Route du Sud: Coquard wins stage 2

Bryan Coquard wins stage 2

Bryan Coquard wins stage 2 (Image credit: Route du Sud)

Europcar's Bryan Coquard claimed an emphatic victory on stage 2 of the Route du Sud, jumping away from the peloton and snatching the victory from late attacker Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale). Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) was third.

Steve Tronet (Auber 93) kept the race lead by three seconds over Coquard.

The 141km stage from Auch to Saint-Gaudens saw a five man breakaway put in a valiant effort to hold off the peloton. Samuel Magalhães (Radio Populat-Boavista), Mads Pedersen (Cult Energy), Yoann Paillot (Marseille 13 KTM), Eneko Lizarralde (Murias) and Camilo Castiblanco (Colombia) made up the initial move that lasted into the finishing circuits in Saint-Gaudens, but with 25km to go, the move began to disintegrate.

Christophe Juul Jensen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar) and Oliver Le Gac (FDJ) attacked from the peloton, just as Pedersen and Paillot left their companions behind.

The trio made it up to Castilblanco and Lizarralde, passing the previously distanced Magalhães along the way, but only Lizarralde could hold the pace.

The four riders then bridged across to Paillot and Pedersen with 12km to go, but Europcar were driving hard in the peloton behind, bringing the gap to 30 seconds with 10km to go.

With 4km to go, Juul Jensen began ramping up the pace as AG2R La Mondiale closed the gap to 17 seconds, and both breakaway and peloton began to suffer on the undulating approach to the finish.

Juul Jensen continued to push the pace into the final kilometer, finally unhinging Lizarralde. The move only served to disrupt the pace in the breakaway, and the peloton closed in. Paillot attacked and was countered by Le Gac as the finish line approached. With 300m to go the peloton was passing the remnants of the breakaway as Le Gac put in a desperate surge, but Jauregui jumped passed him with only 250m remaining.

The AG2R La Mondiale rider saw the line, but a glance behind revealed a blur of green and black, bearing down and with only 40m to go Coquard rocketed past and raised his arms in victory, Jauregui pounding his bars in the agony of defeat.

Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar3:23:25
2Quentin Jauregui (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 1 - Cell 2
3Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 2 - Cell 2
4Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 3 - Cell 2
5Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJRow 4 - Cell 2
6Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 5 - Cell 2
7Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Credit SolutionsRow 6 - Cell 2
8Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) ColombiaRow 7 - Cell 2
9Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) MovistarRow 8 - Cell 2
10Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 9 - Cell 2
11Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 10 - Cell 2
12Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 99Row 11 - Cell 2
13Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 12 - Cell 2
14Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 13 - Cell 2
15Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) ColombiaRow 14 - Cell 2
16Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 15 - Cell 2
17Ángel Madrazo (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 16 - Cell 2
18Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) MovistarRow 17 - Cell 2
19Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 18 - Cell 2
20Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 19 - Cell 2
21Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 20 - Cell 2
22Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) MovistarRow 21 - Cell 2
23Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 22 - Cell 2
24Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 23 - Cell 2
25Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 24 - Cell 2
26Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 25 - Cell 2
27Yoann Barbas (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 26 - Cell 2
28David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 27 - Cell 2
29Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La MondialeRow 28 - Cell 2
30Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 29 - Cell 2
31Aritz Bagues (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 30 - Cell 2
32Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:00:03
33Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) ColombiaRow 32 - Cell 2
34Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 33 - Cell 2
35Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 34 - Cell 2
36Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 35 - Cell 2
37Nathan Brown (USA) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 36 - Cell 2
38Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 37 - Cell 2
39Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 38 - Cell 2
40Alberto Gallego (Esp) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 39 - Cell 2
41Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 40 - Cell 2
42Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 41 - Cell 2
43Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 42 - Cell 2
44Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 95Row 43 - Cell 2
45César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93Row 44 - Cell 2
46Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale0:00:13
47Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA0:00:15
48David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 47 - Cell 2
49Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 48 - Cell 2
50Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJRow 49 - Cell 2
51Nuno Miguel Alves Bico Matos (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 50 - Cell 2
52Imanol Estevez Salas (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 51 - Cell 2
53Clément Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 52 - Cell 2
54Fabien Canal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:00:18
55Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) MovistarRow 54 - Cell 2
56Davide Villella (Ita) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 55 - Cell 2
57Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA0:00:20
58Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJRow 57 - Cell 2
59Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:00:22
60Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) ColombiaRow 59 - Cell 2
61Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 60 - Cell 2
62Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 61 - Cell 2
63Romain Le Roux (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 62 - Cell 2
64Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJRow 63 - Cell 2
65Julien Bérard (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 64 - Cell 2
66Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:00:37
67Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 66 - Cell 2
68Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ0:00:39
69Hector Sáez Benito (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 68 - Cell 2
70Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 69 - Cell 2
71Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 70 - Cell 2
72Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJRow 71 - Cell 2
73Imanol Erviti (Esp) MovistarRow 72 - Cell 2
74Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 73 - Cell 2
75Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 74 - Cell 2
76Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 75 - Cell 2
77Julien Guay (Bel) Auber 94Row 76 - Cell 2
78Leonardo Duque (Col) ColombiaRow 77 - Cell 2
79Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 1000:00:43
80Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 96Row 79 - Cell 2
81Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 80 - Cell 2
82Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) ColombiaRow 81 - Cell 2
83Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 82 - Cell 2
84Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:00:52
85Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 84 - Cell 2
86Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 85 - Cell 2
87Eneko Lizarralde (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:00:54
88Adrián González (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 87 - Cell 2
89Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 88 - Cell 2
90Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo0:00:57
91John Gadret (Fra) Movistar0:01:01
92Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 91 - Cell 2
93Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:01:12
94Clément Penven (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 93 - Cell 2
95Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) MovistarRow 94 - Cell 2
96Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJRow 95 - Cell 2
97Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJRow 96 - Cell 2
98Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) ColombiaRow 97 - Cell 2
99Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 98 - Cell 2
100Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Ag2r La Mondiale0:01:24
101Daniel McLay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:01:25
102Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 101 - Cell 2
103Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 102 - Cell 2
104Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 103 - Cell 2
105Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 104 - Cell 2
106Julien Duval (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:01:28
107Yann Guyot (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:01:38
108Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Tinkoff-Saxo0:01:41
109Romain Combaud (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:01:58
110Samuel Magalhães (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista0:02:20
111Yohann Gène (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 110 - Cell 2
112Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar0:03:06
113Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 112 - Cell 2
114Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar0:03:08
115Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:03:42
116Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar0:04:36
117Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team EuropcarRow 116 - Cell 2
118Javier Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA0:08:51
119Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 118 - Cell 2
120David Menut (Fra) Auber 970:11:04
121Maxime Renault (Fra) Auber 98Row 120 - Cell 2
122Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:14:15
OOTSebastián Molano (Col) Colombia0:23:12
DNSCyril Gautier (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 123 - Cell 2
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General Classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 998:22:56
2Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar0:00:03
3Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:00:04
4Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:00:06
5Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:00:09
6Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Solutions0:00:13
7Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 6 - Cell 2
8Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 7 - Cell 2
9Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 8 - Cell 2
10Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) ColombiaRow 9 - Cell 2
11Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff-SaxoRow 10 - Cell 2
12Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 11 - Cell 2
13Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 12 - Cell 2
14Ángel Madrazo (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 13 - Cell 2
15Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 14 - Cell 2
16David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 15 - Cell 2
17Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La MondialeRow 16 - Cell 2
18Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 17 - Cell 2
19Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) MovistarRow 18 - Cell 2
20Aritz Bagues (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 19 - Cell 2
21Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 20 - Cell 2
22Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) MovistarRow 21 - Cell 2
23Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 22 - Cell 2
24Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 23 - Cell 2
25César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93Row 24 - Cell 2
26Yoann Barbas (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 25 - Cell 2
27Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 26 - Cell 2
28Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 27 - Cell 2
29Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 28 - Cell 2
30Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions CréditsRow 29 - Cell 2
31Alberto Gallego (Esp) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 30 - Cell 2
32Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 95Row 31 - Cell 2
33Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) ColombiaRow 32 - Cell 2
34Nathan Brown (USA) Team Cannondale-GarminRow 33 - Cell 2
35Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 34 - Cell 2
36Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 35 - Cell 2
37Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 36 - Cell 2
38Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team EuropcarRow 37 - Cell 2
39Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale0:00:26
40Clément Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:00:28
41Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 40 - Cell 2
42Nuno Miguel Alves Bico Matos (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 41 - Cell 2
43Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJRow 42 - Cell 2
44David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 43 - Cell 2
45Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 44 - Cell 2
46Davide Villella (Ita) Team Cannondale-Garmin0:00:31
47Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) ColombiaRow 46 - Cell 2
48Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ0:00:33
49Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGARow 48 - Cell 2
50Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ0:00:35
51Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 50 - Cell 2
52Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 51 - Cell 2
53Julien Bérard (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 52 - Cell 2
54Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Murias-TaldeaRow 53 - Cell 2
55Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ0:00:52
56Leonardo Duque (Col) ColombiaRow 55 - Cell 2
57Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJRow 56 - Cell 2
58Imanol Erviti (Esp) MovistarRow 57 - Cell 2
59Julien Guay (Bel) Auber 94Row 58 - Cell 2
60Quentin Jauregui (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale0:00:53
61Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) MovistarRow 60 - Cell 2
62Fabien Canal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:00:53
63Romain Le Roux (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De TerreRow 62 - Cell 2
64Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 960:00:56
65Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 100Row 64 - Cell 2
66Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar0:00:59
67Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:01:07
68Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin0:01:10
69Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:01:17
70Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:01:35
71Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo0:01:38
72Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular-BoavistaRow 71 - Cell 2
73Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r La MondialeRow 72 - Cell 2
74Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo0:01:39
75Clément Penven (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:01:47
76Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:01:51
77Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro CyclingRow 76 - Cell 2
78Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo0:01:56
79Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ0:02:07
80John Gadret (Fra) Movistar0:02:21
81Samuel Magalhães (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista0:03:14
82Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar0:04:14
83Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:04:25
84Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar0:05:29
85Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) Colombia0:05:45
86Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:06:05
87Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:06:08
88Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Ag2r La Mondiale0:06:14
89Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar0:06:57
90Imanol Estevez Salas (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:06:59
91Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar0:07:05
92Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:07:23
93Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:07:27
94Eneko Lizarralde (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:07:35
95Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia0:07:52
96Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:07:53
97Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:07:56
98Yann Guyot (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:08:22
99Romain Combaud (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:08:42
100Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale-Garmin0:09:04
101Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ0:09:09
102Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché EnvironnementRow 101 - Cell 2
103Hector Sáez Benito (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA0:09:48
104Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo0:10:14
105Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Colombia0:10:20
106Adrián González (Esp) Murias-Taldea0:10:31
107Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:10:38
108Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ0:10:43
109Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo0:11:02
110Maxime Renault (Fra) Auber 980:11:17
111Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) Movistar0:12:40
112Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar0:12:47
113Daniel McLay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement0:12:53
114Julien Duval (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre0:12:56
115Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling0:13:19
116Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:14:34
117Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits0:15:51
118David Menut (Fra) Auber 970:16:30
119Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo0:16:56
120Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Tinkoff-Saxo0:17:15
121Javier Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA0:18:00
122Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar0:18:37

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