Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) has won the final sprint of the second stage at the Route d’Occitanie, crossing the finish line ahead of race leader Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Carlos Barbero (Movistar).
Bouhanni was the first rider to launch the sprint but he wasn’t strong enough and he almost crashed against Carlos Barbero (Movistar), a situation that Venturini used to his advantage to take the stage.
https://youtu.be/IdaCwBFsm3Y?t=2379
Route d’Occitanie 2018 – stage 2 results (St Gaudens – Masseube Val-de-Gers):
| 1 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | 4:07:08 |
| 2 | Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 3 | Carlos Barbero (Movistar) | ,, |
| 4 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 5 | Kevin Le Cunff (St Michel-Auber 93) | ,, |
| 6 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) | ,, |
| 7 | Flavien Maurelet (St Michel-Auber 93) | ,, |
| 8 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | ,, |
| 9 | Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept Club) | ,, |
| 10 | Christopher Lawless (Team Sky) | ,, |
General classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) | 8:19:24 |
| 2 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | +06” |
| 3 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | +10” |
| 4 | Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale) | +11” |
| 5 | Garikoitz Bravo (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias) | ,, |
| 6 | Carlos Barbero (Movistar) | +12” |
| 7 | Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept Club) | ,, |
| 8 | Romain Combaud (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) | ,, |
| 9 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Astana) | +16” |
| 10 | Jon Aberasturi (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias) | ,, |
