Martinez wins Route du Sud opening stage
By Cycling News
La Pomme Marseille rider in leader's jersey
Yannick Martinez (La Pomme Marseille) sprinted to victory in the opening stage of the Route du Sud and earned the first leader's jersey of the French four-day stage race. Anthony Roux (FDJ) and Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) rounded out the top three in the field sprint finale.
With the time bonuses factored in, Martinez holds the leader's jersey with a four-second lead on Roux with Thomas Rostollan (La Pomme Marseille) in third overall, also at four seconds.
The 209km stage from Castres to Mirande, the longest of the Route du Sud, was dominated by a three-rider escape which formed in the opening kilometres. Rostollan, Romain Hardy (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) and Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) quickly rode to an advantage in excess of eight minutes, but once Movistar and AG2R-La Mondiale upped the tempo in the peloton the break's lead began to steadily decrease.
Midway through the opening stage rain began to fall and with Europcar and BigMat-Auber93 also contributing to the chase effort the race came back together inside of 20km remaining.
For their efforts off the front, Rostollan would take the sprint jersey while Hardy picked up the mountains jersey.
A technical and rolling finale saw a flurry of attacks from the peloton, but nothing was able to stay away resulting in a field sprint finish taken by UCI Continental rider Yannick Martinez, who claimed his second win of the 2013 season.
1 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 5:19:44 |
2 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
3 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
4 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
5 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
6 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | |
7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
8 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
10 | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Sojasun | |
11 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
12 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
13 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | |
14 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | |
15 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
16 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
17 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP-Ghost | |
18 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | |
19 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
20 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | |
21 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | |
22 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
23 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
24 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
25 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | |
26 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | |
27 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
28 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
29 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
30 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
31 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | |
32 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ | |
33 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
34 | Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
35 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
36 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
37 | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ | |
38 | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
39 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | |
40 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
41 | René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team NSP-Ghost | |
42 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
43 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Sojasun | |
44 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | |
45 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
46 | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
47 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
48 | Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
49 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
50 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
51 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
52 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
53 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
54 | Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
55 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
56 | Nicolas Winter (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
57 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
58 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
59 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
60 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
61 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
62 | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
63 | Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
64 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
65 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
66 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | |
67 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
68 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
69 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | |
70 | Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
71 | Roy Jans (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
72 | Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
73 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
74 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
75 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
76 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
77 | David Lelay (Fra) Sojasun | |
78 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
79 | Paul Poux (Fra) Sojasun | |
80 | Kanstantsin Klimiankou (Blr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
81 | Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
82 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
83 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
84 | Benoit Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
85 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | |
86 | Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
87 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
88 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
89 | Temesgen Teklehaymanot (Eri) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
90 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
91 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
92 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
93 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
94 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | |
95 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | |
96 | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | |
97 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
98 | Ian Boswell (USA) Sky Procycling | |
99 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
100 | Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Sojasun | |
101 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
102 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
103 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
104 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
105 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | |
106 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
107 | Adrien Chenaux (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | 0:00:41 |
108 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:01:43 |
109 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:13:02 |
110 | Justin Jules (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
111 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
112 | Argiro Alonso Ospina Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team | |
113 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:13:05 |
DNF | Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Sojasun | |
DNF | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
1 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 20 | pts |
2 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 17 | |
3 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 15 | |
4 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 13 | |
5 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | 11 | |
6 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | 10 | |
7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 9 | |
8 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 8 | |
9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | |
10 | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Sojasun | 6 | |
11 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 5 | |
12 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 4 | |
13 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
14 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | 2 | |
15 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1 |
1 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 6 | pts |
2 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 3 | |
3 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1 |
1 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 6 | pts |
2 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 3 | |
3 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 1 |
1 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 3 | |
3 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 5 | pts |
2 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 3 | |
3 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 2 | |
4 | Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | 1 |
1 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 5 | pts |
2 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 3 | |
3 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 2 | |
4 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 1 |
1 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ | 5 | pts |
2 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3 | |
3 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 2 | |
4 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | FDJ | 15:59:12 |
2 | Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
3 | Sky Procycling | |
4 | Movistar Team | |
5 | Team Europcar | |
6 | La Pomme Marseille | |
7 | Ag2R La Mondiale | |
8 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
9 | Team NSP-Ghost | |
10 | Accent Jobs - Wanty | |
11 | Sojasun | |
12 | Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
13 | Bretagne - Seche Environnement | |
14 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
15 | Atlas Personal - Jakroo |
1 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 5:19:34 |
2 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:04 |
3 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
4 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:06 |
5 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:07 |
6 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
7 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
8 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 0:00:08 |
9 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:09 |
10 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:00:10 |
11 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
12 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | |
13 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
14 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
15 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
16 | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Sojasun | |
17 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
18 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
19 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | |
20 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
21 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
22 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP-Ghost | |
23 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | |
24 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
25 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | |
26 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
27 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
28 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
29 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | |
30 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | |
31 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
32 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
33 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
34 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
35 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | |
36 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ | |
37 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
38 | Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
39 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
40 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
41 | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ | |
42 | Timo Thömel (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
43 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | |
44 | René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team NSP-Ghost | |
45 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
46 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Sojasun | |
47 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | |
48 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
49 | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
50 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
51 | Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
52 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
53 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
54 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
55 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
56 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
57 | Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
58 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
59 | Nicolas Winter (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
60 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
61 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
62 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
63 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
64 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
65 | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
66 | Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
67 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
68 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
69 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | |
70 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
71 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
72 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | |
73 | Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
74 | Roy Jans (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
75 | Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
76 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
77 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
78 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
79 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NSP-Ghost | |
80 | David Lelay (Fra) Sojasun | |
81 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
82 | Paul Poux (Fra) Sojasun | |
83 | Kanstantsin Klimiankou (Blr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
84 | Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
85 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
86 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
87 | Benoit Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
88 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | |
89 | Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
90 | Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
91 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
92 | Temesgen Teklehaymanot (Eri) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | |
93 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
94 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
95 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
96 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | |
97 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | |
98 | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | |
99 | Ian Boswell (USA) Sky Procycling | |
100 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
101 | Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Sojasun | |
102 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
103 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
104 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
105 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | |
106 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
107 | Adrien Chenaux (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | 0:00:51 |
108 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:01:53 |
109 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:13:12 |
110 | Justin Jules (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
111 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
112 | Argiro Alonso Ospina Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team | |
113 | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:13:15 |
1 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 20 | pts |
2 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 17 | |
3 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 15 | |
4 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 13 | |
5 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | 11 | |
6 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | 10 | |
7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 9 | |
8 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 8 | |
9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 7 | |
10 | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Sojasun | 6 | |
11 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 5 | |
12 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 4 | |
13 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
14 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | 2 | |
15 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1 |
1 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 12 | pts |
2 | Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | |
3 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 4 | |
4 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 4 | |
5 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | 3 | |
6 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 10 | pts |
2 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 6 | |
3 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ | 5 | |
4 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 4 | |
5 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3 | |
6 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 2 | |
7 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 1 | |
8 | Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Atlas Personal-Jakroo | 1 | |
9 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | FDJ | 15:59:12 |
2 | Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
3 | Sky Procycling | |
4 | Movistar Team | |
5 | Team Europcar | |
6 | La Pomme Marseille | |
7 | Ag2R La Mondiale | |
8 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
9 | Team NSP-Ghost | |
10 | Accent Jobs - Wanty | |
11 | Sojasun | |
12 | Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
13 | Bretagne - Seche Environnement | |
14 | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
15 | Atlas Personal - Jakroo |
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