Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var 2015: Stage 1 Results

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Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) wins the opening stage of Tour de Haut Var (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) in the yellow jersey (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Jonathan Hivert (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) crosses the line in second place (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Fabian Wegmann (Cult Energy Pro Cycling) finishes fourth (Image credit: Sirotti)

Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) soloed to victory on the opening stage of the Tour du Haut Var in Seillans after attacking from the break of the day on the climb of the Mur de Montauroux.

Gastauer pressed clear of Ignas Konovalovas near the summit of the climb and then managed to hold off a rapidly-closing peloton on the run-in to the finish in Seillans. With 10 kilometres remaining, he held a lead of 22 seconds over Konovalovas and 1:30 over the bunch, and he managed to stay clear all the way to the line.

Konovalovas and the remnants of the day’s break were swept up on the approach to the line, and Jonathan Hivert (Bretagne Séché) took second place on the stage when he led the bunch home ahead of Philippe Gilbert (BMC) and Fabian Wegmann (Team Cult Energy).

"The aim wasn’t to go all the way, it was more just to have somebody out in front so the team wouldn’t have to ride behind," Gastauer told Directvelo.com afterwards. "I knew that I had to give it everything on the last climb and nobody could follow me. In the last five kilometres I began to struggle but at the flamme rouge I saw I still had an advantage and I knew I was going to do it."

The race concludes on Sunday with a 194km stage starting and finishing in Draguignan.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale	4:11:15
2	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement	0:00:07
3	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4	Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6	Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
7	Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha
8	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
9	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
10	Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
11	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12	Baptiste Plackaert (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
13	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
14	Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
15	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
17	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
18	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
19	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
20	Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22	Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
23	Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
24	Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
25	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
26	Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
27	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28	Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
29	Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
30	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
31	Quentin Pacher (Fra) ADT
32	Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
33	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
34	Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 93
35	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
36	Sébastien Delfrosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
37	Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
38	Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
39	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
40	Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
41	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
42	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43	Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
44	Romain Comboud (Fra) ADT
45	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
46	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
47	Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
48	Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
49	Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:00:21
50	Gaetan Bille (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
51	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
52	Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
53	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
54	Yoann Barbas (Fra) ADT
55	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:25
56	César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93	0:00:27
57	Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM	0:00:28
58	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
59	Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:37
60	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:39
61	Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:42
62	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
63	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement	0:01:08
64	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:01:23
65	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:31
66	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr
67	Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:37
68	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) ADT	0:01:39
69	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Team Marseille 13 KTM	0:01:40
70	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar	0:01:42
71	Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM Cycling
72	David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
73	Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar	0:01:44
74	Julien Guay (Fra) Auber 93
75	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	0:01:46
76	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:02:00
77	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:02:17
78	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	0:02:23
79	Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:03:08
80	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:03:33
81	Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
82	Yann Guyot (Fra) ADT	0:03:38
83	Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:03:40
84	Oddbjorn Klomsten ANDERSEN
85	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
86	Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
87	Jerome Mainard (Fra) ADT
88	Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
89	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
90	Alo Jakin (Est) Auber 93
91	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
92	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
93	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
94	Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
95	Serge De Wartelaer (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
96	Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
97	Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
98	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
99	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar	0:03:50
100	Clément Penven (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm	0:04:36
101	Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:05:24
102	Kai Reus (Ned) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
103	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:06:07
104	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Auber 93	0:06:26
105	Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
106	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
107	Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
108	Clement Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm
109	Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
110	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm
111	Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.Fr
112	Christophe Premont (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
113	Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:06:30
114	Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 93
115	Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
116	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
117	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:06:34
118	Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:06:50
119	Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:06:56
120	Damien Garcia (Fra) Team Froy Oslo	0:09:23
121	Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
122	Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
123	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
124	Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
125	Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:09:25
126	Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
127	Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
128	Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
129	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
130	Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
131	Anders KRISTOFFERSEN (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
132	Maxime RENAULT (Fra) Auber 93
133	Dirk FINDERS (Ger) Veranclassic - Ekoi
134	Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
135	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
136	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
137	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
138	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
139	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 93
140	Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:09:31
141	Henrik Steen Haugen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
142	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
143	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
144	Benoît Sinner (Fra) Adt
145	Chetout Loic (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
146	Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling	0:14:23
147	Halvor Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo	0:18:49
148	Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
149	Melvin Rulliere (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi
150	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
151	Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:19:29

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale	4:11:15
2	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement	0:00:07
3	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4	Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6	Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
7	Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha
8	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
9	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
10	Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
11	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12	Baptiste Plackaert (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
13	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
14	Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
15	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
17	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
18	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
19	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
20	Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22	Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
23	Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
24	Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
25	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
26	Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
27	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28	Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
29	Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
30	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
31	Quentin Pacher (Fra) ADT
32	Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar
33	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM
34	Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 93
35	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
36	Sébastien Delfrosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
37	Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team
38	Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
39	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
40	Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
41	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
42	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43	Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
44	Romain Comboud (Fra) ADT
45	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
46	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
47	Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
48	Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
49	Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:00:21
50	Gaetan Bille (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
51	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
52	Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
53	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
54	Yoann Barbas (Fra) ADT
55	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:25
56	César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93	0:00:27
57	Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM	0:00:28
58	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
59	Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:37
60	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:39
61	Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:42
62	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
63	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement	0:01:08
64	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:01:23
65	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:31
66	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr
67	Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:37
68	Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) ADT	0:01:39
69	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Team Marseille 13 KTM	0:01:40
70	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar	0:01:42
71	Patrick Schelling (Swi) IAM Cycling
72	David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
73	Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar	0:01:44
74	Julien Guay (Fra) Auber 93
75	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	0:01:46
76	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:02:00
77	Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:02:17
78	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team	0:02:23
79	Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:03:08
80	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:03:33
81	Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
82	Yann Guyot (Fra) ADT	0:03:38
83	Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:03:40
84	Oddbjorn Klomsten ANDERSEN
85	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
86	Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
87	Jerome Mainard (Fra) ADT
88	Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
89	Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
90	Alo Jakin (Est) Auber 93
91	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
92	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
93	Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
94	Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
95	Serge De Wartelaer (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
96	Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
97	Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
98	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
99	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar	0:03:50
100	Clément Penven (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm	0:04:36
101	Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:05:24
102	Kai Reus (Ned) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
103	Justin Jules (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi	0:06:07
104	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Auber 93	0:06:26
105	Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
106	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
107	Niels De Rooze (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
108	Clement Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm
109	Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
110	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm
111	Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.Fr
112	Christophe Premont (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
113	Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles	0:06:30
114	Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 93
115	Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
116	Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
117	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:06:34
118	Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:06:50
119	Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team	0:06:56
120	Damien Garcia (Fra) Team Froy Oslo	0:09:23
121	Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
122	Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
123	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
124	Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
125	Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:09:25
126	Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
127	Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
128	Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
129	Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles
130	Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
131	Anders KRISTOFFERSEN (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
132	Maxime RENAULT (Fra) Auber 93
133	Dirk FINDERS (Ger) Veranclassic - Ekoi
134	Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
135	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
136	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
137	Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
138	Stef Van Zummeren (Bel) Verandas Willems Cycling Team
139	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 93
140	Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:09:31
141	Henrik Steen Haugen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
142	Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
143	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Veranclassic - Ekoi
144	Benoît Sinner (Fra) Adt
145	Chetout Loic (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
146	Martin Mortensen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling	0:14:23
147	Halvor Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo	0:18:49
148	Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
149	Melvin Rulliere (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi
150	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
151	Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:19:29

Point classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Veranclassic - Ekoi

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits

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