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42nd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - Trophée des Granitiers - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2008
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Stage 1 - April 25: Arzon - Sarzeau, 151.8 km
Vermeltfoort strikes on day one
More to come from Rabobank
By Jean-François Quénet in Sarzeau
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The Rabobank school still has a lot to offer. Twenty year-old Coen Vermeltfoort has scored his second win in the flat first stage of the Tour de Bretagne after taking the UCI 1.1 Profronde van Drenthe ahead from Bobbie Traksel in his backyard two weeks ago.
"That race was finishing just ten kilometres away from my home town Slapharen," the Dutchman explained. "I didn't expect to win it, but since I did, I feel very good on my bike." Last week he came 5th in the Nations Cup ZLM Tour.
Vermeltfoort is a sprinter in the making. "It's my first year at the Tour de Bretagne," he said. "I think it's a great race. We've seen very nice countryside today. In two weeks time, we have the Olympia's Tour at home but this race here is very important too. I know I'm fast but I didn't know what I could do here. At least I wanted to give a try."
There is more to come from the Rabobank Continental team in the seven-day Breton tour. "If things go as today I can also target the overall classification," Vermeltfoort admitted. "But the time trial on the second last day will play a big role. We have good time triallists: Lars Boom, Jos van Emden, Thomas Berkhout... Almost everybody in our team can win this race. But we are not there yet. The competition is very good. We know the Bretagne-Armor Lux team since the Tour of Normandy, but they are not our only opponents."
The Bretagne-Armor Lux team gave a perfect lead out to Vermeltfoort, but is actually more focused on the general classification and did not want any of their rivals, such as Gatis Smukulis (VC La Pomme), taking an advantage on day one. Their sprinter Stéphane Bonsergent had to brake towards the finishing line because of a TV motorbike that went a bit too slow. "It might have cost me the third place but I wouldn't have won anyway," Bonsergent admitted.
Stage 2 of the Tour de Bretagne also suits the sprinters before the much harder stages to come. The parcours has been chosen partly by five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault who is back on his bike for training now that he's retired from farming.
How it unfolded
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The first four men in action alongside the gulf of Morbihan were Maarten de Jonge (Beveren 2000), Maart Ojavee (Rietumu Bank), Casper Jorgensen (Denmark) and Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan-Hompo). But the peloton was also very active.
At km 30, a group of ten riders took off: Alexander Kristoff (Joker Bianchi), Stéphane Bonsergent (Bretagne-Armor Lux), Nico Keinath and Tim Klotz (Ista), Timothée Lefrançois (U Nantes-Atlantique), Loïc Muhlemann (SCO Dijon), Thijs van Amerongen (Van Vliet), Kevin Lalouette (CC Nogent-sur-Oise), Takashi Miyazawa and Koji Fukushima (Meitan-Hompo). But they too didn't get far.
Gatis Smukulis (VC La Pomme) attacked many times by himself. He was a member of the 13-man breakaway that hit the final circuit (6 laps of 12.1km) in Sarzeau. From that group, he attacked with Benoît Geoffroy (SCO Dijon).
A few counter-attacks developed but none of them managed to come across. The gap of one minute was closed by Bretagne-Armor Lux within the final lap but Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) was the fastest of the riders who caught the two unfortunate escapees with 200 metres to go.
Photography
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- Coen Vermeltfoort took stage one for the Rabobank Continental team.
- Vermeltfoort also won the Profronde van Drenthe two weeks ago.
- And to the victor goes the spoils...
- The Rabobank Continental team has produced some top riders and Vermeltfoort could well be another.
Images by Fabrice Lambert/Tour de Bretagne
- Ludovic Capelle (Rietumu Bank-Riga) interviewed at the start.
- Local favourite Stéphane Bonsergent (Bretagne Armour Lux) relaxes before the stage.
- Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan Hompo) on the attack.
- Steven Tronet (VC Roubaix) leads a small group.
- World cyclo-cross champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) comes back to the car for bottles.
- The Danish National Team head the peloton.
- The peloton snakes through small roads around Brittany.
- The peloton crosses an estuary.
- It wouldn't be a French bike race without one of these photos.
- The tour passes alongside the coast.
- Bretagne Armour Lux are the local team and took responsibility in the peloton.
- The riders pass by the Château de Suscinio.
- The two-man break of Gatis Smukilis (VC La Pomme) and Benoît Geoffroy (SCO Dijon).
- Smukilis and Geoffroy on the finishing circuits.
- Coen Vermelfoort (Rabobank) wins the bunch sprint on stage one.
- The TV motorbike was too close and some riders had to brake in the sprint.
- Vermelfoort is presented with his winner's trophy by the mayor of Sarezau David Lappartient.
- The Dutchman is the first leader of the 42nd Tour de Bretagne.
- And also leads the best young rider classification...
- And the sprints classification...
- And the points classification...
- And finally the combination classification.
- Bram Schmitz (Van Vliet) leads the mountains classification.
Results
1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.21.50 (45.185 km/h) 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.07 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 0.08 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.10 5 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 6 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 0.11 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 9 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.12 10 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 11 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.13 12 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 13 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 14 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 15 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 16 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 17 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 18 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 19 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 20 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 21 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 22 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 23 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 25 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 26 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 27 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 28 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 30 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 31 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 32 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 33 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 34 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 35 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 36 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 37 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 38 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 39 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 40 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 41 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 42 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 43 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 44 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 46 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 47 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 48 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 49 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 50 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 51 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 52 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 53 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 54 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 55 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 56 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 57 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 58 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 59 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 60 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 61 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 62 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 63 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 64 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 65 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 66 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 67 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 68 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 69 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 70 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 71 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 72 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 73 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 74 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 75 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 76 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 77 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 78 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 79 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 80 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 81 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 82 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 83 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 84 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 85 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 86 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 87 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 88 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 89 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 90 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 91 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 92 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 93 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 94 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 95 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 96 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 97 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 98 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 99 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 100 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 101 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 102 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 103 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 104 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 105 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 106 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.31 107 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 0.51 108 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 0.52 109 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 0.59 110 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1.37 111 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 112 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 113 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 114 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 115 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 116 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 117 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 118 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 119 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 120 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 121 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 122 Mattia Nicoli (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 123 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 124 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 125 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 3.37 126 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 3.57 127 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 128 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 129 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 21.28 130 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team General Classification after Stage 1 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.21.50 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.07 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 0.08 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.10 5 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 6 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 0.11 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 9 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.12 10 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 11 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.13 12 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 13 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 14 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 15 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 16 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 17 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 18 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 19 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 20 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 21 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 22 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 23 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 25 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 26 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 27 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 28 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 30 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 31 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 32 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 33 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 34 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 35 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 36 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 37 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 38 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 39 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 40 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 41 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 42 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 43 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 44 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 46 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 47 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 48 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 49 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 50 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 51 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 52 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 53 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 54 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 55 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 56 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 57 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 58 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 59 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 60 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 61 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 62 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 63 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 64 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 65 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 66 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 67 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 68 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 69 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 70 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 71 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 72 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 73 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 74 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 75 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 76 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 77 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 78 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 79 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 80 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 81 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 82 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 83 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 84 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 85 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 86 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 87 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 88 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 89 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 90 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 91 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 92 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 93 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 94 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 95 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 96 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 97 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 98 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 99 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 100 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 101 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 102 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 103 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 104 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 105 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 106 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.31 107 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 0.51 108 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 0.52 109 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 0.59 110 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1.37 111 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 112 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 113 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 114 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 115 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 116 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 117 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 118 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 119 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 120 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 121 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 122 Mattia Nicoli (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 123 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 124 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 125 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 3.37 126 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 3.57 127 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 128 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 129 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 21.28 130 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team Points classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 30 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 20 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 18 4 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 16 5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 12 6 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10 7 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9 8 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8 9 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 8 10 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 7 11 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 6 12 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 13 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 5 14 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 5 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 16 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 17 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 3 18 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 19 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 2 20 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 1 21 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 22 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 Sprint classification 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 pts 2 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 5 3 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 4 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 3 5 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 7 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 8 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 2 9 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 2 10 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 11 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 12 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.21.50 2 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 0.08 3 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.10 4 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 5 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 0.12 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.13 7 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 8 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 9 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 10 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 11 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 12 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 13 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 14 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 15 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 16 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 17 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 18 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 20 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 21 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 22 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 23 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 24 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 25 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 26 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 27 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 28 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 29 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 30 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 31 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 32 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 33 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 34 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 35 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 36 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 37 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 38 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 39 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 40 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 41 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 42 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 43 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 44 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.31 45 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 0.52 46 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 0.59 47 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 1.37 48 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 49 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 50 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 51 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 52 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 53 Mattia Nicoli (Ita) De Naedi – Bergamasca 54 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 55 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 3.57 56 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 21.28 57 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team
