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39th Ruban Granitier Breton - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2005
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Stage 3 - April 28: Auray - Douarnenez, 173.9 km
This time, Downing has everything
By Jean-François Quénet in Douarnenez
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For two days in a row, Russell Downing missed the lead by only one second. In Douarnenez, the home town of former Tour de France yellow jersey Ronan Pensec, he won another stage and grabbed the white and green jersey.
It was a hard day in the office with a speed over 43 km/h despite a strong headwind. After only 5km, Bretagne-Jean Floc'h, the team of the leader Stéphane Pétilleau, put three of their men in a 9 man breakaway: Sébastien Duret, Charles Guilbert and David Lelay, with Benoît Genauzeau and Perrig Quéméneur (Vendée U), Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk), Rémi Pauriol (VC La Pomme), Yanto Barker and Jamie Norfolk (Wales). They stayed away for 100km and never had more than 1'20 lead. Then the rain and the final hills made the race extremely hard.
20 year-old Gianni Meersman of Beveren 2000 attacked on the circuit. He was rejoined by Petr Lazar of Dukla Praha and Alexandre Pichot from Vendée U. With one lap to go (5km), Pétilleau put the hammer down. "His teammates had worked a lot and he had no one with him," Downing noted. "I didn't either but I was excited by a man to man fight with him. The Czech rode away on the downhill, the Vendée U rider also, we caught them back, Pétilleau did a hard turn and he went again, he kept going on the flat, I only caught him at the last roundabout. I realized I could get him but with 350 metres to go, I thought it was too early. I chose 200 metres to, then he wasn't on my wheel."
With the bonus on the finish line, Downing is the new leader, but Pétilleau remains the main favourite. "He was beatable today, I think he's beatable on GC as well," the man from Sheffield said. "It'll be a good test for our team. It's our first big jersey in a big race. We'll do our best to keep it."
The Breton style of racing with a lot of hills and some bad weather seems to motivate the Brits a lot.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Bodysol before the race...
- Bretagne-Jean Floc'h at the start with the leader Stéphane Pétilleau
- 20 year-old Belgian Gianni Meersmann tried hard on the final circuit
- This winner is... Russell Downing
- Bodysol after the race!
- It's Russell Downing showtime
- One more jersey for Downing
- Now Downing really has the leader's jersey
Results
1 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 4.13.57 2 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.01 3 Patr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.08 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.14 5 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.17 6 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.19 7 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 8 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 9 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 10 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 11 Kevin Desmet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 12 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 13 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 14 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 15 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 16 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 17 Roy Curvers (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 18 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 19 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 20 Kenny Vanderschuren (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 21 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 22 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 23 Michael Mourecek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 24 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 25 Steffen Gregger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 26 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 27 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 28 Alexandre Sabalin (Rus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 29 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 30 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 31 Julian Winn (GBr) Welsh National Team 32 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 33 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 34 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 35 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 36 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 37 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 38 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 39 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe De France Police 40 Yvan Sartis (Fra) Equipe De France Police 41 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 42 Jonas Leib (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 43 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 44 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Equipe De France Police 45 Florian Guillou (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 46 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 47 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.40 48 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 0.19 49 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 0.43 50 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.51 51 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 1.02 52 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.15 53 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.18 54 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 55 Julien Guiborel (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 0.19 56 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 1.56 57 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 2.04 58 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 2.07 59 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 60 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 2.17 61 Timo Krieger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 62 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2.23 63 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 2.34 64 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 3.43 65 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 66 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 6.05 67 Manuel Michot (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 68 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 69 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 70 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 71 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 72 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 73 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 74 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 75 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 76 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Equipe De France Police 77 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 6.38 78 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 79 Martin Blaha (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 7.54 80 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 16.31 81 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 82 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 83 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 17.50 84 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 18.10 85 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 29.47 86 Michal Kesl (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 87 Benoit Genauzau (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 88 Fabien Fleury (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 89 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 90 Thierry David (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 91 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 92 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 93 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 94 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 95 Marco Maloni (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 96 Kieren Cameron (Aus) S.C.O Dijon 97 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Welsh National Team 98 Ivan Alvarez Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 99 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 100 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 101 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 102 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 103 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 104 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 105 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 106 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 107 Fabien Rey (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 108 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 109 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen DNF Daryl Impey (RSA) V.C La Pomme Marseille DNF Yanto Barker (GBr) Welsh National Team DNF Bas Waaijer (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino General classification after stage 3 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 12.01.51 2 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.04 3 Patr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.41 4 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.44 5 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.46 6 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 0.48 7 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 8 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.49 9 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.50 10 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 11 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.51 12 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 13 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Equipe De France Police 14 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 0.52 15 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 16 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 0.54 17 Julian Winn (GBr) Welsh National Team 0.56 18 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 19 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 0.59 20 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.00 21 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 22 Steffen Gregger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 1.01 23 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 24 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 1.02 25 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 26 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 1.04 27 Michael Mourecek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 28 Alexandre Sabalin (Rus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.08 29 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 1.09 30 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.10 31 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 32 Julien Guiborel (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 33 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.11 34 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.12 35 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.16 36 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe De France Police 37 Yvan Sartis (Fra) Equipe De France Police 1.18 38 Florian Guillou (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 1.19 39 Kevin Desmet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.20 40 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 41 Kenny Vanderschuren (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.21 42 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.25 43 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 1.26 44 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 1.27 45 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 1.28 46 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 1.32 47 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 1.43 48 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.47 49 Jonas Leib (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 2.08 50 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 2.09 51 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 2.12 52 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 53 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 2.31 54 Roy Curvers (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 2.36 55 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2.37 56 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 2.52 57 Timo Krieger (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 3.09 58 Marvin Van Der Pluym (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 3.25 59 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 3.26 60 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 4.04 61 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 4.18 62 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 4.26 63 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 5.14 64 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 6.45 65 Manuel Michot (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 6.46 66 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 6.47 67 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 6.54 68 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 6.56 69 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Equipe De France Police 6.58 70 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 7.04 71 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 7.12 72 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 7.20 73 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 7.40 74 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 7.42 75 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 8.46 76 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 9.10 77 Martin Blaha (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 9.13 78 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 12.07 79 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 17.23 80 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 18.01 81 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 19.17 82 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 24.36 83 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 29.26 84 Kieren Cameron (Aus) S.C.O Dijon 30.17 85 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 30.28 86 Thierry David (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 30.33 87 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 30.35 88 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 30.46 89 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 31.02 90 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 31.35 91 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 31.53 92 Fabien Fleury (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 32.14 93 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 32.18 94 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 32.42 95 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 32.52 96 Michal Hrazdira (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 35.06 97 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 35.32 98 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 35.47 99 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 40.00 100 Ivan Alvarez Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 40.25 101 Paul Sheppard (GBr) Welsh National Team 40.28 102 Michal Kesl (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 40.34 103 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 40.36 104 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 40.49 105 Fabien Rey (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 41.05 106 Marco Maloni (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 42.52 107 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 46.55 108 Benoit Genauzau (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 47.40 109 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 51.23 Points classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 64 pts 2 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 50 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 30 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 28 5 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 28 6 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 22 7 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 20 8 Kieren Cameron (Aus) S.C.O Dijon 20 9 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 18 10 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 16 11 Patr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 16 12 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 15 13 Romain Paillard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 15 14 Pavel Linet (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 13 15 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 12 16 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 10 17 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 10 18 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 10 19 Kevin Desmet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 10 20 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 10 21 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 10 22 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 10 23 Tarno Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 9 24 Paul Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 9 25 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 8 26 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 8 27 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 8 28 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 8 29 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 7 30 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 6 31 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 6 32 Lionel Faure (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 33 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 34 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 4 35 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 4 36 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 37 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 4 38 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 4 39 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 3 40 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 3 41 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 2 42 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 43 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 2 44 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 2 45 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 46 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 1 Mountains classification 1 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 28 pts 2 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 20 3 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 18 4 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 17 5 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 15 6 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 10 7 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 8 8 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 8 9 Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 8 10 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 8 11 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 6 12 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 6 13 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 6 14 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 6 15 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 4 16 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 4 17 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 4 18 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 4 19 Kristian House (GBr) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 2 20 Yvan Sartis (Fra) Equipe De France Police 2 21 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 2 22 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 23 Alex Broggi (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 2 24 Benoit Genauzau (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 2 25 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 1 26 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 1 27 Julian Winn (GBr) Welsh National Team 1 28 Robin Sharmen (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 1 Young rider classification 1 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 12.02.37 2 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 0.02 3 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.03 4 Guillaume Lefloch (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.05 5 Bartasz Kolendo (Pol) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.Com 0.10 7 Simon Schaerer (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.14 8 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 0.16 9 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong-Vlaanderen 0.18 10 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.25 11 Andréa Fumagalli (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.39 12 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 0.57 13 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.01 14 Pedro Villa Garcia (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 1.23 15 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 1.26 16 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) V.C Mendrisio Mapei 17 Samuel Lee (Aus) Super Sport 35 ACNC 1.51 18 Alexei Medvevev (Rus) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 2.06 19 Nicolas Prin (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 2.40 20 David Heine (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 3.18 21 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 3.32 22 Bart Oegema (Ned) A.V.C Aix En Provence 4.28 23 Kieran Page (GBr) A.V.C Aix En Provence 6.10 24 Pérrig Quemener (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 6.26 25 Wim Botman (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 6.34 26 Frank Wiersta (Ned) Skil Moser Ah Trentino 6.54 27 Alessio Sienogo (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 6.56 28 Gabriele Benedetti (Fra) G.S Promo Ciclo 8.24 29 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 11.21 30 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 18.31 31 Marco Ferri (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 28.40 32 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 29.42 33 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 29.49 34 Matteo Buratto (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 31.07 35 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 32.06 36 Robert Partrige (GBr) Welsh National Team 35.01 37 Pablo Hernan Marcosano (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 39.50 38 Ralf Malosti (Fra) G.S.C Viris Vigevano 40.03 39 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo 46.09 40 Vincent Joffre (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 50.37 Most combative classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 14 pts 2 Alexandre Blain (Fra) A.V.C Aix En Provence 12 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk-Mg-Xpower-Litespeed 10 4 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Die Hofbrau Radler Stuttgart 8 5 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 6 6 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 6 7 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 5 8 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 4 9 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 3 10 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe De France Police 2 11 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 12 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Welsh National Team 2 13 Giani Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1 14 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1 15 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Equipe De France Police 1
