2019 Tour de la Provence
Male Team 14 - 17 Feb

Tour de la Provence

561 Kilometers 4 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Daniele Bennati
  2. Jaime Castrillo
  3. Imanol Erviti
  4. Antonio Pedrero
  5. Jasha Sütterlin
  6. Lluís Mas
  7. Edu Prades
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TV

Eurosport recently published its broadcast calendar for 2019, yet its guides on either conventional TV or its streaming Player don't still include this race -last update: Wednesday 6th February, 10.30am-. Over in France, L'Équipe La Chaine will be offering live pictures from the event.
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Timetable

The stages are scheduled to finish between 3.30 (Sunday 17th) and 4.20pm (Thursday 14th).
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Bonus

10-6-4" bonuses will be available at the finish of the three road stages, with 3-2-1" at intermediate sprints.
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Social Media

The race does NOT have an official Twitter handle, since its organisation is carried out by the La Provence newspaper. There's, though, a good livetext alternative, as in many other French events, offered by DirectVélo.

Stages

Analysis

01
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (CRI / ITT) (8.9km)
14 February
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  1. 01 Filippo Ganna Team Sky 10'05"
  2. 02 Sebastian Langeveld EF Education First +9"
  3. 03 Rémi Cavagna Deceuninck – Quick Step +10"
  4. 04 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +15"
  5. 20 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +32"
  6. 32 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +37"
  7. 46 Daniele Bennati Movistar Team +44"
  8. 51 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +46"
  9. 71 Edu Prades Movistar Team +56"
  10. 99 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +1'06"
02
Istres - La Ciotat (195.6km)
15 February
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  1. 01 Edu Prades Movistar Team 4h50'15"
  2. 02 Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale "
  3. 03 Gorka Izagirre Astana Pro Team "
  4. 18 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +42"
  5. 31 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team "
  6. 48 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +1'27"
  7. 63 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +2'21"
  8. 66 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team "
  9. 127 Daniele Bennati Movistar Team +10'49"
03
Aubagne - Circuit Paul Ricard (185.8km)
16 February
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  1. 01 Philippe Gilbert Deceuninck – Quick Step 4h25'10"
  2. 02 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo "
  3. 03 Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale "
  4. 11 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  5. 14 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 24 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +19"
  7. 57 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +10'31"
  8. 72 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team "
  9. 100 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  10. —  Daniele Bennati Movistar Team DNS
04
Avignon - Aix-en-Provence (173.3km)
17 February
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  1. 01 John Degenkolb Trek-Segafredo 3h52'11"
  2. 02 Simon Clarke EF Education First "
  3. 03 Anthony Maldonado St Michel – Auber 93 "
  4. 17 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  5. 25 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  6. 40 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  7. 56 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +24"
  8. 84 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +1'00"
  9. 104 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +7'10"

Analysis

In the middle of their busy schedule for the month of February, the Movistar Team will be crossing the north border to debut in the Tour de la Provence (UCI 2.1), a four-day French event holding only its 4th edition in 2019, and featuring a lineup with no less than nine WorldTour squads.

A short ITT (9km) on really wind-exposed roads around Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Thursday 14th) will open some early gaps into a race full of lumpy routes. The toughest stage will surely be day two (Friday 15th), with many demanding climbs before La Ciotat’s finish and a grueling final section through the beautiful Les Crêtes and a twisty, steep last descent.

Things won’t be easier on stage three (Saturday 16th), over six laps of a course around the Circuit Paul Ricard -venue for the Formula 1 French Grand Prix-, each of them including a 3km climb at 8%. To finish, another rolling course, will slightly gentler ascents, towards Aix-en-Provence (Sunday 17th).