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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2
France, June 16-19, 2005
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Stage 1 - June 17: Renault/St Berthevin - Cosse-Le-Vivien, 180 km
Spectacular 1-2 for AG2R
By Jean-François Quénet in Cossé-le-Vivien
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Rabobank's Mathieu Heijboer kept the lead at the end of stage 1 in the Boucles de la Mayenne after watching a bunch sprint won by Ag2r in a spectacular manner with Alexandr Usov first and Lloyd Mondory second. "At the last curve, we had to stay up front," the winner explained. "Lloyd and I got a good lead out from Marc Scanlon and Christophe Riblon. When we started the sprint, we already had a 15 metres advantage on the riders sprinting for third place."
However, this will not give Usov a start at the Tour de France. "It seems like Vincent Lavenu will not play the sprinter's cards," the Bielorussian said. He was amazed to realize that he had won almost at the same place where he got his stage win at the 2001 Tour de l'Avenir, starting in Cossé-le-Vivien. At the time, he was racing for Phonak. He got his first pro contract after finishing 4th at the U23 World's behind an Italian trio formed of Ivan Basso, Rinaldo Nocentini and Danilo Di Luca. "I almost beat Di Luca for the bronze medal," he still regrets.
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Beforehand, a breakaway of three riders went away at half way. Michael Schweizer of ComNet, Aurélien Passeron of AVC Aix and Mikhail Timochine of Dynamo Moscow got a maximum lead of 5 minutes. Timochine insisted on his own but was brought back by the Rabobank train. Heijboer confirmed that his plan is to keep the yellow jersey till the end, although he knows it will be complicated to control the bunch during the two split stages scheduled for Saturday.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- A tight finish between the two riders from Ag2r
- Lloyd Mondory and Alexandr Usov discuss tactic after winning
- Second win this year for Alexandr Usov
- Michael Schweizer is the most agressive rider after his long breakaway with Mikhail Timochine and Aurélien Passeron
- RAGT's Kevin Ista is the best young rider
- Mathieu Heijboer keeps the lead after stage 1
Results
1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prevoyance 4.03.20 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 3 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Nogent 4 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U 5 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 6 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea 7 Kévin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences 8 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Nantes 9 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Moscou 10 Raynold Smith (Rsa) Fondas 11 Luc Delpech Jean (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U 13 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Moscou 14 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi 15 Krysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica 16 Romain Fondard (Fra) Roubaix 17 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amor 18 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 19 Markus Eichler (Ger) Com-Net 20 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 21 John Gadret (Bel) Jartazi 22 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica 23 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi 24 Igor Abakoumov (Rus) Jartazi 25 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea 26 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 27 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 28 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 29 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank 30 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi 31 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Flanders 32 Mattieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 33 Frédéric Lhuissier (Fra) EC Mayennaise 34 Mikhial Mikheev (Rus) Moscou 35 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays De La Loire 36 Romain Paillard (Fra) Nantes 37 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 38 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Rabobank 39 Jorrit Walgien (Ned) Fondas 40 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Roubaix 41 Franck Charrier (Fra) Nogent 42 Robert Retschke (Ger) Com-Net 43 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 44 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 45 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences 46 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences 47 Kieran Page (Gbr) Aix 48 Stephano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica 49 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica 50 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas 51 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Fondas 52 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas 53 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Aix 54 David Tanner (Aus) Roubaix 55 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Moscou 56 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 57 Mickaël Hacques (Fra) Pays De La Loire 58 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Nantes 59 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Aix 60 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel 61 Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica 62 Fabien Rey (Fra) Aix 63 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas 64 Fabio Boccialoni (Ita) Ceramica 65 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes 66 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 67 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea 68 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Roubaix 69 Alvaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix 70 Win Jacobs (Bel) Fidea 71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders 72 François Lavaleur (Fra) EC Mayennaise 73 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays De La Loire 74 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amor 75 Marc Scanlon (Ire) AG2r Prevoyance 76 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Val D'oise 77 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 78 Hervé Arcade (Fra) Vendee U 79 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscou 80 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Moscou 81 Tony Leroux (Fra) EC Mayennaise 82 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea 83 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Nantes 84 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Amor 85 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 86 René Schild (Ger) Com-Net 87 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) Nogent 88 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays De La Loire 89 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 90 Dainus Kairelis (Ltu) Amor 91 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 92 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 93 David Danion (Fra) Pays De La Loire 94 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 95 Anthony Graffin (Fra) Pays De La Loire 96 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 97 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences 98 Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix 99 Vincent Templier (Fra) Val D'oise 100 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Val D'oise 101 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Vendee U 102 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jartazi 103 Olivier Martinez (Fra) Aix 104 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayennaise 105 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Nogent 106 Franck Champeymont (Fra) Aix 107 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Nogent 108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences 109 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Val D'oise 110 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences 111 Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders 112 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 2.48 113 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Val D'oise 3.50 114 Grégory Lesage (Fra) EC Mayennaise 115 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Com-Net 5.55 116 Paulo Da Cunha (Fra) Val D'oise 7.15 DNF Stefan Heiny (Ger) Com-Net DNF Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Com-Net DNF Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Nogent DNF Gregory De Munster (Bel) Flanders DNF Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders DNF Stéphane Ramond (Fra) EC Mayennaise General classification after stage 1 1 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank 4.11.20 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 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prevoyance 0.15 7 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.16 8 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 9 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 10 Kévin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences 0.18 11 Stephano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica 0.19 12 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences 0.20 13 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Moscou 14 Alvaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix 0.21 15 Kieran Page (Gbr) Aix 0.22 16 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Aix 0.23 17 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 0.24 18 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Moscou 19 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas 0.25 20 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences 21 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 0.26 22 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 0.27 23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences 24 John Gadret (Bel) Jartazi 0.28 25 Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix 26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 0.29 27 Markus Eichler (Ger) Com-Net 28 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders 0.31 29 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 30 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jartazi 31 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amor 32 Marc Scanlon (Ire) AG2r Prevoyance 0.32 33 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea 34 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi 35 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 36 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 37 Franck Champeymont (Fra) Aix 0.33 38 Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica 39 Igor Abakoumov (Rus) Jartazi 40 Vincent Templier (Fra) Val D'oise 41 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Nogent 42 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel 43 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Flanders 44 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Roubaix 45 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance 0.34 46 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Nantes 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 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica 0.40 57 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 58 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amor 0.41 59 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U 60 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Val D'oise 61 René Schild (Ger) Com-Net 0.42 62 Luc Delpech Jean (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 63 Franck Charrier (Fra) Nogent 64 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Val D'oise 0.43 65 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Nogent 66 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Nantes 67 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Moscou 0.45 68 Mikhial Mikheev (Rus) Moscou 69 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi 0.46 70 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 71 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Nantes 72 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea 0.47 73 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas 0.48 74 Jorrit Walgien (Ned) Fondas 0.49 75 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 76 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) Nogent 0.50 77 Krysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica 78 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Moscou 79 Romain Fondard (Fra) Roubaix 0.51 80 David Tanner (Aus) Roubaix 81 Win Jacobs (Bel) Fidea 0.53 82 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.54 83 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea 84 Hervé Arcade (Fra) Vendee U 0.55 85 Romain Paillard (Fra) Nantes 86 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 87 Tony Leroux (Fra) EC Mayennaise 88 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays De La Loire 0.57 89 Mickaël Hacques (Fra) Pays De La Loire 0.58 90 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayennaise 91 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays De La Loire 92 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 93 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea 0.59 94 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Nogent 1.00 95 David Danion (Fra) Pays De La Loire 96 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Vendee U 97 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U 1.01 98 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays De La Loire 99 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Amor 1.02 100 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Roubaix 1.03 101 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Aix 1.08 102 Anthony Graffin (Fra) Pays De La Loire 1.12 103 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 1.13 104 Mattieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 1.15 105 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas 106 François Lavaleur (Fra) EC Mayennaise 1.16 107 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica 1.17 108 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Fondas 1.19 109 Fabien Rey (Fra) Aix 1.22 110 Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders 1.26 111 Frédéric Lhuissier (Fra) EC Mayennaise 1.32 112 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 3.11 113 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Val D'oise 5.02 114 Grégory Lesage (Fra) EC Mayennaise 5.45 115 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Com-Net 6.51 116 Paulo Da Cunha (Fra) Val D'oise 8.15 Courtesy of velomania.net
