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American sensation beats Alex Dowsett
Taylor Phinney (USA) took victory at the prologue of the Tour de l'Avenir in Vierzon. He scorched around the 7.8km circuit in 8:55 to beat Alex Dowsett (Great Britain) by 6 seconds. Australia's Michael Matthews was a second further back in 3rd, while there was a signifcant gap back to the rest of the field, with Loic Desriac 4th at 19 seconds.
| 1 | Taylor Phinney (USA) United States of America | 0:08:55 | |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:06 | |
| 3 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australia | 0:00:07 | |
| 4 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) France B | 0:00:19 | |
| 5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany | 0:00:21 | |
| 6 | Andrew Talansky (USA) United States of America | 0:00:24 | |
| 7 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:26 | |
| 8 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Portugal | 0:00:27 | |
| 9 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Spain | 0:00:28 | |
| 10 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) France A | ||
| 11 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:29 | |
| 12 | Vladislav Gorbunov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:30 | |
| 13 | Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 14 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France A | ||
| 15 | Jérome Cousin (Fra) France B | 0:00:31 | |
| 16 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australia | ||
| 17 | Nairo Alexander Quintanarojas (Col) Colombia | 0:00:33 | |
| 18 | Mark Christian (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:34 | |
| 19 | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Colombia | ||
| 20 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Netherlands | ||
| 21 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:35 | |
| 22 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 23 | Romain Bardet (Fra) France B | 0:00:36 | |
| 24 | Tom Thill (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 25 | Gaëtan Bille (Bel) Belgium | ||
| 26 | Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombia | ||
| 27 | Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 28 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Equipe-Mixte | 0:00:37 | |
| 29 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:40 | |
| 30 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:41 | |
| 31 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Poland | 0:00:42 | |
| 32 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Equipe-Mixte | 0:00:43 | |
| 33 | Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark | ||
| 34 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia | ||
| 35 | Romain Hardy (Fra) France A | 0:00:44 | |
| 36 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:45 | |
| 37 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Spain | ||
| 38 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:47 | |
| 39 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) France A | ||
| 40 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) France A | ||
| 41 | Vicente Garcia Da Mateos Rubio (Spa) Spain | ||
| 42 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Netherlands | ||
| 43 | David Rosch (Ger) Germany | 0:00:48 | |
| 44 | Dmitriy Ignatyev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 45 | Maximilian May (Ger) Germany | ||
| 46 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia | ||
| 47 | Jean Lou Paiani (Fra) France B | ||
| 48 | Benjamin King (USA) United States of America | 0:00:49 | |
| 49 | Higinio Fernandez Suarez (Spa) Spain | ||
| 50 | Joni Brandao (Por) Portugal | ||
| 51 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:50 | |
| 52 | Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 53 | Bruno Silva (Por) Portugal | ||
| 54 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Belgium | ||
| 55 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 56 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Spain | 0:00:51 | |
| 57 | Nikita Umerbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 58 | Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenia | 0:00:53 | |
| 59 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:54 | |
| 60 | Benjamin King (Aus) Australia | ||
| 61 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 62 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:55 | |
| 63 | Mads Meyer (Den) Denmark | ||
| 64 | Sebastian Salazar (Col) Colombia | ||
| 65 | Thomas Bonnin (Fra) France A | 0:00:56 | |
| 66 | Marek Canecky (Svk) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 67 | Martin Grunder (Ger) Germany | 0:00:57 | |
| 68 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 69 | Christopher Butler (USA) United States of America | ||
| 70 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Switzerland | 0:00:58 | |
| 71 | Alex Howes (USA) United States of America | ||
| 72 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) France B | ||
| 73 | Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Denmark | 0:00:59 | |
| 74 | Amaro Antunes (Por) Portugal | 0:01:01 | |
| 75 | Mathias Lisson (Den) Denmark | 0:01:02 | |
| 76 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) Switzerland | ||
| 77 | Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 78 | Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 79 | Siarhei Novikau (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 80 | Domingos Goncalves (Por) Portugal | ||
| 81 | Bert Jan Lindeman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:01:03 | |
| 82 | Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 83 | Ki Ho Choi (HKg) Equipe-Mixte | 0:01:04 | |
| 84 | Timothy Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 85 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Spain | 0:01:05 | |
| 86 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 87 | Yauheni Lahun (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 88 | Nicolas Capdepuy (Fra) France B | ||
| 89 | Stanislau Bazhkou (Blr) Belarus | 0:01:06 | |
| 90 | Kuanysh Kylybayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 91 | Pit Schlechter (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 92 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland | ||
| 93 | Michael Baer (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:07 | |
| 94 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Switzerland | ||
| 95 | Hyeong Min Choe (Kor) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 96 | Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:01:08 | |
| 97 | David Hesselbarth (Ger) Germany | ||
| 98 | Michael Weicht (Ger) Germany | 0:01:09 | |
| 99 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 100 | Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Australia | 0:01:10 | |
| 101 | Ian Boswell (USA) United States of America | ||
| 102 | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 103 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenia | 0:01:11 | |
| 104 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenia | 0:01:13 | |
| 105 | Guilherme Lourenco (Por) Portugal | 0:01:15 | |
| 106 | Andreï Holubeu (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 107 | Nick Aitken (Aus) Australia | ||
| 108 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:16 | |
| 109 | Tom Kohn (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 110 | Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:01:20 | |
| 111 | Arkimedes Argueles Rodrigues (Rus) Russian Federation | 0:01:22 | |
| 112 | Kamil Zielinski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 113 | Ricky Eno Jorgensen (Den) Denmark | 0:01:24 | |
| 114 | Pawel Charucki (Pol) Poland | ||
| 115 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:25 | |
| 116 | Alexander Kholodov (Rus) Russian Federation | 0:01:32 | |
| 117 | Tom Schanen (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:01:36 | |
| 118 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombia | 0:01:41 | |
| 119 | Kanstantin Klimiankou (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 120 | Niki Byrgesen (Den) Denmark | 0:02:30 |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney (USA) United States of America | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain | 10 | |
| 3 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australia | 8 | |
| 4 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) France B | 7 | |
| 5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany | 6 | |
| 6 | Andrew Talansky (USA) United States of America | 5 | |
| 7 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands | 4 | |
| 8 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Portugal | 3 | |
| 9 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
| 10 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) France A | 1 |
| 1 | United States of America | 0:27:58 | |
| 2 | Australia | 0:00:08 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0:00:12 | |
| 4 | France B | 0:00:13 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0:00:16 | |
| 6 | France A | 0:00:29 | |
| 7 | Colombia | 0:00:30 | |
| 8 | Germany | 0:00:44 | |
| 9 | Spain | 0:00:47 | |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 0:00:49 | |
| 11 | Belgium | 0:00:50 | |
| 12 | Portugal | 0:00:53 | |
| 13 | Equipe-Mixte | 0:01:03 | |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0:01:04 | |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 0:01:07 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 0:01:24 | |
| 17 | Belarus | 0:01:30 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 0:01:31 | |
| 19 | Poland | 0:01:44 | |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0:01:54 |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney (USA) United States of America | 0:08:55 | |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:06 | |
| 3 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australia | 0:00:07 | |
| 4 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) France B | 0:00:19 | |
| 5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany | 0:00:21 | |
| 6 | Andrew Talansky (USA) United States of America | 0:00:24 | |
| 7 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:26 | |
| 8 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Portugal | 0:00:27 | |
| 9 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Spain | 0:00:28 | |
| 10 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) France A | ||
| 11 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:29 | |
| 12 | Vladislav Gorbunov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:30 | |
| 13 | Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 14 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) France A | ||
| 15 | Jérome Cousin (Fra) France B | 0:00:31 | |
| 16 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australia | ||
| 17 | Nairo Alexander Quintanarojas (Col) Colombia | 0:00:33 | |
| 18 | Mark Christian (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:34 | |
| 19 | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Colombia | ||
| 20 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Netherlands | ||
| 21 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:35 | |
| 22 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 23 | Romain Bardet (Fra) France B | 0:00:36 | |
| 24 | Tom Thill (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 25 | Gaëtan Bille (Bel) Belgium | ||
| 26 | Camilo Suarez (Col) Colombia | ||
| 27 | Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 28 | Gregory Brenes (CRc) Equipe-Mixte | 0:00:37 | |
| 29 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:40 | |
| 30 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:41 | |
| 31 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Poland | 0:00:42 | |
| 32 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Equipe-Mixte | 0:00:43 | |
| 33 | Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark | ||
| 34 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Australia | ||
| 35 | Romain Hardy (Fra) France A | 0:00:44 | |
| 36 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:45 | |
| 37 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Spain | ||
| 38 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:47 | |
| 39 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) France A | ||
| 40 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) France A | ||
| 41 | Vicente Garcia Da Mateos Rubio (Spa) Spain | ||
| 42 | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Netherlands | ||
| 43 | David Rosch (Ger) Germany | 0:00:48 | |
| 44 | Dmitriy Ignatyev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 45 | Maximilian May (Ger) Germany | ||
| 46 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia | ||
| 47 | Jean Lou Paiani (Fra) France B | ||
| 48 | Benjamin King (USA) United States of America | 0:00:49 | |
| 49 | Higinio Fernandez Suarez (Spa) Spain | ||
| 50 | Joni Brandao (Por) Portugal | ||
| 51 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:50 | |
| 52 | Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 53 | Bruno Silva (Por) Portugal | ||
| 54 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Belgium | ||
| 55 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 56 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Spain | 0:00:51 | |
| 57 | Nikita Umerbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 58 | Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenia | 0:00:53 | |
| 59 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:54 | |
| 60 | Benjamin King (Aus) Australia | ||
| 61 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 62 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:00:55 | |
| 63 | Mads Meyer (Den) Denmark | ||
| 64 | Sebastian Salazar (Col) Colombia | ||
| 65 | Thomas Bonnin (Fra) France A | 0:00:56 | |
| 66 | Marek Canecky (Svk) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 67 | Martin Grunder (Ger) Germany | 0:00:57 | |
| 68 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 69 | Christopher Butler (USA) United States of America | ||
| 70 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Switzerland | 0:00:58 | |
| 71 | Alex Howes (USA) United States of America | ||
| 72 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) France B | ||
| 73 | Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Denmark | 0:00:59 | |
| 74 | Amaro Antunes (Por) Portugal | 0:01:01 | |
| 75 | Mathias Lisson (Den) Denmark | 0:01:02 | |
| 76 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) Switzerland | ||
| 77 | Ivo Lux (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 78 | Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenia | ||
| 79 | Siarhei Novikau (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 80 | Domingos Goncalves (Por) Portugal | ||
| 81 | Bert Jan Lindeman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:01:03 | |
| 82 | Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 83 | Ki Ho Choi (HKg) Equipe-Mixte | 0:01:04 | |
| 84 | Timothy Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 85 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Spain | 0:01:05 | |
| 86 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 87 | Yauheni Lahun (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 88 | Nicolas Capdepuy (Fra) France B | ||
| 89 | Stanislau Bazhkou (Blr) Belarus | 0:01:06 | |
| 90 | Kuanysh Kylybayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 91 | Pit Schlechter (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 92 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland | ||
| 93 | Michael Baer (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:07 | |
| 94 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Switzerland | ||
| 95 | Hyeong Min Choe (Kor) Equipe-Mixte | ||
| 96 | Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:01:08 | |
| 97 | David Hesselbarth (Ger) Germany | ||
| 98 | Michael Weicht (Ger) Germany | 0:01:09 | |
| 99 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 100 | Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Australia | 0:01:10 | |
| 101 | Ian Boswell (USA) United States of America | ||
| 102 | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 103 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Slovenia | 0:01:11 | |
| 104 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenia | 0:01:13 | |
| 105 | Guilherme Lourenco (Por) Portugal | 0:01:15 | |
| 106 | Andreï Holubeu (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 107 | Nick Aitken (Aus) Australia | ||
| 108 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:16 | |
| 109 | Tom Kohn (Lux) Luxembourg | ||
| 110 | Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | 0:01:20 | |
| 111 | Arkimedes Argueles Rodrigues (Rus) Russian Federation | 0:01:22 | |
| 112 | Kamil Zielinski (Pol) Poland | ||
| 113 | Ricky Eno Jorgensen (Den) Denmark | 0:01:24 | |
| 114 | Pawel Charucki (Pol) Poland | ||
| 115 | Daniel Henggeler (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:25 | |
| 116 | Alexander Kholodov (Rus) Russian Federation | 0:01:32 | |
| 117 | Tom Schanen (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:01:36 | |
| 118 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) Colombia | 0:01:41 | |
| 119 | Kanstantin Klimiankou (Blr) Belarus | ||
| 120 | Niki Byrgesen (Den) Denmark | 0:02:30 |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney (USA) United States of America | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain | 10 | |
| 3 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australia | 8 | |
| 4 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) France B | 7 | |
| 5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Germany | 6 | |
| 6 | Andrew Talansky (USA) United States of America | 5 | |
| 7 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands | 4 | |
| 8 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Portugal | 3 | |
| 9 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Spain | 2 | |
| 10 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) France A | 1 |
| 1 | United States of America | 0:27:58 | |
| 2 | Australia | 0:00:08 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0:00:12 | |
| 4 | France B | 0:00:13 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0:00:16 | |
| 6 | France A | 0:00:29 | |
| 7 | Colombia | 0:00:30 | |
| 8 | Germany | 0:00:44 | |
| 9 | Spain | 0:00:47 | |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 0:00:49 | |
| 11 | Belgium | 0:00:50 | |
| 12 | Portugal | 0:00:53 | |
| 13 | Equipe-Mixte | 0:01:03 | |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0:01:04 | |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 0:01:07 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 0:01:24 | |
| 17 | Belarus | 0:01:30 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 0:01:31 | |
| 19 | Poland | 0:01:44 | |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0:01:54 |