It was a mass sprint to decide the 1st stage of the Route du Sud won by the french Bryan Coquard with a good presence of the men of Wilier – Southeast in the first positions of the bunch.
At the end of the stage the best of our riders was Manuel Belletti that, altought being closed in the last km, was able to achieve a good 10th place in his comeback race after the forced abandon of the Giro d’Italia.
Tomorrow the Route du Sud will carry on with tho half stages, in the morning the protagonists will be the sprinters while in the afternoon there will be an individual time trial.
ORDER OF ARRIVAL 1^ STAGE
1 Bryan Coquard
2 Anaud Demare
3 Josè Joaquin Rojas
10 Manuel Belletti
19 Matteo Busato
45 Enrique Sanz
54 Daniel Felipe Martinez
88 Giuseppe Fonzi
97 Cristian Rodriguez 1’16”
102 Samuele Conti 2’10”
110 Matteo Draperi 4’12”
Credits: Ufficio Stampa Wilier-Southeast