2022 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1), France

36th edition: August 23 - 26, 2022

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Friday, August 26: 4th & Final Stage, Mansle - Poitiers, 185.1 km

Lorenzo Manzin takes the final stage. Team Cofidis photo

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Weather at the finish city of Poitiers at 1:20 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Stefan Küng's Team Groupama-FDJ.

Second victory in two days for Stefan Küng. After winning the time trial and taking the lead in the overall rankings of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes on Thursday, the Swiss rider did not miss the opportunity to secure the GC win on Friday. The fifth and last stage proved to be lively at the start and at the finish, but the time trial specialist got a great support from hisGroupama-FDJ teammates before following the attacks himself in the closing kilometres.

Everything eventually came down to the sprint, where Paul Penhoët was able to take fourth while Stefan Küng maintained his place in the bunch to conclude this nice stay in Poitou-Charentes. The team now tallies 14 wins in 2022.

Stefan Küng took the start of the last stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes this Friday with a lead of twenty-one second. A small margin that had to be defended at all costs over the 185 kilometres towards the bumpy circuit of Poitiers.

It all started by letting the right breakaway go, which turned out to be very complex as the bunch fought for nearly fifty kilometres before a group could go away. “A lot of people wanted to be in the break, so the start was very fast,” said Stefan Küng. “It took a while for the break to go, but once it did, the composition was fine for us. So, we were able to manage it quite peacefully”. “There were sixty difficultkilometres for us, but we were mentally prepared for it”, added Frédéric Guesdon. “The primary goal was to let a small group go, hoping that there would not be a rider up in the GC. In this case, it was perfect. We did what we had to do in the first part of the race, and when the group of six went, we noticed that there was nobody dangerous for us. We were able to catch our breath and refocus on the final where we also expected to endure attacks”.

Anthony Roux and Tobias Ludvigsson first controlled the breakaway, whose best-placed rider was 3’14 behind Stefan Küng in the morning. The gap reached a maximum of 3’45, but it was already reduced to two minutes forty kilometres from the finish, when approaching the final circuit.

The first attacks came quite early, as soon as the first time up to the circuit’s climb (500m at 8%). “The climb hurt, but there was above all a crosswind at the top, so there was a big risk of splits,” explained Frédéric. “It was important to positionStefan at the bottom of the hill and then hang on as much as possible to hold on and stay close to him. We couldn’t leave him alone; he had a lot of opponents”.

The peloton still crossed the finish line for the first time all together, 1’30 from the breakaway. The gap was almost similar one loop later, entering the last lap, and Stefan Küng could still count on four teammates. However, in the very last climb of the race, with ten kilometres to go, the Swiss rider took things in his own hands. “We expected attacks in the final, and that’s what happened,” he said. “The guys paid a bit for the efforts they made in the last few days, but I had very good legs, so I was confident. My legs were so good that I thought about tryingsomething if it was hard enough, while making sure I wouldn’t be countered. You always need to find the right balance when you have the leader’s jersey. When you are second or third, you can leave it all on the road, because you have nothing to lose. When you are first, you need to manage your efforts well”.

“Stefan didn’t just show in the time trial that he was the strongest,” emphasized Frédéric. “Every time there were big moves, he was up there”. After following the offensives on the climb, and then the acceleration of Benjamin Thomas at the top, he secured his position and was able to have everything under control in the final.

In the closing kilometres, Erik Fetter tried to stay away from the bunch. However, the latter eventually got the better of the Hungarian in the final kilometre, and Paul Penhoët managed to sneak past to take fourth place on the day, just behind the winner Lorrenzo Manzin. “Paul was in the second group, and he joined Stefan’s group just two kilometres from the line”, added Frédéric. “He followed the sprinters, and as there was no more risk for the GC, he gave it a go in the sprint. This week he was second, third (although he was disqualified) and fourth. It shows he’s in the mix. It’s a good sign.”

Stefan Küng maintained his effort to the end to take fifteenth place on the stage, confirming his overall success for good. “We came hereto win the time trial and the overall with Stefan, and that’s what we managed to do”, said Frédéric. “Paul also showed great things in the sprint. It’s a very positive outcome.” “Even though I had had a very good season so far, I was missing a victory, so it’s nice to come back from this Tour du Poitou-Charentes with two wins,” Stefan concluded. “This bodes well for the rest of the season. I want to keep this good momentum going. This stage race did me good. I can’t wait to be in Plouay”.

Complete results:

185.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.150 km/hr

1	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	4hr 11min 33sec
2	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
6	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
7	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
11	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
12	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
17	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
18	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
19	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
25	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
27	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
33	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
37	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
43	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
48	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	@ 15sec
51	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:20
52	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	26
53	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	36
54	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	42
55	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	54
56	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:57
57	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:15
58	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
59	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
62	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
63	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
65	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
67	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
68	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
69	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
71	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
74	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:13
75	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	2:35
76	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:54
77	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
78	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:20
79	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
81	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
82	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
85	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
88	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:32
89	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
90	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
94	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
95	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
97	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
100	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
102	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
105	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
108	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
109	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
110	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
111	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
112	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	3:54
114	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	12:01
115	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:11

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification winner: Tord Gudmestad (Uno-X)
• Points classification winner: Marc Sarreau (Ag2r-Citroën)
• Best young rider: Kévin Vaquelin (Arkéa-Samsic)
• Teams classification winner: TotalEnergies

682.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.044 km/hr

1	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	15hr 30min 2sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 21sec
3	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	0:29
4	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:51
5	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
6	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:00
7	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:02
8	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
9	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:09
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
11	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:29
12	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:37
13	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:52
14	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:54
15	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:01
16	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:05
17	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:07
18	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	2:12
19	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	2:13
20	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:14
21	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	2:30
22	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	2:33
23	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:46
24	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:48
25	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:54
26	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	2:55
27	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:03
28	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:11
29	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:16
30	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:19
31	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:21
32	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:23
33	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:36
34	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:38
35	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:45
36	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47
37	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:51
38	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	3:55
39	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:58
40	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:59
41	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:12
42	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	4:18
43	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	4:20
44	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:25
45	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	4:27
47	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	4:28
48	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	4:29
49	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:36
50	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	4:51
51	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	4:54
52	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	5:04
53	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:22
54	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	5:29
55	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
56	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:32
57	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:42
58	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	5:45
59	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6:02
61	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:18
62	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	6:29
63	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:39
64	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	6:42
65	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	6:44
66	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:54
67	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	7:06
68	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	7:07
69	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:14
70	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:15
71	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:18
72	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:45
73	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	8:01
74	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:11
75	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:28
76	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	8:33
77	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	8:34
78	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:36
79	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	8:50
80	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	9:01
81	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	9:32
82	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:33
83	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	9:37
84	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	9:48
86	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	10:13
87	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	10:16
88	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	10:19
89	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:31
90	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:45
91	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	10:53
92	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	11:00
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	11:05
94	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	11:08
95	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	11:34
96	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	11:41
97	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:55
98	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:11
99	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	12:24
100	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:25
101	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:28
102	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	12:40
103	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	12:50
104	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	13:02
105	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	13:10
106	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	13:17
107	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	14:10
108	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	15:01
109	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	16:34
110	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	17:46
111	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	18:07
112	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	21:00
113	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:07
114	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	24:47
115	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	27:25

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Thursday, August 25: Stage 3b, Smarves - Vivonne 18.3 km individual time trial

Stefan Küng won stage 3b and is the new GC leader.

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The race: Here's the report from winner Stefan Küng's Team Groupama-FDJ.

The usual “double day” was on the menu in the Tour du Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine on Thursday, and it went quite well for Groupama-FDJ. On the morning stage, Paul Penhoët grabbed a nice second place in the sprint, thus setting his best result with the WorldTour team. In the afternoon, Stefan Küng totally met the expectations on the eighteen-kilometre time trial to conquer his first victory of the season, but also to take the race lead with one day to go.

In Nieuil-l’Espoir, it was better to be wide awake. The riders of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes were indeed expected at 9:30 a.m. on the start line for stage 3 of the event, featuring barely 90 kilometres. After only a few minutes, Jefferson Cepeda (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Gijs Van Hoecke (AG2R Citroën Team), Maxime Urruty (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) and Etienne Van Empel (China Glory Continental CT) establishedthe “morning” breakaway.

“The goal was for Stefan to arrive at the start of the time trial without having lost time, so we had to be careful and control the breakaway”, explained Frédéric Guesdon. “We also had the possibility, in the event of a sprint, to fight for the stage with Paul. The breakaway took three minutes, and we had to chase for it not to make it. Anthony Roux first pulled with the sprinters’ teams, then it was Clément Davy’s turn”.

“The guys controlled very well for Stefan”, confirmed Paul Penhoët. “In the final, we came on small roads with a climb that could be dangerous, and where it was not possible to move up. Everyone did a great job to putStefan in a good position there, and I was also well placed behind”.

The last categorized climb, barely 600 meters long, did no damage and the breakaway was caught five kilometres from the line, just before the second intermediate sprint. “We managed to do what we wanted: not to lose time and do the sprint”, added Frédéric. “Stefan even got three bonus seconds, which is always good”. The bunch sprint came almost straight after. “I managed to find the AG2R-Citroën lead-out train,” said Paul Penhoët. “I had to fight to stay in their wheels, but I managed to follow them until the last corner, with 300 meters to go. Then Marc [Sarreau] waited a bit before launching the sprint. I wanted to go before him, but when I started, I got pushed a bit by another competitor. It’s my fault, I should have started my sprint earlier. I lack this confidence that I usually have and that would have allowed me to launch earlier. I waited a little too long, I’m getting boxed-in, it’s a pity. It’s a second place on the line, but it will perhaps give me confidence for the other sprints”.

“It’s still good for him”, claimed Frédéric. “He is young, he hasn’t raced a lot in August. It’s promising“.

After this third stage, the French sprinter was in seventh place overall, one spot behind his teammate Stefan Küng, 22 seconds away from the leader Marc Sarreau. However, everything was still to be decided in the afternoon, with a solo effort of 18.3 kilometres made for real specialists. Clément Davy, who started quite early, stayed in the “hot seat” for a long time thanks to a time of 26’27. However, the favorites started a little later, starting with former double European champion Stefan Küng, around 5 p.m.

“Stefan prepared the time trial like he usually does,” said Frédéric. “We felt he was a bit tense at the start because it was a little bit technical, and the road was not very good. We had to take balanced risks. He did a good and clean time trial”. “I knew I was the man to beat, so I managed my effort well”, added the Swiss rider. “In the intermediate check point, it was quite close with the other riders, but I did not panic. I just focused on what I needed to do, and I was able to keep my pace until the end. That’s what made the difference.” At the finish, he eventually set the fastest time with a nice margin of seventeen seconds over his first opponent. “It’s nice to win,” he said. “That was the goal today, so mission accomplished.”

He also took the leader’s jersey of the race, which holds for twenty-one seconds. “It’s a decent day overall,” smiled Frédéric. “Tomorrow, the primary goal will be to defend the jersey. We will see for the stage win later. We lost Antoine, who was an important rider for us. We should face attacks and we expect a lively race.” “I have a margin, but we will have to be careful because there will be some hills in the final”, concluded Stefan. “I feel confident, and I know that I can also be confident with my team”.

Complete results:

18.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.891 km/hr

1	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	25min 1sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 17sec
3	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	0:20
4	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:47
5	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	0:49
6	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	0:50
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	0:59
9	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:01
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:12
11	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:17
12	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
13	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:33
14	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:35
15	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
17	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:53
18	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	1:55
19	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:57
21	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
22	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:58
23	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:01
24	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	2:03
25	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:04
26	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:06
27	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:10
28	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	2:13
29	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:15
30	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	2:25
31	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:26
32	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:31
33	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:37
34	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:38
35	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	2:39
36	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:40
37	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	2:48
39	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	2:49
40	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:50
42	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:53
43	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
44	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:54
45	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:57
46	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
48	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:58
49	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	2:59
50	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:00
51	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	3:01
52	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:02
53	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:03
54	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:04
55	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	3:05
56	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:06
57	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
58	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	3:07
59	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:09
60	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:11
61	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:12
63	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	3:15
64	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	3:16
65	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
66	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	3:21
67	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
68	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:25
71	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	3:26
73	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:33
75	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	3:37
76	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	3:38
77	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	3:39
78	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:45
79	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:46
80	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	3:48
81	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:49
83	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:50
84	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:54
85	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
86	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:56
87	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	3:57
88	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:00
89	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
90	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:01
91	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
92	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	4:05
93	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	4:06
94	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:07
95	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	4:08
96	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	4:11
97	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
98	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:13
99	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:14
100	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:15
102	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:16
103	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:21
104	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:22
105	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
106	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	4:24
108	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:25
109	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:27
110	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:39
112	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:43
113	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	4:48
114	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:55
115	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	5:01
116	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
117	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	5:12
118	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	5:25
119	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:26
120	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:38
121	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:46

 

GC after stage 3b:

497.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.004 km/hr

1	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	11hr 18min 29sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 21sec
3	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	0:29
4	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	0:52
5	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:57
6	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:00
7	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	1:02
8	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
9	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:09
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
11	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:29
12	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	1:34
13	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:37
14	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:52
15	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:54
16	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:01
17	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:05
18	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:07
19	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:10
20	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	2:12
21	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	2:13
22	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:14
23	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:27
24	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	2:30
25	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	2:33
26	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:46
27	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:48
28	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:54
30	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:57
32	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	2:59
34	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:10
35	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
36	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:11
37	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:13
38	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	3:14
39	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:16
41	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:21
42	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	3:22
43	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:23
44	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	3:24
45	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	3:36
46	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:38
48	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:42
50	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:43
51	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:45
52	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:50
53	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	3:55
54	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:58
55	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
56	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:59
57	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:05
58	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:17
59	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	4:18
60	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:25
61	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	4:27
62	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	4:28
63	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	4:30
64	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	4:32
65	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:36
66	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:39
67	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:43
68	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	4:58
69	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	5:02
70	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:05
71	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	5:18
72	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:22
73	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	5:29
74	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:39
75	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:42
76	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	5:43
77	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:45
78	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	5:45
79	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:47
80	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	5:51
81	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	6:16
82	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	6:43
83	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	6:44
84	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:11
85	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	7:13
86	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	7:21
88	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:28
90	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:36
91	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	7:41
92	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	7:45
93	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:56
94	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	8:02
95	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	8:07
96	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:09
97	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	8:11
98	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:18
99	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:22
100	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:23
101	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:39
102	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	8:52
103	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:56
104	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	8:58
105	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:04
106	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	9:18
107	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	9:20
108	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	9:30
109	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	9:50
110	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:19
111	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	10:38
112	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:10
113	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	11:41
114	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	12:46
115	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	13:19
116	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	14:14
117	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	14:35
118	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	16:34
119	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	17:28
120	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	23:53
121	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	26:06

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Thursday, August 25: Stage 3a, Nieul l'Espoir - Vivonne, 90.7 km

Marc Sarreau makes it three stage wins in a row.

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Weather at the finish city if Vivonne at 1:30 PM, local time: 26C (73C), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). During the afternoon there is a 75% chance of rain, dropping to 6% at 5:00 PM.

The race: Here is a machine translation of the organizer's stage 3a report.

The third stage had an early start, as always on Thursday on the Tour Poitou-Charentes in New Aquitaine, in Nieuil-l'Espoir. Even before returning to the town of departure, after about twenty kilometres, a group of 4 riders manages to break away from the peloton and widen a gap of up to 2'05'.

In this group, we found Jefferson CEPEDA (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Gijs VAN HOECKE (AG2R Citroën Team), Maxime URRUTY (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur) and Etienne VAN EMPEL (China Glory) and they manage to dig even deeper the gap thereafter, up to a maximum of 2'40'.

Little by little, however, the peloton manages to make up time on this leading quartet and in the last difficulty, when there are only about thirty seconds left for the 4 runaways, Louis BARRÉ (Team Arkéa-Samsic) then tries to go against, but without success. However, the sprinter teams did not want to let the victory be disputed in this small group and it was therefore taken back before the finish.

In the end, it was once again a bunch sprint that decided the stage and it was once again Marc SARREAU (AG2R Citroën Team) who proved to be the strongest, ahead of two other Frenchmen, Paul PENHOËT ( Groupama-FDJ) and Axel Laurance (B&B Hotels-KTM).

Complete results:

90.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.223 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1hr 57min 44sec
2	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
4	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
6	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
7	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
10	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
11	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
13	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
14	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
15	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
20	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
22	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 6sec
24	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
25	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
27	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
28	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
30	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
31	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
37	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
41	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
42	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
43	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	0:13
49	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
51	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
53	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
57	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
60	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
62	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
63	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
71	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
76	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
77	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
80	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
81	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
82	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
85	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
86	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:29
89	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:37
91	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
92	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	0:39
95	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
96	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
97	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:46
99	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
100	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
101	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
102	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
104	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
105	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
106	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
107	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
108	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:03
109	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
110	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:10
111	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
112	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:12
113	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	1:18
114	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
115	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:35
118	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	2:04
119	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
120	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:46
121	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	3:22
122	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:16
123	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
124	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	4:48
125	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	4:58
126	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:43

 

GC after stage 3:

479.3 kilometers raced so far at ana verage speed of 44.033 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	10hr 53min 6sec
2	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	@ 16sec
3	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	0:18
4	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:20
6	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
7	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	0:25
9	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	0:26
10	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
11	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
12	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
17	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
18	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:30
20	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	0:31
21	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
23	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:32
24	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
26	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
31	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
32	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
33	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
35	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	0:34
42	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:35
43	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	0:39
44	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
45	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
46	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
48	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
53	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
57	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	0:55
68	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:56
69	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	1:00
70	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:03
71	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:10
72	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:12
73	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
74	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
75	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
76	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:36
77	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:43
78	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	1:44
79	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:47
80	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:53
81	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
82	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:51
83	Erik Resell	Uno-X	3:02
84	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:09
85	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:36
86	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	4:18
87	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
88	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
91	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:47
92	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:51
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	5:03
95	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:05
96	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	5:07
97	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	5:09
98	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:14
100	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
102	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	5:28
103	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
104	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:40
105	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:47
106	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	6:04
107	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	6:09
108	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	6:25
109	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
110	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:53
111	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	7:00
112	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	7:17
113	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	7:34
114	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:47
115	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	8:07
116	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	8:24
117	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	9:17
118	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	9:32
119	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	10:37
120	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	10:59
121	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	11:09
122	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	11:44
123	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	13:29
124	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	15:57
125	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	20:04
126	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	22:38

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Wednesday, August 24: Stage 2, Pèrigny - Vars, 195.5 km

Two stage wins in a row for Marc Sarreau.

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Weather the finish city of Vars at 1:50 PM, local time: 32C (90F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from winner Marc Sarreau's Ag2r-Citroën team.

Marc Sarreau: “The day was pretty quiet. We controlled the entire stage with the Trek-Segafredo team. On the last climb, a strong group slipped away and then the guys did a very hard job to reel them back in and place me in time for the last kilometer. I just had to finish it off.

“I am very happy to confirm my form and win again at this Tour Poitou-Charentes. It’s good for everyone. We have a very good group here and that helps a lot of things. The work that my teammates did all day gave me confidence which allowed me to show my potential in the final sprint. It’s great when things go well like this.

“Winning the general classification will be too difficult for me, even with the bonuses. In a 20-kilometer time trial, I can’t compete with the specialists. However, there are still two stages to try to take another victory.”

The number: 3

Marc Sarreau took a victory for the third time this season.
He won Cholet Pays de la Loire and now the first two stages of the Tour Poitou-Charentes.
This is the 15th victory of his professional career and the 9th victory for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM in 2022.

The news:
La Vuelta a Espana (5th stage): Jaakko Hänninen present in the breakaway of the day

Jaakko Hänninen was in the breakaway of the day before crashing. He finished in the peloton of favorites during this fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana.

“I was in a good breakaway which ended up fighting for the final victory. I don’t know exactly what happened when I crashed; a rider touched my rear wheel and I fell in a roundabout. I finished with the peloton, but we will see in the next few days how well I recover from this crash,” Jaakko Hänninen said.

“A feeling of frustration dominates today. We had identified this stage as important, with a high probability that the breakaway would fight for victory. Jaakko Hänninen, one of our best riders, succeeded in making the break. Unfortunately, a racing incident with Jaakko’s crash upset the scenario of the day for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM. It’s a disappointment for Jaakko who is in an interesting part of his season with very good legs,” said Julien Jurdie, directeur sportif.

Complete results:

195.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.063 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 38min 52sec
2	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
3	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
6	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
8	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
10	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
11	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
16	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
20	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
25	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
26	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
27	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
31	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
37	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
39	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
43	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
44	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
48	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
54	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
58	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
59	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
60	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
62	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
63	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
64	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
70	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
73	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
76	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
78	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
79	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
80	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
81	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
82	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	@ 38sec
83	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:47
84	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:50
85	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:59
86	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	@ 0sec
87	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	@ 0sec
88	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:24
89	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	2:30
90	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	@ 0sec
91	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:36
92	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:46
93	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	3:39
94	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
95	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
96	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
97	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
98	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
101	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	4:35
103	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	s.t.
104	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
106	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
108	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
109	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
111	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
112	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
113	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
118	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
119	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	6:05
120	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
121	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
122	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	6:07
123	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
124	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:39
125	Matteo Malucelli	China Glory Continental	9:09
126	Hayden Strong	China Glory Continental	13:03
127	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	13:20
128	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
129	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 2:

388.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.543 k/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	8hr 55min 28sec
2	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	@ 10sec
3	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	0:12
4	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:14
5	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
6	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:16
7	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	0:17
8	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:18
9	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:19
10	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
13	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	0:20
14	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
15	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
17	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
20	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
25	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
27	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
29	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
31	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
32	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
33	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
34	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
39	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
41	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
43	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
48	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
57	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
58	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
59	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
60	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
62	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
65	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
69	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
73	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
75	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	0:20
77	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:37
78	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
79	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	0:41
80	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:55
81	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	0:58
82	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:37
83	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:47
84	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:59
85	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:27
86	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	2:50
87	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:56
88	Patrick Lauk Karl	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:06
89	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:59
90	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
91	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
92	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
96	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	4:18
97	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:20
98	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	4:45
99	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	4:50
100	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
101	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	4:55
103	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
105	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
106	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
107	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
109	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
111	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	5:12
112	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	5:22
113	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:35
114	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	6:04
115	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:10
116	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	6:14
117	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	6:25
118	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
119	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	6:49
120	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	8:25
121	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	9:29
122	Matteo Malucelli	China Glory Continental	9:46
123	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	10:18
124	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	10:34
125	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	11:01
126	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	11:03
127	Hayden Strong	China Glory Continental	13:23
128	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	18:16
129	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	19:19

 

Tuesday, August 23: Stage 1, Chaury - Périgny, 193.1 km

Marc Sarreau takes the first stage. Getty photos

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Weather at the finish city of Périgny at 1:20 PM, local time: 25C (77F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Marc Sarreau's Ag2r-Citroën team.

Marc Sarreau wins the first stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes, the 500th victory for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM

Marc Sarreau: “I am very happy. The day was relatively quiet despite the quick start. Everyone had energy for the final section; it was aggressive and edgy. The team did a tremendous job. We knew from Oliver (Naesen) that it was necessary to be well placed at the point of the last roundabout but that the most important thing was the launching. He dropped me off at 250m and I was able to keep all my speed; it was perfect.

“It’s been two years that I’ve had a succession of difficulties. It’s frustrating for me and for the team. So, I’m happy to be back on the path to victory but I hope it’s only the start of a good period.

"There are still several opportunities to win this week so we will try to continue in this direction and defend the leader’s jersey.”

The number: 500
Marc Sarreau’s victory in the first stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes is the 500th victory for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM, founded in 1992.

It was Jocelyn Jolidon who opened the account by raising his arms in victory on the second stage of the Tour du Vaucluse in 1992.

“We have been waiting for this 500th victory. It is a beautiful symbol and it is not only anecdotal. There is a very long history behind this number. This represents the work of all our partners, all our riders, and all the staff for 31 years. There have been great victories and smaller ones, but each aroused an important emotion.

“I am happy for Marc who has gone through difficult times in recent months. It’s a beautiful moment.

“Now we are waiting for the next ones because it does not stop there,” says Vincent Lavenu, general manager of the AG2R CITROËN TEAM.

The news
La Vuelta a Espana (4thh stage): Ben O’Connor sixth
“Yeah actually I felt super good today. I was happy to make the sprint, but I still can’t perfect the small sprint. I think I just need to take a bit more confidence and just commit to the line. Because sometimes I just get a bit caught back. But the boys were really good today. I think we were perfect; we were in a good position. We also managed the heat well with lots of water, and so I think we had a good day,” Ben O’Connor, said.

“We’ve had a good start to this Vuelta a Espana. As of today, we are on favorable ground for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM. Ben O’Connor posted a good sixth place with a strong final climb. He was accompanied to perfection by Jaakko Hänninen and Clément Champoussin, which translates as a great job done by the whole team,” Julien Jurdie, directeur sportif, said.

Complete results:

193.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.093 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 16min 56sec
2	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
5	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
7	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
9	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
10	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
11	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
12	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
14	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
15	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
16	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
22	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
24	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
25	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
33	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
34	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
36	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
37	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
39	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
41	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
43	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
45	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
51	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
54	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
55	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
57	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
58	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
59	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
60	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
62	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
67	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Hayden Strong	China Glory Continental	s.t.
71	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
73	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
76	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
78	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
79	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
81	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
82	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
86	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
90	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
91	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
97	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
98	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
100	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	@ 17sec
104	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
105	Matteo Malucelli	China Glory Continental	s.t.
106	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
107	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:21
108	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
109	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:27
110	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	0:34
111	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:35
112	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:40
113	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:08
114	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	1:09
115	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:19
116	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
117	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
118	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:36
119	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:39
120	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:06
121	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	3:58
122	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	1:58
123	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	4:25
124	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	4:34
125	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	4:36
126	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
127	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
128	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	5:39
129	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
130	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
131	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	5:51

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 16min 46sec
2	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	@ 2sec
3	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	0:04
4	Axel Laurance	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:06
6	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09
7	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:10
9	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
11	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
12	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
15	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
18	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
19	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
20	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
23	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
26	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
29	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Iuri Leitao	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Pierre Gautherat	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
37	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
38	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
40	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
41	Killian Théot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
43	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Willie Smit	China Glory Continental	s.t.
45	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Lucas De Rossi	China Glory Continental	s.t.
47	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
54	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
59	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
60	Iker Bonillo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
61	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
62	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
64	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
67	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Karl Patrick Lauk	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
69	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
70	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Hayden Strong	China Glory Continental	s.t.
73	Aritz Bagües	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Ailetz Lasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
75	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
78	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
79	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X	s.t.
80	Winner Anacona	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
82	Etienne Van Empel	China Glory Continental	s.t.
83	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Florian Richard-Andrade	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
87	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
88	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
91	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Anthony Roux	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
97	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
98	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
100	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	Tord Gudmestad	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:27
104	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
105	Matteo Malucelli	China Glory Continental	s.t.
106	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
107	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:31
108	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
109	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:37
110	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	0:44
111	Julien Morice	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:45
112	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:50
113	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:18
114	Sean Bennett	China Glory Continental	1:19
115	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:27
116	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:29
117	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
118	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:46
119	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:49
120	Morten Hulgaard	Uno-X	2:08
121	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:16
122	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	4:08
123	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	4:35
124	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	4:44
125	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	4:46
126	Thomas Denis	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
127	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
128	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	5:49
129	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
130	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
131	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:01

 

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Start list with back numbers, August 22, 2022:

	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
1	SWIFT Connor
2	ANACONA Winner Anrew
3	GRONDIN Donovan
4	LEDANOIS Kevin
5	RIOU Alan
6	BARRÉ Louis
7	VAUQUELIN Kevin
	AG2R-CITROEN
11	SARREAU Marc
12	NAESEN Oliver
13	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
14	VAN HOECKE Gijs
15	GAUTHERAT Pierre
16	CHEREL Mickaël
17	JULLIEN Anthony
	COFIDIS
21	THOMAS Benjamin
22	IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion
23	SAJNOK Szymon
24	WALLAYS Jelle
25	WOOD Harrison
26	TOUMIRE Hugo
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
31	KÜNG Stefan
32	DAVY Clement
33	DUCHESNE Antoine
34	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
35	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
36	ROUX Anthony
37	PENHOËT Paul
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
41	THEUNS Edward
42	ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon
43	BARONCINI Filippo
44	EGHOLM Jacob
45	LIEPINS Emils
46	SKUJINS Toms
47	MOSCHETTI Matteo
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
51	GOUGEARD Alexis
52	MOZZATO Luca
53	BARBIER Pierre
54	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
55	LAURANCE Axel
56	LEMOINE Cyril
57	MORICE Julien
	TOTALENERGIES
61	FERRON Valentin
62	BODNAR Maciej
63	LATOUR Pierre
64	CABOT Jeremy
65	MANZIN Lorrenzo
66	OSS Daniel
67	GRELLIER Fabien
	BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANE'
71	BONILLO MARTIN Iker
72	COLNAGHI Luca
73	FIORELLI Filippo
74	MODOLO Sacha
75	TONELLI Alessandro
76	ZANONCELLO Enrico
77	ZOCCARATO Samuele
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES
81	ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
82	BLOUWE Louis
83	LAUK Karl Patrick
84	TIZZA Marco
85	WIRTGEN Tom
86	VANDEPITTE Nathan
87	VIVIANI Attilio
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
91	LOPEZ DE ABETXUKO Andoni
92	BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz
93	CEPEDA HÉRNANDEZ Jefferson
94	GONZALEZ LOPEZ David
95	LEITAO Iúri
96	MARTIN GALAN Sergio
97	MURGUIALDAY Jokin
	EOLO-KOMETA
101	FETTER Erik
102	MAESTRI Mirco
103	RIVI Samuele
104	VIEGAS Daniel
105	LONARDI Giovanni
106	ROPERO Alejandro
107	MARTIN David
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
111	MÁRQUEZ ROMAN Martí
112	SANCHEZ LOPEZ Eugenio
113	JAIME FERNANDEZ Alex
114	ARAIZ MICHEL Sergio
115	VAN DER TUUK Danny
116	RUIZ SEDANO Ibon
117	RETEGI Mikel
	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
121	ANGULO SAMPEDRO Antonio
122	JUARISTI ARRIETA Txomin
123	CUADRADO RUIZ Unai
124	BALLARIN MANSO Iker
125	IRIBAR JAUREGI Unai
126	ISASA Xabier
127	LASA Ailetz
	UNO-X
131	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
132	GUDMESTAD Tord
133	HULGAARD Morten Alexander
134	WÆRSTED Syver Westgaard
135	DVERSNES Frederik
136	URIANSTAD Martin Bugge
137	RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
	GO SPORT-ROUBAIX-LILLE METROPOLE
141	BOUDAT Thomas
142	DENIS Thomas
143	TABELLION Valentin
144	VERMEULEN Emiel
145	JARNET Maxime
146	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
147	VAHTRA Norman
	NICE METROPOLE-COTE D'AZUR
151	URRUTY Maxime
152	MIFSUD Andréa
153	COUANON Jonathan
154	DELACROIX Tristan
155	LEBEAU Mattis
156	NARBONNE-ZUCCARELLI Axel
157	HENNEQUIN Paul
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
161	TESSON Jason
162	MALDONADO Anthony
163	DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas
164	CARDIS Romain
165	THÉOT Killian
166	HUREL Tony
167	VAN NIEKERK Morne
	U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
171	MORIN Emmanuel
172	DANES Léo
173	GUEGAN Maël
174	JEGAT Jordan
175	LE TURNIER Mathias
176	RICHARD Louis
177	RICHARD-ANDRADE Florian
	CHINA GLORY CONTINENTAL
181	BENNETT Sean
182	XU Changquan
183	SMIT Willie
184	DE ROSSI Lucas
185	VAN EMPEL Etienne
186	MALUCELLI Matteo
187	STRONG Hayden