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L'Hexagonal VTT - S1
France, August 7-12, 2008
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Stage 2 - August 8: Vittel cross country, 50km
Peraud and Leboucher show fine pre-Olympic form
On a cool and cloudy day, Jean Christophe Peraud and Laurence Leboucher took wins in stage two of the VTT L'Hexagonal.
Overall leader German Moritz Milatz escaped after just 5km along with Peraud and World Champion Christoph Sauser. Ludovic Dubau, Nicolas Vermeulen, Jhon Botero and Nicolas Filippi trailed by just 25 seconds at the end of the first climb up Mount St. Anne.
Peraud decided to attack after the first lap. Milatz followed him, but Sauser could not and fell back 48 seconds. Vermeulen and Dubau slipped further back to 1:25. Then the unfortunate Dubau crashed and injured his shoulder on the descent.
Peraud and Milatz drove the pace as Sauser slipped further back. Vermeulen continued his chase with help from Catriel Soto and Botero, but then he broke his chain and lost a few places.
A thunderstorm, with hail, made the race even more exciting at the beginning of the fourth lap. Peraud took his chances despite the conditions and dropped Milatz on a rise despite the heavily soaked course. The French Peraud went on to claim the win by 47 seconds. Milatz held on for second and Sauser finished third, at 3:42.
Ian Bibby was the best young rider for the day, but Soto keeps his lead in the classification.
In the women's race, French woman Laurence Leboucher won ahead of Australians Dellys Starr (by six minutes) and Kate Potter (by 18:42 minutes).
Results
Scratch (includes stage race and for-the-day competitors) 1 Jean Christoph Péraud (Fra) Team Orbéa 2.13.13 2 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Team Germany 0.47 3 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 3.42 4 Jhon Botero (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 5.40 5 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team National Great Britain 5.54 6 Sébastien Carabin (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 6.04 7 Catriel Soto (Arg) Team Info Lee Cougan 6.07 8 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Team France Defense 6.58 9 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 7.00 10 Alban Lakata (Aut) Team Composée Australie 7.12 11 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 7.51 12 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 8.28 13 Alessio Zamuner (Ita) Team Italie 1 9.11 14 Frank Beemer (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 9.39 15 Benoit Igoulen (Fra) AC Beaunes 10.06 16 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 10.27 17 Joan Llordella (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 11.13 18 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Team New Cycling 11.56 19 Marco Arnold (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 12.07 20 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 13.02 21 Roland Abacherli (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 13.08 22 Romain Lejeune (Fra) Team New Cycling 13.25 23 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 13.27 24 David Fletcher (GBr) Team National Great Britain 13.37 25 Adrian Jackson (Aus) Team National Australie 13.39 26 Cristobal Silva (Chi) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 14.41 27 Nieck Busser (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 16.01 28 Nick Both (Aus) Team Composée Australie 16.22 29 Daniel MC Connell (Aus) Team National Australie 16.45 30 Billy-Joe Whenman (GBr) Team National Great Britain 16.53 31 Bart Van Hecke (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 17.52 32 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 18.37 33 Andrew Blair (Aus) Team National Australie 19.16 34 Jean Paul Stephan (Fra) Team lapierre 20.34 35 Ivanov Timofei (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 21.45 36 Julien Vimond (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 23.01 37 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 23.23 38 Vladimir Loginov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 24.21 39 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Team International 24.22 40 Adrien Pascal (Fra) Team New Cycling 25.13 41 Massimo Ghisoni (Ita) Team Italie 2 25.15 42 David Pena Ruiz (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 25.26 43 Eric Nellen (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 26.34 44 Guiseppe Lamastra (Ita) Team Italie 1 26.55 45 Jean Philippe Tellier (Fra) Team France Defense 27.01 46 Luca Allodio (Ita) Team Italie 2 28.03 47 Virgile Stiedel (Fra) 28.21 48 Eric Weber (Fra) Team International 28.42 49 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 32.00 50 Ludovic Grandidier (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 32.13 51 Frédéric Ischard (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 34.50 52 Thomas Achouri (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 36.23 53 Josh Keep (Aus) Team Composée Australie 40.09 54 Emilien Bontemps (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 40.20 55 Gianluca Longoni (Ita) Team Italie 1 41.18 56 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Team Daccordi 44.53 57 Emmanuel Marie (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 45.38 58 Fabien Baroni (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 46.27 59 Christophe Mayeux (Fra) Team France Defense 52.18 60 Julien Roussel (Fra) 1.12.18 61 Nicolas Beraud (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 62 David Toupance (Fra) 63 Claudio Guglielmetti (Ita) Team Daccordi 64 Alexandre Coutten (Fra) AC Beaumes 65 Julien Imbert (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 66 Mauro Tursi (Ita) Team Italie 2 67 Andrea Berlusconi (Ita) Team Italie 1 68 Djilloul freifer (Ita) 69 Peter Coddens (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 70 Pierre Moussus (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 71 Loic François (Fra) Remiremo,t VTT 72 Patricio Figueroa (Chi) Team International 73 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Team Daccordi 74 Aurélien Collet (Fra) Team Régional Normandie DNF Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Team National Pays Bas DNF Philippe Maneveau (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne DNF Paolo Montoya (CRc) Team Info Lee Cougan DNF Jeremy Arnould (Fra) La Bressaude Roue Verte DNF David Lozano (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike DNF Edmil Albertone (Ita) Team Daccordi DNF Farid Aouchni (Fra) DNF Marc Auriac (Fra) Team Inter Region DNF Gonzalo Ruidiaz (Chi) Team International General classification after stage 2 Maillot Soleil - Men 1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Team Germany 2.27.31 2 Jhon Botero (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 5.39 3 Catriel Soto (Arg) Team Info Lee Cougan 6.11 4 Sébastien Carabin (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 6.32 5 Alban Lakata (Aut) Team Composée Australie 6.56 6 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Team France Defense 7.03 7 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team National Great Britain 7.12 8 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 7.20 9 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 7.56 10 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 8.07 11 Alessio Zamuner (Ita) Team Italie 1 9.14 12 Frank Beemer (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 11.11 13 Joan Llordella (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 11.22 14 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 12.03 15 Marco Arnold (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 12.15 16 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 12.36 17 Roland Abacherli (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 13.12 18 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 13.21 19 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 13.38 20 David Fletcher (GBr) Team National Great Britain 13.40 21 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Team New Cycling 13.49 22 Romain Lejeune (Fra) Team New Cycling 14.02 23 Adrian Jackson (Aus) Team National Australie 14.17 24 Cristobal Silva (Chi) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 15.00 25 Nieck Busser (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 16.41 26 Nick Both (Aus) Team Composée Australie 16.56 27 Billy-Joe Whenman (GBr) Team National Great Britain 17.29 28 Daniel MC Connell (Aus) Team National Australie 18.51 29 Bart Van Hecke (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 18.53 30 Andrew Blair (Aus) Team National Australie 19.52 31 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 19.55 32 Julien Vimond (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 23.54 33 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 24.14 34 Vladimir Loginov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 24.38 35 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Team International 25.34 36 David Pena Ruiz (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 26.41 37 Massimo Ghisoni (Ita) Team Italie 2 26.53 38 Guiseppe Lamastra (Ita) Team Italie 1 27.03 39 Eric Nellen (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 27.04 40 Adrien Pascal (Fra) Team New Cycling 27.07 41 Jean Philippe Tellier (Fra) Team France Defense 28.24 42 Luca Allodio (Ita) Team Italie 2 29.51 43 Eric Weber (Fra) Team International 29.54 44 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 33.07 45 Ludovic Grandidier (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 33.30 46 Frédéric Ischard (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 36.05 47 Thomas Achouri (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 37.29 48 Josh Keep (Aus) Team Composée Australie 41.13 49 Emilien Bontemps (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 41.37 50 Gianluca Longoni (Ita) Team Italie 1 43.32 51 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Team Daccordi 47.02 52 Emmanuel Marie (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 47.58 53 Fabien Baroni (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 48.54 54 Christophe Mayeux (Fra) Team France Defense 54.04 55 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Team Daccordi 1.12.33 56 Peter Coddens (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 1.13.24 57 Aurélien Collet (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 1.13.31 58 Mauro Tursi (Ita) Team Italie 2 1.14.07 59 Julien Imbert (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 1.14.11 60 Patricio Figueroa (Chi) Team International 61 Claudio Guglielmetti (Ita) Team Daccordi 1.14.12 62 Nicolas Beraud (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 1.14.28 63 Andrea Berlusconi (Ita) Team Italie 1 64 Pierre Moussus (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 1.16.04 65 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 66 David Lozano (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 67 Edmil Albertone (Ita) Team Daccordi 68 Paolo Montoya (CRc) Team Info Lee Cougan 69 Philippe Maneveau (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 70 Gonzalo Ruidiaz (Chi) Team International 71 Marc Auriac (Fra) Team Inter Region 72 Guillaume Duez (Fra) Team Inter Region 73 Lionel Gardebien (Fra) Team Inter Region Maillot Soleil - Women 1 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) Team New Cycling 2.15.19 2 Dellys Starr (Aus) Team National Australie 6.00 3 Kate Potter (Aus) Team Composée Australie 18.42 4 Giuliana Lamastra (Ita) Team Italie 2 35.59 5 Adeilheid Morath (Ger) Team Germany Maillot Chlorophylle (points) 1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Team Germany 70 pts 2 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 40 3 Jhon Botero (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 31 4 Catriel Soto (Arg) Team Info Lee Cougan 29 5 Alban Lakata (Aut) Team Composée Australie 25 6 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 23 7 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team National Great Britain 22 8 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Team France Defense 19 9 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 19 10 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 18 11 Guiseppe Lamastra (Ita) Team Italie 1 17 12 Alessio Zamuner (Ita) Team Italie 1 16 13 Frank Beemer (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 15 14 David Fletcher (GBr) Team National Great Britain 14 15 Sébastien Carabin (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 12 16 Roland Abacherli (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 8 17 Marco Arnold (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 5 18 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 5 19 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 4 20 Joan Llordella (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 3 21 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 2 22 Cristobal Silva (Chi) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 1 23 Nieck Busser (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 24 Bart Van Hecke (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 25 Peter Coddens (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 26 Luca Allodio (Ita) Team Italie 2 27 Eric Nellen (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 28 David Lozano (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 29 David Pena Ruiz (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike 30 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 31 Massimo Ghisoni (Ita) Team Italie 2 32 Mauro Tursi (Ita) Team Italie 2 33 Marc Auriac (Fra) Team Inter Region 34 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 35 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 36 Vladimir Loginov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 37 Lionel Gardebien (Fra) Team Inter Region 38 Billy-Joe Whenman (GBr) Team National Great Britain 39 Daniel MC Connell (Aus) Team National Australie 40 Adrian Jackson (Aus) Team National Australie 41 Andrew Blair (Aus) Team National Australie 42 Adrien Pascal (Fra) Team New Cycling 43 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Team New Cycling 44 Paolo Montoya (CRc) Team Info Lee Cougan 45 Emmanuel Marie (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 46 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Team Daccordi 47 Christophe Mayeux (Fra) Team France Defense 48 Jean Philippe Tellier (Fra) Team France Defense 49 Edmil Albertone (Ita) Team Daccordi 50 Gonzalo Ruidiaz (Chi) Team International 51 Patricio Figueroa (Chi) Team International 52 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Team International 53 Eric Weber (Fra) Team International 54 Josh Keep (Aus) Team Composée Australie 55 Nick Both (Aus) Team Composée Australie 56 Claudio Guglielmetti (Ita) Team Daccordi 57 Pierre Moussus (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 58 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 59 Fabien Baroni (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne 60 Ludovic Grandidier (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 61 Nicolas Beraud (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 62 Julien Imbert (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 63 Emilien Bontemps (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 64 Gianluca Longoni (Ita) Team Italie 1 65 Andrea Berlusconi (Ita) Team Italie 1 66 Guillaume Duez (Fra) Team Inter Region 67 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Team Daccordi 68 Romain Lejeune (Fra) Team New Cycling 69 Frédéric Ischard (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 70 Aurélien Collet (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 71 Julien Vimond (Fra) Team Régional Normandie 72 Thomas Achouri (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 73 Philippe Maneveau (Fra) Velo Yonne Bourgogne Best young rider 1 Catriel Soto (Arg) Team Info Lee Cougan 2.33.42 2 Sébastien Carabin (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 0.21 3 Ian Bibby (GBr) Team National Great Britain 1.01 4 Alessio Zamuner (Ita) Team Italie 1 3.03 5 Frank Beemer (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 5.00 6 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Team Lingier Versluys 5.52 7 Marco Arnold (Swi) Team Selection Suisse 6.04 8 David Fletcher (GBr) Team National Great Britain 7.29 9 Romain Lejeune (Fra) Team New Cycling 7.51 10 Nieck Busser (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 10.30 11 Billy-Joe Whenman (GBr) Team National Great Britain 11.18 12 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Team Info Lee Cougan 13.44 13 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 18.03 14 Vladimir Loginov (Rus) Team Format Udmurtia 18.27 15 Eric Nellen (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 20.53 16 Adrien Pascal (Fra) Team New Cycling 20.56 17 Thomas Achouri (Bel) Team Wallonie Bruxelles 31.18 18 Josh Keep (Aus) Team Composée Australie 35.02 19 Emilien Bontemps (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 35.26 20 Julien Imbert (Fra) Team 61 GO 2 Chile 1.08.00 21 Claudio Guglielmetti (Ita) Team Daccordi 1.08.01 22 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Team National Pays Bas 23 David Lozano (Spa) Team Mule Pro Bike Team classification 1 Team Info Lee Cougan 5.06.52 2 Team Wallonie Bruxelles 2.02 3 Team Selection Suisse 3.50 4 Team Lingier Versluys 5.35 5 Team National Great Britain 8.20 6 Team Composée Australie 12.02 7 Team Format Udmurtia 12.32 8 Team National Pays Bas 14.26 9 Team New Cycling 16.01 10 Team National Australie 19.48 11 Team France Defense 23.37 12 Team Italie 1 24.27 13 Team Mule Pro Bike 25.13 14 Team International 43.38 15 Team 61 GO 2 Chile 44.47 16 Team Italie 2 44.54 17 Team Régional Normandie 45.30 18 Velo Yonne Bourgogne 1.25.02 19 Team Daccordi 1.47.04 Mixed Team classification 1 Team New Cycling 4.55.23 2 Team National Australie 7.42 3 Team Composée Australie 13.05 4 Team Italie 2 50.19
