February 06, 2013 (Gruissan, France) – André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol took Stage 1 from Limoux to Gruissan, 146.5km, besting Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling in second and Maxime Daniel (Fra) Sojasun in third.
Racing for Canada was David Veilleux (Team Europcar) in 74th with Will Routley (Accent Jobs-Wanty) in 147th. Routley spent most of the day away in a break with two other riders that gained up to 4:45 (w/100km to go) at one point over the peloton but they were caught with 10km to go.
Results (brief) Results
1. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 3:25:23
2. Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling
3. Maxime Daniel (Fra) Sojasun
4. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
6. Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
7. Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
9. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
10. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
11. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
12. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling
13. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty
14. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
15. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
16. Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
17. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
18. Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
19. Romain Bacon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
20. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
21. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
22. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
23. Fabien Bacquet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
24. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
25. Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
26. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
27. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
28. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
29. Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
30. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
31. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32. Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
33. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
34. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Sharp
35. Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
36. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
37. Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38. Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
40. Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
41. Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
42. Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Garmin-Sharp
43. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
44. Clément Koretzky (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
45. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
46. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
48. Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice
49. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard
50. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
52. Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
53. José Gonçalves (Por) La Pomme Marseille
54. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
55. Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
56. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
57. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
58. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
59. Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
60. Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
61. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
62. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63. Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
65. Lars Boom (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
66. Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
67. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
68. Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
69. Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
70. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
71. Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
72. Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
73. Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling
74. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
75. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack Leopard
76. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
77. Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
78. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
79. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
80. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun
81. Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
82. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
83. Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
84. Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
85. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
86. Francesco Reda (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
87. Julian Kern (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
88. Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
89. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ
91. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
92. Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
93. Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
94. Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
95. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
96. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
97. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
98. Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
99. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
100. David Lelay (Fra) Sojasun
101. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
102. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
103. Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
104. Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
105. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
106. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
107. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE
108. Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
109. Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling
110. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
112. Rick Flens (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
113. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
114. Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
115. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Sojasun
116. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
117. Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
118. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
119. Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
120. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
121. Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
122. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123. Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
124. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
125. Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
126. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia
127. Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
128. Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
129. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
130. Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
131. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
132. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ
133. Graeme Brown (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
134. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
135. Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
137. Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
138. Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
139. Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
140. Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
141. Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
142. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
143. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144. Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
145. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
146. Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
147. Will Routley (Can) Accent Jobs-Wanty
148. Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia 00:33
149. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
150. Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Polsat Polkowice 01:40
151. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol 01:42
152. Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
153. Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty 06:25
154. Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 09:29
155. Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
156. Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
157. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty
158. Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Col) Colombia
159. Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia
160. Piotr Gawronski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
161. Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
162. Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 09:53
163. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia 11:58
164. Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling
DNF Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
GC after Stage 1
1. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 3:25:23
2. Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling
3. Maxime Daniel (Fra) Sojasun
4. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
6. Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
7. Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
9. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
10. Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
11. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
12. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling
13. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty
14. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
15. Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
16. Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
17. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
18. Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
19. Romain Bacon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
20. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
21. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun
22. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
23. Fabien Bacquet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
24. Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
25. Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
26. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
27. Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
28. Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
29. Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
30. Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
31. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32. Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
33. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
34. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Sharp
35. Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
36. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
37. Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38. Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
40. Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
41. Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
42. Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Garmin-Sharp
43. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
44. Clément Koretzky (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
45. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
46. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
48. Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice
49. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack Leopard
50. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
52. Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
53. José Gonçalves (Por) La Pomme Marseille
54. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
55. Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
56. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
57. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
58. Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
59. Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
60. Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
61. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
62. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63. Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
65. Lars Boom (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
66. Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
67. Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
68. Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
69. Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
70. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
71. Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
72. Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
73. Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling
74. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
75. Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack Leopard
76. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
77. Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
78. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
79. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
80. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun
81. Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
82. Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
83. Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
84. Antoine Lavieu (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
85. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
86. Francesco Reda (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
87. Julian Kern (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
88. Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
89. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ
91. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
92. Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
93. Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
94. Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
95. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
96. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
97. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
98. Yoann Paillot (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
99. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol
100. David Lelay (Fra) Sojasun
101. Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
102. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
103. Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
104. Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
105. Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
106. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
107. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE
108. Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
109. Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling
110. Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
112. Rick Flens (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
113. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
114. Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
115. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Sojasun
116. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
117. Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol
118. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
119. Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
120. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
121. Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
122. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123. Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
124. Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
125. Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
126. Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia
127. Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
128. Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
129. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
130. Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty
131. Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
132. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ
133. Graeme Brown (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
134. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia
135. Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
137. Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
138. Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
139. Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
140. Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
141. Grégoire Tarride (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
142. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia
143. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144. Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
145. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
146. Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93
147. Will Routley (Can) Accent Jobs-Wanty
148. Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez (Col) Colombia 00:33
149. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
150. Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Polsat Polkowice 01:40
151. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol 01:42
152. Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
153. Thomas Degand (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty 06:25
154. Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 09:29
155. Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
156. Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
157. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty
158. Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Col) Colombia
159. Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia
160. Piotr Gawronski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
161. Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
162. Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 09:53
163. Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia 11:58
164. Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling
DNF Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty