August 27/14 15:22 pm - Tour du Poitou Charente: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 08/27/14
OPQS rider Mark Cavendish won his second straight sprint stage, this time at 183.6km Stage 2 of Tour du Poitou-Charentes on Wednesday. The Manx Missile relied on another dominant leadout from his teammates, and launched his sprint for the convincing victory.
Cavendish will wear the leader's jersey once again at 111km Stage 3 on Thursday.
The race came back together after breakaways several times, and the leadout of OPQS maintained good control on the front inside the final 5km of the stage.
The victory of the British rider is the 59th overall for OPQS (57th road) in 2014.
"Once again the team was great," Cavendish said. "They controlled the breakaway and they always stayed with me in the final kilometers. The last kilometer had wide roads with two roundabouts. We took the lead and went through it perfectly. There was a little bit of headwind in the sprint. Mark Renshaw was in the lead, but I let Sebastien Chavanel (FDJ.fr) in the middle between me and Renshaw, because I didn't want to start too early. Then, when Renshaw finished the job, I launched and got the victory. I have to thank my teammates for the effort once again. Today we probably executed even better than yesterday, which is pretty impressive considering how brilliant they were in the first stage."
Omega Pharma-QuickStep press release
Top Canadian was Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE) in 28th. Antoine Duchesne (Team Europcar) finished 81st, both in the same time as the winner.
Results from the second stage in France
| Stage 2: Marans to Niort, 183.6 km | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | 4:18:35 |
| 2 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Movistar Team) | |
| 3 Lorenzo Manzin (FDJ.fr) | |
| 4 Danilo Napolitano (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 5 Francesco Chicchi (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 6 Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 7 Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 8 Yannis Yssaad (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 9 Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 10 Andrea Piechele (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 11 Kévin Reza (Team Europcar) | |
| 12 Leonardo Duque (Colombia) | |
| 13 Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 14 Alo Jakin (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 15 Romain Cardis (Team Europcar) | |
| 16 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Colombia) | |
| 17 Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ.fr) | |
| 18 Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 19 Roy Jans (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 20 Rudy Barbier (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 21 Justin Jules (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 22 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) | |
| 23 Stéphane Poulhies (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 24 Maxime Daniel (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 25 Mark Renshaw (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 26 Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling) | |
| 27 Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) | |
| 28 Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 29 Evaldas Siskevicius (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 30 Benjamin Giraud (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 31 Christophe Premont (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 32 Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar Team) | |
| 33 Jarl Salomein (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 34 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Movistar Team) | |
| 35 Domingos Goncalves (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 36 Nicola Boem (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 37 Tom Dernies (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 38 Florian Senechal (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 39 Olivier Chevalier (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 40 Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 41 Clément Koretzky (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 42 Pierre Luc Perichon (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 43 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 44 David Menut (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 45 Kevin Ista (IAM Cycling) | |
| 46 Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 47 Juan Pablo Valencia Gonzales (Colombia) | |
| 48 Morgan Lamoisson (Team Europcar) | |
| 49 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar Team) | |
| 50 Romain Guillemois (Team Europcar) | |
| 51 Julien Duval (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 52 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) | |
| 53 Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ.fr) | |
| 54 Laurent Evrard (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 55 Maxime Vantomme (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 56 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) | |
| 57 Mirko Selvaggi (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 58 Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) | |
| 59 Michael Hepburn (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 60 Eduardo Sepulveda (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 61 Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) | |
| 62 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 63 Arthur Vichot (FDJ.fr) | |
| 64 Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 65 Matthias Brandle (IAM Cycling) | |
| 66 Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 67 Dylan Kowalski (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 68 Arnaud Gérard (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 69 Juan Sebastian Arango (Colombia) | |
| 70 Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing Team) | |
| 71 Michael Albasini (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 72 Benoit Jarrier (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 73 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 74 Marco Minnaard (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 75 Brice Feillu (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 76 Victor Campenaerts (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 77 Olivier Le Gac (FDJ.fr) | |
| 78 Francis De Greef (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 79 Francesco Failli (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 80 Diego Rosa (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 81 Antoine Duchesne (Team Europcar) | |
| 82 Stephen Cummings (BMC Racing Team) | |
| 83 Jérôme Pineau (IAM Cycling) | |
| 84 Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) | |
| 85 Stéphane Rossetto (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 86 Thomas Rostollan (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 87 Romain Lemarchand (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 88 Andrea Zordan (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 89 Nico Sijmens (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | |
| 90 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 91 Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | |
| 92 Vegard Stake Laengen (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 93 Sébastien Delfosse (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 94 Romain Pillon (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 95 Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 96 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 97 Christophe Kern (Team Europcar) | |
| 98 Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 99 Steven Tronet (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 100 Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 101 Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 102 Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 103 Christophe Laborie (Bretagne Séché Environnement) | |
| 104 Jonathan Dufrasne (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 105 Flavien Dassonville (BigMat - Auber 93) | |
| 106 Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | |
| 107 Amael Moinard (BMC Racing Team) | |
| 108 Samuele Conti (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 109 Sébastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling) | |
| 110 Jens Mouris (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 111 Baptiste Planckaert (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 112 Jean-Lou Paiani (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 113 Gianfranco Zilioli (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 114 Mauro Finetto (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 115 Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 116 Arnaud Courteille (FDJ.fr) | |
| 117 Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 118 Petr Vakoc (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 119 Grégoire Tarride (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 120 Simone Ponzi (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 121 Andrea Fedi (Neri Sottoli) | |
| 122 John Gadret (Movistar Team) | |
| 123 Francis Mourey (FDJ.fr) | |
| 124 Jean Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 125 Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | |
| 126 Andrea Dal Col (Neri Sottoli) | all s.t. |
| 127 Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) | 0:23 |
| 128 Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Colombia) | 0:52 |
| 129 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) | 1:14 |
| 130 Yoann Paillot (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 131 Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) | |
| 132 Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani CSF) | |
| 133 Jérémy Bescond (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) | all s.t. |
| 134 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Team Europcar) | 2:12 |
| 135 Alessio Taliani (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | |
| 136 Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani CSF) | both s.t. |
| 137 Julien Stassen (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | 0:00 |
| 138 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela) | 3:06 |
| 139 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Team La Pomme Marseille 13) | |
| 140 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Bardiani CSF) | both s.t. |
| 141 Sander Helven (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | 5:50 |
| 142 Maxime Anciaux (Wallonie - Bruxelles) | |
| 143 Simon Pellaud (IAM Cycling) | |
| 144 Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) | |
| 145 Damien Howson (Orica GreenEDGE) | |
| 146 Duber Armando Quintero Artunduaga (Colombia) | |
| 147 Franck Vermeulen (Roubaix Lille Metropole) | |
| 148 Jan Ghyselinck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | all s.t. |
| 149 Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) | 8:08 |
| 150 Théo Vimpere (BigMat - Auber 93) | 12:17 |
| 151 Jonathan Paredes (Colombia) | |
| 152 Kevin Van Melsen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | both s.t. |
| DNF Luke Davison (BMC Racing Team) | |
| DNS Sebastian Lander (BMC Racing Team) | |
| DNS Fréderic Brun (BigMat - Auber 93) |
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