Route du Sud (2017) Photos June 15 - 18

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Spanish corner of the start area at the Stage 1 start in Villeveyrac	Luis Angel MATE (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)
Stage 1 rollout from Villeveyrac		first rider to try and get away was Tom Scully (NZ/Cannondale)
Scully soon joied by Roman Guillemoz (direct energie FRA) and Fabien Canal (Armee de Terre FRA)	after the first group was reeled in by bunch, Julien Loubet FRA (Armee de Terre) and Elie Gesbert FRA (Fortuneo) made the first break to stick
Silvan Dillier SUI BMC also bridged across		Dillier went ahead but Loubet and Gessbert were never far behind.
Gaps between Dillier, the 2 chasers, and peloton held for some time
the front 3 combined to build a bigger lead	Stannard put on gap holding duty by peloton	Thomas at the head of Sky bunch near the front of main bunch
movistar just behind sky
peloton chasing		same front 3 with 3 minute gap before climbs
	silvan dillier sui bmc wins sprint for 2nd takes green jersey and took sprnts here and kom points
	Michal Golas (POL/Sky) did a lot of work in the chase
Elle Gessbert (fra/fortuneo) was dropped by escape on the main climb of the day	Jeremy Roy (france/fdj) led a reformed 2nd chase group on the main climb	kenny elissonde (france sky), romain guilemois (france direct energie) and jeremy roy (france fdj), elie gessbert (france fortuneo) and clement chevrier (france ag2r) became group 2 on the road
	julien loubet (france aremee de terre) and silvan dillier (sui bmc) were group 1
	chasing to join the 2nd group was luis angel mate (spain cofidis)
silvan dillier (sui bmc) was strong enough to drop loubet again	loubet here in no-mans land between dillier and the group now inc luis angel mate behind	luis angel mate joined dillier, elissonde and the rest in the chase group, peloton now 5 mins back
gatis smukulis (Latvia Delko Marseille) provence team was carrying bottles for the whole team, but still not far behind the group ahead	Richard Carapaz another movistar colombian leads next group
david arroyo spain caja rural		Julien LOUBET (ARMEE DE TERRE) attacked the break over the final climb and solo the descent to the finish in Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Julien LOUBET (ARMEE DE TERRE) had time for an extended victory salute
Julien LOUBET (ARMEE DE TERRE) wins Stage 1		2nd Silvan DILLIER (BMC RACING) + 22s, 3rd Mauro FINETTO (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM) and 4th Anthony PEREZ (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)
	Your Stage 1 winner, Julien LOUBET (ARMEE DE TERRE)
And first race leader, Julien LOUBET (ARMEE DE TERRE)	silvan dillier sui bmc wins sprint for 2nd takes green jersey.
Richard Carapaz (Movistar) was the best young rider

Stage 2:  Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout → Saramon, 174 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 3:  Saint-Gaudens → Gavarnie-Gèdre, 167 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 3 rollout from Saint-Gaudens
		Part way up the tourmalet the break split up, Gianni MOSCON (SKY) and Pierre ROLLAND (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) at the front
Geraint Thomas	Wout Poels and Geraint Thomas(SKY) struggled to hold the pace of the reducing group
		Silvan Dillier (BMC) was very strong staying with the escape almost all the way up the Tourmalet
The front of the race Gianni MOSCON (SKY), Pierre ROLLAND (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) and Nicolas EDET (COFIDIS)		Nicolas EDET (COFIDIS) dropped again but not for good
Silvan DILLIER (BMC RACING) joined the front group and pulling his way into the race lead
Pierre ROLLAND (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) pulled away to win by 42s over Gianni MOSCON (SKY)
2nd Gianni MOSCON (SKY) + 42s, 3rd Richard CARAPAZ (MOVISTAR), 4th Rigoberto URAN (CANNONDALE DRAPAC)	5th Silvan DILLIER (BMC RACING) + 55s moving him into the race lead by 1s over Richard CARAPAZ (MOVISTAR)	9th Serio Henao (SKY) + 2:15
Your Stage 3 (Queen Stage) winner, Pierre Rolland (Cannondale)	New race leader by just 1st, Silvan DILLIER (BMC RACING)
Best young rider and 2nd overall just 1s out of the race lead, 3rd Richard CARAPAZ (MOVISTAR)

Stage 4:  Gers – Saint Michel → Nogaro, 155 km  Full Results and Report

jempy drucker lux bmc	ella viviani italy sky	pierre rolland france cannondale and silvan dillier switzerland bmc in leaders jerseys at roll out.
michael valgren astana in another break, this one gets away quite early.
		Thomas SCULLY (CANNONDALE DRAPAC) wins Stage 4 ahead of Mathias LETURNIER (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) and 3rd Jerome MAINARD (ARMEE DE TERRE)
Your Stage 4 winner, Thomas SCULLY (CANNONDALE DRAPAC)
Best young rider, Richard CARAPAZ (MOVISTAR)		Overall winner, Silvan DILLIER (BMC RACING)
Sky was the best team