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Tour de l'Ain - 2.1
France, August 12-15, 2007
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Stage 1 - August 12: Montluel - Hauteville Lompnes, 152.5 km
Zberg surprises in l'Ain
By Susan Westemeyer
Beat Zberg of Team Gerolsteiner won the first stage of the Tour de l'Ain, breaking out of a 13-man escape group to take the win and the overall lead. He finished six seconds ahead of Niels Brouzes (Auber 93) and Giovanni Visconti of Quick.Step-Innergetic.
"That was a great beginning. Beat is very satisfied with the results, and I am, too, of course," said Gerolsteiner Directeur Sportif Christian Wegmann. "Beat's success is a little surprising, since he is coming off a racing break. But it's great that it is going so well."
A 14-man escape group formed early and got up to two-and-a-half minutes lead, which wasn't enough. They were overtaken on the last climb, and a new escape group formed, which managed to stay away until the end, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of the next following group.
The race saw the return of T-Mobile's Michael Barry, who dropped out of the Tour de France with a shoulder injury. He finished in the first following group.
Monday's second stage runs 164 km from Lagnieu to Plastics Vallee/Bellignat.
Results
1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.24.50 (44.45 km/h) 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 0.06 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.13 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.50 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 16 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 18 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 21 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 22 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 23 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 27 Johannes Fröehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 29 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 30 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 35 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 38 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 40 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 45 Andréa Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 48 Kévin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.48 50 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.56 51 Léonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.51 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5.18 53 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.08 54 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 56 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 57 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 59 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 60 Paidi O'brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 61 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Mickaël Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 63 Andrey Med Yannikov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 64 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 66 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.46 67 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 8.06 68 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 69 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 70 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 75 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 78 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 79 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 80 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 81 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 82 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 85 David Derepas (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9.37 86 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 87 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 88 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 89 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 91 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 93 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.36 96 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 97 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 98 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 99 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 100 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 20 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 1 Sprints km 118.4 1 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Léonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 Mountains 1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 3 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 4 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 5 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3 7 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 1 Young rider 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3.24.56 2 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.44 3 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 4 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 5 Johannes Fröehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Kévin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.42 13 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.50 14 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.02 15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 17 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 18 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 19 Mickaël Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 20 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.40 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8.00 22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 23 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 9.31 26 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12.30 30 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) Teams 1 AG2r Prévoyance 10.16.32 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.07 3 Gerolsteiner 1.38 4 Discovery Channel 1.44 5 Bretagne-Armor Lux 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.28 9 Agritubel 10 Auber 93 6.02 11 Kazakh National Team 13 Crédit Agricole 8.00 14 Roubaix Lille Metropole 12.04 15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 16 Française des Jeux 16.00 17 Rabobank (Continental) 16.48 General classification after stage 1 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.24.40 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 0.10 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.12 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.23 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.00 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 16 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 18 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 21 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 22 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 23 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 27 Johannes Fröehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 29 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 30 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 35 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 38 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 40 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 45 Andréa Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.10 48 Kévin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.20 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.06 50 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 3.18 51 Léonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.01 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5.28 53 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.18 54 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 56 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 57 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 59 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 60 Paidi O'brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 61 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Mickaël Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 63 Andrey Med Yannikov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 64 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.28 66 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.56 67 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 8.16 68 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 69 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 70 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 75 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 78 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 79 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 80 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 81 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 82 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 85 David Derepas (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9.47 86 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 87 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 88 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 89 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 91 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 93 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.57 94 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.46 96 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 97 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 98 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 99 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 100 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points classification 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 20 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4 14 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 15 Léonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 16 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 17 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 1 18 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 Mountains classification 1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 3 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 4 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 5 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3 7 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 1 Young rider classification 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3.24.56 2 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.44 3 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 4 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 5 Johannes Fröehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Kévin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.42 13 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.50 14 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.02 15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 17 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 18 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 19 Mickaël Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 20 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.40 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8.00 22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 23 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 9.31 26 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12.30 30 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) Team classification 1 AG2r Prévoyance 10.16.32 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.07 3 Gerolsteiner 1.38 4 Discovery Channel 1.44 5 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.28 9 Agritubel 10 Auber 93 6.02 11 Kazakh National Team 13 Crédit Agricole 8.00 14 Roubaix Lille Metropole 12.04 15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 16 Française des Jeux 16.00 17 Rabobank (Continental) 16.48
