The Prologue of the Tour de l'Avenir was held in the afternoon in Brittany in the west
of France. The course was a tough little loop around a small village called
Ploudaniel. The Australian boys aquitted themselves very well with Peter Rogers doing the best of them in 7th place. Tomorrow (Friday) is just under 200km through Britanny from Ploudaniel to Vannes. The region has a reputation for hard roads that go up and down all day with
no big climbs, and bad weather.
1. David Millar (GB) Cofidis 6.50
2. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 0.07
3. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE 0.08
4. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 0.11
5. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN 0.12
6. David Canada (Spa) ONCE 0.12
7. Peter Rogers (Australia) ZVVZ Giant AIS 0.13
8. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJ 0.13
9. Anthony Morin (Fra) Big M0. 0.13
10. Gregory Gwazdowski (Pol) 0.14
11 MENTHEOUR Erwan FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 0.15
12 LANGELLA Anthony FRA GAN 0.15
13 KJAERGAARD Steffen NOR TVM 0.15
14 BOS Cyril FRA GAN 0.16
15 DE JONGH Steven NED TVM 0.16
16 CONAN Stéphane FRA JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.16
17 HALGAND Patrice FRA FESTINA 0.16
18 GONO Marcel AUS ZVVZ GIANT 0.17
19 BERGES Stéphane FRA BIG MAT 0.17
20 MULLER Dietmar AUT AUTRICHE 0.17
21 SASTRE Carlos ESP ONCE 0.17
22 NEWTON Christopher GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.18
23 MONCOUTIE David FRA COFIDIS 0.18
24 BOUYER Franck FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 0.18
25 HATTON Sébastien FRA BIG MAT 0.18
26 POILVET Benoît FRA JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.19
27 BARRIGON Josue ESP ONCE 0.19
28 MELLER Martin GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 0.19
29 HONDO Danilo GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 0.20
30 HRUSKA Jan CZE ZVVZ GIANT 0.20
31 MANNING Paul GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.21
32 ASMAKER Olivier FRA TVM 0.21
33 LIVINGSTON Kevin USA COFIDIS 0.22
34 WHITE Matthew AUS ZVVZ GIANT 0.22
35 JALABERT Nicolas FRA COFIDIS 0.22
36 AUCUTT Brent USA ETATS-UNIS 0.23
37 PRISE Cyrille FRA BRETAGNE 0.23
38 GUEST Lionel FRA JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.24
39 NAZON Jean-PatrickFRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 0.24
40 HERNANDEZ Jaime ESP FESTINA 0.24
41 FOURE Sébastien FRA FRANCE 0.24
42 PICHON Mickael FRA VENDEE U 0.24
43 LEFEVRE Laurent FRA FESTINA 0.24
44 BRUINSMA Johan NED PAYS-BAS 0.25
45 ETXEBARRIA Unai VEN EUSKADI 0.25
46 DELBOVE Jérome FRA FRANCE 0.26
47 SIMENSEN Ole NOR 0.26
48 TEMPLIER Vincent FRA FRANCE 0.26
49 CORLAY Stéphane FRA FRANCE 0.26
50 POLLACK Olaf GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 0.27
51 ROUX Laurent FRA TVM 0.27
52 VAN DE VELDE Christian USA ETATS-UNIS 0.27
53 DUIJN Marcel NED PAYS-BAS 0.27
54 GUILBERT Charles FRA FRANCE 0.28
55 LOPEZ Alberto ESP EUSKADI 0.30
56 HAMOND Roger GBR VENDEE U 0.30
57 NAZON Damien FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 0.31
58 VIFIAN Frédéric FRA POST SWISS TEAM 0.32
59 SCHNIDER Daniel SUI POST SWISS TEAM 0.32
60 D.HOLLANDER Glenn BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.32
61 AEBERSOLD Niki SUI POST SWISS TEAM 0.33
62 LAUKKA Joona FIN FESTINA 0.33
63 BERTHOU David FRA BRETAGNE 0.33
64 KONECNY Tomas CZE ZVVZ GIANT 0.34
65 PRONK Matthé NED PAYS-BAS 0.34
66 RAVALEU Stéphane FRA BIG MAT 0.35
67 BENETEAU Walter FRA VENDEE U 0.35
68 AERTS Mario BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.35
69 SLINNING Cato NOR 0.36
70 CHRISTOPHER Tim AUS JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.36
71 JENNER Christopher NZL GAN 0.36
72 PERRAUDEAU Olivier FRA VENDEE U 0.36
73 MAINGUENAUD Frédéric FRA VENDEE U 0.36
74 HUNT Jérémy GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.36
75 RENGGLI Marcel SUI POST SWISS TEAM 0.37
76 VAN DIJK Stefan NED PAYS-BAS 0.38
77 OTXOA Ricardo ESP ONCE 0.38
78 DA CRUZ Carlos FRA BIG MAT 0.38
79 GUILLOME Christophe FRA BRETAGNE 0.38
80 LEBRETON Lylian FRA FESTINA 0.38
81 FERNANDEZ Bingen ESP EUSKADI 0.38
82 PELUSI Seth USA ETATS-UNIS 0.38
83 WIRZ Guido SUI POST SWISS TEAM 0.38
84 HINAULT Sébastien FRA GAN 0.39
85 SIMON Stéphane FRA JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.39
86 POOS Christian FRA COFIDIS 0.39
87 ZOETEMELK Karl FRA FRANCE 0.39
88 RUND Torsten GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 0.40
89 GUTIERREZ Hebert COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 0.40
90 RIEBENBAUER Werner AUT AUTRICHE 0.40
91 VESTOL Bjonar NOR 0.41
92 RAVALEU Freddy FRA JEAN FLOC.H-MANTES 0.41
93 VERHEYEN Geert BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.41
94 CLINGER Dave USA ETATS-UNIS 0.41
95 DESBOIS Sylvain FRA BRETAGNE 0.41
96 THEBAULT Christophe FRA BRETAGNE 0.41
97 GUNDERSEN Gert Magne NOR 0.42
98 MENAGE Mickael FRA BIG MAT 0.42
99 ESPOSTI Paul GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.42
100 MORSCHER Harald AUT AUTRICHE 0.42
101 BECERRA Victor COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 0.43
102 WALTERS Mark CAN CANADA 0.44
103 ENGELS Addy NED PAYS-BAS 0.44
104 ESTADIEU Laurent FRA GAN 0.45
105 D.HONT Patrick BEL LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 0.46
106 FLORES Igor ESP EUSKADI 0.46
107 LAITEM Harm BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.47
108 VAN KESSEL Miguel NED TVM 0.47
109 BERNAL José COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 0.48
110 DIERS René GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 0.48
111 BELZILE Guillaume CAN CANADA 0.49
112 GUILLE Nicolas FRA VENDEE U 0.49
113 SAENZ René USA ETATS-UNIS 0.49
114 VAN FRACHEM Jarno BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.50
115 STREMERSCH Tom BEL VLAANDEREN 2002 0.50
116 SMITH Dan GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.50
117 SINIUKOV Iuriy UKR UKRAINE 0.51
118 FEIPELER Marc FRA BRETAGNE 0.52
119 RANDELL Andrew CAN CANADA 0.53
120 ROJAS Alexis COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 0.53
121 WINN Julian GBR GRANDE-BRETAGNE 0.53
122 PENA Jose Flober COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 0.54
123 HEMPEL Hannes AUT AUTRICHE 0.55
124 STAM Danny NED PAYS-BAS 0.56
125 SWEET Jay AUS ZVVZ GIANT 0.56
126 DUBBELDAM Davy NED TVM 0.57
127 DEL OLMO Txema ESP EUSKADI 0.58
128 CATE Steve USA ETATS-UNIS 0.59
129 HENDERSON Rodney CAN CANADA 1.00
130 GARAVITO Diego COL PETROLEO DE COLOMBIA 1.00
131 SLINNING Lennart NOR 1.00
132 WROLICH Peter AUT AUTRICHE 1.01
133 NANAENKO Vladimir UKR UKRAINE 1.01
134 DIKIY Aleksandr UKR UKRAINE 1.04
135 ZUCCONI Pietro SUI POST SWISS TEAM 1.05
136 MORISSETTE Sébastien CAN CANADA 1.05
137 HOHENSTEIN Arne GER AGRO ADLER BRANDENBURG 1.08
138 GERRIKAGOITIA Gorka ESP EUSKADI 1.09
139 SAVCHENKO Vladimir UKR UKRAINE 1.10
140 FLESSAA Kenneth NOR 1.14
141 BODACHOV Sergei UKR UKRAINE 1.14
142 BERNARD Alexandre CAN CANADA 1.26
143 PODGORNY Ruslan UKR UKRAINE 1.39