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Tour de Picardie - 2.1
France, May 18-20, 2007
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Stage 3 - May 20: La Croix Saint Ouen - Soissons, 93.5 km
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Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux won a group sprint ahead of yesterday's stage 2 winner Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) and Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step Innergetic). Robert Hunter (Barloworld) got to keep his yellow jersey. At the end of the stage, his lead stands at 11 seconds.
Wet, slippery roads made for trecherous racing, and a whopping 72 riders did not finish today, leaving the remaining field for the final stage with only 67 riders.
A few breaks were attempted, but none gained more than 20 seconds, according to the organizer's website www.letour.fr. Barloworld and Cofidis worked to control the bunch.
American Team Slipstream rider Steven Cozza fell hard eearly in the race and had to abandon.
Photography
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- Robert Hunter (Barloword) leads the Tour de Picardie after the third stage.
- Alessandro Proni (Quick-Step) holds third on general classification.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) at the start of Stage 3.
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skill Shimano) prior to Stage 3.
- Peter Van Petegem (Quick-Step) just after sign on for Stage 3.
- France's Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Télécom) at front on a tricky stage from La Croix Saint Ouen to Soissons.
- The peloton battled rain all day.
- Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) took victory on Stage 3.
- Robert Hunter (Barloword) is waiting for dry jacket before the podium in Soissons.
- Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) just after winning Stage 3.
- France's Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) on the podium in Soissons.
- Robert Hunter (Barloword), Tour de Picardie leader, on the podium.
Results
1 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.01.29 (46.179 km/h) 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 17 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 19 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R. 22 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 23 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 24 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 25 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 26 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 27 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 28 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R. 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 31 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.07 35 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 36 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 37 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 38 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 41 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 42 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.18 43 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.21 44 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.28 45 Glenn D’Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 0.33 46 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 47 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 49 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 50 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 51 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 52 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 55 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 56 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 57 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 58 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.02 60 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.18 61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.21 62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.56 63 Gereint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 64 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 2.16 65 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld 2.23 66 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.07 67 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor - Lotto DNF Jean Mespoulede (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Christophe Diguet (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream DNF Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream DNF Steve Schets (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport DNF Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Eddy Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner DNF Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF David Derepas (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare DNF Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare DNF Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare DNF Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare DNF Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream DNF Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream DNF Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic DNF Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic DNF Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic DNF Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream DNF Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream DNF Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion DNF Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion DNF Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion DNF Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld DNF Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel DNF Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel DNF Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel DNF Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Points Soissons (Km 83) 1 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 3 pts 2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1 Soissons (Km 93.5) 1 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 22 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 4 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 18 5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 8 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 13 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 10 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 10 12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 8 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 15 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 6 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 17 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 18 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 3 19 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 2 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Most Combative 1 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Teams 1 Credit Agricole 6.04.27 2 Predictor - Lotto 3 Agritubel 4 Jartazi Promo Fashion 5 Bouygues Telecom 0.07 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Team L.P.R. 9 Barloworld 0.38 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.46 General Classification after stage 3 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10.27.43 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 0.11 3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.14 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 5 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.17 7 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.18 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.19 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 13 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.32 14 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.42 15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.44 16 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.12 17 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.53 18 Gereint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 2.58 19 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.59 20 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 3.05 21 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 22 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 23 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.12 24 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.19 25 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.25 26 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.50 27 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 3.54 28 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.56 29 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream 30 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4.12 31 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 6.14 32 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 6.26 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 7.00 34 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.08 35 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 7.21 36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.28 37 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 7.32 38 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 7.46 39 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 7.59 40 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 8.10 41 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 8.14 42 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.21 44 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8.41 45 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.52 46 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld 10.02 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.18 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 50 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 10.25 51 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 10.32 52 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 10.51 53 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.07 54 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 11.18 55 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 56 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 57 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 58 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step - Innergetic 11.25 59 Glenn D’Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 11.51 60 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 61 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.01 62 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 13.34 63 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 15.20 64 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.30 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.13 66 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16.33 67 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.23 Points Classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 55 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 47 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 33 6 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 31 7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 30 8 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 25 9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 24 10 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 23 11 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 22 12 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 20 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 14 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 15 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 18 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 18 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 16 19 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 12 20 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 21 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 22 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9 23 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9 24 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 25 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5 27 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 5 28 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 5 29 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 30 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Team Classification 1 Barloworld 31.24.57 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.55 3 Francaise Des Jeux 2.32 4 Team L.P.R. 4.48 5 Jartazi Promo Fashion 6 Predictor - Lotto 6.11 7 Agritubel 8.57 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 9.16 10 Credit Agricole 18.49
