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37th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1
France, February 7-11, 2007
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Stage 1 - February 7: Pézenas - Palavas-les-Flots, 148 km
Angelo Furlan takes opener and overall lead
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After a season spent languishing in the Professional Continental ranks for the Selle Italia Diquigiovanni team, Angelo Furlan, winner of two 2002 Vuelta España stages, is back on top in the European peloton after scoring a win in the first stage of the Etoile de Bessèges. Furlan's career was given new hope when Crédit Agricole signed the Italian for a one-year contract, and he paid the team back for their confidence today with a big bunch-sprint win over rookie T-Mobile rider Mark Cavendish and Tinkoff Credit System's Ruggero Marzoli.
With riders facing hail, rain and wind, no escape could stick in the opening stage of the Etoile de Bessèges, and Baden Cooke's Unibet.com team worked to get him into a good position coming into the final sprint, but Cooke only managed a fourth place. While Unibet was prevented from displaying their logo in the GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, where Jeremy Hunt posted his victory salute with a large question mark in place of the team's logo on his chest, Cooke was able to roll across the line in the team's normal kit.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) outside the team bus.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) looking ready to race.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in discussion with DS Maini.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) performs a systems check.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) checks the wheels.
- Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) getting comfortable in the group.
- Tinkoff teammates.
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) rides in the peloton.
- The peloton moves through stage 1.
- Crédit Agricole leads the pack.
- Thes sprint winds up in stage 1.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) takes stage 1.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) wins in a bunch sprint.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) takes the win.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) looking tough.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) flashes victory.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) tries on the leader's jersey.
- Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) on the podium.
- Angelo Furlan in the leader's jersey after taking the opening stage.
- Angelo Furlan in the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.20.17 (44.4 km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 5 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 7 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 12 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 13 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 14 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 15 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 17 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 19 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 20 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion 21 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 22 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 24 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 26 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 29 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 34 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 35 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 36 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 40 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 46 Alex Coutts (GBr) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 47 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 48 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 49 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 51 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis 54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 55 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 59 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 61 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 62 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.10 64 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.11 65 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 66 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 71 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 72 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 75 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 0.18 76 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.35 77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 78 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 79 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 80 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 81 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 82 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 83 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 85 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 86 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 87 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 88 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 89 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 0.54 91 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Auber 92 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 1.16 93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.03 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 11.18 96 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 97 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 98 Jean-Noel Wolf (Fra) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 99 Michaël Blanchy (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 100 Bart Velghe (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 101 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) Auber 103 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 104 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Auber 105 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 106 Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 107 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 108 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 109 Nicolas Baïolet (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 110 Joop De Gans (Ned) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 111 Yohan Cauquil (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion 112 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 113 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 114 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 116 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 117 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 118 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 119 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 120 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 121 Stéphane Pétilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 122 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 124 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 125 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 126 Laurent Mars (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 127 Kenny Van Braeckel (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 12.32 128 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 129 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 23.20 130 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 131 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 132 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 133 Mart Van Zandbeek (Ned) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 134 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Roubaix Lille Metropole 135 Ken De Vaere (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 136 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 137 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 138 Sebastian Prengel (Ger) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 139 Jean-Philippe Dony (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux DNF Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Wataru Otsuka (Jpn) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux General classification after stage 1 1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.20.17 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 0.04 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.06 4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 0.08 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.10 6 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 13 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 14 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 15 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 16 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 17 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 20 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 21 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion 22 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 23 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 25 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 26 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 27 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 28 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 36 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 37 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 41 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 43 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 44 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 47 Alex Coutts (GBr) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 49 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 50 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 52 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 53 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis 55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 56 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 58 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 61 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 62 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.20 64 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.21 65 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 66 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems 67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 71 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 72 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 75 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 0.28 76 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 0.44 77 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.45 78 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 79 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 80 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 81 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 82 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 83 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 85 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 86 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 87 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 88 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 89 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 1.04 91 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Auber 92 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 1.26 93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.13 95 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.25 96 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 11.28 97 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 98 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 99 Jean-Noel Wolf (Fra) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 100 Michaël Blanchy (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 101 Bart Velghe (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 102 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) Auber 104 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 105 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Auber 106 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 107 Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 108 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 109 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 110 Nicolas Baïolet (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 111 Joop De Gans (Ned) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 112 Yohan Cauquil (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion 113 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 114 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 115 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 116 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 118 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 119 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 120 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 121 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 122 Stéphane Pétilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 123 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 125 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 126 Laurent Mars (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 127 Kenny Van Braeckel (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 12.42 128 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 129 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 23.30 130 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 131 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 132 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 133 Mart Van Zandbeek (Ned) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 134 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Roubaix Lille Metropole 135 Ken De Vaere (Bel) Babes Only-Villapark Langemeer-Flanders 136 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 137 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 138 Sebastian Prengel (Ger) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux 139 Jean-Philippe Dony (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux Points 1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 20 3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 14 5 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 12 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 10 7 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 9 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 10 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 11 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 5 13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 4 14 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4 15 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3 16 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2 17 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 2 18 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 2 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.06 3 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.41 9 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 10 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.24 11 Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 12 Yohan Cauquil (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion 13 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 14 Laurent Mars (Bel) Storez-Ledecq Matériaux
