Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) pipped teammate Christopher Laporte to take the first stage at the Route d’Occitanie. Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept), Jon Aberasturi (Euskadi-Murias) and Carlos Barbero (Movistar) completed the top five of the day.
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Route d’Occitanie 2018 – stage 1 results (Cap-Découverte – Ségala Carmaux):
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) | 4:12:32 |
| 2 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 3 | Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept Club) | ,, |
| 4 | Jon Aberasturi (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias) | ,, |
| 5 | Carlos Barbero (Movistar) | ,, |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | ,, |
| 7 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | ,, |
| 8 | Jérémy Leveau (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) | ,, |
| 9 | Christopher Lawless (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 10 | Leonardo Basso (Team Sky) | ,, |
General classification after stage 1:
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) | 4:12:32 |
| 2 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | +04” |
| 3 | Meron Abraham (Bike Aid) | ,, |
| 4 | Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept Club) | +06” |
| 5 | Romain Combaud (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) | ,, |
| 6 | Jon Aberasturi (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias) | +10” |
| 7 | Carlos Barbero (Movistar) | ,, |
| 8 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | ,, |
| 9 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | ,, |
| 10 | Jérémy Leveau (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) | ,, |
