Pauriol leads FDJ-Big Mat 1-2
Vichot, Izaguirre in podium finishes
Rémi Pauriol emerged victorious from a wind-swept Boucles du Sud-Ardèche-Souvenir Francis Delpech. The Frenchman soloed away from a breakaway which formed on the climb of Rocher de Sampzon to claim his first victory since he won the GP di Lugano exactly three years ago.
Behind, Pauriol's FDJ-BigMat teammate and the race's defending champion Arthur Vichot, who is still recovering from a broken collarbone sustained at Etoile de Bessèges, claimed the sprint for second ahead of Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
"I'm really pleased," said Pauriol to directvelo.com. "I was anxious to raise my arms again. I have often placed in recent years, for example I finished second in a stage of Paris-Nice last year. I have felt better and better in recent weeks."
Vichot was happy for his teammate, and encouraged that his time spent on his stationary trainer paid off with continued form. "I made a lot of sacrifices to get back to my best quickly," Vichot said. "I paid attention to diet and training and worked out on the home trainer."
The one-two result was a strong performance for the FDJ-BigMat team, which is stepping back up to WorldTour status after a year in the Pro Continental ranks.
The race began with a flurry of attacks, and it wasn't until 56km in that a breakaway could finally gain ground. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ-BigMat), Romain Bardet (AG2R - La Mondiale), Nicolas Baldo (Atlas - Jakroo) and Pierre-Luc Perichon (La Pomme Marseille) were the lucky men to have the front of the race, and worked well together to gain 2:30 ahead of the day's first climb.
Omega Pharma-Quickstep did much of the work to control the gap, although the first trip of the Rocher de Sampzon did some of the work for them. The break lost 20 seconds there, while the peloton split in two over the climb.
With the effort to close the gap between groups in the peloton, the gap to the breakaway plummeted, and the four men were caught before the next trip up "the Rock".
Quickly, a second break formed, this time with seven formidable riders: Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Julien Bérard (AG2R La Mondiale), Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat Auber 93), Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller), Jonathan Hivert (Saur Sojasun), Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Itera Katusha) and Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
As the peloton continued to set a vicious pace and began to shatter anew, the breakaway was caught with 70km to go by a small leading group of 22 riders.
AG2R-La Mondiale took the pace making into the third trip up the Rocher de Sampzon, further whittling the lead group. Omega Pharma's Kevin De Weert attacked at the start of the final climb, but a counter-attack from Hivert sent him backwards.
Hivert's move was marked by Pauriol, and then Izaguirre was able to come across alone with just over 10km remaining to race.
The chasers were able to reel in the trio, leaving Hivert with Pauriol, Vichot, Christophe Riblon and Blel Kadri (AG2R), Jerome Pineau Omega Pharma-Quickstep), Izaguirre, Davide Malacarne (Europcar) and Georg Priedler (Team Type 1-Sanofi).
It would be Pineau who put in the next dig, but with both Pauriol and Vichot chasing, his move was doomed. Pauriol reached Pineau on the côte de la Vignasse, the day's final ascent, and then left him behind before the crest.
By the time he reached the finish, Pauriol enjoyed a 31 second gap over Vichot, who led out the sprint for second.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 5:09:08 |
2 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:00:31 |
3 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:34 |
9 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:59 |
10 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:52 |
11 | Weert Kevin De (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:02:20 |
12 | Paul Voss (Ger) Endura Racing | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:04:02 |
14 | Boulch Dimitri Le (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:04:04 |
16 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:04:13 |
17 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:35 |
18 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:04:49 |
19 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:05:52 |
23 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 0:06:06 |
24 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Sergey Chernetski (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Peter Kusztor (Hun) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:56 |
31 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Raphael Addy (Swi) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Pellaud (Fra) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Rosch (Ger) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Schelling (Swi) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Winter (Swi) Atlas Personal - Jakroo | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Bacon (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenji Itami (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yelko Gomez (Pan) Caja Rural | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enzo Moyano (Arg) Caja Rural | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | La Cruz Melgarejo David De (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ian Bibby (GBr) Endura Racing | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Endura Racing | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dean Windsor (Aus) Endura Racing | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mathieu Delaroziere (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Toms Skujins (Lat) La Pomme Marseille | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jesus Ezquerra (Spa) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Kern (Ger) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olivier Hofstetter (Swi) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard - Trek Continental Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luna Flavio De (Mex) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Raymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Will Routley (Can) Spidertech p/b C10 | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fares Julien El (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Freddy Bichot (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Matheou (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kévin Denis (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Jules (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Malle (Fra) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michal Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomasz Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau - Super U | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Igor Boev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kirill Baranov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Igor Frolov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandr Prishpetnyy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rafaä Chtioui (Tun) Team Europcar | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
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