2016 Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France

46th edition: February 3 - February 7, 2016

Etoile de Bessèges podium history | 2015 edition | 2017 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 7: 5th and final stage, Ales 11.9 kilometer individual time trial

Stage 5 photos | Stage 5 map

Jerome Coppel riding to both a stage and final GC victory

The race: Coming into today's time-trial stage, eleven riders were within fourteen seconds of race leader Sylvain Chavanel. It would take a special ride for Chavanel retain his lead.

And in fact four riders went faster than Chavanel today, which was enough to push him down to fourth place in the final GC. It was Jérôme Coppel who had the suds to win the stage and take the final overall GC.

Here the report from Coppel's IAM Cycling team:

Lionel Marie, directeur sportif for IAM Cycling along with Thierry Marichal at the Etoile de Bessèges, enjoyed the success of the team, which was his second in the past eight days counting also the victory of Dries Devenyns at the GP La Marseillaise. “We were victorious in the sprint last week, and this week we have changed things up to win the general classification as well. We managed to do this thanks to the hard work that the whole team did every moment of the day. Jérôme Coppel put a nice cherry on the top of this week as the winner in Ales. This bodes well for the rest of the season at races where riders like Dries Devenyns and Oliver Naesen will shine.”

"I wanted to win the stage; but to get the overall as well is even better," Jérôme Coppel said just before collecting his two trophies at the finish of the 46th Etoile de Bessèges. "I knew I had to make the difference in the last two kilometers of the rollers. So I left some extra reserves to be able to call on them near the end. On the last steep climb I gave everything that I had; but I didn’t thinkI had created such a gap. With this double win, I have been able to reward all the hard work that all the guys, and the staff, have done throughout the week. This success is not only good for me but the entire team as well."

Already winner of the Etoile de Bessèges in 2012 thanks to his success in the time trial again, Jérôme Coppel (29), current time Trial Champion of France, has not won a continental race since Tour du Doubs 2012

After a week of recovery, Jérôme Coppel will resume racing at the Ruta del Sol and then continue with the classics South Ardeche and Drome and then onto Paris-Nice.

Complete Results:

11.9 kilometers ridden at at average speed of 42.47 km/hr

1	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	16min 48.79sec
2	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	@ 13.37sec
3	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R	15''07
4	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	24''80
5	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	29''88
6	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	32''91
7	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	33''12
8	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R	39''93
9	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	40''02
10	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	43''13
11	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Lille Metropole	44''00
12	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	51''53
13	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	52''71
14	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Lille Metropole	55''41
15	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxelles	56''35
16	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	57''18
17	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	59''16
18	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 0.19sec
19	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'02''47
20	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxelles	01'04''21
21	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	01'04''76
22	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	01'05''83
23	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural	01'09''23
24	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	01'11''81
25	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis	01'12''12
26	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'12''55
27	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	01'12''57
28	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	01'13''60
29	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'15''77
30	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'16''83
31	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural	01'17''05
32	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	01'18''36
33	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis	01'18''37
34	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	01'20''15
35	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	01'20''59
36	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	01'21''37
37	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	01'21''77
38	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	01'21''89
39	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	01'23''97
40	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	01'24''16
41	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	01'24''79
42	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	01'24''94
43	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	01'25''29
44	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	01'26''37
45	DENZ Nico	AG2R	01'27''21
46	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'28''47
47	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	01'32''11
48	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	01'32''41
49	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R	01'32''70
50	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	01'33''70
51	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	01'34''05
52	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	01'34''09
53	REZA Kévin	FDJ	01'35''97
54	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	01'36''15
55	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	01'36''26
56	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	01'36''59
57	HARDY Romain	Cofidis	01'36''97
58	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxelles	01'38''01
59	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems CT	01'38''47
60	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	01'38''86
61	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems CT	01'39''93
62	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	01'39''94
63	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
64	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R	01'40''04
65	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis	01'40''16
66	BIDARD François	AG2R	01'40''40
67	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems CT	01'41''74
68	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	01'43''46
69	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	01'43''50
70	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural	01'43''60
71	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	01'44''85
72	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	01'46''37
73	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	01'46''80
74	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	01'47''03
75	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems CT	01'47''71
76	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Lille Metropole	01'49''48
77	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	01'50''23
78	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	01'52''69
79	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxelles	01'52''93
80	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural	01'54''97
81	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	01'56''99
82	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural	01'58''03
83	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems CT	01'59''03
84	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	02'00''81
85	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	02'03''25
86	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	02'04''01
87	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Lille Metropole	02'04''13
88	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	02'04''62
89	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Lille Metropole	02'04''81
90	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	02'05''18
91	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	02'05''41
92	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems CT	02'06''01
93	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	02'06''11
94	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	02'09''77
95	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	02'10''21
96	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	02'10''55
97	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	02'12''27
98	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence	02'14''84
99	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Lille Metropole	02'15''97
100	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	02'20''32
101	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxelles	02'21''21
102	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R	02'21''48
103	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	02'22''40
104	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence	02'26''96
105	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence	02'30''29
106	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	02'33''01
107	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	02'34''17
108	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	02'34''59
109	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	02'34''71
110	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	02'34''72
111	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	02'35''64
112	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	02'43''77
113	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	02'48''78
114	KADRI Blel	AG2R	02'49''91
115	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	02'53''76
116	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	02'55''12
117	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural	03'04''99
118	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	03'16''91
119	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	03'17''45
120	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	03'19''64
121	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	03'51''44

Final GC after stage 5:

618.5 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 41.73 km/hr

1	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	14hr 49min 26sec
2	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	@ 13sec
3	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	14''
4	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	16''
5	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	28''
6	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	33''
7	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R	40''
8	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	49''
9	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	53''
10	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Lille Metropole	@ 1min 0sec
11	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	01'05''
12	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis	01'10''
13	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'26''
14	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxellesect	01'35''
15	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	01'36''
16	HARDY Romain	Cofidis	01'37''
17	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R	01'42''
18	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	01'50''
19	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R	01'56''
20	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural	02'00''
21	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	02'06''
22	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	02'27''
23	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural	03'33''
24	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	03'40''
25	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Lille Metropole	03'44''
26	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxellesect	03'45''
27	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	04'00''
28	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	04'01''
29	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	04'02''
30	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	04'09''
31	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
32	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	04'11''
33	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	04'16''
34	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems CT	04'22''
35	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural	04'23''
36	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
37	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	04'25''
38	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	04'27''
39	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	04'30''
41	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	04'32''
42	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	04'36''
43	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis	04'39''
44	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Lille Metropole	04'50''
45	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	04'51''
46	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	04'52''
47	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
48	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Lille Metropole	04'54''
49	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	04'58''
50	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems CT	05'01''
51	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	05'02''
52	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	05'03''
53	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	05'04''
54	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	05'05''
55	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	05'06''
56	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems CT	05'07''
57	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	05'08''
58	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	s.t.
59	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	05'09''
60	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	05'10''
61	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	05'13''
62	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	05'14''
63	REZA Kévin	FDJ	05'18''
64	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
65	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems CT	05'20''
66	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis	05'22''
67	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural	05'23''
68	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Lille Metropole	05'25''
69	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	05'30''
70	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	05'32''
71	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	05'34''
72	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural	s.t.
73	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence	05'35''
74	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	05'36''
75	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	05'47''
76	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
77	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxellesect	05'50''
78	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	05'53''
79	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	05'58''
80	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	05'59''
81	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	06'01''
82	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	06'05''
83	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	06'09''
84	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	06'17''
85	DENZ Nico	AG2R	06'18''
86	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
87	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	06'23''
88	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	06'41''
89	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R	06'48''
90	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	07'02''
91	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R	07'04''
92	BIDARD François	AG2R	07'36''
93	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	07'39''
94	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems CT	07'47''
95	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence	07'58''
96	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	08'16''
97	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence	10'19''
98	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	10'41''
99	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural	11'09''
100	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	11'24''
101	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems CT	11'56''
102	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	12'44''
103	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	13'03''
104	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	14'05''
105	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	14'17''
106	KADRI Blel	AG2R	15'24''
107	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	16'03''
108	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	16'11"
109	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxellesect	17'00''
110	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	27'51''
111	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	29'22''
112	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	29'23''
113	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	29'25''
114	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	29'42''
115	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	29'46''
116	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	31'23''
117	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	34'51''
118	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	36'08''
119	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	36'51''
120	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	44'54''
121	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence	52'17''

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Thomas Voeckler

Francisco Aramendia

François Bidard

Jasper Bovenhuis

Dimitri Claeys

Antoine Duschesne

Julien Guay

Matteo Palucchi

Julien Morice

Sergio Pardilla

Kevin Reza

Ruben Pols

Tony Gallopin

Sylvain Chavanel was unable to close the deal today.

Thibaut Pinot

Jerome Coppel going faster than anyone today.

Jerome Coppel celebrating his victory

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

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Saturday, February 6: Stage 4, Tavel - Laudun l'Ardoise, 148.4 km

Stage 4 photos | Stage 4 map

Angel Madrazo wins stage 4

The race: Just fifteen kilometers after the start in Tavel, five riders went went clear. Caja Rural rider Angel Madrazo was the savviest of them. When he attacked late in the race, the others hesitated just those fatal few moments. That was it, Madrazo was truly well and gone, coming in two seconds ahead of Evaldas Siskevicius.

He told reporters after the stage that he had erred by not getting into the break in Friday's stage three and he didn't want to repeat the mistake.

Race leader Sylvain Chavanel finished eighth, just thirteen seconds after Madrazo, allowing him to retain his ownership of first place overall.

Tomorrow is an 11.9 km individual time trial and there are eleven riders within fourteen seconds of Chavanel. That group includes Tony Gallopin, who trails Chavanel by only two seconds.

This race won't be over until it's over.

Results:

148.4 km raced at an average speed of 41.36 km/hr

1	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural	3hr 35min 18sec
2	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille	@ 2sec
3	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	04''
4	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	07''
5	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	11''
6	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
7	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	13''
8	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
9	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
10	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
11	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
12	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
13	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
14	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
15	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
16	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
17	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R	s.t.
18	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R	s.t.
19	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis	s.t.
20	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
21	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
22	HARDY Romain	Cofidis	s.t.
23	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
24	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
25	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
27	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
28	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
29	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
30	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	29''
31	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
32	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
33	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille	s.t.
34	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
35	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
36	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
37	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural	s.t.
38	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R	s.t.
39	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
40	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
41	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
42	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R	s.t.
43	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
44	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	s.t.
45	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
46	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
47	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
48	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural	38''
49	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
50	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
51	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
52	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille	41''
53	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
54	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
55	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	43''
56	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	45''
57	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
58	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
59	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis	s.t.
60	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
61	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
62	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
63	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille	s.t.
64	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
65	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R	53''
66	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural	s.t.
67	BENITO Miguel	Caja Rural	s.t.
68	BIDARD François	AG2R	s.t.
69	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
70	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
71	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
72	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
73	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural	s.t.
74	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
75	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
76	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
77	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille	s.t.
78	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
80	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
82	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille	s.t.
83	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
84	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	01'01''
85	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	s.t.
86	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
87	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	s.t.
88	DENZ Nico	AG2R	s.t.
89	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
90	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural	s.t.
91	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
92	REZA Kévin	FDJ	01'07''
93	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
94	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
95	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis	s.t.
96	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
97	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
98	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
99	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
100	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
101	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
103	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	s.t.
104	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
106	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
107	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	s.t.
108	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	01'28''
109	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxelles	01'31''
110	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
111	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	01'32''
112	KADRI Blel	AG2R	s.t.
113	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	01'34''
114	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
115	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber 93	01'42''
116	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxelles	02'04''
117	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	02'42''
118	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille	03'01''
119	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	03'13''
120	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	03'14''
121	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
122	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	07'05''
123	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
124	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
125	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
126	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
127	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
128	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	09'35''

GC after stage 4:

606.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.72 km/hr

1	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	14hr 32min 24sec
2	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	@ 2sec
3	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	09''
4	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis	12''
5	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	14''
6	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R	s.t.
7	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
8	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
9	HARDY Romain	Cofidis	s.t.
10	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
11	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
12	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	20''
13	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	27''
14	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	30''
15	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
16	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
17	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R	s.t.
18	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural	s.t.
19	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
20	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
21	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	@ 1min 21sec
22	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R	01'41''
23	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural	02'30''
24	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille	02'42''
25	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	02'48''
26	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	02'54''
27	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
28	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	02'59''
29	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber 93	03'00''
30	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
31	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
32	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	03'02''
33	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
34	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
35	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
36	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
37	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
38	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	03'18''
39	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
40	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
41	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
42	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
43	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
44	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	03'27''
45	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural	s.t.
46	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
47	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
48	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	03'28''
49	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	03'30''
50	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis	03'34''
51	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
52	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
53	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
54	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
55	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
56	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille	s.t.
57	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
58	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	03'41''
59	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber 93	03'42''
60	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
61	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel	Delko Marseille	s.t.
62	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
63	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural	s.t.
64	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber 93	s.t.
65	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille	s.t.
66	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural	s.t.
67	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
68	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	03'49''
69	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	03'50''
70	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural	s.t.
71	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
72	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	03'56''
73	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
74	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
75	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
77	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis	s.t.
78	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
79	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	04'01''
80	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	04'16''
81	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	04'20''
82	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	04'21''
83	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	04'23''
84	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber 93	04'31''
85	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	04'40''
86	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	04'46''
87	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	04'55''
88	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R	04'56''
89	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
90	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber 93	04'58''
91	DENZ Nico	AG2R	05'04''
92	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	05'10''
93	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R	05'29''
94	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	05'31''
95	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	05'39''
96	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	05'40''
97	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	06'02''
98	BIDARD François	AG2R	06'09''
99	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille	06'32''
100	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille	08'06''
101	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	08'14''
102	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural	08'18''
103	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	08'32''
104	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	09'54''
105	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	10'30''
106	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	11'24''
107	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	11'25''
108	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	11'56''
109	KADRI Blel	AG2R	12'48''
110	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	12'57''
111	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	14'14''
112	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	14'26''
113	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxellesect	15'36''
114	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	26'18''
115	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
116	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	26'20''
117	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	26'26''
118	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	27'05''
119	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	27'21''
120	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	27'35''
121	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	27'45''
122	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	32'30''
123	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	33'38''
124	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	34'29''
125	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	39'58''
126	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	43'02''
127	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	47'15''
128	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille	50'00''

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Angel Madrazo leads the break

Scott Jacob

Romain Hardy

Frederic Brun is part of the escape

Angel Madrazo wins the stage.

Evaldas Siskevicius finishes second

Dieter Bourvry doesn't look like he's enjoying the climb to claim third place in the stage

Stage winner Angel Madrazo is congratulated by teammate Javier Aramendia

Sylvain Chavanel remains the GC leader

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 map

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Friday, February 5: Stage 3, Bessèges - Bessèges, 152.6 kmkm

Stage 3 map | Stage 3 photos

Sylvain Chavanel wins stage 3

The Race: Today the overall race leadership moved from one Direct Energie rider (Byran Coquard) to another, Sylvain Chavanel.

This race is turning into the private property of the French team, their having won all three stages so far.

Early in the race, at about the tenth kilometer, twenty-two riders went clear. This break included all the big guns. And that was the race. Twenty of them came into Bessèges together, with Sylvain Chavanel first across the line. The main peloton arrived almost three minutes later.

Results:

152.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.6 km/hr

1	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	3hr 40min 6sec
2	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
3	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
4	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
5	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
6	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
7	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
8	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
9	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
10	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
11	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
12	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
13	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
14	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
15	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
16	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
17	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
18	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
19	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
20	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
21	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	@ 6'sec
22	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	19''
23	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems CT	@ 2min 46sec
24	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
25	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
26	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxelles	02'48''
27	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	s.t.
28	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
30	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
31	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
32	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
33	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
34	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	s.t.
37	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
38	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
39	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
41	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
42	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
44	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
45	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
46	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
47	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
48	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
49	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
50	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	s.t.
51	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	s.t.
52	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
53	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
54	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
55	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
56	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
57	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
58	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
59	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
61	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
62	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
63	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
64	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
65	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
66	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
69	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
71	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
72	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
74	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
75	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
76	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
77	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
79	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
80	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
81	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
82	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
83	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
84	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
85	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
86	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
87	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
88	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
89	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
90	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
91	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
92	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
93	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
94	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
95	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
96	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
97	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
98	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
99	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
100	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
101	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
102	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
103	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	s.t.
104	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
105	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
106	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
107	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
108	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
109	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	03'46''
110	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	03'59''
111	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	05'10''
112	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	07'24''
113	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
114	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
115	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	19'02''
116	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	25'24''
117	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
118	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
119	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	s.t.
120	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
121	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
122	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
123	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	s.t.
124	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
125	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
126	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
127	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
128	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
129	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
130	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
131	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

458.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.84 km/hr

1	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	10hr 56min 53sec
2	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	@ 2sec
3	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	09''
4	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	11''
5	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	12''
6	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	14''
7	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
8	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
9	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
10	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
11	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
12	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
13	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
14	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
15	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
17	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
18	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
19	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	''
20	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	20''
21	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	33''
22	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	@ 1min 25sec
23	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	02'40''
24	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems CT	02'54''
25	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	02'55''
26	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	02'58''
27	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	03'00''
28	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
29	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
30	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	03'01''
31	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	03'02''
32	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
33	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
34	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
35	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
36	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
38	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
40	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
41	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
42	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
43	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
44	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
45	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
46	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
47	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
48	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
49	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
50	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
51	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
52	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
54	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
55	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
56	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
57	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
58	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
59	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
61	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
63	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
64	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
65	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
67	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
68	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
69	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
70	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
71	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
72	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
74	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
76	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
77	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
78	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
79	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
80	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
81	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
83	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
84	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
85	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
86	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
87	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
88	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	04'00''
89	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	04'15''
90	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	04'16''
91	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
92	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
94	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
95	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	04'18''
96	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	04'51''
97	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	05'06''
98	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	05'13''
99	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	05'24''
100	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	05'29''
101	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
102	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence	06'16''
103	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	07'34''
104	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence	07'38''
105	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
106	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	10'30''
108	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems CT	s.t.
109	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	10'31''
110	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	11'29''
111	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	12'03''
112	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	13'20''
113	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxellesect	13'45''
114	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	20'43''
115	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	24'20''
116	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	25'32''
117	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	25'38''
118	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
119	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
120	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
121	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
122	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	26'49''
123	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	26'51''
124	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
125	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	28'18''
126	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	33'06''
127	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
128	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	33'14''
129	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	37'53''
130	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	42'08''
131	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence	47'12''

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Thibaut Pinot leads the break

Christophe Premont

Caja Rural leads a group

Bryan Coquard: The loneliness of the sprinter climbing

Boris Dron attacking

Maxime Monfort

Thomas Voeckler

Chavanel nabs the third stage.

Bryan Coquard after the race.

Sylvain Chavanel just after the race.

Chavanel and Coquard after the stage.

Sylvain Chavanel gets the GC leader's jersey and Bryan Coquard wears the points jersey.

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Thursday, February 4: Stage 2, Nîmes - Méjannes le Clap, 153.8 km

Stage 2 photos | Stage 2 map

Bryan Coquard makes it two in a row.

The race: Bryan Coquard is certainly starting the season in extraordinary form with his second consecutive stage win.

Today's stage was a nail-biter. Early on five riders went clear and built a healthy four-minute-gap. As the road began to point up a bit, the escape was down to three.

And those three (Kai Reus, Dimitri Claeys and Nicolas Baldo) made to the five circuits at Méjannes le Clap with their four minutes still in hand. And then with every kilometer the gap shrank. Baldo couldn't take the pace and then it was two. When the final circuit started the pair were still ahead of the fast closing field. Claeys dropped Reus and headed for the line.

He was caught in the final meters, with Claeys getting a third place out of the adventure as Coquard went flying across the line. Reus was 109th.

Complete results: photos coming...

153.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.62 km/hr

1	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	3hr 51min 23sec
2	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	s.t.
3	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
4	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
5	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
6	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
7	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
8	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
9	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
10	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
11	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
12	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
13	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
14	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
15	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
16	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
17	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
18	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
20	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
21	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
22	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
23	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
24	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
25	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
26	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
28	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
29	RICKAERT Jonas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
30	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
32	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
33	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
34	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
35	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
36	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
37	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
38	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
39	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
40	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
41	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
42	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
43	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
45	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
46	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
47	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
48	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	s.t.
49	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
51	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	BODIOT Alexis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
53	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
54	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
56	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
57	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
58	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
59	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	s.t.
60	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
61	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
63	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
64	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
65	WARBASSE Lawrence K	IAM Cycling	s.t.
66	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
67	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
68	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
71	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
72	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
73	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
74	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
75	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
76	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
77	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
78	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
81	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
82	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
83	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
84	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
85	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
86	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
87	DUQUENNOY Jimmy	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
88	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
89	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
90	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	s.t.
91	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
92	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
93	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
94	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
95	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
96	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
97	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
98	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
99	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
100	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
101	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
102	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
103	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
104	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
105	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
106	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
107	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
108	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
109	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
110	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	@ 1min 49sec
111	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
112	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
113	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
114	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
116	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
117	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
118	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
119	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
120	LEDANOIS Kévin	Fortuneo Vital Concept	02'15''
121	BARBIER Rudy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
122	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	02'41''
123	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	02'45''
124	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
125	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	02'49''
126	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	03'14''
127	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
128	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	03'21''
129	AHLSTRAND Jonas	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
130	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
131	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
132	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
133	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
134	DE BONDT Dries	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
135	VAN BILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
136	THOMAS Benjamin	Armée de Terre	06'28''
137	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	07'32''
138	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	07'36''
139	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	09'01''
140	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
141	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
142	MERTENS Robin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
143	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	11'05''
144	BREYNE Jonathan	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
145	SINNER Benoît	Armée de Terre	12'55''

GC after Stage 2:

305.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.96 km/hr

1	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	7hr 16min 41sec
2	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	@ 13sec
3	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	14''
4	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	s.t.
5	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	16''
6	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	17''
7	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	18''
8	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	19''
9	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	20''
10	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
11	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
12	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
13	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
14	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
15	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
16	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
17	RICKAERT Jonas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
18	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
21	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
22	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
23	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
24	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
25	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
26	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
27	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
28	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
29	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
30	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
31	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
33	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
34	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
35	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
36	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
37	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
38	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
39	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
40	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
41	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
42	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
43	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
45	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
46	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
47	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
48	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
49	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
51	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
52	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
53	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
54	BARBIER Rudy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
55	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
56	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
57	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
58	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
59	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
60	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
61	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
62	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
63	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
64	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
65	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
66	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
67	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
69	BODIOT Alexis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
70	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
71	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
72	DE BONDT Dries	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
73	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
74	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
75	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
76	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
78	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
80	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
81	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
83	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
84	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
85	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
86	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
87	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
88	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
89	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
90	VAN BILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
91	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
92	AHLSTRAND Jonas	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
93	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
94	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
95	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	DUQUENNOY Jimmy	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
97	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
98	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
99	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
100	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
101	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	s.t.
102	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
103	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
104	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
105	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 18sec
107	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	01'31''
108	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	01'33''
109	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	s.t.
110	WARBASSE Lawrence K	IAM Cycling	s.t.
111	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	01'34''
112	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
113	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
114	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
115	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
116	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
117	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	01'36''
118	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	02'09''
119	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	02'24''
120	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	02'31''
121	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	02'47''
122	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
123	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	03'00''
124	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	03'34''
125	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	04'52''
126	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen	05'24''
127	THOMAS Benjamin	Armée de Terre	06'48''
128	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	07'48''
129	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
130	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
131	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
132	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	07'49''
133	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
134	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	07'56''
135	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	09'21''
136	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	10'38''
137	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxellesect	11'03''
138	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	12'35''
139	SINNER Benoît	Armée de Terre	16'44''
140	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	16'50''
141	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
142	MERTENS Robin	Veranclassic - AGO	16'51''
143	LEDANOIS Kévin	Fortuneo Vital Concept	17'56''
144	BREYNE Jonathan	Veranclassic - AGO	18'53''
145	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	21'54''

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Jean-Christophe Peraud heads to the line

Irish champion Damien Shaw and his An Post-Chain Reaction teammmates get ready to race.

The original four-man break...

that was down to three

Direct Energie has the chasing peloton lined out

Bryan Coquard wins stage two

A smile, he knows the day's work was a job well done

Bryan Coquard will start stage three in the leader's jersey.

Stage 2 map:

Stage 2 map

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Wednesday, February 3: Stage 1, Bellegarde - Beaucaire, 152.8 km

Stage 1 photos | Stage 1 map

Bryan Coquard gets a clean win at the first stage of the the Etoile de Bessèges

The Race: By kilometer fifty, a break had been established with Miguel-Angel Benito (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), Jimmy Duquennoy (Wallonie Bruxelles-Group Protect) and Roland Thalmann (Team Roth). But the Direct Energie team had plans and they involved sprinter Bryan Coquard.

While the others in his team, including strongmen Thomas Voeckler and and Sylvain Chavanel were doing the work, Coquard sat in. The break was caught.

With 200 kilometers to go Coquard lit the jets and delivered the first French victory of this young season.

Complete Results:

152.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.58 km/hr

1	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	3hr 25min 38sec
2	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
3	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
4	BARBIER Rudy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
5	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
6	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
7	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
8	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
9	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
10	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
11	DE BONDT Dries	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
12	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
13	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
14	BARBERO CUESTA Carlos	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	s.t.
16	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
18	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
20	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	s.t.
21	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
22	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
23	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
24	RICKAERT Jonas	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
25	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
26	THOMAS Benjamin	Armée de Terre	s.t.
27	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
28	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
29	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
30	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
31	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
32	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
34	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
35	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
36	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
38	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
39	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
41	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
42	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
43	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
45	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
46	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
47	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
48	VAN BILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
49	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
50	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
51	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
52	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
53	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
54	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
55	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
56	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
57	AHLSTRAND Jonas	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
58	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
59	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
60	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
61	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
62	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
63	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	s.t.
64	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
65	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	s.t.
66	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
67	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
68	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
69	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
70	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
71	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
72	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
73	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
74	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
75	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
76	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
77	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
78	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
79	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
81	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
82	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
83	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
85	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
87	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
88	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
89	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
90	BODIOT Alexis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
91	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
92	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
93	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
95	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	@ 1min 10sec
96	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
97	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	01'11''
98	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
99	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	01'13''
101	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
102	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	01'13''
103	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
104	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
105	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	01'13''
106	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
107	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
108	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
109	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	01'14''
110	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
111	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
112	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
113	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	01'14''
114	DUQUENNOY Jimmy	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
115	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	01'14''
116	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
117	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
118	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
119	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
120	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
121	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	01'16''
122	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxelles	s.t.
123	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	02'04''
124	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
125	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
126	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	02'11''
127	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	02'19''
128	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	02'27''
129	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
130	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	s.t.
131	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
132	SINNER Benoît	Armée de Terre	03'29''
133	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	07'28''
134	BREYNE Jonathan	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
135	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
136	VERSTRAETEN Jari	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
137	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
138	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
139	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxelles	07'29''
140	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
141	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
142	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
143	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	s.t.
144	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
145	MERTENS Robin	Veranclassic - AGO	07'30''
146	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	14'02''
147	LEDANOIS Kévin	Fortuneo Vital Concept	15'21''
148	HIVERT Jonathan	Fortuneo Vital Concept	18'51''

GC after Stage 1:

1	COQUARD Bryan	Direct Energie	3hr 25min 28sec
2	DUPONT Timothy	Veranda`s Willems	@ 4sec
3	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	06''
4	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto Soudal	07''
5	DE BIE Sean	Lotto Soudal	09''
6	BARBIER Rudy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	10''
7	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
8	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
9	MALDONADO Anthony	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
10	JULES Justin	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
11	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
12	VEREECKEN Nicolas	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
13	DE BONDT Dries	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
14	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
15	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
16	BARBERO Carlos	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	PELUCCHI Matteo	IAM Cycling	s.t.
18	TURGIS Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
19	VERHELST Louis	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
20	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM Cycling	s.t.
21	PAGE Dylan	Team Roth	s.t.
22	TULIK Angelo	Direct Energie	s.t.
23	ARISTI Mikel	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
24	RICKAERT Jonas	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
25	MC CONVEY Connor	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
26	THOMAS Benjamin	Armée de Terre	s.t.
27	DELAPLACE Anthony	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
28	SCOTT Jacob	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
29	HABEAUX Grégory	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
30	GIRAUD Benjamin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
31	NAESEN Olivier	IAM Cycling	s.t.
32	MADRAZO Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	JEANNESSON Arnold	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
34	VAN HOECKE Gijs	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
35	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
36	POULHIES Stéphane	Armée de Terre	s.t.
37	CAM Maxime	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
38	RUBIO Diego	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Direct Energie	s.t.
40	BONNAMOUR Franck	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
41	WARNIER Antoine	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
42	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
43	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	JANORSCHKE Grischa	Team Roth	s.t.
45	PEREIRA Florent	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
46	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
47	VAN BILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
48	HELVEN Sander	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
49	MYNGHEER Daan	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
50	ARMEE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
52	SPRENGERS Thomas	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
53	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
54	DRON Boris	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
56	AHLSTRAND Jonas	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
57	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	BIHEL César	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
59	BRUN Frédéric	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
60	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
61	BOVENHUIS Jasper	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
62	BALDO Nicolas	Team Roth	s.t.
63	ROSTOLLAN Thomas	Armée de Terre	s.t.
64	DUCHESNE Antoine	Direct Energie	s.t.
65	DASSONVILLE Flavien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
66	DELFOSSE Sébastien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
67	HUPONT Thierry	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
68	HARDY Romain	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
69	MONTFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	KENT-SPARK Olivier	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
71	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM Cycling	s.t.
72	JAKIN Alo	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
73	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
74	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
75	PACHER Quentin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
76	GUAY Julien	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
77	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
78	BENITO Miguel Angel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	REUS Kai	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
80	CLAEYS Dimitri	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
81	PREMONT Christophe	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
82	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	VEUCHELEN Frederik	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
84	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	CORDEEL Sander	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
86	ZAMPILLI Rino	Team Roth	s.t.
87	LEVARLET Guillaume	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
88	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
89	BODIOT Alexis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
90	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	FUMEAUX Jonathan	IAM Cycling	s.t.
92	ARAMENDIA Javier	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
94	BROECKX Stig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
97	MORICE Julien	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	COUSIN Jérôme	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
99	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	s.t.
100	FONSECA Armindo	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
101	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	s.t.
102	ANTOMARCHI Julien	Roubaix Mét. Aurop. de Lille	s.t.
103	FEILLU Brice	Fortuneo Vital Concept	s.t.
104	STASSEN Julien	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
105	DUQUENNOY Jimmy	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
106	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
107	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM Cycling	s.t.
108	PARDINI Olivier	Wallonie Bruxellesect	s.t.
109	MAYER Yannick	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
110	FARAZIJN Maxime	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
111	DUVAL Julien	Armée de Terre	s.t.
112	FEILLU Romain	HP BTP - Auber93	s.t.
113	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 8sec
114	LELEU Antoine	Veranclassic - AGO	01'20''
115	VOECKLER Thomas	Direct Energie	01'21''
116	YSSAAD Yannis	Armée de Terre	s.t.
117	STÜSSI Colin	Team Roth	01'23''
118	WARBASSE Lawrence	IAM Cycling	s.t.
119	DUCHESNE Julien	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
120	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	01'24''
121	PEYSKENS Dimitri	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
122	DENZ Nico	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
123	PERRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
124	BONNAFOND Guillaume	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
125	SHAW Damien	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
126	MENUT David	HP BTP - Auber93	01'26''
127	THALMANN Roland	Team Roth	02'14''
128	WATSON Calvin	An Post - ChainReaction	02'21''
129	DE GENDT Aimé	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	02'29''
130	BIDARD François	AG2R la Mondiale	02'37''
131	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
132	SINNER Benoît	Armée de Terre	03'39''
133	DHAENE Brecht	Veranda`s Willems	07'38''
134	BREYNE Jonathan	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
135	D'URBANO Marco	Team Roth	s.t.
136	VERSTRAETEN Jari	Veranda`s Willems	s.t.
137	HOELGAARD Daniel	FDJ	s.t.
138	WASTYN Emiel	An Post - ChainReaction	s.t.
139	PONS Gaëtan	Wallonie Bruxellesect	07'39''
140	KADRI Blel	AG2R la Mondiale	s.t.
141	POLS Ruben	Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	s.t.
142	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
143	LEVASSEUR Jordan	Armée de Terre	s.t.
144	LEGLEY Matthias	Veranclassic - AGO	s.t.
145	MERTENS Robin	Veranclassic - AGO	07'40''
146	LAAS Martin	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	14'12''
147	LEDANOIS Kévin	Fortuneo Vital Concept	15'31''
148	HIVERT Jonathan	Fortuneo Vital Concept	19'01''

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Thibaut Pinot (left) and Thomas Voeckler before the stage start

Did Cofidis triple the value of their team car when they loaded the bikes on it?

Looks like it's about time to race.

An An Post-Chain Reaction rider on the Cote de la Tour

Arnaud Demare

It's a stiff grunt up the hill.

Robin Mertens

Jelle Vanendert

Direct Energie puts a lot of horsepower at the front

The finishing town of Beaucaire

Sylvain Chavanel leads the peloton

Bryan Coquard delivers the goods

Coquard will start stage two in the leader's jersey.

Stage 1 course map:

Etoile de Besseges stage 1 map

Start list with back numbers, February 2, 2016:

	LOTTO-SOUDAL
1	GALLOPIN Tony
2	ARMEE Sander
3	BROECKX Stig
4	DE BIE Sean
5	MONFORT Maxime
6	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
7	VANENDERT Jelle
8	WALLAYS Jelle
	FDJ
11	PINOT Thibaut
12	DEMARE Arnaud
13	DELAGE Mickael
14	REICHENBACH Sébastien
15	VICHOT Arthur
16	REZA Kevin
17	HOELGAARD Daniel
18	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
21	BIDARD François
22	BONNAFOND Guillaume
23	DENZ Nico
24	JAUREGUI Quentin
25	KADRI Blel
26	LATOUR Pierre-Roger
27	DUPONT Hubert
28	PERAUD Jean Christophe
	IAM CYCLING
31	COPPEL Jerome
32	DEVENYNS Dries
33	HOLST ENGER Sondre
34	LANG Pirmin
35	NAESEN Oliver
36	PELUCCHI Matteo
38	FUMEAUX Jonathan
	DIRECT ENERGIE
41	VOECKLER Thomas
42	CHAVANEL Sylvain
43	COQUARD Bryan
44	DUCHESNE Antoine
45	MORICE Julien
46	PETIT Adrien
47	QUEMENEUR Perrig
48	TULIK Angelo
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
51	ARAMENDIA Javier
52	BARBERO Carlos
53	BENITO Miguel Angel
54	PARDILLA Sergio
55	FERRARI Fabricio
56	RUBIO Diego
57	LASTRA Jonathan
58	MADRAZO Ángel
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
61	COUSIN Jerome
62	AHLSTRAND Jonas
63	JEANNESSON Arnold
64	ROSSETTO Stéphane
65	SENECHAL Florian
66	TURGIS Anthony
67	VAN BILSEN Kenneth
68	HARDY Romain
	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT
71	HIVERT Jonathan
72	BRUN Frédéric
73	CAM Maxime
74	DELAPLACE Anthony
75	FEDRIGO Pierrick
76	FONSECA Armindo
77	BONNAMOUR Franck
78	FEILLU Brice
	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM
81	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn
82	ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel
83	DUQUE Leonardo
84	GALTA Frederik Strand
85	GIRAUD Benjamin
86	LAAS Martin
87	PACHER Quentin
88	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
91	ANTOMARCHI Julien
92	BARBIER Rudy
93	PEREIRA Florent
94	LEVEAU Jérémy
95	VANTOMME Maxime
96	BOUVRY Dieter
97	VERHELST Louis
98	TURGIS Jimmy
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
101	VAN HOECKE Gijs
102	FARAZIJN Maxime
103	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
104	SPRENGERS Thomas
105	DE GENDT Aimé
106	POLS Ruben
107	RICKAERT Jonas
108	HELVEN Sander
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT
111	BACKAERT Frederik
112	CLAEYS Dimitri
113	DEMOITIE Antoine
114	DEVRIENDT Tom
115	DRON Boris
116	MARCATO Marco
117	VAN MELSEN Kevin
118	VEUCHELEN Frederik
	HP BTP-AUBER 93
121	GUAY Julien
122	DASSONVILLE Flavien
123	FEILLU Romain
124	JAKIN Alo
125	BIHEL César
126	MENUT David
127	LEVARLET Guillaume
128	MALDONADO Anthony
	ROTH
131	BALDO Nicolas
132	BAILLIFART Valentin
133	D'URBANO Marco
134	GADAY Lucas Manuel
135	JANORSCHKE Grischa
136	PAGE Dylan
137	PASQUALON Andrea
138	STÜSSI Colin
	WALLONIE-BRUXELLES-GROUP PROTECT
141	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
142	HABEAUX Gregory
143	CHEVALIER Olivier
144	WARNIER Antoine
145	DERNIES Tom
146	ISTA Kevin
147	DELFOSSE Sébastien
148	DE WINTER Ludwig
	ARMÉE DE TERRE
151	FERASSE Thibault
152	SINNER Benoit
153	DUVAL Julien
154	LEVASSEUR Jordan
155	BODIOT Alexis
156	POULHIES Stéphane
157	ROSTOLLAN Thomas
158	THOMAS Benjamin
	AN POST-CHAINREACTION
161	WATSON Calvin
162	WILSON Jack
163	MCCONVEY Connor
164	BOVENHUIS Jasper
165	VEREECKEN Nicolas
166	WASTYN Emiel
167	KENT-SPARK Oliver
168	BENNETT Sean
	VERANCLASSIC-AGO
171	JULES Justin
172	BREYNE Jonathan
173	DESCHESNE Julien
174	LEGLEY Matthias
175	LELEU Antoine
176	MAYER Yannick
177	MERTENS Robin
178	PEYSKENS Dimitri
	VERANDAS WILLEMS
181	DHAENE Brecht
182	VAN ZUMMEREN Stef
183	VERSTRAETEN Jari
184	REUS Kai
185	DUPONT Timothy
186	KRUOPIS Aidis
187	GHYSELINCK Jan
188	PREMONT Christophe