37th Tour du Haut Var - 1.1

France, February 19, 2005

2004 Results Results Past winners

Gilbert makes amends

Yeeesssss! Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)
Photo ©: Sirotti

Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) made amends for losing the GP de la Marseillaise (after being sent the wrong way) by taking the 37th Tour du Haut-Var in a three man sprint. Gilbert, also a winner of a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen this year, beat Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone) and Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) in the run to the line. Favourite Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished fourth, at 18 seconds.

The 181 km race around Draguignan also marked the first round of the Coupe de France, a season long points score competition for French riders and riders on French teams. As such, the French riders were active early on, with Christophe Agnolutto (Agritubel), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Rémi de Grégorio and Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) all getting away in early breaks. Quick.Step, keeping Paolo Bettini's chances alive, maintained control of the situation and the peloton was together with 50 km to go.

As the climbs started in the finale, Addy Engels and Bram Tankink (Quick.Step), and Michele Scotto d'Abusco (Lampre-Caffita) escaped with 25 km to go, and were joined by David Moncoutié (Cofidis), who promptly attacked. Moncoutié maintained a half a minute lead over a group containing Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux), and was caught with 12 km to go. That was the moment that Gilbert, Vasseur and Marzoli made the winning move, riding away from the next chase group that contained Rebellin and finishing with an 18 second advantage. Gilbert was just quicker than Marzoli in the sprint, while Vasseur showed his class again to finish in the top three.

Photography

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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) outsprints Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone) and Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) to take the win.
Yeeesssss! Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) is visibly excited.
Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) enjoy's the winner's spoils on the podium.
The podium - (L to R) Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis, 3rd), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux, 1st) and Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone, 2nd).

Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st

A small obstruction had to be cleared from the course before the race could start
The first escape of the race climbs through the hills of thr haut Var
The escape - a roadkill's eye view.
Chasing the break - Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) and Michael Rogers (Quick.Step)
Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) leads Arnaud Labbe (Auber.93) in the Côte of Montauroux.
Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) works for his leader Davide Rebellin.
Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) leads the escape with Arnaud Labbe (Auber.93) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).
The peloton in hot pursuit
Bram Tankink (Quick Step) in the "Tuillières"
Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) launches an attack.
Working hard on a climb - Frédéric Finot, Christophe Detilloux (La Francaises des Jeux) and Davide Bramati (Quick.Step)
Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis) and Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom)
An emotional moment for La Francaises des Jeux managers Jean Cyril Robin and Marc Madiot as Philippe Gilbert wins.
Marc Madiot and Philippe Gilbert enjoy the moment
A very happy winner
The podium - Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone, 3rd), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux, 1st), Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil, 2nd)

Results - 181 km

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 4.43.55
2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil               
3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           0.18
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
7 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                    
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep                               0.20
9 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                       0.32
10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                    0.38
11 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld - Valsir                  0.39
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                 0.40
14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
15 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim             0.41
16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.46
17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep                                  
18 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quickstep                                       
19 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim            
20 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
23 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                 
24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
25 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
26 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                     
27 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
28 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            
29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                    
30 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Barloworld - Valsir           0.47
31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          
32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                    
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                        0.48
34 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil              1.21
35 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim       7.33
36 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                   
37 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
38 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                                     
39 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim          
40 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                     
41 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     
42 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        
43 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                 7.34
44 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                            
45 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                                     
46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
47 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                     
48 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                             
49 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
50 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      7.35
51 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                             
52 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
53 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
54 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              
56 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                      7.36
57 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                         
58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
59 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
60 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil             
61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
62 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                             
64 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                   7.37
65 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                        
66 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
67 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                              
68 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld - Valsir                           
69 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             7.38
71 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld - Valsir                  
72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
73 Michele Scotto D'Abusco (Ita) Lampre - Caffita              7.39
74 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil            
75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    9.34
DNF Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep                                  
DNF Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                
DNF Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                 
DNF Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
DNF Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      
DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux                  
DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
DNF Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                       
DNF Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                   
DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
DNF Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             
DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
DNF Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                     
DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                           
DNF Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas - Bianchi                       
DNF Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                        
DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                     
DNF Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                      
DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita                            
DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                
DNF Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                        
DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
DNF Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
DNF Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          
DNF Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           
DNF Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                              
DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                           
DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                             
DNF Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences                          
DNF Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T Semences                           
DNF Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                        
DNF Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                          
DNF Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                         
DNF Bruno Sa (Por) Riberalves - GoldNutrition                      
DNF José Martinez (Spa) Imoholding - Loulé                         
DNF Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                
DNF Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel                                 
DNF David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                         
DNF Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                        
DNF Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                          
DNF Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                     
DNF Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                     
DNF David Bréard (Fra) Auber 93                                    
DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                                  
DNF Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93                                  
DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93                                
DNF Maxime Méderel (Fra) Auber 93                                  
DNF Alberto Tacconi (Ita) Miche                                    
DNF Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche                                  
DNF Giairo Ermetti (Ita) Miche                                     
DNF Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Miche                                   
DNF Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche                                       
DNF Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Miche                                     
DNF Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) Miche                                     
DNF Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil           
DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil             
DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil           
DNF Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                
DNF Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim             
DNF Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim              
DNF Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim             
DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                 
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
DNF Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
DNF Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
DNF Marco Cavallari (Ita) Barloworld - Valsir                      
DNF Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld - Valsir                     
DNF Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld - Valsir                        
DNF Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Barloworld - Valsir

Past winners

2004 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
2003 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches la Boulangere 
2002 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali             
2001 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei
2000 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei
1999 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti
1998 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1997 Rodolfo Massi (Ita)
1996 Bruno Boscardin (Swi)
1995 Marco Lietti (Ita)
1994 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
1993 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra)
1992 Gerard Rué (Fra)
1991 Eric Caritoux (Fra)
1990 Luc Leblanc (Fra)
1989 Gerard Rué (Fra)
1988 Luc Roosen (Bel)
1987 Rolf Goelz (Ger)
1986 Pascal Simon (Fra)
1985 Charly Mottet (Fra)
1984 Eric Caritoux (Fra)
1983 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1982 Sean Kelly (Ire)
1981 Jacques Bossis (Fra)
1980 Pascal Simon (Fra)
1979 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1978 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1977 Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
1976 Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1975 Raymond Delisle (Fra)
1974 Gerben Karstens (Ned)
1973 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1972 Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1971 Désiré Letort (Fra)
1970 René Grelin (Fra)
1969 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com