Tour La Provence (2.1 - February 23-25)

[Alexandre B.]

Welcome to the first edition of the Tour La Provence, which is organized by Serge Pascal and sponsored by La Provence, a newspaper owned by the tycoon Bernard Tapie.

This new race fills the gap between Tour du Haut-Var (which is also organized by Serge Pascal) and Boucles du Sud-Ardèche, and will likely benefit to the puncheurs overall.

23/02 - Stage 1 -> Aubagne - Cassis (170 km)

24/02 - Stage 2 -> Miramas - Istres (185 km)

25/02 - Stage 3 -> La Ciotat - Marseille (173 km)

Stage 1 will likely decide the race.

Where to follow the race? : http://direct.directvelo.com/

Startlist

AG2R - LA MONDIALE
1 BAKELANTS Jan
2 DENZ Nico
3 DUMOULIN Samuel
4 DANIEL Maxime
5 GRETSCH Patrick
6 BERARD Julien
7 PERAUD Jean-Christophe
8 RIBLON Christophe

FDJ
11 REZA Kevin
12 CHAVANEL Sébastien
13 EIKING Odd Christian
14 LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
15 MAISON Jeremy
16 MANZIN Lorrenzo
17 ROUX Anthony
18 PINEAU Cédric

BMC RACING
21 BOHLI Tom
22 DE MARCHI Alessandro
23 MOINARD Amael
24 PHINNEY Taylor
25 SENNI Manuel
26 VELITS Peter
27 VLIEGEN Loic
28 WYSS Danilo

KATUSHA
31 BELKOV Maxim
32 CHERNETSKII Sergei
33 PORSEV Alexander
34 /
35 RESTREPO Jonathan
36 SILIN Egor
37 SPILAK Simon
38 VICIOSO Angel

ETIXX - QUICKSTEP
41 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
42 BOUET Maxime
43 MARTINELLI Davide
44 GAVIRIA Fernando
45 VELITS Martin
46 SERRY Pieter
47 VAKOC Petr
48 VERONA Carlos

CANNONDALE
51 TALANSKY Andrew
52 DOMBROWSKI Joe
53 CRADDOCK Lawson
54 GAIMON Phil
55 HOWES Alex
56 SKUJINS Toms
57 WIPPERT Wouter
58 ZEPUNTKE Ruben

COFIDIS
61 BAGOT Yoann
62 ROSSETTO Stephane
63 CHETOUT Loic
64 EDET Nicolas
65 HOFSTETTER Hugo
66 JOEAAR Gert
67 PEREZ Anthony
68 VAN STAEYEN Michael

DIRECT ÉNERGIE
71 CALMEJANE Lilian
72 CORNU Jeremy
73 GENE Yohann
74 NAULEAU Brian
75 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
76 SICARD Romain
77 THEVENOT Guillaume
78 VOECKLER Thomas

FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT
81 BRUN Frederic
82 CAM Maxime
83 DELAPLACE Anthony
84 FEDRIGO Pierrick
85 LEDANOIS Kevin
86 SORENSEN Chris Anker
87 LOUBET Julien
88 MOUREY Francis

DELKO MARSEILLE-PROVENCE KTM
91 GIRAUD Benjamin
92 DI GREGORIO Rémi
93 PACHER Quentin
94 EL FARES Julien
95 LAAS Martin
96 DIAZ Daniel
97 FERNANDEZ Delio
98 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas

WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
101 DE WINTER Ludwig
102 ISTA Kevyn
103 PONS Gaetan
104 PARDINI Olivier
105 HABEAUX Gregory
106 STASSEN Julien
107 CHEVALIER Olivier
108 DUQUENNOY Jimmy


WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
111 SEYNAEVE Lander
112 BILLE Gaëtan
113 /
114 DEMOITIE Antoine
115 DRON Boris
116 /
117 MINNAARD Marco
118 NAPOLITANO Danilo

ANDRONI - SIDERMEC
121 PELLIZOTTI Franco
122 CECCHINEL Giorgio
123 GAVAZZI Francesco
124 FRAPPORTI Marco
125 RATTO Daniele
126 /
127 TVETCOV Serghei
128 BERNAL Egan

ARMÉE DE TERRE
131 ALAPHILIPPE Bryan
132 BODIOT Alexis
133 LAEVASSEUR Jordan
134 PENVEN Clément
135 POULHIES Stéphane
136 RAIBAUD Jimmy
137 ROSTOLLAN Thomas
138 SINNER Benoit

HP BTP - AUBER 93
141 DASSONVILLE Flavien
142 FEILLU Romain
143 RENAULT Maxime
144 MALDONADO Anthony
145 LEVARLET Guillaume
146 BIHEL Cesar
147 JAKIN Alo
148 VIMPERE Theo

ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE
151 ANTOMARCHI Julien
152 VANTOMME Maxime
153 BOUVRY Dieter
154 LEVEAU Jeremy
155 VERHELST Louis
156 PEREIRA Florent
157 POUILLY Félix
158 TURGIS Jimmy

VERANDAS WILLEMS
161 KROUPIS Aidis
162 DUPONT Timothy
163 CALLEEUW Joeri
164 VAN ZUMMEREN Stef
165 DE TROYER Tim
166 CORDEEL Sander
167 GHYSELINCK Jan
168 VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias

ÉQUIPE DE FRANCE
171 ERMENAULT Corentin
172 GESBERT Elie
173 KOWALSKI Dylan
174 LECROQ Jeremy
175 MADOUAS Valentin
176 PETER Nans
177 SELLIER Simon
178 TOUZE Damien

 

[GP Blanco]

Bakelants will be the main favorite

 

[Max Rockatansky]

https://goo.gl/maps/ftfi8J6te8U2

That's the small climb of today's finale. They will race it twice.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Thanks!

Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie), Romain Feillu (HP BTP-Auber 93), Julien Antomarchi (Roubaix Lille-Métropole) and Thomas Rostollan (Armée de Terre) 2'30" ahead of the bunch.

 

[barmaher]

That is actually a good looking break. I would love if these races were available to watch on TV.

 

[barmaher]

One or two of the Quicksteppers have a good chance in today's stage.

 

[Tonton]

Nice intro, with a mention that made me smile: Bernard Tapie, Oleg before there was an Oleg. What a scoundrel that Nanard . More than anything else, I'll be curious to see where Alaphilippe is at in his recovery. If he's anywhere near his max, JCP will be in the mix. BTW, la Route des Cretes, wow! A heck of a murito. And the view from the cliffs is breathtaking.

 

[vladimir]

Live tracker:

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2677/tour-la-provence-etape-1-.html

 

[Ruudz0r]

Pacher, Chetout et Bernal tentent de sortir du peloton.

Gogo Bernal!

 

[Carstenbf]

Allez Thomas!!

 

[Tonton]

Voeckler is gonna win!

 

[Carstenbf]

Yayh!

 

[Tonton]

Voeckler wins!

 

[StephenC2020]

Voeckler wins

 

[Rollthedice]

Tommy V is back, no fun without TV coverage.

 

[StephenC2020]

Ya, this would have been nice to see. Even just a few static cams on the finishing circuit would have been nice.

 

[Tonton]

Wow, I can't wait to see videos of this one. A bloodbath, with attacks after attacks. Bravo Thomas!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

First win since 2013.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Impressive Calmejane.

 

[Carols]

Re:

Tommy V is back, no fun without TV coverage.

Spoken for truth!

 

[jens_attacks]

direct energie rocking
nice to see voeckler winning again

 

[barmaher]

Vakoc has had a good start to the season. I hope to see some footage of this race, as it was a great course.

I assume there were time gaps? PCS doesn't list them, nor cyclingnews.com Very likely that the GC is decided unless riders like Gavazzi finished ST.

 

[skidmark]

Re:

Vakoc has had a good start to the season. I hope to see some footage of this race, as it was a great course.

I assume there were time gaps? PCS doesn't list them, nor cyclingnews.com Very likely that the GC is decided unless riders like Gavazzi finished ST.

Shaky finish line footage is available on cyclinghub: http://cyclinghub.tv/post.php?id=1342

Looks like Tommy V has 8-9 seconds on a group of about 4-5 riders, followed by about 10 more a few seconds later?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

1. Voeckler
2. Vakoc +7
3. Calmejane +9
4. Serry s.t.
5. Sørensen s.t.

 

[jens_attacks]

calm me jane
great name