Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE] (french)

February 16, 2019

Tour de la Provence 2019 – Stage 3 – Aubagne – Circuit de Castellet : 185,8 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.

The 2012 world champion Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) claimed the 75th victory of his pro career as he out-sprinted the remnants of the peloton on the Paul-Ricard car racing circuit to win stage 3 of the Tour de la Provence. Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) finished second, with Tony Gallopin (AG2R-La Mondiale), suffering from illness and on antibiotics, taking third. The results moved Gallopin into third overall, with Thibtaut Pinot second. Despite a shortage of teammates, Astana’s Gorka Izagirre retained the lead ahead of the final stage.

“It was a pretty fast sprint coming after a tight curve,” Gilbert said.

“I managed to get a good position and I launched my sprint 120 metres before the end. It was the right timing. I came to the Tour de La Provence to add racing miles, that’s why I didn’t try anything before and put all my eggs in the basket of a sprint finish. I knew I had a big chance of winning in that situation.”

In the battle for GC, Simon Clarke of EF Education First won the first intermediate sprint and three seconds time bonus on the first passage in front of the grandstands after 23km of racing, after which the breakaway of the day could take shape. It comprised of Matteo Moschetti and Michael Gogl (Trek-Segafredo) who won the combativity prize of the day, Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale), Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Matthias Brändle (Israel Cycling Academy), Dries De Bondt (Corendon-Circus), Ramunas Navardauskas (Delko-Marseille-Provence), Anthony Maldonado (St-Michel-Auber 93) and Lennard Kämna (Sunweb). Their maximum advantage was 3:30 with 55km to go.

Groupama-FDJ smashed the peloton in the five successive ascents of the côte de Brûlats. “They were up there with three riders and they massacred me,” Izagirre said.

“I’m glad I managed to save myself but there will be another rider to watch with Gallopin tomorrow. It’ll be another very hard day.”

Pinot attacked on several occasions. Last year’s Vuelta a España race leader for four days, Rudy Molard, was the last one to try and go solo on the flat section proceeding the finish. Twenty-two riders eventually regrouped before the sprint but Gilbert, who was always at the front, maintained his superiority. Gallopin could thank his teammates Mikaël Chérel and Axel Domont for bringing him back on after suffering in the hills.

“I was again at the limit but experience and a great team helped me to contest the victory but I was more thinking of the time bonus today.” Gallopin said.

“Sprinters are impatient before tomorrow’s stage but I’ll try to go for the different sprints and target the overall victory.”

“In a cycling season, there’s always the question on when to get the first win,” Gilbert added. “A victory delivers confidence, rest and serenity. It’s my first one on a car racing circuit but I knew Le Castellet for having trained here with BMC before a team time trial world championship. I’m delighted to leave it with the sweetness of a victory. Now I can quietly eye Omloop Het Nieuswblad and Paris-Nice before the classics.”

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

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