Irlandczyk Sam Bennett (Bora Argon18) wygrał sprinterski odcinek, otwierający 85. edycję wyścigu na Korsyce i został pierwszym liderem imprezy.
Drugi w peletonie finiszował Rudy Barbier (Roubaix Lille Métropole), a trzeci Romain Feillu ( HP BTP – Auber93).
Na trasie uciekali Pierre Latour (AG2R), Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) i Jeremy Leveau (Roubaix Lille Métropole).
Calmejane odskoczył od kolegów. 5 kilometrów przed metą do obrony pozostało mu 35 sekund. Został wchłonięty na ostatnich kilkuset metrach.
Po południu rozegrany zostanie drugi etap – 7-kilometrowa jazda indywidualna na czas w Porto Vecchio.
W wyścigu dla One Pro Cycling jadą Marcin Białobłocki i Karol Domagalski oraz Bartosz Huzarski (Bora Argon18).
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 2:03:15 2 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 4 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre 7 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 9 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 10 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 11 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 12 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth 13 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE 16 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 17 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 18 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE 19 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 20 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 21 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 22 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Roth 24 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 25 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 26 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 27 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale 28 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 29 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 30 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth 31 Marcin Białobłocki (Pol) ONE 32 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 34 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale 35 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 36 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 37 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 38 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Stölting Service Group 39 James Oram (NZl) ONE 40 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling 41 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE 42 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth 43 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 44 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale 45 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 46 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 47 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE 48 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 49 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 51 Maxime Renault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 52 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 53 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 54 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 55 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 56 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 57 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 58 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 59 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 60 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 61 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 62 Florent Pereira (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 63 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 65 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 66 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 68 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 69 Julien Guay (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 70 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 72 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 73 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 74 Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 75 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 76 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Stölting Service Group 77 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 78 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 79 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 80 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 81 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Team Roth 82 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 83 Guillaume Thévenot (Fra) Direct Energie 84 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale 85 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE 86 Sven Reutter (Ger) Stölting Service Group 87 Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee de Terre 88 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 89 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 90 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Team Roth 91 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 92 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth 93 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) Armee de Terre 94 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 95 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 96 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 97 Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth 98 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie 99 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 100 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 101 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 102 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 103 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 104 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 105 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre 106 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 107 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:20 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 109 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 00:21 110 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 00:25 111 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Stölting Service Group 00:37 112 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 00:44 113 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:45 114 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:49 115 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:59 116 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 117 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre 01:03 118 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 01:09 119 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre 04:45 120 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 121 Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lill 05:13 122 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) ONE
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 2:03:09 2 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 00:02 3 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 00:03 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 00:04 5 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:05 6 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Armee de Terre 00:06 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Jimmy Raibaud (Fra) Armee de Terre 9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 11 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 12 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 13 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 14 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth 15 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 17 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE 18 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 19 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 20 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE 21 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 23 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 24 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Bruno Pires (Por) Team Roth 26 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 27 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 28 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 29 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale 30 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 32 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth 33 Marcin Białobłocki (Pol) ONE 34 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 36 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale 37 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 38 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 39 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 40 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Stölting Service Group 41 James Oram (NZl) ONE 42 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling 43 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE 44 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth 45 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 46 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale 47 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 48 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 49 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE 50 Pierre Gouault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 51 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 52 Maxime Renault (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 53 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 54 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 55 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 56 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 57 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 58 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 59 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 60 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 61 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 62 Florent Pereira (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 63 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 65 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 66 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 68 Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Armee de Terre 69 Julien Guay (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 70 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 72 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 73 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 74 Théo Vimpere (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 75 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 76 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Stölting Service Group 77 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 78 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 79 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 80 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) HP-BTP Auber 93 81 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Team Roth 82 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 83 Guillaume Thévenot (Fra) Direct Energie 84 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale 85 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE 86 Sven Reutter (Ger) Stölting Service Group 87 Yoann Barbas (Fra) Armee de Terre 88 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 89 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 90 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Team Roth 91 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 92 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth 93 Thomas Rostollan (Fra) Armee de Terre 94 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 95 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lille 96 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 97 Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth 98 Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie 99 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 100 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 101 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 102 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 103 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 104 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 105 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Armee de Terre 106 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 107 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:26 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 109 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 00:27 110 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 00:31 111 Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Stölting Service Group 00:43 112 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 00:50 113 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:51 114 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:55 115 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 01:05 116 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 117 Julien Duval (Fra) Armee de Terre 01:09 118 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 01:15 119 Yann Guyot (Fra) Armee de Terre 04:51 120 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 121 Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Metropole Europeenne De Lill 05:17 122 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) ONE 05:19