2022 Tour de l'Ain (2.1), France

34th edition: August 9 - 11, 2022

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Map of 2022 Tour de l'Ain

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Thursday, August 11: 3rd & Final Stage, Plateau d'Hauteville - Lélex, 128.9 km

Stage 3 map & profile

No one else in sight as Antonio Pedrero finishes almost a minute and a half ahead of his nearest chasers.

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Weather at the finish city of of Lélex at 1:40 PM, local time: 29C (84F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from third-place George Bennet's UAE Team Emirates:

After disappointment yesterday George Bennett took a fine 3rd place on stage 3 of the Tour de L’Ain with the Kiwi rider attacking the favourites group on the short but hilly stage from Plateau d’Hauteville to Lélex (131km).

Bennett had misfortune yesterday when his rear derailleur became blocked when an ice sock became caught in it. Carrying this forward to the final stage he had a clean run at stage 3 and attacked the leaders group in pursuit of lone leader and eventual stage winner Antonio Pedrero (Movistar).

The 32 year old climber would be joined by Harry Sweeny (Lotto-Soudal) with the duo forging a gap ahead of the yellow jersey group led by race leader Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), and pulling out time on the other favourites.

Bennett finishes the race in 7th overall with Martin taking the win as the team prepares to continue on French soil next week for the Tour de Limousin.

The final podium, from left: Mattias Jensen (2nd), Guillaume Martin (1st) & Rudy Molard (3rd).

Bennett: “I really enjoyed this race. I felt good but I’m a bit disappointed with the result. I had some bad luck yesterday when I got something caught in my rear derailleur in the last big climb and I wasn’t able to make back the time today but these things can happen, I still enjoyed racing here with a good group of guys who helped me a lot on every stage.“

Complete Results:

128.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.064 km/hr

1	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	3hr 28min 40sec
2	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	@ 1min 18sec
3	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	1:39
5	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:58
10	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	3:21
11	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
12	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	4:06
16	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	4:34
17	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	4:41
18	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
19	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
20	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
21	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	4:43
22	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	5:38
23	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	5:40
24	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	5:55
26	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	7:55
27	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
29	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
31	François Bidard	Cofidis	9:37
32	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	10:36
33	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
35	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	12:21
36	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
39	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
42	Jannis Peter	German National Team	12:55
43	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
45	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
49	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	14:02
52	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
54	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
56	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
59	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	15:09
60	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	16:37
61	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
63	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	s.t.
64	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
65	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
68	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	16:52
69	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	19:59
70	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	21:37
71	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
72	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	25:26
73	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
74	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	s.t.
75	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
76	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
78	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
79	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
81	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
83	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	27:58
86	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan Development	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Guillaume Martin (Cofidis)
• Mountains classification winner: Hannes Wilksch (German National Team)
• Points classification winner: Mattias Jensen (Trek-Segafredo)
• Best young rider: Mattias Jensen (Trek-Segafredo)
• Teams classification winner: Trek-Segafredo

422.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.995 km/hr

1	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	10hr 34min 43sec
2	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	@ 6sec
3	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	0:08
4	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	0:12
5	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	0:17
6	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
7	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	0:29
8	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:54
9	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	3:15
10	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
11	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	3:20
12	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	5:02
13	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	5:10
14	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	5:47
15	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	6:22
16	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:37
17	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	7:46
18	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	8:15
19	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	8:22
20	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	8:43
21	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	8:53
22	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana Qazaqstan Development	8:56
23	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	12:16
24	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	12:17
25	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	12:48
26	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	13:30
27	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	14:02
28	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:25
29	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	15:36
30	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	15:47
31	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	16:00
32	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
34	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	16:01
35	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
36	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	17:02
37	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	17:07
38	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	17:46
39	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	18:06
41	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	18:16
42	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	20:11
43	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	20:30
44	François Bidard	Cofidis	22:00
45	Jannis Peter	German National Team	22:03
46	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	22:05
47	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	22:17
48	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	23:39
49	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	23:59
50	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	24:09
51	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	24:12
52	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Development	25:37
53	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	26:04
54	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	26:18
55	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	26:31
56	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	26:44
57	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	26:47
58	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	26:57
59	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	27:34
60	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	28:12
61	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	29:21
62	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	30:28
63	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	30:47
64	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	31:44
65	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	32:47
66	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	34:45
67	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	35:00
68	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	35:09
70	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	35:22
71	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	39:30
72	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	39:32
73	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	39:36
74	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	40:15
75	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	42:02
76	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	42:10
77	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	44:07
79	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	44:11
80	Sander Armee	Cofidis	46:24
81	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	46:44
82	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana Qazaqstan Development	48:56
83	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	48:59
84	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	50:59
85	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	56:08
86	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:03:12

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Wednesday, August 10: Stage 2, Saint Vulbas - Lagnieu, 142.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Guillaume Martin wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Lagnieu at 1:25 PM, local time: 30C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from fourth-place Mauri Vansevenant's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.

Four classified climbs, including a double ascent of the Col de Portet, and 2600 meters of vertical gain were the ingredients of a highly selective route which promised to alter the general classification where the gaps were almost non-existent following the opening day bunch sprint.

The big moves of this stage that travelled from Saint-Vulbas to Lagnieu came the second time up the Col de Portet, an 8.2km climb averaging 5.2% where the Wolfpack took over the reins early with Louis Vervaeke, who set a tempo that shed riders out the back which at the same time eating into the escapees’ advantage.

When the first important attack was launched some four kilometers from the top, Julian Alaphilippe immediately responded and forced a selection, only a handful of riders, including Mauri Vansevenant, remaining in the small group which soon neutralized the breakaway.

After the first part of the descent, on a small uncategorized climb, a couple of riders emerged from that group and it didn’t take long until they opened a comfortable buffer over the chasers. Vansevenant remained attentive and with three kilometers to go he tried to surprise his companions but they were quick to react.

Going under the flamme rouge, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) jumped clear and took a solo win, two seconds ahead of the group from where Mauri sprinted to fourth place, a result that sees the 22-year-old from Oostende move up twenty-five places in the general classification.

“It was a very hard stage, but I felt quite good. In the closing kilometers I tried to go, but unfortunately the others reeled me in. It was especially difficult to do something, given that one team had two riders and we are all a bit on our limit. As a team we did a good race, we were there at the front every time it mattered and we will try again on the final day, where we could again have full gas action”, said Mauri, fourth overall now, after the stage that put Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl in control of the team classification.

Complete results:

142.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.031 km/hr

1	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	3hr 44min 49sec
2	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	@ 2sec
3	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
5	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
7	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:10
8	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	0:44
9	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:11
10	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:23
11	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	1:28
15	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	1:49
16	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:56
17	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
19	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	3:10
21	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
22	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
26	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	4:34
27	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
32	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
33	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	5:44
34	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	5:49
35	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	6:10
36	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	6:54
37	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
43	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	9:04
44	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
49	Jannis Peter	German National Team	10:37
50	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	10:48
51	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
52	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
53	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	11:36
54	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
56	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
59	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	11:39
60	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:52
61	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
63	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	15:12
64	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	15:39
65	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
67	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
68	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
70	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
73	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
74	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
75	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	s.t.
76	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	s.t.
77	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
80	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
83	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	15:49
84	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	15:50
85	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
86	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	20:14
87	Andrey Remkhe	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
88	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
90	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
91	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
92	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
93	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
94	Pirmin Benz	German National Team	s.t.
95	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
96	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Orken Slamzhanov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	20:25
99	Loïc Bettendorff	Riwal Cycling	24:02
100	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
101	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
102	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
103	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	27:39
104	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	28:57
105	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
106	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
108	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
109	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
110	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Julien Amadori	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
112	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
113	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	32:59

 

GC after stage 2:

293.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.452 km/hr

1	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	7hr 4min 24sec
2	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	@ 6sec
3	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	0:08
4	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:12
5	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
6	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	0:12
7	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
8	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	0:54
9	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:21
10	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:33
11	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	1:38
15	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	1:59
16	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	2:06
17	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
18	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:10
21	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	3:20
22	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
23	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
26	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	4:44
27	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
30	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
32	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	5:54
33	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	6:20
34	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	7:00
35	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	7:04
36	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
40	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	8:15
41	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	9:14
42	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
45	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	9:20
46	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	9:20
47	Jannis Peter	German National Team	10:47
48	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	10:58
49	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
50	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	11:30
51	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	11:46
52	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
55	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	11:49
56	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	12:23
57	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	13:14
58	François Bidard	Cofidis	14:02
59	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	15:02
60	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
61	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	15:04
62	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	15:22
63	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	15:43
64	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:45
65	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	15:49
66	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	s.t.
67	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
68	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
69	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
71	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	s.t.
72	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	16:00
73	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	18:05
74	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
75	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	18:15
77	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	19:52
78	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	20:20
79	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	20:24
80	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
82	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
83	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	21:50
85	Sander Armee	Cofidis	22:37
86	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
88	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	22:40
89	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
90	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
91	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	22:57
92	Loïc Bettendorff	Riwal Cycling	24:12
93	Viberg Søgaard Kasper	Riwal Cycling	26:28
94	Andrey Remkhe	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	27:12
95	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
96	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Orken Slamzhanov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	27:23
99	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	27:52
100	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	29:07
101	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	31:00
102	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Abner González	Movistar	31:23
104	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
105	Pirmin Benz	German National Team	32:27
106	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	33:09
107	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	35:55
108	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	39:25
109	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	39:52
110	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	41:10
111	Julien Amadori	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
112	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
113	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Tuesday, August 9: Stage 1, Châtillon Sur Chalaronne - Val Revermont, 150.7 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Jake Stewart wins the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Val Revermont at 1:30 PM, local time: 29C (85F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jake Stewart's Team Groupama-FDJ.

He had been waiting for this for a very long time. Therefore, after raising his arms in Val-Revermont on Tuesday, Jake Stewart couldn’t help but to burst into tears. At 22, the British rider took advantage of the first stage of the Tour de l’Ain, slightly hilly, to show his versatility and outsprint a reduced bunch. The young man scored his first victory in the pro ranks and also became the second rider to win an international race with Groupama-FDJ after having passed through the development team. He obviously took the yellow jersey, but two mountainous stages are now coming.

“We came here with a plan. We’ve been saying for a while that the first stage of the Tour de l’Ain was perfect for me, so everyone was super motivated.” Jake Stewart knew that he had quite an opportunity on Tuesday, through the 152 kilometres joining Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Val-Revermont. After a very flat start to the stage, the relatively bumpy final could indeed benefit the young Englishman. However… “The issue is that there were no big teams of sprinters, so the responsibility of the chase could quickly come back to us”, said Franck Pineau. “Yet, we cannot control everything with just six riders. There were a few other sprinters, but we couldn’t afford to let a big group go in the front. Honestly, we managed that well.”

After about ten kilometres, a trio made up of Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) and Mattis Lebeau (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) got away. “With these guys up front, you can’t of course let 5-6 minutes”, added Franck. “Clément went to pull, and he did a great job, as he’s used to. He gained some watts with the Giro. He had not raced since the French championship, it was his returning race, but he immediately got into the rhythm, which proves that he worked well”.

The gap therefore did not get over the four-minute bar, and the Frenchman also received the support of two other teams at first. Fifty kilometres from the finish, as the ground became slightly harder, the breakaway’s lead was only two minutes. It was reduced to just one minute with thirty-five kilometres to go, when the riders crossed the line for the first time and approached one of the two’s final hills.

“Fabian, who had to help Jake in the final, suffered a puncture at a very bad moment and was unable to come back on the peloton”, explained Franck. “We had only four guys left, with our three climbers who took good care of Jake. As a good road captain, Rudy also committed and gave a good momentum. It was nice work. We also told Lars that he absolutely had to follow the moves. We had to put one rider in front because the competition was still serious. Lars was going very well, and he did a great job today.”

In this loop around Val-Revermont, the race was extremely lively, but no move managed to get a significant gap. Lars van den Berg entered a breakaway of eight men for a moment, but everything came back together twelve kilometres from the line, at the bottom of the decisive Plain Champ climb (1.5 km at 4.4%). At this moment, Quick-Step Alpha-Vinyl tried to launch Julian Alaphilippe’s attack, but it did not prove successful. At the top, Rudy Molard, Sébastien Reichenbach and… Jake Stewart were all in the top ten positions.

“We told Jake that he needed to be in the top-20 in the climbs, or he would have to deal with the splits, and he was imperial”, claimed Franck. “He was always up there, in around tenth place. If you can do that, it means that you’re strong. He is certainly not a pure sprinter, but it is still not easy to be there at the top of the climbs”. “The guys were very strong and followed the moves in the last loop, so I was able to stay in the wheels and get over the last climb”, explained the British rider. “I just had to be patient, keep some energy, keep myself out of the wind and gamble that it would all come back together”. Other attacks did happen in the final, but the teams interested in a sprint regained control in the last four kilometres.

Yet, Rémi Cavagna tried to destroy the sprinters’ plans in the last kilometre. “Rudy and Seb did a great job approaching the last kilometre and then Lars was with me in the last kilometre, and he was super strong”, said Jake. “When Cavagna was in front at 600-700 meters, I told Lars to go because it was getting dangerous. He went early, brought Cavagna back, then a guy from Auber came over the top with me. I just opened up from there. I know my characteristics, I know I can go long in the sprint, so I wasn’t afraid of this. And in the end, I got there on the line.”

On the line, precisely, the Englishman also took advantage of his excellent bike throw to beat Romain Cardis, on his left. Above all, he then took the very first win of his young career, which began in January 2019 with the “Conti”, and has continued since October 2020 with the WorldTeam. “I’m happy with this first professional victory, I’ve been chasing it for so long, it means so much,” said Jake while wiping away his tears. “I want to thank everyone who has helped me along the way: Groupama-FDJ, as a Junior, my family, my girlfriend Georgia. Everyone sacrificed so much for me to be here. To finally get this win is a massive weight off my shoulders. Today the team did an amazing job. Everyone knew their job, everyone did their work. I am so grateful to everyone on the team today. The team also did a lot at the start of the year, when I was ill, to help me recover. It’s emotional for me. This victory is for all the people who have supported me along the way and got me here, most importantly my family and Georgia who have been here every step of the way. It’s amazing”.

Franck Pineau was already alongside Jake Stewart when he came close to victory in August 2020 on the Tour du Limousin. On Tuesday, the French Sports Director could tell how much this day meant to the young Englishman, back at the highest level after suffering Crohn’s disease in the winter. “The first victory with the pros leaves a mark, it gives a particular relish”, insisted Franck. “This is even more the case for him as we did not know at the start of the year how his situation would evolve. I think it makes him really, really happy. We also feel that everyone is happy for him. It’s a special day. We like all the victories, but when you know what Jake has been through, it’s even nicer. We also have a thought for the medical staff around Jacky Maillot who did a lot of work. It’s really a team victory today, on all levels, as I also want to remember that the group was sensational”.

A group that will start stage 2 with the yellow jersey, on Wednesday, for the first mountain stage of this 2022 Tour de l’Ain.

Complete results:

150.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.267 km/hr

1	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 19min 45sec
2	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
3	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
4	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
6	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	s.t.
9	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
12	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
17	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
18	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
20	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	Loïc Bettendorff	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
22	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
24	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
30	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
31	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
32	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
33	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
35	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Jannis Peter	German National Team	s.t.
39	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
48	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
50	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
53	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
54	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
57	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
58	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
65	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	s.t.
67	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
68	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
70	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
71	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	@ 2min 16sec
72	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
74	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
76	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
77	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
78	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	s.t.
82	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
86	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	3:09
90	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	3:18
91	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	4:31
92	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	4:50
93	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	5:50
94	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
95	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	6:48
96	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
97	Andrey Remkhe	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
98	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
99	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Orken Slamzhanov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
101	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
102	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
105	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
106	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
107	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
110	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:18
111	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	12:03
112	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
113	Julien Amadori	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Pirmin Benz	German National Team	s.t.
115	Luca Dressle	German National Team	s.t.
116	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
119	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:58

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 19min 35sec
2	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	@ 4sec
3	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:06
4	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	0:10
5	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
6	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Pierre-Pascal Keup	German National Team	s.t.
9	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Maxime Jarnet	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
12	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Remi Cavagna	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
17	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
18	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
20	Gwen Leclainche	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	Loïc Bettendorff	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
22	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
24	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
30	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
31	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
32	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
33	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Nicolas Vinokourov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
35	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Jannis Peter	German National Team	s.t.
39	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
48	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
50	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Lucas Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
53	Jacob Eriksson	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
54	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Sebastian Schönberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
57	Mathias Bregnhøj	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
58	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
65	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Moritz Kretschy	German National Team	s.t.
67	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
68	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
70	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
71	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	2:26
72	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Martijn Budding	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
74	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Kasper Viberg Søgaard	Riwal Cycling	s.t.
76	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
77	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
78	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	Hannes Wilksch	German National Team	s.t.
82	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Andres Ardila	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
86	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Thibau Nys	Trek-Segafredo	3:19
90	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	3:28
91	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	4:41
92	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	5:00
93	Arthur Kluckers	UAE Team Emirates	6:00
94	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
95	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	6:58
96	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
97	Andrey Remkhe	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
98	Felix Gros	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
99	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Orken Slamzhanov	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
101	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
102	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Simone Bevilacqua	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
105	Nurbergen Nurlykhassym	Astana-Qazaqstan Development	s.t.
106	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
107	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	7:18
110	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	10:28
111	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	12:13
112	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
113	Julien Amadori	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Pirmin Benz	German National Team	s.t.
115	Luca Dressle	German National Team	s.t.
116	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Mathis Lebeau	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
119	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	15:08

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, August 8, 2022:

	LOTTO SOUDAL
1	CONCA Filippo
2	MONIQUET Sylvain
3	SWEENY Harry
4	VANHOUCKE Harm
5	VERSCHAEVE Viktor
6	WELLENS Tim
	AG2R-CITROEN
11	BOUCHARD Geoffrey
12	CALMEJANE Lilian
13	HÄNNINEN Jaakko
14	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin
15	PRODHOMME Nicolas
16	VENTURINI Clément
	COFIDIS
21	MARTIN Guillaume
22	ARMEE Sander
23	BIDARD François
24	FERNANDEZ Rubén
25	HERRADA Jesús
26	ROCHAS Rémy
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
31	BISSEGGER Stefan
32	EIKING Odd Christian
33	HEALY Ben
34	PICCOLO Andrea
36	VAN DEN BERG Julius
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
41	DAVY Clement
42	LIENHARD Fabian
43	MOLARD Rudy
44	REICHENBACH Sébastien
45	STEWART Jake
46	VAN DEN BERG Lars
	MOVISTAR
51	ERVITI Imanol
52	GONZALEZ Abner
53	RANGEL Vinicius
54	PEDRERO Antonio
55	SERRANO Gonzalo
56	SOSA Ivan Ramiro
	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL
61	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
62	CAVAGNA Rémi
63	DEVENYNS Dries
64	VAN TRICHT Stan
65	VANSEVENANT Mauri
66	VERVAEKE Louis
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
71	BERNARD Julien
72	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
73	HOELGAARD Markus
74	KAMP EGESTED Alexander
75	SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
76	NYS Thibau
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
81	ARDILA Andres Camilo
82	BENNETT George
83	KLUCKERS Arthur
84	GIBBONS Ryan
85	GROSS Felix
86	SUTER Joel
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
91	DELAPLACE Anthony
92	RIES Michel
93	EDET Nicolas
94	GESBERT Elie
95	GUGLIELMI Simon
96	GUERNALEC Thibault
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
101	BARBIER Pierre
102	BOILEAU Alan
103	CHEVALIER Maxime
104	GAUTIER Cyril
105	HIVERT Jonathan
106	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
	EOLO-KOMETA
111	BEVILACQUA Simone
112	CHRISTIAN Mark
113	LONARDI Giovanni
114	FANCELLU Alessandro
115	DINA Marton
116	ROPERO Alejandro
	TOTALENERGIES
121	CABOT Jeremy
122	JOUSSEAUME Alan
123	OURSELIN Paul
124	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian
125	SOUPE Geoffrey
126	VERCHER Mattéo
	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN DEVELOPMENT
131	VINOKOUROV Alexandre
132	VINOKOUROV Nicolas
133	PRONSKIY Daniil
134	REMKHE Andrey
135	SLAMZHANOV Orken
136	NURLYKHASSYM Nurbergen
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
141	CARDIS Romain
142	DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas
143	HUREL Tony
144	GACHIGNARD Thomas
145	ROSSETTO Stéphane
146	TESSON Jason
	GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
151	CARISEY Clément
152	JARNET Maxime
153	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
154	LEVEAU Jérémy
155	JUILLARD Maximilien
156	LECLAINCHE Gwen
	NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR
161	AMADORI Julien
162	BESSON Kevin
163	BONNEFOIX Edouard
164	LEBEAU Mattis
165	BERLIN Antoine
166	MIFSUD Andréa
	RIWAL CYCLING TEAM
171	ERIKSSON Lucas
172	ERIKSSON Jacob
173	BREGNHØJ Mathias
174	BETTENDORFF Loic
175	BUDDING Martijn
176	SØGAARD Kasper Viberg
	TEAM U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
181	GUEGAN Maël
182	JEGAT Jordan
183	JOALLAND Yael
184	LE TURNIER Mathias
185	MARIAULT Axel
186	RICHARD Louis
	GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM
191	BENZ Pirmin
192	DRESSLER Luca
193	KEUP Pierre-Pascal
194	KRETSCHY Moritz
195	PETER Jannis
196	WILKSCH Hannes