Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 4 [LAST 15 KM]

June 18, 2017

Route du Sud 2017 – Stage 4 – Gers-Astarac Arros en Gascogne – Nogaro : 154,8 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.

Tom Scully gave Cannondale-Drapac its second consecutive stage victory in the Route du Sud, following up on Pierre Rolland’s success in the mountains by taking a reduced bunch sprint on the final stage on the motor racing track in Nogaro.

The New Zealander topped Mathias Leturnier (Cofidis) and Jerome Mainard (Armee de Terre), but more importantly race leader Silvan Dillier (BMC) held onto the front group to take the overall race victory. Richard Carapaz (Movistar), who had been a single second in arrears, was caught behind a split that finished six seconds back.

Scully was part of the day’s breakaway that also included Leturnier, Mainard, Nikita Stalnov (Astana), Clément Chevrier (AG2R La Mondiale), Johan Good (FDJ), Kévin Ledanois (Fortuneo Vital Concept), Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias), and Julien Antomarchi (Roubaix-Lille Métropole).

The group built up a lead of almost three minutes, with BMC happy to see the intermediate sprint bonuses go to someone other than Carapaz.

The breakaway was followed closely to the line by a chasing group that just managed to tack on but was too late rejoining to contest the sprint, with Dillier cagily tacked onto the back.

Six seconds leader, another group with Carapaz inside came across the line despite a furious chase from Movistar.

Dillier ended the race with seven seconds on Carapaz, with Team Sky’s Kenny Elissonde in third at 1:47.

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

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