2018 Paris-Tours (HC) Results

112th edition: Sunday, October 7, 2018

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Sunday, October 7, 2018. Chartres - Tours, 214.5 km

Soren Kragh Andersen scores a brilliant solo win

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

The new format of Paris–Tours, which underwent a radical change with the introduction of unpaved vineyard tracks, set the stage for a thrilling showdown in the final 60 kilometres as the new difficulties blew the peloton apart. AG2R La Mondiale and Quick-Step, particularly Niki Terpstra, lit the fireworks, but Søren Kragh Andersen was the smartest rider in a three-man group that went clear on Côte de la Rochère, giving his companions the slip 11 km before the line. After losing out to Matteo Trentin on Avenue de Grammont last year, the 24-year-old Dane made amends with a solo ride that earned him the greatest win of his career. Niki Terpstra and Benoit Cosnefroy escorted him on the podium of the 2019 edition.

153 riders started the race after WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic withdrew to mourn the death of Jimmy Duquennoy. It was Bernhard Eisel (Dimension Data), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Énergie) and Brian Van Goethem (Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij) who fired the opening shots after 4 km, soon to be joined by Thibault Guernalec (Fortuneo–Samsic), Dries De Bondt (Veranda's Willems–Crelan) and Emiel Vermeulen (Roubaix–Lille Métropole), who caught the lead group at km 18 after a short chase. The gap to the peloton, which had been 2' at the time of the merger, had risen to 3' 15" by km 50 as a tailwind helped the escapees to cover 51.2 km/h in the first hour of racing.

Despite several attempts to shake the tree, especially by Quick-Step, the peloton continued to lose ground, with the gap peaking at 5' 40" at km 58. FDJ then moved to the front of the main group and, finally, 110 kilometres into the race, AG2R brought the hammer down and caused a temporary split. The difference to the breakaway dwindled to 40″ and Tom Devriendt (Wanty-Gobert), Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin) and Johan Le Bon (Vital Concept) seized the opportunity to stage a counter-attack, eventually making it across at km 127. The breakaway, now nine men strong, went through km 150 with 1' 40" to spare.

AG2R and Lotto–Soudal raised the pace again as the peloton neared the first vineyard track (km 165), leading the main group into the sector a mere 20 seconds behind the two remaining escapees, Devriendt and De Bondt. The infernal pace took its toll on the peloton, with riders being dropped left, right and centre on the second vineyard track. By the time the leading duo was caught with 45 km to go, the main group had been reduced to just 34 men. Niki Terpstra attacked on La Grosse Pierre track (km 175), taking Philippe Gilbert, Søren Kragh Andersen, Jelle Wallays, Valentin Madouas, Pascal Eenkhoorn and Sep Vanmarcke with him. Their difference peaked at 15" before AG2R closed the gap. Terpstra doggedly tried again, latching onto the wheel of Andersen when the Dane sparked another move. Benoit Cosnefroy joined the duo 25 km before the line.

The leading trio hit the Peu Morier climb (km 192) with 40" over Valentin Madouas, Oliver Naesen and Sep Vanmarcke, with the peloton, now reduced to just 10-odd men including Démare, Wallays, Gilbert and Benoot, trailing a further 20 seconds behind. It became clear with 12 kilometres to go that the race was going to be decided between the two groups of three men, separated by 45", with the Gilbert-Démare group 1' 15" back and out of contention. Barely a kilometre later, Andersen jumped away from his breakaway companions. The Dane capitalised on the lack of reaction from Terpstra and Cosnefroy, who came in 25" behind, with the Dutchman taking second place.

Complete Results:

214.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.309 km/hr

1	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	Team Sunweb	4hr 37min 55sec
2	NIKI TERPSTRA	Quick-Step Floors	@ 25sec
3	BENOIT COSNEFROY	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	OLIVER NAESEN	Ag2r La Mondiale	01' 14''
5	VALENTIN MADOUAS	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	SEP VANMARCKE	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
8	PHILIPPE GILBERT	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
9	TACO VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	01' 24''
10	JOS VAN EMDEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	TIMOTHY DUPONT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
12	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	01' 28''
13	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	ARNAUD DEMARE	Groupama-FDJ	01' 55''
15	DAMIEN TOUZE	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
16	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	01' 57''
17	PASCAL EENKHOORN	LottoNL-Jumbo	02' 12''
18	JHONNATAN NARVAEZ	Quick-Step Floors	02' 14''
19	SILVAN DILLIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	02' 25''
20	JONAS VAN GENECHTEN	Vital Concept	s.t.
21	TOM DEVRIENDT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
22	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
23	MAARTEN WYNANTS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	CLEMENT VENTURINI	Ag2r La Mondiale	02' 26''
25	YOANN OFFREDO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	JESPER ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
27	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	Lotto-Soudal	04' 02''
28	FABIO JAKOBSEN	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
29	GIJS VAN HOECKE	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
30	ANDREA PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
31	RAMON SINKELDAM	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	GUILLAUME BOIVIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	TIMO ROOSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
34	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	ADRIEN PETIT	Direct Energie	s.t.
36	JONAS RICKAERT	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
37	PATRICK MÜLLER	Vital Concept	s.t.
38	PAUL OURSELIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
39	DIMITRI CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
40	MAURO FINETTO	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
41	KEVIN LE CUNFF	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
42	DRIES VAN GESTEL	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
43	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
44	BRICE FEILLU	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
45	SYLVAIN CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
46	ALO JAKIN	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
47	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	LARS BAK YTTING	Lotto-Soudal	07' 19''
49	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
50	ALEXANDRE PICHOT	Direct Energie	s.t.
51	BERT DE BACKER	Vital Concept	s.t.
52	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	07' 21''
53	JULIEN VERMOTE	Dimension Data	08' 52''
54	YOANN PAILLOT	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
55	PIM LIGTHART	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	10' 16''
56	HUUB DUIJN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	10' 45''
57	JAN WILLEM VAN SCHIP	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	10' 56''
58	JÉRÉMY ROY	Groupama-FDJ	12' 13''
59	MAXIME FARAZIJN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	MILAN MENTEN	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
62	QUENTIN PACHER	Vital Concept	s.t.
63	NICOLAS EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
64	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
65	LUUC BUGTER	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
66	MORGAN KNEISKY	Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
67	CONNOR SWIFT	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	AUGUST JENSEN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
69	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	Cofidis	s.t.
70	DRIES DE BONDT	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
71	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	Cofidis	s.t.
73	YVES LAMPAERT	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
74	ANTHONY TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
75	SENNE LEYSEN	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
76	CEES BOL	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	ROMAIN CARDIS	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
79	DANIEL MCLAY	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
80	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
81	OLIVIER LE GAC	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	FLORIAN SENECHAL	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
83	JOHAN LE BON	Vital Concept	s.t.
84	BRAM WELTEN	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
85	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	NIKOLAS MAES	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
87	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
88	MATTI BRESCHEL	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
89	EMIEL VERMEULEN	Roubaix-Lille Metropole	20' 32''
90	TONY MARTIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
91	PIERRE IDJOUADIENE	Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
92	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
93	OMER GOLDSTEIIN	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
94	DMITRII STRAKHOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
95	JAY ROBERT THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	NICOLAS DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	JULIEN ANTOMARCHI	Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
98	JÉRÉMY LEVEAU	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
99	THIBAULT GUERNALEC	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
100	ARNAUD GERARD	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
101	FLORIAN VACHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
102	FREDERIK FRISON	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	XANDRO MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
104	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.

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Start list with back numbers, October 6, 2018:

	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
1	PHILIPPE GILBERT
2	DRIES DEVENYNS
3	FABIO JAKOBSEN
4	YVES LAMPAERT
5	JHONNATAN NARVAEZ
6	FLORIAN SENECHAL
7	NIKI TERPSTRA
	TEAM SUNWEB
11	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN
12	CEES BOL
13	SIMON GESCHKE
15	MAX KANTER
16	MARTIJN TUSVELD
17	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID
19	TOM STAMSNIJDER
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
21	JELLE WALLAYS
22	ANDRÉ GREIPEL
23	TIESJ BENOOT
24	JENS DEBUSSCHERE
25	FREDERIK FRISON
27	NIKOLAS MAES
29	LARS BAK
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
31	OLIVER NAESEN
32	BENOIT COSNEFROY
33	SILVAN DILLIER
34	JULIEN DUVAL
35	ALEXIS GOUGEARD
36	STIJN VANDENBERGH
37	CLEMENT VENTURINI
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
41	ARNAUD DEMARE
42	BRUNO ARMIRAIL
43	MICKAEL DELAGE
45	VALENTIN MADOUAS
46	JÉRÉMY ROY
47	RAMON SINKELDAM
49	OLIVIER LE GAC
	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT
51	ANDREA PASQUALON
52	TOM DEVRIENDT
53	TIMOTHY DUPONT
54	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING
55	YOANN OFFREDO
56	GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK
58	XANDRO MEURISSE
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
61	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN
62	PASCAL EENKHOORN
63	AMUND JANSEN
64	TIMO ROOSEN
65	JOS VAN EMDEN
66	GIJS VAN HOECKE
67	MAARTEN WYNANTS
	COFIDIS
71	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE
72	LOIC CHETOUT
73	DIMITRI CLAEYS
74	NICOLAS EDET
75	DANIEL TEKLEHAIMANOT
76	ANTHONY TURGIS
77	BERT VAN LERBERGHE
	DIMENSION DATA
81	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN
82	NICOLAS DOUGALL
83	BERNHARD EISEL
84	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG
85	CONNOR SWIFT
86	JAY THOMSON
87	JULIEN VERMOTE
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
91	TONY MARTIN
92	JENTHE BIERMANS
93	ALEX DOWSETT
94	JOSÉ GONÇALVES
96	JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA
97	DMITRII STRAKHOV
	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC
101	SEP VANMARCKE
102	MATTI BRESCHEL
103	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD
104	DANIEL MCLAY
105	LOGAN OWEN
106	TOM VAN ASBROECK
107	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG
	DIRECT ENERGIE
111	SYLVAIN CHAVANEL
112	ROMAIN CARDIS
113	JEROME COUSIN
114	YOHANN GENE
115	PAUL OURSELIN
116	ADRIEN PETIT
117	ALEXANDRE PICHOT
	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC
121	ARNAUD GERARD
122	BRICE FEILLU
123	THIBAULT GUERNALEC
124	AMAEL MOINARD
125	CLEMENT RUSSO
126	FLORIAN VACHON
127	BRAM WELTEN
	VITAL CONCEPT
131	LORRENZO MANZIN
132	BERT DE BACKER
133	JOHAN LE BON
134	JÉRÉMY LECROQ
135	PATRICK MÜLLER
136	QUENTIN PACHER
137	JONAS VAN GENECHTEN
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
141	JONAS RICKAERT
142	PIET ALLEGAERT
143	AMAURY CAPIOT
144	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ
145	MAXIME FARAZIJN
146	MILAN MENTEN
147	DRIES VAN GESTEL
	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE
151	JÉRÉMY LEVEAU
152	JULIEN EL FARES
153	ALESSANDRO FEDELI
154	MAURO FINETTO
155	ALEXIS GUERIN
156	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS
157	GATIS SMUKULIS
	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ
161	TACO VAN DER HOORN
162	JESPER ASSELMAN
163	MARTIJN BUDDING
164	PIM LIGTHART
165	ELMAR REINDERS
166	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM
167	JAN WILLEM VAN SCHIP
	VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN
171	STIJN DEVOLDER
172	LUUC BUGTER
173	DRIES DE BONDT
174	HUUB DUIJN
175	SENNE LEYSEN
176	STIJN STEELS
177	ELIAS VAN BREUSSEGEM
	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
181	GUILLAUME BOIVIN
182	CLÉMENT CARISEY
183	SONDRE ENGER
184	OMER GOLDSTEIIN
185	AUGUST JENSEN
187	DENNIS VAN WINDEN
188	KRISTS NEILANDS
	EUSKADI-MURIAS
191	JON ABERASTURI
192	ARITZ BAGUES
193	AITOR GONZALEZ
194	JULEN IRIZAR
195	MIKEL ITURRIA
196	SERGIO SAMITIER
197	GOTZON UDONDO
	WB-AQUA PROTECT-VERANCLASSIC
201	MAXIME VANTOMME
202	LUDWIG DE WINTER
203	KENNY DEHAES
204	KEVYN ISTA
205	LUDOVIC ROBEET
206	LUKAS SPENGLER
207	TOM WIRTGEN
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
211	DAMIEN TOUZE
212	ROMAIN FEILLU
213	ALO JAKIN
214	KEVIN LE CUNFF
216	FLAVIEN MAURELET
217	YOANN PAILLOT
218	CAMILLE THOMINET
	ROUBAIX-LILLE METROPOLE
221	JULIEN ANTOMARCHI
222	PIERRE BARBIER
223	JEREMY CABOT
224	PIERRE IDJOUADIENE