Route du Sud 2016 – Stage 5 [LAST 50 KM]

June 19, 2016

Route du Sud 2016 – Ger – Astarac Arros en Gascogne – 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.

Arnaud Demare (FDJ) won the final stage at the Route du Sud on Sunday, edging Yohann Gene in a bunch kick in Astarac Arros en Gascogne. Movistar’s Nairo Quintana finished safely in the bunch to secure the overall win, followed by teammate and stage 4 winner Marc Soler. Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), who rode onto the podium with a third-place finish during stage 4, crashed during Sunday’s stage and slipped off the final podium.

“It’s a very important victory. I was coming into this event following long weeks of training in atlitude at home in Colombia, and I could confirm I’m in good form. Legs have gone as usual for me in the mountains and it seems obvious that I’ve improved quite a bit into the time trial,” Quintana said.

“The team did really well: great job from them from the beginning to the end of the race, crowning it today after a mountain stage where they rode fantastically, including Marc’s win. Both victories in the race -this overall win I confirmed today and my first success in 2012- have been really significant into my sporting career and for my preparations for the Tour. Reaching the ‘Grande Boucle’ this way feels really good.”

The win is Quintana’s third of the season, following his Tour de Romandie triumph last month and Volta Ciclista a Catalunya win in March, and final race before July’s Tour de France where the 26-year-old is aiming to be become the first Colombian winner. Quintana has finished second overall on his two previous appearances.

Results :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 3:42:02
2 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
3 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre
4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier – Southeast
5 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
9 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stˆlting Service Group
10 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
11 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
12 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier – Southeast
13 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
15 Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista
16 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
17 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
19 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
20 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
21 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier – Southeast
22 Christian Mager (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group
23 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
24 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
25 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
26 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
28 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
30 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
32 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
33 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34 Daniel Martínez (Col) Wilier – Southeast
35 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
36 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
37 Guillaume De Almeida (Fra) Radio Popular – Boavista
38 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
39 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
42 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
43 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
44 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
45 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
46 Frederico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:00:48
47 Pablo Guerrero Bonilla (Spa) Radio Popular – Boavista
48 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
49 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
51 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
52 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Wilier – Southeast
53 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre
54 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
55 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
56 Imanol Estevez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
57 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stˆlting Service Group
58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
59 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
60 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
61 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
62 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
63 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
64 David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista
65 Victor Etxebarria Carrasco (Spa) Radio Popular – Boavista
66 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
67 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
68 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
69 Aleksey Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
70 Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 0:00:58
71 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:42
72 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
73 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
74 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
75 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
76 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre
77 Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee de Terre
78 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
80 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
81 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:20
82 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 0:03:42
83 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Armee de Terre
84 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
85 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre
86 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
87 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:04:13
88 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:22
89 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
90 Benat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
91 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:04:36
92 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group 0:05:25
93 Michael Reihs (Den) Stˆlting Service Group 0:05:27
94 Viktor Manakov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:21
95 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:07:57

1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 16:34:57
2 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:36
3 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:06
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:15
5 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:55
6 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:01
7 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:02:12
8 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:20
9 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:36
10 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:38
11 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:03:06
12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:12
13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:14
14 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:03:38
15 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:04:10
16 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 0:04:41
17 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:41
18 Frederico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:06:23
19 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:07:13
20 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:07:14
21 Daniel Martínez (Col) Wilier – Southeast 0:07:20
22 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:08:55
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:09:20
24 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 0:11:31
25 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:17
26 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:19
27 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:48
28 Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:13:27
29 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:41
30 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stˆlting Service Group 0:14:51
31 Aleksey Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:15:10
32 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:42
33 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:16:06
34 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:45
35 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier – Southeast 0:19:05
36 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:19:12
37 Pablo Guerrero Bonilla (Spa) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:20:44
38 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:23:48
39 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:24:06
40 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:25:37
41 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 0:26:12
42 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:26:40
43 Christian Mager (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group 0:26:47
44 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:27:18
45 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:28:07
46 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:28:14
47 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:28:24
48 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:28:35
49 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:28:37
50 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:28:58
51 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stˆlting Service Group 0:29:30
52 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:29:32
53 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:29:42
54 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Wilier – Southeast 0:29:45
55 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:29:51
56 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 0:30:02
57 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:30:11
58 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:16
59 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:30:22
60 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 0:30:39
61 Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93
62 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:31:00
63 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:31:11
64 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:31:24
65 Victor Etxebarria Carrasco (Spa) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:31:28
66 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:31:31
67 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:31:41
68 Benat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:31:45
69 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:31:54
70 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:19
71 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:32:22
72 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:28
73 Imanol Estevez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:32:54
74 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country – Murias 0:33:21
75 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:33:33
76 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:33:35
77 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 0:33:36
78 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier – Southeast 0:34:16
79 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:34:22
80 Viktor Manakov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:34:48
81 Michael Reihs (Den) Stˆlting Service Group 0:35:00
82 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:35:01
83 David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:35:04
84 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:35:20
85 Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular – Boavista
86 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:35:43
87 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:36:06
88 Guillaume De Almeida (Fra) Radio Popular – Boavista 0:36:11
89 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stˆlting Service Group 0:37:37
90 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:38:48
91 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:38:59
92 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Armee de Terre 0:39:00
93 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:41:42
94 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:41:50
95 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier – Southeast 0:42:36