Fresh from his victory at the Tour Méditerranéen, Plymouth cyclist Jon Tiernan-Locke has continued the great start to his season with a second succesive stage race victory by taking the final stage and overall at the Tour du Haut Var. 

The strong field included Thomas Voeckler, who followed up a victory in last years edition with a fourth place in The Tour de France.

After finishing the 189.2km 1st stage, from Draguignan to La Croix Valme, in 3rd place and 6 seconds down on Romain Hardy and Clément Koretzky of France, the former Combe Dean student was in a good position for the 2nd and final day.

During the  205.4km 2nd Stage from Fréjus to Fayence Jon showed his strength with 2 km to go and took the victory comfortably, winning the overall in the process.

Final Standings:

1Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Endura Racing10:10:29 2Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi  0:00:06 3Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun  0:00:09 4Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller  0:00:13 5Simon Clarke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team  0:00:18

With results like this, the Endura Racing rider is rapidly becoming one of the hottest properties in Continental road racing and with rumours of a move to a Pro-Team, it seems likely that Jon may get his chance to shine in the biggest races.