Here's a nice behind the scenes video with An Post-Chainreaction at yesterday's stage 2 of the Etoile de Bessèges pro race in France. It also features some race footage.
Ireland's Marcus Christie finished in the bunch at the end of the 149km leg from Nîmes to Saint-Ambroix - which was won in a mass sprint by French speedster Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ.fr).
Having been in the six-man winning breakaway on Wednesday's opening stage, finishing in the bunch yesterday was enough to move Christie up to 5th overall and into the lead in the U23 classifiction jersey in the UCI 2.1 ranked five-day.
There's some nice footage in here of the four Irish riders on the team; Christie, Conor Dunne, Ryan Mullen and Jack Wilson.
Included are some great shots of new pro rider Christie on the podium and a brief interview with him about his ride so far.
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February 5th to 9th: Etoile de Bessèges (UCI 2.1)
February 6th, Stage 2: Nîmes – Saint-Ambroix 149km
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr | 3:32:55 | |
| 2 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 3 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R la Mondiale | ||
| 4 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 5 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 6 | Jelle Mannaerts (Bel) Verandas Willems | ||
| 7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | ||
| 8 | Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ||
| 10 | Erwan Corbel (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 32 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 43 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 92 | Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 106 | Marcus Christie (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 135 | Conor Dunne (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 141 | Kévin Clayes (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction | @1:04 | |
| 144 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | @1:13 | |
| 155 | Woute Franssen (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction |
General Classification
| 1 | Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | 6:59:45 | |
| 2 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert | @5 | |
| 3 | Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 4 | Boris Dron (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles | @12 | |
| 5 | Marcus Christie (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | @16 | |
| 6 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr | @24 | |
| 7 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | @28 | |
| 8 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R la Mondiale | @30 | |
| 9 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | @32 | |
| 10 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | @33 | |
| 11 | Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | @34 | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ||
| 13 | Timothy Dupont (Bel) Roubaix Lille Métropole | ||
| 14 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 15 | Erwan Corbel (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 30 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 47 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 94 | Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 104 | Conor Dunne (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 111 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | @1:47 | |
| 123 | Woute Franssen (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction | @8:22 | |
| 149 | Kévin Clayes (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction | @9:47 |
U23 General Classification
| 1 | Michael Goolaerts (Bel) Verandas Willems | 3:27:02 | |
| 2 | Marcus Christie (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | @4 | |
| 3 | Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole | @22 | |
| 4 | Erwan Corbel (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement | ||
| 5 | Kirill Yatsevich (Rus) Itera Katusha | ||
| 6 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction | ||
| 7 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 8 | Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA | ||
| 9 | Loïc Pestiaux (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles | ||
| 10 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano |
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