Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) po kontrowersyjnym finiszu z peletonu wygrał drugi etap wyścigu Paryż-Nicea.
Lider wyścigu pokonał Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek-Segafredo) i Nacera Bouhanniego (Cofidis), który pierwszy przeciął kreskę.
Na 9. miejsce awansował Rafał Majka (Tinkoff).
Najdłuższy w programie odcinek (214 km) zapisywała ucieczka w składzie Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida), Mathias Brandle (IAM Cycling), Anthony Delaplace (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) i Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko Marseille Provence).
Przewaga czwórki przekroczyła 10 minut po zaledwie 20 kilometrach i od tego punktu zaczęła powoli topnieć. Na jedynej po drodze zmarszczce, Côte d’Estivareilles (164 km; 1,7 km, 6,2%), pozostało harcownikom w zapasie 2:30
Pierwszy osłabł Gmay, następnie Delaplace. Pozostałą dwójkę peleton wchłonął 12 kilometrów przed kreską.
Dojazd do finiszu odbył się bez kraks. Walkę pociągów wygrał Cofidis. Bouhanni rozpoczął sprint, a z lewej strony Francuza, przy barierkach, wychodził mu Matthews. Kolarze zwarli się na moment, omal nie powodując kraksy z winy kolarza Cofidisu. Metę pierwszy przeciął Bouhanni, ale komisja sędziowska dopatrzyła się przewinienia Francuza, przesuwając go na trzecią pozycję.
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5:04:26 2 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:01 5 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 6 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 7 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 8 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 9 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 10 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 11 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 12 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 13 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 14 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 15 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 16 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 17 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 18 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 20 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 21 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 22 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:05 23 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 24 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 25 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 26 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 27 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 28 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 30 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 31 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 34 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 35 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 36 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 37 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 40 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 41 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 42 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 43 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 44 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 45 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 46 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 47 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 48 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 49 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 51 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 00:12 52 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 53 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 54 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 56 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 57 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 58 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 59 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 60 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 61 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 62 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 63 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 64 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 65 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 66 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 67 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 68 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 69 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 70 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 71 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 72 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 73 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 75 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 76 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 77 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 78 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 79 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 80 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 81 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 82 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 83 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 84 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 85 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 86 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 87 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 88 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 89 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 90 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 92 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 93 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 96 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 97 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff Team 98 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 99 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 100 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida 101 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 103 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 104 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 105 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 106 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 107 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 108 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 109 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 110 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 111 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 112 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 114 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 115 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 116 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 117 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 118 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 119 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 120 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 122 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 123 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 124 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 125 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 126 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 127 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 128 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 129 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 130 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 131 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 132 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 133 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 134 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 00:30 135 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 136 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 137 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 138 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 139 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 140 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 141 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 142 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 00:35 143 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 144 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 145 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 146 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 147 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 148 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:41 149 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 150 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 151 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 152 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 00:42 153 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 154 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 155 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 156 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 157 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:19 158 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 159 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:21 160 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 161 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 01:56 162 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 02:10 163 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 02:14 164 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 165 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 166 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 03:17 167 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 05:13 168 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 05:36 169 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 06:35 170 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 171 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 09:56 172 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre - Merida 15:44 DNF Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept DNS Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling DNF Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 9:41:46 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:14 3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:19 4 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 00:24 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 00:25 8 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 9 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 00:27 10 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 11 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:28 12 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:30 13 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:31 14 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 15 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 16 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:33 17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 19 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 00:37 20 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 21 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 00:38 22 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 00:40 23 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 24 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 25 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 00:41 26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:42 27 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 00:43 29 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 31 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:46 32 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 33 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 00:47 34 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:48 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 00:49 36 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 37 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:50 38 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:51 39 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 00:52 41 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:54 42 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 00:59 43 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 44 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 01:01 45 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 46 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:02 47 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 01:03 48 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 49 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:04 50 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:05 51 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 52 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 01:07 53 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 01:09 54 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:10 55 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 56 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 57 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 01:14 58 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:18 59 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:19 61 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 62 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 63 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 01:20 64 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 65 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 01:22 66 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 67 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:23 68 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 01:24 69 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 70 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 01:25 71 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:27 72 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 01:28 73 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 74 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:29 75 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:30 76 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 01:32 77 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:35 78 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff Team 01:45 79 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:48 80 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 01:52 81 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:54 82 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:58 83 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:14 84 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:20 85 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:22 86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 02:24 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 02:57 88 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:59 89 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 03:01 90 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 03:24 91 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 03:31 92 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 03:37 93 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:54 94 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 03:56 95 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 03:58 96 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:07 97 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 98 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 04:15 99 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 04:19 100 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:23 101 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 04:30 102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 04:34 103 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 04:39 104 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 04:40 105 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 04:46 106 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 04:47 107 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 04:48 108 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 109 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 04:50 110 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 04:51 111 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida 04:52 112 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 113 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 04:53 114 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 04:57 115 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 04:58 116 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 05:50 117 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 06:00 118 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 06:14 119 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 06:46 120 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 06:50 121 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 06:51 122 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 06:53 123 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 07:00 124 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 125 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 126 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 07:02 127 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 07:06 128 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 07:08 129 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 07:16 130 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 07:32 131 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 07:54 132 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 08:01 133 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 08:51 134 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 08:53 135 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 09:00 136 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 09:02 137 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 09:07 138 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 09:15 139 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 09:19 140 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 09:25 141 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 09:53 142 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 09:58 143 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 09:59 144 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 10:07 145 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 10:09 146 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 10:11 147 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 10:15 148 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 149 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 10:27 150 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 151 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 10:29 152 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:30 153 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 10:36 154 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 10:37 155 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 10:38 156 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 10:39 157 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 10:42 158 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 10:48 159 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 10:50 160 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 10:51 161 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 10:53 162 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 10:54 163 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 11:07 164 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 11:08 165 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11:11 166 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 11:36 167 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 12:04 168 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 12:20 169 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 14:14 170 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 15:03 171 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 20:33 172 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre - Merida 24:37