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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2
France, June 16-19, 2006
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Stage 1 - June 16: St Berthevin - Evron, 186 km
First pro win for Benoît Sinner, English leader out after 5km
By Jean-François Quénet in Évron
Tty-two-year-old Benoît Sinner, a neo pro with Agritubel, claimed his first pro win in the Boucles de la Mayenne today while Markus Eichler, 24, from Regiostorm-Senges, became the new race leader. Third in the prologue the evening before, Eichler was the highest ranked rider in the 15 men breakaway. Yellow jersey Chris Newton's race ended just 5 kilometers into the stage when he crashed and was taken to hospital. Fortunately, the x-rays revealed that nothing was broken.
"It's been very hard for me at the beginning of the season," Sinner said. "But in the last month or two, I'm coming closer to the pro level. This first pro win is encouraging before my goal: the European championship in Valkenburg on July 16th."
Sinner outsprinted former Madison world champion Franck Perque who took a year off from cycling before returning with CC Nogent this season. Kristian House hoped to win a stage just like in the Tour de Bretagne two months ago but he came third and couldn't bring Recycling.co.uk the consolation prize they deserved.
For Rabobank, it wasn't Tom Veelers, second in the prologue, who made the break but cyclo-cross star Bart Aernoudt, so the best placed rider on classification was Markus Eichler who is the new race leader, one second ahead of young French amateur Nicolas Rousseau. Regiostorm was the other team with Agritubel to have two riders in the front. As Eichler was a big help for Maint Berkenbosch who run second to Norwegian star Gabriel Rasch in the Ringerike Grand Prix last year, the Dutchman returned the favor today.
"I felt very strong after that race in Norway and I will defend this yellow jersey now," Eichler said. He has won the GP Lillers, the Tour of Cologne and the Ronde van Drenthe this year already, and the German time trial championship next week is an important target that he's working hard for.
How it unfolded
After only 5 kilometers, prologue winner and race leader Chris Newton crashed. No fracture was reported. At about the same time, 15 riders broke clear: Vassili Khatuntsev (Omnibike), Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h), Bart Aernoudts (Rabobank), Robby Meul (Jartazi), Peter Velits (Konica-Minolta), Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk), Maint Berkenbosch and Markus Eichler (Regiostorm), Koji Fukushima (Yahoo! Japan), Nicolas Crosbie and Benoît Sinner (Agritubel), Nicolas Rousseau (French national team), Steven Tronet (VC Roubaix), Alexandre Bousseau (Vendée U) and Franck Perque (CC Nogent).
Before the gap reached two minutes, Christophe Diguet (Team U Nantes-Atlantique), Olivier Grammaire and David Burgy (SCO Dijon) tried to come across but never made it. Italian squad OTC Doors-Lauretana chased hard when the bunch was 6 minutes behind with 60 km to go. Then a few teams came and helped but they gave up when the gap decreased to just under 2 minutes with 15 km to go.
Velits was the first man in the breakaway to drop out, because of cramps. Close to the end, Crosbie - who had scored the points for the KOM - and Khatuntsev went back to the bunch as well. Alexei Schmidt (Omnibike) tried to bridge the gap by himself but failed. Sinner was faster than Perque on the finishing line and Eichler took the yellow jersey.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Antoine Dalibard Benoît Sinner and Maint Berkenbosch leading the breakaway
- A good day for Agritubel's Nicolas Crosbie and Benoit Sinner
- What a prime for French poursuiter Nicolas Rousseau!
- First pro win for Benoît Sinner
- Alexandre Bousseau leads the hot spot sprints
- Nicolas Crosbie is a solid king of the mountains
- Markus Eichler is the new race leader
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Pre-race for the yellow jersey.
- The team presentation before stage 1.
- David Lelay (Bretagne-Jean Floch) leads the pursuit.
- The decisive break - 15 riders escaped and most of them stayed away..
- The pursuit.
- The eventual winner led the race in the final lap.
- Benoit Sinner (Agritubel) wins the first stage.
- Sinner is congratulated by his manager and sport director Denis Leproux.
- Benoit Sinner on the podium.
- Markus Eichler is the new leader..
Results
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 4.32.54 2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 3 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 5 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 6 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 7 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 8 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 9 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 10 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 11 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 12 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 0.08 13 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2.14 14 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2.25 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 16 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs 18 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 19 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 20 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 21 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 22 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs 23 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 24 Johnathan Dayus (GBr) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 25 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs 26 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 27 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 28 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 29 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental 30 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 31 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays de la Loire 32 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 33 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 34 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix 35 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs 36 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U 37 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 38 Vincent Cantero (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 39 Médéric Clain (Fra) VC Roubaix 40 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 41 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 42 Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 44 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 46 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 47 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 48 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 49 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix 50 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 51 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 52 Junya Sano (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 53 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 54 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 55 Hamish Haynes (GBr) Jartazi-7Mobile 56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U 57 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 58 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 59 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 60 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 61 Paul Brousse (Fra) VC Roubaix 62 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 63 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 64 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 65 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 66 Cédric Herve (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 67 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U 8.52 69 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 15.29 70 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sean Kelly Team 71 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 72 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire 73 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 75 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 76 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 77 Guillaume Garnier (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 78 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 79 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 80 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 81 David Burgy (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 82 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 83 Yoann Foucher (Fra) Pays de la Loire 84 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 85 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 86 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 87 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 88 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs 89 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 90 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 91 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 92 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 93 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 94 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 95 Kévin Cherruault (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 96 Romain Mary (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 18.23 97 Dominique David (Fra) Pays de la Loire 98 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 99 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 100 Christopher Stevensen (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 101 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 102 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 103 Olivier Nari (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon Mountains Torcé Viviers - Km 86,2 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 4 3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 2 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 1 Côte des Sources - Km 98,5 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 4 3 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 1 Ste Gemmes le Robert - Km 106,2 1 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 6 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 2 4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1 Mont Rochard - Km 119 1 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 6 pts 2 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 4 3 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 2 4 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1 Montaigu - Km 131,5 1 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 6 pts 2 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 4 3 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 4 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 1 Sprints Villiers Charlemagne - Km 17,7 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 5 pts 2 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3 3 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2 4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 1 St Loup du Dorat - Km 56,8 1 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 5 pts 2 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 3 3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1 Evron 1er passage - Km 156,6 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 5 pts 2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 3 3 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2 4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1 Evron 2nd passage - Km 171,3 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 5 pts 2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 3 3 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 2 4 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 4.41.11 2 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 0.01 3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 0.03 4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 0.07 5 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.19 6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 0.21 7 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.26 8 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 0.28 9 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 10 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 11 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 0.33 12 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 0.46 13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.25 14 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 2.26 15 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2.27 16 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2.28 17 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 2.29 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 2.30 19 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 20 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 2.32 21 Johnathan Dayus (GBr) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 22 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.33 23 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 24 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U 25 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U 2.34 26 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2.37 27 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 2.38 28 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 2.39 29 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 30 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 2.40 31 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2.41 32 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 33 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2.42 34 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 2.44 35 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 36 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 37 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2.46 38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs 39 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 2.47 40 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2.49 41 Junya Sano (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 2.55 42 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 43 Paul Brousse (Fra) VC Roubaix 2.57 44 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental 2.58 45 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 46 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix 47 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays de la Loire 2.59 48 Vincent Cantero (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 3.00 49 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 50 Hamish Haynes (GBr) Jartazi-7Mobile 3.02 51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 52 Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 3.03 53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs 54 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3.04 55 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix 3.06 56 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 57 Cédric Herve (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3.11 58 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 3.12 59 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs 60 Médéric Clain (Fra) VC Roubaix 61 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 3.13 62 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 3.14 63 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 3.19 64 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3.22 65 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3.25 66 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 3.37 67 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs 4.32 68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U 9.12 69 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 15.33 70 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 15.44 71 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs 15.48 72 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana 15.50 73 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sean Kelly Team 15.52 74 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 75 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 15.54 76 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 15.58 77 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 16.00 78 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16.01 79 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 80 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 16.04 81 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 82 David Burgy (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 16.06 83 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 16.08 84 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 16.09 85 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 16.10 86 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana 16.13 87 Yoann Foucher (Fra) Pays de la Loire 16.14 88 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 89 Guillaume Garnier (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 16.16 90 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 91 CHERRUAULT Kévn i 16.17 92 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 16.22 93 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire 16.27 94 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 16.29 95 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays de la Loire 16.30 96 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 18.38 97 Olivier Nari (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 18.43 98 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 18.50 99 Christopher Stevensen (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 18.53 100 Dominique David (Fra) Pays de la Loire 19.09 101 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 19.10 102 Romain Mary (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 19.15 103 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 19.20 Points classification 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 25 pts 2 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 20 3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 20 4 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 17 5 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 16 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 12 7 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 10 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 9 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 8 10 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 7 11 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 7 12 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 7 13 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 6 14 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 15 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 4 16 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 4 17 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3 18 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 3 19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 2 20 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 1 21 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 1 Mountains classification 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 19 pts 2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 18 3 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges 10 4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 7 5 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 2 7 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 8 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 2 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 2 10 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 2 11 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 1 12 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1 Hot spot sprints classification 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 18 pts 2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges 6 3 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U 5 4 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 5 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 4 6 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 2 8 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs 1 Espoirs classification 1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 4.41.18 2 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 0.26 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.18 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 2.23 5 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.26 6 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta 7 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U 2.27 8 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2.34 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang 2.37 10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs 2.39 11 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 2.42 12 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.51 13 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix 14 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon 2.53 15 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs 2.56 16 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix 2.59 17 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 18 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs 3.05 19 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 3.07 20 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3.15 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3.18 22 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs 4.25 23 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U 9.05 24 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 15.26 25 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs 15.41 26 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 15.47 27 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise 15.51 28 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 15.53 29 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 15.54 30 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 31 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 16.01 32 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 16.09 33 Kévin Cherruault (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique 16.10 34 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise 16.15 35 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire 16.20 36 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 19.03 37 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 19.13
