2018 Paris - Nice, France (World Tour)
76th edition: March 4 - March 11, 2018
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2018 Paris-Nice route. Total distance: 1,187 km
Sunday, March 11: 8th & final stage, Nice - Nice, 110 km
Stage 8 map & profile
Sky's David De La Cruz beats Omar Fraile to win the final stage in Nice.
Rated ascents:
- Km 20.5 - Cote de Levens (2nd cat.)
- Km 36.5 - Cote de Chateauneuf (2nd cat.)
- Km 51 - Col du Calaison (2nd cat.)
- Km 67.5 - Cote de Peille (1st cat.)
- Km 83.5 - Col d'Eze (2nd cat.)
- Km 101 - Cote des Quatre Chemins (2nd cat.)
Weather in Nice, France at 1:15 local time: Heavy rain & thundershowers most of the day, 14C (57F), wind from the south at 21 km/hr (13 mph). It did stop rainng at the finish around 2:30 PM.
The race: 110 riders started at 12:08. There were four non-starters: Dries Devenyns (Quick Step), Nils Politt (Katusha), Christophe Laporte and Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis).
Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:
Spanish hopeful Marc Soler outshone Briton Simon Yates in a nail-biting final stage on the hills surrounding Nice to win the Race to the Sun by the blink of an eye. The 24-year-old Movistar rider, 37 seconds behind Yates at the start in the morning rain, crossed the line with a four-second lead over the Briton, 110 km and a few hours later, after another extremely tight finale in Paris-Nice. Soler, the first rider since Alberto Contador in 2007 to win both the yellow and the best young ride white jersey, finished third in stage 8 behind compatriots David De La Cruz (Sky) and Omar Fraile (Astana), with whom he attacked in Cote de Peille, one of six climbs on the final day's menu. De La Cruz snatched the final stage for the second year in succession ahead of Fraile, with Moser three seconds behind. And it was only thanks to his third place time bonus that Moser was finally declared the 2018 Paris-Nice champion for the first World Tour victory of his career.
The start of the 175-km 8th stage of Paris-Nice was given at 12:08 to 110 riders in heavy rain and wind. On Cote de Levens (2nd cat), Thomas De Gendt strengthened his polka-dot jersey by picking seven more points as a group of 23 riders emerged, including all the favorites. At the first intermediate sprint (km 24), the leading GC riders battled it out for seconds and Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) was fastest, ahead of Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) and Simon Yates. The result moved Izagirre back to 10 seconds behind Yates and Wellens 12 seconds back.
The yellow jersey group was composed of Julian Alpahilippe (Quick Step), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Luis Leon Sanchez, Michael Valgren and Omar Fraile (Astana), Tony Gallopin and Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R), Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fortuneo), Sergio Henao and David de la Cruz (Sky), Ion and Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Simon Yates, Christopher Juul Jensen and Roman Kreuziger (Mitchelton-Scott) Dylan Teuns (BMC), Tim Wellens and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Marc Soler (Movistar), Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), Felix Grosschartner and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe).
At kilometer 32, Alaphilippe attacked with Fraile and Fuglsang. The Dane crashed a few kilometers later, leaving the Frenchman and the Spaniard in the lead.
The yellow jersey group gradually increased in numbers, several riders making it back, among them top 20 riders Sam Oomen (Sunweb) and Richard Karapaz (Movistar). In the first category Cote de Peille, Julian Alaphilippe cracked and the pack disintegrated. White jersey holder Marc Soler attacked with David De la Cruz on the heels of Omar Fraile. With 45 km to go, Simon Yates found himself isolated without any team-mate to assist him until Matteo Trentin and Christopher Juul Jensen fought their way back into the group. The Spanish trio saw their lead top at 1:30, placing Soler as a virtual race leader. In the second intermediate sprint in La Turbie (km 78.5), Soler collected three precious seconds. At the top of Col d'Eze (1st cat.), Fraile led Soler and De la Cruz as the gap rose to 1:10.
With 20 km to go, Omar Fraile went on his own in the descent of Col d'Eze but was reined in the descent. In the last climb of this Paris-Nice, Cote des Quatre chemins (2nd cat), Ion Izagirre was the first to attack Simon Yates, and when Tim Wellens surged in turn, followed by the Izagirre brothers, Dylan Teuns and Karapaz, the Briton lost ground. As the three Spaniards battled it out in the front for the stage win, and for the overall victory as far as Soler was concerned, the other favorites played cat and mouse to finally finish together on Promenade des Anglais.
Marc Soler wins the 2018 Paris-Nice
While De La Cruz took the day's honors, Yates needed to finish within 34 seconds of Soler to retain his yellow jersey. He finally crossed the line four seconds too late. Belgium's Tim Wellens won the points classification while his team-mate and compatriot Thomas De Gendt took home the polka-dot jersey.
Complete Results:
110 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.13 km/hr
1 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | 2hr 53min 6sec |
2 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
3 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | @ 3sec |
4 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 38'' |
5 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
6 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
7 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
8 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
9 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
10 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
12 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 55'' |
13 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01' 30'' |
14 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
15 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 02' 45'' |
16 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
17 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 03' 03'' |
18 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 03' 44'' |
19 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
20 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
21 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
22 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
23 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 03' 46'' |
24 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
25 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 06' 13'' |
26 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 06' 26'' |
27 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 08' 32'' |
28 | JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ | COFIDIS | s.t. |
29 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 08' 43'' |
30 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
31 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 09' 42'' |
32 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 09' 45'' |
33 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | + 10' 10'' |
34 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 12' 56'' |
35 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 12' 58'' |
36 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 13' 51'' |
37 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 14' 05'' |
38 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
39 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
40 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
41 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
42 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
43 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
44 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
45 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | s.t. |
46 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
47 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
49 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
50 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
51 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
52 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
53 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
54 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
55 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | s.t. |
56 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
57 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
58 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
59 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 14' 10'' |
60 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 19' 11'' |
61 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 21' 50'' |
62 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 23' 42'' |
63 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
64 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
65 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
66 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
67 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
68 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
69 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 24' 34'' |
70 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
71 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 25' 36'' |
72 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
73 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
74 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
75 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
76 | GREGORY RAST | TREK - SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
77 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
78 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
Final GC after Stage 8:
- Final GC leader: Marc Soler (Movistar)
- Mountains classification winner: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
- Points classification winner: Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal)
- Best young rider: Marc Soler (Movistar)
- Team classification winner (Bahrain-Merida)
1,198.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.47 km/hr
1 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | 30hr 22min 41sec |
2 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | @ 4sec |
3 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 14'' |
4 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 16'' |
5 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
6 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 00' 32'' |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 44'' |
8 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 54'' |
9 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 02' 15'' |
10 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 35'' |
11 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | + 03' 47'' |
12 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 04' 08'' |
13 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 03'' |
14 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 05' 51'' |
15 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 08' 16'' |
16 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 11' 35'' |
17 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 12' 45'' |
18 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 14' 13'' |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 14' 53'' |
20 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 16' 14'' |
21 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | + 17' 19'' |
22 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 20' 15'' |
23 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 22' 09'' |
24 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 22' 36'' |
25 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 22' 59'' |
26 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 24' 25'' |
27 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 24' 47'' |
28 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 28' 04'' |
29 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 29' 13'' |
30 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 29' 47'' |
31 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 31' 15'' |
32 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 33' 01'' |
33 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 36' 08'' |
34 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 37' 50'' |
35 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 37' 51'' |
36 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 38' 07'' |
37 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 38' 31'' |
38 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 38' 35'' |
39 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 40' 59'' |
40 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 41' 07'' |
41 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 43' 18'' |
42 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 44' 04'' |
43 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 44' 31'' |
44 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | + 45' 25'' |
45 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 45' 36'' |
46 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 46' 03'' |
47 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 47' 41'' |
48 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 47' 52'' |
49 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 48' 43'' |
50 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 51' 20'' |
51 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 52' 15'' |
52 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 52' 49'' |
53 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 53' 58'' |
54 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 55' 52'' |
55 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 57' 40'' |
56 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 59' 41'' |
57 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 01H 00' 27'' |
58 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01H 02' 07'' |
59 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 01H 04' 59'' |
60 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 01H 05' 15'' |
61 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01H 06' 09'' |
62 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 01H 08' 41'' |
63 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01H 08' 54'' |
64 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | + 01H 09' 32'' |
65 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01H 10' 49'' |
66 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 01H 11' 03'' |
67 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01H 13' 02'' |
68 | GREGORY RAST | TREK - SEGAFREDO | + 01H 13' 27'' |
69 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 01H 14' 11'' |
70 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 01H 16' 06'' |
71 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01H 16' 44'' |
72 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01H 19' 07'' |
73 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 01H 22' 21'' |
74 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01H 23' 52'' |
75 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01H 27' 31'' |
76 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01H 28' 41'' |
77 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 01H 36' 14'' |
78 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01H 37' 11'' |
Paris-Nice stage 8 map
Paris-Nice stage 8 profile
Saturday, March 10: Stage 7, Nice - Valdeblore La Colmaine, 175 km
Stage 7 map & profile
Simon Yates wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. ASO photo
Weather at the finish town of Valdeblore La Colmaine 1:50 PM, local time: light showers, changing to cloudy, 3C (37F) with the wind from the WSW at 5 km/hr (3mph). It was pouring rain at the start in Nice.
Rated ascents:
- Km 10 - Cote de Gattieres (2nd cat.)
- Km 84.5 - Cote de la Sainte-Baume (1st cat.)
- Km 108 - Col Saint-Raphael (2nd cat.)
- Km 134.5 - Cote de Villars-sur-Var (2nd cat.)
- Km 175 - Valdeblore La Colmiane (1st cat)
The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) emerged as the undisputed leader of Paris-Nice when he attacked twice in the final climb to La Colmiane to win the 175-km 7th stage and take the reins of the general classification. Perfectly led out by team-mate Roman Kreuziger, who toughened the pace in the last five kilometers of the stage from Nice, the Briton went with Spaniard Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) before dropping him with 1.4 km to go. Belgium's Dylan Teuns (BMC) was second in the stage ahead of Izagirre. The GC is a particularly tight one before the last stage around Nice as Ion Izagirre lies 11 seconds adrift, his brother Gorka third a further second back and Belgian Tim Wellens fourth another second behind.
The real start was given in the rain to 128 riders at 10:05. Ian Boswell (Katusha), Dmitry Gruzdev (Astana), Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ), Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko Marseille Provence) did not start. Rory Sutherland (UAE), Tony Gallopin (AG2R), Alessandro de Marchi (BMC), Nicolas Roche (BMC), Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Amael Moinard (Fortuneo) and Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) parted with the main pack in the 2nd category Cote de Gattieres (km 10). At the top, Thomas De Gendt collected seven points to take his KOM tally to 36 points and take the polka-dot jersey away from Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie).
The gap remained stable at around two minutes until the 1st category Cote de la Sainte-Baume, which De Gendt reached in top spot in the fog with a 2:35 lead over the pack to strengthen his polka-dot garment. Among several riders to give up in the ascent was UAE team leader Dan Martin, third last year, who called it quits. In the descent, Herrada was dropped by the front group. De Gendt's total went up to 53 at the top of Col Saint Raphael (km 108) as the peloton was 2:30 adrift and to 60 points on Cote de Villars-du-Var (km 134) as the pack trailed 1:10 behind.
In the descent of Col Saint-Raphael, the peloton split, trapping title-holder Sergio Henao (Sky) as well as 5th placed Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) in a second group. The pack regrouped in the descent of Cote Villars-du-Var in which Pantano and De Marchi crashed heavily. The Italian fell in to the roadside ravine but both finally made it back on their bikes. The incident left Gallopin, Moinard and Roche in the front, with a 1:25 lead over the peloton. At the bottom of the La Colmiane, the edge of the trio was down to 30 seconds and France's Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) and Robert Gesink (Lotto-Jumbo) was among the first dropped.
With 15 left in the stage, Amael Moinatd and Nicolas Roche faltered, leaving Tony Gallopin on his own. Colombia's Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) was quickly dropped while white jersey holder Marc Soler (Movistar) was also seen struggling at the back of the pack. With 13 km to go, Tony Gallopin was reined in by a peloton led by Bahrain-Merida's Antonio Nibali and Astana's Omar Fraile. Sanchez's Astana team-mates set a gentle pace to protect the yellow jersey until 6 km from the finish, when Roman Kreuziger (Mitchelton-Scott) raised the tempo, downing yellow jersey holder Sanchez.
Four kilometers from the line, Simon Yates moved swiftly, taking Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) with him. The two built a maximum lead of 18 seconds as their rivals lost ground one after the other. Second-placed at the start, Alaphilippe cracked completely with 2 km to go. Simon Yates rose on his pedals with 1.4 km left to drop Izagirre and power his way towards the stage victory and the yellow jersey. Behind him, Dylan Teuns secured second place just ahead of the Izagirre brothers.
Complete Results:
175 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.66 km/hr
1 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | 5hr 2min 54sec |
2 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | @ 8sec |
3 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
4 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 13'' |
5 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
6 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 20'' |
7 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 46'' |
8 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
9 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 00' 48'' |
10 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 54'' |
11 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
12 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 00' 58'' |
13 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01' 04'' |
14 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 36'' |
15 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 01'' |
16 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
17 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
18 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 08'' |
19 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 02' 19'' |
20 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 40'' |
21 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 03' 41'' |
22 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
23 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA - FDJ | + 04' 22'' |
24 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
25 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
26 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
27 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 04' 25'' |
28 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 04' 41'' |
29 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 08' 00'' |
30 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 08' 03'' |
31 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 12'' |
32 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
33 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 10' 41'' |
34 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
35 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
36 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
37 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 12' 03'' |
38 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 12' 56'' |
39 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 13' 56'' |
40 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
41 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 14' 00'' |
42 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
43 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
44 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 14' 32'' |
45 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 15' 05'' |
46 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 16' 40'' |
47 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 17' 54'' |
48 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
49 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 18' 02'' |
50 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
51 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
52 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
53 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
54 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
55 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
56 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
57 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
58 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
59 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 21' 52'' |
60 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 22' 19'' |
61 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
62 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
63 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
64 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
65 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
66 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
67 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
68 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | s.t. |
69 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
70 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
71 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
72 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
73 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 22' 25'' |
74 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
75 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
76 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 22' 30'' |
77 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 23' 40'' |
78 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 24' 46'' |
79 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 25' 56'' |
80 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
81 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
82 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 26' 03'' |
83 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 26' 04'' |
84 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 26' 13'' |
85 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
86 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
87 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
88 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
89 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 26' 53'' |
90 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
91 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
92 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
93 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
94 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
95 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
96 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
97 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
98 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
99 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
100 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
101 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
102 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 27' 16'' |
103 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 28' 27'' |
104 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 29' 02'' |
105 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 29' 02'' |
106 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 32' 28'' |
107 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
108 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
109 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
109 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
111 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
112 | JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ | COFIDIS | s.t. |
113 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
114 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
GC after Stage 7:
1,088.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.62 km/hr
1 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | 27hr 29min 2sec |
2 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | @ 11sec |
3 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 12'' |
4 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 13'' |
5 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 00' 27'' |
6 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | + 00' 37'' |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 39'' |
8 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 57'' |
9 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01' 48'' |
10 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 49'' |
11 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 52'' |
12 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 13'' |
13 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 02' 30'' |
14 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 02' 59'' |
15 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 03' 39'' |
16 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | + 03' 42'' |
17 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | + 03' 47'' |
18 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA - FDJ | + 05' 05'' |
19 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 05' 55'' |
20 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 06' 43'' |
21 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 08' 04'' |
22 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 09' 04'' |
23 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 10' 33'' |
24 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 11' 09'' |
25 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 11' 15'' |
26 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 14' 13'' |
27 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 15' 36'' |
28 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 15' 41'' |
29 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 17' 50'' |
30 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 18' 58'' |
31 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 19' 48'' |
32 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 19' 54'' |
33 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 22' 36'' |
34 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 22' 54'' |
35 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 23' 38'' |
36 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 24' 13'' |
37 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 24' 18'' |
38 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 24' 30'' |
39 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 24' 31'' |
40 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 24' 59'' |
41 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 25' 03'' |
42 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 25' 06'' |
43 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 28' 13'' |
44 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 29' 48'' |
45 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 30' 03'' |
46 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 30' 18'' |
47 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 30' 32'' |
48 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 30' 49'' |
49 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 30' 58'' |
50 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 31' 34'' |
51 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 31' 58'' |
52 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 32' 04'' |
53 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 32' 08'' |
54 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 34' 20'' |
55 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 35' 11'' |
56 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 35' 19'' |
57 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 35' 21'' |
58 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | + 35' 48'' |
59 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 36' 32'' |
60 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 38' 32'' |
61 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 39' 17'' |
62 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 40' 10'' |
63 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 40' 49'' |
64 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 41' 06'' |
65 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 41' 46'' |
66 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 41' 50'' |
67 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 43' 38'' |
68 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 44' 08'' |
69 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 44' 25'' |
70 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 44' 35'' |
71 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 45' 19'' |
72 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 45' 30'' |
73 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 46' 09'' |
74 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 46' 26'' |
75 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 47' 37'' |
76 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 47' 54'' |
77 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 47' 59'' |
78 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 48' 07'' |
79 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 48' 24'' |
80 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 48' 35'' |
81 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 49' 26'' |
82 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 50' 12'' |
83 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 51' 15'' |
84 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 51' 41'' |
85 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 51' 43'' |
86 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 52' 57'' |
87 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 53' 22'' |
88 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 54' 01'' |
89 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 54' 04'' |
90 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 54' 08'' |
91 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 55' 22'' |
92 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | + 56' 00'' |
93 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 56' 05'' |
94 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 56' 09'' |
95 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 56' 17'' |
96 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 56' 26'' |
97 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 56' 44'' |
98 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 57' 03'' |
99 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 57' 17'' |
100 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | + 58' 18'' |
101 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 58' 20'' |
102 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 01H 00' 39'' |
103 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01H 00' 58'' |
104 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01H 03' 38'' |
105 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01H 04' 22'' |
106 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01H 05' 15'' |
107 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 01H 07' 00'' |
108 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 01H 07' 07'' |
109 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01H 10' 18'' |
110 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01H 10' 34'' |
111 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01H 12' 08'' |
112 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 01H 12' 13'' |
113 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 01H 12' 27'' |
114 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01H 19' 09'' |
Paris-Nice stage 7 map
Paris-Nice stage 7 profile
Friday, March 9: Stage 6, Sisteron - Vence, 198 km
Stage 6 map & profile
Rudy Molard wins Paris-Nice stage 6.
Weather at finish city of Vence at 2:00 PM, local time: Fair to partly cloudy, 13C (56F) with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast today, but a 100% chance of rain in the area is forecast for Saturday.
The race: France's Nacer Bouhanni announced on his Twitter account he was not starting this morning. "Unfortunately being ill, I will not start this morning on Paris-Nice. Support to Team Cofids for the last days of racing. See you soon," he wrote. His Team Cofidis said he was suffering from bronchitis and was being treated with antibiotics.
Germany's John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo), who finished 11 minutes behind stage 5 winner Jerome Cousin in Sisteron, later announced that he was ill and giving up the race. "It was a difficult decision but I cannot take health risks now, with my big goals coming up. But no worries, I will be there to 'chase aces'!"
136 riders left Sisteron from the neutralized start on their way to the real start.
Bronchitis is hitting the peloton hard. Seven riders did not start this morning: Maurits Lammertink (Katusha), John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo), Kevin Ledanois (Fortuneo), Thomas Leezer (Lotto-Jumbo), Christopher Hamilton (Sunweb), Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Tom-Jalte Slagter (Dimension Data).
The race is in the mountains today. Astana is leading, protecting GC leader Luis Leon Sanchez (in yellow). Alex Broadway photo
Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:
Rudy Molard used his knowledge of the terrain to surge with 2 km to go and give France its fourth stage victory in this Paris-Nice in Vence on Friday. The Groupama-FDJ rider outwitted most of the leading contenders to clinch his first World Tour win, the second for his team after Arnaud Demare's in stage 1 in Meudon. Molard upstaged Belgian Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) and fellow-Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) while Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) finished fourth and retained his overall lead with a 25 seconds lead over Alaphilippe. Dutchman Wout Poels, second overall at the start, crashed in the final descent, harming Team Sky's chances to win the Race to the Sun for the 6th time in seven years.
Several attempts took place from the start but it took a twist of fortune for a break to take shape: part of the peloton went on a wrong course, leaving two groups to lead the way. A first group of six emerged, including Lars Bak (Lotto-Soudal), Amael Moinard (Fortuneo), Paul Martens (Lotto-Jumbo), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Tom Scully (Education First) and Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie). They found themselves chased by seven other riders, green jersey holder Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ), Alexander Kristoff (UAE), Nils Politt (Katusha), Dylan Teuns (BMC), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Carlos Barbero (Movistar) and Bert Van Lerberghe (Cofidis).
The two groups merged, putting 13 riders in the lead at kilometer 33, with a 2:25 gap with the peloton. At the first intermediate sprint at Prefaissal (km 36.5), Barbero was first ahead of Scully and Grellier. The pack, led by Luis Leon Sanchez's Astana team-mates reduced the gap until Dylan Teuns – one minute adrift in the GC – decided to relax not to jeopardise the breakaway. The gap had remained stable (2:10) when the beak reached Col de Luens (2nd cat, Km 101) with Thomas De Gendt showing the way ahead of Fabien Grellier, defending team-mate Jerome Cousin's polka-dot jersey.
In the ascent of Col Bas (2nd cat, km 121) De Gendt, Grellier, Moinard, Scully and Barbero parted with their former breakaway companions. But Kristoff, Lemoine Politt and Martens rejoined them at kilometer 128 as Bak, Demare and Van Lerberghe lost ground despite several efforts to make it back in the descents. The same five emerged again in Cote de Cipieres (km 149) and in Cote de Gourdon (159.5) while De Gendt collected 28 points to bring his KOM tally to 29 but Grellier, who picked 20 in the four first climbs of the day, kept the polka-dot jersey in the hands of Direct Energie by picking 20 points for a total of 31.
The Frenchman let his former companions go in the descent and the four were finally reined in with 25 km to go. Meanwhile yellow jersey holder Luis Leon Sanchez punctured in the descent and was forced to change bikes with Omar Fraile. But the Spaniard made it back into the peloton. Ireland's Daniel Martin (UAE), third a year ago, also suffered a mechanical as the battle was raging and lost precious ground. The Cote de la Colle-sur-Loup was as eventful as planned. Countless attacks took place, led in turn by Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R), Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Wout Poels (Sky) and title-holder Sergio Henao (Sky).
Team Sky's hopes were seriously harmed in the descent, 7 km from the finish line when Poels crashed into a roadside barrier and was forced out of the race with a suspected broken collarbone. In the last three kilometers, Simon Yates and Tim Wellens seemed to have the upper hand as they attacked together. But they were caught with two kilometers to go and France's Rudy Molard took his chance to go on his own. The Groupama-FDJ rider, who lives in nearby Antibes, timed his move to perfection and went on to snatch his first World Tour victory. Tim Wellens and Julian Alaphilippe were left to battle it out for the podium places while Luis Leon Sanchez finished fourth to retain his yellow jersey.
Complete Results:
198 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.416 km/hr
1 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 4hr 40min 5sec |
2 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | @ 2'sec |
3 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
4 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
5 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
6 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
8 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
9 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
10 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
11 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
12 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
13 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
14 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
15 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
16 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
17 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 00' 44'' |
18 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
19 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
20 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
21 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
22 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 01' 11'' |
23 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
24 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
25 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
26 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
27 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
28 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 02' 20'' |
29 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
30 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
31 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
32 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
33 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 36'' |
34 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
35 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
36 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 03' 40'' |
37 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
38 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
39 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 04' 16'' |
40 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 05' 15'' |
41 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
42 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
43 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
44 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
45 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
46 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
47 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
48 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
49 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
50 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
51 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 06' 28'' |
52 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 06' 48'' |
53 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
54 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
55 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
56 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
57 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
58 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
59 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 09' 36'' |
60 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
61 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
62 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
63 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
64 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
65 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
66 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
67 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
68 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
69 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
70 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
71 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
72 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
73 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | s.t. |
74 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
75 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
76 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
77 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
78 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
79 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | s.t. |
80 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 11' 27'' |
81 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
81 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
83 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
84 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
85 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
86 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
87 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
88 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
89 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
90 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
91 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
92 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
93 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
94 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
95 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
96 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
97 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
98 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 12' 59'' |
99 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 13' 04'' |
100 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
101 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
102 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
103 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
104 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 14' 11'' |
105 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
106 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
107 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
108 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
109 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
110 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 15' 29'' |
111 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
112 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
113 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 18' 01'' |
114 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
115 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
116 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
117 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
118 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
119 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
120 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
121 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
122 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
123 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
124 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 18' 32'' |
125 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 20' 13'' |
126 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
127 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
128 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | s.t. |
129 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
130 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 22' 22'' |
131 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
132 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 26' 30'' |
GC after Stage 6:
913.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.752 km/hr.
1 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | 22hr 25min 33sec |
2 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | @ 22sec |
3 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | + 00' 26'' |
4 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 34'' |
5 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 35'' |
6 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 42'' |
7 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 00' 45'' |
8 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 46'' |
9 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 00' 48'' |
10 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 54'' |
11 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 01' 00'' |
12 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 01' 15'' |
13 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 01' 18'' |
14 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 26'' |
15 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 29'' |
16 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 33'' |
17 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 01' 39'' |
18 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01' 44'' |
19 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 32'' |
20 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 02' 36'' |
21 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 15'' |
22 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 03' 20'' |
23 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | + 03' 23'' |
24 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 03' 26'' |
25 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 37'' |
26 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 03' 50'' |
27 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 04' 39'' |
28 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 05' 58'' |
29 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 06' 32'' |
30 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 06' 38'' |
31 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 06' 39'' |
32 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 06' 51'' |
33 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 07' 04'' |
34 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 07' 28'' |
35 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 07' 35'' |
36 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 08' 13'' |
37 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 08' 42'' |
38 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 08' 59'' |
39 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 09' 00'' |
40 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 09' 05'' |
41 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 09' 41'' |
42 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 09' 42'' |
43 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 10' 33'' |
44 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 10' 46'' |
45 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 11' 10'' |
46 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 12' 16'' |
47 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 12' 21'' |
48 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 12' 36'' |
49 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 12' 57'' |
50 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 13' 27'' |
51 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 14' 15'' |
52 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 15' 32'' |
53 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 16' 26'' |
54 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 17' 04'' |
55 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 17' 32'' |
56 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 18' 07'' |
57 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 18' 19'' |
58 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 18' 20'' |
59 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | + 18' 21'' |
60 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 18' 26'' |
61 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 18' 38'' |
62 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 18' 49'' |
63 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 18' 57'' |
64 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 19' 04'' |
65 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 19' 22'' |
66 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 20' 02'' |
67 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 20' 07'' |
68 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 20' 52'' |
69 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 21' 16'' |
70 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 21' 19'' |
71 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 21' 36'' |
72 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 21' 50'' |
73 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 21' 52'' |
74 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 21' 58'' |
75 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
76 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 22' 08'' |
77 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 22' 17'' |
78 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 22' 53'' |
79 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 23' 46'' |
80 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 24' 10'' |
81 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 24' 21'' |
82 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 24' 24'' |
83 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 24' 33'' |
84 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 24' 42'' |
85 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 25' 07'' |
86 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 25' 12'' |
87 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 26' 05'' |
88 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 26' 11'' |
89 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 26' 15'' |
90 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 26' 40'' |
91 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 26' 43'' |
92 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 27' 04'' |
93 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 27' 29'' |
94 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 27' 42'' |
95 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
96 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 27' 50'' |
97 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 29' 44'' |
98 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 29' 51'' |
99 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 30' 45'' |
100 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 30' 50'' |
101 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 32' 02'' |
102 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 32' 20'' |
103 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 32' 43'' |
104 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 33' 48'' |
105 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | + 34' 16'' |
106 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 34' 40'' |
107 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 34' 46'' |
108 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 35' 07'' |
109 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 35' 30'' |
110 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 36' 03'' |
111 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | + 36' 28'' |
112 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 36' 48'' |
113 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 37' 20'' |
114 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 38' 17'' |
115 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 38' 25'' |
116 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 38' 41'' |
117 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 38' 46'' |
118 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 38' 55'' |
119 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 39' 01'' |
120 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 39' 39'' |
121 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 40' 49'' |
122 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 41' 46'' |
123 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 42' 43'' |
124 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 43' 24'' |
125 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 44' 35'' |
126 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 45' 50'' |
127 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 45' 55'' |
128 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 46' 49'' |
129 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 47' 16'' |
130 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 48' 04'' |
131 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 51' 48'' |
132 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 54' 32'' |
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
Thursday, March 8: Stage 5, Salon de Provence - Sisteron, 165 km
Stage 5 profile
Jerome Cousin wins stage five. Photo Alex Broadway
Weather in the finish city of Sisteron at 2:00 PM, local time: Fair to partly cloudy, 13C (55F) with the wind from the SSE at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain was forecast.
The race: 146 riders left Salon-de Provence. Marco Haller (Katusha), Maxime Bouet (Fortuneo), Lars Boom and Dylan Groenewegen (both Lotto-Jumbo) did not start. Partway into the stage Norway's Amund Groendahl Jansen (Lotto-Jumbo) abandoned.
Here's the organizer's stage summary:
France's Jerome Cousin, gone in a four-man breakaway to snatch KOM points, did even better. Not only did he succeed in grabbing the polka-dot jersey but he also went all the way to clinch a remarkable stage win after leading the race from the start in Salon-de-Provence to the finish in Sisteron. In the finale, the Direct Energie rider outwitted the last of his breakaway companions, Germany's Nils Politt (Katusha) to raise the arms as his team-mate Jonathan Hivert did two days before. Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez retained his yellow jersey and his 15 seconds lead over Dutchman Wout Poels (Team Sky).
146 riders left Salon-de-Provence at 13:15. Marco Haller (Katusha), Maxime Bouet (Fortuneo), Lars Boom and stage 2 winner Dylan Groenewegen (Lotto-Jumbo) did not start. Three riders, France's Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Jerome Cousin (Direct Energie) and Julien El Fares (Delko Marseille Provence) broke clear from the start. They were joined at kilometer 12 by Germany's Nils Politt (Katusha) and the peloton gave the four the go-ahead. Their lead settled at around 3:30 when they tackled the first climb of the day, the 2nd category Col du Pointu. At the top, Cousin collected seven points ahead of El Fares and Edet.
As the peloton climbed the first category Col de Lagarde-d'Apt, Norway's Amund Groendahl Jansen, affected by flu, joined his Lotto-Jumbo team-mates Boom and Groenewegen on the plane back home. The four increased their lead over the main pack in the ascent while green jersey holder Arnaud Demare was dropped. At the top, Cousin and Edet attacked to reach the summit in that order. On 17 points Cousin secured the KOM polka-dot jersey his team has won in the last two editions, while the peloton was trailing the escapees by 5:50. At the first intermediate sprint (km 94.5), won by Politt, the lead had melted down to 5:00. Cousin added four points to his tally on top of the 3rd category Col Du Negron (Km 106).
In the descent, Quick Step's Tim Declercq raised the pace and split the pack, trapping Nacer Bouhanni and John Degenkolb at the back. Lotto-Soudal's Thomas De Gendt and Lars Bak joined forces with him to try and bring the peloton back for a bunch sprint. The pack crossed the line for a first time in Sisteron two minutes behind the four when Nils Politt decided to part with his companions and go for the stage on his own (16 km from the line). But Cousin caught him in Cote de la Marquise (km 146) to take four more points and bring his KOM tally to 25. The two spent more time fighting for positions than to secure their lead but maintained a 40 seconds gap until three kilometers from the line. It finally proved enough and Cousin, who saved some strength in the final kilometers, surged at the right moment to go for the sweetest victory in his career.
Complete Results:
165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.670 km/hr
1 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | 3hr 57min 25sec |
2 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | @ 2sec |
3 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 04'' |
4 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
5 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
6 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
7 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
8 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
9 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
10 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
11 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
12 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
13 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
14 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
15 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
16 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
17 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
18 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
19 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
20 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
21 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
22 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
23 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
24 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
25 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
26 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
27 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
28 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
29 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
30 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
31 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
32 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
33 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
34 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
35 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
36 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
37 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
38 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
39 | JON IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
40 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
41 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
42 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
43 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
44 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
45 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
46 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
47 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
48 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
49 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
50 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
51 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
52 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
53 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
54 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
55 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
56 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
57 | DELIO FERNANDEZ CRUZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
58 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
59 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
60 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
61 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
62 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
63 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
64 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
65 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
66 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
67 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
68 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
69 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
70 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
71 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
72 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
73 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
74 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
75 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
76 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
77 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
78 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
79 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
80 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 19'' |
81 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 01' 21'' |
82 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 01' 37'' |
83 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 44'' |
84 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
85 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 00' 04'' |
86 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
87 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | + 02' 06'' |
88 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 00' 04'' |
89 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
90 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 02' 43'' |
91 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 02' 48'' |
92 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
93 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 54'' |
94 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 00' 04'' |
95 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 03' 43'' |
96 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
97 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
98 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 03' 51'' |
99 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 04' 26'' |
100 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 11'' |
101 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
102 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 07' 41'' |
103 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
104 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
105 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
106 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
107 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
108 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
109 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
110 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
111 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
112 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 09' 10'' |
113 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
114 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
115 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
116 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
117 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
118 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 09' 38'' |
119 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 11' 36'' |
120 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
121 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
122 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
123 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
124 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
125 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
126 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
127 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
128 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
129 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
130 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
131 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | s.t. |
132 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
133 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
134 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
135 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
136 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
137 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
138 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
139 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | s.t. |
140 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
141 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
142 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
143 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 11' 44'' |
GC after Stage 5:
715.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.316 km/hr
1 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | 17hr 45min 26sec |
2 | WOUT POELS | SKY | @ 15sec |
3 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 26'' |
4 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
5 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 34'' |
6 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 35'' |
7 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 42'' |
8 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
9 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 48'' |
10 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
11 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
12 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 54'' |
13 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 57'' |
14 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 01' 00'' |
15 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 01' 15'' |
16 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 19'' |
17 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 26'' |
18 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 01' 27'' |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 29'' |
20 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 01' 30'' |
21 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 33'' |
22 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 36'' |
23 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 50'' |
24 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
25 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 56'' |
26 | DELIO FERNANDEZ CRUZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 06'' |
27 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 11'' |
28 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | + 02' 14'' |
29 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 15'' |
30 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 02' 21'' |
31 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 41'' |
32 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 02' 42'' |
33 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 02' 44'' |
34 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 02' 47'' |
35 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 55'' |
36 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 00'' |
37 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 02'' |
38 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 17'' |
39 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 03' 26'' |
40 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 03' 28'' |
41 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 03' 40'' |
42 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 52'' |
43 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 53'' |
44 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 04' 01'' |
45 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 04' 02'' |
46 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 04' 10'' |
47 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 04' 17'' |
48 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 20'' |
49 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 21'' |
50 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 29'' |
51 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 04' 41'' |
52 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 05' 20'' |
53 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 05' 21'' |
54 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 05' 22'' |
55 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 05' 27'' |
56 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 05' 33'' |
57 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 05' 49'' |
58 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 05' 58'' |
59 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | + 06' 01'' |
60 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 06' 11'' |
61 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 06' 23'' |
62 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 06' 54'' |
63 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 07' 13'' |
64 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 07' 24'' |
65 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | + 08' 47'' |
66 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 09' 23'' |
67 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 09' 24'' |
68 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 09' 30'' |
69 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 40'' |
70 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 09' 54'' |
71 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 10' 14'' |
72 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 10' 33'' |
73 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 10' 36'' |
74 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 10' 39'' |
75 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 10' 43'' |
76 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 11' 21'' |
77 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 11' 28'' |
78 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 12' 21'' |
79 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 12' 24'' |
80 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 12' 55'' |
81 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 13' 08'' |
82 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 13' 16'' |
83 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 13' 42'' |
84 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 14' 03'' |
85 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 14' 09'' |
86 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 14' 32'' |
87 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 14' 40'' |
88 | JÉRÔME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 14' 50'' |
89 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 15' 18'' |
90 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 15' 19'' |
91 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 15' 35'' |
92 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 15' 38'' |
93 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 15' 39'' |
94 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 15' 42'' |
95 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 16' 02'' |
96 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 16' 17'' |
97 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 16' 25'' |
98 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 16' 37'' |
99 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 16' 39'' |
100 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 16' 47'' |
101 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 16' 50'' |
102 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 17' 06'' |
103 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 17' 09'' |
104 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 43'' |
105 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 18' 16'' |
106 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 18' 19'' |
107 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 18' 21'' |
108 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 18' 43'' |
109 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 19' 21'' |
110 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 19' 29'' |
111 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | + 19' 56'' |
112 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 20' 23'' |
113 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 20' 42'' |
114 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 20' 52'' |
115 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 20' 56'' |
116 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 21' 40'' |
117 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 22' 46'' |
118 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 22' 50'' |
119 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 23' 09'' |
120 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 23' 17'' |
121 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 24' 37'' |
122 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | + 24' 42'' |
123 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 25' 09'' |
124 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 25' 15'' |
125 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 25' 23'' |
126 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 25' 33'' |
127 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 25' 53'' |
128 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 26' 29'' |
129 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 26' 36'' |
130 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | + 26' 54'' |
131 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 27' 00'' |
132 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 27' 02'' |
133 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 27' 05'' |
134 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 27' 36'' |
135 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 27' 37'' |
136 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 27' 51'' |
137 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 27' 53'' |
138 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 28' 04'' |
139 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 28' 50'' |
140 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 29' 15'' |
141 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 32' 06'' |
142 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 32' 53'' |
143 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 33' 49'' |
Wednesday, March 7: Stage 4, La Fouillouse - St. Etienne, 18.4 km individual time trial
Stage 4 profile
Wout Poels was the day's fastest racer
Weather at St. Etienne at 1:50 PM, local time: Cloudy, 9C (48F) with the wind from the WSW at 18 km/hr (11 mph) with possible gusts to 25 km/hr (15 mph). The forecast calls for a 40% chance of showers in the late afternoon.
The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary:
Team Sky won five of the last six editions of Paris-Nice, and the British outfit showed, with Wout Poels's victory in Wednesday's 18.4-km individual time trial in St Etienne that they would still be a force to reckon with in this edition. But the Dutchman's brilliant effort in 25:33 was not enough for him to dislodge race leader Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), who finished 7th, limited the damage and retained his yellow and white jersey for 15 seconds. France's Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) took third place, both in the stage and in the GC, where he now lies 26 seconds behind Sanchez.
Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama-FDJ), the first starter, finished in 29:55 and set the first reference time. He was quickly upstaged and the most impressive time by an early rider was clocked by Dylan Van Baarle (Sky) in 26:21, at an average speed of 41.89 kph. The mark lasted for an hour and half despite brave efforts by Thomas De Gendt (26:44), Australia road champion Alex Edmondson (26:42) or Colombia's Jarlinson Pantano (26:36). Dane Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) was fastest at the 8-km intermediate mark but faltered in the descent to finish eight seconds behind Van Baarle.
The changing weather made things even more difficult for riders as the descent was a slippery one but it didn't hamper the overall performance of Team Sky, which saw David de la Cruz dislodge his team-mate Van Baarle in 26:07 at an average speed of 42.271 kph. Winner of a time-trial in the Ruta del Sol earlier in the season, De La Cruz was narrowly beaten by Simon Yates in 26:06 but Team Sky regained the upper-hand when title-holder Sergio Henao also clocked 26:06 but beat the Briton by fractions of a second.
But the day belonged to another Team Sky rider, former Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner Wout Poels, who smashed the times of his rivals as well as the 26-minute mark in 25: 33 at an average speed of 43:20 kph. While the stage victory was out of reach, the contenders for overall victory battled it out to lose as little time as possible and maintain their overall chances. Spain's hopeful Marc Soler (Movistar) was an excellent second, 11 seconds adrift, while Julian Alaphilippe, winner of last year's time trial in Mont Brouilly, finished strongly to clinch third place in 25:49.
Luis Leon Sanchez retained his GC leadership.
Behind the leading trio, Germany's Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) lost his white jersey to Soler but still finished a remarkable 4th in 25:53. Among the pre-race favourites, Sergio Henao (Team Sky) limited the damage in 10th place, 33 seconds behind his team-mate Poels. Belgium's Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), 8th today, Briton Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who ended ninth, and his Colombian team-mate Esteban Chaves are all still in contention. France's Tony Gallopin (AG2R-La Mondiale) lost 1:04 on Poels and lost most of his chances for overall victory while Dan Martin (UAE) was also disappointing in 34th place, 1:21 adrift.
Complete Results:
18.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.209 km/hr
1 | WOUT POELS | SKY | 25min 33sec |
2 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | @ 11sec |
3 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 16'' |
4 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 20'' |
5 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 27'' |
6 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
7 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | + 00' 28'' |
8 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 29'' |
9 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 33'' |
10 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
11 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
12 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 00' 34'' |
13 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 39'' |
14 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 42'' |
15 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 00' 45'' |
16 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 00' 48'' |
17 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 00' 56'' |
18 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
19 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 00'' |
20 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 03'' |
21 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 04'' |
22 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
23 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 08'' |
24 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
25 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 01' 09'' |
26 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
27 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
28 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
29 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 11'' |
30 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
31 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 01' 14'' |
32 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 01' 15'' |
33 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 16'' |
34 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 21'' |
35 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 01' 25'' |
36 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01' 29'' |
37 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 31'' |
38 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
39 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01' 34'' |
40 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 35'' |
41 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 01' 37'' |
42 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 40'' |
43 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 43'' |
44 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 48'' |
45 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 01' 49'' |
46 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 50'' |
47 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
48 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 01' 51'' |
49 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | s.t. |
50 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 53'' |
51 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 01' 54'' |
52 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 56'' |
53 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | + 01' 59'' |
54 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 00'' |
55 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | + 02' 01'' |
56 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
57 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 02' 02'' |
58 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
59 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 02' 03'' |
60 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
61 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 02' 07'' |
62 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 02' 10'' |
63 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 02' 12'' |
64 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 16'' |
65 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 17'' |
66 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
67 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 19'' |
68 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
69 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 02' 20'' |
70 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 02' 21'' |
71 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 22'' |
72 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 23'' |
73 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 24'' |
74 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 25'' |
75 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 02' 28'' |
76 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 02' 30'' |
77 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 31'' |
78 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 34'' |
79 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 02' 36'' |
80 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 02' 37'' |
81 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 38'' |
82 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 39'' |
83 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
84 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 42'' |
85 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 02' 47'' |
86 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 02' 48'' |
87 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 02' 49'' |
88 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 02' 50'' |
89 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 02' 51'' |
90 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 52'' |
91 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 02' 53'' |
92 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | s.t. |
93 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
94 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
95 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 55'' |
96 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 02' 56'' |
97 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 02' 57'' |
98 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 58'' |
99 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 59'' |
100 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
101 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 03' 04'' |
102 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 03' 05'' |
103 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 03' 10'' |
104 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 12'' |
105 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 03' 13'' |
106 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 03' 14'' |
107 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
108 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 03' 15'' |
109 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 17'' |
110 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 03' 22'' |
111 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 23'' |
112 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
113 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
114 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 03' 25'' |
115 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 03' 28'' |
116 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 03' 29'' |
117 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
118 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 03' 33'' |
119 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 03' 39'' |
120 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 41'' |
121 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 43'' |
122 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 03' 45'' |
123 | CARLOS BARBERO CUESTA | MOVISTAR | + 03' 48'' |
124 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 03' 50'' |
125 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 03' 54'' |
126 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
127 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 03' 58'' |
128 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
129 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 59'' |
130 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 04' 02'' |
131 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 04' 03'' |
132 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 04' 04'' |
133 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 04' 06'' |
134 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 04' 09'' |
135 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
136 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 04' 10'' |
137 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 04' 13'' |
138 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 15'' |
139 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 04' 22'' |
140 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 28'' |
141 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 04' 30'' |
142 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 04' 32'' |
143 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 04' 36'' |
144 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 04' 37'' |
145 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 04' 42'' |
146 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
147 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 46'' |
148 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 05' 08'' |
149 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 05' 26'' |
150 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 05' 34'' |
GC after Stage 4:
550.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.923 km/hr
1 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | 13hr 47min 57sec |
2 | WOUT POELS | SKY | @ 15sec |
3 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 26'' |
4 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
5 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 34'' |
6 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 35'' |
7 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 42'' |
8 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
9 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | + 00' 48'' |
10 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
11 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
12 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 54'' |
13 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 57'' |
14 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | + 01' 00'' |
15 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 01' 15'' |
16 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 19'' |
17 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 26'' |
18 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | + 01' 27'' |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 29'' |
20 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 01' 30'' |
21 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 33'' |
22 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 36'' |
23 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01' 44'' |
24 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 50'' |
25 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
26 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 56'' |
27 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 03'' |
28 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 06'' |
29 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 02' 09'' |
30 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 11'' |
31 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | + 02' 14'' |
32 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 15'' |
33 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 02' 21'' |
34 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | + 02' 22'' |
35 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 41'' |
36 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 02' 42'' |
37 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 02' 44'' |
38 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 02' 47'' |
39 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 02' 52'' |
40 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 02' 55'' |
41 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 00'' |
42 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 02'' |
43 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 03' 08'' |
44 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 16'' |
45 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 17'' |
46 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 03' 27'' |
47 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 03' 28'' |
48 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 03' 40'' |
49 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 42'' |
50 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 46'' |
51 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 52'' |
52 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 53'' |
53 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | + 04' 01'' |
54 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 04' 04'' |
55 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 04' 06'' |
56 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 04' 07'' |
57 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 04' 10'' |
58 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 04' 17'' |
59 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 20'' |
60 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 21'' |
61 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 29'' |
62 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | + 04' 41'' |
63 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 05' 18'' |
64 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 05' 20'' |
65 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | + 05' 21'' |
66 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 05' 27'' |
67 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 05' 33'' |
68 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 05' 49'' |
69 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | + 05' 58'' |
70 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | + 06' 01'' |
71 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 06' 23'' |
72 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 06' 28'' |
73 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 06' 29'' |
74 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 06' 32'' |
75 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 06' 47'' |
76 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 06' 53'' |
77 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 06' 58'' |
78 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 06' 59'' |
79 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 07' 11'' |
80 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 07' 24'' |
81 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 07' 27'' |
82 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 07' 41'' |
83 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | + 08' 24'' |
84 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 08' 41'' |
85 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 08' 43'' |
86 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | + 08' 47'' |
87 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 08' 56'' |
88 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 09' 20'' |
89 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 09' 23'' |
90 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 09' 24'' |
91 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
92 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 09' 54'' |
93 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 10' 08'' |
94 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 10' 24'' |
95 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 10' 33'' |
96 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 10' 39'' |
97 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 10' 43'' |
98 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | + 10' 44'' |
99 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 11' 45'' |
100 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 12' 21'' |
101 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 12' 24'' |
102 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 12' 55'' |
103 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 13' 05'' |
104 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 13' 37'' |
105 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 13' 42'' |
106 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 13' 47'' |
107 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 13' 51'' |
108 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 14' 01'' |
109 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 14' 03'' |
110 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
111 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 14' 29'' |
112 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 15' 02'' |
113 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 15' 06'' |
114 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 15' 19'' |
115 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 15' 30'' |
116 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 15' 42'' |
117 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
118 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 16' 04'' |
119 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 16' 21'' |
120 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 16' 25'' |
121 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 16' 32'' |
122 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 16' 37'' |
123 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 16' 39'' |
124 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 16' 44'' |
125 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 16' 47'' |
126 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 17' 00'' |
127 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 17' 06'' |
128 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 17' 09'' |
129 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 17' 18'' |
130 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 38'' |
131 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 17' 39'' |
132 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 43'' |
133 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
134 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | + 17' 48'' |
135 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 18' 11'' |
136 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 18' 52'' |
137 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 18' 53'' |
138 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 18' 59'' |
139 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 19' 23'' |
140 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 19' 29'' |
141 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
142 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 20' 14'' |
143 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 21' 21'' |
144 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 21' 58'' |
145 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 22' 17'' |
146 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | + 22' 40'' |
147 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 22' 50'' |
148 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 24' 47'' |
149 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 28' 27'' |
150 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 28' 40'' |
Tuesday, March 6: Stage 3, Bourges - Chatel Guyon, 210 km
Stage 3 profile
Jonathan Hivert wins stage three, just ahead of new GC leader Luis Leon Sanchez
Rated ascents:
- Km 123 - Cote de la Bosse (3rd cat)
- Km 143.5 - Cote des Boulards (3rd cat)
- Km 188 - Cote de Charbonnieres (3rd cat)
Weather at the start city of Bourges at 2:00 PM local time. Mostly cloudy, 12C (53F) with the wind from the SW at 18 km/hr (11 mph). 50% chance of showers.
The race: Two riders called it quits in the feed zone (km 86): Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), winner of a stage in Chalons-sur-Saone last year, and Germany's Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), 4th in stage 2.
Here's the organizer's stage summary:
Evergreen Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez, crowned on the Race to the Sun in 2009, showed he was still a force to reckon with when he seized the Paris-Nice overall lead at the end of stage 3 in Chatel-Guyon, won by his breakaway companion Jonathan Hivert of France (Direct Energie). Another Frenchman, Remy Di Gregorio (Delko Marseille Provence), who launched the decisive three-man move with 13 km to go, finished third on the line. The peloton, led by yellow jersey holder Arnaud Demare, finished 38 seconds adrift. Sanchez now leads stage 1 winner Demare by 29 seconds overall with fellow-Spaniard Gorka Izagirre third 36 seconds off the pace.
Three-man break
The start was given at 11:26 to 152 riders. Jay Thomson (Dimension Data), Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) and Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Delko Marseille Provence) broke clear from the start and quickly took a commanding lead, which topped at 7:35 at kilometer 80. The gap was already over seven minutes when the three reached the first intermediate sprint of the day at Le Brethon (km 61), won by Thomson ahead of Kaperciewicz and Grellier. At the feed zone (Km 86), two riders called it quits: Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), winner of a stage in Chalon-sur-Saone last year, and Germany's Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), 4th in stage 2.
KOM battle
But the main goal of the day for the three escapees was the KOM jersey. And Grellier proved the fastest on the 3rd category Cote de la Bosse (km 123) ahead of Kasperciewicz and Thomson. The gap started diminishing and it was down to 3:45 when the trio tackled Cote des Boulards. On the ascent, Grellier went on his own to chase more KOM points and snatched four more at the top, with a 50 seconds lead over his two former companions. Alexander Kristoff (UAE) was the first printer to lose ground on the day's hilly terrain while third-placed Christophe Laporte was seen struggling with stomach pain at the back of the peloton.
Alaphilippe attacks
On the long flat towards Cote de Charbonnieres, Grellier lost his momentum and the young Frenchman was run down after 174 km. With 25 km to go, 2 km before the top of Cote de Charbonnieres, Julian Alaphilippe launched a blistering attack. Only Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) managed to stay with him. At the top of the climb, the two were joined by Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), who later went on on his own as a group of favorites was shaping up in the chase.
The break that went the distance. Jonathan Hivert leads Remy Di Gregorio & Luis Leon Sanchez. Photo ASO/Alex Broadway.
Three battle it out for stage win
In the last 15 kilometers, after a first junction involving all the favorites, Remy Di Gregorio (Delko Marseille Provence), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and Jonathan Hivert (Direct Energie) broke clear and joined forces to power their way towards the line. The favorites group, including title holder Sergio Henao, found themselves 30 seconds back while the bunch with Arnaud Demare was limiting the damage, a further ten seconds adrift. When the pack finally regrouped with eight kilometers to go, the three escapees had taken a solid 50-seconds lead. The stage was set for them to battle it out and while Di Gregorio, the slowest of the trio, launched three brave but vain attacks, Hivert made his effort last to clinch his fourth win of the season after two stages and the GC at the Tour du Haut Var.
Luis Leon Sanchez is the new GC leader. Bettini photo
Complete Results:
210 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.031 km/hr
1 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | 5hr 22min 49sec |
2 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | @ 1sec |
3 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
4 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 00' 38'' |
5 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
6 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
7 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
8 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
9 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
10 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
11 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
12 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
13 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
14 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
15 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
16 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
17 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
18 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
19 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
20 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
21 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
22 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
23 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
24 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
25 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
26 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
27 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
28 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
29 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
30 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
31 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
32 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
33 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
34 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
35 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
36 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
37 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
38 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
39 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
40 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
41 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
42 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
43 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
44 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
45 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
46 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
47 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
48 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
49 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
50 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
51 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
52 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
53 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
54 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
55 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
56 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
57 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
58 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
59 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
60 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
61 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
62 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
63 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
64 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
65 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
66 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
67 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
68 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
69 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
70 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
71 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
72 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
73 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
74 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 17'' |
75 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 37'' |
76 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 01' 41'' |
77 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 01' 47'' |
78 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 02' 20'' |
79 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 02' 48'' |
80 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 03' 31'' |
81 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 05' 16'' |
82 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
83 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
84 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
85 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
86 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
87 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
88 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | s.t. |
89 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
90 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
91 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
92 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
93 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
94 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
95 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
96 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
97 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
98 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
99 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
100 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
101 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
102 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
103 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
104 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
105 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
106 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
107 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
108 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
109 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
110 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 10' 03'' |
111 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
112 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
113 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
114 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
115 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
116 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 11' 18'' |
117 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
118 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
119 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
120 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
121 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
122 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
123 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
124 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
125 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
126 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
127 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
128 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
129 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | s.t. |
130 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
131 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
132 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
133 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
134 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
135 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
136 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
137 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
138 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
139 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
140 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
141 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
142 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 15' 18'' |
143 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
144 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
145 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
146 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
147 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
148 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
149 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | s.t. |
150 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 59'' |
GC after Stage 3:
532.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.841 km/hr
1 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | 13hr 21min 56sec |
2 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | @ 28sec |
3 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 35'' |
4 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 38'' |
5 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 41'' |
6 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
7 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
8 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 43'' |
9 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
10 | JON IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
12 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
13 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
14 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
15 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
16 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
17 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
18 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
19 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
20 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
21 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
22 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
23 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
24 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
25 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
26 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
27 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
28 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
29 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
30 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
31 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 52'' |
32 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 00' 59'' |
33 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
34 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 01'' |
35 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 04'' |
36 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
37 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 01' 07'' |
38 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 01' 09'' |
39 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 01' 12'' |
40 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 15'' |
41 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
42 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
43 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 22'' |
44 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
45 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 34'' |
46 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 36'' |
47 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 40'' |
48 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
49 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
50 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 44'' |
51 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 01' 47'' |
52 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 00'' |
53 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 02' 07'' |
54 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
55 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 02' 11'' |
56 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | + 02' 16'' |
57 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
58 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 02' 19'' |
59 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
60 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
61 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
62 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
63 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
64 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 21'' |
65 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 02' 40'' |
66 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 02' 58'' |
67 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 03' 25'' |
68 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 03' 29'' |
69 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
70 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
71 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
72 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
73 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 04' 05'' |
74 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 04' 13'' |
75 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 29'' |
76 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 04' 58'' |
77 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 05' 14'' |
78 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | + 05' 21'' |
79 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
80 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
81 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 05' 30'' |
82 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 05' 36'' |
83 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 05' 40'' |
84 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 05' 47'' |
85 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | + 05' 53'' |
86 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 05' 58'' |
87 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 06' 38'' |
88 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 06' 45'' |
89 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 06' 51'' |
90 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 06' 55'' |
91 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 06' 56'' |
92 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 06' 57'' |
93 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 07' 23'' |
94 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 07' 40'' |
95 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 07' 53'' |
96 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | + 08' 07'' |
97 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
98 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 08' 43'' |
99 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | + 09' 08'' |
100 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 09' 35'' |
101 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 47'' |
102 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 10' 24'' |
103 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 10' 31'' |
104 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 10' 39'' |
105 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 10' 52'' |
106 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 11' 06'' |
107 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | + 11' 12'' |
108 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 11' 23'' |
109 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 11' 34'' |
110 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 11' 39'' |
111 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | + 11' 44'' |
112 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 12' 23'' |
113 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 12' 39'' |
114 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 12' 54'' |
115 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
116 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 12' 59'' |
117 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 13' 10'' |
118 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 13' 25'' |
119 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 13' 30'' |
120 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 13' 36'' |
121 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 13' 45'' |
122 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 14' 01'' |
123 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 14' 03'' |
124 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 14' 08'' |
125 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 14' 09'' |
126 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
127 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
128 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
129 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 14' 35'' |
130 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 14' 55'' |
131 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 15' 10'' |
132 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 15' 18'' |
133 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 15' 22'' |
134 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 15' 42'' |
135 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 15' 55'' |
136 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 16' 15'' |
137 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
138 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
139 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 16' 27'' |
140 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 16' 35'' |
141 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | + 18' 06'' |
142 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 18' 09'' |
143 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
144 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 18' 12'' |
145 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 18' 45'' |
146 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 19' 08'' |
147 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | + 20' 15'' |
148 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 21' 16'' |
149 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 24' 00'' |
150 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 24' 33'' |
Monday, March 5: Stage 2, Orsonville - Vierzon, 187.5 km
Stage 2 profile
Dylan Groenewegen wins stage two
Weather at the finish city of Vierzon at 2:00PM, local time: Fair, 13C (55F) with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Rain before the stage finish is unlikely.
The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.
Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen overpowered the other leading sprinters of the season to snatch his first stage win on Paris-Nice on Vierzon on Monday. The Lotto-Jumbo fast man easily upstaged Elia Viviani to equal the Italian's tally of five victories this season. Germany's Andre Greipel was third ahead of compatriot Phil Bauhaus and overall leader Arnaud Demare, who retained his leader's yellow and white jersey. The Frenchman leads compatriot Julian Alaphilippe by 10 seconds overall.
Rui Costa gives up
The start was given at 12:05 to 153 riders. Tejay Van Garderen, injured after crashing into a car in Sunday's stage, had been the first rider to give up. Twenty-five kilometres down the road, Portugal's Rui Costa also called it quits. His knee-cap injured in a crash in stage 1, the former world champion, second in Paris-Nice in 2014, was unable to go any further. Still the first hour of the stage was ridden at the slow pace of 33 kph.
Six on the move
The first sprint of the day in Patay (km 63.5) allowed Arnaud Demare to strengthen his yellow-and-white jersey. The Frenchman outsprinted compatriots Julian Alaphilippe and Christophe Laporte to stretch his overall lead over Spain's Gorka Izagirre to seven seconds. As the pace increased slightly at 34.4 kph, Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) decided to shake the pack by surging at kilometre 94. He was quickly followed by five other riders, Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Mérida), Tiago Machado (Katusha), Oliver Naesen (AG2R), Anthony Delaplace (Fortuneo) and Lars Boom (Lotto-Jumbo). The gap settled at 40 seconds.
Two left
Groupama-FDJ, Cofidis and Quick Step led a frantic chase and four of the escapees were reined in at kilometer 122 while Machado and Boaro kept trying. The peloton eased up and the pair found themselves 50 seconds ahead with 50 km to go and 3:00 up five kilometers later. But as the pace kept increasing (47.2 in the fourth hour), their momentum was gradually broken and the bunch kept accelerating in the last 30 km, when Christophe Laporte suffered a mechanical and was brought back by Nicolas Edet.
Stage set for bunch sprint
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Tim Declercq(Quick Step) and Tom Leezer (Lotto-Jumbo) took turns at the front of the bunch, working for their sprinters Andre Greipel, Elia Viviani and Dylan Groenewegen. And their work quietly paid off. While Machado beat Boaro in the second intermediate sprint (km 173.5), Julian Alpahilippe took third place, 25 seconds behind. And the pack played cat and mouse with the two escapees until the last four kilometers, when it finally reeled them in.
Groenewegen too strong
The Quick Step team-mates of Elia Viviani seized the reins in the last two kilometers after series of winding turns, but their train split in the final kilometer, leaving Julian Alaphilippe alone in the lead. As a result, Viviani's lead-out was not ideal and the Italian could not react when Groenewegen went up a gear and powered his way to the finish line for one of his greatest victories to date after his Tour de France stage win on the Champs-Elysees last year.
Complete Results:
187.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.591 km/hr
1 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | 4hr 51min 31sec |
2 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
3 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
4 | PHIL BAUHAUS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
5 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
6 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
7 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
8 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
9 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
10 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | SAM BENNETT | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
12 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | s.t. |
13 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
14 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
15 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
16 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
17 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
18 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
19 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
20 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
21 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
22 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
23 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
24 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
25 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
26 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
27 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
28 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
29 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
30 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
31 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
32 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
33 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
34 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
35 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
36 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
37 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
38 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
39 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
40 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
41 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
42 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
43 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
44 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
45 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
46 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
47 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
48 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
49 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
50 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
51 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
52 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
53 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
54 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
55 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
56 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
57 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
58 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
59 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
60 | IMANOL ERVITI | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
61 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
62 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
63 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
64 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
65 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
66 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
67 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
68 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
69 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
70 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
71 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
72 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
73 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
74 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
75 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
76 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
77 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
78 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
79 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
80 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
81 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
82 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
83 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
84 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
85 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
86 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
87 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
88 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
89 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
90 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
91 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
92 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
93 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | s.t. |
94 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
95 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
96 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
97 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
98 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
99 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
100 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
101 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
102 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
103 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
104 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
105 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
106 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
107 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
108 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
109 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
110 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
111 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
112 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
113 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
114 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
115 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
116 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
117 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
118 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
119 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
120 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 00' 44'' |
121 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
122 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 00' 46'' |
123 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
124 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 49'' |
125 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 00' 52'' |
126 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 57'' |
127 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 00' 58'' |
128 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | s.t. |
129 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
130 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 01'' |
131 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
132 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
133 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
134 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
135 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 04'' |
136 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
137 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 01' 07'' |
138 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01' 09'' |
139 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
140 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01' 28'' |
141 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01' 53'' |
142 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 02' 06'' |
143 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | s.t. |
144 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
145 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
146 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
147 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 02' 59'' |
148 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
149 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 09'' |
150 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
151 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 03' 15'' |
152 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 31'' |
GC after Stage 2:
322.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.401 km/hr
1 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 7hr 58min 57sec |
2 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | @ 7sec |
3 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 00' 08'' |
4 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 10'' |
5 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 13'' |
6 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
7 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 00' 15'' |
8 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
9 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
10 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
12 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
13 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
14 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
15 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
16 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
17 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
18 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
20 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
21 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
22 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
23 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
24 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
25 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
26 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
27 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
28 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
29 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
30 | RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
31 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
32 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
33 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
34 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
35 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
36 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 24'' |
37 | IVAN GARCIA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 31'' |
38 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
39 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 33'' |
40 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 34'' |
41 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 36'' |
42 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
43 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 39'' |
44 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | + 00' 41'' |
45 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
46 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 44'' |
47 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 00' 47'' |
48 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
49 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
50 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
51 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 52'' |
52 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 00' 54'' |
53 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
54 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
55 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 06'' |
56 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 08'' |
57 | JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ | COFIDIS | + 01' 12'' |
58 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
59 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
60 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
61 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 16'' |
62 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 19'' |
63 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
64 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
65 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | + 01' 32'' |
66 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
67 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 39'' |
68 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
69 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
70 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 43'' |
71 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 45'' |
72 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 46'' |
73 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 48'' |
74 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 01' 49'' |
75 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 01' 51'' |
76 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
77 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
78 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
79 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
80 | JOSE HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
81 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
82 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
83 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
84 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
85 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
86 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 02' 02'' |
87 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 02' 28'' |
88 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 02' 30'' |
89 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
90 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | + 02' 34'' |
91 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 02' 37'' |
92 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 02' 47'' |
93 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 02' 55'' |
94 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 02' 57'' |
95 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 03' 01'' |
96 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
97 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
98 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
99 | OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
100 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
101 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
102 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
103 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
104 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
105 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
106 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
107 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
108 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
109 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
110 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
111 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
112 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 03' 27'' |
113 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
114 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
115 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
116 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
117 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 03' 45'' |
118 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 03' 47'' |
119 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 51'' |
120 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 03' 59'' |
121 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
122 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 02'' |
123 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
124 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
125 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 04' 08'' |
126 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | + 04' 10'' |
127 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 04' 14'' |
128 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 29'' |
129 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 34'' |
130 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 41'' |
131 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 04' 46'' |
132 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 04' 47'' |
133 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | + 05' 07'' |
134 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
135 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
136 | DAVID LOPEZ | SKY | s.t. |
137 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 05' 18'' |
138 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | + 05' 19'' |
139 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 05' 25'' |
140 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 05' 27'' |
141 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 05' 33'' |
142 | SAM BENNETT | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 05' 35'' |
143 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 46'' |
144 | PHIL BAUHAUS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 48'' |
145 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 06' 00'' |
146 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | + 06' 10'' |
147 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 06' 28'' |
148 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 07' 04'' |
149 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 07' 33'' |
150 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 08' 19'' |
151 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 08' 52'' |
152 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 09' 25'' |
Sunday, March 4: Stage 1, Chatou - Meudon, 134.5 km
Stage 1 profile
Arnaud Demare (center) just wins stage one in a photo-finish.
Weather at the finish city of Meudon at 1:50 PM, local time: Rain. 7C (44F) with the wind from the Southeast at 8 km/hr (5mph). It should rain all day, meaning the finish will be on a 500 meter stretch of wet cobbles.
The race: 154 riders started.
Here's the organizer's stage summary:
Already winner and first leader of Paris-Nice a year ago, French champion Arnaud Demare repeated the feat in Meudon but in a rather different finale. The Groupama-FDJ team leader, who held the Race to the sun's Yellow Jersey for several days in 2017, was not among the real favorites before the start in Chatou, 135 km up the road, as the finale was steep and cobbled, but he finally upstaged Spain's Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) and compatriot Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) in nail-biting final sprint. Belgium's Tim Wellens was a close fourth.
Three in the lead
The start was given to 154 riders at 13h42 in the pouring rain. On the gun, Jurgen Roelandts (BMC), Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fortuneo) and Pierre Rolland (Education First-Drapac) moved ahead and their lead quickly grew (1:40 at kilometer 10). At the first intermediate sprint of the day in Les Mesnuls (km 33), the gap reached its maximum of 3:35. Roelandts snatched three points and three seconds ahead of Rolland and Perichon. After the sprint, as the pack gathered momentum under the guidance of Julian Alaphilippe's Quick Step and Groupama-FDJ's Arnaud Demare team-mates, the gap kept decreasing.
Gap decreases
As they tackled the first climb of the day, the 3rd category Cote des 17 Tournants (Km 79), their lead had gone down to 1:05 as Perichon led the way, followed by Rolland and Roelandts. The result on Cote de Meridon (km 85) was exactly the same, handing Perichon the first KOM jersey in this edition of the Race to the sun. The gap went up a bit as the three reached the plaque dedicated to Jacques Anquetil at Chateaufort (km 96) for a sprint again won by Roelandts ahead of Rolland and Perichon.
Van Garderen out
As the pace raised, a crash at kilometer 100 involved four riders, including American pre-race favorite Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), who was forced to call it quits. With 20 km to go, the three seemed to give up the fight but the peloton took its time to close the gap and only caught the escapees at km 121. Mitchelton-Scott, Astana and Lotto-Soudal took turns in the final 10 km leading to the Meudon observatory. A crash, involving Ilnur Zakarin and Jakob Fuglsang, took place shortly before the last climb when France's Alexis Vuillermoz surged.
Demare in unusual fashion
The AG2R rider, winner of a similar stage in Mur de Bretagne on the Tour de France two years ago, seemed to have the upper hand but he faltered in the long cobbled last stretch and was overtaken by the front of the bunch, led by Gorka Izagirre, who battled it out with Demare, Laporte and Wellens. Demare threw his bike to the line in despair and the outcome was so close that the four top finishers had to wait for the photo-finish to discover who had actually won. The laurels went to an elated Demare.
Complete Results:
134.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.006 km/hr
1 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 3hr 7min 39sec |
2 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
3 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
4 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
5 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
6 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | @ 2sec |
8 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
9 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
10 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
12 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
13 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
14 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
15 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
16 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
17 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
18 | DELIO FERNANDEZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
20 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
21 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
22 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
23 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
24 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
25 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
26 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
27 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
28 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
29 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
30 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
31 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
32 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
33 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
34 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
35 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
36 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
37 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 11'' |
38 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 18'' |
39 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
40 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 20'' |
41 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 23'' |
42 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
43 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 27'' |
44 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 28'' |
45 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
46 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
47 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 31'' |
48 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 34'' |
49 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
50 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
51 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
52 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
53 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 39'' |
54 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 00' 41'' |
55 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
56 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
57 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 00' 53'' |
58 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 00' 55'' |
59 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 00' 59'' |
60 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
61 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
62 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
63 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 06'' |
64 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
65 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
66 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 01' 17'' |
67 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 19'' |
68 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
69 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
70 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 26'' |
71 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
72 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 28'' |
73 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
74 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 30'' |
75 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 32'' |
76 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 01' 33'' |
77 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
78 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 01' 36'' |
79 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 01' 38'' |
80 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
81 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
82 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
83 | JOSE HERRADA LOPEZ | COFIDIS | s.t. |
84 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
85 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
86 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
87 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
88 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
89 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
90 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
91 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 49'' |
93 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 02' 21'' |
94 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
95 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 02' 48'' |
96 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
97 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
98 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
99 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
100 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
101 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
102 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
103 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
104 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
105 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
106 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
107 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
108 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
109 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
110 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
111 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
112 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
113 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
114 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
115 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
116 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
117 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
118 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
119 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | s.t. |
120 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
121 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
122 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
123 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
124 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
125 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
126 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | s.t. |
127 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
128 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 24'' |
129 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
130 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
131 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
132 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
133 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
134 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
135 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
136 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 40'' |
137 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 03' 46'' |
138 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 04' 01'' |
139 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 08'' |
140 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
141 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
142 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 04' 11'' |
143 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 04' 36'' |
144 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 05' 05'' |
145 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 05' 14'' |
146 | SAM BENNETT | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 05' 22'' |
147 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 33'' |
148 | PHIL BAUHAUS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 35'' |
149 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 06' 05'' |
150 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 06' 13'' |
151 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
152 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 06' 15'' |
153 | RUI ALBERTO FARIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 33'' |
GC after Stage 1:
1 | ARNAUD DEMARE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 3hr 7min 29sec |
2 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 04'' |
3 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE | COFIDIS | + 00' 06'' |
4 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 10'' |
5 | MIKE TEUNISSEN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
6 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 12'' |
8 | DYLAN TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
9 | MATTEO TRENTIN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
10 | JON IZAGIRRE | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
11 | TONY GALLOPIN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
12 | CARLOS BARBERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
13 | ROBERT GESINK | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
14 | SIMON YATES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
15 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
16 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
17 | DANIEL MARTIN | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
18 | DELIO FERNANDEZ CRUZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
19 | ROMAN KREUZIGER | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
20 | LAWSON CRADDOCK | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
21 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
22 | WOUT POELS | SKY | s.t. |
23 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
24 | MARC SOLER | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
25 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
26 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
27 | CYRIL GAUTIER | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
28 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | SKY | s.t. |
29 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
30 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
31 | THOMAS BOUDAT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
32 | RICHARD ANTONIO CARAPAZ | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
33 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
34 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
35 | JOHN DEGENKOLB | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
36 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN | ASTANA | s.t. |
37 | NATNAEL BERHANE | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 21'' |
38 | IVAN GARCIA CORTINA | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 28'' |
39 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
40 | SAM OOMEN | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 30'' |
41 | TIMO ROOSEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 33'' |
42 | DRIES DEVENYNS | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
43 | ELIA VIVIANI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 37'' |
44 | MANUELE BOARO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 38'' |
45 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ | SKY | s.t. |
46 | YVES LAMPAERT | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
47 | PAWEL POLJANSKI | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 41'' |
48 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 44'' |
49 | MATTI BRESCHEL | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
50 | WARREN BARGUIL | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
51 | JULIEN EL FARES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
52 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
53 | ANGELO TULIK | DIRECT ENERGIE | + 00' 49'' |
54 | MAXIME BOUET | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 00' 51'' |
55 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
56 | KOEN DE KORT | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
57 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 03'' |
58 | JARLINSON PANTANO | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 05'' |
59 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | + 01' 09'' |
60 | AMAEL MOINARD | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
61 | LAURENT PICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | s.t. |
62 | REMY DI GREGORIO | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
63 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 16'' |
64 | OLIVER NAESEN | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
65 | BENJAMIN KING | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
66 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV | ASTANA | + 01' 27'' |
67 | MARCO HALLER | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 29'' |
68 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
69 | DIEGO ROSA | SKY | s.t. |
70 | KEVIN LEDANOIS | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 36'' |
71 | IAN BOSWELL | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
72 | GREGORY RAST | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 01' 38'' |
73 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
74 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 01' 40'' |
75 | NILS POLITT | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 42'' |
76 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE | COFIDIS | + 01' 43'' |
77 | MATHEW HAYMAN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | s.t. |
78 | DAYER QUINTANA | MOVISTAR | + 01' 46'' |
79 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN | ASTANA | + 01' 48'' |
80 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
81 | AXEL DOMONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
82 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
83 | JOSE HERRADA LOPEZ | COFIDIS | s.t. |
84 | RYAN GIBBONS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
85 | TIAGO MACHADO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
86 | SERGE PAUWELS | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
87 | SIMON GERRANS | BMC | s.t. |
88 | NICOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
89 | RAMON SINKELDAM | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
90 | MARKEL IRIZAR | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
91 | JACOPO GUARNIERI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 01' 59'' |
93 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 02' 31'' |
94 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER | BMC | s.t. |
95 | JURGEN ROELANDTS | BMC | + 02' 52'' |
96 | PIERRE ROLLAND | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 02' 54'' |
97 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | + 02' 58'' |
98 | THOMAS DE GENDT | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
99 | STIJN VANDENBERGH | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
100 | HECTOR CARRETERO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
101 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
102 | JOHANN VAN ZYL | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
103 | LARS BAK YTTING | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
104 | JELLE WALLAYS | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
105 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
106 | OLIVIERO TROIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
107 | BEN SWIFT | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
108 | IAN STANNARD | SKY | s.t. |
109 | FABIEN GRELLIER | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
110 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
111 | RORY SUTHERLAND | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
112 | MITCHELL DOCKER | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
113 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
114 | BRENTON JONES | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
115 | CYRIL LEMOINE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
116 | JONATHAN HIVERT | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
117 | ROY CURVERS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
118 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
119 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS | DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE | s.t. |
120 | HUGO HOULE | ASTANA | s.t. |
121 | DAVID LOPEZ GARCIA | SKY | s.t. |
122 | MICKAEL DELAGE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
123 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
124 | OLIVIER LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
125 | DANIEL MCLAY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
126 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | s.t. |
127 | JEROME COUSIN | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
128 | JURAJ SAGAN | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 03' 34'' |
129 | ERIK BASKA | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
130 | MARCEL SIEBERG | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
131 | JASPER DE BUYST | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
132 | ANTONIO NIBALI | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
133 | FABIO SABATINI | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
134 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
135 | THOMAS LEEZER | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
136 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | + 03' 48'' |
137 | NICOLAS EDET | COFIDIS | + 03' 56'' |
138 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 04' 11'' |
139 | PAUL MARTENS | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 04' 18'' |
140 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | SKY | s.t. |
141 | LARS BOOM | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
142 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | + 04' 21'' |
143 | TOM SCULLY | EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | + 04' 46'' |
144 | NACER BOUHANNI | COFIDIS | + 05' 15'' |
145 | ILNUR ZAKARIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 05' 24'' |
146 | SAM BENNETT | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 05' 32'' |
147 | EDWARD THEUNS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 43'' |
148 | PHIL BAUHAUS | TEAM SUNWEB | + 05' 45'' |
149 | MICHAEL MORKOV | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 06' 15'' |
150 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | + 06' 23'' |
151 | TIM DECLERCQ | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
152 | LUKA PIBERNIK | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 06' 25'' |
153 | RUI ALBERTO FARIA | UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | + 17' 43'' |
Start list with back numbers, March 3, 2018:
SKY | |
1 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO |
2 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ |
3 | DAVID LOPEZ |
4 | WOUT POELS |
5 | DIEGO ROSA |
6 | IAN STANNARD |
7 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE |
UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
11 | DANIEL MARTIN |
12 | SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM |
13 | RUI ALBERTO FARIA |
14 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF |
15 | RORY SUTHERLAND |
16 | BEN SWIFT |
17 | OLIVIERO TROIA |
BAHRAIN - MERIDA | |
21 | GORKA IZAGIRRE |
22 | MANUELE BOARO |
23 | IVAN GARCIA |
24 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER |
25 | JON IZAGIRRE |
26 | ANTONIO NIBALI |
27 | LUKA PIBERNIK |
QUICK - STEP FLOORS | |
31 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE |
32 | TIM DECLERCQ |
33 | DRIES DEVENYNS |
34 | YVES LAMPAERT |
35 | MICHAEL MORKOV |
36 | FABIO SABATINI |
37 | ELIA VIVIANI |
KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
41 | ILNUR ZAKARIN |
42 | IAN BOSWELL |
43 | MARCO HALLER |
44 | PAVEL KOCHETKOV |
45 | MAURITS LAMMERTINK |
46 | TIAGO MACHADO |
47 | NILS POLITT |
MITCHELTON - SCOTT | |
51 | SIMON YATES |
52 | JOHAN ESTEBAN CHAVES |
53 | ALEXANDER EDMONDSON |
54 | MATHEW HAYMAN |
55 | CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN |
56 | ROMAN KREUZIGER |
57 | MATTEO TRENTIN |
AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
61 | TONY GALLOPIN |
62 | MIKAEL CHEREL |
63 | AXEL DOMONT |
64 | CYRIL GAUTIER |
65 | OLIVER NAESEN |
66 | STIJN VANDENBERGH |
67 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ |
BMC RACING TEAM | |
71 | TEJAY VAN GARDEREN |
72 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI |
73 | JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER |
74 | SIMON GERRANS |
75 | NICOLAS ROCHE |
76 | JURGEN ROELANDTS |
77 | DYLAN TEUNS |
TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
81 | BAUKE MOLLEMA |
82 | JULIEN BERNARD |
83 | KOEN DE KORT |
84 | JOHN DEGENKOLB |
85 | MARKEL IRIZAR |
86 | JARLINSON PANTANO |
87 | GREGORY RAST |
ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
91 | JAKOB FUGLSANG |
92 | OMAR FRAILE |
93 | DMITRIY GRUZDEV |
94 | HUGO HOULE |
95 | MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN |
96 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ |
97 | MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN |
LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
101 | TIM WELLENS |
102 | LARS BAK YTTING |
103 | JASPER DE BUYST |
104 | THOMAS DE GENDT |
105 | ANDRÉ GREIPEL |
106 | MARCEL SIEBERG |
107 | JELLE WALLAYS |
GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
111 | ARNAUD DEMARE |
112 | MICKAEL DELAGE |
113 | JACOPO GUARNIERI |
114 | IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS |
115 | OLIVIER LE GAC |
116 | RUDY MOLARD |
117 | RAMON SINKELDAM |
MOVISTAR TEAM | |
121 | CARLOS BARBERO |
122 | RICHARD ANTONIO |
123 | HECTOR CARRETERO |
124 | IMANOL ERVITI OLLO |
125 | DAYER QUINTANA |
126 | EDUARDO SEPULVEDA |
127 | MARC SOLER |
TEAM FORTUNEO-SAMSIC | |
131 | WARREN BARGUIL |
132 | MAXIME BOUET |
133 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE |
134 | KEVIN LEDANOIS |
135 | AMAEL MOINARD |
136 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON |
137 | LAURENT PICHON |
TEAM LOTTO NL-JUMBO | |
141 | ROBERT GESINK |
142 | LARS BOOM |
143 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN |
144 | AMUND GRONDAL JANSEN |
145 | THOMAS LEEZER |
146 | PAUL MARTENS |
147 | TIMO ROOSEN |
TEAM SUNWEB | |
151 | SAM OOMEN |
152 | PHIL BAUHAUS |
153 | ROY CURVERS |
154 | CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON |
155 | MIKE TEUNISSEN |
156 | EDWARD THEUNS |
157 | LOUIS VERVAEKE |
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | |
161 | JESUS HERRADA |
162 | NACER BOUHANNI |
163 | NICOLAS EDET |
164 | JOSE HERRADA |
165 | CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE |
166 | CYRIL LEMOINE |
167 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE |
EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | |
171 | PIERRE ROLLAND |
172 | MATTI BRESCHEL |
173 | LAWSON CRADDOCK |
174 | MITCHELL DOCKER |
175 | SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD |
176 | DANIEL MCLAY |
177 | TOM SCULLY |
TEAM DIMENSION DATA | |
181 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER |
182 | NATNAEL BERHANE |
183 | RYAN GIBBONS |
184 | BENJAMIN KING |
185 | SERGE PAUWELS |
186 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON |
187 | JOHANN VAN ZYL |
BORA-HANSGROHE | |
191 | SAM BENNETT |
192 | ERIK BASKA |
193 | FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER |
194 | PATRICK KONRAD |
195 | PAWEL POLJANSKI |
196 | JURAJ SAGAN |
197 | MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN |
DIRECT ENERGIE | |
201 | LILIAN CALMEJANE |
202 | THOMAS BOUDAT |
203 | SYLVAIN CHAVANEL |
204 | JEROME COUSIN |
205 | FABIEN GRELLIER |
206 | JONATHAN HIVERT |
207 | ANGELO TULIK |
DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM | |
211 | ROMAIN COMBAUD |
212 | REMY DI GREGORIO |
213 | JULIEN EL FARES |
214 | DELIO FERNANDEZ CRUZ |
215 | BRENTON JONES |
216 | PRZEMYSLAW KASPERKIEWICZ |
217 | EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS |
The 76th edition of Paris-Nice, which will take place between 4th and 11th March, will be whetting the appetites of ambitious pretenders to the crown such as Dan Martin, Tejay van Garderen or Esteban Chaves, who will be attempting to put an end to the domination of Team Sky, represented by title holder Sergio Henao. The Race to the Sun could also smile on combative French riders: Julian Alaphilippe, Tony Gallopin and Warren Barguil are not setting themselves any limits. As for Nacer Bouhanni and Arnaud Démare, they will be concentrating on the stages for the sprinters, but will have to battle with Kittel, Kristoff, Greipel and Groenewegen…
Each start to the season throws up a batch of uncertainties, raises new questions and gives opportunities to hitherto unknown riders or riders reaching maturity. Indeed, very often Paris-Nice is the stage on which the first impressions are either confirmed or swept away. In this respect, the 2018 vintage is open to a renewal of the ranks, even if Team Sky will be lining up with the title holder Sergio Henao, who started the season with a victorious defence of his Colombian Champion’s jersey. This year, neither Alberto Contador nor Richie Porte will be barring his way, but this also means that the many pretenders for victory will be all the more uninhibited. Having failed to climb higher than the 3rd step on the podium in 2017, Dan Martin is perhaps about to start a season that will be his biggest challenge to date, in his new UAE-Emirates jersey, whilst the rocket otherwise known as Esteban Chaves could finally take off this year, as hinted towards with triumph on the Tour Down Under. It will be no surprise to see Tejay van Garderen taste victory on the time-trial in Saint-Etienne and boss an event that he has never completely tamed (5th in 2012 and 4th in 2013), or to see Jakob Fuglsang (3rd on the Tour of Valencia and 4th in Andalusia) dominate the competition at the resort of Colmiane in a similar manner to his winning ride on the Dauphiné at the Plateau de Solaison. Similarly, Ilnur Zakarin could perhaps seize the opportunity to win a stage race that has escaped him since the Tour of Romandie in 2015, if he shows as convincing form as on the day of his victory at the Madone d’Utelle (in 2016).
However, these new circumstances also hang on the capacity of the French riders to battle with the best on a route that seems well-suited to the potential of certain Gallic leaders. For example, the finish on the stage into Meudon looks like an invitation for Julian Alaphilippe to make a break for the first yellow jersey of the week. A stage victory on his first race this year in Colombia gives him at least legitimate hopes of doing so, as well as improving on a final 5th place obtained in Nice last year. This will also be the goal of Tony Gallopin (6th in 2015), who has shown himself to be on especially good form in his new colours of AG2R - La Mondiale, winning the Etoile de Bessèges and coming 2nd on the Tour of Provence. Also with a brand new jersey, Warren Barguil will be counting on the final three stages of Paris-Nice to launch a season worthy of his performance on Le Tour in 2017. Lilian Calmejane may also be looking to convert the polka dot jersey won one year ago into a yellow one.
French hopes in the general classification will be accompanied by the prospects of their two best sprinters, Nacer Bouhanni and Arnaud Démare, who should find opportunities to express themselves in Vierzon (stage 2), Chatel-Guyon (stage 3) and why not in Sisteron (stage 5). Both men will be looking toward the Via Roma in San Remo, which will also be in the sights of other former winners on Paris-Nice such as Sam Bennett, Marcel Kittel, André Greipel or Alexander Kristoff. There will not be enough winners’ bouquets for everybody.