Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE] (french)

February 15, 2019

Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 2 – Istres – La Ciotat : 195,5 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.

Movistar’s new signing Eduard Prades claimed the first ever Spanish stage victory at the Tour de La Provence while his compatriot and national champion Gorka Izagirre of Astana moved into the lead thanks to the four seconds bonus awarded to the third placed rider, which gave him two seconds of an advantage over home favorite Thibaut Pinot.

“I’m very happy,” Prades declared. “It’s something I dreamt about when I changed team. It’s impressive to achieve it only in my second race of the season [after the Santos Tour Down Under]. It’s a way to repay the team for the confidence they had in me. There were several riders of a high level in the front group but I knew that I could race for the win if I recovered well in the downhill, I could go for the stage win.”

Anthony Delaplace of Arkea-Samsic was last to surrender from the breakaway group that comprised Rudy Barbier (Israel Cycling Academy) and his younger brother Pierre (Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole), Romain Feillu (St-Michel-Auber 93), Jodok Salzmann (Maloja Pushbikers), Dries De Bondt (Corendon-Circus), Maxime Cam (Vital Concept-B&B Hôtels) and Mattia Viel (Androni Giocattoli).

French riders upped the tempo on the steep Route des Crêtes overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with Direct Energie’s Lilian Calmejane taking the King of the Mountains jersey and Groupama-FDJ positioning their three climbers (Pinot, Rudy Molard and best young rider David Gaudu) in the 9-man group that contested the stage victory in La Ciotat. Tony Gallopin of AG2R-La Mondiale launched the sprint but Prades top end speed enabled him to claim his first victory for a World Tour team at the age of 31.

“I believed I was gonna win so I was obviously a bit disappointed to miss out but I’m still satisfied with my first race day of the year, time trial excepted,” Gallopin said. “My experience helped me stay in contention on the Route des Crêtes where I was at my limit. I’m well placed on GC now but I’m not overexcited about it.”

Inaugural time trial winner Filippo Ganna crossed the finishing line with a deficit of 1:27. “For me also it was the first racing day for this year,” Izagirre echoed. “It’s been a very explosive finale. Towards the end, I almost crashed but I eventually came third and the time bonus puts me in the lead. I’m very happy with that. Now that I’m in the [multicolour] jersey, we’ll try to hold onto it but Groupama-FDJ has a very good team so we’ll have two very hard days ahead of us.”

Another hilly stage is featured on stage 3 from Aubagne to the car racing circuit of Le Castellet where Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 French Grand Prix last year for the return of the event to the venue that hosted the competition from 1970 to 1990.

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

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