Tiernan-Locke wins Tour du Haut Var
Rapidly rising British talent Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura) won his second major race of 2012 on Sunday, taking the second day of the Tour du Haut Var in France and winning the race overall.
Tiernan-Locke out-climbed the rest of the field to take the win in Fayence after placing third in the opening stage of the race on Saturday.
Julien El Fares (Team Type 1) placed second overall at six seconds, with fellow Frenchman Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) in third at nine seconds.
The UCI 2.1-ranked Tour du Haut Var featured a host of WorldTour teams, including GreenEdge, Garmin-Barracuda, Ag2r, FDJ and Astana.
That Tiernan-Locke (and Continental-level outfit Endura) took on vastly better resourced squads and beat them further proves the Devon man's prospects as one of the most exciting climbers to emerge in the past few years.
Tour du Haut Var-matin dimanche 19.02 by france3cotedazur
Results
Tour du Haut Var 2012, stage two: Frejus to Fayence, 205.4km
1. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura in 5-23-13
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2. Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 at 1 sec
3. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun at 4 secs
4. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur-Sojasun at 11 secs
5. Simon Clarke (Aus) GreenEdge at 13 secs
6. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat at 19 secs
7. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana
8. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
9. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin-Barracuda
10. Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller at same time
Final overall classification
1. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GBr) Endura in 10-10-29
2. Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 at 6 secs
3. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun at 9 secs
4. Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller at 13 secs
5. Simon Clarke (Aus) GreenEdge at 18 secs
6. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur-Sojasun at 20 secs
7. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin-Barracuda at 24 secs
8. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale at 28 secs
9. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana at 28 secs
10. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat at 28 secs
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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.
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