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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2

France, June 16-19, 2005

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Prologue - June 16: Laval - Laval, 6.5 km

Heijboer faster than Thomas Dekker - wow!

By Jean-François Quénet in Laval

Mathieu Heijboer (Rabobank),
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For the fourth time on the same course of the inaugural 6.5km prologue of the Boucles de la Mayenne, Mathieu Heijboer has scored an even better time than his compatriot Thomas Dekker one year before. He actually rode six seconds faster! "I'm not sure if I've done something exceptionnal but everything went well for me, the 23 years old Dutchman said afterwards. I didn't know what the best time would be today. After doing the course four times in training, I only did the best I could, but I could feel having good legs."

Heijboer hadn't won a time trial this year, but he came second to Martin Garrido in the prologue of the Tour of Normandy; third and second in the prologue and the long time trial of the Olympia Tour, sixth in the time trial of Tour de Lorraine. "I felt good last week in Portugal, that gave me a lot of ambitions for the Boucles de la Mayenne. Now I hope to keep the yellow jersey till the end."

Runner up Stéphane Barthe was more disappointed, since he went three seconds slower than last year. "I've seen there is still work to be done before the time trial French championship", the former Casino and US Postal rider commented. He came second two years ago and only ninth last year but he still sets his sights on the French title and was happy to beat the current champion Eddy Seigneur, who will not defend his jersey next week though, feeling too old for a tilt at defending his crown. Seigneur was fifth in Laval on Thursday night, and the race remains open to many possible GC contenders, although Rabobank placed five riders in the top 15.

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Results

1 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank                8.00
2 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Val D'oise               0.09
3 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Rabobank               0.11
4 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi                    0.14
5 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences
6 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        0.16
7 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                    0.17
8 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank
9 Kévin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                 0.18
10 Stephano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica                0.19
11 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences            0.20
12 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Moscou
13 Alvaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix             0.21
14 Kieran Page (Gbr) Aix                         0.22
15 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank                      0.23
16 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Aix
17 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance          0.24
18 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Moscou
19 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas                    0.25
20 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prevoyance
21 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences
22 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel               0.26
23 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                0.27
24 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences
25 John Gadret (Bel) Jartazi                     0.28
26 Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix
27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance       0.29
28 Markus Eichler (Ger) Com-Net
29 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders              0.31
30 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
31 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jartazi
32 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amor
33 Marc Scanlon (Ire) AG2r Prevoyance            0.32
34 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi
34 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea
36 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
37 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
38 Franck Champeymont (Fra) Aix                  0.33
39 Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica
40 Igor Abakoumov (Rus) Jartazi
41 Vincent Templier (Fra) Val D'oise
42 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Nogent
43 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel
44 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Flanders
45 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Roubaix
46 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Nantes                   0.34
47 Olivier Martinez (Fra) Aix                    0.35
48 Robert Retschke (Ger) Com-Net
49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance          0.36
50 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes                0.37
51 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscou
52 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences               0.38
53 Fabio Boccialoni (Ita) Ceramica
54 Dainus Kairelis (Ltu) Amor
55 Raynold Smith (Rsa) Fondas                    0.39
56 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance           0.40
57 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica
58 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank
59 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amor                       0.41
60 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U
61 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Val D'oise
62 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Nogent                   0.42
63 René Schild (Ger) Com-Net
64 Luc Delpech Jean (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
65 Franck Charrier (Fra) Nogent
66 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Com-Net              0.43
67 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Val D'oise
68 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Nantes
69 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Moscou                    0.45
70 Mikhial Mikheev (Rus) Moscou
71 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi                 0.46
72 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel
73 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Nantes
74 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea                     0.47
75 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Nogent
76 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas                     0.48
77 Jorrit Walgien (Ned) Fondas                   0.49
78 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel
79 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) Nogent                 0.50
80 Krysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica
81 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Moscou
82 Romain Fondard (Fra) Roubaix                  0.51
83 David Tanner (Aus) Roubaix
84 Win Jacobs (Bel) Fidea                        0.53
85 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h    0.54
86 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea
87 Hervé Arcade (Fra) Vendee U                   0.55
88 Romain Paillard (Fra) Nantes
89 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U
90 Tony Leroux (Fra) EC Mayennaise
91 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Com-Net               0.56
92 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays De La Loire         0.57
93 Mickaël Hacques (Fra) Pays De La Loire        0.58
94 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayennaise
95 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays De La Loire
96 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel
97 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea                      0.59
98 Paulo Da Cunha (Fra) Val D'oise               1.00
99 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Nogent
100 David Danion (Fra) Pays De La Loire
101 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Vendee U
102 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U                1.01
103 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays De La Loire
104 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Amor                    1.02
105 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Roubaix                 1.03
106 Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders              1.07
107 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Aix                    1.08
108 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) EC Mayennaise          1.11
109 Anthony Graffin (Fra) Pays De La Loire       1.12
110 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Val D'oise
111 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders           1.13
112 Mattieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U               1.15
113 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas
114 François Lavaleur (Fra) EC Mayennaise        1.16
115 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica                 1.17
116 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Fondas                    1.19
117 Fabien Rey (Fra) Aix                         1.22
118 Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders                 1.26
119 Frédéric Lhuissier (Fra) EC Mayennaise       1.32
120 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Com-Net                   1.36
121 Gregory De Munster (Bel) Flanders            1.50
122 Grégory Lesage (Fra) EC Mayennaise           1.55