5 rider's form the BOTD: Marcel Aregger (IAM), Tom Van Asbroeck (TopSport), Wes Sulzberger (Orica), Jeremy Vennell (Bissell) and Damien Howson (Qantas).
And we return to the race with 20km's to go, as Mollema attacks. The top favourite wants the win and launches an attack, tough creating a gap seems hard.
And this is the situation with about 15km's to go: the original breakaway is still at front, 43'' ahead of the pack, with Mollema in intermediate, 22'' ahead of the pack.
As the pack get's close to catch the BOTD, Vennell attacks. Van Asbroeck counters, so does Aregger and Hownson.
And Julien Simon attacks!!! What an acelleration by the french rider. Vicioso tries to counter, but he can't. The attack is that strong!
But Vicioso is able to close the gap!
But everyone is caught with 7km's to go, it seems we are going to have a bunch sprint between this 25 rider group.
And under the flamme rouge, it's Lowe and Sörensen that come forward. They look like the duo that is going to fight for the win, but there's still the fairly steep hilltop to the finish line.
And indeed, that hilltop makes the diference as in the last 100 metres, Lowe cracked and got passed by Simon Spilak, who take's the win! Izagirre is still able to pass Lowe for 2nd, with the aussie getting 3rd.
3 rider's form the BOTD: Jasper Stuyven (Bontrager), Mattia Pozzo (Vini Fantini) and Caleb Ewan (Qantas).
Bjorn Selander, Stefano Pirazzi and Délio Fernández decide to attack with 57km's to go. Unlikely this is the winning move.
And, by the the work of Qantas, they all get caught 17km's later.
Ewan decides to let Stuyven and Pozzo go as he get's caught by the pack.
With 20km's to go, César Fonte attacsks! He's a dangerous rider to let go, so Qantas continues to push most of the rider's in the peloton to their limits.
They're all nearly caught so Stuyven decides to try for one last punch before he get's absorved by the pack.
And he get's caught with 13km's to go. It's decision time in the race after here.
And the 1st of the favourites to make a move is Felline! The young punchy sprinter from Androni tries to go for a 10km solo ride as he quicly creates a gap.
And Di Luca attacks! He sees there's a chance that Felline might win this so he decides to try to cloes the gap of 44'' in less than 5km's! He get's countered by Sella and Santambrogio.
But no one is looking to stop this men from taking the win here. Felline passes the 1km banner with a little gap to Di Luca and it may well be enough to take the win.
And Felline take's it after a 10km solo effort!!! What a great rider from him. Di Luca take's 2nd and Sella 3rd.
Full Results
1
Fabio Felline
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
3h04'30
2
Danilo Di Luca
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
+ 17
3
Emanuele Sella
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 30
4
Mauro Santambrogio
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
+ 44
5
Lachlan Norris
Qantas Airways Cycling
+ 1'11
6
Jackson Rodríguez
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
+ 1'35
7
Fabio Taborre
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
8
Marco Frapporti
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
9
Julian Arredondo
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
10
Andrea Pasqualon
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Jure Golcer
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Sebastian Salas
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
13
Riccardo Chiarini
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
14
Walter Pedraza
EPM - UNE
s.t.
15
Fortunato Baliani
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
16
Cesar Fonte
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
17
Peter Kusztor
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
18
Alexander Gottfried
Nutrixxion - Abus
s.t.
19
Delio Fernández
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
20
Trent Lowe
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
21
Tomasz Nose
Adria Mobil
s.t.
22
Ricardo Vilela
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
23
Francesco Failli
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
24
Matej Mugerli
Adria Mobil
s.t.
25
Filippo Savini
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
26
Luca Mazzanti
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
27
Jonathan Monsalve
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
28
Stefano Pirazzi
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
29
Konstantin Klimiankou
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
30
Harald Totschnig
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Ramiro Rincón
EPM - UNE
s.t.
32
Giovanny Baez
EPM - UNE
s.t.
33
Hélder Oliveira
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
+ 2'52
34
Giorgio Brambilla
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
35
João Cabreira
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
36
Eduard Beltran
EPM - UNE
s.t.
37
Tomasz Smolen
Bank BGZ
s.t.
38
Jan Tratnik
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
39
David Boily
Amore & Vita
s.t.
40
Ivan Rovny
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
41
Moisés Dueñas
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
42
Matteo Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
43
Mauro Finetto
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
44
Nicola Dal Santo
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
45
Mario Costa
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
46
Patrick Facchini
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
47
Jaroslaw Dabrowski
Amore & Vita
s.t.
48
Pawel Cieslik
Bank BGZ
s.t.
49
Arkaitz Durán
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
50
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
51
Nicola Boem
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
52
Bjorn Selander
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
53
Zsolt Der
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
54
Giairo Ermeti
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
55
Jeremy Vennell
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
56
Yuriy Agarkov
ISD Continental Team
s.t.
57
Mariusz Witecki
Bank BGZ
s.t.
58
Maksym Averin
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
+ 3'47
59
Dimitri Krivtsov
ISD Continental Team
s.t.
60
Filippo Fortin
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
61
Darren Lapthorne
Qantas Airways Cycling
+ 4'02
62
Edwin Carvajal
EPM - UNE
s.t.
63
Simon Pavlin
Adria Mobil
s.t.
64
Antonio Santoro
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
65
Tommy Nankervis
Bissell Cycling
+ 4'22
66
Timothy Roe
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
67
Oleksandr Polivoda
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
68
Adam Phelan
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
69
Nuno Ribeiro
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
70
Pablo Torres
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
71
Gabriele Bosisio
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
72
Nicolas Baldo
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
73
William Walker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
74
Hossein Alizadeh
Amore & Vita
s.t.
75
Francesco Bongiorno
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
76
Shinichi Fukushima
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
77
David Jai Crawford
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
78
Diego Rosa
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela
s.t.
79
Jesús Del Pino
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
80
Rida Cador
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
81
Jason McCartney
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
82
Jeremy Durrin
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
83
Alessandro Mazzi
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
84
Hideto Nakane
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
85
Patryk Komisarek
Bank BGZ
s.t.
86
Mattia Pozzo
Vini Fantini - Selle Italia
s.t.
87
Holger Burkhardt
Nutrixxion - Abus
+ 5'35
88
Vladyslav Bakumenko
ISD Continental Team
+ 5'54
89
Dariusz Batek
Bank BGZ
s.t.
90
Frans-Leonard Markaskard
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
91
Gustavo César Veloso
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
92
Lawson Craddock
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Caleb Ewan
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
94
Blazej Janiaczyk
Bank BGZ
s.t.
95
Radoslav Rogina
Adria Mobil
s.t.
96
Davide Mucelli
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
97
Bostjan Rezman
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
98
Marco Cunha
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
99
Pawel Brylowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
100
Uri Martins
Amore & Vita
s.t.
101
Andreas Hofer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
102
Niv Libner
Amore & Vita
s.t.
103
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
s.t.
104
Amir Rusli
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
105
Scott Zwizanski
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
106
Marco Zamparella
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
107
Florian Salzinger
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
108
Sonny Colbrelli
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
109
Dmytro Volovod
ISD Continental Team
s.t.
110
Andrea Fedi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
111
Dominik Hrinkow
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
112
Chad Haga
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
113
Jorge Castiblanco
EPM - UNE
s.t.
114
Florian Bissinger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
115
Daniel Jarstø
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
116
Kristjan Fajt
Adria Mobil
s.t.
117
Simone Campagnaro
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
118
Oleksandr Sheydyk
ISD Continental Team
s.t.
119
Krisztian Lovassy
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
120
Christoph Springer
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
121
Rick Ampler
Nutrixxion - Abus
s.t.
122
Edward Ortiz
EPM - UNE
s.t.
123
Patrick Jäger
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
124
Jasper Stuyven
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
125
Kohei Uchima
Team Nippo - De Rosa
s.t.
126
Phillip Gaimon
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
127
Marco Zanotti
Utensilnord - Ora24.eu
s.t.
128
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
129
Lluis Guillermo Mas
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
130
Jóni Brandão
Efapel - Glassdrive
s.t.
131
Oscar Rivera
EPM - UNE
s.t.
132
Matvey Zubov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
133
Anatoliy Pakthusov
ISD Continental Team
s.t.
134
Gavin Mannion
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
135
Michal Podlaski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
136
Kristian Dyrnes
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
137
Thomas Soladay
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
138
Carter Jones
Bissell Cycling
s.t.
139
Benjamin Sydlik
Nutrixxion - Abus
s.t.
140
Donato De Ieso
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
141
Igor Frolov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
142
Sebastian Körber
Nutrixxion - Abus
s.t.
143
Alexander Berezkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
144
Martin Weiss
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
145
Clemens Fankhauser
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
146
Dario Hernández
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
147
Robbie Hucker
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
148
Viktor Shmalko
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
149
Dominik Brändle
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
150
Hannes Kapeller
Tirol Cycling Team
s.t.
151
Adrien Chenaux
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
152
Alexandre Darville
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Tobias Dohlus
Nutrixxion - Abus
s.t.
154
Temesgen Teklehaimanot
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
155
Tanner Putt
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
156
Alexey Ryabkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
157
Fredrik Galta
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
158
Remco Broers
Team Vorarlberg
s.t.
159
Aleksandr Rotyakov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
160
Oscar Landa
Team Øster Hus - Ridley
s.t.
161
Nathan Wilson
Bontrager Cycling Team
s.t.
162
Marsh Cooper
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
163
Andrea Manfredi
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
164
Rui Barros
OFM - Quinta da Lixa
s.t.
165
Cheyne Hoag
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
166
Andrea Di Corrado
Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
s.t.
167
Stefan Praxmarer
Tirol Cycling Team
+ 7'58
168
Federico Pozzetto
Tirol Cycling Team
+ 8'30
169
Kirill Egorov
Itera - Katusha
+ 8'53
170
Konstantin Yakimov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
171
Luke Davison
Drapac Cycling
s.t.
172
Efren Carazo
Burgos BH - Castilla y León
s.t.
173
Eugenio Bani
Amore & Vita
s.t.
Review:
5th is really good by Norris. He's in great shape and this result proves it.
Mitchell Hoke (Optum), Michael Vingerling (3M), Boris Zimine (Roubaix Lille) and Amaro Antunes (Ceramica) form the BOTD of this french one day race.
And with 10km's to go, the break is about to get caught as Qantas and Sojasun push hard for their sprinters.
Hoke still expects a miracle as he attacks to try to stay at the front of the fast paced pack.
But they all caught with 6km's to go.
With 3km's to go, Qantas is by far the strongest team as their train was strong enough to open a gap back to the pack.
Under the 1km banner, Giacoppo is in the lead with Hanson trying to follow the aussie. Simon is a little bit far behind as he got blocked off by Baggio.
But no one can stop this men from taking the win here. Giacoppo take's a awesome win here in France, beating Simon and Bacquet, to the sadness of the French's here at the finish line.
Full Results
1
Anthony Giacoppo
Qantas Airways Cycling
4h10'22
2
Julien Simon
Sojasun
s.t.
3
Fabien Bacquet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
4
Filippo Baggio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
5
Ken Hanson
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
6
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
7
Michael Hepburn
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
8
Travis Meyer
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
9
Aaron Kemps
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
10
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Jimmy Engoulvent
Sojasun
s.t.
12
Evaldas Siskevicius
Sojasun
s.t.
13
Stefan Schumacher
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
14
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
15
Romain Lemarchand
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
16
Pedro Paulinho
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
17
Michael Vink
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
18
Julien El Fares
Sojasun
s.t.
19
Kevin Lalouette
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
20
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
21
Christophe Kern
Team Europcar
s.t.
22
Etienne Tortelier
Sojasun
s.t.
23
Jonathan Hivert
Sojasun
s.t.
24
Geoffroy Lequatre
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
25
Damien Howson
Qantas Airways Cycling
s.t.
26
Martin Mortensen
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
27
Morgan Kneisky
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
28
Arnaud Gérard
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
29
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
30
Gert Joeaar
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
31
Björn Thurau
Team Europcar
s.t.
32
Kasper Klostergaard
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
33
Mathieu Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
34
Eduardo Sepulveda
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
35
Gaël Malacarne
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
36
Clément Koretzky
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
37
Antonio Barbio
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
38
Edgar Pinto
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
39
Thomas Vaubourzeix
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
40
Jean-Marc Bideau
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
41
Ed Clancy
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
42
Martin Grøn
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
43
Michael Stevenson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
44
Marc Hester
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
45
Alexandre Blain
Team Raleigh
s.t.
46
Guillaume Faucon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
47
António Carvalho
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
48
Morgan Lamoisson
Team Europcar
s.t.
49
Tino Thömel
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
50
Maxime Le Montagner
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
51
Martin Pedersen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
52
Peter Erdin
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
53
Ilya Gorodnichev
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
54
Morten Høberg
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
55
Rob Britton
Team Raleigh
s.t.
56
Florian Guillou
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
57
Mathieu Chiocca
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
58
Amaro Antunes
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
59
Liam Holohan
Madison Genesis
s.t.
60
Patrick Clausen
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
61
Mitchell Hoke
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
62
Bruno Sancho
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
63
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Team Europcar
s.t.
64
Christophe Le Mével
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
65
Mark Christian
Team Raleigh
s.t.
66
Florent Barle
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
67
Angelo Tulik
Team Europcar
s.t.
68
Jesse Anthony
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
69
Chris Opie
Team UK Youth
s.t.
70
Cyril Lemoine
Sojasun
s.t.
71
Kasper Linde Jørgensen
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
72
Ruben Companioni
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
73
Michael Vingerling
Team 3M
s.t.
74
Jean-Lou Paiani
Sojasun
s.t.
75
Christian Moberg Jørgensen
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
76
Kyle Wamsley
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
77
Jimmi Sørensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
78
Boris Zimine
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
79
Jérôme Cousin
Team Europcar
s.t.
80
Martin Lind
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
81
Rudy Kowalski
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
82
Steven Tronet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
83
Thomas Rostollan
La Pomme Marseille
+ 3'49
84
Justin Jules
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
85
Wouter Wippert
Team 3M
s.t.
86
Yoann Paillot
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
87
Loïc Desriac
Roubaix Lille Métropole
s.t.
88
José Gonçalves
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
89
Yanto Barker
Team UK Youth
s.t.
90
Guido Palma
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
91
Stéphane Rossetto
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
92
Hugo Sabido
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
93
Grégoire Tarride
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
94
Michael Friedman
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
95
Nicolas Winter
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
96
Frederik Wilmann
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
97
Felix English
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
98
Christofer Stevenson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
99
Márcio Barbosa
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
100
Michael Schweizer
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
101
Richard Lang
Team Raleigh
s.t.
102
Philip Mooney
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
103
Damien Gaudin
Team Europcar
s.t.
104
Rafael Reis
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
105
Greg Mansell
Team UK Youth
s.t.
106
Thomas Bonnin
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
107
Valter Pereira
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
108
Marius Bernatonis
Team 3M
s.t.
109
Romain Hardy
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
110
James McCallum
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
111
Luke Grivell-Mellor
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
112
Stefan Schäfer
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
113
Robert Partridge
Team UK Youth
s.t.
114
Tom Scully
Team Raleigh
s.t.
115
Sebastien Baldauf
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
116
Richard Handley
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
117
Troels Ronning Vinther
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
118
Michael Sherer
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
119
Joop De Gans
Team 3M
s.t.
120
Eric Berthou
Team Raleigh
s.t.
121
Carson Miller
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
122
Tony Hurel
Team Europcar
s.t.
123
Richard Tanguy
Team UK Youth
s.t.
124
Alister Ratcliff
Team 3M
s.t.
125
Edward Laverack
Rapha Condor - JLT
s.t.
126
Nikola Aistrup
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
127
Dominic Jelfs
Madison Genesis
s.t.
128
Michael Reihs
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
129
Tom Goovaerts
Team 3M
s.t.
130
Erwann Corbel
Bretagne - Séché Environnement
s.t.
131
Jack Pullar
Madison Genesis
s.t.
132
Mats Andersson
Concordia Forsikring - Riwal
s.t.
133
Andrew Tennant
Madison Genesis
s.t.
134
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
135
Yannick Martinez
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
136
Mike Terpstra
Team 3M
s.t.
137
Tizian Rausch
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
138
Léo Menville
Team NSP - Ghost
s.t.
139
João Pedro Rodrigues
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
140
Joshua Hunt
Team UK Youth
s.t.
141
Sebastian Baylis
Madison Genesis
s.t.
142
João Pereira
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
143
Joseph Kukolla
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
144
Ian Moir
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
145
James Driscoll
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
146
Bruno Silva
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
147
Nicolas Lüthi
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
148
Tom Zirbel
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
s.t.
149
Daniele Aldegheri
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
150
Chase Pinkham
Jamis - Hagens Berman
s.t.
151
Chris Snook
Madison Genesis
s.t.
152
Alexander Kamp
Team Cult Energy
s.t.
153
David Livramento
Carmim - Tavira
s.t.
154
Robbie Squire
Ceramica Flaminia - Fondriest
s.t.
155
Luis Filipe Afonso
LA Alumínios - Antarte
s.t.
Review:
Beating Simon isn't easy, especially at France, but Giacoppo did it. Great win for him. Adding to that, 3 more rider's in the top 10 is good.
Goal:
After the win last week, Giacoppo hope's to take his 2nd win here. And it's definetelly possible.
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With the team beeing divided to be at two race's at the same time, we have to divide the sprinting squad. The cobbles are probably too far away from the finish to prove decisive.
Willy Willwohl (LKT), August Jensen (Oster Hus) and Théo Vimpere (BigMat) form the breakaway of the race.
3 rider's decide to try their luck with 45km's to go: Renaud Dion, Edwig Cammaerts and Bernaudeau are those riders.
They get caught tough. It's time for Lequatre to try his luck. Bernadeau decides to keep attacking, tacking his team-mate Tulik on his wheel.
And everyone, including the BOTD, is caught with 33km's to go.
14km's to go and more attacks. Arnaud Gerard attacks and get's countered by Siskevicius! They don't get a gap tough.
Now it's Kern that attacks! Total chaotic race here. Gérard counters wityh Siskecius and Vaubourzeix on his wheel.
Everyone get's caught. 5km's to go and Crawford attacks. Siskevicus, Lemarchand and Tulik all decide to try their luck by countering.
3km's to go and Gérard tries one more time but it looks like a sprinter to win this.
Entering the last km, Jules is in front with Simon in his wheel. Giacoppo is there, so is Downing.
But it's a Cofidis rider that win's it? Who's it? It's Romain Lemarchand! What a surprising win by him. Giacoppo just edge's Siskevicius for 2nd place.
A big breakaway is formed: Tim Mertens (TopSport), Adrian Gjolberg (Joker), Daniel Westmattelmann (Quantec), Maksym Averin (Atlas), Kess Heytens (3M), Eugenio Alafaci (Leopard) and Blazej Janiaczyk (Bank BGZ).
We return to the live coverage as Nicko Eeckhout attacks! The break holds a 2 minutes lead with 15km's to go. Will they win it?
On the break, Heytens attacks and gain a little bit of a gap. Enough to hand on?
5km's to go and this is the situation: Heytens has 15'' on his break companions, Eeckhout is in the middle, 32'' behind and the pack 1'11'' behind Heytens. It looks set that one of this 7 riders will win today.
Heytens get's caught just soon as the sprint starts between the escapees. Looks like a fight between Janiaczyk and Alafaci, but watch out for Averin.
And under the 1km banner, Alafaci storms into the lead! No one has any answer to it. Looks like a decisive move here.
And he take's it with a huge gap to the other's. What a win by this young italian. Averin take's 2nd and Mertens 3rd, holding still the pack.
The usual breakaway is formed: Nathan Brown (Bontrager), Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Amore & Vita), Tomasz Nose (Adria Mobil), Volodymyr Dzhus (ISD) and Mate Radonics (Utensilnord) are those that show their team's jersey during the race.
33km's to go. The break hasn't been caught and some rider's try they luck in the pack. Miletta, Giordani and Zardini try to surprise the sprinter's team.
With the pack just 30'' behind, Dabrowski attacks Dzhus and Nose follow, but it looks impossible for them to win.
Rabottini tries now, as the pack is about to caught Dabrowski, the last survivor of today's BOTD. Pasqualon counters him.
Everyone is caught with 5km's to go. Sprint time.
3km's to go. We have Qantas train at front, bringing Meyer to the front. Felline is in his wheel.
1km to go. Felline get's out of Meyer's wheel, as the aussie starts his sprint as well. Watch out for Schumacher who's coming on the inside of the corner.
And after the win in the Trofeo Zssdi earlier this week, Felline take's another win. Schumacher take's 2nd and Smolen 3rd.
There is still no BOTD formed as we pass trough the 1st climb of the day. Roe take's it, Dion 2nd and Patoux 3rd.
Still no BOTD formed as we pass trough the 2nd mountain sprint of the day. Roe take's it again, Rincón 2nd and Zverkov 3rd.
And it's those 3 plus Tom Vermeer (Jo Piels) that form the BOTD.
Rincón take's the 1st of the 2 intermediate sprints today. Roe 2nd and Vermeer 3rd.
Roe take's full points once again across the 3rd climb of the day. He will wear this jersey tomorrow. Vermeer 2nd and Rincón 3rd.
Rincón take's teh 2nd intermediate sprint. Roe 2nd and Vermeer 3rd.
Entering the last 10km's, Roe is the last of the escapees to get caught as Cofidis bring Poulhiès forward.
3km's to go. Qantas continues to prove that their train is probably the strongest amongst CT team's. Cofidis are there, but their already down to their last lead-out men.
1km to go. Poulhiès has to show speed to take it. Giraud is in his wheel as the leader jersey wearer Coquard leave's Giraud wheel and is coming really fast.
And Giraud take's it! Poulhiès 2nd and Coquard lacked the final acceleration to take it. With bonus seconds, Giraud is the new GC leader!
Full Results
Stage Results
1
Benjamin Giraud
La Pomme Marseille
4h29'59
2
Stéphane Poulhiès
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
s.t.
3
Bryan Coquard
Team Europcar
s.t.
4
Giorgio Brambilla
Atlas Personal - Jakroo
s.t.
5
Justin Jules
La Pomme Marseille
s.t.
6
Julien Simon
Sojasun
s.t.
7
Fabien Bacquet
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
8
Dylan Groenewegen
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
9
Benoit Drujon
BigMat - Auber 93
s.t.
10
Nikolai Trussov
Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks
s.t.
Spoiler
11 Yoeri Havik Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
12 Roy Sentjens Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
13 Fabrice Jeandesboz Sojasun s.t.
14 Yukiya Arashiro Team Europcar s.t.
15 Maksym Averin Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t. 16 Aaron Kemps Qantas Airways Cycling s.t.
17 Armindo Fonseca Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
18 Vytautas Kaupas Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
19 Sjef De Wilde Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
20 Wouter Wippert Team 3M s.t.
21 Angelo Tulik Team Europcar s.t.
22 Romain Lemarchand Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
23 Jean-Luc Delpech Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
24 Geoffroy Lequatre Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
25 Mathieu Chiocca Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t. 26 Jack Bobridge Qantas Airways Cycling s.t.
27 Caleb Ewan Qantas Airways Cycling s.t.
28 Kai Reus Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
29 Weimar Roldan EPM - UNE s.t.
30 David Le Lay Sojasun s.t.
31 Jonathan Hivert Sojasun s.t.
32 Florent Barle Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
33 Simon Holt Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
34 Maxime Le Montagner Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
35 Arnaud Gérard Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
36 Clément Koretzky Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
37 Oleksandr Polivoda Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t.
38 Renaud Dion Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
39 Thomas Vaubourzeix La Pomme Marseille s.t.
40 Julien Antomarchi La Pomme Marseille s.t.
41 Morgan Kneisky Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
42 Morgan Lamoisson Team Europcar s.t.
43 Coen Vermeltfoort Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
44 Rony Martias Sojasun s.t. 45 Timothy Gudsell Qantas Airways Cycling s.t.
46 Frank Niewold Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
47 Rudy Molard Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
48 Morten Øllegaard Blue Water Cycling s.t.
49 Rémi Pauriol Sojasun s.t.
50 Jean-Marc Marino Sojasun s.t.
51 César Bihel Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
52 Matvey Zubov Itera - Katusha s.t.
53 Eduardo Sepulveda Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
54 Franck Bouyer Team Europcar s.t.
55 Yoann Paillot La Pomme Marseille s.t.
56 Romain Hardy Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
57 Théo Vimpere BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
58 Yannick Martinez La Pomme Marseille s.t.
59 Pierre-Luc Périchon Bretagne - Séché Environnement s.t.
60 Adrián Palomares Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
61 Rasmus Guldhammer Blue Water Cycling s.t.
62 Davide Malacarne Team Europcar s.t.
63 Guillaume Faucon BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
64 Brice Feillu Sojasun s.t.
65 Luis Ángel Maté Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
66 Romain Bacon BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
67 Giovanni Bernaudeau Team Europcar s.t.
68 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven Cyclingteam De Rijke - Shanks s.t.
69 Jérôme Cousin Team Europcar s.t.
70 Thomas Rostollan La Pomme Marseille s.t.
71 Igor Frolov Itera - Katusha s.t.
72 Frank Dressler Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
73 Stefan Poutsma Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
74 Antoine Lavieu La Pomme Marseille s.t.
75 Thomas Soladay Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
76 Loïc Desriac Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
77 Timothy Vangheel Team 3M s.t.
78 Jorge Castiblanco EPM - UNE s.t.
79 Cyrille Patoux Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
80 Nicolas Baldo Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t.
81 Marius Bernatonis Team 3M s.t. 82 Timothy Roe Qantas Airways Cycling s.t.
83 Jacob Nielsen Blue Water Cycling s.t.
84 Lewis Rigaux Team 3M s.t.
85 Florian Salzinger Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t.
86 Joop De Gans Team 3M s.t.
87 Roman Katyrin Itera - Katusha s.t.
88 Denis Zhuykov Itera - Katusha s.t.
89 Flavien Dassonville BigMat - Auber 93 s.t.
90 Jérémy Bescond Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
91 Tom Zirbel Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
92 Lasse Norman Hansen Blue Water Cycling s.t.
93 Paavo Paajanen Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
94 Kess Heytens Team 3M s.t.
95 Marsh Cooper Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
96 Adrien Chenaux Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t.
97 Moritz Schaffner Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
98 Artur Kovsh Itera - Katusha s.t.
99 Benjamim Dietrich Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
100 Edwin Carvajal EPM - UNE s.t.
101 Chad Haga Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
102 Julien Duval Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
103 Michael Creed Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
104 Mitchell Hoke Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
105 Jan Brockhoff Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
106 Michael Vingerling Team 3M s.t.
107 Nicolas Lüthi Atlas Personal - Jakroo s.t.
108 Eduard Beltran EPM - UNE s.t.
109 Myron Simpson Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
110 Yoann Bagot Cofidis, Solutions Crédits s.t.
111 Gediminas Kaupas Team Differdange - Losch s.t.
112 Ramiro Rincón EPM - UNE s.t.
113 Alex Frame Thüringer Energie Team s.t.
114 Jochem Hoekstra Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
115 Joseph Kukolla Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
116 Freddy Piamonte EPM - UNE s.t.
117 Kirill Egorov Itera - Katusha s.t.
118 Franck Vermeulen Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
119 Jacob Kjeldsen Blue Water Cycling s.t.
120 Alexander Berezkin Itera - Katusha s.t.
121 Mathias Møller Blue Water Cycling s.t.
122 Ian Moir Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies s.t.
123 Cristian Peña Meneses EPM - UNE s.t.
124 Geert Van der Weijst Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
125 Daan Meijers Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
126 Mike Terpstra Team 3M s.t.
127 Koen Bouwman Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
128 Sjors Roosen Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
129 Tom Vermeer Cyclingteam Jo Piels s.t.
130 Evgeny Zverkov Itera - Katusha s.t. 131 David Jai Crawford Qantas Airways Cycling + 5'35
I actually don't know. He was protecting Kemps and when I started building my train, he stopped protecting him. I noticed he lost contact about 5km's to go, and he had 80 effort and he wasn't suffering. He didn't fall, that would cause a major crash, I think of a puncture.