March 4/18 11:44 am - Paris-Nice Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 03/4/18
Winner and first leader of Paris-Nice a year ago, French champion Arnaud Demare repeated the feat in Meudon but in a rather different finale. The Groupama-FDJ team leader, who held the Race to the sun's Yellow Jersey for several days in 2017, was not among the real favorites before the start in Chatou, 135 km up the road, as the finale was steep and cobbled, but he finally upstaged Spain's Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) and compatriot Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) in nail-biting final sprint. Belgium's Tim Wellens was a close fourth.
Hugo Houle (Astana Pro Team) is the only Canadian entry, finished 118th at 2:48 back.
| Stage 1: Chatou to Meudon, 135 km | |
| 1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 3:07:39 |
| 2 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 3 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 4 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 6 Jul118th at ian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | all s.t. |
| 7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:02 |
| 8 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 10 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 11 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 12 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | |
| 14 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 15 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 16 Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 17 Dan Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 18 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 20 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 21 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 22 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky | |
| 23 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | |
| 24 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 25 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 26 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 28 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | |
| 29 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 30 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 31 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 32 Richard Antonio Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
| 33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 34 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 35 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 36 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 37 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 0:11 |
| 38 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 0:18 |
| 39 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 40 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:20 |
| 41 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | 0:23 |
| 42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 43 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 0:27 |
| 44 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:28 |
| 45 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 46 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | both s.t. |
| 47 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:31 |
| 48 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data | 0:34 |
| 49 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 50 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 51 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 52 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 53 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:39 |
| 54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:41 |
| 55 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 56 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | both s.t. |
| 57 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 0:53 |
| 58 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo | 0:55 |
| 59 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:59 |
| 60 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 61 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 62 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | all s.t. |
| 63 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 1:06 |
| 64 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 65 Benjamin King (USA) Team Dimension Data | both s.t. |
| 66 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:17 |
| 67 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 1:19 |
| 68 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 69 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | both s.t. |
| 70 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 1:26 |
| 71 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 72 Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo | 1:28 |
| 73 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 1:30 |
| 75 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 1:32 |
| 76 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 1:33 |
| 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 78 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 1:36 |
| 79 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team | 1:38 |
| 80 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 81 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 83 Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 84 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 85 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 86 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Team Dimension Data | |
| 87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 88 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | |
| 89 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 90 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 91 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | all s.t. |
| 92 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 1:49 |
| 93 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 2:21 |
| 94 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 95 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 2:48 |
| 96 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 97 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 98 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 99 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 100 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 101 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
| 102 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 103 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 104 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 105 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 106 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 107 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 108 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb | |
| 109 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 110 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 111 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 112 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 113 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 114 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 115 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 116 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team | |
| 117 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 118 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | |
| 119 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 120 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 121 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 122 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 123 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 124 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 125 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 126 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 127 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | all s.t. |
| 128 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 3:24 |
| 129 Erik Baska (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 130 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 131 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 132 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 133 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 134 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | |
| 135 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | all s.t. |
| 136 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 3:40 |
| 137 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 3:46 |
| 138 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 4:01 |
| 139 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | 4:08 |
| 140 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky | |
| 141 Lars Boom (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | both s.t. |
| 142 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott | 4:11 |
| 143 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 4:36 |
| 144 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 5:05 |
| 145 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 5:14 |
| 146 Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA-hansgrohe | 5:22 |
| 147 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | 5:33 |
| 148 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 5:35 |
| 149 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | 6:05 |
| 150 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ | 6:13 |
| 151 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 152 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 6:15 |
| 153 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 17:33 |
| DNF Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team |
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