La Méditerranéenne
Astana's Andriy Grivko upset the French at La Méditerranéenne with the Ukrainian's stage 3 victory setting up his first overall stage victory despite Jan Bakelants' (AG2R La Mondiale) solo stage 4 victory. Grivko's 11th place in the chase group behind Bakelants was good enough to seal the overall victory 18 seconds ahead of FDJ's Matthieu Ladagnous with Bakelants in third.
A first ever team time trial for FDJ saw the French WorldTour take control of the race with Arnaud Démare claiming a second straight win for the team in Port Vendres with leadout man Mickael Delage finishing second. Grivko's late attack on stage 3 saw the Astana rider take over the race lead by his winning margin, 18 seconds, which would remain unchanged at the conclusion of the race.
Final stage victory for Bakelants was AG2R La Mondiale's first of the 2016 season with the team also securing the points jersey via the Belgian, the mountains classification with Cyril Gautier and the team classification. Direct Energie's Lilian Calmejane, 23, won the youth classification having finished eighth overall.
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Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia
BMC's Philippe Gilbert won his first race of the season at Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia , outsprinting Alejandro Valverde from a small bunch, having lead-out work from teammate Ben Hermans. The 1.1 Spanish race saw the 129-rider strong peloton cover 199.3km from San Javier to Murcia, with the category 1 Alto Collado Bermejo the decisive climb of the race.
The day-long breakaway of Miguel Angel Benito (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Artem Ovechkin (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Kleber Ramos (Funvic Soul Cycles - Carrefour), Benat Txoperena Matxikote (Euskadi Basque Country), Sander Helven (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), and Kamil Gradek (Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team) had built a lead of almost eight minutes over the peloton before the Movistar team split the race on the Bermejo.
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