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Tour de la Provence (2020) Photos February 13-16

« Tour de la Provence (2020) Race Info, Results, Video



Stage 1:  Saintes to Maries-de-la-Mer  Full Results and Report

Pinot

Quintana






Stage 1 Sprint finish in Maries-de-la-Mer comes down to Nacer Bouhanni (FRA - Team Arkea Samsic) and Jakub Mareczko (ITA - CCC Team)

Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Arkea-Samsic) wins Stage 1 in 3:16:35, 2nd Jakub Mareczko (Ita/CCC Team), 3rd Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita/NTT Pro Cycling)






Stage 2:  Aubagne to La Ciotat, 175 km  Full Results and Report


Warren Barguil (FRA - Team Arkea Samsic) at the chilly Stage 2 start in Aubagne

Nairo Quintana (COL - Team Arkea Samsic) would rather be in Colombia racing in his home race, Tour Colombia

(© pascal besse)

Rollout from Aubagne

Provence scenery

Provence scenery

Solo attack... (© pascal besse)

Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana) launched an impressive attack with 2 km to go (© pascal besse)

Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana) on his way to victory on the finishing climb (© pascal besse)

The chase (© pascal besse)

Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana) wins Stage 2 in 4:30:57 by 24s

2nd Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Sunweb) + 24s, 3rd Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana), 4th Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den/EF Pro Cycling), 5th Andrea Bagioli (Ita/Deceuninck-Quickstep)

Your Stage 2 winner and new race leader, Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana) (© pascal besse)

Stage 3:  Istres to Mont Ventoux/Chalet Reynard  Full Results and Report




Nairo Quintana (COL - Team Arkea Samsic) soling up Mont-Ventoux


Nairo Quintana (COL - Team Arkea Samsic) wins the finish on Mont-Ventoux/Chalet Reynard: "I'm happy, the whole team worked hard to make it happen. It's a great day! I enjoyed every bit of the climb. We did a great job throughout the stage. I'm really grateful to my teammates. Having a great team dynamic and a good vibe pays off, as we've seen since the start of the season. We've been getting things right. This victory brings joy to everyone. Our strategy was to ride as a team. I'm really happy to be here with Arkéa–Samsic, a great team. Kudos to them. We have to give it our best to show our appreciation for our sponsors. On a personal level, I want to pay back the team for its trust in me. I hope this victory will be the first of many more to come."

2nd Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana) + 1:28, 3rd Hugh Carthy (GBr/EF Pro Cycling), 4th Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana)

Next group

5th Edward Dunbar (Irl/Ineos) + 2:11, 6th Sepp Kuss (USA/Jumbo-Visma) + 2:12, 7th Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Sunweb), 8th Jesus Herrada (Spa/Cofidis), 9th Thibaut Pinot (Fra/Groupama-FDJ)


Your Stage 3 winner and new race leader, Nairo Quintana (COL - Team Arkea Samsic)

Stage 4:  Avignon to Aix-en-Provence  Full Results and Report


Nairo Quintana at the stage 4 start in Avignon (photos © pascalbesse)



Final stage, Owain Doull (GBr/Ineos) wins in 4:07:32 ahead of Matthias Brändle (Aut/Israel Start-Up Nation)


Stage 4 winner, Owain Doull (GBr/Ineos)

Overall winner,

Overall podium: 2nd Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Astana) + 1:04, 1st Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) 15:31:50, 3rd Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana) + 1:28