Viviani wins stage 2 at Route du Sud
Italian claims sprint victory in Saramon
Elia Viviani (Team Sky) won stage 2 of the Route du Sud after he beat Carlos Barbero (Movistar) and Lorrenzo Manzin (FDJ) in a bunch finish in Saramon. Julien Loubet (Armée de Terre) finished safely in the main peloton to retain his overall lead.
Australian national champion Miles Scotson (BMC) almost upset the sprinters with a fine solo effort in the finale of the stage. Scotson was initially part of the day’s early break of three riders with David Menut (HP BTP-Auber 93) and Pello Olaberria (Euskadi-Murias), a move which built a maximum lead of 6:50 before Armée de Terre and Fortuneo-Vital Concept began to peg them back.
When the gap dropped towards two minutes with 30 kilometres to go, Scotson decided to try his luck alone, and he showcased his qualities as a rouleur by maintaining a lead of 1:10 into the final 10 kilometres even after the sprinters’ teams had begun to wind up the pace behind in earnest.
The fast men were ultimately not to be denied, despite Scotson’s best efforts, and he was swept up with three kilometres to go on the seemingly interminable, rising false flat that led to the finish.
Once Scotson was recaptured, his BMC team came to the front to set up the sprint for Jean-Pierre Drucker, while Ian Stannard was among those on hand to marshal Viviani through the finale.
Viviani had the nous to drop allow Barbero through rather than open his own sprint too early, and he produced a perfectly-timed effort to claim the win, ahead of Barbero, Manzin and Drucker.
Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) seemed to begin his sprint from too far back and was never in contention, eventually placing fifth on the stage.
“It was a good day,” Viviani told Directvelo.fr. “The team controlled the race from the opening kilometres. I was a bit worried when the gap rose to 6 minutes because it’s a lot but Gianni Moscon and Geraint Thomas did a lot of work in the final to keep me in position.”
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | 4:15:08 |
2 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | |
3 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | |
4 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
5 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie | |
6 | Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
7 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac | |
8 | Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
9 | Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
10 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
11 | Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | |
12 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
13 | Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
14 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
15 | Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
16 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
17 | Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ | |
18 | Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
19 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
20 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | |
21 | Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
22 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
23 | Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
24 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
25 | Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
26 | Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
27 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
28 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
29 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
30 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
31 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
32 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
33 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
34 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | |
35 | Fabien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
36 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
37 | Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
38 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
39 | Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
40 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie | |
41 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
42 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
43 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
44 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | |
45 | Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
46 | Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
47 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
48 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | |
49 | Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
50 | Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team | |
51 | Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
52 | François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
53 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
54 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
55 | Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
56 | Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
57 | Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
58 | Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ | |
59 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
60 | Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
61 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
62 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | |
63 | Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
64 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | |
65 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
66 | Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
67 | Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
68 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
69 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
70 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
71 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
72 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
73 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | |
74 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
75 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
76 | Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
77 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
78 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
79 | Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
80 | Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
81 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
82 | Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
83 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
84 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac | |
85 | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
86 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
87 | Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
88 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
89 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie | |
90 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
91 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
92 | Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
93 | Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie | |
94 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
95 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
96 | David Menut (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
97 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky | |
98 | Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre | 0:00:17 |
99 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:00:21 |
100 | Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:24 |
101 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | |
102 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | 0:00:35 |
103 | Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
104 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | |
105 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | |
106 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:00:55 |
107 | Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | 0:01:32 |
108 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:01:34 |
109 | Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
110 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:39 |
111 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:57 |
112 | William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:02:04 |
113 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:02:06 |
114 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | |
115 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
116 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
117 | Tom Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:02:24 |
118 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:23 |
119 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac | |
120 | Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 0:05:36 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre | 8:46:47 |
2 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:24 |
3 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:00:32 |
4 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:36 |
5 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
6 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | |
7 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
8 | Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
9 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
10 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:01:23 |
11 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:25 |
12 | Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
13 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:03:36 |
14 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre | 0:06:10 |
15 | Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
16 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
17 | Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
18 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
19 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
20 | Fabien Touze (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
21 | Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
22 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
23 | Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
24 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
25 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
26 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | |
27 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
28 | Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
29 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
30 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
31 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | |
32 | Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
33 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
34 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
35 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | |
36 | François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
37 | Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
38 | Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
39 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
40 | Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team | |
41 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | |
42 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
43 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
44 | Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
45 | Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
46 | Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
47 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky | |
48 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
49 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
50 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
51 | Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
52 | Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
53 | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
54 | Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
55 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
56 | Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
57 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac | |
58 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
59 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
60 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
61 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie | |
62 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
63 | Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
64 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
65 | Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre | 0:06:27 |
66 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:06:40 |
67 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | 0:06:45 |
68 | Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 0:08:06 |
69 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:36 |
70 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:09:11 |
71 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:09:33 |
72 | Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:09:55 |
73 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
74 | Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | 0:10:30 |
75 | Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:11:29 |
76 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:13:54 |
77 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | 0:16:26 |
78 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:16:36 |
79 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
80 | Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
81 | Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ | |
82 | Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
83 | Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
84 | Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
85 | Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ | |
86 | Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
87 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
88 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | |
89 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
90 | Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie | |
91 | Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre | 0:16:53 |
92 | Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:17:00 |
93 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | |
94 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 0:17:31 |
95 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:18:42 |
96 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
97 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | 0:18:50 |
98 | Tom Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:19:00 |
99 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:19:59 |
100 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:20:39 |
101 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | 0:20:41 |
102 | David Menut (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | 0:20:42 |
103 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:20:45 |
104 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
105 | Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP - Auber 93 | |
106 | Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
107 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | |
108 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre | |
109 | Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
110 | Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | |
111 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | |
112 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | 0:21:20 |
113 | Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country - Murias | 0:22:09 |
114 | Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | 0:22:17 |
115 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:22:18 |
116 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:22:19 |
117 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:22:42 |
118 | William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:22:49 |
119 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:22:51 |
120 | Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix - Lille Metropole | 0:31:58 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
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1 | Silvan Dillier (Sui) BMC Racing Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
1 | Silvan Dillier (Sui) BMC Racing Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
1 | Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (Ecu) Movitsar |

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