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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2
France, June 16-19, 2006
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Prologue - June 15: Laval ITT, 6.5 km
Chris Newton gets revenge in France
By Jean-François Quénet in Laval
Rabobank has wonthe inaugural prologue in the Boucles de la Mayenne with Thomas Dekker and Mathieu Heijboer in the past two years but they had to be happy with the second place this time, as Tom Veelers rode three seconds slower than English winner Chris Newton.
"I'm still satisfied with what I've done today," Veelers said. "I suffered stomach problems before the race. That was a very strange feeling. I didn't expect to do so well." Veelers was the winner of the U23 Paris-Roubaix three weeks ago. He's also the best U23 rider in the Boucles de la Mayenne, the winner being an old warrior of English cycling.
Newton was close to turning pro with Gan ten years ago. Since then he has shared his time between road and track. He's an excellent pursuiter for the English team. John Herety has also directed him on the road with the National squad many times. They now work together again in the continental Recycling.co.uk team, a British set up that looks more and more solid and likely to become a long term task force in a country with an old tradition of cycling but very fragile organizations.
"I didn't really expect to win this prologue," Newton commented. "I had to see a physiotherapist because I had a hip problem. He worked it all right. I was training quite hard recently and I felt very good today." He got his revenge after coming second in the British time trial championship two weeks ago, showing that the training miles he has logged on his time trial bike have been useful. He clocked the 6.5km traditional prologue in Laval 14 seconds slower than Heiboer, probably because of the wind blowing at the top of a crucial false flat on the course. "Now I will defend the jersey," he promised.
Rabobank is in a total opposite situation than in the past two years when they didn't manage to keep the yellow jersey. One year ago, only ten riders started stage 1 with less than 20 seconds deficit compared to Heijboer, this time, 30 riders are within 20 second. With only one stage being held on Saturday, there should be even more fights than usual.
Photography
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- Jonathan Dayus came 12th while his compatriot Chris Newton won the prologue
- There should be more to be seen from Mikaël Chérel who should be a stagiaire with Française des Jeux soon
- Markus Eichler got a remarkable third place
- Nicolas Rousseau - at 5th, the highest ranked amateur
- Chris Newton - happy to receive the yellow jersey
- On the podium - Nicolas Crosbie, Chris Newton, Nicolas Rousseau, Markus Eichler, Tom Veelers and Jens Mouris took the first honours
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Hey, photo!!
- Team Konica Minolta before the start..
- Benoit Sinner (Agritubel) and Jacky Durand.
- Into the evening - the first stage was a time trial through the streets of Laval.
- Time Trial..
- Koji Fukushima at the start.
- Chris Newton is the leader.
- Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) happy to win with John Herety his sport director..
Results
1 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8.14 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.03 3 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 4 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 0.04 5 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 6 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.06 7 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 0.07 8 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 0.08 10 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 11 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 0.10 12 Johnathan Dayus (GBr) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 13 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.11 14 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 15 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U 16 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi-7Mobile 0.12 17 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U 18 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 19 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.15 20 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 0.16 21 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 22 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.17 23 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 24 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.18 25 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 26 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 27 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.19 28 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 0.20 30 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 31 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 0.22 32 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 33 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 34 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs 35 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 36 Olivier Nari (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 0.23 37 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 38 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U 39 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 0.24 40 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs 41 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 42 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 43 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 0.25 44 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sean Kelly Team 0.26 45 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 46 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 0.27 47 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 0.28 48 René Schild (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 49 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.30 50 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 0.31 51 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 52 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 0.32 53 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 54 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.33 55 Christopher Stevensen (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 56 Junya Sano (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 57 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 58 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 0.34 59 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.35 60 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 61 Paul Brousse (Fra) VC Roubaix 62 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 0.36 63 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental 64 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 65 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix 66 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays de la Loire 0.37 67 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 68 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.38 69 Vincent Cantero (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 70 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 71 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 72 Ciaran Kelly (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 0.40 73 Hamish Haynes (GBr) Jartazi-7Mobile 74 David Burgy (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 75 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 76 Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 0.41 77 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs 78 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 0.42 79 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 80 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 0.43 81 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix 0.44 82 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 83 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 84 Pascal Moisseron (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 0.47 85 Yoann Foucher (Fra) Pays de la Loire 0.48 86 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 87 Dominique David (Fra) Pays de la Loire 0.49 88 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 89 Cédric Herve (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 90 Guillaume Garnier (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 0.50 91 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 92 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs 93 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 94 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 95 Médéric Clain (Fra) VC Roubaix 96 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 0.51 97 Kévin Cherruault (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 98 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 0.52 99 Kacper Sowinski (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.53 100 Romain Mary (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 0.55 101 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 0.56 102 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 0.57 103 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1.00 104 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 105 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire 1.01 106 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 1.03 107 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 108 Damien Nicolle (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 1.04 109 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 110 Eoin Concannon (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 1.15 111 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 112 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs 2.10
