Benoît Vaugrenard of Française des Jeux won the 22nd Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne. In the final stage Vaugrenard stayed in the bunch to finish with the same time as his main rival, Agritubel's Kevin Ista.
Vaugrenard laid the foundation in stage 4, where he finished seventh in the 23-kilometre time trial.
