Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

June 16, 2017

Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 2 – l’Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout – Saramon : 173,8 km

The Route du Sud is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France.

Elia Viviani (Team Sky) won stage 2 of the Route du Sud after he beat Carlos Barbero (Movistar) and Lorrenzo Manzin (FDJ) in a bunch finish in Saramon. Julien Loubet (Armée de Terre) finished safely in the main peloton to retain his overall lead.

Australian national champion Miles Scotson (BMC) almost upset the sprinters with a fine solo effort in the finale of the stage. Scotson was initially part of the day’s early break of three riders with David Menut (HP BTP-Auber 93) and Pello Olaberria (Euskadi-Murias), a move which built a maximum lead of 6:50 before Armée de Terre and Fortuneo-Vital Concept began to peg them back.

When the gap dropped towards two minutes with 30 kilometres to go, Scotson decided to try his luck alone, and he showcased his qualities as a rouleur by maintaining a lead of 1:10 into the final 10 kilometres even after the sprinters’ teams had begun to wind up the pace behind in earnest.

The fast men were ultimately not to be denied, despite Scotson’s best efforts, and he was swept up with three kilometres to go on the seemingly interminable, rising false flat that led to the finish.

Once Scotson was recaptured, his BMC team came to the front to set up the sprint for Jean-Pierre Drucker, while Ian Stannard was among those on hand to marshal Viviani through the finale.

Viviani had the nous to drop allow Barbero through rather than open his own sprint too early, and he produced a perfectly-timed effort to claim the win, ahead of Barbero, Manzin and Drucker.

Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) seemed to begin his sprint from too far back and was never in contention, eventually placing fifth on the stage.

“It was a good day,” Viviani told Directvelo.fr. “The team controlled the race from the opening kilometres. I was a bit worried when the gap rose to 6 minutes because it’s a lot but Gianni Moscon and Geraint Thomas did a lot of work in the final to keep me in position.”

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 4:15:08
2 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
4 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
6 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
8 Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
9 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
10 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
11 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
12 Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre
13 Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team
14 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
16 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ
18 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
19 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
20 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
21 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
22 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
24 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
25 Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
26 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
28 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre
29 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
30 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
31 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team
32 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
33 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
35 Fabien Touze (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
36 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
37 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre
38 Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre
39 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
40 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie
41 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
42 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
44 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
45 Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre
46 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
47 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
48 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
49 Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (Ecu) Movistar Team
50 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
52 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
54 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
55 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
58 Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ
59 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
60 Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
61 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
63 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
64 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky
65 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
66 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
67 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
68 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
69 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
70 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
71 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
72 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
74 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
75 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
76 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
79 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
80 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre
81 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
82 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
83 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
85 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
86 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
88 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
91 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
92 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
93 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
94 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
95 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
96 David Menut (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
97 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
98 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:00:17
99 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:21
100 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:24
101 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
102 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:00:35
103 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
104 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
105 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
106 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:55
107 Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:01:32
108 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:34
109 Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
110 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:39
111 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:57
112 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:04
113 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:02:06
114 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
115 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
116 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
117 Tom Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:24
118 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:23
119 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
120 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:05:36

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre 8:46:47
2 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:24
3 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:00:32
4 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:36
5 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
6 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
7 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (Ecu) Movistar Team
9 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:23
11 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:01:25
12 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:03:36
14 Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:06:10
15 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
16 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
19 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team
20 Fabien Touze (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
21 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
22 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
23 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
25 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
26 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
27 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
28 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
29 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
30 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
32 Truls Korsæth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
33 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
35 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky
36 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre
38 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre
39 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
42 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
43 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
44 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
45 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
46 Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
47 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
48 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
49 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
51 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
52 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
53 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
54 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
55 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
56 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
58 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
59 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
60 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
61 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
62 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
63 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
64 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:06:27
66 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:40
67 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:06:45
68 Floris Gerfs (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:08:06
69 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:36
70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:09:11
71 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:09:33
72 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:09:55
73 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
74 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:10:30
75 Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:11:29
76 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:13:54
77 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 0:16:26
78 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:16:36
79 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
80 Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
81 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ
82 Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
83 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
84 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
85 Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ
86 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
87 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
88 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
89 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
90 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:16:53
92 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:17:00
93 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
94 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:17:31
95 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:18:42
96 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
97 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:18:50
98 Tom Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:19:00
99 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:59
100 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:39
101 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:20:41
102 David Menut (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:20:42
103 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:20:45
104 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
105 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
106 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
107 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
108 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre
109 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
110 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
111 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
112 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:21:20
113 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:22:09
114 Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:22:17
115 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:22:18
116 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:22:19
117 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:42
118 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:22:49
119 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:22:51
120 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:31:58