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40th Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2006
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Stage 5 - April 29: Allaire - Allaire ITT, 13.4 km
Devenyns even beat the Russians!
By Jean-François Quénet in Allaire
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Dries Devenyns was surprised to be the winner of stage 4 thanks to a spectacular sprint. He looked even more shocked after the time trial. He won again! The Russians from Tinkoff Restaurants had been very impressive. They occupied the first three positions with Alexander Serov, Nikolai Troussov and Pavel Brutt when the Belgian rider crossed the line. He actually rode 16 seconds quicker than Serov and, of course, kept the lead overall.
"I came and saw the course yesterday by car and this morning on my bike," Devenyns said. "I thought it was a very difficult race but it went very well." The 22 year-old from Kluisbergen had won a time trial three weeks ago in the Two Days of Flanders but he was unsure of himself on a hilly course like this one. Being the race leader might have fascinated him. He was informed about the difference to his main competitor on GC, David Lelay, who was Bretagne-Jean Floc’h’s best time triallist on paper.
The gaps are quite important now: Lelay stands 36 seconds behind Devenyns. With three men in top 10, the Russians also have a few cards to play. There are three stages left, all of them being more difficult than what has been seen so far. Devenyns is in a good position for showing that there is a lot of talent inside the reserve team of Quick Step, but it’s going to be a very complicated task.
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- Dries Devenyns has made his teammates happy and excited to defend his leader's jersey for the remaining three stages
Results
1 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 18.14 (44.794 km/h) 2 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 0.16 3 Nikolay Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 0.21 4 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 0.28 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.34 6 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 7 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.40 8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 9 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 0.42 10 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.47 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 12 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) Team Malarenergi 0.49 13 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Vende U 0.52 14 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.54 15 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.55 16 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 0.56 17 Andreyi Pchelkin (Rus) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 18 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vende U 0.58 19 Jan Kunta (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 1.03 20 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 1.04 21 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.05 22 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 1.06 23 Mikhail Ignatev (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 1.08 24 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 1.09 25 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 1.12 26 Stephen Greger (Ger) Team Aguti 27 Lucas Persson (Swe) Team Malarenergi 1.13 28 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 1.14 29 Milan Kadlec (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 30 Russel Downing (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews 1.15 31 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 1.16 32 Cédric Drouet (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 1.18 33 Pete Latham (NZl) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 34 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 1.19 35 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Aguti 1.20 36 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 1.21 37 John Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 1.23 38 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.25 39 Brice Monnerais (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 40 Alexis Merle (Fra) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 41 Gleen Poleunis (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 1.26 42 Tamo Raudsepp (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 43 Petr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 44 Jérémie Derangere (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 1.27 45 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.29 46 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 1.30 47 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vende U 48 Michael Stevensson (Swe) Team Malarenergi 1.31 49 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 1.34 50 Médéric Clain (Fra) V.C De Roubaix 1.35 51 Benoit Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 52 Rolf Hobauer (Ger) Team Aguti 53 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 1.37 54 Mike Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.38 55 Florent Roussy (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 1.40 56 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 1.41 57 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 58 Arnaud Lesnevan (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 1.43 59 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 60 Stephan Lageler (Ger) Team Aguti 61 François Parisien (Can) Team TIAA-CREF 62 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 1.45 63 Martin Blaha (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 1.46 64 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 1.49 65 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Restaurants 66 Jos Pronk (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 1.51 67 Anthony Boyer (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 1.54 68 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 69 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 1.56 70 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 1.57 71 Mickael Mourecek (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 72 Cédric Herve (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 1.58 73 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 74 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vende U 2.00 75 Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (Pol) V.C De Roubaix 2.01 76 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vende U 2.03 77 Peter Stetina (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 78 Marnus Potgieter (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2.04 79 Jean Zen (Fra) VC Roubaix 80 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 81 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 2.10 82 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 2.11 83 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 2.12 84 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 2.13 85 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 86 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) V.C De Roubaix 87 Marcel Belma (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 2.16 88 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 89 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2.18 90 Marcus Svensson (Swe) Team Malarenergi 91 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 92 Florian Guillou (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 2.20 93 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2.21 94 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews 95 Jérome Bonnace (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 2.24 96 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 2.27 97 David Deroo (Fra) V.C De Roubaix 2.31 98 Christoph Kindle (Ger) Team Aguti 99 Sylvain Cheval (Fra) U.C Chateauroux 2.32 100 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.Co.Uk 2.33 101 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2.36 102 Roy Curvers (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 2.41 103 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Procomm -Van Hemert 2.42 104 Paul Brousse (Fra) V.C De Roubaix 2.44 105 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews 106 David Burgy (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 2.47 107 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 108 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S Bretagne Jean Floch 2.53 109 Fabrice Billard (Fra) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 2.59 110 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 3.01 111 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews 3.20 112 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 – Quick Step 3.22 113 Pavel Subrt (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 3.27 114 Jean Marc Bideau (Fra) Super Sport 35 Acnc 3.30 115 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 3.39 116 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 3.44 117 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews 3.45 118 Peter Lundblad (Swe) Team Malarenergi 3.52 119 Xavier Laureau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 3.59 120 Daniel Fleeman (Fra) Espoir Cycliste Saint Etienne 4.28 DNF Abel Fragua Falagan (Spa) Enypesa Lambea El Mundo General classification after stage 5 1 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Beveren 2000 14.45.17 2 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc’h 0.36 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff 0.04 4 Andreï Mizourov (Kaz) CAPEC 0.44 5 Peter Velits (Slk) Konica-Minolta 0.53 6 Russell Downing (Gbr) DFL-Cyclingnews 1.19 7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol 1.22 8 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff 1.23 9 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) U Nantes-Atlantique 1.25 10 Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Tinkoff 1.28
