Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 3 [LAST 13 KM]

June 17, 2017

Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 3 – Saint-Gaudens – Gavarnie-Gèdre : 167 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.

Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) showed that he has kept the strong form that propelled him to a stage win in the Giro d’Italia by taking out the queen stage of the Route du Sud in Gavarnie.

The Frenchman attacked a select leading group on the category 1 final climb with 4km to go, and by the end had amassed a 42 second advantage on his nearest chasers, led to the line by Sky’s Gianni Moscon.

“I’m very satisfied and happy with how things went today,” Rolland said. “I’m actually really happy with the last few months. The Giro d’Italia went well, it sets me up quite nicely for the Tour de France. I did 30 hours of training last week, and this is the final part of my preparation for the Tour de France, and I’m really happy with the progress.”

In third, Movistar’s Richard Carapaz, the best young rider in the race, was challenging for the overall race lead after overnight leader Julien Loubet (Armee de Terre) was dropped, and sprinted to third over Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac).

However, BMC’s Silvan Dillier, who had picked up a time bonus at the intermediate sprint, narrowly managed to limit enough losses to capture the leader’s jersey by a single second over the Ecuadoran. He came in 55 seconds down on Rolland, but more importantly just 13 seconds behind Carapaz.

Dillier leads the race by one second over the Movistar rider, with Sky’s Kenny Elissonde in third at a distant 1:38.

“If somebody had told me before the race that I was going to be going for the general classification at Route du Sud, I would have told them that they were crazy,” Dillier said. “But now it is happening. The first objective was to make the breakaway today to get some bonus seconds and points for the sprint jersey, and then I took it climb by climb to see where I ended up at the top and how much I could get back on the descents. All of a sudden, I was in a position to take the leader’s jersey and I took it by one second.

“On the final climb, Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) were with me but they told me that it was up to me to do all of the pulling because I was going for the GC. So I basically did my own time trial all the way to the finish. They attacked me with about 5km to go but I just kept my own rhythm and eventually, Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team) overtook me with 250m to go. I was going full gas and couldn’t accelerate anymore. Eventually, I just crossed the finish line with the right time to take the jersey.

“It’s a flat stage tomorrow so it’s one for the sprinters. So, I think the only way Carapaz can take the jersey from me is with bonus seconds. You also have to pay attention to splits at the finish line. But, I think we have a good team to defend the jersey. I didn’t think I would be in this position at Route du Sud.”

The 167km stage into the high mountains of the Pyrenees exploded before the peloton reached the Col du Tourmalet, with the breakaway including Dillier, Moscon, Rolland and Jose Rojas (Movistar Team), Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Sergey Chernetskiy (Astana), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Julien Antomarchi (Roubaix -Lille Métropole), Christophe Riblon, Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale), and Aitor Gonzalez (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias).

Edet, Moscon and Rolland broke free on the Col du Tourmalet, but Edet was dropped before the ascent, and the two WorldTour riders continued on together, with Dillier chasing at a distance.

The Swiss rider kept chasing alone all the way over the category 2 Gaborisse and on to the final climb, where he finally made contact with the two leaders.

Rolland attacked with 4km to go and stayed clear until the finish. Although Dillier was swinging like a barn door, and was passed by Carapaz and Uran in the final kilometer, he held on just long enough to take the race lead

Results :
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 4:56:06
2 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:42
3 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
5 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:55
6 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:23
7 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:41
8 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:49
9 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:02:15
10 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
11 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:41
12 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:03:11
13 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:27
14 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:38
15 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16 Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:05:49
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:57
18 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:06:24
19 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:06:26
20 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:07:06
21 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:07:19
22 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:37
23 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:29
24 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
25 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:09:41
27 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:30
28 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
29 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:52
30 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:11:24
31 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
32 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
33 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:12:03
34 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:19
35 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:13:29
36 Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ 0:14:02
37 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:14:54
38 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:15:21
39 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:10
40 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:57
41 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:15
42 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:17:52
43 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:18:30
44 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:01
45 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:22:52
46 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
47 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
48 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
49 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
51 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
52 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
53 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
54 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
55 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie 0:24:21
57 Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:24:39
58 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
59 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:57
60 Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:25:11
61 Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:26:47
62 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:58
63 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:34:10
64 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:34:14
65 Miguel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
66 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
67 Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
68 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
69 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
70 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
71 Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
72 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
73 Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
74 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
75 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
76 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
77 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
78 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
79 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
80 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
81 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
82 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
83 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
84 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
85 Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre
86 Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
87 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
88 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
90 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
91 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
92 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
93 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:34:23
95 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:34:25
96 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:34:49
97 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:35:58
98 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:36:30
99 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:32
100 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:55
101 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ 0:39:43
102 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:41:51
103 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
104 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
105 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
106 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
107 Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
108 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:41:54
109 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:44:00
110 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
111 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:44:20
112 Kévin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:44:42
113 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:46:38
114 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:46:39
115 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:46:44
AB Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
AB Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
AB David Menut (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
AB Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
AB Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13:44:06
2 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:00:01
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:01:38
4 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:02:34
5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:01
6 Julien Loubet (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:04:36
7 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:05:32
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:39
9 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:05:45
10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:20
11 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:06:38
12 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:46
13 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:07:12
14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:38
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:08
16 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:08:44
17 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:09:35
18 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:53
19 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:10:54
21 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:11:21
22 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:11:42
23 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:12:03
24 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:12:16
25 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:34
26 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:26
27 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
29 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:15:27
30 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:15:49
31 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:16:21
32 Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
33 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
34 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:17:00
35 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:19:51
36 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:18
37 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:07
38 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:54
39 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:12
40 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:04
41 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:23:27
42 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie 0:24:31
43 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:26:10
44 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:43
45 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:27:48
46 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:27:49
47 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
48 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
49 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
50 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
51 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ 0:29:25
54 Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:30:06
55 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:31:32
56 Fabien Canal (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:31:44
57 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:20
58 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:36:38
59 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:38:15
60 Steven Tronet (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:39:11
61 Damien Touze (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
62 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
63 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team
64 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
65 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
66 Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
67 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
68 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:39:22
69 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:39:50
70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:42:12
71 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:42:52
72 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:44:06
73 Miguel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:44:30
74 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
75 Félix Pouilly (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 0:45:43
76 Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:46:48
77 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:48:57
78 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre
79 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:49:37
80 Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
81 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
82 Jeremy Bescond (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
83 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
84 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
85 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93
86 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix – Lille Metropole
87 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
88 Kévin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:49:56
89 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:50:01
90 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
91 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:50:32
92 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:51:43
93 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
94 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:52:01
95 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:52:27
96 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:53:42
97 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:53:46
98 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
99 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ 0:55:06
100 Pello Olaberria Arruabarrena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:55:10
101 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:55:19
102 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:55:30
103 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:56:04
104 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:56:27
105 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 0:57:04
106 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP BTP – Auber 93 0:57:14
107 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:59:31
108 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 1:01:17
109 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 1:01:58
110 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Armee de Terre 1:02:24
111 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 1:03:27
112 Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 1:03:52
113 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre 1:06:10
114 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 1:06:11
115 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix – Lille Metropole 1:07:15