33rd Ruban Granitier Cycliste Breton, Cat 2.6

France, April 24-28, 1999

Past Winners     Teams    

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - Lorient - Plouay, 85.5 kms:
  • Stage 2 - Plouay - Hennebont, 93.3 kms:
  • Stage 3 - Quevèn - Guipavas, 159.8 kms:
  • Stage 4 - Ploudaniel - Lamballe, 199.3 kms:
  • Stage 5 - Broons - La Turballe, 164.7 kms:
  • Stage 6 - La Turballe - Rennes, 157.4 kms:
  • Stage 7 - Thorigné - Fougères, 82.4 kms:
  • Stage 8 - Saint-Grégoire - Dinan, 99.4 kms:
  • Stage 9 - Le Hinglé - Brusvily, 142 kms:

Preview

Cyrille Jolit from Yerres in France writes that the Ruban Granitier Breton is a UCI Cat 2.6 race held in the region of Bretagne in France. It is considered a very important race on the French amateur calendar. Bretagne is the most popular region in France for cycle racing and has spawned great riders like Bernard Hinault, Jean Robic, Louison Bobet and always a lot of excellent amateur riders.

Stage 1, Lorient - Plouay, 85.5 kms:

Stage 1 was won by the 25-year old Stéphane Corlay, who dedicated the victory to his brother Philippe who recently died from illness. He gave 12 riders the slip just 12 kms from the finish. The stage was held in heavy rain and strong winds. Second place went to Lithuanian Saulius Ruskis from the St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK and 3rd went to 23-year old Benoît Poilvet, who was on probation with the team Crédit Agricole in June 98 and over the winter of 1998-99. 

 1. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes         1.55.38 (44.364 km/h)
 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.18
 3. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean-Floc'H-Mantes             0.18
 4. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen                  0.18
 5. Jean-Philippe Rouxel (Fra) Normandie                0.18

Stage 2, Plouay - Hennebont, 92.8 kms:

Stage 2 was won by Stéphane Augé (VC Roubaix) a 24-year old who is on probation with Crédit Agricole from the autumn of 1999. 

 1. Stéphane Auge (Fra) VC Rouen                     2.10.22 (42.710 km/h)
 2. Emmanuel Mallet (Fra) Normandie
 3. Mickaël Fouliard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
 4. Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Poitou-Charentes          0.03
 5. Denis Dugouchet (Fra) UC Chateauroux                0.03

GC after Stage 2: 

 1. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes         4.05.59
 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.13
 3. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen                  0.22
 4. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean-Floc'H-Mantes             0.24
 5. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise               0.27

Quevèn - Guipavas, 159.8 kms:

This stage gave overnight leader Stéphane Corlay major difficulties and he lost the white and green leader's jersey to the Lithuanian Arturos Trumpauskas, who is riding from VC Rouen. The Breton Corlay missed a major move early in the stage and was never able to get back into the race. 

 1. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK        3.39.15
 2. Miika Hietanen (Fin) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.11
 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                   0.39
 4. Marc Vanacker (Lux) VC Pontivy                      0.39
 5. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen                  0.39

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen               7.46.12
 2. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                   0.04
 3. Stéphane Simon (Fra) Bretagne                       0.15
 4. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.16
 5. Miika Hietanen (Fin) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.31

Ploudaniel - Lamballe, 199.3 kms:

This stage was won in a mass sprint by the Pole. 

 1. Marek Lesniewski (Pol) CM Aubervilliers          4.58.45
 2. Franck Morelle (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
 3. Julien Fiacre (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
 4. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK
 5. Alexandre Usov (Blr) UV Aube                        s.t.

GC after Stage 4 

 1. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen              12.44.57
 2. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                   0.04
 3. Stéphane Simon (Fra) Bretagne                       0.15
 4. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.16
 5. Miika Hietanen (Fin) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.31

Stage 5, Broons - La Turballe, 164.7 kms:

 1. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK        3.23.11
 2. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes
 3. Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen
 4. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Ukraine
 5. Marco Vermeij (Fra) UV Aube                         s.t.

GC after Stage 5 

 1. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
 2. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes            1.01
 3. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           1.05
 4. Jean-Philippe Rouxel (Fra) Normandie                1.36
 5. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK            1.44

Stage 6, La Turballe - Rennes, 157.4 kms:

The stage was won by the Belorus rider Alexandre Usov Usov (UV Aube) in a mass sprint after the major move (14 riders) was made 10 km from the finish. 

 1. Alexandre Usov (Blr) UV Aube                     3.49.35
 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK                           
 3. Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
 4. Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie
 5. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                   s.t.

GC after Stage 6 

 1. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.59
 3. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes            1.01
 4. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK            1.44
 5. Jean-Philippe Rouxel (Fra) Normandie                1.49

Stage 7, Thorigné - Fougères, 82.4 kms:

 1. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK        1.51.24
 2. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes                            
 3. Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
 4. Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen                      s.t.
 5. Alexandre Usov (Blr) UV Aube                        0.02

Stage 8, Saint-Grégoire - Dinan, 99.4 kms:

Breton Stéphane Pétilleau (ex Crédit Agricole) scored his first success of this year after he went back to being an Elite without contract rider with the excellent team Jean-Floc’h-Mantes. The stage finished on a very steep road (15%), with paving stones like Paris-Roubaix ! 

 1. Stéphane Pétilleau (Fra) Jean-Floc'H-Mantes      2.12.49
 2. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.04
 3. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean-Floc'H-Mantes             0.25
 4. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.25
 5. Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen                      0.25

GC after Stage 8 

 1. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise

Stage 9, Le Hinglé - Brusvily, 142 kms:

Ruskis (2nd on GC) and the Corlay (3rd on GC) attacked 5 kms from the finish but were caught just before the line. The sprint was won by the fast Stéphane Augé (VC Roubaix) for the second time this week. This is the first major success for 28-year old David Dumont. He was second in GP Fayt-le-Franc (Belgium) last year. 

 1. Stéphane Augé (Fra) VC Roubaix                   3.25.32
 2. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean-Floc'H-Mantes
 3. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Pontivy
 4. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Ukraine
 5. Markus Persson (Swe) Sweden                         s.t.

GC after Stage 9 

 1. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise           27.29.28
 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           0.24
 3. Stéphane Corlay (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes            0.29
 4. Jean-Philippe Rouxel (Fra) Normandie                1.35
 5. Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen                      1.54
 6. Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie                          2.23
 7. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                   2.46
 8. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK           2.49
 9. Arturas Trumpauskas (Lit) VC Rouen                  2.56
10. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Ukraine                    2.56

Complete Starting List

Jean-Floc'H-Mantes (Fra)        CC Corunes (Spa)

 1. Vincent Templier            11. Ruben Carril Cacharron
 2. Stéphane Corlay             12. Edouardo Garcia Gonzalez
 5. Stéphane Petilleau          13. Javier de la Torre Viel 
 6. Stéphane Ravaleu            15. Ruben Cuenca Arce
 9. Benoît Poilvet              18. J. Antonio Palacin Carro 
10. Serge Oger                  19. Aleja Arribas Casaneva

CM Aubervilliers (Fra)          RSC Cottbus (Ger)

21. Fabrice Hamon               31. Danilo Ettlich
22. Cédric Jourdan              32. Benjamin Kiesnchnick
23. Loïc Lamouller              33. Jan Pokrandt
24. Eric Leblacher              36. Matthias Roblick
25. Cédric Loue                 37. Marcel Mobus
30. Marek Lesniewski            39. Mayer Olivier

VC Roubaix (Fra)                Sweden

41. Stéphane Auge               51. Allen Andersson
42. Marc Chanoine               52. Anders Eklundh
43. Carlo MeneghettI            53. Markus Persson
44. Vincent Moreels             54. Henrik Oldin
45. Christophe Guillome         58. Michael Ringdhal
46. Loïc Vasseur

CC Nogent-sur-Oise (Fra)        Ukraine

61. Eric Beaune                 71. Pavel Tsarapkin
63. David Dumont                72. Vadim Russu
64. Mickaël Fouliard            74. Andriy Korolyov
65. Mickael Leveau              75. Volodymir Bileka
66. Franck Morelle              76. Valeriy Kobzarenko
67. Serge Barbara               78. Osyp Bodak

Tegeltoko (Ned)                 UV Aube (Fra)

81. Ron Jacobs                  91. Frédéric Ruberti
82. Jelle Mul                   93. Marco Vermeij
83. Arthur Rutte                94. Alexandre Usov
84. Vincent Van Rijn            95. François Le Bihan
85. Eddy Weening                96. David Isidore
89. Aike Visbeek                98. David Messant

VC Rouen (Fra)                  St-Quentin-Oktos-MBK (Fra)

101. Michel Lallouet            111. Franck Trotel
102. Arturas Trumpauskas        112. Miika Hietanen
103. Sébastien Foure            114. Eddy Seigneur
105. Jean-Philippe Yon          117. Oleg Kozlitine
106. Frédéric Lecrosnier        119. Nicolas L'Hote
107. Stéphane Delimauges        120. Saulius Ruskis

VC Pontivy (Fra)                Poitou-Charentes (Fra)

131. David Berthou              141. Yohann Le Boulanger
133. Frédéric Lubert            143. Sébastien Pineau
135. Ludovic Vanhee             144. Christophe Barbier
136. Stéphane Calvez            146. Anthony Supiot
137. Marc Vanacker              147. Anthony Morin
139. Bryan Peterson             148. Julien Fiacre

Normandie (Fra)                 Bretagne (Fra)

151. Benoît Legrix              161. Olivier Alory
154. Cyrille Prise              162. Didier Commault
155. Tony Cavet                 163. Sylvain Letaconnoux
157. Stéphane Couge             165. Stéphane Simon
158. Jean-Philippe Rouxel       166. Christophe Thebault
159. Emmanuel Mallet            168. Guillaume Lefranc

UC Chateauroux (Fra)

171. Stéphane Boury
172. Franck Fougeroux
173. Yvan Sartis
174. Arnaud Chauveau
175. Vincent Renault
176. Denis Dugouchet

Past Winners

1991    Richard Vivien (Fra)
1992    Evgueni Berzin (Rus)
1993    Dominique Bozzi (Fra)
1994    Anatoliy Tchoubar (Ukr)
1995    Sébastien Guénée (Fra)
1996    Stéphane Cueff (Fra)
1997    Philippe Bresset (Fra)
1998    Vincent Templier (Fra)
Thanks to Cyrille Jolit from France