Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial] (french)

February 14, 2019

Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 1 ITT – Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer : 8,9 km

The Tour La Provence is an early-season bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France. It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence, which serves as the race’s title sponsor for its first three years. It is held in February, as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.

Reigning individual pursuit world champion Filippo Ganna won the inaugural time trial of the fourth edition of the Tour de La Provence on the 8.9km pan flat course at Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer. The 22-year-old bettered by nine seconds the time of Dutchman Sebastian Langeveld from EF Education First who stood as the best for almost two and half hours. Frenchman Rémi Cavagna of Deceunick-Quick Step settled for third place ten seconds adrift.

“I’ve started the new season on a high foot,” Ganna said. “It was a fast course. When I saw that it was a bit windy, I realized I had to do it seriously. We joked before the start that I had to ride one pursuit of 4km and straight after that, another one. To have the leader jersey in the first stage race I do this year is very important and beautiful. We have a good team to defend the jersey as long as I can.”

This is Ganna’s first win for Team Sky on his debut with the British squad he joined from UAE Team Emirates. “I was known for my results on the track but I also want to perform on the road,” the Italian added. “After the world championships in which I’ll defend my title in two weeks, I hope to convince the staff to line me up at a Grand Tour to help my leaders that everyone knows.”

With 27 seconds of an advantage over Thibaut Pinot and 29 over Gorka Izagirre, Ganna seems adamant that he can retain the leader’s jersey that is a replica of Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond’s Tour de France winning team La Vie Claire in 1985 and 1986 despite the climbs featured on the course of stage 2 and stage 3 of the Tour de la Provence. La Vie Claire and Toshiba team owner Bernard Tapie flagged off stage 1 after he was joined for lunch by some of his former riders, namely Jean-François Bernard, Marc Madiot, Vincent Barteau, Bernard Vallet, Charly Bérard and Jean-François Rault.

Results :
1 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Sky 0:10:05
2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:09
3 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:10
4 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:15
5 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:18
6 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:19
7 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:20
8 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:21
9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:24
10 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:00:25
11 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
12 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
13 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus
14 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:26
15 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:27
16 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:28
17 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
18 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:29
19 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:32
20 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:33
22 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:34
23 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:35
24 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
25 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
26 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:36
28 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
29 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
30 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
32 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:38
34 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
35 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
36 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 0:00:39
37 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:40
38 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky
39 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:41
40 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
41 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
42 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:43
43 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:44
44 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
45 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
46 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
47 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
48 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:46
49 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
50 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
51 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:47
53 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
54 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:48
55 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus
56 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:50
57 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:51
58 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb
59 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
60 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:52
61 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus
62 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
63 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:53
65 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Adrien Garel (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:54
67 Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
68 Felix Ritzinger (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
69 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:55
70 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
71 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:56
72 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
73 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:57
74 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
75 Daniel Auer (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
76 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
77 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:58
78 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Alan Riou (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
80 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
81 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:59
82 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
83 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
84 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
85 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:00
86 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie
87 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky
88 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:01
89 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:02
90 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:03
91 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
92 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
93 Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:04
94 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:05
95 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
96 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:06
97 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
99 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:07
101 Valentin Götzinger (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers 0:01:08
102 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:09
103 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
104 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
105 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:10
106 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
107 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus
108 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Maloja Pushbikers
109 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:11
110 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:12
111 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:13
112 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
113 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:14
114 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
115 Lukas Schlemmer (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
116 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:15
117 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
118 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:01:16
119 Camille Thominet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
120 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:17
121 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
122 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:18
123 Romain Feillu (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:19
124 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
125 Jan-André Freuler (Swi) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:20
126 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
127 Maxence Moncassin (Fra) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:22
128 Jodok Salzmann (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
129 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:23
132 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert
133 Leonardo Fedrigo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:27
134 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert
135 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:28
136 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
137 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:31
138 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus
139 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:32
140 Bram Welten (Ned) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:36
141 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:37
142 Stefan Kolb (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers 0:01:38
143 Pierre Gouault (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
144 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:42
145 Eriks Toms Gavars (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:44
146 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:45
147 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:50
148 Christophe Masson (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:55
149 Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:56
150 Iltjan Nika (Alb) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:02:08
151 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:21
Kaspars Sergis (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Sky 0:10:05
2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:09
3 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:10
4 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:15
5 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:18
6 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:19
7 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:20
8 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:21
9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:24
10 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:00:25
11 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
12 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
13 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus
14 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:26
15 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:27
16 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:28
17 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
18 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:29
19 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:32
20 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:33
22 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:34
23 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:35
24 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
25 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
26 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:36
28 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
29 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
30 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
32 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:38
34 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
35 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
36 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 0:00:39
37 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:40
38 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky
39 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:41
40 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
41 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
42 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:43
43 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:44
44 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
45 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
46 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
47 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
48 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:46
49 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
50 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
51 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:47
53 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
54 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:48
55 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus
56 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:50
57 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:51
58 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb
59 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
60 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:52
61 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus
62 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
63 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:53
65 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Adrien Garel (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:54
67 Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
68 Felix Ritzinger (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
69 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:55
70 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
71 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:56
72 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
73 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:57
74 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
75 Daniel Auer (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
76 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
77 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:58
78 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Alan Riou (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
80 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
81 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:59
82 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
83 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
84 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
85 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:00
86 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie
87 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky
88 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:01
89 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:02
90 Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:03
91 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
92 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
93 Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:04
94 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:05
95 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
96 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:06
97 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
99 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
100 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:07
101 Valentin Götzinger (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers 0:01:08
102 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:09
103 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
104 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
105 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:10
106 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
107 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus
108 Johannes Schinnagel (Ger) Maloja Pushbikers
109 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:11
110 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:12
111 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:13
112 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
113 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:14
114 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
115 Lukas Schlemmer (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
116 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:15
117 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
118 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:01:16
119 Camille Thominet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
120 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:17
121 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
122 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:18
123 Romain Feillu (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:19
124 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
125 Jan-André Freuler (Swi) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:20
126 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
127 Maxence Moncassin (Fra) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:22
128 Jodok Salzmann (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers
129 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
131 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:23
132 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert
133 Leonardo Fedrigo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:27
134 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert
135 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:28
136 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
137 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:31
138 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon-Circus
139 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:32
140 Bram Welten (Ned) Arkéa Samsic 0:01:36
141 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:37
142 Stefan Kolb (Aut) Maloja Pushbikers 0:01:38
143 Pierre Gouault (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
144 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:42
145 Eriks Toms Gavars (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:44
146 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:45
147 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:50
148 Christophe Masson (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:55
149 Danilo Celano (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:01:56
150 Iltjan Nika (Alb) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:02:08
151 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:21
Kaspars Sergis (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir