Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept) won the opening stage of the Route d’Occitanie in a crash-marred finale.
The Frenchman was faster than Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren), and takes the leader’s jersey in the four-day race in southeastern France.
“It was a difficult finish,” said Coquard. “Jens Debusschere got me into a very good position, and then just before the last bend Colbrelli and Viviani went through on my inside. Colbrelli opened his sprint right away and I got onto Viviani’s wheel. Colbrelli faded about 50 metres from the line and I just managed to get past Elia before the line.
Route d’Occitanie 2020 – stage 1 results (Saint-Affrique – Cazouls-lès-Béziers):
1 | Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept) |
4:35:00 |
2 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) |
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3 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren) |
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4 | Andrea Pasqualon (Circus – Wanty Gobert) |
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5 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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6 | Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) |
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7 | Josef Černý (CCC) |
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8 | Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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9 | Anthony Maldonado (St Michel – Auber 93) |
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10 | Nick Van der Lijke (Riwal Readynez) |
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Route d’Occitanie 2020 – general classification after stage 1:
1 | Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept) |
4:34:50 |
2 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) |
+04” |
3 | Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) |
+05” |
4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren) |
+06” |
5 | Andreas Kron (Riwal Readynez) |
+09” |
6 | Andrea Pasqualon (Circus – Wanty Gobert) |
+10” |
7 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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8 | Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) |
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9 | Josef Černý (CCC) |
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10 | Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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