La Mediterraneenne 2016: Stage 2 Results

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Arnaud Demare wins stage 2 of La Méditerranéenne

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Arnaud Demare in yellow after the stage 2 at La Méditerranéenne

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Arnaud Demare on the stage 2 podium at La Méditerranéenne

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Arnaud Demare (FDJ) won the second stage at La Méditerranéenne from a bunch sprint in Port Vendres on Friday. He stormed to the finish line ahead of teammate Mickael Delage and AG2r La Mondiale's Jan Bakelants.

FDJ won the opening team time trial on Thursday, making this their second consecutive win. Matthieu Ladagnous was the first of his FDJ team to cross the finish line during the team time trial and so was the first leader of the event, but Demare's sprint victory has now bumped him up into the overall lead.

Stage 2 of the four-day race offered the peloton a 157.6km route from Banyuls-sur-Mer to Port-Vendres. A two-man breakaway set off early in the race with Luca Sterbini (Bardiani CSF) and Yannick Mayer (Veranclassic - AGO). Their gap grew to five minutes at the 100km mark, and it hovered there for awhile, but then began to fall during the last half of the race.

The pair clung onto a two-minute lead with roughly 30km to go, but teams with strong sprinters set up for the bunch sprint in the closing kilometres and eventually put an end to the two-man move.

FDJ, already proven to be a strong unit in the team time trial, put together another display of superb teamwork bringing Demare and Delage to a one-two finish.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	4:19:29
2	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
3	Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
4	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
5	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
6	Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
7	Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
8	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
9	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
10	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
11	Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
12	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
13	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-AGO
14	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
15	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16	Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee De Terre
17	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18	Francesc Zurita (Spa) Team Vorarlberg
19	Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
20	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
21	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
22	Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
23	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ
24	Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
25	Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
26	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
27	Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
28	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
30	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
32	Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
33	César Bihel (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
34	Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
35	Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee De Terre
36	Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
37	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Team Vorarlberg
38	Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling
39	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
41	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
42	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
43	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
44	Daan Myngheer (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
45	Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee De Terre
46	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
47	Guillaume Thévenot (Fra) Direct Energie
48	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
49	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
50	Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee De Terre
51	Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
52	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
53	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
54	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO
56	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
57	Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
58	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
59	Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
60	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
61	Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
62	Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
63	Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
64	Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
65	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
66	Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67	Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling	0:01:27
68	Felix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	0:01:33
69	Egan Arley Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
70	Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:01:34
71	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:01:47
72	Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling	0:01:54
73	Julien Guay (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
74	Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:02:10
75	Alo Jakin (Est) HP-BTP Auber 93
76	Kenny Bouvry (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:02:11
77	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO
78	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:15
79	Florent Pereira (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
80	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
81	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:02:39
82	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
83	Clément Penven (Fra) Armee De Terre
84	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee De Terre
85	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
86	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
87	Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:03:01
88	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:10
89	Eneko Lizarralde (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
90	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
91	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
92	Tom Zirbel (USA) Rally Cycling	0:03:48
93	Zolt Der (Hun) Team Vorarlberg	0:03:52
94	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:04:00
95	Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	0:04:01
96	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:04:12
97	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
98	Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
99	Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
100	Maxime Renault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93	0:04:15
101	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:04:21
102	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	0:04:46
103	Peio Olaberria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:05:01
104	Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
105	Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:05:03
106	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:06:14
107	Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg	0:06:16
108	Manuel Porzner (Ger) Team Vorarlberg
109	Thomas Rostollan (Fra) Armee De Terre	0:06:22
110	Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:07:02
111	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:07:54
112	Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
113	Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
114	Sam Lennertz (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO
115	Julien Deschesne (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:08:19
116	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee De Terre
117	Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
118	Daniel Lehner (Aut) Team Vorarlberg
119	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
120	Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:08:29
121	Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF	Louis Verhelst (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
DNF	Nicolas Winter (Swi) Team Vorarlberg

Sprint
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO	6	pts
2	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	4
3	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	2

Finish
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	25	pts
2	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ	20
3	Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	16
4	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ	14
5	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	12
6	Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie	10
7	Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	9
8	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team	8
9	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	7
10	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie	6
11	Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	5
12	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93	4
13	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-AGO	3
14	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	2
15	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	1

Mountain 1 - Col de Tautavel
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	10	pts
2	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO	8
3	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	6

Mountain 2 - Col de Vingrau
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	6	pts
2	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO	4
3	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	2

General classification after stage 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	4:25:29
2	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
3	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
4	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
5	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
6	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
7	Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
8	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
10	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ
11	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
12	Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie	0:00:08
13	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
14	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
15	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
16	Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
17	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
18	Guillaume Thévenot (Fra) Direct Energie
19	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ	0:00:09
20	Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	0:00:11
21	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
22	Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
23	Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
25	Daan Myngheer (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
26	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
27	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille
28	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
29	Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:00:16
30	Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
31	Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
32	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
33	Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:18
34	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35	Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling
36	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37	Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
38	Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
39	Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
40	Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
41	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ	0:00:19
42	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:00:21
43	Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
44	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
45	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:22
46	Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
47	Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:00:24
48	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
49	Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
50	Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
51	Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF
52	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93	0:00:26
53	Francesc Zurita (Spa) Team Vorarlberg
54	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
55	César Bihel (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
56	Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
57	Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por) Team Vorarlberg
58	Julien Guay (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
59	Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
60	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:00:30
62	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
63	Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:00:32
64	Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
65	Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
66	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:00:34
67	Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee De Terre	0:00:35
68	Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee De Terre
69	Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee De Terre
70	Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee De Terre
71	Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:00:38
72	Daniel Lehner (Aut) Team Vorarlberg	0:00:47
73	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-AGO	0:00:57
74	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO
75	Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling	0:01:45
76	Maxime Cam (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:01:50
77	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:02:03
78	Egan Arley Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:02:07
79	Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling	0:02:12
80	Felix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	0:02:25
81	Florent Pereira (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	0:02:26
82	Alo Jakin (Est) HP-BTP Auber 93	0:02:36
83	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:45
84	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:02:55
85	Kenny Bouvry (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:03:08
86	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO
87	Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:03:09
88	Clément Penven (Fra) Armee De Terre	0:03:14
89	Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee De Terre
90	Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:03:22
91	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:28
92	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
93	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94	Eneko Lizarralde (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:04:05
95	Tom Zirbel (USA) Rally Cycling	0:04:06
96	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:04:16
97	Zolt Der (Hun) Team Vorarlberg	0:04:18
98	Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	0:04:23
99	Maxime Renault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93	0:04:41
100	Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:04:42
101	Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
102	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
103	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:04:46
104	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	0:05:05
105	Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:05:35
106	Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:05:39
107	Peio Olaberria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:06:00
108	Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg	0:06:42
109	Thomas Rostollan (Fra) Armee De Terre	0:06:57
110	Manuel Porzner (Ger) Team Vorarlberg	0:07:03
111	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:07:05
112	Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:07:24
113	Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:08:18
114	Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	0:08:30
115	Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:08:32
116	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:08:36
117	Sam Lennertz (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:08:51
118	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
119	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee De Terre	0:08:54
120	Massimo Vanderaerden (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:09:27
121	Julien Deschesne (Bel) Veranclassic-AGO	0:09:50

Point classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ	25	pts
2	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ	20
3	Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	16
4	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ	14
5	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	12
6	Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie	10
7	Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille	9
8	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team	8
9	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	7
10	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO	6
11	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie	6
12	Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	5
13	Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93	4
14	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	4
15	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic-AGO	3
16	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	2
17	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	2
18	Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	1

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	16	pts
2	Yannick Mayer (Ger) Veranclassic-AGO	12
3	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	6

Team classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	FDJ	12:58:27
2	Astana Pro Team
3	Direct Energie
4	Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias
6	HP-BTP Auber 93
7	Ag2R La Mondiale
8	Armee De Terre
9	Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec
10	Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Li
11	Delko Marseille Provence Ktm
12	Fortuneo - Vital Concept
13	Rally Cycling
14	Bardiani CSF
15	Veranclassic-AGO	0:02:11
16	Team Vorarlberg	0:03:52

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