2022 Tour du Limousin (2.Pro), France

55th edition: August 16 - 19, 2022

Tour du Limousin podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

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Friday, August 19: 4th & final stage, Saint Laurent sur Gorre - Limoges, 174.8 km

Vincenzo Albanese wins the final stage. Photo: SprintCycling

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Weather at the finish city of Limoges at 2:15 PM, local time: 23C (73F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race Here's the report from third-place Diego Ulissi's UAA Team Emirates:

Diego Ulissi finished off the Tour du Limousin with 3rd place on the uphill finish from Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre to Limoges (174.8km). The result cements his 2nd place on GC behind Alex Aranburu (Movistar) after a very consistent week of racing.

Early in the stage the team had Alessandro Covi covering the large breakaway of 15 riders. This move would be brought back and in the final Rui Oliveira controlled the late attacks to line up Ulissi and Trentin for the uphill sprint, though they would run-out of road to catch Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa).

Matteo Trentin took 7th place to place 2 riders in the top-10 for the Emirati squad.

Complete results:

174.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.441 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	3hr 56min 0sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
3	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
5	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
11	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
12	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
15	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
16	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
17	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
22	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
24	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
25	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
28	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
31	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
33	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
35	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
37	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
39	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
40	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
41	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
43	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
51	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
57	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
58	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
59	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	@ 11sec
61	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	0:16
62	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	0:19
63	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:48
64	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	@ 0sec
65	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:26
66	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
67	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
68	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	1:29
69	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	1:42
70	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:07
71	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	3:53
72	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	5:10
76	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6:23
78	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
79	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	6:45
80	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	7:12
82	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	9:10
86	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
88	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
89	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
90	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
91	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
93	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
98	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
100	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
101	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
102	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
104	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	9:14
105	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
106	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	9:52
107	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	15:27
108	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Alex Aranburu (Movistar)
• Mountains classification winner: Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ)
• Sprinters' classification winner: Mael Guegan (U Nantes-Atlantique)
• Best young rider: Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSG-Faizanè)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

717.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.779 km/hr

1	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	16hr 46min 28sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 10sec
3	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:18
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:19
5	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:22
6	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
7	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:24
8	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	1:08
11	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	1:20
12	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:35
13	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	2:37
14	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	2:38
15	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	2:40
16	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	2:43
17	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:45
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	2:46
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:47
22	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
23	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
24	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
25	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
27	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
29	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
31	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
32	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
33	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
34	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
36	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
38	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	6:40
40	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	8:51
41	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:54
42	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
45	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
47	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	9:13
50	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	10:31
51	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	12:42
52	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
53	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:45
54	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	14:11
55	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	15:06
56	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
57	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	16:06
59	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Einer Rubio	Movistar	16:59
61	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	18:04
62	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	18:30
65	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
66	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
67	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	18:46
68	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	18:59
69	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	19:15
70	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	19:56
71	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	20:16
72	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	20:37
73	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	21:29
74	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	21:51
75	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	21:52
76	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	21:55
78	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
79	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	22:15
80	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	22:18
81	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	24:16
82	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	24:20
85	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	25:15
86	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	25:48
87	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	27:01
88	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	27:17
89	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
90	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	27:48
91	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	28:07
92	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	28:45
93	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	29:47
94	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:38
95	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	30:56
96	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	32:07
97	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	33:36
98	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	34:04
99	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	34:33
100	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	34:54
101	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	36:23
102	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	36:29
103	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	36:29
104	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	36:52
105	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:47
106	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	42:46
107	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	52:59
109	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	53:00

 

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Thursday, August 18: Stage 3, Donzenac - Malemort, 181.7 km

Diego Ulissi wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Malemort at 1:20 PM, local time: 24C (76F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Diego Ulissi's UAE Team Emirates.

There was delight and drama in the finale of Stage 3 of the Tour du Limousin where Diego Ulissi fought his way to an impressive victory in a select sprint finish ahead of Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R-Citroen).

There was a moment of frustration for Rui Costa who looked like he was moving clear to victory inside the final -2km. The Portuguese former World Champion attacked from behind but appeared to be sent the wrong way at a roundabout just before the flamme rouge with the chasing group able to take the correct route at the last moment.

Ulissi attempted to stall the group but an attack from Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) dashed any hopes of Costa returning before the sprint.

It was then that Ulissi showed his class – making his move to take a clear win in the reduced bunch finish. He now sits 2nd in the General Classification behind race leader Alex Aranburu (Movistar) ahead of tomorrow’s hilly final stage from Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre to Limoges (174.8km).

The win marks the 39th triumph of the year for UAE Team Emirates.

Ulissi: “It was a very tight race with a tough course. Me, Rui Costa and Oliveira rode well staying ahead in the group with the best riders and managed to fight it out for the win. In the final I could make a good sprint and I’m really happy for this victory.”

Complete results:

181.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.603 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 22min 3sec
2	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
4	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
5	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	@ 44sec
11	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	0:56
12	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	2:23
13	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
14	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
19	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
22	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
23	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
24	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
25	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
26	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
27	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
28	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
32	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
38	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	8:30
43	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
46	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
57	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
58	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
59	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	12:18
62	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
63	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
64	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
67	Einer Rubio	Movistar	14:42
68	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
69	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
70	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
73	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
75	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
77	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	17:43
81	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	18:06
83	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
88	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
90	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
91	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
93	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	21:31
95	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
96	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
97	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
98	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
100	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
101	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	21:51
102	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	26:54
104	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	26:55
105	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
107	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
108	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
109	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
112	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
113	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
114	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
115	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
116	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
117	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
118	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
119	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
120	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
121	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
123	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	27:13

 

GC after stage 3:

542.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.265 km/hr

1	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	12hr 50min 34sec
2	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 8sec
3	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:12
4	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	0:13
5	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:16
6	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	0:18
8	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	1:02
11	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	1:14
12	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	2:31
13	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	2:32
14	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	2:36
15	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	2:37
16	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:39
17	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:41
18	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
21	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
25	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
29	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
30	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
31	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
32	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
35	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
39	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
41	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	8:43
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	8:45
44	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:46
45	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:48
46	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
51	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
53	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
58	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	12:35
61	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:36
62	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
63	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
65	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
66	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
67	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	14:58
68	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	15:00
69	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
71	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
72	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
73	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
76	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
78	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
79	Einer Rubio	Movistar	15:27
80	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	18:01
81	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:23
82	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	18:24
83	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
84	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
88	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
89	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	19:00
91	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	19:09
92	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	20:27
93	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:22
94	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	21:40
95	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	21:45
96	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	21:49
97	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
98	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	22:09
101	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	27:07
103	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	27:11
105	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	27:13
106	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
108	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
109	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
110	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
112	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
114	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
115	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	27:31
116	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	27:36
117	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	27:49
119	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:31
120	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	29:33
121	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	31:00
122	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	43:43
123	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	43:44

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Wednesday, August 17: Stage 2, Le Grand Périgueux Champcevinel - Ribérac, 184.7 km

Alex Aranburu wins stage two. Photo: Zoé Soullard

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Weather at the finish city of Ribérac at 1:35 PM, local time: 23C (74F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 55% chance of rain, climbing to 74% by 3:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Matteo Trentin's UAE Team Emirates.

It was another close call for UAE Team Emirates with Matteo Trentin within reach of victory on stage two of the Tour du Limousin in France. Stage two was a flat affair with 184 km from Le Grand Périgueux Champcevinel to Riberac with the Italian taking 4th place in the bunch gallop.

UAE Team Emirates swarmed to the front in the closing kilometre with Fernando Gaviria taking up the sprint with 500 m left to go. The Colombian flicked his elbow as a signal for the sprint to commence with Matteo Trentin fourth in a blanket finish behind stage winner Alex Aranburu (Movistar), who also now leads the General Classification.

Tomorrow the race has its penultimate day with a hilly stage from Donzenac to Malemort (181.7km).

Complete results:

184.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.179 km/hr.

1	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	4hr 29:min 7sec
2	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
3	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Iván García	Movistar	s.t.
6	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
7	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
8	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
10	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
11	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
18	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
19	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
20	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
25	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
26	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
28	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
31	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
35	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
37	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
38	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
42	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
48	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
50	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
53	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
54	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
55	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
59	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
61	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
64	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
65	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
67	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
69	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
71	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
72	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
75	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Jago Willems	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
79	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
81	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
86	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
87	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
89	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
90	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
95	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
96	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
97	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
99	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
100	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
101	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
103	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
104	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
105	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
107	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Luca Chirico	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
109	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
110	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
112	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
114	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
115	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
116	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
117	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
118	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
119	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
122	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
123	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
124	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
125	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
126	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
127	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
128	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	@ 1min 32sec
129	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	3:47
130	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
131	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

361.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.601 km/hr

1	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	8hr 28min 35sec
2	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	@ 4sec
3	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	0:05
4	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
5	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:08
6	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
7	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	0:09
8	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	0:10
9	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:11
10	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	0:12
11	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13
15	Iván García	Movistar	0:14
16	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
19	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
24	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
25	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
26	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
29	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
32	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
43	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
45	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
46	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
47	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
48	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
51	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
52	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
53	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
54	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
58	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
61	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
63	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
67	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
68	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
69	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
70	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
72	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
73	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
74	Jago Willems	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
75	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
76	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
78	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
80	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
81	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
86	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
87	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
88	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
89	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
91	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
92	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
94	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
95	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
97	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
105	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
106	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
107	Luca Chirico	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
108	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
109	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
110	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
112	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
114	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
115	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:37
117	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:41
119	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:50
120	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	0:59
122	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	2:17
123	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:32
124	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:35
125	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
126	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	4:01
127	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
128	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	7:58
129	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	16:45
130	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
131	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.

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Tuesday, August 16: Stage 1, Verneuil sur Vienne - La Souterraine, 176.4 km

Julien Simon wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of La Souterraine at 1:25 PM, local time: 24C (75F), rain showers, with the wind from the south at 5 km/hr (3 mph). The rain is expected to continue through the day with the possibility of severe storms.

The Race: Here's the report from second-place Matteo Trentin's UAE Team Emirates.

Matteo Trentin showed good sprinting legs to take 2nd place on the first of the four stages of the Tour du Limousin in France.
The opening day saw the riders take on 176.4 km with continuous ups and downs from Verneuil-sur-Vienne to La Soutterraine.

UAE Team Emirates was among the most active teams of the day, working to control the gap to the breakaway.

The breakaway of the day was brought back less than 7.5km from the finish thanks to the great work of Vegard Stake Laengen who led the group for many kilometers until the four leaders were reabsorbed.

Arriving at the last kilometer, Rui Oliviera started to drive and prepare for the finish for Matteo Trentin but Julien Simon’s (TotalEnergies) lone move ahead took everyone by surprise, with the French rider never looking back.

The UAE Team Emirates rider tried his comeback up to the last meter, but had to settle for second place.

Trentin: “Today we rode well and always together. In the end Rui did a really good job but Simon threw everyone off and he was strong up to the end. The legs are good and we are definitely ready to try again in the next few days.“

Tomorrow a flatter stage is scheduled, starting from Champcevinel and arriving in Ribérac (184.7 km).

Complete results:

176.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.155 km/hr

1	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	3hr 59min 42sec
2	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
4	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
5	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
8	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
11	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
13	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
14	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
15	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
18	Eduard Michael Grosu	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
19	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
20	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
25	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
26	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
29	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
30	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
31	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
32	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
39	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
44	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
48	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
49	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
53	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
54	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
57	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
62	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
63	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
66	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Jago Willems	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
68	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
78	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
81	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
83	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
87	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
88	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
89	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
92	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
93	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
94	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
95	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
97	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
98	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
99	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
101	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Luca Chirico	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
103	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
107	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
112	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
114	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
115	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
116	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
117	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	@ 23sec
118	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
119	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:27
120	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:31
121	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:36
122	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	0:46
124	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:18
125	François Bidard	Cofidis	@ 0sec
126	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:21
127	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
128	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	3:57
129	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	16:31
130	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
131	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	3hr 59min 32sec
2	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	@ 1sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	0:06
4	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Clément Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:07
6	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	0:08
7	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
9	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09
10	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	0:10
12	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
13	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
14	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
15	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
16	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Milan Menten	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
22	Michael Grosu Eduard	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
23	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
24	Romain Hardy	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Henok Mulubrhan	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
30	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Maxime Chevalier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
33	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
34	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
35	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
36	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	David Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
40	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
43	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
45	Alessandro Fedeli	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
47	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
51	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Thomas Gachignard	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Maël Guégan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
56	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
57	Dayer Quintana	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
60	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
61	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Michal Schlegel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
65	Axel Mariault	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
66	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
68	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
69	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Jago Willems	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
71	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
73	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
78	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
80	Marco Tizza	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
81	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
83	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
85	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
86	Alexis Gougeard	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
87	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Miguel Florez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	Yaël Joalland	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
91	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
95	Antoine Berlin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
96	Léo Danès	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
97	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Sinuhé Fernandez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
100	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
101	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
103	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
104	Luca Chirico	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
105	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
106	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
109	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
110	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
112	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
113	Stake Laengen Vegard	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
114	Jordan Jegat	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
115	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
116	Maximilien Juillard	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
117	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	0:33
119	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
120	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:37
121	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	0:41
122	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:46
123	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	0:56
125	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:28
126	Théo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:31
127	Gabriele Benedetti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
128	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	4:07
129	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	16:41
130	Tom Mainguenaud	GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
131	Leonardo Marchiori	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.