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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2
France, June 21-24, 2007
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Stage 3 - June 24: Loiron - Laval, 166 km
Vogondy confident before French championships and Tour de France
By Jean-François Quénet in Laval
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Having Tour de France riders winning in their 2.2 race is quite valuable for the organizers of the Boucles de la Mayenne. Former Tour de France rider Janek Tombak from Estonia took the final stage in Laval with current Tour de France rider Nicolas Vogondy claiming the overall classification after his stage win on Saturday.
The race ended in dramatic fashion as a breakaway just barely succeded in Sunday's finale. Rabobank's Tom Veelers wanted to repeat his win at the prologue as the race was coming back in the streets of Laval and was part of the break. "I did most of the work," he said after coming second in the finish. "Especially at the end because I thought I could win the race, I'm frustrated and exhausted."
31 year-old winner Janek Tombak took an opposite tactic. The Estonian admitted that he didn't cooperate much with his four breakaway companions. "I didn't take turns for 120 kilometres," said Tombak, who sat on the break until final hour. "I didn't think this breakaway would work."
The Meyenne finale was Tombak's second stage win in a French race this year (the other was stage 4 of the Tour of Picardy, a race he had won two years ago with Cofidis).
Agritubel defended Vogondy's overall, which he captured with a solo jump-win in Saturday's stage. "Winning the Boucles de la Mayenne is good for my morale before the French championship and the Tour de France."
Vogondy was the French champion in 2002.
How it unfolded
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Five riders broke free in the first loop around Loiron where they competed for the first hot spot sprint after only 17 kilometres of racing: Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Armor Lux), Tom Veelers (Rabobank), Tony Cavet (Normandy), Alexandre Bousseau (Vendée U) and Janek Tombak (Jartazi).
Heading north of the province with a favourable wind, the breakaway gained a maximum advantage of 2.04 in Gorron at km 75. The pace of the bunch was regulated by the team-mates of race leader Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel). At the feed zone of Ambrières-les-Vallées (km 91), the gap was reduced to 44 seconds but it grew up on the way back to the south. It stayed around 1.50 for a while and it was still 1.30 when they entered the town of Laval with 5 laps of a 5.1-kilometer circuit left to cover.
In the last lap, only Veelers, Duret and Tombak remained of the break. Veelers did most of the work but Tombak was the fastest on the line and Vogondy kept the lead for good as a part of the bunch who crossed the line four seconds behind the Estonian stage winner.
Photography
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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Team Agritubel at the start
- Sebastien Duret leads the break
- Mayenne's landscape
- Franck Charrier (Nogent sur Oise) at the head of the bunch
- The escape
- Benoit Sinner working hard all the stage for Nicolas Vogondy
- Vogondy in the final lap
- Nicolas Vogondy wins the Boucles de la Mayenne
- Estonian Janek Tombak wins stage five
- Morgan Fox shows signs of crashing
Results
1 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 3.49.33 (42.866 km/h) 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 3 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 0.03 4 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.04 5 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 6 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 7 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 8 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 9 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 10 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 11 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 12 Arnaud Godet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 13 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 14 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 15 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 16 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 17 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 18 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 19 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 20 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U PDL 21 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 22 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 23 François Jurgen (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 24 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 25 Olivier Nari (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 26 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Comite Normandie 27 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 28 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 29 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi 7 Mobile 30 Julien El Fares (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 31 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team U Nantes Atlantique 32 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse 33 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) EC Mayenne 34 Ivan Gilmartin Hernangome (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 35 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 36 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 37 David Han (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 38 Bruno Antero Moreira Lima (Por) Vina Magna-Cropu 39 Sylvain Cheval (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 40 Dennis Smit (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 41 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 42 Ludovic Bret (Fra) Vendee U PDL 43 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 44 Maint Berkenbosh (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 45 Sébastien Harbonnier (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 46 Julien Gay (Fra) Vendee U PDL 47 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Comite Normandie 48 Arne Hassink (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 49 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Duja Tavira 50 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 51 Luis Filipe Albino Silva (Por) Duja Tavira 52 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 53 Yannic Maus (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 54 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayenne 55 Claudio Filipe Pedro Apolo (Por) Duja Tavira 56 Martin Mata Cabello (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 57 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 58 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Comite Normandie 2.16 59 Guillaume Malle (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.04 60 Danny Stam (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 61 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 62 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 63 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 64 Wim Botman (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 2.10 65 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Vendee U PDL 2.16 66 Simon Kelly (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 67 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 68 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 69 Stéphane Couge (Fra) EC Mayenne 70 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 71 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 72 Michael Larsen (Den) Team Odense Energi 2.45 73 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.04 74 Romain Fondard (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 75 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 4.06 76 Stefan Wijnants (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 77 Nelio Simao (Por) Duja Tavira 5.04 78 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 79 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 6.31 80 Jean François Triguel (Fra) EC Mayenne 7.56 81 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 82 Julien Mesnil (Fra) Comite Normandie 83 Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 8.09 84 Kasper Linde (Den) Team Odense Energi DNF Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux DNF Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank DNF Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile DNF Tony Gallopin (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre DNF Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U PDL DNF Damien Robert (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise DNF Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise DNF Martin Frost Lollesgaard (Den) Team Odense Energi DNF Fred Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop DNF Sébastien Frey (Ger) Team Sparkasse DNF Paidi O'brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team DNF Glen Bak (Den) Sean Kelly Team DNF Morgan Fox (Irl) Sean Kelly Team Sprints Loiron - km 17.9 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 5 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 2 4 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 1 Gorron - km 75.5 1 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 5 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 2 4 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 1 Alexain - km 117.2 1 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 5 pts 2 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 3 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 1 Laval - km 140.5 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 5 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 2 4 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 1 Mountains La Croixille - km 45 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 6 pts 2 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 4 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 1 Oisseau - km 96.9 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 6 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 2 4 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 1 Oisseau - km 102.7 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 6 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 2 4 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 1 St Germain le Fouilloux - km 131.9 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 6 pts 2 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 4 3 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 2 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 1 Final General classification 1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 12.33.35 2 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 0.03 3 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 0.05 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 0.08 5 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi 7 Mobile 0.14 6 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.18 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 0.21 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 0.22 9 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 0.23 10 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 0.26 11 Samel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 0.27 12 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U PDL 13 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.28 14 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.29 15 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.30 16 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 17 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.31 18 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.35 19 Julien Gay (Fra) Vendee U PDL 20 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.36 21 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 22 Julien El Fares (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 23 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 24 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 0.38 25 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team U Nantes Atlantique 26 Dennis Smit (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 27 Arnaud Godet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.40 28 Romain Fondard (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 29 Ludov Bret (Fra) Vendee U PDL 0.41 30 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 31 Alexanre Aulas (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.42 32 Ivan Gilmartin Hernangome (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 0.43 33 Sébastien Harbonnier (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 34 René Schild (Ger) Team Sparkasse 35 Olivier Nari (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 0.44 36 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 0.45 37 Dvy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 38 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 39 Guillaume Malle (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.46 40 Davi Han (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 41 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 0.47 42 François Jurgen (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 43 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 0.48 44 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.49 45 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 46 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) EC Mayenne 0.51 47 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 0.55 48 Martin Mata Cabello (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 49 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 50 Sylvain Cheval (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0.56 51 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 0.58 52 Yannic Maus (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 1.02 53 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 1.04 54 Maint Berkenbosh (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 1.07 55 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Duja Tavira 1.10 56 Luis Filipe Albino Silva (Por) Duja Tavira 1.40 57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 2.45 58 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Vendee U PDL 2.52 59 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 2.58 60 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 3.10 61 Christian Lademann (Ger) Team Sparkasse 3.28 62 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Comite Normandie 3.36 63 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 4.39 64 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 7.21 65 Julien Mesnil (Fra) Comite Normandie 8.53 66 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 11.29 67 Nelio Simao (Por) Duja Tavira 16.54 68 Bruno Antero Moreira Lima (Por) Vina Magna-Cropu 17.19 69 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 17.20 70 Arne Hassink (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 18.32 71 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 18.35 72 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayenne 18.39 73 Michael Larsen (Den) Team Odense Energi 21.19 74 Stefan Wijnants (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 22.29 75 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 22.48 76 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 25.41 77 Kasper Linde (Den) Team Odense Energi 26.53 78 Claudio Filipe Pedro Apolo (Por) Duja Tavira 40.39 79 Danny Stam (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 41.01 80 Wim Botman (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 42.52 81 Stéphane Couge (Fra) EC Mayenne 43.01 82 Simon Kelly (Irl) Sean Kelly Team 44.05 83 Mat Bertling (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 48.59 84 Jean Triguel (Fra) EC Mayenne 49.01 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Odense Energi 49 pts 2 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 37 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 35 4 Samel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 32 5 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 30 6 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 47 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 25 8 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi 7 Mobile 20 9 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 20 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 19 11 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 19 12 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 17 13 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 12 14 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 10 15 Bruno Antero Moreira Lima (Por) Vina Magna-Cropu 10 16 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 9 17 Arnaud Godet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 8 18 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 8 19 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Comite Normandie 8 20 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 8 21 Dennis Smit (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 7 22 Dvy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 7 23 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Team Sparkasse 7 24 Romain Fondard (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 6 25 Alexanre Aulas (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 6 26 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 6 27 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 6 28 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U PDL 5 29 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 5 30 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 5 31 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 2 Mountains classification 1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 29 pts 2 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 18 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 12 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 11 5 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 10 6 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 8 7 Romain Fondard (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 8 8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 9 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 6 10 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 6 11 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 6 12 Julien Gay (Fra) Vendee U PDL 4 13 Julien El Fares (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 2 14 Ludov Bret (Fra) Vendee U PDL 2 15 Ivan Gilmartin Hernangome (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 2 16 Guillaume Malle (Fra) Comite Normandie 2 17 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 2 18 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 1 19 Samel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 1 20 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 1 Sprints classification 1 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 23 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi 7 Mobile 14 3 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 12 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 11 5 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 8 6 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 6 7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6 8 Tony Cavet (Fra) Comite Normandie 5 9 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi 7 Mobile 4 10 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 4 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel Pro Sport Poitou 3 12 Julien El Fares (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 3 13 Ludov Bret (Fra) Vendee U PDL 3 14 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U PDL 3 15 Claudio Filipe Pedro Apolo (Por) Duja Tavira 3 16 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 2 17 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 2 18 Romain Fondard (Fra) CC Nogent Sur Oise 2 19 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor-Lux 1 20 Maint Berkenbosh (Ned) Team Regiostrom Senges 1 21 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 1 Young rider classification 1 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 12.33.40 2 Samel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 0.22 3 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Odense Energi 0.24 4 Julien Simon (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.25 5 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.26 6 Julien Gay (Fra) Vendee U PDL 0.20 7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 8 Julien El Fares (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 9 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 0.33 10 Arnaud Godet (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.35 11 Ludov Bret (Fra) Vendee U PDL 0.36 12 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 13 Alexanre Aulas (Fra) French National Under 23 Team 0.37 14 Guillaume Malle (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.41 15 Davi Han (Fra) SCO Dijon Team Lapierre 16 François Jurgen (Bel) Jartazi 7 Mobile 0.22 17 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Comite Normandie 0.24 18 Yannic Maus (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 0.27 19 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 0.29 20 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Comite Normandie 3.51 21 Bruno Antero Moreira Lima (Por) Vina Magna-Cropu 17.14 22 Claudio Filipe Pedro Apolo (Por) Duja Tavira 40.34 23 Wim Botman (Ned) Ubbink Syntec Cycling Team 42.47 24 Mat Bertling (Ger) Team Regiostrom Senges 48.54
