2019 Tour de la Provence

The 2019 Tour de la Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 17 February 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, and was the fourth edition of the Tour de la Provence.[2]

2019 Tour de la Provence
2019 UCI Europe Tour
The peloton in Avignon
The peloton in Avignon
Race details
Dates14 February–17 February 2019
Stages4
Distance543.8[1] km (337.9 mi)
Winning time13h 18' 06"
Results
Winner  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (Astana)
  Second  Simon Clarke (AUS) (EF Education First)
  Third  Tony Gallopin (FRA) (AG2R La Mondiale)
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The race was won by Spanish rider Gorka Izagirre of the Astana team, winning by less than a second ahead of Australian rider Simon Clarke.[3]

Teams

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Twenty-two teams of up to seven riders started the race:[4]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

Route

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Stage characteristics and winners[5]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Stage winner
1 14 February Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 8.9 km (5.5 mi)   Individual time trial   Filippo Ganna (ITA)
2 15 February Istres to La Ciotat 191.6 km (119.1 mi)   Hilly stage   Eduard Prades (ESP)
3 16 February Aubagne to Circuit du Castellet 181.1 km (112.5 mi)   Hilly stage   Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
4 17 February Avignon to Aix en Provence 162.2 km (100.8 mi)   Flat stage   John Degenkolb (GER)

Stages

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Stage 1

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Stage 1 result and general classification after Stage 1[5][6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky 10' 05"
2   Sebastian Langeveld (NED) EF Education First 9"
3   Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 10"
4   Jasha Sütterlin (GER) Movistar Team 15"
5   Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 18"
6   Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 19"
7   Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 20"
8   Owain Doull (GBR) Team Sky 21"
9   Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) EF Education First 24"
10   Yoann Paillot (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 25"

Stage 2

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Stage 2 result[5][7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 50' 15"
2   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
3   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t.
4   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t.
5   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
6   Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Direct Énergie s.t.
7   Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t.
8   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t.
9   Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t.
10   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 16"
General classification after Stage 2[5][7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 5h 00' 45"
2   Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 2"
3   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 6"
4   Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 10"
5   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First 11"
6   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 15"
7   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
8   Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 21"
9   Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ 26"
10   Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus s.t.

Stage 3

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Stage 3 result[5][8]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 25' 10"
2   Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Trek–Segafredo s.t.
3   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t.
5   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t.
6   Cyril Gautier (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels s.t.
7   Guillaume Martin (FRA) Wanty–Gobert s.t.
8   Julien El Fares (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence s.t.
9   Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
10   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
General classification after Stage 3[5][8]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 9h 25' 55"
2   Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 2"
3   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
4   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First 8"
5   Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 10"
6   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 15"
7   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
8   Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 21"
9   Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus 26"
10   Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Direct Énergie 32"

Stage 4

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Stage 4 result[5][9]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   John Degenkolb (GER) Trek–Segafredo 3h 52' 11"
2   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t.
3   Anthony Maldonado (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 s.t.
4   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
5   Damien Touzé (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
6   Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t.
7   Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t.
8   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t.
9   Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic s.t.
10   August Jensen (NOR) Israel Cycling Academy s.t.

Classifications

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Final general classification[5][9]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Gorka Izagirre (ESP)   Astana 13h 18' 06"
2   Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t.
3   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 1"
4   Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 2"
5   Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 10"
6   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 15"
7   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
8   Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 21"
9   Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus 26"
10   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 29"
Final points classification[9]
Rank Rider Team Points
1   Simon Clarke (AUS)   EF Education First 38
2   Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 32
3   Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 28
4   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 19
5   John Degenkolb (GER) Trek–Segafredo 18
6   Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 17
7   Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Trek–Segafredo 12
8   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky 11
9   Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky 10
10   Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 10
Final mountains classification[9]
Rank Rider Team Points
1   Lilian Calmejane (FRA)   Direct Énergie 16
2   Dries De Bondt (BEL) Corendon–Circus 16
3   Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 8
4   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky 7
5   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 5
6   Jodok Salzmann (AUT) Maloja Pushbikers 5
7   Anthony Delaplace (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 5
8   Fausto Masnada (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 4
9   Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 3
10   Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 3
Final young rider classification[9]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   David Gaudu (FRA)   Groupama–FDJ 13h 18' 21"
2   Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.
3   Michael Storer (AUS) Team Sunweb 2' 11"
4   Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 2' 54"
5   Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First 3' 14"
6   Niklas Eg (DEN) Trek–Segafredo 5' 27"
7   Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 5' 36"
8   Damien Touzé (FRA) Cofidis 7' 55"
9   Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky 8' 49"
10   Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 11' 42"
Final team classification[9]
Rank Team Time
1 Groupama–FDJ 39h 54' 13"
2 Movistar Team 1' 57"
3 Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3' 50"
4 Cofidis 4' 16"
5 Vital Concept–B&B Hotels 5' 31"
6 AG2R La Mondiale 5' 55"
7 Team Sunweb 6' 17"
8 EF Education First 10' 38"
9 Trek–Segafredo 11' 32"
10 Arkéa–Samsic 12' 31"

Classification leadership table

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Stage Winner General classification
 
Mountains classification
 
Points classification
 
Young rider classification
 
Teams classification
 
1 Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna Not awarded Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2 Eduard Prades Gorka Izagirre Lilian Calmejane Eduard Prades David Gaudu Groupama–FDJ
3 Philippe Gilbert Dries De Bondt Simon Clarke
4 John Degenkolb Lilian Calmejane
Final Gorka Izagirre Lilian Calmejane Simon Clarke David Gaudu Groupama–FDJ

References

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  2. ^ "2019 Tour de la Provence". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Gorka Izagirre wins Tour de la Provence by 13 hundredths of a second". CyclingPub.com (in French). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Tour Cycliste International La Provence". FirstCycling. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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