Adriano Malori led a Movistar one-two in the Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire afternoon time trial, beating teammate Alex Dowsett in the 6.8km test in Angers.
The Italian covered the course in a time of 7:58 at over 51km/h. Dowsett was nine seconds slower, with Ramunas Navardauskas (Cannondale-Garmin) third in a time of 8:13. It was Malori’s third win of the 2015 season after also winning time trials at the Tour de San Luis and the more recent Tirreno-Adriatico.
“I’m not so surprised to win as I’ve felt good sensations in the last month," the Italian champion for time trial explained after receiving the yellow jersey on stage. “I came here to win the time trial today. Now I also lead the race. It looks like a very hard stage on the map tomorrow and I have strong competitors with [Tiago] Machado, [Ramunas] Navardauskas and [Stephen] Cummings. They are so close to me...”
Asked how much of a climber he was ahead of that queen stage due to finish atop the Mont des Avaloirs, which is the highest peak of western France (alt. 416 m.), Malori said: “I don’t know, I’ll answer this question tomorrow.” But he gave an interesting insight of what kind of tactic Movistar might play: “Alex is training for the Hour Record. We have more chances to win this race with Jesus Herrada.”
The 2013 Spanish road champion stands 20 seconds down on GC while former yellow jersey Anthony Roux of FDJ limited the losses despite his bronchitis and now lays in third place at 12 seconds. He’s the 2011 overall winner of the Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire.
“I didn’t feel super as I felt the efforts of the morning stage in my legs”, defending champion Navardauskas told Cyclingnews. “I tried my best on this quite technical course with small bumps that required to stay focused all the time. I’m third like last year with Movistar ahead of me. They’re a strong team with strong boys for time trialling but there are still two days to go. They’ll need to ride and I wish them the best of luck to defend the jersey with a team of six riders only.”
Malori also mentioned Machado among the underdogs. As he scored the fourth best time, the Portuguese also bettered his winning time of 2010 by twelve seconds. “It’s all due to the improvement of time trial bikes," said the Katusha rider. “This bike I rode today is the best I’ve ever had against the clock.”
The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire continues with two road race stages on Thursday and Friday.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:07:58 |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:09 |
| 3 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:15 |
| 4 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | 0:00:16 |
| 5 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:20 |
| 6 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:21 |
| 8 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:22 |
| 9 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:25 |
| 11 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:28 |
| 12 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:29 |
| 14 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:30 |
| 15 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:31 |
| 17 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Ben King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin | 0:00:32 |
| 19 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:33 |
| 22 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:34 |
| 24 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:36 |
| 25 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Bretagne-Sche Environnement | 0:00:37 |
| 26 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:38 |
| 27 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:39 |
| 29 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:41 |
| 34 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:42 |
| 38 | Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:43 |
| 41 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:00:44 |
| 42 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:45 |
| 43 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:46 |
| 44 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:47 |
| 45 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:48 |
| 47 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:49 |
| 50 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:50 |
| 53 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:00:51 |
| 54 | Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia | 0:00:52 |
| 55 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:54 |
| 57 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:55 |
| 59 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:56 |
| 62 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar | 0:00:57 |
| 63 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:58 |
| 66 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:59 |
| 69 | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | 0:01:00 |
| 70 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:01 |
| 72 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:02 |
| 73 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:01:04 |
| 74 | Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia | 0:01:05 |
| 75 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Marco Minnaard (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:07 |
| 78 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Juan Sebastian Molano (Colombia) Team Colombia | 0:01:08 |
| 81 | Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Mike Terpstra (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:01:10 |
| 84 | Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:11 |
| 85 | Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:01:13 |
| 86 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| 87 | Carlos Galviz (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:01:16 |
| 89 | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| 90 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:17 |
| 91 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:24 |
| 92 | John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Androni Giocattoli | 0:01:44 |
| 93 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:01:52 |
| 94 | Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia | 0:01:53 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team | 6:45:27 |
| 2 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:09 |
| 3 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:12 |
| 4 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:15 |
| 5 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
| 6 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:20 |
| 8 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:21 |
| 10 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:22 |
| 11 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:25 |
| 12 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:28 |
| 13 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:09 |
| 16 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:30 |
| 17 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:31 |
| 18 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Ben King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin | 0:00:32 |
| 20 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:33 |
| 23 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:34 |
| 25 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:36 |
| 26 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Bretagne-Sche Environnement | 0:00:37 |
| 28 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:38 |
| 29 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:39 |
| 30 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:00:41 |
| 35 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:42 |
| 41 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:00:44 |
| 43 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:45 |
| 44 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:46 |
| 45 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:47 |
| 46 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Maurits Lammertink | 0:00:48 |
| 48 | Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:49 |
| 51 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:00:51 |
| 54 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team | 0:00:52 |
| 55 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:54 |
| 56 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:55 |
| 57 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:56 |
| 60 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:57 |
| 61 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:58 |
| 64 | Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:00:59 |
| 66 | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | 0:01:00 |
| 67 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:01 |
| 70 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:02 |
| 71 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:05 |
| 72 | Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia | 0:01:06 |
| 74 | Marco Minnaard (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:07 |
| 75 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Juan Sebastian Molano (Colombia) Team Colombia | 0:01:08 |
| 77 | Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:01:10 |
| 79 | Russell Downing (GBr) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:01:13 |
| 80 | Carlos Galviz (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:01:16 |
| 82 | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:01:23 |
| 84 | Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia | 0:01:53 |
| 85 | Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia | 0:02:13 |
| 86 | Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:03:30 |
| 87 | Mike Terpstra (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:04:32 |
| 88 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:16 |
| 89 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:47 |
| 90 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Roompot | 0:07:28 |
| 91 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | 0:07:44 |
| 92 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| 93 | John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Androni Giocattoli | 0:13:30 |
| 94 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:13:47 |
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