Soupe leads FDJ to one-two finish on stage 1
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Frenchman also assumes overall lead
FUll Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | 2:57:43 |
| 2 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | |
| 3 | Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 4 | Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 5 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) | |
| 6 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) | |
| 7 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 8 | Fabien Schmidt (Fra) | |
| 9 | Raphael Addy (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 10 | Benjamin Cantourne (Fra) | |
| 11 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 12 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 13 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 14 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 15 | Mathieu Chiocca (Fra) | |
| 16 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 17 | Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 18 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 19 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 20 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) | |
| 21 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) | |
| 22 | Emilien Viennet (Fra) | |
| 23 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 24 | Walt De Winter (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 25 | Evan Ferrand Prevot (Fra) | |
| 26 | Sondre Gjerdevik Sörtveit (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 27 | Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 28 | Johan Nystrand (Swe) | |
| 29 | Thomas Welter (Fra) | |
| 30 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) | |
| 31 | Raymond Kunzli (Swi) | |
| 32 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal | |
| 33 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 34 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 35 | Benoît Sinner (Fra) | |
| 36 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 37 | Marcus Johansson (Swe) | |
| 38 | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 39 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) | |
| 40 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 41 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 42 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 43 | Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 44 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) | |
| 45 | Nico Schneider (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 46 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 47 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 48 | Alexis Coulon (Fra) | |
| 49 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
| 50 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) | |
| 51 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) | |
| 52 | Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) | |
| 53 | Kilian Moser (Swi) | |
| 54 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 55 | Christian Mager (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 56 | Paul Voss (Ger) Endura Racing | |
| 57 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 58 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 59 | Niels Vandyck (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 60 | Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 61 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | |
| 62 | Christer Rake (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 63 | Willy Roseau (Fra) | |
| 64 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Endura Racing | |
| 65 | Gerard Beghin (Fra) | |
| 66 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 67 | Julien Jégou (Fra) | |
| 68 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) | |
| 69 | Cyril Vincenti (Fra) | |
| 70 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 71 | Johann Rigoulay (Fra) | |
| 72 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 73 | Jean Philippe Maheau (Fra) | |
| 74 | Mathieu Desniou (Fra) | |
| 75 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) | |
| 76 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 77 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 78 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) | |
| 79 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal | |
| 80 | Frederik Verkinderen (Bel) | |
| 81 | Mathieu Cloarec (Fra) | |
| 82 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 83 | Garrit Broeders (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 84 | Alexandre Aulas (Fra) | |
| 85 | Marius Jessenberger (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 86 | Nico Brüngger (Swi) | |
| 87 | Roman Dronin (Uzb) | |
| 88 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 89 | Clément Penven (Fra) | |
| 90 | Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas Personal | |
| 91 | Maxime Robert (Fra) | |
| 92 | Pierre-Henri Jung (Fra) | |
| 93 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
| 94 | Herberts Pudans (Lat) | |
| 95 | Matthias Collet (Fra) | |
| 96 | Renaud Vincent (Fra) | |
| 97 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 98 | Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 99 | Maxime Del Piro (Fra) | |
| 100 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) | |
| 101 | Erwan Teguel (Fra) | |
| 102 | Arvin Moazzemi Godarzi (IRI) | |
| 103 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 104 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| 105 | Sebastien Harbonnier (Fra) | |
| 106 | Fabian Bruno (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 107 | Jules Pijourlet (Fra) | |
| 108 | Vegard Breen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 109 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) | |
| 110 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 111 | Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 112 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 113 | Mathieu Converset (Fra) | |
| 114 | Arnaud Van Den Abeele (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 115 | Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) | |
| 116 | Willem Wauters (Bel) | |
| 117 | Sébastien Gredy (Fra) | |
| 118 | Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 119 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 120 | Guillaume Malle (Fra) | |
| 121 | Olivier Lefrancois (Fra) | |
| 122 | Fabien Sidaner (Fra) | |
| 123 | Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 124 | Tobias Lergenmüller (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 125 | Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 126 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 127 | Yann Guyot (Fra) | |
| 128 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP | |
| 129 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | |
| 130 | Fabien Le Coguic (Fra) | |
| 131 | Ludovic Viennet (Fra) | |
| 132 | Jimmy Janssens (Bel) | |
| 133 | Kevin Fouache (Fra) | |
| 134 | Dominik Fuchs (Swi) | |
| 135 | Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) | |
| 136 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 137 | Mathieu Teychenne (Fra) | |
| 138 | Cédric Gaoua (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 139 | Sandro Jelmini (Lux) | |
| 140 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 141 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) | |
| 142 | Florian Mallegol (Fra) | |
| 143 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 144 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) | |
| 145 | Aurélien Ribet (Fra) | |
| 146 | Franck Vermeulen (Fra) | |
| 147 | Edouard Lauber (Fra) | |
| 148 | Nils Plötner (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 149 | Johannes Heider (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 150 | Pierre Bonnet (Fra) | |
| 151 | Franck Charrier (Fra) | |
| 152 | Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 153 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 154 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 155 | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 156 | Anthony Vignes (Fra) | |
| 157 | Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) | |
| 158 | Benjamin Pascual (Fra) | |
| 159 | Jean Edouard Antz (Fra) | |
| 160 | Grégor Weiss (Fra) | |
| 161 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | |
| 162 | Axel Domont (Fra) | |
| 163 | Christian Heule (Swi) | 0:00:39 |
| DNQ | Mathieu Simon (Fra) | |
| DNF | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | 2:57:33 |
| 2 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:07 |
| 5 | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 6 | Paul Voss (Ger) Endura Racing | |
| 7 | Mathieu Chiocca (Fra) | 0:00:08 |
| 8 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) | |
| 9 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| 10 | Fabien Schmidt (Fra) | 0:00:09 |
| 11 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 12 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 13 | Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:00:10 |
| 14 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) | |
| 15 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) | |
| 16 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 17 | Raphael Addy (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 18 | Benjamin Cantourne (Fra) | |
| 19 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 20 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 21 | Alexander Krieger (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 22 | Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 23 | Tino Meier (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 24 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 25 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) | |
| 26 | Emilien Viennet (Fra) | |
| 27 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 28 | Walt De Winter (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 29 | Evan Ferrand Prevot (Fra) | |
| 30 | Sondre Gjerdevik Sörtveit (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 31 | Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 32 | Johan Nystrand (Swe) | |
| 33 | Thomas Welter (Fra) | |
| 34 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) | |
| 35 | Raymond Kunzli (Swi) | |
| 36 | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal | |
| 37 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 38 | Benoît Sinner (Fra) | |
| 39 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 40 | Marcus Johansson (Swe) | |
| 41 | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 42 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) | |
| 43 | Mario Vogt (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 44 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 45 | Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 46 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) | |
| 47 | Nico Schneider (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 48 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 49 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 50 | Alexis Coulon (Fra) | |
| 51 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
| 52 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) | |
| 53 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) | |
| 54 | Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) | |
| 55 | Kilian Moser (Swi) | |
| 56 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 57 | Christian Mager (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 58 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 59 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 60 | Niels Vandyck (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 61 | Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 62 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | |
| 63 | Christer Rake (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 64 | Willy Roseau (Fra) | |
| 65 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Endura Racing | |
| 66 | Gerard Beghin (Fra) | |
| 67 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 68 | Julien Jégou (Fra) | |
| 69 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) | |
| 70 | Cyril Vincenti (Fra) | |
| 71 | Stefan Schäfer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 72 | Johann Rigoulay (Fra) | |
| 73 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 74 | Jean Philippe Maheau (Fra) | |
| 75 | Mathieu Desniou (Fra) | |
| 76 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) | |
| 77 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 78 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 79 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) | |
| 80 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal | |
| 81 | Frederik Verkinderen (Bel) | |
| 82 | Mathieu Cloarec (Fra) | |
| 83 | Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 84 | Garrit Broeders (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 85 | Alexandre Aulas (Fra) | |
| 86 | Marius Jessenberger (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 87 | Nico Brüngger (Swi) | |
| 88 | Roman Dronin (Uzb) | |
| 89 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 90 | Clément Penven (Fra) | |
| 91 | Florian Salzinger (Ger) Atlas Personal | |
| 92 | Maxime Robert (Fra) | |
| 93 | Pierre-Henri Jung (Fra) | |
| 94 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
| 95 | Herberts Pudans (Lat) | |
| 96 | Matthias Collet (Fra) | |
| 97 | Renaud Vincent (Fra) | |
| 98 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 99 | Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 100 | Maxime Del Piro (Fra) | |
| 101 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) | |
| 102 | Erwan Teguel (Fra) | |
| 103 | Arvin Moazzemi Godarzi (IRI) | |
| 104 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 105 | Sebastien Harbonnier (Fra) | |
| 106 | Fabian Bruno (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 107 | Jules Pijourlet (Fra) | |
| 108 | Vegard Breen (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 109 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) | |
| 110 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 111 | Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 112 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 113 | Mathieu Converset (Fra) | |
| 114 | Arnaud Van Den Abeele (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 115 | Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) | |
| 116 | Willem Wauters (Bel) | |
| 117 | Sébastien Gredy (Fra) | |
| 118 | Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 119 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| 120 | Guillaume Malle (Fra) | |
| 121 | Olivier Lefrancois (Fra) | |
| 122 | Fabien Sidaner (Fra) | |
| 123 | Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 124 | Tobias Lergenmüller (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 125 | Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker Merida | |
| 126 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht | |
| 127 | Yann Guyot (Fra) | |
| 128 | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP | |
| 129 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | |
| 130 | Fabien Le Coguic (Fra) | |
| 131 | Ludovic Viennet (Fra) | |
| 132 | Jimmy Janssens (Bel) | |
| 133 | Kevin Fouache (Fra) | |
| 134 | Dominik Fuchs (Swi) | |
| 135 | Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) | |
| 136 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Atlas Personal | |
| 137 | Mathieu Teychenne (Fra) | |
| 138 | Cédric Gaoua (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 139 | Sandro Jelmini (Lux) | |
| 140 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 141 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) | |
| 142 | Florian Mallegol (Fra) | |
| 143 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 144 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) | |
| 145 | Aurélien Ribet (Fra) | |
| 146 | Franck Vermeulen (Fra) | |
| 147 | Edouard Lauber (Fra) | |
| 148 | Nils Plötner (Ger) Team Heizomat | |
| 149 | Johannes Heider (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 150 | Pierre Bonnet (Fra) | |
| 151 | Franck Charrier (Fra) | |
| 152 | Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | |
| 153 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 154 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | |
| 155 | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP | |
| 156 | Anthony Vignes (Fra) | |
| 157 | Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) | |
| 158 | Benjamin Pascual (Fra) | |
| 159 | Jean Edouard Antz (Fra) | |
| 160 | Grégor Weiss (Fra) | |
| 161 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | |
| 162 | Axel Domont (Fra) | |
| 163 | Christian Heule (Swi) | 0:00:49 |
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