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39th Ruban Granitier Breton - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2005
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Stage 1 - April 26: Rennes - La Chapelle Des Marais, 153.2 km
Downing's celebration keeps Lee in the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in La Chapelle-des-Marais
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Remember the stage of the 1994 Tour de France finishing in Rennes when Gianluca Bortolami, celebrating his win with his hands up in the air before the finishing line, missed out the yellow jersey that was eventually given to Sean Yates? This time, an Englishman made the same mistake: Russell Downing won stage 1 of the Ruban Granitier Breton but at the end of a magnificent effort, he enjoyed his success before crossing the line. "I celebrated too early," he admitted.
By only one second, he didn't take the lead from Samuel Lee, who said, "I was lucky again today." The day before, the Australian was fortunate to ride the prologue while the road was still dry. "I'm very happy to keep the jersey for one more day," he added.
Downing was a member of an eight man breakaway after only 16 kilometres with Jeroen Boelen and Tim Van der Zanden (Eurogifts.com), Olivier Grammaire (SCO Dijon), Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h), Stanislas Kozubek (Dukla Prague), Pierre-Bernard Vaillant (Super Sport) and Alexandre Blain (AVC Aix), the latter being the virtual leader for a while but he suffered cramps when the race hit the final circuit.
With 25km to go, Downing decided to attack. "I didn't want to ride away by myself, he explained. I was expecting three riders to join me but they didn't. The guy from Dijon, the one from Jean Floc'h and the race leader's teammate were strong, unfortunately no one came with me." In his pursuiting style, Downing got a gap of 50 seconds quite quickly and the rest of the break got caught by the peloton.
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"In the last kilometre, my legs just died," Downing said. "I couldn't ride quicker than 40k an hour while the bunch was between 50 and 60. But I'm so happy to win, I don't regret to have missed the leader's jersey. I have great form now and I'm here to win the overall." Downing has taken six wins already this year with two legs of the Plages Vendéennes in France, the Cape Argus Cycle Tour in South Africa, and two scratch races of the Revolution series back home in England.
Now everyone knows how strong the Brit is and how much the Breton roads suit him.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- The eight man breakaway of the day
- Downing wins but puts his arms up too early and misses the lead
- Russel Downing congratulated by Christian Raymond, the rider from the 70s who nicknamed Eddy Merckx the cannibal
- Still leading A happy Sam Lee!
- The best young rider is of course Sam Lee
- The polka dot jersey given to Olivier Grammaire by 1967 Tour de France winner Roger Pingeon
- The most agressive rider is Alexandre Blain of AVC Aix
- Stage 1 podium with Russell Downing, Sam Lee, Alexandre Blain and Olivier Grammaire
Results
1 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 3.55.13 2 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.08 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 5 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 6 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 7 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 8 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 9 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 10 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 11 Yanto Barker (GBr) Welsh National Team 12 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 13 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 14 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 15 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 16 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 17 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 18 Patr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 19 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 20 Roy Curvers (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 21 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 22 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 23 Kieren Cameron (Aus) S.C.O Dijon 24 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 25 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 26 Alexandre Sabalin (Rus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 27 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 28 Kevin Desmet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 29 Martin Blaha (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 30 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 31 David Crowley (GBr) Welsh National Team 32 Manuel Michot (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 33 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 34 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 35 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 36 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 37 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 38 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 39 Kenny Vanderschuren (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 40 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 41 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 42 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 43 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Equipe De France Police 44 Timo Krieger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 45 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 46 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 47 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 48 Julien Guiborel (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 49 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 50 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 51 Julian Winn (GBr) Welsh National Team 52 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 53 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 54 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 55 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 56 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 57 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 58 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 59 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 60 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 61 Matteo Colo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 62 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 63 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 64 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 65 Steffen Gregger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 66 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 67 Thierry David (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 68 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 69 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 70 Ivan Alvarez Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 71 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 72 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 73 Fabien Rey (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 74 Michal Kesl (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 75 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Equipe De France Police 76 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 77 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 78 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 79 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Welsh National Team 80 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 81 Florian Guillou (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 82 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 83 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 84 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 85 Michael Mourecek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 86 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 87 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 88 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 89 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 90 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 91 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 92 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 93 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 94 Jonas Leib (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 95 Fabien Fleury (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 96 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 97 Yvan Sartis (Fra) Equipe De France Police 98 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 99 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 100 Jeroen Kregel (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 101 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 102 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 103 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 104 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 105 Marco Maloni (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 106 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 107 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe De France Police 108 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 109 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 110 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 111 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.26 112 Daryl Impey (RSA) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.10 113 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 2.02 114 Bas Waaijer (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 2.58 115 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 5.04 116 Saverio Crocetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 6.43 117 Benoit Genauzau (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 7.06 118 Juha Alaluusua (Fin) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 11.04 General classification after stage 1 1 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 4.02.15 2 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 0.01 3 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 0.04 4 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 5 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 0.06 6 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.07 7 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 0.10 8 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 0.13 9 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 10 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 0.14 11 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 0.15 12 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 13 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.16 14 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.17 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.18 16 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 17 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 18 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Equipe De France Police 19 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 20 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.19 21 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 22 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.21 23 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 24 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 25 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 26 Kieren Cameron (Aus) S.C.O Dijon 0.22 27 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 28 Patr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.23 29 Julian Winn (GBr) Welsh National Team 30 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 31 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.25 32 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 0.26 33 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 34 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 35 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.27 36 Manuel Michot (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 37 Ivan Alvarez Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 38 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 39 Steffen Gregger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 0.28 40 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 41 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 42 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.29 43 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 44 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 45 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 46 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 47 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Welsh National Team 0.30 48 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 49 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 0.31 50 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 51 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 52 Michael Mourecek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 53 Thierry David (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.32 54 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 55 Martin Blaha (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.34 56 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 57 Alexandre Sabalin (Rus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.35 58 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 0.36 59 Michal Kesl (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 60 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 61 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 0.37 62 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 63 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 64 Julien Guiborel (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 65 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.38 66 Timo Krieger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 67 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 68 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 69 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.39 70 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 71 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Equipe De France Police 72 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.40 73 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 74 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.41 75 Fabien Fleury (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 76 Roy Curvers (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.42 77 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe De France Police 0.43 78 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 79 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 0.44 80 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 81 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.45 82 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 83 Yvan Sartis (Fra) Equipe De France Police 84 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 0.46 85 Florian Guillou (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 86 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 87 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 88 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 0.47 89 Kevin Desmet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 90 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 91 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 92 Kenny Vanderschuren (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 0.48 93 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 0.50 94 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 95 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 0.51 96 Yanto Barker (GBr) Welsh National Team 97 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.52 98 Jonas Leib (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 99 Matteo Colo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 100 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 0.54 101 Jeroen Kregel (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 0.55 102 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 1.01 103 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.05 104 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 105 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 106 Fabien Rey (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 1.07 107 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 1.08 108 David Crowley (GBr) Welsh National Team 1.13 109 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.14 110 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 1.16 111 Marco Maloni (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 1.19 112 Daryl Impey (RSA) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.21 113 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 3.01 114 Bas Waaijer (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 3.53 115 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 5.36 116 Saverio Crocetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 7.35 117 Benoit Genauzau (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 7.42 118 Juha Alaluusua (Fin) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 11.15 Points classification 1 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 31 pts 2 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 20 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 16 4 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 14 5 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 14 6 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 12 7 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 10 8 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 10 9 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 10 10 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 9 11 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 8 12 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 8 13 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 7 14 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 7 15 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 5 17 Yanto Barker (GBr) Welsh National Team 5 18 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 4 19 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 4 20 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 21 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 22 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 3 23 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 3 24 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 25 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 26 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 1 Mountains classification 1 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 23 pts 2 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 18 3 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 9 4 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 8 5 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 6 6 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 4 7 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 Young rider classification 1 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 4.02.15 2 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 0.06 3 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 0.14 4 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.15 5 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.16 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.18 7 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 9 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 10 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 0.21 11 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.22 12 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.23 13 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.27 14 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 15 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.29 16 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 0.30 17 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 0.31 18 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.32 19 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.34 20 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.38 21 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 22 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.39 23 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.40 24 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 25 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.41 26 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 0.43 27 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 0.44 28 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 29 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 0.46 30 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 31 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 0.47 32 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 0.50 33 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 34 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 0.51 35 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.52 36 Matteo Colo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 37 Jeroen Kregel (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 0.55 38 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 1.05 39 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 40 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 1.08 41 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.14 42 Daryl Impey (RSA) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.21 43 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 3.01 44 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 5.36 45 Saverio Crocetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 7.35 46 Juha Alaluusua (Fin) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 11.15 Most combative classification 1 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 8 pts 2 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 6 3 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 4 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 5 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 2
