2013 French Road Cycling Cup

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The 2013 French Road Cycling Cup was the 22nd edition of the French Road Cycling Cup.

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Compared to the previous edition, the Flèche d'Emeraude was replaced by the Tour de la Somme. The defending champion from 2012 was Samuel Dumoulin, who won for a second consecutive time after a third place in the final event allowed him to overtake Bryan Coquard and Anthony Geslin in the overall standings. Bryan Coquard still won the youth classification, while FDJ.fr won the teams competition.

Events

DateEventWinnerTeamSeries leaderLeading Team
27 January Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Flag of France.svg  Justin Jules  (FRA) La Pomme Marseille Flag of France.svg  Justin Jules  (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale
16 March Classic Loire Atlantique Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Edwig Cammaerts  (BEL) Cofidis Cofidis
17 March Cholet-Pays de Loire Flag of France.svg  Damien Gaudin  (FRA) Team Europcar
29 March Route Adélie Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Malaguti  (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Ag2r–La Mondiale
9 April Paris–Camembert Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA) FDJ FDJ
11 April Grand Prix de Denain Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Démare  (FRA) FDJ
13 April Tour du Finistère Flag of France.svg  Cyril Gautier  (FRA) Team Europcar
14 April Tro-Bro Léon Flag of France.svg  Francis Mourey  (FRA) FDJ
25 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale Flag of France.svg  Anthony Geslin  (FRA)
26 May Boucles de l'Aulne Flag of France.svg  Mathieu Ladagnous  (FRA) FDJ
28 July Polynormande Flag of Portugal.svg  José Gonçalves  (POR) La Pomme Marseille
25 August Châteauroux Classic Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) Team Europcar Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA)
15 September Tour du Doubs Flag of Latvia.svg  Aleksejs Saramotins  (LAT) IAM Cycling Flag of France.svg  Anthony Geslin  (FRA)
20 September Tour de la Somme Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Preben Van Hecke  (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
22 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Démare  (FRA) FDJ.fr Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA)
6 October Tour de Vendée Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) FDJ.fr Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA)

Points standings

Individual

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 155
2Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) Team Europcar 149
3Flag of France.svg  Anthony Geslin  (FRA) FDJ.fr 128
4Flag of France.svg  Yannick Martinez  (FRA) La Pomme Marseille 111
5Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Démare  (FRA) FDJ.fr 100
6Flag of France.svg  Justin Jules  (FRA) La Pomme Marseille 93
7Flag of France.svg  Julien Simon  (FRA) Sojasun 93
8Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) FDJ.fr 75
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Yauheni Hutarovich  (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale 73
10Flag of France.svg  Francis Mourey  (FRA) FDJ.fr 68

Young rider classification

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders had to be younger than 25 and either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) Team Europcar 149
2Flag of France.svg  Yannick Martinez  (FRA) La Pomme Marseille 111
3Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Démare  (FRA) FDJ.fr 100
4Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) FDJ.fr 75
5Flag of Portugal.svg  José Gonçalves  (POR) La Pomme Marseille 50
6Flag of France.svg  Armindo Fonseca  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 49
7Flag of France.svg  Johan Le Bon  (FRA) FDJ.fr 35
8Flag of Norway.svg  Vegard Stake Laengen  (NOR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 28
9Flag of France.svg  Thomas Damuseau  (FRA) Argos–Shimano 25
10Flag of France.svg  Arthur Vichot  (FRA) FDJ.fr 25

Teams

Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.

Pos.TeamPoints
1 FDJ.fr 145
2 Cofidis 119
3 Bretagne–Séché Environnement 114
4 Ag2r–La Mondiale 103
5 Sojasun 101
6 Team Europcar 94
7 La Pomme Marseille 67
8 BigMat–Auber 93 66
9 Roubaix–Lille Métropole 64

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