2020 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1),
France
34th edition: August 27 - 30, 2020
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine podium history | 2021 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
2020 Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine Tour overall map
Sunday, August 30: 5th & Final Stage, Thenezy - Poitiers, 164.6 km
Arnaud Démare takes the final stage. Photo: R. Garnier
Weather at the finish city of Poitiers at 2:10 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain.
The Race: Here's the report from GC winner Arnaud Demare's Groupama-FDJ team:
Arnaud Démare is now a “jackpot” specialist! On Sunday, the French champion only needed to grab one second to win the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s overall classification. He did a lot better than that. Like in the Tour de Wallonie lately, the sprinter achieved a splendid double whammy on the last racing day: the stage win and the general classification as a bonus. He now records no less than nine victories this season, making him the rider with most victories since the season restart.
Entering the last stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes in second position overall, just one second behind the leader and yesterday’s time trial winner Josef Cerny (CCC), Arnaud Démare and the Groupama-FDJ cycling team knew exactly what to do: competing in the first intermediate sprint, located after 14 kilometers. “We neutralized all the attacks, like we wanted to”, explained Frédéric Guesdon. “There were small ones at the start but everyone quickly understood that we would not let a breakaway go. It was eventually quite easy to control. Team CCC didn’t even try. It must be said that the all-flat terrain was not really suitable for attacks”. Usually up front in the last few kilometers, Arnaud Démare’s lead-out train was, for this occasion, put into place after only few minutes of racing. “And we took 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the sprint,” Frédéric explained. “Arnaud came first, ahead of Ramon and Jacopo. The race leader tried to sprint but took no bonus. So we were in the lead for two seconds in the virtual GC at that point.”
Then, the instructions were just as clear for the French champion and his teammates. “We let a not really dangerous breakaway go”, continued Frédéric. “The guys controlled the break composition perfectly. Five riders went clear and the best one overall [Jérémy Leveau] was 3’40 back. It was perfect. We were happy if the breakaway would take the bonuses. We know an accident can occur really fast… We didn’t want to take any risks and we were even ready to give up the stage victory. So we controlled just a bit and then other teams came along because they were interested in winning the stage, such as B&B Hotels-Vital Concept and Bahrain-Merida. Slowly, we therefore got back to the leaders”. Starting the last lap around Poitiers, fourteen kilometers from the finish, the peloton was just 35 seconds from the quintet. “We got a bit scared because there was the last intermediate sprint with 10k to go, and we thought it could come back all together”, added Frédéric. “We were ready to refocus on this intermediate sprint rather than the final one, but in the end, the bunch didn’t come back on time”.
At this point, Iljo Keisse (Deceuninck-Quick Step) got rid of his breakaway companions to make a solo attempt towards the finish. His advantage was still about twenty seconds with three kilometers to go, but the field eventually brought him back in the dying moments. “We came back on the last leader in the last kilometre”, Frédéric said. “We absolutely had to be well positioned at the flame rouge today and the guys did that well. They were therefore able to set off perfectly for the sprint. Arnaud’s three lead-out guys hadn’t pulled all day, so they were fresh for the final, and they’re also in good shape. I think Arnaud won quite easily”. “In my head, with 5 kilometers to go, it was impossible to go for the stage win”, said the French champion afterwards. “Keisse still had 50 seconds, but it was a very fast day on the bike and he died in the finale. We caught him with one kilometre to go and our train was already up and running with Ramon and Jacopo. We were able to do our sprint and it was a great victory, clear and evident, by one or two bike lengths. That makes it 8 and 9, at the same time, that’s awesome! It’s a great way to end this extraordinary month of August, during which the entire team proved to be exceptional”.
Arnaud Démare and his entourage will take a break before making their return to the Tour of Luxembourg in mid-September. With nine victories in one month of racing, the French Champion made quite an impression in this season restart. “He may have more wins than defeats in August,” smiles Frédéric. “To be more serious, t’s great, especially since they go into a break now. So we end this first sequence on a good note and we’ll start the second one very motivated as well. It’s perfect. Arnaud has not had an easy start to the season, with the confinement on the UAE Tour, confinement in France and his scaphoid fracture, but he started again from scratch and trained super well. He arrived very motivated in August with a strong desire to win. He immediately showed how strong he was, so the group around him felt compelled to be up to the task. When you have such a strong leader, it gives everyone a boost”.
Complete results:
164.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.103 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 3hr 34min 13sec |
| 2 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 4 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 5 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 6 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 7 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 8 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 9 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 10 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 11 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 12 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 13 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 14 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 15 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 17 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 18 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 19 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 20 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 22 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 23 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 24 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 25 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 26 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 27 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 28 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 29 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 30 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 31 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 33 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 34 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 35 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 36 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 37 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 39 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 40 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 41 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 42 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 43 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 44 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 46 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 47 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 48 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 49 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 50 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 51 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 53 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 54 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 55 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 56 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 57 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | s.t. |
| 58 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | s.t. |
| 59 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | @16 sec |
| 60 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 61 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 18 |
| 62 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 22 |
| 63 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 29 |
| 64 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | 31 |
| 65 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 66 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 43 |
| 67 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 68 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 69 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 70 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 71 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 72 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 73 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 74 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 75 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 49 |
| 76 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 52 |
| 77 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:12 |
| 78 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 1:16 |
| 79 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:18 |
| 80 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 81 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 82 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 83 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 84 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 85 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 1:21 |
| 86 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 1:34 |
| 87 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | 1:36 |
| 88 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 89 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 90 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 1:40 |
| 91 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:45 |
| 92 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 1:54 |
| 93 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | @ 0sec |
| 95 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:54 |
| 96 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 97 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:56 |
| 98 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 99 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 100 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | 2:22 |
| 101 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 2:27 |
| 102 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 103 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:45 |
| 104 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | 3:14 |
| 105 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 106 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 107 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 108 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:16 |
| 109 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 110 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 111 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 3:46 |
| 112 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | 4:51 |
| 113 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 7:25 |
| 114 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 115 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 116 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 117 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 8:46 |
| 118 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 119 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 120 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
Final GC after stage 5:
- Final GC leader: Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ)
- Mountains classification winner: Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto-Soudal)
- Points classification winner: Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ)
- Best young rider: Thibault Guernalec (Arkea-Samsic)
- Team classification winner: CCC team
671.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.796 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 15hr 18min 59sec |
| 2 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | 32 |
| 4 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | 39 |
| 5 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 45 |
| 6 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 7 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | 59 |
| 8 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 1:03 |
| 9 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 1:10 |
| 10 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:12 |
| 11 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:15 |
| 13 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | 1:24 |
| 14 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:27 |
| 15 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | 1:32 |
| 16 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:39 |
| 17 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:49 |
| 18 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | 1:50 |
| 19 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 1:51 |
| 20 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | 1:58 |
| 21 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:11 |
| 22 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | 2:12 |
| 24 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | 2:15 |
| 25 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | 2:30 |
| 26 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 2:31 |
| 27 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | 2:33 |
| 28 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | 2:48 |
| 29 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 2:49 |
| 30 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:52 |
| 31 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:58 |
| 32 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 2:59 |
| 33 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:00 |
| 34 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 3:03 |
| 35 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | 3:14 |
| 36 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | 3:23 |
| 37 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 3:24 |
| 38 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | 3:28 |
| 39 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | 3:30 |
| 40 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:32 |
| 41 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 3:38 |
| 42 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | 3:46 |
| 43 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:49 |
| 44 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | 3:57 |
| 45 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | 4:03 |
| 46 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:04 |
| 47 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 4:05 |
| 48 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 4:06 |
| 49 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 4:08 |
| 50 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 4:10 |
| 51 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:12 |
| 52 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 4:14 |
| 53 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:18 |
| 54 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:46 |
| 55 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | 4:55 |
| 56 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 4:58 |
| 57 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:20 |
| 58 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 5:22 |
| 59 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:23 |
| 60 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:30 |
| 61 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 5:45 |
| 62 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | 5:54 |
| 63 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | 5:59 |
| 64 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 6:07 |
| 65 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | 6:24 |
| 66 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 6:28 |
| 67 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 6:32 |
| 68 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 6:50 |
| 69 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | 6:53 |
| 70 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | 6:54 |
| 71 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | 7:05 |
| 72 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 7:32 |
| 73 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:37 |
| 74 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 7:45 |
| 75 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 8:09 |
| 76 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 77 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 8:15 |
| 78 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 8:23 |
| 79 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9:05 |
| 80 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 9:07 |
| 81 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | 9:09 |
| 82 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | 9:13 |
| 83 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | 9:21 |
| 84 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | 9:41 |
| 85 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 9:44 |
| 86 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 9:48 |
| 87 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 10:09 |
| 88 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 10:22 |
| 89 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | 10:40 |
| 90 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 11:00 |
| 91 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 11:06 |
| 92 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 11:17 |
| 93 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:21 |
| 94 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | 12:29 |
| 95 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 12:52 |
| 96 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | 13:15 |
| 97 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 13:27 |
| 98 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | 13:29 |
| 99 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 13:37 |
| 100 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 101 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:05 |
| 102 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 14:08 |
| 103 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 14:30 |
| 104 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:36 |
| 105 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | 15:49 |
| 106 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | 17:02 |
| 107 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 17:19 |
| 108 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 19:16 |
| 109 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 19:17 |
| 110 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | 20:22 |
| 111 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 21:06 |
| 112 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 21:16 |
| 113 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 23:16 |
| 114 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 23:55 |
| 115 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 24:07 |
| 116 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 25:18 |
| 117 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 26:44 |
| 118 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 27:41 |
| 119 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | 29:20 |
| 120 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 32:52 |
Saturday, August 29: Stage 4, Futuroscope - Jaunay Marigny, 22.5 km individual time trial
Stage winner and new GC leader Josef Cerny on his way to winning stage four.
The race: Here is the report from stage winner Josef Cerny's CCC Team.
Josef Cerný, a now two-time Czech national time trial champion, proved his strength and speed when racing against the clock at Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine today, securing the stage win by an impressive 17 seconds over the next-placed rider and moving into the leader’s jersey.
Cerný quickly settled into his rhythm out on the 22.5-kilometer course, setting the best time at the intermediate checkpoint by six seconds before extending his lead further over the second half of the race and crossing the line in 26 minutes and one second.
This time would ultimately be enough to see Cerný seal victory and move into the white jersey of the race leader ahead of the final stage but with just one second separating him from Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ) and another predicted bunch sprint with bonus seconds on the line tomorrow, it’s still all to play for at the race.
CCC Team’s two American riders, Joey Rosskopf and Will Barta, who spent time in the hot seat himself, also showed their time trialing prowess out on the course, eventually finishing a very solid fourth and seventh respectively.
Interview with Josef Cerný:
Congratulations, Josef. How are you feeling after today’s victory?
“I feel great and I am really happy to get this win today for the team. It also felt amazing to get a victory in my national champions skinsuit. I definitely felt like that gave me more power today. The course was mostly flat but the wind was strong with a headwind/crosswind in the first part and then more of a tailwind at the end which I was able to take advantage of and really leave it all out on the road.”
You came into the race off the back of your win at the National Championships, were you feeling confident ahead of the time trial here?
“I was definitely feeling confident in my form off the back of my win last week. I knew that after that I would be really well-prepared for this time trial and I thought I would be able to win here but you never know 100 percent. I also knew that, as a team, we had a really strong group for this stage so it was great to have Joey finishing fourth and Will seventh today. We proved that we were the best TT team here.”
Heading into the final stage, you now lead the General Classification by one second. What are your expectations for tomorrow’s race?
“It won’t be easy to hold onto the jersey with Démare just one second behind but we will try our best and we also have some cards to play with Joey sitting third overall. It was a little bit of a pity that we weren’t able to do more in the first stages but we definitely made up for that today and I think we can fight hard tomorrow and hopefully make a good result in the end.”
Sports Director, Valerio Piva:
“It goes without saying that I am really happy with today’s result. We knew coming into this time trial that we had some strong riders who could challenge for victory today and in the end, we finished with three in the top ten and Josef on top. It was an excellent result and I’m happy with the performance of all three guys, Josef, Joey, and Will.”
“We had a tactic from the beginning to try to race for some bonus seconds as well as making sure Josef, Joey, and Will didn’t lose any time on any of the stages. We were able to do that and today, I think, we did a perfect race. We were really well-prepared for it with Marco Pinotti, the best in terms of time trials, here and everyone was really motivated. Josef did a really great job and he was very strong, setting the best intermediate time as well as the best time at the finish line.”
“Josef now has the jersey ahead of Démare by one second and Joey is third on the General Classification which is great. Tomorrow is another stage where Démare will be the favorite and with 10 seconds bonus on the finish line it could be difficult however, we got the victory today and we will enjoy it before seeing what is possible tomorrow.”
Complete results:
22.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.890 km/hr
| 1 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | 26min 1sec |
| 2 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 17sec |
| 3 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 21 |
| 4 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | 25 |
| 5 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | 26 |
| 6 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | 27 |
| 7 | William Barta | CCC Team | 37 |
| 8 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | 38 |
| 9 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | 40 |
| 10 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 11 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 44 |
| 12 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 51 |
| 13 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 55 |
| 14 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 58 |
| 15 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 59 |
| 16 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | 1:03 |
| 17 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:04 |
| 18 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:05 |
| 19 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 20 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | 1:07 |
| 21 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | 1:13 |
| 22 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:15 |
| 23 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | 1:18 |
| 24 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | 1:20 |
| 25 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 26 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | 1:23 |
| 27 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 1:30 |
| 28 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | 1:33 |
| 29 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 30 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | 1:39 |
| 31 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:42 |
| 32 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 33 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 1:46 |
| 34 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:49 |
| 35 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 1:52 |
| 36 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:55 |
| 37 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:59 |
| 38 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 2:01 |
| 39 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 40 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | 2:02 |
| 41 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 42 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 43 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | 2:03 |
| 44 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:05 |
| 45 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 46 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 2:08 |
| 47 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | 2:09 |
| 48 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:10 |
| 49 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:11 |
| 51 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:16 |
| 52 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 53 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | 2:19 |
| 54 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | 2:21 |
| 55 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 2:22 |
| 56 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:23 |
| 57 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 2:24 |
| 58 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:25 |
| 59 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:27 |
| 60 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 61 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 2:28 |
| 62 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 63 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 64 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 2:29 |
| 65 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:31 |
| 66 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 2:33 |
| 67 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 2:35 |
| 68 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 2:37 |
| 69 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 70 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 71 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | 2:39 |
| 72 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:40 |
| 73 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 2:42 |
| 74 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 75 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 2:45 |
| 76 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 2:50 |
| 77 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 2:53 |
| 78 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:57 |
| 79 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 80 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | 2:59 |
| 81 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | 2:59 |
| 82 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | 3:00 |
| 83 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:01 |
| 84 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | 3:02 |
| 85 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 3:03 |
| 86 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:04 |
| 87 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:10 |
| 88 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 89 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 90 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:12 |
| 91 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:14 |
| 92 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:15 |
| 93 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | 3:16 |
| 94 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 3:20 |
| 95 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 3:21 |
| 96 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | 3:22 |
| 97 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 3:23 |
| 98 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | 3:25 |
| 99 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:29 |
| 100 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | 3:34 |
| 101 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | 3:38 |
| 102 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 103 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 104 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | 3:45 |
| 105 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:46 |
| 106 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | 3:47 |
| 107 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:51 |
| 108 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:52 |
| 109 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 3:54 |
| 110 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:57 |
| 111 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | 4:00 |
| 112 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 4:05 |
| 113 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 4:08 |
| 114 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 4:11 |
| 115 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:14 |
| 116 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 4:17 |
| 117 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:25 |
| 118 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 4:27 |
| 119 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 4:30 |
| 120 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 4:35 |
| 121 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 122 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:40 |
| 123 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:45 |
| 124 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:54 |
| 125 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | 5:14 |
| 126 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 5:47 |
| 127 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 6:04 |
| 128 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 6:42 |
GC after stage 4:
506.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.117 km/hr
| 1 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | 11hr 44min 58sec |
| 2 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | @ 1sec |
| 3 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | 20 |
| 4 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | 27 |
| 5 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 33 |
| 6 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 7 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | 47 |
| 8 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 51 |
| 9 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 58 |
| 10 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:00 |
| 11 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:03 |
| 13 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | 1:07 |
| 14 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | 1:12 |
| 15 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:15 |
| 16 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | 1:20 |
| 17 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:27 |
| 18 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 1:39 |
| 19 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:41 |
| 20 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | 1:46 |
| 21 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:59 |
| 22 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | 2:00 |
| 24 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | 2:03 |
| 25 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:05 |
| 26 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | 2:15 |
| 27 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | 2:18 |
| 28 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 2:20 |
| 29 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | 2:21 |
| 30 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | 2:28 |
| 31 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:31 |
| 32 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | 2:36 |
| 33 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 2:37 |
| 34 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:39 |
| 35 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:40 |
| 36 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:42 |
| 37 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:46 |
| 38 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 2:47 |
| 39 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 2:51 |
| 40 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 2:52 |
| 41 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | 3:02 |
| 42 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 3:06 |
| 43 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | 3:11 |
| 44 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:13 |
| 45 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | 3:16 |
| 46 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | 3:18 |
| 47 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 3:19 |
| 48 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:20 |
| 49 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 3:26 |
| 50 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | 3:31 |
| 51 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:33 |
| 52 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | 3:34 |
| 53 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:37 |
| 54 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 3:40 |
| 55 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | 3:45 |
| 56 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:49 |
| 57 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | 3:51 |
| 58 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:52 |
| 59 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 3:53 |
| 60 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 3:54 |
| 61 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:00 |
| 62 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:06 |
| 63 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:09 |
| 64 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:28 |
| 65 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:34 |
| 66 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | 4:36 |
| 67 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | 4:43 |
| 68 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 69 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 4:46 |
| 70 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:54 |
| 71 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:08 |
| 72 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 5:10 |
| 73 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 5:26 |
| 74 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | 5:47 |
| 75 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 5:59 |
| 76 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 6:00 |
| 77 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 6:02 |
| 78 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 6:21 |
| 79 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 6:38 |
| 80 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | 6:41 |
| 81 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | 6:42 |
| 82 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 6:45 |
| 83 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 6:53 |
| 84 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | 6:59 |
| 85 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | 7:19 |
| 86 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 7:20 |
| 87 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:35 |
| 88 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 7:37 |
| 89 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | 7:39 |
| 90 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | 7:57 |
| 91 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 8:21 |
| 92 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 93 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 8:27 |
| 94 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | 8:46 |
| 95 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 8:47 |
| 96 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 8:54 |
| 97 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9:13 |
| 98 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 9:32 |
| 99 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | 9:45 |
| 100 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 10:17 |
| 101 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 10:46 |
| 102 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | 10:55 |
| 103 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:57 |
| 104 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | 11:59 |
| 105 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 12:03 |
| 106 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | 12:20 |
| 107 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12:28 |
| 108 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 12:57 |
| 109 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 13:25 |
| 110 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | 14:54 |
| 111 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 15:42 |
| 112 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 16:18 |
| 113 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 16:30 |
| 114 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | 16:56 |
| 115 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 17:24 |
| 116 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 17:40 |
| 117 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:48 |
| 118 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 18:22 |
| 119 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 20:04 |
| 120 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | 20:22 |
| 121 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 22:21 |
| 122 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 22:35 |
| 123 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 26:32 |
| 124 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 27:08 |
| 125 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 28:23 |
| 126 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 29:45 |
| 127 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 32:24 |
| 128 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 37:07 |
Saturday, August 29: Stage 3, Chasseneuil du Poitou - Jaunay Marigny, 97.9 km
Sander Armée has time to sit up and enjoy his win.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sander Armée's Lotto-Soudal team.
Sander Armée has won the third stage in the Tour Poitou-Charentes. In Jaunay-Marigny the 34-year-old Belgian successfully finished off a breakaway with teammate Harm Vanhoucke and the Spanish rider Irisarri. After exemplary teamwork Armée narrowly resisted the sprinting peloton. Vanhoucke finished 9th and strengthened his lead in the mountain classification during the stage.
Sander Armée:
“Harm and I accelerated immediately after the start. The Spanish rider Irisarri joined our breakaway. It was a short stage of 98 kilometers, so the plan was to ride as hard as possible and then see where the ship lands. Harm also collected important points for the KOM classification. We never got much of an advantage, but we managed to keep the two minute gap surprisingly well. With 30 kilometers to go we passed the finish for the last time. At that moment we really started to believe in the stage victory.”
“I knew the peloton was faster than us on the flat sections, but on the many climbs we rode a very fast pace. I still felt quite good in the final. Harm and I decided to take turns attacking, but Irisarri turned out to be stronger than I expected. Fortunately, I had one cartouche left with one kilometer to go. I accelerated and had a gap on the others. In the end I resisted the peloton with a few seconds. That way I could still enjoy the last hectometres.”
“I usually ride in service of the team. When I get the chance to go for a win, it feels great to be able to finish it off. I don't win often, but when I win, it is always a nice victory.”
Complete results:
97.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.766 km/hr
| 1 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 2hr 11min 13sec |
| 2 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 5 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 6 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 7 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 9 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 10 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 13 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 14 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 15 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 17 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 20 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 22 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 23 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 24 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 25 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 26 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 27 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 28 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 29 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 31 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 32 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 33 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 34 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 35 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 36 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 37 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 38 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 39 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 12 |
| 40 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 41 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 42 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 44 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 45 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 46 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 47 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 48 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 49 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 50 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 51 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 52 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 53 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 54 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 55 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 56 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 57 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 58 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 59 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 60 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 61 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 62 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 63 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 64 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 65 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 66 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 67 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 24 |
| 68 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | 28 |
| 69 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | 32 |
| 70 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 71 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 36 |
| 72 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 73 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 74 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 75 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 76 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 77 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 78 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 79 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 80 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 41 |
| 81 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 82 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | 43 |
| 83 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 84 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 47 |
| 85 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 86 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 54 |
| 87 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 58 |
| 88 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 89 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:01 |
| 90 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 1:05 |
| 91 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 92 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 93 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:10 |
| 94 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 1:24 |
| 95 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 96 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 97 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 1:35 |
| 98 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 99 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 100 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:43 |
| 101 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:48 |
| 102 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:56 |
| 103 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 2:41 |
| 104 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 4:01 |
| 105 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 106 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:28 |
| 107 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 108 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 109 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | s.t. |
| 110 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 111 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 112 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 113 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 115 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 116 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 117 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 118 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 119 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 120 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 4:43 |
| 121 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 5:45 |
| 122 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 5:49 |
| 123 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 124 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | 5:56 |
| 125 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | 5:56 |
| 126 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 127 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 8:54 |
| 128 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 9:22 |
GC after stage 4:
484.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.781 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 11hr 18min 37sec |
| 2 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 15 |
| 4 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 16 |
| 6 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | 20 |
| 7 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 8 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 9 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 10 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 11 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 13 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 14 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 15 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 16 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 17 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 18 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 19 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 20 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 22 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 23 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 24 |
| 24 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | 25 |
| 25 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | 27 |
| 26 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | 29 |
| 27 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 28 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 29 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 30 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 31 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 32 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 33 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 34 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 32 |
| 36 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 34 |
| 37 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 38 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 39 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 40 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 36 |
| 41 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 43 |
| 42 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 43 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 44 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 45 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 47 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 48 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 49 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 50 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 51 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 52 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 53 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 53 |
| 55 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 56 |
| 57 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 58 |
| 58 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | 59 |
| 59 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | 1:02 |
| 60 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 1:03 |
| 61 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 62 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 1:04 |
| 63 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:07 |
| 64 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 65 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 1:11 |
| 66 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | 1:12 |
| 67 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:16 |
| 68 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | 1:18 |
| 69 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:23 |
| 70 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:36 |
| 71 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:41 |
| 72 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 1:53 |
| 73 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 2:06 |
| 74 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 2:53 |
| 75 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 3:03 |
| 76 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:12 |
| 77 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 78 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:04 |
| 79 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 4:30 |
| 80 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 4:32 |
| 81 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 4:57 |
| 82 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | 4:59 |
| 83 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 84 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | 5:14 |
| 85 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 86 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 5:20 |
| 87 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 5:21 |
| 88 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | 5:29 |
| 89 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 5:41 |
| 90 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 5:53 |
| 91 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 5:59 |
| 92 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | 6:00 |
| 93 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | 6:07 |
| 94 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 95 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 96 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 6:10 |
| 97 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:18 |
| 98 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | 6:27 |
| 99 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | 6:55 |
| 100 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 6:59 |
| 101 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 9:04 |
| 102 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | 9:14 |
| 103 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:00 |
| 104 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 105 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 10:06 |
| 106 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 10:21 |
| 107 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 10:34 |
| 108 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | 10:35 |
| 109 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 110 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 11:00 |
| 111 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | 11:27 |
| 112 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 12:05 |
| 113 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 12:39 |
| 114 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 12:55 |
| 115 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 13:04 |
| 116 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | 13:51 |
| 117 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 14:54 |
| 118 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 16:18 |
| 119 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 17:55 |
| 120 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | 19:24 |
| 121 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 20:33 |
| 122 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 22:01 |
| 123 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 23:23 |
| 124 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24:15 |
| 125 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 24:18 |
| 126 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 26:57 |
| 127 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 30:07 |
| 128 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 32:52 |
Friday, August 28: Stage 2, Royan - Echire, 186.3 km
Arnaud Demare makes it two in a row.
Weather at the finish city of Echire at 1:40 PM, local time: 21C (70F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain/thunderstorms during the afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Demare's Groupama-FDJ team.
And that makes it seven! On stage 2 of the Tour Poitou-Charentes on Friday, Arnaud Demare grabbed his seventh victory since the season restarted a month ago. Following on from his great past few weeks and his close victory on the opening stage, the Groupama-FDJ’s sprinter took a convincing win today. He also strengthens his first place on GC before a crucial day on Saturday, which will feature a road stage in the morning and a time trial in the afternoon.
Although the breakaway took shape after only five minutes on Friday in the second stage leading to Echire, the start was not that peaceful. “We were quite worried about the wind today, because it was quite straight and there was a strong side wind at the start,” explained Frederic Guesdon. “In the end, there was a lot of tension for nothing as it never really split. It was still a hard race and some may probably have felt it at the back. As far as we were concerned, we had decided to race in front, since we had the leader’s jersey and wanted the stage win. We always had to be careful and the nervousness made it quite difficult at some points”. While Laurens De Vreese (Astana), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Damien Gaudin (Total-Direct Energie) built up a lead of three to four minutes, Groupama-FDJ with Hugo Page and the Deceuninck-Quick Step came to set up a decent pace at the head of the bunch. “When it was not a side wind, it was a tailwind, so the average speed might be quite high,” said Frederic Guesdon.
The peloton proved to be cautious today and came back only two minutes behind the breakaway with 50 kilometers to go. The gap even reduced to one minute when they first crossed the line, 33 kilometers from the finish. “There was a real risk of echelons, so we remained very attentive”, said Arnaud Demare. “It got tense at times, but it never broke apart. There wasn’t a strong enough team. We wanted to save ourselves for the final, but there was not enough wind to make it hard either. In any case, Hugo and Kono made a big effort to get back on the break that included some big rouleurs.” Gaudin and Gougeard, the last men standing, were then caught with about ten kilometers to cover. As on the day before, Groupama-FDJ kept control in anticipation of the sprint, which proved to be much better prepared than on the opening day. “It went very well,” confirmed Frederic. “Ramon was feeling a little better than yesterday. He wasn’t happy with himself after the first stage. He had a good night’s sleep and I think he was much better today. So it worked as they wanted”.
The French champion, the lead-out train’s last piece, echoed his sports director. “In the finale, we put everything back in order, as it should be”, he said. “It was not like yesterday, where we kind of failed. Today we really did a perfect lead-out train. It was a bit of a rough finish, so we took the lead with two kilometers to go with Benjamin and Miles, who did a big job. We passed the roundabouts in the first positions, very quickly, and we could even come out of them with a small gap behind Ramon. Then, Jacopo launched me into the last turn, at 300 meters. We were 1-2 in the corner and there was already a small gap. I did my sprint and it was another victory at the end. It’s perfect”. “We were happy yesterday, but the guys were still disappointed with their work in the finale,” added Frederic. “Today everything went well so they were much happier at the finish.”
That makes it then two out of two for Arnaud Demare, who is again expected tomorrow morning for a likely sprint finish at Jaunay-Marigny, after almost a hundred kilometers of racing. These hundred kilometers will be followed by another 22,5 in individual time trial in the afternoon. “Tomorrow morning’s stage suits Arnaud again, so if we can win it, we’ll do everything we can to do so”, says Frederic. “Then he will have to do a great time trial, but with the shape he’s got at the moment, he shouldn’t be far anyway. If he can win in the morning, that would already give him about twenty seconds on his closest rival and he shouldn’t waste that much time on 22 kilometers.” Also, the team has another guy on GC with Benjamin Thomas, silver medallist in the last French time trial championship, currently sitting sixth overall at 18 seconds. “Benji has also grabbed a few seconds here and there, so he is also in contention for the general”, concluded Arnaud Demare, who’s been a winner seven times over the last 23 days.
Complete results:
186.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.124 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 7min 43sec |
| 2 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 4 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 5 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 7 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 8 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 9 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 10 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 11 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 12 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 13 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 15 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 16 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 17 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 18 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 19 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 20 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 21 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 22 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 23 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 24 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 25 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 26 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 28 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 29 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 30 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 32 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 33 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 35 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 36 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 39 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 40 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 41 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 42 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 43 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 44 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 45 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | @ 12sec |
| 46 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 47 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 48 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 49 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 50 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 14 |
| 51 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 52 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 53 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 54 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 55 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 56 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 57 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 58 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 59 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 60 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 61 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 62 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | s.t. |
| 63 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 64 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 65 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 66 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 68 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 69 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | s.t. |
| 71 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 72 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 73 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 74 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 75 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 76 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 77 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 78 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 79 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 80 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 81 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 82 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 83 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 84 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 85 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 86 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 87 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 88 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 89 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 90 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 91 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 92 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 93 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 94 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 95 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 96 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 97 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | s.t. |
| 98 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 99 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 100 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 25 |
| 101 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 34 |
| 102 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 36 |
| 103 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 37 |
| 104 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 44 |
| 105 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 50 |
| 106 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 107 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 53 |
| 108 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 59 |
| 109 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | @ 0sec |
| 110 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | 3:45 |
| 111 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 112 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 113 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 114 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 5:49 |
| 115 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 5:54 |
| 116 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 117 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 6:33 |
| 118 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 119 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 120 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 121 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 122 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 123 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 124 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 125 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 126 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 6:38 |
| 127 | Jonas Van Genechten | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 128 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:24 |
| 129 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9:38 |
| 130 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 18:41 |
GC after stage 2:
386.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.335 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 9hr 7min 21sec |
| 2 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 15 |
| 4 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | 16 |
| 6 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | 18 |
| 7 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | 20 |
| 8 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 9 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 10 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 11 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 12 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 13 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 15 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 16 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 17 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 18 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 19 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 22 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 23 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 24 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 25 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 26 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 27 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 28 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 30 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 31 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 32 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 33 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 34 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 35 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 36 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 37 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 26 |
| 38 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | 27 |
| 39 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | 28 |
| 40 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 32 |
| 41 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 42 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 43 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 44 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | 33 |
| 45 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 34 |
| 46 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 47 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 48 | Riccardo Minali | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 49 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 50 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 51 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 53 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 54 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | s.t. |
| 55 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 56 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 57 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 58 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 59 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 60 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 62 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 63 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 65 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 66 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 67 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 68 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 69 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 70 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 71 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 72 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 73 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 74 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 75 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 76 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 77 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 78 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 56 |
| 79 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 80 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 1:02 |
| 81 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 1:03 |
| 82 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | 1:04 |
| 83 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:13 |
| 84 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:16 |
| 85 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:19 |
| 86 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 1:31 |
| 87 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 1:34 |
| 88 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:05 |
| 89 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | 4:30 |
| 90 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 4:55 |
| 91 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | 5:14 |
| 92 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 5:20 |
| 93 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 95 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 96 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | 5:34 |
| 97 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 98 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 99 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 100 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 101 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 102 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 6:09 |
| 103 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | 6:10 |
| 104 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 105 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 6:26 |
| 106 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 6:53 |
| 107 | Jonas Van Genechten | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 6:58 |
| 108 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:15 |
| 109 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | 9:05 |
| 110 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 111 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 9:06 |
| 112 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9:26 |
| 113 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 114 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 115 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | 11:03 |
| 116 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 11:14 |
| 117 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 11:32 |
| 118 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 119 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | 11:53 |
| 120 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 121 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 13:30 |
| 122 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | 13:31 |
| 123 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 13:33 |
| 124 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 17:36 |
| 125 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 17:37 |
| 126 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:50 |
| 127 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 22:32 |
| 128 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | 23:16 |
| 129 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 24:01 |
| 130 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 26:09 |
Thursday, August 27: Stage 1, Montmoreau - Royan, 199.9 km
Arnaud Demare takes the first stage.
Weather at the finish city of Royan at 1:45 PM, local time: 24C (75F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 5%-15% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Alvaro Hodeg's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Alvaro Hodeg came again close to breaking the ice this season, only to be denied after the jury had to resort to the photo finish at the end of the 199.9km-long stage 1 of Tour Poitou-Charentes, between Montmoreau and Royan.
After a tumultuous first 50 kilometers, which witnessed countless attacks of the riders that were keen on spending the day in the breakaway, three men finally managed to get clear and forge a five-minute maximum advantage. Deceuninck – Quick-Step was one of the teams to control the gap, the likes of Iljo Keisse and Stijn Steels making sure that the trio up the road lived on borrowed time.
Inside the final ten kilometers, just as they left behind the last intermediate sprint of the day, the escapees were reabsorbed by the peloton, where our team continued to remain a prominent presence. Shane Archbold and Bert Van Lerberghe provided a strong lead-out train to Alvaro, who kicked out with 200 meters to go and delivered a strong sprint, being beaten into second only by Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) by a tire-width. This result garnered Hodeg a trip to the podium, where the 23-year-old Colombian collected the race’s first best young rider jersey.
Complete Results:
199.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.984 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 59min 58sec |
| 2 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 4 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 6 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 7 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 8 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Tom Devriendt | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 10 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 11 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 12 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 13 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 14 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 16 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 17 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 18 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 19 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 20 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 21 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 23 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 24 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 25 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 26 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 28 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Lasse Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 30 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 31 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 32 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 33 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 34 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 35 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 36 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 37 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 38 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 39 | Jonas Van Genechten | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 40 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 42 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 43 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 44 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | s.t. |
| 45 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 46 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 47 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 48 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 49 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 50 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 51 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 52 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 53 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 54 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 55 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 56 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 57 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 58 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 59 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 60 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 61 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 62 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 63 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 64 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 65 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | s.t. |
| 66 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 67 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 68 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 70 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 71 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 72 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 74 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 75 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 76 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 77 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 78 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 79 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 80 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 82 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 83 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 84 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 85 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 86 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 87 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | @ 12sec |
| 88 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 22 |
| 89 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 28 |
| 90 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 34 |
| 91 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 36 |
| 92 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 43 |
| 93 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 47 |
| 94 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 1:00 |
| 95 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 2:16 |
| 96 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:37 |
| 97 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:10 |
| 98 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 99 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 100 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 101 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:39 |
| 102 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 103 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 5:00 |
| 104 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 105 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 106 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 107 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 108 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 109 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 110 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 111 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 112 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 113 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 114 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 115 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 116 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 117 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 118 | Maximilien Picoux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 119 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 120 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 122 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 123 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 124 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 5:52 |
| 125 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:52 |
| 126 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 127 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 128 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 129 | Louis Louvet | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 11:19 |
| 130 | Jeremy Bellicaud | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 12:57 |
| 131 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 132 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 133 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 134 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 16:18 |
| 135 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 136 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 137 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 19:16 |
GC after stage 1:
| 1 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 59min 48sec |
| 2 | Alvaro Hodeg | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5 |
| 4 | Joey Rosskopf | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 6 |
| 6 | Benjamin Thomas | Groupama-FDJ | 9 |
| 7 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Astana | s.t. |
| 8 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 10 |
| 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 11 | Jordan Levasseur | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 12 | Matteo Malucelli | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Tom Devriendt | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 14 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 15 | Thomas Boudat | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 16 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 17 | Marco Benfatto | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 18 | Szymon Sajnok | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 20 | Mikel Aristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 21 | Tobias Kongstad | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 22 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 23 | Ben Tulett | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 24 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | Enrico Battaglin | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 26 | Laurens De Vreese | Astana | s.t. |
| 27 | Florian Maitre | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 28 | Tony Hurel | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 29 | Christoffer Lisson | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 30 | Gijs Van Hoecke | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 32 | Petr Vakoc | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 33 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 34 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana | s.t. |
| 35 | Corne Van Kessel | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 36 | Pierre Barbier | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 37 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 38 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 39 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 40 | Frederik Backaert | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 41 | Jonas Van Genechten | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 42 | Josef Cerny | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Emil Vinjebo | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 44 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 45 | François Bidard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 46 | Hernando Bohorquez | Astana | s.t. |
| 47 | Fabio Mazzucco | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 48 | Elmar Reinders | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 49 | Ian Garrison | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 50 | Iuri Filosi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 51 | Bert De Backer | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 52 | Stan Dewulf | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 53 | Luka Pibernik | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 54 | Yoann Paillot | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 55 | Julius Johansen | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 56 | Damien Gaudin | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 57 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 58 | Alexis Gougeard | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 59 | Aritz Bagues | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 60 | Thomas Degand | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 61 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 62 | Jeremy Leveau | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 63 | Syver Wærsted | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 64 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 65 | Brian Van Goethem | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 66 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 67 | Ivan Centrone | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 68 | William Barta | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Samuel Leroux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 70 | Heinrich Haussler | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 71 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 72 | Jonas Gregaard | Astana | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexandre Geniez | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 74 | Lars Saugstad | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 75 | Jon Irisarri | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 76 | Stephane Rossetto | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 77 | Simon Sellier | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 78 | Alessandro Pessot | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 79 | Julien Antomarchi | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 80 | Jonathan Dibben | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | Enrico Zanoncello | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 82 | Romain Le Roux | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 83 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 84 | Davide Martinelli | Astana | s.t. |
| 85 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 86 | Grega Bole | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 87 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 22 |
| 88 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 32 |
| 89 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 38 |
| 90 | Bram Welten | Arkea-Samsic | 44 |
| 91 | Antonio Angulo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 46 |
| 92 | James Shaw | Riwal Securitas | 53 |
| 93 | Stijn Steels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 57 |
| 94 | Danill Fominykh | Astana | 1:10 |
| 95 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto-Soudal | 2:23 |
| 96 | Hector Saez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:45 |
| 97 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:20 |
| 98 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 99 | Jeremy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 100 | Frederik Rodenberg | Uno-X Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 101 | Anthony Maldonado | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 4:49 |
| 102 | Bryan Alaphilippe | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 103 | Hugo Page | Groupama-FDJ | 5:10 |
| 104 | Marco Mathis | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 105 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 106 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 107 | Giovanni Lonardi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 108 | Fernando Barcelo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 109 | Baptiste Bleier | St. Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 110 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 111 | Ivan Garcia | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 112 | Niki Terpstra | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 113 | Dzmitry Zhyhunou | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 114 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 115 | Marlon Gaillard | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 116 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 117 | Benoit Jarrier | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 118 | Maximilien Picoux | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 119 | Emiel Vermeulen | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 120 | Francisco Ventoso | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Jose Goncalves | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 122 | Alfdan De Decker | Circus-Wanty Gobert | s.t. |
| 123 | Matis Louvel | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 124 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 6:02 |
| 125 | Harry Tanfield | Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:02 |
| 126 | Julen Irizar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 127 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 128 | Atsushi Oka | Nippo-Delko Provence | s.t. |
| 129 | Louis Louvet | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 11:29 |
| 130 | Morne Van Niekerk | St. Michel-Auber 93 | 13:06 |
| 131 | Jeremy Bellicaud | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 13:07 |
| 132 | Diego Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 133 | Rasmus Quaade | Riwal Securitas | s.t. |
| 134 | Rasmus Iversen | Lotto-Soudal | 16:28 |
| 135 | Justin Mottier | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 136 | Matteo Pelucchi | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 137 | Ludwig De Winter | Circus-Wanty Gobert | 19:26 |
Start list with back numbers, August 26, 2020:
| COFIDIS | |
| 1 | ROSSETTO Stephane |
| 2 | BERHANE Natnael |
| 3 | BARCELO Fernando |
| 4 | LAFAY Victor |
| 5 | ZANONCELLO Enrico |
| 6 | MATHIS Marco |
| 7 | VIVIANI Attilio |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 11 | BIDARD François |
| 12 | DILLIER Silvan |
| 13 | GOUGEARD Alexis |
| 14 | GENIEZ Alexandre |
| 15 | GODON Dorian |
| 16 | VENDRAME Andrea |
| 17 | TANFIELD Harry |
| GROUPAMA - FDJ | |
| 21 | ARMIRAIL Bruno |
| 22 | DEMARE Arnaud |
| 23 | GUARNIERI Jacopo |
| 24 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas |
| 25 | SCOTSON Miles |
| 26 | SINKELDAM Ramon |
| 27 | THOMAS Benjamin |
| ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
| 31 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos |
| 32 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 33 | FOMINYKH Daniil |
| 34 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
| 35 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 36 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 37 | ZAKHAROV Artyom |
| BAHRAIN-MCLAREN | |
| 41 | ARASHIRO Yukiya |
| 42 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 43 | BAUHAUS Phil |
| 44 | BOLE Grega |
| 45 | DAVIES Scott |
| 46 | INKELAAR Kevin |
| 47 | WILLIAMS Stephen |
| CCC TEAM | |
| 51 | BARTA William |
| 52 | BEVIN Patrick |
| 53 | CERNY Josef |
| 54 | ROSSKOPF Joseph |
| 55 | SAJNOK Szymon |
| 56 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 57 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume |
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| 61 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
| 62 | CAVAGNA Remi |
| 63 | GARRISON Ian |
| 64 | HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro |
| 65 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 66 | STEELS Stijn |
| 67 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| 71 | DEWULF Stan |
| 72 | DIBBEN Jonathan |
| 73 | IVERSEN Rasmus Byriel |
| 74 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 75 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
| 76 | ARMEE Sander |
| 77 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
| B&B HOTELS - CONCEPT VITAL | |
| 81 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| 82 | DE BACKER Bert |
| 83 | LE BON Johan |
| 84 | LECROQ Jeremy |
| 85 | MORICE Julien |
| 86 | MOZZATO Luca |
| 87 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas |
| NIPPO DELKO PROVENCE | |
| 91 | BARBIER Pierre |
| 92 | BEPPU Fumiyuki |
| 93 | GONÇALVES Jose |
| 94 | MINALI Riccardo |
| 95 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas |
| 96 | OKA Atsushi |
| 97 | SISKEVICIUS Evaldas |
| TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | |
| 101 | GUERNALEC Thibault |
| 102 | BOUDAT Thomas |
| 103 | OWSIAN Lukasz |
| 104 | LOUVEL Matis |
| 105 | GRONDIN Donovan |
| 106 | VACHON Florian |
| 107 | JARRIER Benoit |
| TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| 111 | CABOT Jeremy |
| 112 | GAILLARD Marlon |
| 113 | GAUDIN Damien |
| 114 | MAITRE Florian |
| 115 | MANZIN Lorrenzo |
| 116 | SELLIER Simon |
| 117 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| ALPECIN - FENIX | |
| 121 | VAKOC Petr |
| 122 | DE TIER Floris |
| 123 | JANSSENS Jimmy |
| 124 | KRIEGER Alexander |
| 125 | LEYSEN Senne |
| 126 | HANSEN Lasse Norman |
| 127 | TULETT Ben |
| BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE | |
| 131 | BENFATTO Marco |
| 132 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas |
| 133 | FILOSI Iuri |
| 134 | LONARDI Giovanni |
| 135 | MAZZUCCO Fabio |
| 136 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
| 137 | PESSOT Alessandro |
| CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | |
| 141 | MALUCELLI Matteo |
| 142 | MARTIN GALAN Sergio Roman |
| 143 | AULAR Orluis |
| 144 | BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz |
| 145 | IRISARRI RINCON Jon |
| 146 | NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel |
| 147 | SAEZ BENITO Hector |
| CIRCUS - WANTY GOBERT | |
| 151 | DE DECKER Alfdan |
| 152 | DE WINTER Ludwig |
| 153 | DEGAND Thomas |
| 154 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 155 | HERMANS Quinten |
| 156 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
| 157 | VAN KESSEL Corne |
| EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | |
| 161 | ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel |
| 162 | ANGULO Antonio |
| 163 | IRIZAR LASKURAIN Julen |
| 164 | ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel |
| 165 | JUARISTI Txomin |
| 166 | LOPEZ FUENTES Diego |
| 167 | ZHYHUNOU Dzmitry |
| RIWAL SECURITAS CYCLING TEAM | |
| 171 | BUDDING Martijn |
| 172 | VINJEBO Emil Nygaard |
| 173 | SHAW James |
| 174 | QUAADE Rasmus Christian |
| 175 | LISSON Christoffer |
| 176 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 177 | MØRCH KONGSTAD Tobias |
| UNO - X PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 181 | HOELGAARD Daniel |
| 182 | WAERSTED Syver |
| 183 | SKAARSETH Anders |
| 184 | SAUGSTAD Lars |
| 185 | RODENBERG MADSEN Frederik |
| 186 | JOHANSEN Julius |
| 187 | RESELL Erik Nordsaeter |
| NATURA4EVER-ROUBAIX-LILLE METROPOLE | |
| 191 | ANTOMARCHI Julien |
| 192 | LEVEAU Jeremy |
| 193 | CENTRONE Ivan |
| 194 | LEROUX Samuel |
| 195 | LEVASSEUR Jordan |
| 196 | PICOUX Maximilien |
| 197 | VERMEULEN Emiel |
| ST MICHEL - AUBER 93 | |
| 201 | ALAPHILIPPE Bryan |
| 202 | BLEIER Baptiste |
| 203 | CONSTANTIN Baptiste |
| 204 | GUILLONNET Adrien |
| 205 | HUREL Tony |
| 206 | LOUVET Louis |
| 207 | MALDONADO Anthony |