Christophe Le Mevel gave his Française Des Jeux team another early season victory on Sunday, winning the second stage of the Tour Cycliste international du Haut Var in the south of France.
The Française Des Jeux team took responsibility for the pursuit of lone attacker Pierrick Fedrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) in the final kilometres of the stage and then Le Mevel attacked on the steep climb to the finish in Montauroux that touched 22 per cent in some sections.
Le Mevel went past Fedrigo in the closing stages to claim his first victory since he took a stage at the 2005 Giro d'Italia. Fedrigo managed to hang on for second place on the stage, with Bert de Waele (Landbouwkrediet) third for the second day in a row.
Le Mevel also finished the stage 3:05 ahead of overnight leader Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale). The result secured the Frenchman the overall Haut Var title, the first general classification victory of his 11-year professional career.
De Waele's consistency netted him second place overall. Cofidis' Julien El Fares finished third, on the same cumulative time as Cédric Pineau (Roubaix Lille Metropole).
| 1 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5:03:47 |
| 2 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 3 | Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 4 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:02 |
| 5 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 6 | Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:09 |
| 7 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:15 |
| 8 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
| 9 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 10 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 11 | Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:19 |
| 12 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 13 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 14 | Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 15 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:28 |
| 16 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 17 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:31 |
| 18 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 19 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:34 |
| 20 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 21 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:36 |
| 22 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:42 |
| 23 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 24 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:47 |
| 25 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:00:49 |
| 26 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:52 |
| 27 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:57 |
| 28 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 29 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:01:08 |
| 30 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 31 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 32 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:18 |
| 33 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 34 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 0:01:28 |
| 35 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 36 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 37 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:01:30 |
| 38 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:49 |
| 39 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:00 |
| 40 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 41 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:02:10 |
| 42 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 43 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:25 |
| 44 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:59 |
| 45 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:05 |
| 46 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 47 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 48 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:03:11 |
| 49 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:04 |
| 50 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:04:33 |
| 51 | Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:04:36 |
| 52 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 53 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:05:29 |
| 54 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 55 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:08:55 |
| 56 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:39 |
| 57 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 58 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 59 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 60 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 61 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 62 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 63 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 64 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:12:44 |
| 65 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 66 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 67 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 68 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 69 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 70 | Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 0:12:50 |
| 71 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 0:13:15 |
| 72 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:13:27 |
| 73 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 74 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:15:27 |
| 75 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 76 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:15:30 |
| 77 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 78 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:33 |
| 79 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
| 80 | Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 81 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:44 |
| 82 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:47 |
| 83 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:58 |
| 84 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:15:59 |
| 85 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:18:28 |
| 86 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 87 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 88 | Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 89 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 90 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 91 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 92 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 93 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 94 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | |
| 95 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 96 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 97 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 98 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:18:39 |
| 99 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:18:40 |
| 100 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 101 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 102 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:18:44 |
| 103 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 104 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:18:54 |
| 105 | Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:26:44 |
| 106 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:26:55 |
| 107 | Evan Oliphant (GBr) Endura Racing | 0:32:35 |
| 108 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 109 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step | 0:34:22 |
| DNF | Anthony Charteau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| DNF | José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| DNF | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| DNF | Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| DNF | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| DNF | Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step | |
| DNF | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF | Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| DNF | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| DNF | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano | |
| DNF | Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil - Shimano | |
| DNF | David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF | Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Niels Brouzes (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Endura Racing |
| 1 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9:02:43 |
| 2 | Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 3 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:05 |
| 4 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 5 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:10 |
| 6 | Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:17 |
| 7 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:19 |
| 8 | Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:22 |
| 9 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:26 |
| 10 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 11 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:29 |
| 12 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 13 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:31 |
| 14 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:38 |
| 15 | Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:39 |
| 16 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:41 |
| 17 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 18 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:42 |
| 19 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:44 |
| 20 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:46 |
| 21 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:52 |
| 22 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 23 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 24 | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:54 |
| 25 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:07 |
| 26 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:01:09 |
| 27 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:17 |
| 28 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:01:18 |
| 29 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:01:33 |
| 30 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:38 |
| 31 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 32 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 33 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:48 |
| 34 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:02:20 |
| 35 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | |
| 36 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:30 |
| 37 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:02:33 |
| 38 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:35 |
| 39 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:02 |
| 40 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:13 |
| 41 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:15 |
| 42 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:03:17 |
| 43 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:03:31 |
| 44 | Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:04:46 |
| 45 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:04:49 |
| 46 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:39 |
| 47 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:09:15 |
| 48 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | 0:09:42 |
| 49 | Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:49 |
| 50 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 51 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 52 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:09:59 |
| 53 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 54 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:10:23 |
| 55 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 0:10:37 |
| 56 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:12:44 |
| 57 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:12:47 |
| 58 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | 0:12:52 |
| 59 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:12:54 |
| 60 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:04 |
| 61 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 62 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 0:13:25 |
| 63 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:30 |
| 64 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:13:48 |
| 65 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:14:23 |
| 66 | Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 0:14:27 |
| 67 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:04 |
| 68 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:15:15 |
| 69 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:15:30 |
| 70 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:15:32 |
| 71 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:15:43 |
| 72 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:53 |
| 73 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:57 |
| 74 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:04 |
| 75 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:08 |
| 76 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:16:09 |
| 77 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:16:11 |
| 78 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:18:31 |
| 79 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:18:38 |
| 80 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | |
| 81 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 82 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 83 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 0:18:43 |
| 84 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | 0:18:48 |
| 85 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 86 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 87 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 88 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:18:54 |
| 89 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 90 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Endura Racing | 0:19:00 |
| 91 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:19:11 |
| 92 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:19:21 |
| 93 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:19:28 |
| 94 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:19:48 |
| 95 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | 0:19:57 |
| 96 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:24:14 |
| 97 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:24:45 |
| 98 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:27:15 |
| 99 | Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:27:30 |
| 100 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:30:05 |
| 101 | Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:30:08 |
| 102 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
| 103 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | 0:32:45 |
| 104 | Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:33:03 |
| 105 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
| 106 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 107 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 108 | Evan Oliphant (GBr) Endura Racing | 0:47:10 |
| 109 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step | 0:48:57 |
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