Schlagwort-Archive: Israel Premier Tech

Tour de la Provence – Etappe 3:

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Rognac – Arles – 183Km

1 VAN ASBROECK Tom BEL Israel-Premier Tech 04:10:37
2 BENNETT Sam BEL Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
3 ZINGLE Axel FRA Cofidis 00:00
4 HOFSTETTER Hugo FRA Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
5 PEDERSEN Mads DEN Lidl-Trek 00:00
6 LECROQ Jérémy FRA St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:00
7 HENNEQUIN Paul FRA Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur 00:00
8 DUJARDIN Sandy FRA TotalEnergies 00:00
9 WATSON Samuel GBR Groupama-FDJ 00:00
10 GARCÍA Raúl ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
11 GAUTHERAT Pierre FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
12 NOPPE Christophe BEL Cofidis 00:00
13 DELBOVE Joris FRA St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:00
14 AVOINE Kévin FRA Van Rysel-Roubaix 00:07
15 MOLLY Kenny BEL Van Rysel-Roubaix 00:07

Endstand:

1 PEDERSEN Mads DEN Lidl-Trek 11:52:36
2 ZINGLE Axel FRA Cofidis 00:29
3 GARCÍA Raúl ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:29
4 TOUZÉ Damien FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 01:36
5 KIRSCH Alex LUX Lidl-Trek 01:41
6 GAUTHERAT Pierre FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 01:46
7 GOUGEARD Alexis FRA Cofidis 02:02
8 SÖDERQVIST Jakob SWE Lidl-Trek 02:14
9 BENNETT Sam BEL Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 02:38
10 WATSON Samuel GBR Groupama-FDJ 03:45
11 VAN ASBROECK Tom BEL Israel-Premier Tech 03:45
12 COSTIOU Ewen FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 03:53
13 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 04:01
14 GERMANI Lorenzo ITA Groupama-FDJ 04:03
15 STITES Tyler USA Project Echelon Racing 04:04

Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Etappe 6

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6. Etappe: Unley – Mount Loftyy – 128 Km

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 19:13:34
2 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:09
3 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:11
4 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:20
5 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:23
6 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:33
7 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:33
8 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:36
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:42
10 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:50
11 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:50
12 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:57
13 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:57
14 GUERREIRO Ruben POR Movistar Team 01:02
15 MOLLEMA Bauke NED Lidl-Trek 01:02
16 LOPEZ Juan Pedro ESP Lidl-Trek 01:02
17 VERGALLITO Luca ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 01:02
18 ADRIÀ Roger ESP BORA-hansgrohe 01:07
19 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 01:08
20 STORER Michael AUS Australia 01:09

Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Etappe 5

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Christies Beach – Willunga Hill – 130 Km

1 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 02:52:53
2 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
3 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:00
4 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:03
5 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
6 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:03
7 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:06
8 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:06
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:12
10 FISHER-BLACK Finn NZL UAE Team Emirates 00:20
11 MARIAULT Axel FRA Cofidis 00:20
12 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:20
13 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:20
14 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:27
15 BERTHET Clément FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:30
16 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:30
17 HAMILTON Chris AUS Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:32
18 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:32
19 MOLLEMA Bauke NED Lidl-Trek 00:32
20 VERGALLITO Luca ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:32

Gesamt:

Aufgrund der Addition der Etappenplatzierungen bei Zeitgleichheit ergab sich folgendes Gesamtergebnis, Etappensiege zählen hier in Australien nicht zur Ermittlung des Gesamtführenden:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 16:08:48
2 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
3 NARVAEZ Jhonnatan ECU INEOS Grenadiers 00:05
4 DEL TORO Isaac MEX UAE Team Emirates 00:05
5 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:13
6 LEMMEN Bart NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:13
7 YATES Simon GBR Team Jayco-AlUla 00:13
8 PARET-PEINTRE Valentin FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:16
9 HOWSON Damien AUS Australia 00:22
10 MARIAULT Axel FRA Cofidis 00:24
11 FISHER-BLACK Finn NZL UAE Team Emirates 00:27
12 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:30
13 SCHULTZ Nick AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:30
14 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Wanty 00:37
15 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:37

Paris – Tours 2023

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Elite – 214 Km

1 SHEEHAN Riley USA Israel-Premier Tech 04:39:05
2 ASKEY Lewis GBR Groupama-FDJ 00:00
3 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
4 DELBOVE Joris FRA Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:00
5 LE GAC Olivier FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:07
6 LAPORTE Christophe FRA Jumbo-Visma 00:09
7 VAN ASBROECK Tom BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:09
8 DÉMARE Arnaud BEL Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:09
9 THEUNS Edward BEL Lidl-Trek 00:09
10 PENHOËT Paul FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:09
11 DEGENKOLB John GER Team dsm-firmenich 00:09
12 TILLER Rasmus NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
13 TURGIS Anthony FRA TotalEnergies 00:09
14 GIRMAY Biniam ERI Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:09
15 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA Israel-Premier Tech 00:09
16 VAN BOVEN Luca BEL Bingoal WB 00:09
17 DE BONDT Dries BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:09
18 BISSEGGER Stefan SUI EF Education-EasyPost 00:09
19 COQUARD Bryan FRA Cofidis 00:09
20 RAISBERG Nadav ISR Israel-Premier Tech 00:09

SHEEHAN, THE HUGE AMERICAN SURPRISE

A crazy race, a completely undecided scenario in the hot dust of the vineyard paths, and a completely new winner: it’s Riley Sheehan, a trainee with Israel-Premier Tech, who won this 117th Paris-Tours after a very close sprint against his four breakaway companions. It’s the first victory for the 23-year-old American. A major first, too, for the United States, which had never won on Avenue de Grammont. The heroic Lewis Askey (Groupama – FDJ) who led all day, took second place ahead of Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno X).

157 riders set off in the shadow of the imposing Chartres Cathedral, bathed in bright sunlight, for the 117th edition of Paris-Tours. It was an emotional start for several riders, including Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën) and Tony Gallopin (Lidl-Trek), who pinned on their race numbers for the last time in their careers. After covering more than thirty kilometers at high speed, a group of five riders finally broke away: Lewis Askey (Groupama FDJ), Théo Delacroix (Intermarché Circus Wanty), Joseph Rosskopf (Q36.5), Maxime Jarnet (Van Rysel – Roubaix Lille Metropole), and Axel Narbonne Zuccarelli (Nice Metropole Côte d’Azur). The gap never reached extravagant proportions before the first challenges of the day.

Arnaud De Lie eliminated due to a mechanical issue

The Jumbo-Visma team of Christophe Laporte, the Lotto Dstny team of Arnaud De Lie and the Bora-Hansgrohe team of Jordi Meeus were controlling the offensive before entering the first vineyard path, Limeray, at 67.1 kilometers from the finish. In the ninth sector, the Lotto Dstny leader suffered a puncture, as did Jordi Meeus, who got caught in a crash. The peloton fragmented completely, marked by multiple attacks and punctures. In the dust, European champion Christophe Laporte, Greg Van Avermaet, Magnus Cort Nielsen or Jasper Stuyven, to name a few, lost precious energy trying to get back into the first group after mechanical problems. Arnaud De Lie, on the other hand, faced numerous setbacks, leaving his hopes in the dust.

Heroic performance by Lewis Askey

In front, the impressive Lewis Askey, only twenty-two years old, put up a strong resistance as the moves kept coming. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Circus Wanty) tried, as did Matteo Trentin (UAE) and John Degenkolb (DSM-Firmenich). There was no letup. The British rider was finally caught on the last difficulty of the day, the Rochecobron climb, by a group of four riders who had broken away about twenty kilometers from the finish: Olivier Le Gac (Groupama FDJ), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno X), Riley Sheehan (Israel) and Joris Delbove (St Michel). Behind them, the Arkea Samsic team of the top favorite Arnaud Démare made the effort to close the gap before the famous Avenue de Grammont.

A first victory for the United States

However, their efforts were in vain as the breakaway group contested the victory in the shade of the plane trees. It was the American Riley Sheehan, only twenty-three years old and a trainee with Israel – Premier Tech, who proved to be the strongest at the end of an extremely close sprint.

Espoirs – U23 179 Km

1 LØLAND Sakarias Koller NOR Uno-X DARE Development Team 03:56:31
2 KEUP Pierre-Pascal GER Team Lotto-Kern Haus 00:00
3 THIERRY Pierre FRA Morbihan Fybolia GOA 00:03
4 HUENS Axel FRA Circus-ReUz-Technord 00:03
5 GELEIJN Owen BEL Jumbo-Visma DT 00:03
6 THOMAS Théo FRA VC Villefranche Beaujolais 00:03
7 DEJAEGHER Jasper BEL Circus-ReUz-Technord 00:39
8 VAN DER TUUK Axel NED Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel 00:39
9 ROMELE Alessandro ITA Team Colpack Ballan 00:39
10 RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea ITA Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team 00:39
11 MERIS Sergio ITA Team Colpack Ballan 00:39
12 MARTI Pau ESP Israel Premier Tech Academy 00:39
13 NØRTOFT Morten DEN Jumbo-Visma DT 00:39
14 BOURG Quentin FRA SCO Dijon-Team Material-velo.com 00:39
15 MIKUTIS Aivaras LTU Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 00:55

Skoda Tour Luxembourg – 1. und 2. Etappe:

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Luxembourg – Luxembourg Kirchberg – 156 Km

Alle Fotos von HERBERT MOOS

1 STRONG Corbin NZL Israel-Premier Tech 03:51:01
2 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
3 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:00
4 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:00
5 BENOOT Tiesj BEL Jumbo-Visma 00:00
6 PLUIMERS Rick NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
7 CICCONE Giulio ITA Lidl-Trek 00:00
8 KIRSCH Alex LUX Lidl-Trek 00:00
9 MASNADA Fausto ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
10 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
11 BAGIOLI Andrea ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
12 LAURANCE Axel FRA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
13 WOODS Michael CAN Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
14 VAN GILS Maxim BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
15 BONNAMOUR Franck FRA AG2R Citroën Team 00:00
16 GROSSSCHARTNE Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:00
17 CHARMIG Anthon DEN Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
18 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF Education-EasyPost 00:00
19 OOMEN Sam NED Jumbo-Visma 00:00
20 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:00

2. Etappe 184 km

1. Jenthe Biermans (BEL, Team Arkéa Samsic) 4:31:10
2. Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 0:00
3. Tim Van Dijke (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:00
4. Jordi Meeus (BEL, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:00
5. Andrea Bagioli (ITA, Soudal – Quick Step) 0:00
6. Alex Kirsch (LUX, Lidl – Trek) 0:00
7. Alex Aranburu (ESP, Movistar Team) 0:00
8. Maxim Van Gils (BEL, Lotto Dstny) 0:00
9. Franck Bonnamour (FRA, AG2R Citroën Team) 0:00
10. Rick Pluimers (NED, Tudor Pro Cycling Team) 0:00
11. Richard Carapaz (ECU, EF Education-EasyPost) 0:00
12. Giulio Ciccone (ITA, Lidl – Trek) 0:00
13. Ilan Van Wilder (BEL, Soudal – Quick Step) 0:00
14. Laurence Pithie (NZL, Groupama – FDJ) 0:00
15. Felix Großschartner (AUT, UAE Team Emirates) 0:00

Gesamt:

1. Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 8:21:59
2. Corbin Strong (NZL, Israel – Premier Tech) 0:02
3. Alex Aranburu (ESP, Movistar Team) 0:08
4. Quinten Hermans (BEL, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 0:09
5. Alex Kirsch (LUX, Lidl – Trek) 0:11
6. Andrea Bagioli (ITA, Soudal – Quick Step) 0:12
7. Rick Pluimers (NED, Tudor Pro Cycling Team) 0:12
8. Giulio Ciccone (ITA, Lidl – Trek) 0:12
9. Maxim Van Gils (BEL, Lotto Dstny) 0:12
10. Ilan Van Wilder (BEL, Soudal – Quick Step) 0:12
11. Franck Bonnamour (FRA, AG2R Citroën Team) 0:12
12. Axel Laurance (FRA, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 0:12
13. Richard Carapaz (ECU, EF Education-EasyPost) 0:12
14. Tiesj Benoot (BEL, Jumbo-Visma) 0:12
15. Felix Großschartner (AUT, UAE Team Emirates) 0:12
16. Diego Ulissi (ITA, UAE Team Emirates) 0:12
17. Fausto Masnada (ITA, Soudal – Quick Step) 0:12
18. Brandon Mcnulty (USA, UAE Team Emirates) 0:12
19. Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 0:12
20. Marc Hirschi (SUI, UAE Team Emirates) 0:12

Arctic Race of Norway – 4. Etappe und Endstand:

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Kvalsund – Nordkapp – 171Km

1 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 04:00:38
2 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:00
3 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
6 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
8 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
11 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
12 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
14 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:00
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00

Endstand:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 15:38:06
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:09
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:11
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:19
10 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
11 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
12 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
13 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
14 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
15 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams conquers the Arctic

Israel-Premier Tech’s Stephen Williams won the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway by only one second over Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni, emulating the minimal gap that allowed Alexey Lutsenko to claim the 2019 title with Warren Barguil as the runner-up. Team dsm-firmenich’s Kevin Vermaerke stood third on the final podium, taking advantage of the bonus seconds he scored at the beginning of this beautiful final stage that finished in the breath-taking North Cape, one of the northernmost spots in Europe. Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was the fastest in the uphill sprint that settled the day, defeating Norwegian National Team’s Odd Christian Eiking and Astana Qazaqstan’s Michele Gazzoli.

106 riders took the start in the fourth and final stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Kvalsund and the North Cape over 171,4 kilometres, at 13:40. There was some fast racing to begin, as none of the attackers was able to go clear ahead of the Skaidi (IS, km 21,1) intermediate sprint on which Noah Hobbs (Groupama-FDJ Continental) took three bonus seconds ahead of Kevin Vermaerke (Team dsm-firmenich) and Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), who in turn collected two and one. A few minutes later, Human Powered Health’s Sebastian Schonberger was first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 23,4).

A big breakaway day

A 19-strong group tried to escape from the peloton after 31 kilometres, with Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma) or Andre Drege (Coop-Repsol) amongst many others. They were not given much leeway, though, and their attempt got shut down after an intense chase. 68 kilometres into the race, a group of 15 managed to really establish itself at the head of the race. Jonas Hvideberg (Team dsm-firmenich), Hugo Toumire (Cofidis), Ludvik Holstad, Iver Knotten (Norwegian National Team), August Jensen, Kristian Aasvold (Human Powered Health), Alessandro Verre (Arkea-Samsic), Walter Calzoni (Q36.5), Frederik Dversnes (Uno-X), Kevin Colleoni (Jayco-AlUla), Pablo Carrascosa (Equipo Kern Pharma), Lennert Teugels (Bingoal WB), Rodrigo Alvarez (Burgos BH), Tobias Nakken (Trinity Racing) and the aforementioned Hobbs were the ones to put some daylight between themselves and the peloton led by Israel-Premier Tech and Astana Qazaqstan, opening a gap that peaked at 2’45” with 70 kilometres left to race.

Hobbs claims all the intermediate sprints

Midnight Sun jersey wearer during stage 3 Noah Hobbs led the way through Hjelness (IS, km 109,1) as Nakken got dropped from the break. The Groupama-FDJ Continental rider was also first across Storbukt (IS, km 139,9), at which point the gap had dropped down to 1’45”. The riders thus entered the final thirty kilometres of the race, on which three classified climbs including the summit finish at the Nordkapp (the iconic North Cape) were to decide this 10th edition of the Arctic Race of Norway.

Calzoni nearly makes it

As soon as the peloton hit the first slopes of the climb to Skipsfjord Summit (KOM, km 150,2), Cofidis and Arkea-Samsic took the helm of the peloton, reducing it to 50 riders as the break was whittled down to just six members: Hvideberg, Calzoni, Knotten, Jensen, Dversnes and Teugels. The Human Powered Health rider was first across the summit, where the peloton trialled behind the front of the race by 1’20”. The race heated up during the climb to Vestfjlordfjellet Summit (KOM, km 165), with Calzoni cresting it first as he was the last of the men of the breakaway not to be reeled in by the main group. The Italian rider kept his solo effort and managed to reach the last kilometre with a slight gap over the favourites, who were attacking left and right behind. There was no happy ending for Calzoni, though, as he was caught in the final ramp with 200 meters to go. The Israel-Premier Tech team launched the sprint, yet Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin was quicker than the other contenders and managed to claim his first victory of the season. The Israeli team still had a reason to smile as their Stephen Williams kept the Midnight Sun jersey and was crowned as overall winner of the event.

Arctic Race of Norway – 3. Etappe:

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Hammerfest – Havøysund – 167 Km

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 04:02:58
2 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
3 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
6 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
7 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
9 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:00
10 BONNEU Kamiel BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:07
11 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Norway 00:08
12 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:08
13 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:11
14 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:16
15 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:16

Gesamt:

1 WILLIAMS Stephen GBR Israel-Premier Tech 11:37:28
2 SCARONI Cristian ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:01
3 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:09
4 VERMAERKE Kevin USA Team dsm-firmenich 00:11
5 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:12
6 DINHAM Matthew AUS Team dsm-firmenich 00:12
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:12
8 ADRIÁ Roger ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:12
9 CHRISTOPHERSEN Cedrik Bakke NOR Team Coop-Repsol 00:20
10 JOHNSTON Liam AUS Trinity Racing 00:23
11 LASTRA Jonathan ESP Cofidis 00:24
12 HELLEMOSE Asbjørn DEN Lidl-Trek 00:27
13 BARRÉ Louis FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:28
14 MARIS Elias BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:31

Williams claims the win in Havoysund after ferocious race

The grueling weather conditions didn’t keep the peloton of the Arctic Race of Norway from putting quite a show on in the third stage of the 10th edition of this beautiful event. Several long-range attacks took place, with an excellent breakaway led by Peacock jersey wearer Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise) as the highlight. It all came down to an uphill sprint in the final climb to Havoysund, though. Great Britain’s Stephen Williams took both the stage win and the Midnight Sun jersey, overtaking Astana Qazaqstan’s Christian Scaroni (3rd at the finish line) in the provisional GC by just one second. Runner-up to Williams in the fight for the stage was Arkea-Samsic’s Clement Champoussin. The overall victory is still up for grabs in the fourth and last stage to Nordkapp – the iconic North Cape.

106 riders took the start in the third stage of the 2023 Arctic Race of Norway, held between Hammerfest and Havoysund over 167 kilometres, at 14:00. After a few attacks, six riders went clear 5 kilometres into the race: Ulrik Tvedt (Norwegian National Team), Paul Double (Human Powered Health), Michel Ries (Arkea-Samsic), KOM classification leader Vincent Van Hemelen (Flanders-Baloise), Karsten Larsen Feldmann and Anton Stensby (Coop-Repsol). At kilometre 28, they clocked an advantage of 4’00” over a peaceful bunch that rode at a steady pace, marshalled by Groupama-FDJ Continental.

Van Hemelen secures his Peacock jersey

Stensby led the way through both Skaidi (IS, km 52,5) and Lillefjord (IS, km 110,5), while Van Hemelen secured his Peacock jersey by being first atop Skaidi Summit (KOM, km 54,6). The advantage of the front group had increased up to 5’00” with 72 kilometres to go. With 65 remaining, Israel-Premier Tech, Astana Qazaqstan and Uno-X joined race leader Noah Hobbs’ teammates at the helm of the peloton and tried to launch echelons taking advantage of a crosswinds section. Their first efforts were fruitless, yet their second attempt with 40 kilometres to go did indeed whittle the main group down to 35 riders. Many of them unsuccessfully tried to power away from this reduced bunch in the following kilometres. Meanwhile, Double was dropped from the break as Van Hemelen passed first through Kirkedalen Summit (KOM, km 134,5), where the gap for the five remaining men at the front was down to just 1’35”.

Israel-Premier Tech went for it

An unfortunate crash with 28 to go took Astana Qazaqstan’s Gianmarco Garofoli out of contention while riding in the main group. Stensby was once again first in the last intermediate sprint of the day at Selvika (IS, km 148,4). The climb to Selvika Summit (KOM, km 153,1) left Van Hemelen alone in the lead with just 10” over the 30-strong favourites group. The Belgian rider was a caught at the base of the 2,2-kilometre race-defining climb to Havoysund by the chasing group, led by Israel-Premier Tech and Uno-X. Israel’s Dylan Teuns hit the afterburners with 350 meters to go, opening the sprint for his teammate Stephen Williams to power past everyone from the second row of the group and claim both his first victory of the season and the Midnight Sun jersey.

Czech Tour – 1. Etappe: Prostějov – Uničov – 165 Km

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Plomi Foto

1 EINHORN Itamar ISR Israel-Premier Tech 03:48:15
2 FRETIN Milan BEL Team Flanders-Baloise 00:00
3 LAMPERTI Luke USA Trinity Racing 00:00
4 KOCH Jonas GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
5 FREDHEIM Stian NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
6 LONARDI Giovanni ITA EOLO-Kometa 00:00
7 VAN DIJKE Tim NED Jumbo-Visma 00:00
8 JONES Taj AUS Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
9 NEUMAN Dominik CZE Elkov-Kasper 00:00
10 LAUK Karl Patrick EST Bingoal WB 00:00

Elena Pirrone gewinnt die Erstausgabe des Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region

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01 Pirrone Elena Israel-Premier Tech Roland 02:39:47
02 Schweinberger Kathrin Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling + 23
03 Riedmann Linda Germany + 23
04 Perkins Flora Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team + 23
05 Pikulik Daria Human Powered Health + 23
13 Koch Franziska Germany + 23
17 Eibl Ronja Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team + 23
20 Hammes Kathrin Germany + 23
23 Koppenburg Clara Germany + 23
25 Fox Katharina MAXX-SOLAR ROSE + 34

Mit der Startnummer 1 im Rennen – die Nummer 1 auf dem Podium. Elena Pirrone (Israel Premier Tech Roland) hat die Erstausgabe des Women’s Cycling Grand Prix durch Stuttgart und die Region Stuttgart gewonnen. Die 24-jährige Italienerin konnte sich in der baden-württembergischen Landeshauptstadt nach 104 Kilometern als Solistin durchsetzen und so ihren ersten Profi-Sieg feiern. Als erste Gewinnerin des neuen deutschen Klassikers für die weiblichen Profis wartet der Eintrag in die Radsport-Geschichtsbücher. Kathrin Schweinberger (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team) und Linda Riedmann (Deutschland) machen das Premieren-Podium komplett.

102 Fahrerinnen haben sich für die Erstausgabe eingetragen und um 12:10 Uhr fiel in Tamm zum ersten Mal der Startschuss für einen Women’s Cycling Grand Prix. Auf dem anspruchsvollen Kurs durch die Region Stuttgart, den die Veranstalter um die Sportliche Leiterin Lisa Brennauer entworfen haben, verliefen die ersten 20 Kilometer sehr kontrolliert. Erst dann konnte sich Romy Kasper (AG Insurance – Soudal Quick-Step Team) mit einer Attacke vom Hauptfeld absetzen. Als Solistin blieb sie eine Rennstunde vor dem Hauptfeld und erst im knackigen Anstieg zur Schillerhöhe schloss eine kleine Spitzengruppe zu Kasper auf. Zu fünft fuhren sie am Schloss Solitude vorbei gemeinsam in die Landeshauptstadt. Neben Kasper war ihre Teamkollegin Mireia Benito, Kathrin Schweinberger, Elena Pirrone sowie Clara Koppenburg aus der deutschen Nationalmeisterschaft vorne vertreten.

Mit nur 20 Sekunden Vorsprung nach der ersten Zieldurchfahrt ging das Quintett auf die letzten 20 Kilometer. Um dem herannahenden Feld zu entkommen, attackierte die frühere Junioren-Weltmeisterin Pirrone auf der zweiten Runde aus der Spitzengruppe. Angefeuert vom Stuttgarter Publikum, das zahlreich an die Strecke gekommen ist, konnte sie sich auf der ansteigenden Zielgerade den Solosieg sichern.

„Ich habe den Giro d’Italia Donne in den Beinen, aber ich fühlte mich gut und mein Ziel für heute war das Podium. Als ich zum letzten Mal an der Spitzkehre war, habe ich realisiert, dass ich immer noch einen großen Vorsprung habe. Ab da habe ich an den Sieg geglaubt und bin die letzten 2,5 Kilometer einfach nur noch Vollgas gefahren. Ich habe fast geweint, denn es ist mein erster Profi-Sieg. Für mich ist es richtig emotional, hier zu gewinnen und ich bin einfach nur glücklich“, freute sich Elena Pirrone im SWR-Interview nach ihrem Erfolg in Stuttgart.

Größtes Radsport-Event Baden-Württembergs
Mit fast 3.000 Teilnehmenden beim Brezel Race und dem Sunday Morning Cycling begann der große Radsport-Sonntag. Um 08:00 Uhr gingen die ersten Fahrerinnen und Fahrer im Neckarpark in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt auf die gesperrten Strecken. Die ambitionierten Radsportler fuhren wahlweise über 62 oder 110 Kilometer durch die Region – die Alltags- und Genussradler absolvierten 20 Kilometer. Bis zum Mittag sind sie im Zielgebiet am Marienplatz angekommen, haben sich dort ihre wohlverdiente Brezel abgeholt und feierten das gemeinsame Radsport-Erlebnis.

Erfolgreicher Radsport-Sonntag in Stuttgart und der Region Stuttgart
Mit dem 16. Juli wurde die Serie erfolgreicher Radsport-Veranstaltungen in Stuttgart und Region weitergeführt. Wie bereits in den Vorjahren wurden erneut attraktiver Breiten- und hochklassiger Spitzensport kombiniert, um viele Fahrradbegeisterte auf und an die Strecke zu bringen. Neben der Fortführung des beliebten Brezel Race wurde mit dem Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region ein neues Radrennen für Profi-Radsportlerinnen geschaffen und so ein besonderes Zeichen für den Frauensport gesetzt. Tausende Teilnehmende und Fans in den Durchfahrtsorten entlang der Strecken sowie im Zielgebiet rund um den Stuttgarter Marienplatz unterstreichen die große Anziehungskraft der Radsport-Events. Die Veranstaltung wird von der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart und dem Verband Region Stuttgart gemeinsam unterstützt.

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Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Puy de Dôme – 184 Km

1 WOODS Michael CAN ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 04:19:41
2 LATOUR Pierre FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:28
3 MOHORIC Matej SLO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:35
4 JORGENSON Matteo USA MOVISTAR TEAM 00:36
5 BERTHET Clément FRA AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:55
6 POWLESS Neilson USA EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 01:23
7 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 01:39
8 WILSLY Gregaard Jonas DEN UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:58
9 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TOTALENERGIES 02:16
10 DE LA CRUZ David ESP ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 02:34
11 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 04:57
12 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL LOTTO DSTNY 05:25
13 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 08:19
14 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 08:27
15 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 09:10
16 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 09:10
17 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 09:19
18 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 09:26
19 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 09:33
20 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 09:44
21 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 09:54

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 38:37:46
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:17
3 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 02:40
4 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 04:22
5 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 04:39
6 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 04:44
7 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 05:26
8 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 06:01
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 06:45
10 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 06:58
11 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 07:37
12 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 08:50
13 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 09:09
14 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 09:09
15 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 09:36
16 GALL Felix AUT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 09:46
17 MARTIN Guillaume FRA COFIDIS 11:12
18 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 14:04
19 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 16:05
20 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 18:56

Spektakel am Puy de Dome: Jai Hindely verliert ein paar Sekunden, bleibt aber auf Rang 3 der Gesamtwertung der Tour de France

Mit dem Puy de Dome kehrte nach 35 Jahren heute einer der ikonischen Anstiege der Tour ins Programm zurück. Eine große Fluchtgruppe setzte sich früh vom Feld ab und hatte schnell einen Vorsprung von mehr als 10 Minuten. Damit war auch klar, dass der Etappensieg unter den Ausreißern zu finden sein würde. Am Ende holte sich M. Woods den Sieg, während dahinter eine weitere Schlacht der Favoriten um den Gesamtsieg entbrannte. Jai Hindley befand sich in einer kleinen Gruppe am Beginn des härtesten Teils des Schlussanstieges etwa 4 km vor dem Ziel. Einen Kilometer später kam er in Schwierigkeiten und musste von der 5-Mann-Gruppe der Favoriten abreißen lassen. Er fand aber einen guten Rhythmus und konnte seine direkten Konkurrenten immer im Blickfeld halten. T. Pogacar war heute der stärkste und distanzierte J. Vingegaard um 8 Sekunden. Jai verlor auf den Slowenen 1:14 und verteidigte damit seinen 3. Rang in der Gesamtwertung.

Von der Ziellinie
“Es war ein harter Tag und ein brutaler Schlussanstieg, steil und ohne Möglichkeit, sich zu verstecken. Die Temperaturen haben das Rennen noch schwieriger gemacht und ich habe am Puy de Dome gelitten. Heute war nicht mein bester Tag und ich habe gespürt, dass ich mein eigenes Rennen fahren muss. Ich habe nicht versucht, so lange wie möglich dranzubleiben, sondern habe die Gruppe ziehen lassen und bin meinen eigenen Rhythmus gefahren. Das hat gut funktioniert und ich bin mit dem Ergebnis eigentlich recht zufrieden.” – Jai Hindley

“Es ist immer schwierig, nach ein paar Flachetappen am Ende den Rhythmus für so einen harten Anstieg zu finden. Die Jungs haben aber wieder einen tollen Job gemacht, um Jai in den letzten Anstieg zu bringen. Dort ging es heute einfach nur um die Beine. Jai hatte nicht seinen besten Tag, aber er ist immer noch ein sehr gutes Rennen gefahren. Sein Rhythmus war gut und er konnte den Rückstand in Grenzen halten. Wir sind immer noch absolut im Soll und freuen uns jetzt auf den ersten Ruhetag.” – Christian Pömer, Sportlicher Leiter

Woods conquers the iconic volcano

Michael Woods won stage 9 to the Puy de Dôme from a breakaway that went from the gun. The duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard took place in the last 1.5km of racing. The Slovenian reclaimed 8 seconds but the Dane retained the yellow jersey.

14 RIDERS IN THE LEAD

169 riders took the start of stage 9 in Raymond Poulidor’s village Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat at 13.41. 14 riders took off quickly: Clément Berthet (AG2R-Citroën), Michael Woods and Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech), Matteo Jorgenson and Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Pierre Latour and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), David De La Cruz and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), Jonas Abrahamsen and Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X). The peloton chased hard for a while but gave up at km 20 when they brought Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) back. The time difference was 6’ at the intermediate sprint of lake of Vassivière (km 30.4) where Abrahamsen anticipated his breakaway companions.

JORGENSON ON THE MOVE
A time gap of 10’50’’ was posted atop côte de Felletin (km 74.8) where Powless passed first. The American was back on his mission to win the polka dot jersey this year. It was 11’40’’ when Boivin was the first rider to escape from the front group. He was reeled in after four kilometres alone in the lead. His initiative was followed by several skirmishes. Jorgenson road away 47km before the end. Mohoric, Burgaudeau, Powless and De La Cruz chased him down. They were fifteen seconds behind when De La Cruz had to stop and get a new bike because of a mechanical.

POGACAR GAINS 8 SECONDS
With 3km to go, Jorgenson was 1’20’’ ahead as Mohoric distanced his two companions. Woods made it across by himself and overhauled the Slovenian before the American. He rode the last 450 metres by himself to become the first non-European winner at Puy de Dôme. Pogacar sped up with 1.5km to go. Vingegaard reacted but the white jersey managed to distance the yellow jersey 600 metres before the line. Pogacar reclaimed eight seconds but Vingegaard retained the overall lead by 17 seconds before the first rest day.

Tro-Bro Léon – 204 Km

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1 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA Israel-Premier Tech 04:50:52
2 DE LIE Arnaud BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
3 EEKHOFF Nils NED Team DSM 00:00
4 FINÉ Eddy FRA Cofidis 00:00
5 TILLER Rasmus NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:00
6 VENTURINI Clément FRA AG2R Citroën Team 00:00
7 PICHON Laurent FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:00
8 VERMEERSCH Florian BEL Lotto Dstny 00:05
9 GACHIGNARD Thomas FRA St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:05
10 WATSON Sam GBR Groupama-FDJ 00:05
11 TURGIS Anthony FRA TotalEnergies 00:12
12 ZINGLE Axel FRA Cofidis 00:36
13 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:36
14 REYNDERS Jens BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:36
15 VAN NIEKERK Morne RSA St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 00:36
16 ASKEY Lewis GBR Groupama-FDJ 00:36
17 GUÉGAN Maël FRA CIC U Nantes Atlantique 00:36
18 PAGE Hugo FRA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:36
19 LE GAC Olivier FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:36
20 VAN MOER Brent BEL Lotto Dstny 00:36

Lannilis, Sunday, May 7th 2023 – This Sunday, the Tro Bro Leon witnessed the consecration of a new master of the stony “ribinoù” tracks, namely Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel-Premier Tech), who brought the domination of Team Arkéa-Samsic to a close, after two consecutive victories. This master stroke was in fact a trial run: it was the first time he has taken part in the event in Finistère. Initially marked by a 150-km breakaway by Maël Guégan, Damien Girard and Morne Van Niekerk, this 39th edition was decided in the last 50 kilometres, as predicted by organiser Jean-Paul Mellouët. After attempts by Brittany natives Laurent Pichon and Olivier Le Gac, a five-man group managed brake free in the La Ferme section, 10 km from the finishing line, before being joined by two men, including Nizzolo, who then displayed his sprinting strength to become the second Italian winner of the event, four years after Andrea Vendrame. The race went down to the wire and he pipped favourite Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny) and Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM) at the post. The first French rider, Isère native Eddy Finé (Cofidis), finished in 4th place.

The sky was overcast but the tarmac was dry when the 150 riders started out at 11.57 from Plouguerneau. After plenty of attempts, a first breakaway formed after 8 km. Morne Van Niekerk (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) was accompanied by Frenchmen Maël Guégan (CIC U Nantes Atlantque) and Damien Girard (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur). It was not the first time the South African has found himself in such a situation: he was already part of the first group of escapees last year, such boldness enabling him to finish in 8th place. The leading trio were followed a pack lying 30’’ behind before the peloton let them off the leash, trailing by two minutes on arrival in Lanarvily, where each winter the cyclo-cross dedicated to the memory of the late Jean Le Hir takes place, and by five minutes when the first of the 27 sections of ribinoù were reached, after 50 km.

De Lie unveils his ambitions
The Lotto Dstny riders slowly picked up the pace, a sign of the ambitions held by their leader Arnaud de Lie, who won the Grand Prix du Morbihan the day before and finished 4th last year. Out in front, the spoils were smartly shared, with Guégan taking the points for the first sprint (after 67 km), Girard for the first climb (after 73 km) and, later, Van Niekerk on the ribinoù. A crash gave several riders a close-up taste of the tarmac, including Matis Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic), before the third section of ribinoù, with the race ending prematurely for Jens Biermans (Arkéa-Samsic), Joris Delbove (St Michel-Mavis-Auber93) and Unai Iribar (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

Van Niekerk hunts the ribinoù points
A stone’s throw from the rocky outcrop of the Pointe Saint-Mathieu, and under the eager gaze of Brest native Valentin Madouas, who had come to watch, Van Niekerk held the lead at section No. 4, the first of the six included in the ribinoù classification (along with sections 7, 10, 15, 17 and 26). The riders then turned right to start their return towards Lannilis, along the seafront. The gap, which culminated at 6’15“, was down to five minutes halfway through the race (after 102 km of the 204 to be covered), with an average speed of 41 km/h.

The sprints for Guégan
Van Niekerk was again in front at the Eoliennes section (No. 7) whilst the peloton continued to close in (trailing by 3’15“). On passing through Brélès, 83 km from the finishing line, Guégan picked up five points more, ensuring victory in the sprint classification. As the rain started to fall, the leading trio’s lead dropped below three minutes, though the gap stabilised on this touristic route, where a few rays of sunshine lit up the spectacular coastal landscape around Landunvez.

The climbs for Girard
The peloton upped the pace markedly and only trailed by 1’05’’ on exiting section No. 10, which Van Niekerk was first to complete. The pack split in two and was made up of only approximately thirty riders when the leading trio were reeled in on the Loc Majan ascent, included in the best climber classification, 47 km from the finishing line. Girard, although caught by the peloton, still managed to complete the 11th section of ribinoù in the lead, before a final effort gave him victory in the best climber classification. On the first passage over the finishing line, the second pack, which was unable to catch the first one before the race’s conclusion, was already more than one minute behind.

Pichon and Le Gac delight the crowds
With two previous titles to boast, Arkéa-Samsic launched a major offensive on ribinoù section No. 20, 23 km from the finishing line. Elie Gesbert acted as a springboard to launch Laurent Pichon to the front, but the local rider, taking part in his 12th Tro Bro, was caught at the instigation of Norwegian champion Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X). The other darling of the crowds, Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), found an opening with 15 km to go and led on the second passage over the finishing line, just five seconds ahead of the pack, which caught up with him on exiting ribinoù section No. 24.

Nizzolo has the last word
There were still about thirty riders able to dream of victory with 10 km left to cover. Arnaud de Lie accelerated in ribinoù section No. 26, called La Ferme. However, his attack was countered by one from former cyclo-cross specialist Eddy Finé (Cofidis) and Tiller, who gained a lead of several metres. The Belgian managed to catch back up with them accompanied by Clément Venturini (AG2R Citroen) and Nils Eekhoff (DSM). Pichon and Giacomo Nizzolo (Israël – Premier Tech) also joined the front group, before the final section. The rider from Brittany again tried his luck less than 3 km from the finishing line, but in vain, as Nizzolo triumphed with a sprint finish, just ahead of De Lie.