Hofland wins from break in Lunéville

Moreno Hofland (Netherlands) won the 160.5km opening road stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, outsprinting his six breakaway companions for the victory. Romain Bardet (France) finished second while Italy's Matteo Mammini claimed third.

Hofland's teamamte Wouter Wippert led in the peloton for 8th place, 26 seconds behind the escapees.

Prologue runner-up Rohan Dennis (Australia) placed sixth on the stage and is the new overall leader of the Tour de l'Avenir. Overnight leader and teammate of Dennis, Michael Hepburn, finished in the field, 26 seconds behind the break, and now holds second overall, 22 seconds behind Dennis. Canada's David Boily moves into third on GC, 24 seconds back.

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Full Results
1Moreno Hofland (Ned) Netherlands4:12:05
2Romain Bardet (Fra) FranceRow 1 - Cell 2
3Matteo Mammini (Ita) ItalyRow 2 - Cell 2
4Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 3 - Cell 2
5David Boily (Can) CanadaRow 4 - Cell 2
6Rohan Dennis (Aus) AustraliaRow 5 - Cell 2
7Georg Preidler (Aut) Austria0:00:04
8Wouter Wippert (Ned) Netherlands0:00:26
9Nikias Arndt (Ger) GermanyRow 8 - Cell 2
10Marco Haller (Aut) AustriaRow 9 - Cell 2
11Raphaël Addy (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 10 - Cell 2
12Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) ItalyRow 11 - Cell 2
13Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) DenmarkRow 12 - Cell 2
14Luke Rowe (GBr) Great BritainRow 13 - Cell 2
15Jan Sokol (Aut) AustriaRow 14 - Cell 2
16Jordi Simon (Spa) SpainRow 15 - Cell 2
17Oliver Hofstetter (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 16 - Cell 2
18Julian Kern (Ger) GermanyRow 17 - Cell 2
19Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 18 - Cell 2
20Hugo Houle (Can) CanadaRow 19 - Cell 2
21Filip Eidsheim (Nor) NorwayRow 20 - Cell 2
22Jan Keller (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 21 - Cell 2
23Natnael Berhane (Eri) Mixed TeamRow 22 - Cell 2
24Warren Barguil (Fra) FranceRow 23 - Cell 2
25Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 24 - Cell 2
26Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) DenmarkRow 25 - Cell 2
27Raymond Kreder (Ned) NetherlandsRow 26 - Cell 2
28Zico Waeytens (Bel) BelgiumRow 27 - Cell 2
29Marcel Aregger (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 28 - Cell 2
30Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) BelgiumRow 29 - Cell 2
31Rüdiger Selig (Ger) GermanyRow 30 - Cell 2
32Simon Yates (GBr) Great BritainRow 31 - Cell 2
33Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) NetherlandsRow 32 - Cell 2
34Sebastian Lander (Den) DenmarkRow 33 - Cell 2
35Scott Thwaites (GBr) Great BritainRow 34 - Cell 2
36Robert Bush (USA) United States of AmericaRow 35 - Cell 2
37Thomas Palmer (Aus) AustraliaRow 36 - Cell 2
38Mark Christian (GBr) Great BritainRow 37 - Cell 2
39Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) ColombiaRow 38 - Cell 2
40Guillaume Boivin (Can) CanadaRow 39 - Cell 2
41Tim Declercq (Bel) BelgiumRow 40 - Cell 2
42Julio Alexis Camacho (Col) ColombiaRow 41 - Cell 2
43Jesper Hansen (Den) DenmarkRow 42 - Cell 2
44Rudy Molard (Fra) FranceRow 43 - Cell 2
45Patrick Lane (Aus) AustraliaRow 44 - Cell 2
46William Valencia (Col) ColombiaRow 45 - Cell 2
47Tom Dumoulin (Ned) NetherlandsRow 46 - Cell 2
48Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) SpainRow 47 - Cell 2
49Etienne Tortelier (Fra) FranceRow 48 - Cell 2
50Matthias Allegaert (Bel) BelgiumRow 49 - Cell 2
51Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mixed TeamRow 50 - Cell 2
52Michael Hepburn (Aus) AustraliaRow 51 - Cell 2
53Rob Squire (USA) United States of AmericaRow 52 - Cell 2
54Victor Cabedo (Spa) SpainRow 53 - Cell 2
55Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) DenmarkRow 54 - Cell 2
56Antoine Lavieu (Fra) FranceRow 55 - Cell 2
57Michael Rodriguez (Col) ColombiaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) FranceRow 57 - Cell 2
59Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) ColombiaRow 58 - Cell 2
60Sebastian Salazar (Col) ColombiaRow 59 - Cell 2
61Jakub Novak (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 60 - Cell 2
62Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) NorwayRow 61 - Cell 2
63Patrick Konrad (Aut) AustriaRow 62 - Cell 2
64Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) ItalyRow 63 - Cell 2
65Patrick Bercz (Ger) GermanyRow 64 - Cell 2
66Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixed TeamRow 65 - Cell 2
67Börn Tore Hoem (Nor) NorwayRow 66 - Cell 2
68Massimo Coledan (Ita) ItalyRow 67 - Cell 2
69Tomas Danacik (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 68 - Cell 2
70Lukas Smola (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 69 - Cell 2
71Petr Vakoc (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 70 - Cell 2
72Tim Wellens (Bel) BelgiumRow 71 - Cell 2
73Lawrence Warbasse (USA) United States of AmericaRow 72 - Cell 2
74Filippo Fortin (Ita) ItalyRow 73 - Cell 2
75Joseph Dombrowski (USA) United States of AmericaRow 74 - Cell 2
76Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 75 - Cell 2
77Arvin Moazemi (Iri) Mixed TeamRow 76 - Cell 2
78Johan Fredrik Ziesler (Nor) NorwayRow 77 - Cell 2
79Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great BritainRow 78 - Cell 2
80Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 79 - Cell 2
81Jimmy Janssens (Bel) BelgiumRow 80 - Cell 2
82Roman Dronin (Uzb) Mixed TeamRow 81 - Cell 2
83Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) NorwayRow 82 - Cell 2
84Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) DenmarkRow 83 - Cell 2
85Ian Boswell (USA) United States of AmericaRow 84 - Cell 2
86Nathan Brown (USA) United States of AmericaRow 85 - Cell 2
87Houssam Nasri (Tun) Mixed TeamRow 86 - Cell 2
88Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 87 - Cell 2
89Antoine Duchesne (Can) Canada0:01:00
90Sven Erik Byström (Nor) Norway0:00:26
91Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:01:11
92Victor Martin (Spa) SpainRow 91 - Cell 2
93David Wöhrer (Aut) AustriaRow 92 - Cell 2
94Aritz Orbe (Spa) SpainRow 93 - Cell 2
95Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands0:02:22
96Pierrick Naud (Can) CanadaRow 95 - Cell 2
97Nils Plötner (Ger) Germany0:02:45
98Patrick Schelling (Swi) Switzerland0:03:05
99Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Italy0:03:09
100Jan Hirt (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 99 - Cell 2
101Michael Hümbert (Ger) Germany0:04:42
102Josef Hosek (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 101 - Cell 2
103Omar Fraile (Spa) SpainRow 102 - Cell 2
104Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain0:05:22
105Jay McCarthy (Aus) Australia0:06:03
106Richard Lang (Aus) AustraliaRow 105 - Cell 2
107Jamie Riggs (Can) CanadaRow 106 - Cell 2
DNFFlorian Gaugl (Aut) AustriaRow 107 - Cell 2
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Points
1Moreno Hofland (Ned) Netherlands30pts
2Romain Bardet (Fra) France27Row 1 - Cell 3
3Matteo Mammini (Ita) Italy25Row 2 - Cell 3
4Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan23Row 3 - Cell 3
5David Boily (Can) Canada21Row 4 - Cell 3
6Rohan Dennis (Aus) Australia19Row 5 - Cell 3
7Georg Preidler (Aut) Austria17Row 6 - Cell 3
8Wouter Wippert (Ned) Netherlands15Row 7 - Cell 3
9Nikias Arndt (Ger) Germany13Row 8 - Cell 3
10Marco Haller (Aut) Austria11Row 9 - Cell 3
11Raphaël Addy (Swi) Switzerland10Row 10 - Cell 3
12Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) Italy9Row 11 - Cell 3
13Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Denmark8Row 12 - Cell 3
14Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain7Row 13 - Cell 3
15Jan Sokol (Aut) Austria6Row 14 - Cell 3
16Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain5Row 15 - Cell 3
17Oliver Hofstetter (Swi) Switzerland4Row 16 - Cell 3
18Julian Kern (Ger) Germany3Row 17 - Cell 3
19Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan2Row 18 - Cell 3
20Hugo Houle (Can) Canada1Row 19 - Cell 3
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Sprint 1 - Pange
1Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands3pts
2Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Sprint 2 - Brin-Sur-Seille
1Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands3pts
2Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 1 - Côte d'Altroff
1Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia3pts
2Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 2 - Côte de Moncheux
1Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia3pts
2Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 3 - Côte de Morey
1Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia3pts
2Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Netherlands12:37:07
2KazakhstanRow 1 - Cell 2
3CanadaRow 2 - Cell 2
4FranceRow 3 - Cell 2
5ItalyRow 4 - Cell 2
6AustraliaRow 5 - Cell 2
7Austria0:00:04
8Switzerland0:00:26
9GermanyRow 8 - Cell 2
10DenmarkRow 9 - Cell 2
11Great BritainRow 10 - Cell 2
12BelgiumRow 11 - Cell 2
13SpainRow 12 - Cell 2
14ColombiaRow 13 - Cell 2
15Mixed TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16NorwayRow 15 - Cell 2
17United States of AmericaRow 16 - Cell 2
18Czech RepublicRow 17 - Cell 2
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General classification after stage 1
1Rohan Dennis (Aus) Australia4:19:22
2Michael Hepburn (Aus) Australia0:00:22
3David Boily (Can) Canada0:00:24
4Georg Preidler (Aut) Austria0:00:35
5Moreno Hofland (Ned) NetherlandsRow 4 - Cell 2
6Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands0:00:40
7Jakub Novak (Cze) Czech Republic0:00:44
8Hugo Houle (Can) CanadaRow 7 - Cell 2
9Romain Bardet (Fra) France0:00:46
10Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Denmark0:00:48
11Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) France0:00:49
12Matthias Allegaert (Bel) Belgium0:00:50
13Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain0:00:51
14Mark Christian (GBr) Great BritainRow 13 - Cell 2
15Nathan Brown (USA) United States of AmericaRow 14 - Cell 2
16Rudy Molard (Fra) France0:00:52
17Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mixed TeamRow 16 - Cell 2
18Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:00:53
19Matteo Mammini (Ita) Italy0:00:55
20Patrick Konrad (Aut) Austria0:00:56
21Börn Tore Hoem (Nor) NorwayRow 20 - Cell 2
22Marco Haller (Aut) Austria0:00:57
23Robert Bush (USA) United States of AmericaRow 22 - Cell 2
24Lawrence Warbasse (USA) United States of AmericaRow 23 - Cell 2
25Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Mixed TeamRow 24 - Cell 2
26Patrick Lane (Aus) Australia0:00:58
27Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) DenmarkRow 26 - Cell 2
28Nikias Arndt (Ger) Germany0:00:59
29Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:01:00
30Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Denmark0:01:01
31Jesper Hansen (Den) DenmarkRow 30 - Cell 2
32Sebastian Salazar (Col) ColombiaRow 31 - Cell 2
33Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Norway0:01:02
34Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) SpainRow 33 - Cell 2
35Johan Fredrik Ziesler (Nor) NorwayRow 34 - Cell 2
36Zico Waeytens (Bel) BelgiumRow 35 - Cell 2
37Natnael Berhane (Eri) Mixed TeamRow 36 - Cell 2
38Patrick Bercz (Ger) Germany0:01:03
39Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) ColombiaRow 38 - Cell 2
40Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain0:01:04
41Sebastian Lander (Den) Denmark0:01:05
42Jordi Simon (Spa) SpainRow 41 - Cell 2
43Tim Declercq (Bel) BelgiumRow 42 - Cell 2
44Tim Wellens (Bel) Belgium0:01:06
45Guillaume Boivin (Can) Canada0:01:07
46Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain0:01:08
47Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) KazakhstanRow 46 - Cell 2
48Rüdiger Selig (Ger) GermanyRow 47 - Cell 2
49Warren Barguil (Fra) FranceRow 48 - Cell 2
50Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia0:01:09
51Arvin Moazemi (Iri) Mixed TeamRow 50 - Cell 2
52Massimo Coledan (Ita) Italy0:01:10
53Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) ItalyRow 52 - Cell 2
54Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 53 - Cell 2
55Joseph Dombrowski (USA) United States of America0:01:11
56Thomas Palmer (Aus) AustraliaRow 55 - Cell 2
57Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:01:12
58Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) DenmarkRow 57 - Cell 2
59Ian Boswell (USA) United States of America0:01:13
60Petr Vakoc (Cze) Czech RepublicRow 59 - Cell 2
61Victor Cabedo (Spa) SpainRow 60 - Cell 2
62Houssam Nasri (Tun) Mixed TeamRow 61 - Cell 2
63Jan Keller (Swi) Switzerland0:01:14
64Marcel Aregger (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 63 - Cell 2
65Sven Erik Byström (Nor) Norway0:01:15
66Julian Kern (Ger) Germany0:01:16
67William Valencia (Col) Colombia0:01:17
68Filip Eidsheim (Nor) NorwayRow 67 - Cell 2
69Michael Rodriguez (Col) ColombiaRow 68 - Cell 2
70Etienne Tortelier (Fra) FranceRow 69 - Cell 2
71Filippo Fortin (Ita) Italy0:01:18
72Wouter Wippert (Ned) NetherlandsRow 71 - Cell 2
73Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Belgium0:01:19
74Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Belgium0:01:20
75Roman Dronin (Uzb) Mixed Team0:01:21
76Julio Alexis Camacho (Col) ColombiaRow 75 - Cell 2
77Raymond Kreder (Ned) NetherlandsRow 76 - Cell 2
78Jan Sokol (Aut) AustriaRow 77 - Cell 2
79Antoine Lavieu (Fra) FranceRow 78 - Cell 2
80Scott Thwaites (GBr) Great Britain0:01:24
81Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:01:27
82Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Netherlands0:01:30
83Rob Squire (USA) United States of America0:01:46
84Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) Italy0:01:48
85Lukas Smola (Cze) Czech Republic0:01:50
86Vegard Robinson Bugge (Nor) Norway0:01:51
87Raphaël Addy (Swi) SwitzerlandRow 86 - Cell 2
88Tomas Danacik (Cze) Czech Republic0:01:53
89Oliver Hofstetter (Swi) Switzerland0:01:54
90Victor Martin (Spa) Spain0:01:55
91David Wöhrer (Aut) Austria0:02:01
92Antoine Duchesne (Can) Canada0:02:03
93Abdraimzhan Ishanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan0:02:07
94Aritz Orbe (Spa) SpainRow 93 - Cell 2
95Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands0:03:10
96Nils Plötner (Ger) Germany0:03:32
97Pierrick Naud (Can) Canada0:03:38
98Patrick Schelling (Swi) Switzerland0:04:03
99Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Italy0:04:14
100Jan Hirt (Cze) Czech Republic0:04:52
101Michael Hümbert (Ger) Germany0:05:12
102Omar Fraile (Spa) Spain0:05:29
103Josef Hosek (Cze) Czech Republic0:05:43
104Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain0:06:14
105Richard Lang (Aus) Australia0:06:31
106Jay McCarthy (Aus) AustraliaRow 105 - Cell 2
107Jamie Riggs (Can) Canada0:07:24
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Points classification
1Moreno Hofland (Ned) Netherlands30pts
2Rohan Dennis (Aus) Australia29Row 1 - Cell 3
3Romain Bardet (Fra) France27Row 2 - Cell 3
4Matteo Mammini (Ita) Italy25Row 3 - Cell 3
5David Boily (Can) Canada23Row 4 - Cell 3
6Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Kazakhstan23Row 5 - Cell 3
7Georg Preidler (Aut) Austria17Row 6 - Cell 3
8Wouter Wippert (Ned) Netherlands15Row 7 - Cell 3
9Nikias Arndt (Ger) Germany13Row 8 - Cell 3
10Michael Hepburn (Aus) Australia12Row 9 - Cell 3
11Marco Haller (Aut) Austria11Row 10 - Cell 3
12Raphaël Addy (Swi) Switzerland10Row 11 - Cell 3
13Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) Italy9Row 12 - Cell 3
14Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Netherlands8Row 13 - Cell 3
15Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain8Row 14 - Cell 3
16Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Denmark8Row 15 - Cell 3
17Jakub Novak (Cze) Czech Republic7Row 16 - Cell 3
18Hugo Houle (Can) Canada7Row 17 - Cell 3
19Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands6Row 18 - Cell 3
20Jan Sokol (Aut) Austria6Row 19 - Cell 3
21Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Denmark5Row 20 - Cell 3
22Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain5Row 21 - Cell 3
23Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) France4Row 22 - Cell 3
24Oliver Hofstetter (Swi) Switzerland4Row 23 - Cell 3
25Matthias Allegaert (Bel) Belgium3Row 24 - Cell 3
26Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia3Row 25 - Cell 3
27Julian Kern (Ger) Germany3Row 26 - Cell 3
28Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain3Row 27 - Cell 3
29Miras Bederbekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan2Row 28 - Cell 3
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Mountains classification
1Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Colombia9pts
2Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Netherlands5Row 1 - Cell 3
3Thomas Moses (GBr) Great Britain4Row 2 - Cell 3
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Teams classification
1Australia12:59:22
2Canada0:00:59
3France0:01:07
4Austria0:01:12
5Netherlands0:01:13
6United States of America0:01:29
7Great Britain0:01:30
8Kazakhstan0:01:31
9DenmarkRow 8 - Cell 2
10Mixed Team0:01:35
11Belgium0:01:41
12Germany0:01:42
13Norway0:01:44
14Italy0:01:56
15Colombia0:01:57
16Spain0:02:01
17Czech Republic0:02:08
18Switzerland0:02:22

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