Cavendish takes fifth podium of 2022

Riding in four after Tim Declercq felt unwell and abandoned the French race before the start of the penultimate stage, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl remained an active presence at the front on a day whose profile and finish screamed bunch sprint in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.
Not even the rain and the strong six-man breakaway could stop the peloton from accomplishing its mission of making sure the stage would come down to a mass gallop, but it was harder than expected. With ten kilometers to go, one rider was still off the front and his 30-second gap forced the sprinters’ teams to use some of their men earlier than they would have liked to in order to peg him back.
The catch was made under the flamme rouge, but another rider went clear just as the sprinters were coming to the fore, and this made for another chaotic finale. Mark Cavendish was in the mix and fought for the win, giving his all in the last 150 meters and taking third place, behind Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), who passed the attacker on the line. For the Manxman, it was the fifth podium of a season which saw him take three wins so far.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
4:04:23 |
2 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:00 |
3 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
4 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
5 |
Hugo Hofstetter Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:00 |
6 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
7 |
Clément Venturini AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
8 |
Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
9 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
10 |
Thomas Boudat Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
0:00 |
29 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
74 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:51 |
87 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:35 |
DNS |
Tim Declercq
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
-04:04:23 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
12:37:48 |
2 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:23 |
3 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
0:23 |
4 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
0:23 |
5 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:28 |
6 |
Alexis Gougeard |
0:28 |
7 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
0:29 |
8 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:30 |
9 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:40 |
10 |
Laurent Pichon Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:41 |
18 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:14 |
66 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
3:13 |
72 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
6:03 |
77 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:32 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
75 pt |
2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
36 pt |
3 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
34 pt |
4 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
26 pt |
5 |
Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies |
24 pt |
6 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
22 pt |
7 |
Laurent Pichon Team Arkéa Samsic |
19 pt |
8 |
Alexis Gougeard |
19 pt |
9 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
19 pt |
10 |
Hugo Hofstetter Team Arkéa Samsic |
17 pt |
27 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7 pt |
1 |
Maël Guégan Team U Nantes Atlantique |
44 pt |
2 |
Alexis Gougeard |
24 pt |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
16 pt |
4 |
Emiel Vermeulen Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
14 pt |
5 |
Alexander Kamp Trek - Segafredo |
14 pt |
6 |
Mattia Bais Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
6 pt |
7 |
Andrii Ponomar Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
5 pt |
8 |
Tony Hurel St Michel - Auber93 |
4 pt |
9 |
Pierre Rolland |
3 pt |
10 |
Marco Tizza Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB |
3 pt |
11 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
3 pt |
1 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
12:38:11 |
2 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:05 |
3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:07 |
4 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:17 |
5 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:55 |
6 |
Ward Vanhoof Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
0:55 |
7 |
Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Fenix |
0:55 |
8 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
0:55 |
9 |
Gilles De Wilde Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
1:07 |
10 |
Alexis Renard Cofidis |
1:07 |
17 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2:50 |
1 | Team Arkéa Samsic | 37:56:01 |
2 | Cofidis | 0:00 |
3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:12 |
4 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:28 |
5 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:33 |
6 | Array | 0:35 |
7 | Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole | 0:49 |
8 | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:49 |
9 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:58 |
10 | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 1:29 |