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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