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Tuesday, April 8: Stage 1, St. Jean de Monts - St. Gereon, 197.2 km

The Race: Nacer Bouhanni has won his fourth race of the season by outsprinting his countryman Giacomo Nizzolo and Juan José Lobato.

The French sprinter had three teammates to lead him out, but in the final difficult meters he lost their wheels and had to sprint on his own. Bouhanni had been troubled by a knee injured at Paris-Nice, but he says everything is fine now.

Bouhanni has won stages this year at the Bessèges, Paris-Nice and the Critérium International.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.800 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4hr 50min 0sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
3	Juan José Lobato Del Valle	TEAM MOVISTAR
4	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR
5	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
6	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Michel Kreder	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
8	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
9	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
10	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO
11	Fabio Duque Leonardo	COLOMBIA
12	Alexander Porsev	KATUSHA TEAM
13	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA
14	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
15	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
16	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
17	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM
18	Francisco José Ventoso	TEAM MOVISTAR
19	Alexey Tsatevitch	KATUSHA TEAM
20	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
22	Axel Domont	AG2R LA MONDIALE
23	Michael Schwarzmann	Team NETAPP ENDURA
24	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
25	Tobias Ludvigsson	GIANT - SHIMANO
26	Jeffry Johan Romero	COLOMBIA
27	Grégory Habeaux	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
28	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
29	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
30	Anthony Roux	FDJ
31	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
32	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR
33	Angelo Tulik	EUROPCAR
34	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE
35	Arthur Van Overberghe	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
36	Jasha Sütterlin	TEAM MOVISTAR
37	Stefan Denifl	IAM CYCLING
38	Martin Kohler	BMC RACING TEAM
39	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR
40	Victor Campenaerts	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
41	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING
42	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
43	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
44	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
45	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
46	Alex Dowsett	TEAM MOVISTAR
47	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
48	Erick Rowsell	Team NETAPP ENDURA
49	Tiago Machado	Team NETAPP ENDURA
50	Romain Lemarchand	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
51	Fabio Silvestre	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
53	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
54	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
55	Marco Frapporti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
56	José Ivan Gutierrez	TEAM MOVISTAR
57	Eliot Lietaer	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
58	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA
59	Boy Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
60	Thomas Dekker	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
61	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
62	Brent Bookwalter	BMC RACING TEAM
63	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
64	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING
65	Frantisek Padour	Team NETAPP ENDURA
66	Yonder Godoy	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
67	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
68	Lawson Craddock	GIANT - SHIMANO
69	Thierry Hupond	GIANT - SHIMANO
70	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
71	Chad Haga	GIANT - SHIMANO
72	Johann Tschopp	IAM CYCLING
73	Thomas Lövkvist	IAM CYCLING
74	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA
75	Stake Laengen Vegard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
76	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
77	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo	COLOMBIA
78	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
79	Jérôme Gilbert	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
80	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
81	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
82	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
83	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM
84	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
85	Anthony Geslin	FDJ
86	Francis Mourey	FDJ
87	Alessio Taliani	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
88	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR
89	Bryan Naulleau	EUROPCAR
90	Jose Ochoa Carlos	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
91	Jonathan Mcevoy	Team NETAPP ENDURA
92	Phillip Gaimon	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
93	Nathan Brown	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
94	Duber Arman Quintero	COLOMBIA
95	Alexander Rybakov	KATUSHA TEAM
96	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 21 seconds
97	Mikhail Ignatyev	KATUSHA TEAM	1:24
98	Keong Loh Sea	GIANT - SHIMANO	1:24
99	Giovanni Bernaudeau	EUROPCAR	2:23
100	Pavel Kochetkov	KATUSHA TEAM	3:56
101	Marco Haller	KATUSHA TEAM	5:54
102	Marco Minnaard	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	6:17

Complete GC after Stage 1:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4hr 49min 50sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 4 seconds
3	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
4	Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle	TEAM MOVISTAR	6
5	Duber Arman Quintero	COLOMBIA
6	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR	10
7	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
8	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Michel Kreder	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
10	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
11	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
12	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO
13	Fabio Duque Leonardo	COLOMBIA
14	Alexander Porsev	KATUSHA TEAM
15	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA
16	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
17	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
18	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
19	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM
20	Francisco José Ventoso	TEAM MOVISTAR
21	Alexey Tsatevitch	KATUSHA TEAM
22	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
23	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
24	Axel Domont	AG2R LA MONDIALE
25	Michael Schwarzmann	Team NETAPP ENDURA
26	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
27	Tobias Ludvigsson	GIANT - SHIMANO
28	Jeffry Johan Romero	COLOMBIA
29	Grégory Habeaux	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
30	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
31	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
32	Anthony Roux	FDJ
33	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
34	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR
35	Angelo Tulik	EUROPCAR
36	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE
37	Arthur Van Overberghe	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
38	Jasha Sütterlin	TEAM MOVISTAR
39	Stefan Denifl	IAM CYCLING
40	Martin Kohler	BMC RACING TEAM
41	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR
42	Victor Campenaerts	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
43	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING
44	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
45	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
46	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
47	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
48	Alex Dowsett	TEAM MOVISTAR
49	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
50	Erick Rowsell	Team NETAPP ENDURA
51	Tiago Machado	Team NETAPP ENDURA
52	Romain Lemarchand	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
53	Fabio Silvestre	TREK FACTORY RACING
54	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
55	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
56	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
57	Marco Frapporti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
58	José Ivan Gutierrez	TEAM MOVISTAR
59	Eliot Lietaer	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
60	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA
61	Boy Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
62	Thomas Dekker	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
63	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
64	Brent Bookwalter	BMC RACING TEAM
65	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
66	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING
67	Frantisek Padour	Team NETAPP ENDURA
68	Yonder Godoy	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
69	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
70	Lawson Craddock	GIANT - SHIMANO
71	Thierry Hupond	GIANT - SHIMANO
72	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
73	Chad Haga	GIANT - SHIMANO
74	Johann Tschopp	IAM CYCLING
75	Thomas Lövkvist	IAM CYCLING
76	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA
77	Stake Laengen Vegard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
78	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
79	Rodolfo Andres Torres	COLOMBIA
80	Jérôme Gilbert	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
81	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
82	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
83	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
84	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM
85	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
86	Anthony Geslin	FDJ
87	Francis Mourey	FDJ
88	Alessio Taliani	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
89	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR
90	Bryan Naulleau	EUROPCAR
91	Jose Ochoa Carlos	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
92	Jonathan Mcevoy	Team NETAPP ENDURA
93	Phillip Gaimon	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
94	Nathan Brown	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
95	Alexander Rybakov	KATUSHA TEAM
96	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	31
97	Mikhail Ignatyev	KATUSHA TEAM	1:34
98	Keong Loh Sea	GIANT - SHIMANO
99	Giovanni Bernaudeau	EUROPCAR	2:33
100	Pavel Kochetkov	KATUSHA TEAM	4:06
101	Marco Haller	KATUSHA TEAM	6:04
102	Marco Minnaard	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	6:19