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Pays de la Loire Tour stage 2: Ethan Vernon snaps up a second straight bunch sprint win
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Ethan Vernon (NSN) has made it two out of two in the Pays de la Loire Tour, following up his stage 1 win with a second bunch victory.
Second in the mass dash for the line in the coastal town of Les Sables-d’Olonne was Uno-X Mobility fastman Erlend Blikra, repeating his runner’s up spot of stage 1, whilst Sam Bennett (Pinarello-Q36.5) claimed his first podium spot of the year in third.
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At the end of a brisk first hour a four-rider move emerged with around 110 kilometres left to race, containing Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber), Javier Ibañez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Similien Hamon (CIC Pro Cycling Academy), and Simon Guglielmi (St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93). The quartet made it up to the two minute mark before the sprinters’ teams began reacting.
Guglielmi and Marcellussi sat up as the first of two local laps began, whilst Hamon, not content with just taking a provisional lead in the mountains ranking opted to push on with Ibañez. Euskatel-Euskadi, meanwhile, began driving in the peloton, although when NSN, racing for stage 1 winner Ethan Vernon and Uno-X Mobility took over at the front, things looked much less promising for the lead duo.
Not even a series of crashes could stop the peloton from honing in on the two breakaways and with 16 kilometres Hamon and Ibañez were caught. Clément Davy (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur), making full use of his time trial skills, carved open a gap for a couple of kilometres but it was to no avail. Vernon and Erlend Blikra, already a winner of a Tour of Oman stage earlier this year, were determined to battle it out for a sprint, and after Vernon launched his move early in the final kilometre, the Briton took it all the way to the line for a second straight day.
Results
Stage 2 : La Garnache-Les Sables-d’Olonne (153.6km)
|
Position |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Ethan Vernon |
NSN Cycling Team |
3:23:49 |
|
2 |
Erlend Blikra |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
3 |
Sam Bennett |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
,, |
|
4 |
Jason Tesson |
TotalEnergies |
,, |
|
5 |
Enrico Zanoncello |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
6 |
Gianluca Pollefliet |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
,, |
|
7 |
Manuel Peñalver |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
8 |
Corbin Strong |
NSN Cycling Team |
,, |
|
9 |
Joes Oosterlinck |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
,, |
|
10 |
Mathias Sanlaville |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
11 |
Clément Venturini |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
12 |
Marco Manenti |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
13 |
Sergi Darder |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
,, |
|
14 |
Xabier Berasategi |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
,, |
|
15 |
Jérémy Lecroq |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
16 |
Stian Fredheim |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
17 |
Noah Hobbs |
EF Education – EasyPost |
,, |
|
18 |
Bryan Coquard |
Cofidis |
,, |
|
19 |
Alexander Konijn |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
,, |
|
20 |
Mathis Le Berre |
TotalEnergies |
,, |
|
21 |
Filippo Magli |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
22 |
Eduard Prades |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
,, |
|
23 |
Paul Hennequin |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
,, |
|
24 |
Lander Loockx |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
,, |
|
25 |
Killian Théot |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
26 |
Joppe Heremans |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
,, |
|
27 |
Romain Cardis |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
28 |
Filippo Ridolfo |
Team Novo Nordisk |
,, |
|
29 |
Alexandre Delettre |
TotalEnergies |
,, |
|
30 |
Tom Mainguenaud |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
,, |
|
31 |
Pierre Gautherat |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
,, |
|
32 |
Tom Donnenwirth |
Groupama – FDJ United |
,, |
|
33 |
Dario Igor Belletta |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
34 |
Gorka Sorarrain |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
,, |
|
35 |
Lorenzo Conforti |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
36 |
Paul Penhoët |
Groupama – FDJ United |
,, |
|
37 |
Senne Thonnon |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
38 |
Léandre Lozouet |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
39 |
Louis Hardouin |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
,, |
|
40 |
Axel van der Tuuk |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
,, |
|
41 |
Antoine L’Hote |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
,, |
|
42 |
Mirco Maestri |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
43 |
Davide Bais |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
44 |
Siebe Deweirdt |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
45 |
Lucas Bénéteau |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
46 |
Noa Isidore |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
,, |
|
47 |
Miguel Ángel Marín |
EF Education – EasyPost |
,, |
|
48 |
Nolan Huysmans |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
49 |
Ellande Larronde |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
,, |
|
50 |
Ewen Costiou |
Groupama – FDJ United |
,, |
|
51 |
Benjamin Thomas |
Cofidis |
,, |
|
52 |
Milan Van den Haute |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
53 |
Andrea Pietrobon |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
54 |
Valentin Ferron |
Cofidis |
,, |
|
55 |
Milan Lanhove |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
56 |
Killian Verschuren |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
57 |
Jake Stewart |
NSN Cycling Team |
,, |
|
58 |
Clément Davy |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
,, |
|
59 |
Elias Maris |
Team Flanders – Baloise |
,, |
|
60 |
Martin Marcellusi |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
61 |
Xabier Isasa |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
,, |
|
62 |
Thomas Champion |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
63 |
Gabriele Bessega |
Team Polti VisitMalta |
,, |
|
64 |
Santiago Ferraro |
Bardiani CSF 7 Saber |
,, |
|
65 |
David González |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
,, |
|
66 |
Joris Chaussinand |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
67 |
Milan Vader |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
,, |
|
68 |
Valentin Retailleau |
TotalEnergies |
,, |
|
69 |
Nicolas Debeaumarché |
Cofidis |
,, |
|
70 |
Victor Guernalec |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
71 |
Andrea Peron |
Team Novo Nordisk |
,, |
|
72 |
Simon Guglielmi |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
73 |
Rémi Cavagna |
Groupama – FDJ United |
,, |
|
74 |
Lorrenzo Manzin |
TotalEnergies |
,, |
|
75 |
Adrien Maire |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
76 |
Quinten Hermans |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
,, |
|
77 |
Colin Savioz |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
78 |
Walter Calzoni |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
,, |
|
79 |
Nick Schultz |
NSN Cycling Team |
,, |
|
80 |
Louis Rouland |
Cofidis |
,, |
|
81 |
David Lozano |
Team Novo Nordisk |
,, |
|
82 |
Laurens Huys |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
,, |
|
83 |
Dion Smith |
NSN Cycling Team |
,, |
|
84 |
Nate Pringle |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
,, |
|
85 |
Owen Geleijn |
Unibet Rose Rockets |
,, |
|
86 |
Sam Brand |
Team Novo Nordisk |
,, |
|
87 |
Henrik Pedersen |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
88 |
Morné Van Niekerk |
St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93 |
,, |
|
89 |
Tobias Svarre |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
90 |
Baptiste Gillet |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
,, |
|
91 |
Jonas Hem Hvideberg |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
92 |
Alastair MacKellar |
EF Education – EasyPost |
,, |
|
93 |
Alexander Kamp |
Uno-X Mobility |
,, |
|
94 |
Léandre Huck |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
,, |
|
95 |
Lucas Dauge |
Team Novo Nordisk |
0:37 |
|
96 |
Sam Maisonobe |
Cofidis |
0:42 |
|
97 |
Yago Aguirre |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
0:50 |
|
98 |
Similien Hamon |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
99 |
Maël Guégan |
CIC Pro Cycling Academy |
,, |
|
100 |
Lewis Bower |
Groupama – FDJ United |
0:54 |
|
101 |
Javier Ibáñez |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
1:09 |
|
102 |
Dylan Massa |
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur |
1:29 |
|
103 |
Titouan Fontaine |
Groupama – FDJ United |
,, |
|
104 |
Alexey Lutsenko |
NSN Cycling Team |
1:30 |
|
105 |
Fernando Gaviria |
Caja Rural – Seguros RGA |
,, |
|
106 |
Robbe Ghys |
Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
1:48 |
|
107 |
Xabier Mikel Azparren |
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
2:06 |
|
108 |
Kévin Avoine |
Van Rysel Roubaix |
2:32 |
|
109 |
Thibault Guernalec |
TotalEnergies |
5:33 |
|
110 |
Louis Sutton |
Euskaltel – Euskadi |
9:24 |
|
DNF |
Matthias Schwarzbacher |
EF Education – EasyPost |
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