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Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) claimed his 20th victory of the season in Plouay after missing out on a second stage win at the Arctic Race of Norway and finishing second to André Greipel at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg. He outsprinted Italy's Simone Ponzi (Southeast) and Ramunas Navardauskas (Cannondale-Garmin) on the famous finishing line of the 2000 World Championships.
"I knew there was a possibility because I had done GP Plouay three times already but I didn't see myself as a favourite,” Kristoff said. "Last year, it was a winning breakaway. At the end, my team kept me safe. It was quite dangerous going to the finish because of all the guys coming from behind but I received a great lead out from Marco [Haller] and Jacopo [Guarnieri] as usual."
"It's a really hard race here. It was a bunch sprint at the end but I wasn't sure if I could overcome the last climb. I'm really happy that I managed to do it. I was not confident in bringing the race back together."
"My twentieth win is a big one," Kristoff also told Cyclingnews. "To win in the World Tour is always great. I'm really happy about that. Now I'm looking forward to the twenty-first victory. The World Championship is my next big goal."
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 5:31:32 |
| 2 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:12 |
| 71 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:20 |
| 72 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Andrea Fedi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | 0:00:28 |
| 75 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| 85 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| 86 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| 87 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| 89 | Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| 90 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:50 |
| 91 | Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| 92 | Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| 93 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
| 94 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| 95 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
| 96 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
| 97 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
| 98 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
| 99 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
| 100 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
| 101 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
| 102 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
| 103 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
| 104 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
| 105 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
| 106 | Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
| 107 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
| 108 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
| 109 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
| 110 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
| 111 | Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:07:33 |
| 112 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
| 113 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
| 114 | Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
| 115 | Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
| 116 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
| 117 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
| 118 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
| 119 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
| 120 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
| 121 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
| 122 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
| 123 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
| 124 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:09:00 |
| 125 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
| 126 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
| 127 | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | 0:17:15 |
| DNF | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Barry Markus (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
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