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.
– Olivier Perrier
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.
– Fany Boucaud
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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The profile of the 2nd stage
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Times for the 2nd stage between Grand Périgueux Champcevinel and Ribérac
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