2019 Tour de la Provence

The 2019 Tour de la Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 17 February 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, and was the fourth edition of the Tour de la Provence.^[2]

2019 Tour de la Provence

2019 UCI Europe Tour
The peloton in Avignon
Race details
Dates	14 February–17 February 2019
Stages	4
Distance	543.8[1] km (337.9 mi)
Winning time	13h 18' 06"
Results
Winner  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (Astana)   Second  Simon Clarke (AUS) (EF Education First)   Third  Tony Gallopin (FRA) (AG2R La Mondiale)
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The race was won by Spanish rider Gorka Izagirre of the Astana team, winning by less than a second ahead of Australian rider Simon Clarke.^[3]

Teams

Twenty-two teams of up to seven riders started the race:^[4]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education First
• Team Sunweb
• Astana
• Groupama–FDJ
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• Movistar Team
• Trek–Segafredo
• Team Sky

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Delko–Marseille Provence
• Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Wanty–Gobert
• Cofidis
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Corendon–Circus
• Direct Énergie

UCI Continental teams

• Amore & Vita–Prodir
• Maloja Pushbikers
• Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• St. Michel–Auber93

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	14 February	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer	8.9 km (5.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Filippo Ganna (ITA)
2	15 February	Istres to La Ciotat	191.6 km (119.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Eduard Prades (ESP)
3	16 February	Aubagne to Circuit du Castellet	181.1 km (112.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
4	17 February	Avignon to Aix en Provence	162.2 km (100.8 mi)		Flat stage	John Degenkolb (GER)

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result and general classification after Stage 1[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky 10' 05" 2  Sebastian Langeveld (NED) EF Education First + 9" 3  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 10" 4  Jasha Sütterlin (GER) Movistar Team + 15" 5  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 18" 6  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 19" 7  Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20" 8  Owain Doull (GBR) Team Sky + 21" 9  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) EF Education First + 24" 10  Yoann Paillot (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 + 25"

Stage 2

Stage 2 result[5][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 50' 15" 2  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 3  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t. 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t. 5  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 6  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Direct Énergie s.t. 7  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 8  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 9  Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 10  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 16"

General classification after Stage 2[5][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 5h 00' 45" 2  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2" 3  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 6" 4  Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 5  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 11" 6  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 15" 7  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 8  Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 9  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 26" 10  Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus s.t.

Stage 3

Stage 3 result[5][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 25' 10" 2  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Trek–Segafredo s.t. 3  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t. 5  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t. 6  Cyril Gautier (FRA) Vital Concept–B&B Hotels s.t. 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Wanty–Gobert s.t. 8  Julien El Fares (FRA) Delko–Marseille Provence s.t. 9  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 10  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t.

General classification after Stage 3[5][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 9h 25' 55" 2  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2" 3  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 4  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First + 8" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 6  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 15" 7  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 8  Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 9  Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus + 26" 10  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Direct Énergie + 32"

Stage 4

Stage 4 result[5][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  John Degenkolb (GER) Trek–Segafredo 3h 52' 11" 2  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t. 3  Anthony Maldonado (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 s.t. 4  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale s.t. 5  Damien Touzé (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t. 7  Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 8  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t. 9  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic s.t. 10  August Jensen (NOR) Israel Cycling Academy s.t.

Classifications

Final general classification[5][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 13h 18' 06" 2  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First s.t. 3  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 1" 4  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 6  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 15" 7  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 8  Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 9  Jimmy Janssens (BEL) Corendon–Circus + 26" 10  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 29"

Final points classification[9] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Simon Clarke (AUS) EF Education First 38 2  Tony Gallopin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 32 3  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 28 4  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 19 5  John Degenkolb (GER) Trek–Segafredo 18 6  Eduard Prades (ESP) Movistar Team 17 7  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Trek–Segafredo 12 8  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky 11 9  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky 10 10  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 10

Final mountains classification[9] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) Direct Énergie 16 2  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Corendon–Circus 16 3  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 8 4  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky 7 5  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 5 6  Jodok Salzmann (AUT) Maloja Pushbikers 5 7  Anthony Delaplace (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 5 8  Fausto Masnada (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 4 9  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Astana 3 10  Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 3

Final young rider classification[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 13h 18' 21" 2  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 3  Michael Storer (AUS) Team Sunweb + 2' 11" 4  Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb + 2' 54" 5  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First + 3' 14" 6  Niklas Eg (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 5' 27" 7  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 5' 36" 8  Damien Touzé (FRA) Cofidis + 7' 55" 9  Filippo Ganna (ITA) Team Sky + 8' 49" 10  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 11' 42"

Final team classification[9] Rank Team Time 1 Groupama–FDJ 39h 54' 13" 2 Movistar Team + 1' 57" 3 Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 3' 50" 4 Cofidis + 4' 16" 5 Vital Concept–B&B Hotels + 5' 31" 6 AG2R La Mondiale + 5' 55" 7 Team Sunweb + 6' 17" 8 EF Education First + 10' 38" 9 Trek–Segafredo + 11' 32" 10 Arkéa–Samsic + 12' 31"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Filippo Ganna	Filippo Ganna	Not awarded	Filippo Ganna	Filippo Ganna	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2	Eduard Prades	Gorka Izagirre	Lilian Calmejane	Eduard Prades	David Gaudu	Groupama–FDJ
3	Philippe Gilbert		Dries De Bondt	Simon Clarke
4	John Degenkolb		Lilian Calmejane
Final		Gorka Izagirre	Lilian Calmejane	Simon Clarke	David Gaudu	Groupama–FDJ