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41st Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5
France, September 2-11, 2004
Stage 1 - September 2: Fort-Mahon-Plage ITT, 12,2 km
Dekker impresses
Dutch talent Thomas Dekker (Rabobank TT3) has won the opening stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, a 12.2 km time trial around Fort-Mahon-Plage. Dekker rode the distance in a very impressive time of 14'16 - an average speed of 51.3 km/h - to beat Gustavo Veloso (Relax-Bodysol) by 24 seconds and Christian Muller (German National Team) by 27 seconds.
The stage saw a strong ride by Dekker's compatriot Frank van Dulmen (BankGiroLoterij), who set the early best time in 15'01. He was eventually beaten by Rabobank's Koen de Kort in 14'58 before David Boucher (Auber/Oktos) shaved another five seconds off the best time. Next it was Veloso coming in with 14'41 before Dekker finally erased them all with a great ride of 14'16.
Photography
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) at the start.
- New Australian rider Ashley Humbert in his first race with Fdjeux.com
- Koen De Kort and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) warm up. This duo won last weekend's Grand Prix Eddy Merckx.
- David Boucher (Auber/Oktos Mixed Team) was the best French finisher in eighth place.
- Eventual winner Thomas Dekker relishes the imminent time trial.
- Ian MacLeod (HSBC) psyches himself up
- Christian Muller (Germany) was third.
- Sylvain Calzati (RAGT Semences) takes a deep breath
- Petter Renang (Sweded) in the start house for the prologue
- Again a victory for Thomas Dekker.
- Thomas Dekker shows off the yellow jersey on the podium
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) gives his impressions to the press.
Results
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3 14.16 (51.3 km/h) 2 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 0.24 3 Christian Muller (Ger) German National Team 0.27 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 0.28 5 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.29 6 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 0.30 8 David Boucher (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 0.37 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.42 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.44 11 Mads Christensen (Den) Team PH 12 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 13 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.45 14 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) FDJeux.com 15 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.47 17 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 0.49 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.50 20 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 21 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.53 22 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT3 0.54 23 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.55 24 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 25 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.56 26 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 0.57 27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 28 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Capec 0.58 29 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 1.00 30 Christophe Riblon (Fra) French National Team 31 Laurent Mangel (Fra) French National Team 32 Patrick McCarty (USA) USA National Team 1.03 33 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 34 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) German National Team 35 Ivan Shchegolev (Rus) Russian National Team 36 Claude Pauwels (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 37 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.04 38 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Russian National Team 1.05 39 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 40 Lars Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 41 David Breard (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 42 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 43 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.06 44 Timothy Duggan (USA) USA National Team 1.07 45 Sebastien Duret (Fra) French National Team 46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Stephan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 48 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 1.09 49 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 50 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Cafes Baque 51 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 52 Ivan Terenin (Rus) Russian National Team 1.10 53 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.11 54 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 1.12 55 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 56 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 1.13 57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 58 Daniel Spence (RSA) Team HSBC 59 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 1.14 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.15 62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) German National Team 63 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 64 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.16 65 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 1.18 67 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.20 68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Capec 69 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.21 70 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 71 Jan Barta (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.22 72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 73 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 74 Kevin Bouchard Hall (USA) USA National Team 75 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.24 76 Ashley Humbert (Aus) FDJeux.com 77 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 78 Harald Berger (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.25 79 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Saul Raisin (USA) USA National Team 1.26 81 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Team Bianchi Nordic 82 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.27 83 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 84 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 1.28 85 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 86 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.29 87 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 88 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.30 89 Darby Thomas (USA) USA National Team 90 Rasmus Fjordside (Den) Team PH 1.31 91 Jamie Ball (RSA) Team HSBC 92 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33 93 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.34 94 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 1.35 95 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Capec 1.36 96 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.37 97 Jeff Howes (RSA) Team HSBC 98 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 99 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) German National Team 100 Christopher Esch (RSA) Team HSBC 1.39 101 Glenn Bak (Den) Team Bianchi Nordic 1.41 102 Aritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.43 103 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.44 104 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 1.45 105 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.46 106 Sergey Poluhin (Rus) Russian National Team 107 Anders Lund (Den) Team PH 108 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.47 109 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49 110 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 111 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.50 112 Petr Lechner (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 113 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Russian National Team 114 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Austrian National Team 115 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.51 116 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.52 117 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team PH 1.53 118 Alex Pavlov (RSA) Team HSBC 1.55 119 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den) Team PH 120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 121 Jan Bejlek (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.56 122 Johan Svensson (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 1.58 123 Michael Pichler (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.59 124 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2.06 125 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 2.09 126 Bakhtiyar Mamyrov (Kaz) Capec 127 Maxim Karpachev (Rus) Russian National Team 2.10 128 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Capec 2.12 129 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2.13 130 Martin Mares (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 2.25 131 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Capec 3.21 Points 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT3 12 pts 2 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 10 3 Christian Muller (Ger) German National Team 8 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 7 5 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 6 6 Petter Renäng (Swe) Team Bianchi Nordic 5 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 4 8 David Boucher (Fra) Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 3 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT3 2 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Teams 1 Rabobank TT3 44.21 2 FDJeux.com 0.27 3 Relax - Bodysol 0.42 4 Bankgiroloterij 0.48 5 Team Bianchi Nordic 0.54 6 German National Team 1.04 7 USA National Team 1.06 8 Brioches La Boulangere 1.12 9 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.27 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Auber/Oktos Mixed Team 1.33 12 Perutnina Ptuj 1.35 13 French National Team 1.37 14 Cafes Baque 1.39 15 Russian National Team 1.46 16 Austrian National Team 1.51 17 Credit Agricole 18 Team PH 2.11 19 Team HSBC 2.21 20 Capec 2.23 21 Vlaanderen - T Interim 2.41 22 Czech Republic National Team 2.58
