Pauriol leads FDJ-Big Mat 1-2

Rémi Pauriol emerged victorious from a wind-swept Boucles du Sud-Ardèche-Souvenir Francis Delpech. The Frenchman soloed away from a breakaway which formed on the climb of Rocher de Sampzon to claim his first victory since he won the GP di Lugano exactly three years ago.

Behind, Pauriol's FDJ-BigMat teammate and the race's defending champion Arthur Vichot, who is still recovering from a broken collarbone sustained at Etoile de Bessèges, claimed the sprint for second ahead of Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

"I'm really pleased," said Pauriol to directvelo.com. "I was anxious to raise my arms again. I have often placed in recent years, for example I finished second in a stage of Paris-Nice last year. I have felt better and better in recent weeks."

Vichot was happy for his teammate, and encouraged that his time spent on his stationary trainer paid off with continued form. "I made a lot of sacrifices to get back to my best quickly," Vichot said. "I paid attention to diet and training and worked out on the home trainer."

The one-two result was a strong performance for the FDJ-BigMat team, which is stepping back up to WorldTour status after a year in the Pro Continental ranks.

The race began with a flurry of attacks, and it wasn't until 56km in that a breakaway could finally gain ground. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ-BigMat), Romain Bardet (AG2R - La Mondiale), Nicolas Baldo (Atlas - Jakroo) and Pierre-Luc Perichon (La Pomme Marseille) were the lucky men to have the front of the race, and worked well together to gain 2:30 ahead of the day's first climb.

Omega Pharma-Quickstep did much of the work to control the gap, although the first trip of the Rocher de Sampzon did some of the work for them. The break lost 20 seconds there, while the peloton split in two over the climb.

With the effort to close the gap between groups in the peloton, the gap to the breakaway plummeted, and the four men were caught before the next trip up "the Rock".

Quickly, a second break formed, this time with seven formidable riders: Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Julien Bérard (AG2R La Mondiale), Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat Auber 93), Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller), Jonathan Hivert (Saur Sojasun), Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Itera Katusha) and Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).

As the peloton continued to set a vicious pace and began to shatter anew, the breakaway was caught with 70km to go by a small leading group of 22 riders.

AG2R-La Mondiale took the pace making into the third trip up the Rocher de Sampzon, further whittling the lead group. Omega Pharma's Kevin De Weert attacked at the start of the final climb, but a counter-attack from Hivert sent him backwards.

Hivert's move was marked by Pauriol, and then Izaguirre was able to come across alone with just over 10km remaining to race.

The chasers were able to reel in the trio, leaving Hivert with Pauriol, Vichot, Christophe Riblon and Blel Kadri (AG2R), Jerome Pineau Omega Pharma-Quickstep), Izaguirre, Davide Malacarne (Europcar) and Georg Priedler (Team Type 1-Sanofi).

It would be Pineau who put in the next dig, but with both Pauriol and Vichot chasing, his move was doomed. Pauriol reached Pineau on the côte de la Vignasse, the day's final ascent, and then left him behind before the crest.

By the time he reached the finish, Pauriol enjoyed a 31 second gap over Vichot, who led out the sprint for second.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat5:09:08
2Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat0:00:31
3Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 2 - Cell 2
4Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team EuropcarRow 3 - Cell 2
5Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 4 - Cell 2
6Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 5 - Cell 2
7Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 6 - Cell 2
8Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:00:34
9Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:00:59
10Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:01:52
11Weert Kevin De (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep0:02:20
12Paul Voss (Ger) Endura RacingRow 11 - Cell 2
13Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:04:02
14Boulch Dimitri Le (Fra) Auber 93Row 13 - Cell 2
15Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat0:04:04
16David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne0:04:13
17Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:04:35
18Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha0:04:49
19Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 18 - Cell 2
20Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 19 - Cell 2
21Bob Jungels (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 20 - Cell 2
22Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha0:05:52
23Clément Koretzky (Fra) La Pomme Marseille0:06:06
24Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 23 - Cell 2
25Sergey Chernetski (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 24 - Cell 2
26Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big MatRow 25 - Cell 2
27Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 26 - Cell 2
28Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 27 - Cell 2
29Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 28 - Cell 2
30Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:09:56
31Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 30 - Cell 2
32Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 31 - Cell 2
DNFJussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big MatRow 32 - Cell 2
DNFPierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big MatRow 33 - Cell 2
DNFCédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big MatRow 34 - Cell 2
DNFArnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big MatRow 35 - Cell 2
DNFGuillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 36 - Cell 2
DNFSylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 37 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 38 - Cell 2
DNFRaphael Addy (Swi) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 39 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 40 - Cell 2
DNFSimon Pellaud (Fra) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 41 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Rosch (Ger) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 42 - Cell 2
DNFPatrick Schelling (Swi) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 43 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas Winter (Swi) Atlas Personal - JakrooRow 44 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Bacon (Fra) Auber 93Row 45 - Cell 2
DNFFlavien Dassonville (Fra) Auber 93Row 46 - Cell 2
DNFFabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93Row 47 - Cell 2
DNFMathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93Row 48 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas Rousseau (Fra) Auber 93Row 49 - Cell 2
DNFJohan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93Row 50 - Cell 2
DNFSteven Tronet (Fra) Auber 93Row 51 - Cell 2
DNFFlorian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 52 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 53 - Cell 2
DNFSébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 54 - Cell 2
DNFGaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 55 - Cell 2
DNFArmindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 56 - Cell 2
DNFEric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - SchullerRow 57 - Cell 2
DNFKenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone AnchorRow 58 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone AnchorRow 59 - Cell 2
DNFAlexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone AnchorRow 60 - Cell 2
DNFKlaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone AnchorRow 61 - Cell 2
DNFMiyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone AnchorRow 62 - Cell 2
DNFKazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone AnchorRow 63 - Cell 2
DNFHayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone AnchorRow 64 - Cell 2
DNFRyota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone AnchorRow 65 - Cell 2
DNFMarcos Garcia (Spa) Caja RuralRow 66 - Cell 2
DNFYelko Gomez (Pan) Caja RuralRow 67 - Cell 2
DNFGarikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja RuralRow 68 - Cell 2
DNFEnzo Moyano (Arg) Caja RuralRow 69 - Cell 2
DNFLa Cruz Melgarejo David De (Spa) Caja RuralRow 70 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja RuralRow 71 - Cell 2
DNFFrancesco Lasca (Ita) Caja RuralRow 72 - Cell 2
DNFKarol Domagalski (Pol) Caja RuralRow 73 - Cell 2
DNFMickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 74 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 75 - Cell 2
DNFLuis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 76 - Cell 2
DNFTristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 77 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 78 - Cell 2
DNFJean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En LigneRow 79 - Cell 2
DNFJohn Anderson (Aus) Endura RacingRow 80 - Cell 2
DNFIan Bibby (GBr) Endura RacingRow 81 - Cell 2
DNFIker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura RacingRow 82 - Cell 2
DNFZakkari Dempster (Aus) Endura RacingRow 83 - Cell 2
DNFRene Mandri (Est) Endura RacingRow 84 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura RacingRow 85 - Cell 2
DNFDean Windsor (Aus) Endura RacingRow 86 - Cell 2
DNFRicardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 87 - Cell 2
DNFAdrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 88 - Cell 2
DNFMikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 89 - Cell 2
DNFPierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 90 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 91 - Cell 2
DNFRuben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 92 - Cell 2
DNFPeio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel - EuskadiRow 93 - Cell 2
DNFYannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 94 - Cell 2
DNFMathieu Delaroziere (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 95 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 96 - Cell 2
DNFToms Skujins (Lat) La Pomme MarseilleRow 97 - Cell 2
DNFGrégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 98 - Cell 2
DNFBenjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 99 - Cell 2
DNFPierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme MarseilleRow 100 - Cell 2
DNFJesus Ezquerra (Spa) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 101 - Cell 2
DNFJulian Kern (Ger) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 102 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 103 - Cell 2
DNFAlexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 104 - Cell 2
DNFPit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 105 - Cell 2
DNFOlivier Hofstetter (Swi) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 106 - Cell 2
DNFJoel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental TeamRow 107 - Cell 2
DNFCyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 108 - Cell 2
DNFBrice Feillu (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 109 - Cell 2
DNFLaurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 110 - Cell 2
DNFMaxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 111 - Cell 2
DNFPaul Poux (Fra) Saur - SojasunRow 112 - Cell 2
DNFRyan Anderson (Can) Spidertech p/b C10Row 113 - Cell 2
DNFLuna Flavio De (Mex) Spidertech p/b C10Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFLucas Euser (USA) Spidertech p/b C10Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFCaleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech p/b C10Row 116 - Cell 2
DNFRaymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech p/b C10Row 117 - Cell 2
DNFRyan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b C10Row 118 - Cell 2
DNFWill Routley (Can) Spidertech p/b C10Row 119 - Cell 2
DNFJulien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 120 - Cell 2
DNFRubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 121 - Cell 2
DNFRémi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 122 - Cell 2
DNFFares Julien El (Fra) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 123 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 124 - Cell 2
DNFFabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 125 - Cell 2
DNFKiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 - SanofiRow 126 - Cell 2
DNFFreddy Bichot (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 127 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Matheou (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 128 - Cell 2
DNFKévin Denis (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 129 - Cell 2
DNFBenoit Jarrier (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 130 - Cell 2
DNFJustin Jules (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 131 - Cell 2
DNFGuillaume Malle (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 132 - Cell 2
DNFMichal Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 133 - Cell 2
DNFTomasz Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau - Super URow 134 - Cell 2
DNFIgor Boev (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 135 - Cell 2
DNFKirill Baranov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 136 - Cell 2
DNFAnton Vorobyev (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 137 - Cell 2
DNFIgor Frolov (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 138 - Cell 2
DNFAlexandr Prishpetnyy (Rus) Itera - KatushaRow 139 - Cell 2
DNFMarco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 140 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 141 - Cell 2
DNFKristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 142 - Cell 2
DNFJulien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickstepRow 143 - Cell 2
DNFGiovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 144 - Cell 2
DNFFranck Bouyer (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 145 - Cell 2
DNFRafaä Chtioui (Tun) Team EuropcarRow 146 - Cell 2
DNFJerome Cousin (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 147 - Cell 2
DNFPerrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 148 - Cell 2

 

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