The opening stage of the five stage Tour International du Poitou-Charentes is 166.9 km long.

Stage 1 is scheduled to start at 13:00 and finish at 16:48.

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O
*Roster subject to change.*
Steven Cozza
Tom Danielson
Tyler Farrar
Mike Friedman
Christophe Laurent
Martijn Maaskant
Kilian Patour
Tom Peterson