Tour de l'Ain 2014: Stage 1 Results

Garmin Barracuda's Raymond Kreder from the Netherlands takes a wet cloth on board to cool himself down in the trying conditions whilst in the breakaway. (Image credit: Shane Goss)

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp	3:44:30
2	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr
3	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana
5	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia
6	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
7	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
8	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France
9	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana
10	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
11	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
12	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93
13	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar
14	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana
15	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana
16	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
17	Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia
18	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
19	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia
21	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
22	Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
23	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
25	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
26	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
27	Julien Loubet (Fra) Equipe de France
28	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
29	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
30	Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
31	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
32	André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp
33	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France
34	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr
35	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
36	Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
37	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador
38	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
39	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
40	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Team Ecuador
42	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
43	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia
44	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
45	Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar
46	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
47	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
48	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France
50	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
51	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
52	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
53	Maxime Renault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
54	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
55	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
56	Jérémy Cornu (Fra) Team Europcar
57	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
58	Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
59	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
60	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
61	Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Team Ecuador
62	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar
63	Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
64	Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
65	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
66	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
67	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
68	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
69	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) Team Ecuador
70	Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe de France
71	Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
72	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia
73	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
74	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
75	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
76	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana
77	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp
79	Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) Garmin Sharp
80	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp
81	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
82	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
83	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
84	Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador
85	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France
87	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
88	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador
89	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp
90	Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
91	Jonathan Parades Hernandez (Col) Colombia
92	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar
93	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana
94	Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr
95	Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
96	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13

Points
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp	25	pts
2	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	20
3	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	16
4	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana	14
5	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	12
6	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	10
7	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	9
8	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	8
9	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	7
10	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	6
11	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	5
12	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93	4
13	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar	3
14	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	2
15	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	1

Sprint 1 - Cemex, km 131.4
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	5	pts
2	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	3
3	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	1

Mountain 1 - Côte de Vescles, km. 51
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	7	pts
2	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	5
3	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	3
4	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	1

Mountain 2 - Côte de Granges de Dessia, km. 75.2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	7	pts
2	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	5
3	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	3
4	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	1

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	C.T. Astana	11:13:30
2	Colombia
3	Bigmat - Auber 93
4	Bretagne - Séché Environnement
5	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step C.T.
6	Rabobank Development Team
7	Roubaix Lille Métropole
8	Equipe de France
9	AG2R la Mondiale
10	FDJ.fr
11	Team La Pomme Marseille 13
12	Garmin - Sharp
13	Team Europcar
14	Wanty - Groupe Gobert
15	Cofidis Solutions Crédit
16	Team Ecuador

General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	3:49:48
2	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:06
3	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:07
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
5	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:09
6	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
7	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:10
8	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:11
9	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:12
10	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp	0:00:13
11	Julien Loubet (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:15
12	Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
13	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:16
14	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
15	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:17
17	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
18	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:18
19	Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia
20	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France
22	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:19
23	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:20
24	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
25	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
26	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
27	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
28	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp
29	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana
30	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31	Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:21
32	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
33	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France
34	Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) Garmin Sharp	0:00:22
35	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
36	Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
37	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France
38	Jérémy Cornu (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:23
39	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41	Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
42	Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe de France
43	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:24
44	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar
45	Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:25
46	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
47	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	0:00:26
48	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
49	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
51	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:27
52	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
53	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia
54	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr
55	Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:28
56	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Team Ecuador
57	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp
58	Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
59	André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp
60	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:29
61	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	0:00:30
62	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
63	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
64	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar
65	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
66	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France
67	Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:31
68	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
69	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana
70	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:32
71	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr
72	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement
73	Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:33
74	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
75	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93
76	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77	Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:34
78	Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
79	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia
80	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana
81	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:35
82	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana
83	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp
84	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
85	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) Team Ecuador
86	Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar	0:00:37
87	Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:38
88	Jonathan Parades Hernandez (Col) Colombia	0:00:39
89	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:42
90	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:44
91	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:49
92	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador	0:00:50
93	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:53
94	Maxime Renault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:56
95	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:01:07
96	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:01:13

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	31	pts
2	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp	25
3	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	20
4	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	15
5	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana	14
6	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	12
7	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	12
8	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	10
9	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	9
10	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	8
11	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	8
12	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	7
13	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	6
14	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	6
15	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	5
16	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	5
17	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	4
18	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93	4
19	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	3
20	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar	3
21	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	3
22	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	2
23	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	2
24	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp	1
25	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	1
26	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	1

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	14	pts
2	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	10
3	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	4
4	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	3
5	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	1

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	3:49:54
2	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:04
3	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:05
4	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:11
5	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:12
6	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:14
7	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
8	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team
9	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:15
10	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:16
11	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:21
12	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia
13	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:23
14	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:24
15	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:25
16	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:27
17	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:28
18	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:29
19	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp
20	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:47
21	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:01:01
22	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:01:07

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step C.T.	11:29:41
2	Rabobank Development Team	0:00:24
3	Cofidis Solutions Crédit	0:00:28
4	Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:29
5	Equipe de France	0:00:37
6	Garmin - Sharp	0:00:38
7	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:40
8	Team Europcar	0:00:42
9	AG2R la Mondiale
10	Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:51
11	Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:53
12	C.T. Astana	0:00:54
13	Colombia
14	FDJ.fr	0:01:04
15	Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:01:05
16	Team Ecuador	0:01:14

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