Tour du Limousin 2020 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE] (french)

August 18, 2020

Tour du Limousin 2020 – Stage 4 – Lac de Saint-Pardoux – Limoges : 167 km

Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC event, and downgraded to 2.1 since 2013. Between 1968 and 1974 it was an amateur race.

Luca Wackermann (Vini Zabù-KTM) held on to seal overall victory at the Tour du Limousin, resisting final stage bids by Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ) and Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) to overhaul his slender GC advantage.

Alessandro Fedeli (Nippo Delko One Provence) made the stage a double success for Italy, following Costa’s attack 9km from the line before beating the Portuguese champion to the line on the uphill finish.

Costa, who lay 16 seconds down on GC at the start of the day, was a real threat late on, taking the virtual race lead as he and Fedeli gained 20 seconds over the peloton at one point. The pair couldn’t hold the advantage, though, leaving the finale a fight between Wackermann and Stewart.

The young Briton had taken three bonus seconds at the first intermediate sprint of the day, moving to within two seconds of Wackermann’s position. Come the final though, he wasn’t in position to take additional time, and thus had to settle for second overall – his best result of the 2020 season.

How it unfolded

The final stage of the Tour du Limousin, another hilly day taking in 167km from Lac de Saint-Pardoux to Limoges, would see the final battle for the overall title, with Stewart lying just five seconds down on Wackermann overnight, while a further 11 riders lay within 20 seconds of the race lead.

Several members of the AG2R La Mondiale squad were forced to leave the race after Larry Warbasse’s positive COVID-19 test, including 13th place man Geoffrey Bouchard, while four others also pulled out before the end.

Groupama-FDJ controlled the early proceedings with an intermediate sprint on offer after just 26.5km. The plan worked, with Stewart taking the three bonus seconds on offer in Roussac, moving him within two seconds of the race lead.

Shortly afterwards, a breakaway was allowed to go, with François Bidard (AG2R La Mondiale), Valentin Ferron (Total Direct Energie) and Tony Hurel (St Michel-Auber 93) making the move.

The peloton let the move go, with Hurel grabbing the second sprint of the day to take the lead in that competition. After an hour of racing they led by two minutes, with Groupama-FDJ still in control.

70 kilometres into the day, Peio Goikoetxea (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale) jumped away from the peloton and successfully made it five out front. The peloton, led by UAE Team Emirates and Groupama-FDJ, lay a minute back.

Rain hit the mid-part of the race, but aside from Ferron losing touch with the break with 55km to go, there was little drama as the GC contenders awaited a tough finale consisting of three hilly laps around Limoges.

Gougeard and Bidard went on the attack with 20km to go, keen to end the race in a flash of glory, though the peloton had moved to within 30 seconds by that point. Bidard dropped back 7km later, while Gougeard made it the final 10km before being caught.

Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) kicked off the attacking up front, going away with Alessandro Fedeli (Nippo Delko One Provence) while Stewart and Wackermann held fire in the peloton. The duo worked their way to a 20-second lead, and the combined efforts of Arkéa-Samsic, Team Sunweb and Groupama-FDJ just couldn’t bring them back over the rolling final 10km.

Fedeli outfoxed Costa in the final to take his first victory of the season, while behind, Wackermann was safe as Joel Suter (Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles) swept up the final 4-second time bonus for third.

Results :
1 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 4:02:00
2 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
3 Joel Suter (Swi) Bingoal WB 0:00:05
4 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
5 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
6 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
7 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
8 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
9 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo Delko Provence
10 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
11 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
12 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
13 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
15 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
16 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
17 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma
18 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Kern Pharma
19 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk
20 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB
21 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
22 Romain Combaud (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
23 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
24 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
25 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
26 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
27 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
28 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
29 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
30 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis
31 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:14
32 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:30
33 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:50
34 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
35 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:01
36 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:26
37 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:01:27
38 Roberto González (Pan) Vini Zabu’ KTM
39 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
40 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
41 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
42 Jarno Mobach (Ned) Team Sunweb
43 Julien Vermote (Bel) Cofidis
44 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
45 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
46 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
47 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
48 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
49 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
50 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Bingoal WB
51 Franklin Six (Bel) Bingoal WB
52 Juan Jose Lobato del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Nico Denz (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:59
54 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:47
55 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb
56 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:05:07
57 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
58 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
59 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
60 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
61 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
62 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Iker Ballarin Manso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
65 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
66 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
67 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
68 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
69 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
70 Romain Cardis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
71 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
72 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
73 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal WB
74 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
75 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
76 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Nippo Delko Provence
77 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:44
78 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
79 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:07:16
80 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
81 Imerio Cima (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
82 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
83 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
85 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:10:35
86 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:49
87 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
88 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb
89 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
90 Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
91 Adrien Garel (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
92 Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
93 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
94 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal WB
95 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
96 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu’ KTM
97 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
98 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:12:18
99 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko Provence 0:16:11
100 Oliver Behringer (Swi) Team Novo Nordisk
101 Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Kern Pharma
102 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:18:34
103 Baptiste Constantin (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
104 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert
105 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:18:36

Final General Classification after Stage :
1 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 17:22:11
2 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:02
3 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:04
4 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:07
5 Romain Combaud (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:11
6 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:12
7 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:13
8 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
9 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:00:17
10 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Kern Pharma
12 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:00:23
13 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:26
14 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis 0:00:30
16 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:32
17 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:50
18 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:04
19 Péter Kusztor (Hun) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:13
20 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:01:39
21 Joel Suter (Swi) Bingoal WB 0:02:03
22 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:16
23 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:20
24 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:52
25 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:03:32
26 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:03:59
27 Julien Vermote (Bel) Cofidis 0:04:14
28 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:04:37
29 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:05:26
30 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:39
31 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:03
32 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:06:20
33 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 0:06:24
34 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:30
35 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb 0:08:13
36 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:08:56
37 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:37
38 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:11:51
39 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:12:01
40 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 0:13:48
41 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:15:04
42 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis 0:15:21
43 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:48
44 Nico Denz (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:18:11
45 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
46 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:36
47 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo Delko Provence 0:19:05
48 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:19:24
49 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:20:54
50 Jarno Mobach (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:21:37
51 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:21:44
52 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:13
53 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis 0:22:18
54 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:22:39
55 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:22:49
56 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:22:56
57 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:22:59
58 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:23:23
59 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:24
60 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:23:38
61 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:03
62 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:24:34
63 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Nippo Delko Provence 0:25:45
65 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:25:48
66 Juan Jose Lobato del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:11
67 Iker Ballarin Manso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:14
68 Romain Cardis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
69 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:27:46
70 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:28:47
71 Roberto González (Pan) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:30:21
72 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:18
73 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:24
74 Adrien Garel (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:34:48
75 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:35:16
76 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:35:28
77 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
78 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:38:34
79 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:39:08
80 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:41:05
81 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:41:20
82 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:42:14
83 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:43:20
84 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:43:39
85 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal WB 0:43:43
86 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:44:31
87 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:44:50
88 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:45:27
89 Franklin Six (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:48:18
90 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:48:41
91 Imerio Cima (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:48:42
92 Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:49:20
93 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:49:52
94 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:50:59
95 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:52:02
96 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:54:43
97 Baptiste Constantin (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:58:51
98 Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 1:00:10
99 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu’ KTM 1:00:56
100 Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Kern Pharma 1:01:32
101 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko Provence 1:04:09
102 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 1:08:41
103 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 1:13:05
104 Oliver Behringer (Swi) Team Novo Nordisk 1:13:15
105 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93 1:20:54