Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who finished on the podium both days, won the points classification.

The mountains prize was won by Ignatas Konovalovas (Team Marseille 13 KTM) and the best young rider was Quentin Pacher (Armée de Terre).

[3] Gilbert was considered one of the major favourites for the race, while AG2R La Mondiale's Samuel Dumoulin and Bretagne–Séché Environnement's Jonathan Hivert were also expected to ride well.

[3][7] The second stage took the riders across several more difficult climbs, including the Côte des Tuilières 20 kilometres (12 miles) before the finish.

He admitted after the stage that it had not been his intention to attempt to win the race from the breakaway, but he pushed on, estimating that the peloton behind would be tired.

After 50 kilometres (31 miles) of racing, a nine-man breakaway went away, with AG2R La Mondiale leading the chase in defence of Ben Gastauer's yellow jersey.

Turgis attempted to drive the pace on the climb of Col de la Grange 70 kilometres (43 miles) before the finish, but he was not able to distance the peloton.

The last of the escapees to be caught was Le Bon, who rode solo into the final 20 kilometres (12 miles) with a lead of over a minute.

On the climb, Davide Rebellin (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice), a former champion in the race, attacked along with Julien Loubet Team Marseille 13 KTM, but they were caught by AG2R La Mondiale shortly after the summit.

His teammate Chad Haga led him out in the sprint, and he was able to beat Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) to the line, with Baptiste Planckaert (Roubaix–Lille Métropole) in third place.

For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey.