2022 Circuit de la Sarthe - Pays de la Loire
(2.1), France

68th edition: April 5 - April 8, 2022

Circuit de la Sarthe podium history | 2019 edition (race not run in 2020 & 2021) | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

2022 Circuit de la Sarthe map. Sarthe is in northwest France, south of Normandy.

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Friday, April 8: 4th & Final Stage, La Chapelle St. Aubin - La Chapelle St. Aubin, 173.6 136.4 km

Olav Kooij wins the stage in a break with Xandro Meurisse. That win makes Kooij the winner of the 2022 Circuit de la Sarthe. Photo: Departement de la Sarthe

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Weather at the start/finish city of La Chapelle St. Aubin at 1:45 PM, local time: 17C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 34 km/hr (21 mph). There is a 21% chance of rain, growing to 73% by 4:00 PM.

The race: Because of bad weather, the organizers shortened the stage from 173.6 km to 136.4 km.

Here's the race report from stage & GC winner Olav Kooij's Jumbo-Visma team:

Olav Kooij has taken a double victory on the last day of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. Kooij managed to win both the final stage and the final classification. In a final with many crashes, Kooij skilfully maneuvered his way through. The Team Jumbo-Visma sprinter was the fastest in a sprint-a-deux and won his second stage of the week.

It's a wet day as the peloton is given its official start for the final stage of the 2022 edition. Photo: Departement de la Sarthe

The last stage in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe was shortened due to bad weather conditions. After the start, Rick Pluimers was represented in front on behalf of Team Jumbo-Visma. After this group was taken back, it was Lars Boven’s turn. He managed to join a new leading group and stayed ahead for a long time. Finally, a thinned-out peloton headed for the finish.

The wet roads made the local lap around finish place La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin tricky. At four kilometres from the finish, there was a big crash, which torn apart the peloton. Kooij managed to stay out of the misery and ended up in front with Xandro Meurisse. In the sprint Kooij turned out to be the fastest and took his second stage victory of the week. In addition to the stage victory, Kooij also won the final classification.

Sports director Jan Boven was delighted with his young team’s performance. The Team Jumbo-Visma selection in the Sarthe only consisted of riders who received their training within the development team. “We are very proud of the boys. Despite their young age, Rick, Mick and Olav already have some experience in the pro peloton. Lars and Owen are only starting to ride these stage races this year. They have all given their all. Today, Rick was first in the attack and then Lars did a good job. They provided a perfect and comfortable situation. In the end, the final was chaotic and it is amazing how Olav managed to get through it. We tried to go for the stage win, but to be able to finish it like this is very special.”

Winner Kooij remained humble after today’s success. “It was a nervous day, partly due to the weather conditions. After I had had a minor crash early in the stage, it was good for us that Rick and Lars were part of the breakaways. When the breakaway riders were caught, we looked like we were on our way to a bunch sprint. That turned out differently due to a huge crash. Not the prettiest way to win, but sometimes you need a little luck.”

Complete results:

136.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.721 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 11min 34sec
2	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 15sec
4	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
6	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
7	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:39
11	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
12	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:51
13	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	0:55
14	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
15	Paul Penhoet	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
16	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20
18	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
19	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	2:02
20	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
22	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	2:16
23	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	3:03
24	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
27	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	3:26
28	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
29	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	3:49
31	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	4:14
33	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	4:23
34	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:32
35	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
36	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
37	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	5:00
40	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
42	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
43	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
45	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
47	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	5:30
50	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:46
52	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:50
54	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:24
55	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	7:26
56	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	7:32
57	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
58	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	7:37
59	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:49
62	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	8:41
63	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	10:37
64	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• Final GC leader: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification winner: Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)
• Mountains classification winner: Mael Guegan (U Nantes-Atlantique)
• Best young rider: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Team classification winner: Alpecin-Fenix

679.9 kilometers raced at an average speed 42.947 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	15hr 49min 52sec
2	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 8sec
3	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	0:14
4	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:35
5	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	1:08
6	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:09
7	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	1:15
8	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	1:27
9	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:32
10	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:49
11	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	1:55
12	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:03
13	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	2:08
14	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	2:13
16	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:27
17	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:02
18	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	3:15
19	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	3:19
20	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	3:23
21	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	3:49
22	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	3:54
23	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:16
24	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4:30
25	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	4:57
28	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	5:05
29	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:11
30	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	5:14
31	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	5:16
32	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	5:20
33	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	5:21
34	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	5:36
35	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	5:47
36	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:48
37	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	6:00
38	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	6:09
39	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	6:11
40	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6:17
41	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	6:18
42	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	6:21
43	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	6:22
44	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:23
45	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:32
46	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	6:34
47	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:46
48	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	6:50
49	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:17
50	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	8:10
51	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	8:17
52	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	8:33
53	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	9:40
54	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	10:00
55	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:05
56	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	10:36
57	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	13:22
58	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	14:23
59	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	20:14
60	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	22:58
61	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	26:06
62	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	27:05
63	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	32:07
64	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	33:23

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Thursday, April 7: Stage 3, Sablé sur Sarthe - Sablé sur Sarthe, 176.5 km

He does it again! Mads Pedersen wins stage three. Photo: Departement de la Sarthe

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Weather at the start-finish city of Sablé sur Sarthe at 1:45 PM, local time: 13C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is an 80% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Mark Cavendish's Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team.

Riding in four after Tim Declercq felt unwell and abandoned the French race before the start of the penultimate stage, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl remained an active presence at the front on a day whose profile and finish screamed bunch sprint in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

Not even the rain and the strong six-man breakaway could stop the peloton from accomplishing its mission of making sure the stage would come down to a mass gallop, but it was harder than expected. With ten kilometers to go, one rider was still off the front and his 30-second gap forced the sprinters’ teams to use some of their men earlier than they would have liked to in order to peg him back.

The catch was made under the flamme rouge, but another rider went clear just as the sprinters were coming to the fore, and this made for another chaotic finale. Mark Cavendish was in the mix and fought for the win, giving his all in the last 150 meters and taking third place, behind Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), who passed the attacker on the line. For the Manxman, it was the fifth podium of a season which saw him take three wins so far.

Complete results:

176.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.334 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 4min 23sec
2	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
3	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
4	Paul Penhoet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
11	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
15	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
18	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
19	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
20	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
24	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
25	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
29	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
30	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
32	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
33	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
34	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
35	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
38	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
44	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
48	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
49	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	@ 10sec
51	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:12
53	Rait Arm	Groupama-FDJ	0:14
54	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
55	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
56	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	0:18
57	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:21
59	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	0:26
61	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	0:28
62	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	0:32
63	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	0:34
64	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
68	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
70	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
71	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	0:46
72	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:51
73	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
75	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
77	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
78	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
79	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:57
80	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
84	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	1:06
86	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:17
87	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:35
88	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	2:41
89	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	3:18
90	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:46
91	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	6:17
92	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	8:16
94	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	9:55

 

GC after stage 3:

542.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.930 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	12hr 37min 48sec
2	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 23sec
3	Benoet Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
6	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	0:29
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:30
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:40
10	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	0:41
11	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:50
12	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
13	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
14	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:11
16	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:13
17	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:14
18	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
19	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18
20	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
21	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
23	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
24	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
25	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
27	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
28	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
31	Paul Penhoet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
33	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
36	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
37	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:28
38	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:30
40	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	1:39
43	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:40
44	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:41
45	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:45
46	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:51
47	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:52
48	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:53
51	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:02
52	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:04
53	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
54	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:09
55	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	2:10
56	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:15
57	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	2:19
58	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	2:20
59	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	2:22
60	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	2:27
61	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	2:32
62	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:50
63	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	3:03
64	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	3:07
65	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:13
67	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	3:29
68	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:35
69	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	3:40
70	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	3:59
71	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	5:34
72	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:03
73	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	6:15
74	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	6:21
76	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	7:27
77	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:32
78	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:44
79	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	8:02
80	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	8:14
81	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	9:46
82	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	11:25
83	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	13:07
84	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	13:32
85	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	15:51
86	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	15:59
87	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	16:09
88	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	18:54
89	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	23:16
90	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	24:32
91	Rait Arm	Groupama-FDJ	25:18
92	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	27:37
93	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	29:25
94	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	32:02
95	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	42:14

 

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Wednesday, April 6: Stage 2, Le Lude - Le Lude, 173.4 km

Olav Kooij is the day's fastest rider. Circuit Sarthe photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Le Lude at 2:05 PM, local time: 13C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain during the afternoon, growing to 24% at 6:00 PM.

The race: Peter Sagan, who has suffered two bouts of Covid-19, abandoned the stage with about 40 kilometers to go.

Here's the race report from winner Olav Kooij's Jumbo-Visma team:

Olav Kooij has won the second stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. In a strong field of sprinters, Kooij was well-positioned by his Team Jumbo-Visma teammates. For Kooij it is his first win of the season.

The second stage in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe was a typical sprinters stage. A breakaway group of six riders formed early on in the race. This group got a five-minute lead before the sprinters' teams started to control the race. At fifteen kilometres from the finish, the escapees were caught and the preparation for the sprint began.

With three kilometres to go, Team Jumbo-Visma increased the pace and Rick Pluimers and Mick van Dijke positioned themselves perfectly in front of leader Kooij. After Kooij had come through the final corner, he was in an ideal position to leave his opponents behind and take his first win of the season.

Kooij was delighted with his team's performance. "It was up to the guys to stay calm. We had agreed on a specific moment to make our move, which worked out perfectly. Rick and Mick did a super job so that I could start the sprint in a good position. Then I knew I was on the right wheel with Pedersen. When I attacked, I felt I could win."

Kooij's victory is his first of the season and the ninth for the team. "I've been close a few times this year, so it feels extra good to win now. There are still two days where we want to go for it full force. But first, we will enjoy this victory", the young racer of Team Jumbo-Visma said.

Sports director Addy Engels was also happy with his young riders' work. "Yesterday, we made a much bigger effort as a team and it didn't work out. Today the boys made a nice move in the final. They got into the right position at the right time and put Olav where he needed to be. Then Olav finished it off beautifully. We still have two racing days left, but we will enjoy this moment now."

Complete results:

173.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.021 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 1min 50sec
2	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
10	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
11	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
18	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
20	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
21	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
24	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
25	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
26	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
32	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
35	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
39	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
43	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 8sec
49	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:12
50	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
52	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
53	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
57	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	0:18
60	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
61	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
62	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
63	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
64	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
65	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
66	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
67	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	0:32
70	Rait Arm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
72	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
74	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:35
77	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:38
78	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:54
79	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:04
80	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	1:19
81	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:20
82	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:37
83	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
84	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
85	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	@ 0sec
86	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:37
87	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
88	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	1:40
89	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	@ 0sec
91	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	6:30
92	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
94	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	7:30
95	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	13:35
96	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	16:45
97	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

365.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.723 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	8hr 33min 35sec
2	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 13sec
3	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
5	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
6	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	0:19
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:20
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:30
10	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:40
11	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
14	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:01
16	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:03
17	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:04
18	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:08
19	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
20	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
21	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
25	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
27	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
28	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
32	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
35	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	1:16
46	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:20
47	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
54	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
56	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:28
57	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:30
58	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:31
59	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
60	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
61	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	1:32
63	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:35
64	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
66	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	1:40
67	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:43
68	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	2:00
69	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:02
71	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	2:08
72	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	2:12
73	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:45
74	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	5:33
77	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:53
78	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	6:05
79	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	6:11
80	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	6:20
81	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:31
82	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	6:43
83	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	7:05
84	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	7:13
85	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	7:33
86	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:38
87	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	12:23
88	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	15:41
89	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	16:49
91	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	17:53
92	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	24:22:00
93	Rait Arm	Groupama-FDJ	24:54:00
94	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	25:59:00
95	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	27:01:00
96	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	31:52:00
97	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	41:07:00

 

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Tuesday, April 5: Stage 1, Mamers - Mamers, 192.3 km

Mads Pedersen takes the first stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Mamers at 2:00 PM, local time: 13C (55F), cloudy, with the wind frm the west at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Mads Pedersen's Trek-Segafredo team.

For Mads Pedersen, the best recovery is victory. Only one day separated the punishing Tour of Flanders and the start of Circuit Cycliste Sarthe-Pays de la Loire and Mads Pedersen had no time to think about rest.

Instead, he caught a flight to France and, less than 48 hours later, continued where he left off in Belgium. After an aggressive race in Flanders on Sunday that landed him a reputable 8th place, he was on the attack again on Tuesday and, this time, sprinted to victory.

“Since the start of the season, it was in my plan to race this after Flanders. My coach thought it was a good idea, and I agreed. This way, I get to do more racing and then just have one training block afterward before Roubaix,” explained Mads. “It was a hard and long day, and the weather was not super nice. It was not easy [in the break] as we did not have a lot of time.”

Alexander Kamp started the day off right for Trek-Segafredo when he found the successful breakaway. It was a smart move with the Team starting only five men and leaving any chasing to those who missed the boat.

However, an unexpected counter moved at the start of the local circuits, and Mads was caught, well, with his pants down.

“Me and Alex Kirsch had just stopped for a pee, and we were at the back of the peloton when we saw they went in the front. I had to move up slowly, then I jumped across,” Mads said.

A composed Mads worked his way into the chase group that eventually joined the day’s early breakaway.

Mads explained: “In the beginning, I was turning a little bit but not too hard because we had Kamp in the front, and I wanted him to stay in front until the bonus seconds. When we caught them, from then on, it was hard racing all the way. The peloton was chasing us hard from behind and didn’t give us much time and that made it tough.”

With many threatening riders in the leading group, it took a total concerted effort to hold off the peloton. Both Kamp and Pedersen put immense efforts into helping the breakaway maintain a lead.

At the start of the final lap with 16 kilometers remaining, the advantage swelled to 1 minute and 20 seconds. It was the largest it had been and tilted the table in favor of the leaders.

However, a frantic effort by the peloton brought their lead to less than 30 seconds with eight kilometers to go.

“At one point, we had 1 minute and 20 seconds, and some guys stopped working, and it went down to 30-40 seconds,” continued Mads. “People tried to attack, and Kamp covered them really well.”

It was as close as the bunch would come. The leading group hit the mostly downhill roads to the line, finding the last momentum they needed.

Mads was favored to win in a sprint. But instead, he attacked two kilometers from the line.

“With 2kms to go I was thinking I could go on the attack instead and make the others chase. Lucas Plapp from Ineos didn’t give me a very long leash though. I got back to the group with 1.5 kms to go and recovered a bit for the sprint,” said Mads.

“The last guy attacked before the final corner with 700 meters to go and I had to close it. In that situation, there’s nothing else you can do but ride hard and hope for the best. I still believed in my sprint, even If I had to spend energy closing the gap, I thought I could still win. It was hard, but I managed to close him in time, take a few breaths, and then go for the sprint.”

It was typical Mads.

After he put in a considerable effort to keep the breakaway ahead, won the intermediate sprint for the bonus seconds, laid down a late attack and chased the next counter, he still had something left.

Mads gained three valuable seconds with the green points jersey and will wear the leader’s yellow jersey into Stage 2.

“Of course, we will try and defend the yellow jersey,” he ended, then added: “I think this was the hardest stage of them all.”

Complete results:

192.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.409 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 32min 4sec
2	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
3	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
5	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 5sec
9	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:07
10	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:21
11	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
15	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:49
18	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
22	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
26	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
28	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
39	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
46	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
47	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
51	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
54	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
59	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Paul Penhoet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
64	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
66	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
67	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
71	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
72	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
73	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
76	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:05
77	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:09
78	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
79	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	1:13
81	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:17
82	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	4:47
83	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
84	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	5:34
85	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
90	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	13:07
93	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	14:50
94	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	24:03
97	Rait Ärm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
99	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
100	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
101	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 31min 51sec
2	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 7sec
3	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:12
5	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	0:13
6	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
9	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:17
10	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	0:29
11	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	0:34
12	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
13	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:02
18	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
22	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
25	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
26	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
28	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Attilio Viviani	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
39	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Sander De Pestel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
46	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
47	Hideto Nakane	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
51	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
54	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	Jérémy Lecroq	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
59	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
64	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
66	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
67	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
71	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
72	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
73	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
76	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:18
77	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:22
78	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
79	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
81	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:30
82	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	5:00
83	Tom Paquot	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
84	Lars Boven	Jumbo-Visma	5:47
85	Rick Pluimers	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Yves Lampaert	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
90	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Maël Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	13:20
93	Owen Geleijn	Jumbo-Visma	15:03
94	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	24:16
97	Rait Ärm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
99	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
100	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
101	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

 

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Start list with back numbers, April 4, 2022:

	B&B HOTELS-KTM
DS:	Yvonnick Golgiani, Samuel Dumoulin
1	GOUGEARD Alexis
2	BARBIER Pierre
3	CHEVALIER Maxime
4	LECROQ Jérémy
5	LIETAER Eliot
6	ROLLAND Pierre
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS:	Sebastien Joly, Yvon Madiot
11	PINOT Thibaut
12	GUARNIERI Jacopo
13	ÄRM Rait
14	DAVY Clement
15	WELTEN Bram
16	PENHOËT Paul
	COFIDIS
DS:	Jean Luc Jonrond, Christian Guiberteau
21	THOMAS Benjamin
22	CIMOLAI Davide
23	FINÉ Eddy
24	PEREZ Anthony
25	RENARD Alexis
26	ZINGLE Axel
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
DS:	Charles Wegelius
31	STEINHAUSER Georg
32	HEALY Ben
33	NAKANE Hideto
34	QUINN Sean
35	VAN DEN BERG Julius
36	VAN DEN BERG Marijn
	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL
DS:	Brian Holm, Tom Steels
41	CAVENDISH Mark
43	DECLERCQ Tim
44	LAMPAERT Yves
45	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
46	VAN TRICHT Stan
	JUMBO-VISMA
DS:	Addy Engels, Jan Boven
51	VAN DIJKE Mick
52	PLUIMERS Rick
53	KOOIJ Olav
55	GELEIJN Owen
56	BOVEN Lars
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS:	Steven De Jongh
61	PEDERSEN Mads
62	HOELGAARD Markus
63	BARONCINI Filippo
64	KIRSCH Alex
65	KAMP EGESTED Alexander
	INEOS GRENADIERS
DS:	Dario Cioni, Oliver Cookson
71	GANNA Filippo
72	WURF Cameron
73	PLAPP Luke
74	RIVERA Brandon Smith
75	DE PLUS Laurens
76	VIVIANI Elia
	TOTALENERGIES
DS:	Thibaut Mace, Alexis Loiseau
81	SAGAN Peter
82	MANZIN Lorrenzo
83	OURSELIN Paul
84	FERRON Valentin
85	SIMON Julien
	TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC
DS:	Roger Trehin
91	HOFSTETTER Hugo
92	GUERNALEC Thibault
93	HARDY Romain
94	PICHON Laurent
95	RIOU Alan
96	VAUQUELIN Kevin
	AG2R-CITROEN TEAM
DS:	Nicolas Guille, Alexandre Abel
101	COSNEFROY Benoit
102	NAESEN Lawrence
103	NAESEN Oliver
104	RAUGEL Antoine
105	SARREAU Marc
106	VENTURINI Clément
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS:	Hans De Clercq, Andy Missotten
111	BONNEU Kamiel
112	DE WILDE Gilles
113	FRETIN Milan
114	DE PESTEL Sander
115	COLMAN Alex
116	VANHOOF Ward
	ALPECIN-FENIX
DS:	Gianni Meersman
121	MEURISSE Xandro
122	STANNARD Robert
123	DE TIER Floris
124	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio
125	JANSSENS Jimmy
126	THWAITES Scott
	DRONE HOPPER-ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
DS:	Giampaolo Cheula
131	BENEDETTI Gabriele
132	BAIS Mattia
133	HOLTHER Trym Westgaard
134	PONOMAR Andrii
135	MARCHIORI Leonardo
136	VIGO DEL ARCO Marti
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB
DS	Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke
141	MENTEN Milan
143	PAQUOT Tom
144	TIZZA Marco
145	VIVIANI Attilio
146	WIRTGEN Luc
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
DS:	Stephan Gaudry
151	CARDIS Romain
152	DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas
153	TESSON Jason
154	MAURELET Flavien
155	HUREL Tony
156	MALDONADO Anthony
	GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
DS:	Mickael Leveau, Michel Dernies
161	BOUDAT Thomas
162	CARISEY Clément
163	TABELLION Valentin
164	VERMEULEN Emiel
165	LEVEAU Jérémy
166	VAHTRA Norman
	TEAM U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
DS:	Axel Clot Courant
171	MORIN Emmanuel
172	DANES Léo
173	GUEGAN Maël
174	MARIAULT Axel
175	JEGAT Jordan
176	RICHARD Louis
	NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR
DS:	Frederic Doutry
181	URRUTY Maxime
183	COUANON Jonathan
184	AMADORI Julien
185	BERLIN Antoine
186	HENNEQUIN Paul