Route du Sud - la Dépêche du Midi 2014: Stage 3 Results

Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff - Saxo) (Image credit: Sirotti)

Movistar’s Adriano Malori won the third and final stage of the Route du Sud on the streets of Castres on Sunday. He won the 179.4km race after a late-race attack and had five seconds to spare at the finish line ahead of Benjamin Giraud (La Pomme Marseille) and Maxime Daniel (Ag2r La Mondiale).

"I'm so happy because this is the very first time I’ve won a road race as a pro cyclist - all my previous wins were time trials or GCs,” Malori said. “I was convinced I could make it but I'm not really fast and in modern cycling, that makes your chances shrink a lot."

Tinkoff-Saxo’s Nicolas Roche won the overall title by 45 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar) and an additional four seconds to his own teammate Michael Rogers. The Irishman moved into the overall race lead after winning the previous day’s second stage in Val Louron.

"It was a magnificent feeling crossing the finish line taking my very first GC win after three days of very hard racing. It was enjoyable experiencing my teammates so dedicated and determined to support me and of course, this is their victory as well. Surely, this was a confidence booster before taking on the Tour de France in a couple of weeks so obviously, I'm looking forward to it," Roche said.

Malori made his winning move with 20km from the finish and was followed by Josh Edmondson (Team Sky). The pair bridged up to one of the last remaining riders from an original all day breakaway, Yukiya Arashiro (Team Eurpcar). With all three together and 45 seconds ahead of the bunch, FDJ.fr started to push the pace to bring the group back. Malori attacked with two kilometers from the finish and soloed across the line to take the stage win.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team	4:07:55
2	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:00:05
3	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
5	Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6	Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
7	Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling
8	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
9	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
10	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
11	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka
12	Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar
13	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
15	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
16	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17	Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) IAM Cycling
18	Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
19	Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
20	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka
21	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky
22	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
23	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
24	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
25	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26	Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
27	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28	Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular
29	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
30	Julien El Fares (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
31	Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
32	Amets Txurruka (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
33	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
34	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team
35	Marcel Aregger (Sui) IAM Cycling
36	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
37	Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky
38	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
39	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40	David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
41	Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo
42	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia
43	Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling
44	Ian Boswell (Usa) Team Sky
45	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
46	Marcos Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
47	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia
48	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
49	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
50	José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team
51	Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
52	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
53	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
54	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
55	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56	Antonio Molina (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
57	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
58	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
59	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
60	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular
62	Bryan Naulleau (Fra) Team Europcar
63	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team
64	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
65	Clement Saint Martin (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
66	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
67	Pierre Gouault (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
68	Frédéric Brun (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
69	Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
70	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia
71	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
72	Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73	Pirmin Lang (Sui) IAM Cycling
74	Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka
75	Nuno Matos (Por) Radio Popular
76	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
77	Patrick Schelling (Sui) IAM Cycling
78	Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
79	Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia
80	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
81	Martin Wesemann (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka
82	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
83	Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Radio Popular
84	Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
85	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
86	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
87	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
88	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
89	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team
90	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
91	Joshua Edmondson (Gbr) Team Sky	0:00:20
92	Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:26
93	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
94	Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:01:46
95	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
96	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
97	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:02:06
98	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:03:21
99	Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia
100	Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
101	Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling
102	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF	Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team
DNF	Maxime Renault (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
DNF	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky
DNF	Virgilio Martins Dos Santos (Por) Radio Popular
DNS	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky

Final general classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo	13:47:07
2	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:45
3	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:49
4	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky	0:00:53
5	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	0:00:55
6	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
7	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
8	David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:01:25
9	Ian Boswell (Usa) Team Sky	0:01:32
10	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:49
11	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:01:58
12	Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:04
13	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
14	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka
15	Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular
16	Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo
17	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
18	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:02:09
19	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	0:02:36
20	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia	0:02:59
21	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar	0:03:07
22	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:03:11
23	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:03:37
24	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:03:55
25	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:04:09
26	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia	0:04:11
27	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:04:17
28	Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:04:40
29	Marcos Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
30	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:04:48
31	Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:05:46
32	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06:18
33	Nuno Matos (Por) Radio Popular	0:07:33
34	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:07:40
35	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	0:07:58
36	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar	0:08:08
37	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:27
38	Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93	0:09:41
39	Patrick Schelling (Sui) IAM Cycling	0:15:43
40	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:16:03
41	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular	0:16:41
42	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar	0:16:47
43	Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Radio Popular	0:17:25
44	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:17:28
45	Clement Saint Martin (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:17:39
46	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:17:44
47	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:17:54
48	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:18:29
49	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky	0:18:34
50	Amets Txurruka (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:18:49
51	Joshua Edmondson (Gbr) Team Sky	0:19:47
52	Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:19:57
53	Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky	0:20:07
54	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:20:17
55	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:21:10
56	Bryan Naulleau (Fra) Team Europcar	0:21:17
57	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:21:20
58	Julien El Fares (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:21:25
59	Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:22:02
60	Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar	0:22:49
61	Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93	0:22:54
62	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
63	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling	0:24:28
64	Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:25:20
65	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:26:21
66	Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team	0:26:43
67	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:27:05
68	Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling	0:27:09
69	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	0:27:47
70	Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93	0:28:30
71	Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia	0:29:00
72	Marcel Aregger (Sui) IAM Cycling	0:29:29
73	Pierre Gouault (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
74	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:29:38
75	Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:30:39
76	Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:31:18
77	Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:31:29
78	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:32:52
79	Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia	0:32:53
80	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:33:43
81	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:33:46
82	Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:33:47
83	Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar
84	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
85	Frédéric Brun (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93
86	Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka
87	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
88	Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling	0:34:21
89	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:36:12
90	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team	0:37:21
91	Antonio Molina (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:38:35
92	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement	0:38:38
93	José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Movistar Team
94	Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling	0:39:01
95	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:41:54
96	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:42:41
97	Pirmin Lang (Sui) IAM Cycling	0:42:45
98	Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) IAM Cycling	0:42:47
99	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
100	Martin Wesemann (Rsa) MTN - Qhubeka
101	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:46:01
102	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:46:03

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo	33	pts
2	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team	32
3	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr	28
4	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	27
5	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team	20
6	Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team	20
7	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	19
8	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat - Auber 93	18
9	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	17
10	Ian Boswell (Usa) Team Sky	15

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	18	pts
2	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar	12
3	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky	11
4	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo	10
5	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr	10
6	Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	8
7	Pirmin Lang (Sui) IAM Cycling	7
8	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team	7
9	Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky	6
10	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	5

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	13:48:02
2	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
3	Ian Boswell (Usa) Team Sky	0:00:37
4	Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:09
5	Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular
6	Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo
7	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar	0:02:12
8	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille	0:02:16
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:03:14
10	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col Colombia	0:03:16