February 18, 2012 (La Croix Valmer, France) – Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller won the opening stage from Draguignan to La Croix Valmer, 189.2km, as the Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var got underway in France today. Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) lead the Canadians in 66th.

Result

1. Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  4:47:10
2. Clément Koretzky (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
3. Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (Gbr) Endura Racing  00:06
4. Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  00:11
5. Simon Clarke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
6. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
7. José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team
8. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
9. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
10. Russel Downing (Gbr) Endura Racing
11. Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
12. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
13. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
14. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin – Barracuda
15. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
16. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  00:15
17. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
18. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
19. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
20. Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
21. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
22. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
24. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
25. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
26. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
27. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Barracuda
28. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
29. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
30. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
31. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
32. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
33. Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Auber 93
34. Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
35. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
36. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
37. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
38. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
39. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team
40. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
41. Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93
42. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43. Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
44. Leigh Howard (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
45. Nairo Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
46. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
47. Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
48. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
49. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
50. Daniel Navarro (Esp) Team Saxo Bank
51. Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
52. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53. Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
54. Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
55. Yohan Cauquil (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
56. Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
57. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
58. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
59. Justin Jules (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
60. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
61. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
62. John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I
63. Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team
64. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda
65. Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
66. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 
67. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Greenedge Cycling Team
68. Ian Bibby (Gbr) Endura Racing
69. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda
70. Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
71. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
72. Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
73. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
74. Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
75. Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
76. Ronan Racault (Fra) Auber 93
77. Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
78. Pablo Lastras (Esp) Movistar Team
79. Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
80. Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93
81. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
82. Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team
83. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
84. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
85. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin – Barracuda  00:34
86. Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team  00:37
87. Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
88. Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme Marseille  00:39
89. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
91. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
92. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
93. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank  00:43
94. Robert Partridge (Gbr) Endura Racing  00:47
95. Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
96. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Project 1T4I  00:52
97. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
98. Kévin Denis (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U  01:01
99. Romain Bacon (Fra) Auber 93
100. Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  01:04
101. Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille  01:08
102. Freddy Bichot (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U  01:34
103. Benjamin Noval (Esp) Team Saxo Bank  01:36
104. Benoït Jarrier (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
105. Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
106. Jacek Morajko (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
107. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
108. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
109. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
110. Kenny Ellissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
111. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
112. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
113. Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93
114. Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
115. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
116. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  
117. Michal Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau – Super U
118. Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
119. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne  01:49
120. Kévin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
121. Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Endura Racing  02:15
122. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Barracuda  02:36
123. Ian Wilkinson (Gbr) Endura Racing  02:38
124. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
125. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Project 1T4I
126. Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
127. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
128. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
129. Guillaume Malle (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
130. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
131. Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Auber 93
132. Evert Verbist (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s  04:58
133. Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Auber 93  05:10
134. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
135. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
136. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) Movistar Team
137. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Project 1T4I
 138. David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  
139. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1T4I
140. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
141. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin – Barracuda  05:22
142. Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  05:32
143. Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
144. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar  05:39
145. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
146. Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Saxo Bank  06:14
147. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  
148. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team  06:26
149. Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
150. Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar Team  07:50
151. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale  08:38
152. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne  09:36
153. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
154. Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I
155. Wim De Wocht (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
156. Bert De Backer (Bel) Project 1T4I
157. Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing
158. Michael Albasini (Sui) Greenedge Cycling Team
159. Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C1
160. Toms Skujins (Lat) La Pomme Marseille  09:57
161. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  10:15
162. Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s  12:06
163. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar  12:35
164. Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) La Pomme Marseille  13:12
165. Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank
166. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
167. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Greenedge Cycling Team  15:26

GC after Stage 1

1. Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  4:47:10
2. Clément Koretzky (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
3. Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (Gbr) Endura Racing  00:06
4. Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  00:11
5. Simon Clarke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
6. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
7. José Joaquín Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team
8. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
9. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
10. Russel Downing (Gbr) Endura Racing
11. Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
12. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
13. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
14. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin – Barracuda
15. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
16. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  00:15
17. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
18. Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
19. Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
20. Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
21. Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
22. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
24. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
25. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
26. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
27. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Barracuda
28. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
29. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
30. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
31. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team
32. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
33. Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Auber 93
34. Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
35. Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
36. Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
37. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
38. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
39. David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team
40. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
41. Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93
42. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
43. Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
44. Leigh Howard (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
45. Nairo Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
46. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
47. Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
48. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
49. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
50. Daniel Navarro (Esp) Team Saxo Bank
51. Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
52. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53. Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
54. Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
55. Yohan Cauquil (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
56. Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
57. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
58. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
59. Justin Jules (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
60. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
61. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
62. John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I
63. Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team
64. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda
65. Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
66. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
67. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Greenedge Cycling Team
68. Ian Bibby (Gbr) Endura Racing
69. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda
70. Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
71. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
72. Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
73. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
74. Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
75. Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
76. Ronan Racault (Fra) Auber 93
77. Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
78. Pablo Lastras (Esp) Movistar Team
79. Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
80. Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93
81. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
82. Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team
83. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
84. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
85. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin – Barracuda  00:34
86. Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team  00:37
87. Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
88. Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) La Pomme Marseille  00:39
89. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90. Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
91. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
92. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
93. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank  00:43
94. Robert Partridge (Gbr) Endura Racing  00:47
95. Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
96. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Project 1T4I  00:52
97. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
98. Kévin Denis (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U  01:01
99. Romain Bacon (Fra) Auber 93
100. Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  01:04
101. Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille  01:08
102. Freddy Bichot (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U  01:34
103. Benjamin Noval (Esp) Team Saxo Bank  01:36
104. Benoït Jarrier (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
105. Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
106. Jacek Morajko (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
107. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
108. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
109. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
110. Kenny Ellissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
111. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
112. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
113. Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93
114. Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
115. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
 116. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 
117. Michal Olejnik (Pol) Veranda Rideau – Super U
118. Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
119. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne  01:49
120. Kévin Ista (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
121. Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Endura Racing  02:15
122. Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Barracuda  02:36
123. Ian Wilkinson (Gbr) Endura Racing  02:38
124. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
125. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Project 1T4I
126. Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
127. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
128. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
129. Guillaume Malle (Fra) Veranda Rideau – Super U
130. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
131. Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Auber 93
132. Evert Verbist (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s  04:58
133. Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Auber 93  05:10
134. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
135. Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
136. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) Movistar Team
137. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Project 1T4I
138. David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
139. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Project 1T4I
140. Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
141. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin – Barracuda  05:22
142. Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  05:32
143. Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
144. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar  05:39
145. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
146. Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Saxo Bank  06:14
<b> 147. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10   </b>
148. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team  06:26
149. Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
150. Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar Team  07:50
151. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale  08:38
152. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne  09:36
153. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
154. Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I
155. Wim De Wocht (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
156. Bert De Backer (Bel) Project 1T4I
157. Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing
158. Michael Albasini (Sui) Greenedge Cycling Team
159. Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
160. Toms Skujins (Lat) La Pomme Marseille  09:57
 161. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10  10:15
162. Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s  12:06
163. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar  12:35
164. Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) La Pomme Marseille  13:12
165. Ran Margaliot (Isr) Team Saxo Bank
166. Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
167. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Greenedge Cycling Team  15:26