For the 2nd stage of the Tour du Limousin-Périgord-Nouvelle Aquitaine 2022, the riders set off from Grand Périgueux Champcevinel at 12:15 p.m. for 184.7 km of racing. They are expected from 4:55 p.m. on boulevard François Mitterrand in Ribérac. The caravan will leave at 10:55 a.m. to open the road.
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2:36 p.m. – After two hours of racing, the average speed is 39.9 km/h.
2:30 p.m. – Maël Guégan (Team U Nantes Atlantique) and Maxime Urruty (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) passed the Côte de Siorac at km 74, this is the 2nd difficulty of this stage (1.0 km at 6.00%). They are 6′ behind the peloton, Kévin Besson (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) overcame the bump in 3rd position.
2:08 p.m. – At km 60, the breakaways are 5’40” ahead of the peloton.
1:53 p.m. – The counterattack was taken over by the peloton, 4’30” behind the two men in the breakaway.
1:50 p.m. – The average speed for the first hour of racing is 40.2 km/h.
1:48 p.m. – Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) and Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) came out of the peloton alone and managed to climb between the breakaway group and the peloton.
1:40 p.m. – Result of the 1st intermediate sprint:
- Maël Guégan (Team U Nantes Atlantique)
- Maxime Urruty (Nice Metropolis Côte d’Azur)
- Jorge ARCAS (Movistar Team)
1:38 p.m. – The race leader is 6’20” from Jorge ARCAS (Movistar Team) and 6’30” from the counter group. The peloton is 7′ behind.
1:35 p.m. – Four men managed to get out of the peloton to go against, they are Matthieu Ladagnous (Groupama-FDJ), Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Jorge Arcas (Movistar Team) and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies).
1:21 p.m. – At km 30, Maël Guégan (Team U Nantes Atlantique) and Maxime Urruty (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) are 8′ ahead of the peloton.
1:07 p.m. – The two leading riders continue to widen the gap with the peloton.
12:52 –The two runners leading the race have a 2’20” lead after 8 km of racing.
12:45 p.m. – The breakaway continues to take the lead: 1’30” gap now.
12:42 – Maxime Urruty (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) joins Maël Guégan (Team U Nantes Atlantique) at the front of the race.
12:39 – Maël Guégan (Team U Nantes Atlantique) started alone at the head of the race and quickly took a 20″ lead over the peloton.
12:17 – Here we go, the riders set off from Grand Périgueux Champcevinel for a 2nd stage 100% Périgord under the sun for the moment.
The Tour du Limousin-Périgord-Nouvelle Aquitaine is also a logistical challenge to ensure meals for everyone on the route. In the village departure this Wednesday, Guy and Madeleine, 53 years of marriage. He was a roaster by trade and continues to cook meat for the Tour du Limousin, which he has been following for 35 years with Madeleine, in charge of cutting.
Three climbs on the program in this 2nd stage this Wednesday
- Km 43.3: Coast of Basse Veyrinas (1.5 km at 4.94%)
- Km 74.6: Côte de Siorac (1.0 km at 6.00%)
- Km 162.2: Côte du Colombier (3.1 km at 3.30%)
The top 10 after the first stage:
- Julien Simon TOTALENERGIES
- Matteo Trentin UAE TEAM EMIRATES at 01”
- Alex Aranburu Deba MOVISTAR TEAM at 06”
- Sandy Dujardin TOTALENERGIES’
- Clerment Carisey GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE MET at 07”
- Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM at 08”
- Kevin Geniets GROUPAMA-FDJ
- Kenny Molly BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB
- Joel Nicolau Beltran CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA at 09”
- Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R CITROEN TEAM
All the classifications of the Tour du Limousin-Périgord-Nouvelle Aquitaine on the Directvélo website.
The map of the 2nd stage between Grand Périgueux Champcevinel and Ribérac
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Times for the 2nd stage between Grand Périgueux Champcevinel and Ribérac
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