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41st Tour de Bretagne Cycliste (Ruban Granitier Breton) - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2007
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Prologue - April 25: Jersey - Jersey, 4.7 km
Lars Boom preceeds Alex Rasmussen by two seconds only
By Jean-François Quénet in St-Hélier (Jersey)
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As expected, Lars Boom from Rabobank won the 4.7 kilometer-long prologue of the Tour de Bretagne, which was held on the spectacular waterfront of the British island of Jersey. Boom just barely beat Danish pursuiter Alex Rasmussen by less than two seconds (1.91) while another Scandinavian, Edvald Boasson Hagen from Norway, was third, eight seconds down.
"I'm happy with this result," Boom commented. "It was a tough prologue with a lot of wind." There was quite a strong head wind at the start, which became helpful for the riders on the way back. "When I saw that I was riding at 65km/h, I knew it was OK", Boom said. After claiming the prologue of the Tour of Normandy last month, the U23 world champion in cyclo-cross repeated what he's the best at. He clocked the short course in 5.30, which made a significant 51.273 km/h.
Claus Rasmussen, who is Alex' father and directeur sportif, as well as a former participant of the Ruban Granitier Breton (now Tour de Bretagne) in 1979, was impressed by how fast the times were. Boasson Hagen was also very happy with his ride. "It's probably better for me not to take the lead because there's a hard week of racing coming," the young prodigy from Lillehammer said. "It's a good sign that two of my team-mates (Lars Petter Nordhaug and Alexander Kristoff) made the top 20 as well."
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Five riders from Vendée U, the French reserve of Bouygues Telecom, made the top 15, but Rabobank has taken position with four in the top 8. "It's good for the rest of the race," Boom explained. "We'll try and keep the jersey, if not with me, it can be another Rabobank rider."
Four U23 riders have given the race the accent of the future of cycling. The Tour de Bretagne is a seven day long race with difficult finishes in Breton towns every day. For the first time in 40 years, the event started outside the country, and it was the first international bike race ever held on the island of Jersey. It was remarkably organized with a ferry trip from St-Malo. "This is a good start for us", said Mike Tait, the man responsible for tourism in Jersey who succeeded in his challenge to bring such an event at home the same year that the Tour de France will start from London.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Lars Boom waiting for the last riders to come
- Edvald Boasson Hagen was 3rd
Images by Fabrice Lambert/La Gazette du centre Morbihan
- France's Perrig Quemeneur (Vende U) finished nineth on the prologue.
- Perrig Quemeneur (Vende U) was the second highest finishing Frenchman on the opening prologue.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) went two seconds quicker than Denmark's Alex Rasmussen (Team Odense Energi).
- The Netherlands' Lars Boom (Rabobank) wears the leader's jersey after the opening prologue.
- Frenchman Tristan Le Yondre (Super Sport 35 ACNC) finished 46 seconds behind winner Boom.
- Martyn Maaskant (Rabobank) finished four spots behind his teammate and countryman Boom, who won the stage.
- France Noan Lelarge (Bretagne-Armor Lux).
- Jonathan Thire (Team U Nantes Atlantique).
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) gives his all.
- Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Maxbo Bianchi) holds third place on the young rider classification.
Results
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 5.30 (51.273 km/h) 2 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.02 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.09 4 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 0.12 5 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 6 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vende U 0.13 7 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 0.14 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 9 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vende U 10 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 0.17 11 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 12 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 13 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Vende U 14 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Vende U 0.18 15 Jugen Roelants (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.20 16 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 0.21 17 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 18 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 19 Juan José Abril Merino (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.22 20 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 21 Bradley Fairall (Can) Super Sport 35 ACNC 22 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 23 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.23 24 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 25 Petr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 0.24 27 Antonio Cosme Fraile (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.25 28 Christian Lademan (Ger) Team Sparkasse 29 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 30 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 31 (Unknown) A.S.C Dukla Praha 32 Rein Taramae (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 33 Milan Kadlec (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.26 34 Lars Ulrich Sörensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 35 Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 36 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 37 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.27 38 Frédrik Ericsson Time -Van Hemert 39 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 40 Cyril Bessy (Fra) CR4C Roanne 0.28 41 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 42 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 43 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.29 44 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 45 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.30 46 Denis Cioban (Mol) Super Sport 35 ACNC 47 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 48 Emmanuel Ruitenbeek (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 0.31 49 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team U Nantes Atlantique 50 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 51 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 52 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 53 (Unknown) Vende U 54 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 55 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 56 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 0.32 57 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 58 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 59 David Han (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 0.33 60 Frederiek Nolf (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 61 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 62 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.34 63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 64 Martin Lollesgaard (Den) Team Odense Energi 65 Lukasz Goralewski (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 66 Léo Fortin (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 0.35 67 (Unknown) Super Sport 35 ACNC 68 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 69 (Unknown) Bretagne-Armor Lux 0.36 70 Jasper Melis (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 71 Jiri Hochmann (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 72 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 0.37 73 (Unknown) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.38 74 (Unknown) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 75 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 76 Sébastien Harbonnier (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 77 Maxime Mayencon (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 78 (Unknown) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 79 Brice Feillu (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 0.39 80 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 81 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 82 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 83 Benoit Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 84 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 85 Cédric Barre (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 86 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.40 87 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 88 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 89 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.41 90 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 91 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 0.42 92 Cédric Drouet (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 93 (Unknown) Vitória-ASC 94 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 95 David Martin Perbanez (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 96 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 97 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.43 98 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 99 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.44 100 (Unknown) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.45 101 François Lamiraud (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 102 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 103 Jose Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC 104 Julien Sauve (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 105 Bruno Lima (Por) Vigna Magna Cropu 106 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.46 107 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 108 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 109 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse 110 (Unknown) Team Maxbo Bianchi 111 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória-ASC 112 Daniel Silva (Por) Vitória-ASC 0.47 113 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 0.48 114 Bert Debacker (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 115 (Unknown) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 116 (Unknown) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.50 117 Loïc Herbreteau (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 0.52 118 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.53 119 Kasper Linde (Den) Team Odense Energi 120 Marius Stoica (Rom) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 121 Vincent Ragot (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.54 122 Kalle Kriit (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 123 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.55 124 Nicolas Bourdillat (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 0.56 125 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.57 126 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.58 127 (Unknown) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 1.00 128 José Sousa (Spa) Vitória-ASC 1.02 129 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 130 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 131 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 1.07 Young rider classification 1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 5.30.00 2 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.02 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.09 4 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 0.12 5 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 6 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vende U 0.13 7 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 0.14 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 9 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vende U 10 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 0.17 11 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 12 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 13 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Vende U 14 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Vende U 0.18 15 Jugen Roelants (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.20 16 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 0.21 17 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 18 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 19 Juan José Abril Merino (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.22 20 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 21 Bradley Fairall (Can) Super Sport 35 ACNC 22 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 23 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.23 24 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 25 Petr Lazar (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 0.24 27 Antonio Cosme Fraile (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.25 28 Christian Lademan (Ger) Team Sparkasse 29 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 30 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 31 (Unknown) A.S.C Dukla Praha 32 Rein Taramae (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 33 Milan Kadlec (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.26 34 Lars Ulrich Sörensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 35 Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 36 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 37 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.27 38 Frédrik Ericsson Time -Van Hemert 39 Tarmo Raudsepp (Est) Team U Nantes Atlantique 40 Cyril Bessy (Fra) CR4C Roanne 0.28 41 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 42 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 43 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.29 44 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 45 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 0.30 46 Denis Cioban (Mol) Super Sport 35 ACNC 47 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 48 Emmanuel Ruitenbeek (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 0.31 49 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team U Nantes Atlantique 50 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 51 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 52 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 53 (Unknown) Vende U 54 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 55 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 56 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 0.32 57 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 58 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 59 David Han (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 0.33 60 Frederiek Nolf (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 61 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 62 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 0.34 63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 64 Martin Lollesgaard (Den) Team Odense Energi 65 Lukasz Goralewski (Pol) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 66 Léo Fortin (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 0.35 67 (Unknown) Super Sport 35 ACNC 68 Timo Honstein (Ger) Team Sparkasse 69 (Unknown) Bretagne-Armor Lux 0.36 70 Jasper Melis (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 71 Jiri Hochmann (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 72 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 0.37 73 (Unknown) A.S.C Dukla Praha 0.38 74 (Unknown) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 75 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 76 Sébastien Harbonnier (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 77 Maxime Mayencon (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 78 (Unknown) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 79 Brice Feillu (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 0.39 80 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 81 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Sparkasse 82 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 83 Benoit Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 84 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 85 Cédric Barre (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 86 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.40 87 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 88 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 89 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.41 90 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 91 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time -Van Hemert 0.42 92 Cédric Drouet (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 93 (Unknown) Vitória-ASC 94 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) A.S.C Dukla Praha 95 David Martin Perbanez (Spa) Vigna Magna Cropu 96 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 97 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.43 98 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 99 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Davitamon-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 0.44 100 (Unknown) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.45 101 François Lamiraud (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 102 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 103 Jose Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC 104 Julien Sauve (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 105 Bruno Lima (Por) Vigna Magna Cropu 106 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.46 107 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 108 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 109 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse 110 (Unknown) Team Maxbo Bianchi 111 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória-ASC 112 Daniel Silva (Por) Vitória-ASC 0.47 113 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon Team Lapierre 0.48 114 Bert Debacker (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 115 (Unknown) Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten 116 (Unknown) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.50 117 Loïc Herbreteau (Fra) Cr4C Roanne 0.52 118 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 0.53 119 Kasper Linde (Den) Team Odense Energi 120 Marius Stoica (Rom) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 121 Vincent Ragot (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.54 122 Kalle Kriit (Est) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 123 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.55 124 Nicolas Bourdillat (Fra) Roue D’ Or Saint Amandoise 0.56 125 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.57 126 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme Maître Jacques 0.58 127 (Unknown) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 1.00 128 José Sousa (Spa) Vitória-ASC 1.02 129 Tony Goossens (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 130 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 131 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co LTD-Asada 1.07 Points classification 1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 9 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi 8 4 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Wielergrop Beveren 2000 7 5 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vende U 5 7 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 4 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 3 9 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vende U 2 10 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 1
