2021 Tour de l'Ain

2021 Tour de l'Ain

2021 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	29–31 July 2021
Stages	3
Distance	402 km (249.8 mi)
Winning time	9h 13' 09"
Results
Winner  Michael Storer (AUS) (Team DSM)   Second  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal)   Third  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) (Groupama–FDJ) Points  Michael Storer (AUS) (Team DSM) Mountains  Michael Storer (AUS) (Team DSM) Youth  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) Combativity  Michael Storer (AUS) (Team DSM)   Team Lotto–Soudal
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The 2021 Tour de l'Ain was a men's road cycling stage race that took place from 29 to 31 July 2021 in the French department of Ain. It was the 33rd edition of the Tour de l'Ain, which was a 2.1 event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour calendar.^[1]

Teams

Eight of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, three UCI Continental teams, and two national teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race. With five riders, Hagens Berman Axeon was the only team to not enter a full squad of six riders. Of the 125 riders who started the race, 104 finished.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Cofidis
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• Groupama–FDJ
• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
• Lotto–Soudal
• Team DSM
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels p/b KTM
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Delko
• Eolo–Kometa
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Team TotalEnergies

UCI Continental Teams

• Hagens Berman Axeon
• St. Michel–Auber93
• Xelliss–Roubaix–Lille Métropole

National Teams

• France
• Germany U–23

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	29 July	Parc des Oiseaux to Bourg-en-Bresse	141 km (88 mi)		Flat stage	Álvaro Hodeg (COL)
2	30 July	Lagnieu to Saint-Vulbas	136 km (85 mi)		Hilly stage	Georg Zimmermann (GER)
3	31 July	Izernore to Lélex Monts-Jura	125 km (78 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Michael Storer (AUS)
Total			402 km (250 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

29 July 2021 – Parc des Oiseaux to Bourg-en-Bresse, 141 km (88 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 04' 57" 2  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 3  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 4  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 5  Jason Tesson (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 + 0" 6  Riccardo Minali (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 7  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 8  Emmanuel Morin (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 9  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 10  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Álvaro Hodeg (COL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 04' 47" 2  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 4" 3  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 6" 4  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 10" 5  Jason Tesson (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 + 10" 6  Riccardo Minali (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 10" 7  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 10" 8  Emmanuel Morin (FRA) Cofidis + 10" 9  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 10" 10  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 10"

Stage 2

30 July 2021 – Lagnieu to Saint-Vulbas, 136 km (85 mi)^[7]

Stage 2 Result[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Georg Zimmermann (GER) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux 3h 05' 42" 2  Michael Storer (AUS) Team DSM + 0" 3  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 4  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 6  Georg Steinhauser (GER) Germany U–23 + 0" 7  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Delko + 18" 8  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 22" 9  Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 22" 10  Pierre Latour (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 22"

General classification after Stage 2[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Georg Zimmermann (GER) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux 6h 10' 29" 2  Michael Storer (AUS) Team DSM + 4" 3  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 6" 4  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Cofidis + 10" 5  Georg Steinhauser (GER) Germany U–23 + 10" 6  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 7  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Delko + 28" 8  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 32" 9  Pierre Latour (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 32" 10  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 32"

Stage 3

31 July 2021 – Izernore to Lélex Monts-Jura, 125 km (78 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 Result[11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Michael Storer (AUS) Team DSM 3h 02' 46" 2  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 43" 3  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 43" 4  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 43" 5  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 45" 6  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 45" 7  Maxime Bouet (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 23" 8  Olivier Le Gac (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 23" 9  Dmitry Strakhov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 23" 10  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 23"

General classification after Stage 3[11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Michael Storer (AUS) Team DSM 9h 13' 09" 2  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 55" 3  Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 01" 4  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 15" 5  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 1' 17" 6  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 23" 7  Georg Zimmermann (GER) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 1' 29" 8  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 39" 9  Georg Steinhauser (GER) Germany U–23 + 1' 46" 10  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Delko + 1' 57"

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Álvaro Hodeg	Álvaro Hodeg	Álvaro Hodeg	Alexander Tarlton	Jason Tesson	AG2R Citroën Team	Antoine Duchesne
2	Georg Zimmermann	Georg Zimmermann	Georg Zimmermann	Sylvain Moniquet	Georg Steinhauser	Lotto–Soudal	Florent Castellarnau
3	Michael Storer	Michael Storer	Michael Storer	Michael Storer	Andrea Bagioli		Victor Lafay
Final		Michael Storer	Michael Storer	Michael Storer	Andrea Bagioli	Lotto–Soudal	Michael Storer

• On stage 2, Nacer Bouhanni, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Álvaro Hodeg wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 3, Álvaro Hodeg, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Georg Zimmermann wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Michael Storer (AUS)	Team DSM	9h 13' 09"
2	Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 55"
3	Matteo Badilatti (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 01"
4	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 1' 15"
5	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 17"
6	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 23"
7	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 1' 29"
8	Rémy Rochas (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 39"
9	Georg Steinhauser (GER)	Germany U–23	+ 1' 46"
10	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Delko	+ 1' 57"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Michael Storer (AUS)	Team DSM	45
2	Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	30
3	Georg Zimmermann (GER)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	25
4	Álvaro Hodeg (COL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	25
5	Matteo Badilatti (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	24
6	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	20
7	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	16
8	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	16
9	Rémy Rochas (FRA)	Cofidis	14
10	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Delko	12

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Michael Storer (AUS)	Team DSM	20
2	Sylvain Moniquet (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	15
3	Simon Guglielmi (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	13
4	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	12
5	Sebastian Schönberger (AUT)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	10
6	Matteo Badilatti (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	10
7	Rémy Rochas (FRA)	Cofidis	8
8	Carmelo Urbano (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	8
9	Quentin Pacher (FRA)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	8
10	Victor Lafay (FRA)	Cofidis	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	9h 14' 24"
2	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 2"
3	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 8"
4	Georg Steinhauser (GER)	Germany U–23	+ 31"
5	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 46"
6	Sean Quinn (USA)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 2' 08"
7	Maxime Chevalier (FRA)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	+ 2' 08"
8	Jakob Geßner (GER)	Germany U–23	+ 2' 08"
9	Jhojan García (COL)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 2' 08"
10	Michel Ries (LUX)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 2' 08"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[11][12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Lotto–Soudal	27h 44' 28"
2	Groupama–FDJ	+ 2"
3	France	+ 9' 02"
4	Germany U–23	+ 13' 32"
5	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	+ 13' 34"
6	Trek–Segafredo	+ 13' 44"
7	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 13' 58"
8	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 15' 06"
9	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 18' 05"
10	Eolo–Kometa	+ 27' 36"

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