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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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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:
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |