Etoile de Besseges 2017: Stage 4 Results

Arnaud Demare (FDJ) celebrates stage 4 victory (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Arnaud Démare (FDJ) won the fourth stage of the Etoile des Besseges on Saturday, outsprinting Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) and Christophe Laporte of Cofidis. Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) retained the overall lead on a day that saw a breakaway group stay away nearly to the end.

It was the second stage win in the race for reigning Milan-Sanremo champion Démare, who won the first stage and was also third on stage 2. The Frenchman sprinted to victory in stage 4 after the day's breakaway was caught just a kilometre from the finish line.

The peloton rolled through the vineyards for just over 30 km before a successful break group formed. Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal), Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale), Ángel Madrazo Ruiz (Delko Marseille Provence KTM), Preben Van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Wesley Kreder (Wanty - Groupe Gobert), Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Kevyn Ista (WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect) were the lucky seven. Massimo Vanderaerden (An Post Chain Reaction) gave chase but never caught up. The gap stabilized at around 2:45.

But what goes up must come down. With 70km to go, the gap had plummeted to 1:30, and continued to fall. The stage ended with five laps of a circuit course that included, each time, a climb up the Mur de Laudan. The gap see-sawed from 30 seconds to two minutes.

Ferrari dropped out of the lead group with mechanical problems, but the remaining six stayed strong and took 38 seconds into the final 16-km lap. They fought hard and clung desperately to their lead, taking 10 seconds into the final 2km, but were caught again within 1km of the finish.

That set up the bunch sprint, with Démare outsprinting Kristoff, just as he had done in the opening stage.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	3:36:24
2	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
3	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
4	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
5	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
6	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
7	Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
8	Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
10	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
11	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
12	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
13	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
14	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
15	Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
16	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
17	Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
18	Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
19	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
20	Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Roth - Akros
22	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
23	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
24	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
25	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
26	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
27	Dan Gardner (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction
28	Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
29	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
30	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:00:13
31	Robby Cobbaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon
32	Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
33	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
34	Lawrence Naesen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
35	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
36	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
37	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
38	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel - Cebon
39	Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) An Post Chain Reaction
40	Bastien Duculty (Fra) Armee de Terre
41	Lukas Jaun (Swi) Roth - Akros
42	Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:00:20
43	Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
44	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
45	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
46	Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:00:26
47	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
48	Alo Jakin (Est) HP BTP - Auber 93
49	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:00:29
50	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
51	Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:32
52	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie	0:00:34
53	Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:00:36
54	Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:00:38
55	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:00:41
56	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
57	Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:00:43
58	Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
59	Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:47
60	Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:50
61	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
62	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
63	Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel - Cebon
64	Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
65	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
66	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67	Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Roth - Akros
68	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:58
69	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
70	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71	Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel - Cebon
72	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:01
73	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
74	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
75	Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
76	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
77	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
78	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ
79	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
80	Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
81	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
82	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:01:08
83	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:16
84	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
85	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
86	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
87	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:01:20
88	Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
89	Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) An Post Chain Reaction
90	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
91	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
92	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
93	Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre
94	Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre
95	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
96	Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre
97	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal
98	Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:01:01
99	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie	0:01:20
100	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
101	Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
102	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
103	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
105	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:45
106	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Armee de Terre
107	Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108	Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
109	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:01:54
110	Kevyn Ista (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
111	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
112	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
113	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ	0:02:08
114	Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Roth - Akros
115	Mark Stewart (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction	0:02:12
116	Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
117	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre
118	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119	Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) An Post Chain Reaction	0:02:33
120	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin	0:03:01
121	Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ	0:03:11
122	Stijn De Bock (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:08:30
123	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie	0:08:33
124	Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
125	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
126	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
127	Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
128	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:09:01

Points
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	25	pts
2	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin	20
3	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	16
4	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	14
5	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin	12
6	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	10
7	Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	9
8	Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8
9	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	7
10	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	6
11	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	5
12	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	4
13	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	3
14	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie	2
15	Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	1

Sprint 1, km 46.8
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	6	pts
2	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	4
3	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	2

Sprint 2, km 90.4
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	6	pts
2	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	4
3	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	2

Mountain 1 - Mur de Laudun #1, km 46.8
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	6	pts
2	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	4
3	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	2

Mountain 2 - Mur de Laudun #2, km 90.6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	6	pts
2	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	4
3	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	2

General classification after stage 4
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie	14:25:33
2	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:17
3	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal	0:00:18
4	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:21
5	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie	0:00:22
6	Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:25
7	Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
8	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
9	Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
10	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:00:33
11	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:02:09
12	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:02:13
13	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:04:03
14	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Roth - Akros	0:06:01
15	Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:06:20
17	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:07:12
18	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:12
19	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin	0:08:17
20	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:09:27
21	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:09:40
22	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel - Cebon
23	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:09:47
24	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:11:45
25	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	0:15:13
26	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
27	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:15:37
28	Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:16:21
29	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:16:35
30	Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin	0:16:38
31	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:16:53
32	Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin	0:17:12
33	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:17:25
34	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
35	Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
36	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
37	Jarl Salomein (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:17:38
38	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
39	Bastien Duculty (Fra) Armee de Terre
40	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ	0:17:40
41	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:17:45
42	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:17:54
43	Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:17:57
44	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie	0:17:59
45	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:18:15
46	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:18:23
47	Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:18:26
48	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
49	Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) An Post Chain Reaction	0:18:45
50	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
51	Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre
52	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
53	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
54	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:19:16
55	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:19:19
56	Kevyn Ista (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
57	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ	0:19:23
58	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:21:19
59	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
60	Lukas Jaun (Swi) Roth - Akros	0:21:26
61	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin	0:21:29
62	Lawrence Naesen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:21:32
63	Alo Jakin (Est) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:21:45
64	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:21:53
65	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:21:54
66	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
67	Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:21:56
68	Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
69	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:22:00
70	Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Roth - Akros	0:22:03
71	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan
72	Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:22:08
73	Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:22:09
74	Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:22:11
75	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:22:20
76	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
77	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:22:29
78	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:22:33
79	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
80	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:22:39
81	Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre
82	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ	0:22:55
83	Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:22:58
84	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
85	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:23:07
86	Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:23:25
87	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ	0:23:27
88	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:24:02
89	Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:24:35
90	Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:24:39
91	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:24:52
92	Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) An Post Chain Reaction
93	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
94	Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:25:04
95	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:25:05
96	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:25:29
97	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:25:40
98	Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole
99	Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	0:25:47
100	Dennis Coenen (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:25:50
101	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:25:56
102	Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:25:58
103	Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
104	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:25:59
105	Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre
106	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
107	Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93
108	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
109	Dan Gardner (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction	0:26:15
110	Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:26:24
111	Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:26:43
112	Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Roth - Akros	0:26:47
113	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:26:48
114	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:26:49
115	Mark Stewart (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction	0:26:51
116	Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) An Post Chain Reaction	0:27:12
117	Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ	0:27:26
118	Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:27:35
119	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:27:51
120	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:28:38
121	Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Armee de Terre	0:29:11
122	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ	0:29:52
123	Robby Cobbaert (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:30:21
124	Brecht Ruyters (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:30:58
125	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie	0:33:12
126	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
127	Stijn De Bock (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	0:38:38
128	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:39:04

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin	69	pts
2	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	66
3	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie	53
4	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	41
5	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin	33
6	Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	32
7	Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	25
8	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie	24
9	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal	21
10	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	20
11	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	18
12	Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin	16
13	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	16
14	Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	15
15	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	14
16	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	14
17	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	12
18	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	12
19	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	11
20	Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11
21	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	10
22	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin	9
23	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	9
24	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	7
25	Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin	7
26	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	7
27	Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	7
28	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	6
29	Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	6
30	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	6
31	Lukas Jaun (Swi) Roth - Akros	5
32	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	4
33	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Cibel - Cebon	4
34	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	4
35	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre	4
36	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	3
37	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	3
38	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Roth - Akros	2
39	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin	2
40	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	2
41	Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	2
42	Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1
43	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	1

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	28	pts
2	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	26
3	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	16
4	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	12
5	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	12
6	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	10
7	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	10
8	Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	8
9	Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	8
10	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin	6
11	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	4
12	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	4
13	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	2
14	Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Roth - Akros	2
15	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre	2

Young riders classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin	14:25:50
2	Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:08
3	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:16:18
4	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:17:08
5	Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) Armee de Terre
6	Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93	0:18:09
7	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
8	Jonas Bokeloh (Ger) An Post Chain Reaction	0:18:28
9	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:18:59
10	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:21:02
11	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin	0:21:12
12	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda's Willems Crelan	0:21:46
13	Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:22:41
14	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
15	Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole	0:23:08
16	Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) An Post Chain Reaction	0:24:35
17	Dan Gardner (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction	0:25:58
18	Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:26:07
19	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:26:31
20	Mark Stewart (GBr) An Post Chain Reaction	0:26:34
21	Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) An Post Chain Reaction	0:26:55
22	Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:27:18
23	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie	0:32:55

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