight line and the Australian rewarded all the hard work of his teammates with his second win of the season. Anthony Turgis and Nacer Bouhanni finished second and third, respectively. Ewan is also the first leader of the three-day stage race in southern France.

The Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var got underway today with a hilly opening stage between Saint-Raphaël and La Seyne-sur-Mer. Lotto Soudal immediately took the initiative and kept the early breakaway of four within reach. The crucial part of today was situated at the Côte du Mai, a steady climb with the summit at twelve kilometres from the finish. After several attacks, the peloton was strung out but didn’t fully split. In a technical final, Lotto Soudal took up the gauntlet and kept Caleb Ewan perfectly on the front rows of the bunch. Thanks to his teammates, the Australian reached the finishing straight in ideal position. Ewan took the opportunity with both hands and launched his impressive sprint to take the stage win.

“We knew this stage was going to be a tough one”, Caleb Ewan said. “Even for me, it was a bit of a mystery whether I would survive the climb or not. But I felt really good today and the team just did a great job. They controlled the race and protected me perfectly leading into and on the climb. Due to the steady pace, the attacks didn’t go far and going into the descent with around five of my teammates gave me that extra boost to finish it off.”

Following a stage win at the Saudi Tour, Caleb Ewan again proved to be in the right shape, with a good pair of climbing legs. “I’ve already shown this season that I got stronger uphill and that I am developing as a rider. I am really happy with the shape I am in. It really was a successful test for what’s to come.”

On Saturday and Sunday, two stages with a lot of climbing are scheduled, where Ewan will put himself at the service of the likes of Tim Wellens.

“We have a very strong team for this race. Tim targets a nice spot on GC so now it’s my turn to help my teammates. Tim already did an impressive lead-out today so he is clearly in great shape.”

Complete results & GC after stage 1:

Photos

176.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.457 km/hr

1	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	4hr 14min 52sec
2	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	BOUHANNI Nacer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
4	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
5	KIRSCH Alex	TrekcSegafredo	s.t.
6	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	MALDONADO Anthony	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
8	RENARD Alexis	Cofidis	s.t.
9	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	TOUZE Damien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	TUSVELD Martijn	Team DSM	s.t.
12	WELLENS Tim	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	CALMEJANE Lilian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	SIMON Julien	TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	COUANON Jonathan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
20	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
23	KRON Andreas	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
24	BOUET Maxime	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	BARRE Louis	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
26	FERASSE Thibault	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	MAURELET Flavien	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
28	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	DELBOVE Joris	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
30	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X	s.t.
32	OSS Daniel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	COMBAUD Romain	Team DSM	s.t.
35	OWSIAN Lukasz	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	ADRIA Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	BIDARD François	Cofidis	s.t.
38	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	DONOVAN Mark	Team DSM	@ 7sec
40	FLOREZ Miguel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	REINDERS Elmar	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
42	HAMILTON Chris	Team DSM	s.t.
43	LAFAY Victor	Cofidis	s.t.
44	CHEVALIER Maxime	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	TRAEEN Torstein	Uno-X	s.t.
46	BREGNHOJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
47	ERIKSSON Jacob	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
48	MIFSUD Andrea	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
49	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	MORIN Emmanuel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
51	STORER Michael	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
53	GREGAARD Jonas	Uno-X	s.t.
54	MARQUEZ Marti	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	FINE Eddy	Cofidis	s.t.
56	JARNET Maxime	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
57	HIVERT Jonathan	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	FERRON Valentin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	VALGREN Michael	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	EDET Nicolas	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
62	MARIAULT Axel	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
63	KORETZKY Victor	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:15
64	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:33
65	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	LE TURNIER Mathias	U Nantes Atlantique	0:35
67	NAKANE Hideto	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:38
69	URRUTY Maxime	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	SWEENY Harry	Lotto Soudal	0:41
71	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
72	DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
73	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:56
74	CARISEY Clément	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	1:04
75	MAINGUENAUD Tom	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
76	HELLEMOSE Asbjorn	Trek-Segafredo	1:14
77	MILESI Lorenzo	Team DSM	s.t.
78	SANCHEZ Eugenio	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	LEROUX Samuel	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
80	MERTZ Rémy	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
81	BERLIN Antoine	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	CASTRILLO Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	WILKSCH Hannes	Team DSM	s.t.
84	GOUBERT Jean	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
85	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
86	MIQUEL Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	CARR Simon	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	VAN DER TUUK Danny	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	PAILLOT Yoann	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
90	CHEREL Mikaël	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	PAQUOT Tom	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
92	GODON Dorian	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Trek-Segafredo	1:32
95	MOLLY Kenny	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:37
96	JEGAT Jordan	U Nantes Atlantique	2:53
97	DELACROIX Tristan	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	VAN NIEKERK Morné	St Michel-Auber 93	5:12
99	DENIS Thomas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
100	SAGAN Peter	TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	LISSON Christoffer	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
102	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto Soudal	5:42
103	NORTOFT Morten	Riwal Cycling	6:42
104	BUDDING Martijn	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
105	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole	7:51
106	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	AMADORI Julien	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
108	BRYNSRUD Magnus	Uno-X	s.t.
109	SLEEN Torjus	Uno-X	s.t.
110	VOSGERAU Søren	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
111	JOHANNESSEN Anders	Uno-X	s.t.
112	ARAIZ Sergio	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	JOALLAND Yaël	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
114	GUEGAN Maël	U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.

 

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Before the start of the first stage Team TotalEnergies, Peter Sagan's new team, is presented.

Peter Sagan before the start

The peloton descends the Col De Fourche.

Here's Peter Sagan descending the Col De Fourche.

Caleb Ewan and Anthony Turgis drive for the line.

It's hard to beat Caleb Ewan in a drag race. Here he takes the first stage.

Caleb Ewan gets the first leader's jersey.

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