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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 5 - April 29: Lannion - Lannion, 145.7 km
Poilvet finally becomes a winner
By Jean-François Quénet in Lannion
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After eight seasons with Crédit Agricole and participations in the Tour de France, the Tour of Italy and the Tour of Spain, Benoît Poilvet finally found the way to win a bike race under the colors of Continental team Bretagne-Armor Lux. He did it on home soil and took the lead over from Julien Antomarchi (VC La Pomme) after an impressive 18-kilometer solo breakaway.
"I forgot how good it is to win a race," he said with a large smile on his muddy face. Last time he won, it was also in the north part of Brittany in Moncontour back in 1999. "Until last year I was in the ProTour but I was racing anonymously in the ProTour," Poilvet admitted. "I wasn't a champion. I wasn't going good enough. I also lacked a bit of luck sometimes. I remember once in a stage of the Tour de l'Ain I almost made it by attacking with one kilometer to go. The guys in the bunch watched each other but not for long enough..."
At the age of 32, back in the team where he was an amateur when it was called Jean Floc'h-Mantes, he reckoned, "I'm stronger than ever. I was over-trained. In my team now I'm told to take it easy when I do too much."
Poilvet was as happy as a beginner at winning races, even this late in his career. "The leader jersey of the Tour de Bretagne is really a beautiful one," he noticed. "When I call it a career, I'll be able to say that I've won a pro race."
He's even in a good position to win the overall classification with two days to go. The end of the race includes a 23km time trial and a tricky finale on a hilly cobblestone section in Dinan. Poilvet has a 1'28" lead over Dutch rouleur Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank), who was unlucky with a flat tyre as he was in pursuit of Poilvet, and 1'30 over New Zealand time trial champion Logan Hutchings (Beveren) who is a pure specialist of the individual effort.
But after two wins by foreigners, Dries Devenyns from Belgium and Lars Boom from Holland, the Tour de Bretagne might have a Breton winner again on May 1st.
How it unfolded
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After many unsuccessful but very tiring skirmishes, Rolf Hofbauer (Ista) and Stéphane Rossetto (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) broke clear at km 55. They reached a maximum lead of 2 minutes at km 70 and the bunch kept them under pressure. Race leader Julien Antomarchi (VC La Pomme) and race favorite Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank) took part in a counter-attack but it was a whole bunch together again after 120 kilometers of racing.
Just before reaching the final circuit with 25 km to go, Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne-Armor Lux) and Raphaël Lesage (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) attacked. Joachim Bohler (Joker-Bianchi) also escaped from the bunch. Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne-Armor Lux) followed him and bridged the gap by himself.
In the grueling climb of the circuit, Poilvet also dropped Dalibard and Lesage off with 18km to go. His team-mates Stéphane Bonsergent and David Le Lay controlled the Dutchmen who tried to catch him: Berkhout and the two strong men from Van Vliet, Bram Schmitz and Johnny Hoogerland.
Poilvet kept 1'20 difference over the bunch from which Alexander Kristoff (Joker-Bianchi) proved himself to be the fastest in the absence of double stage winner and wearer of the green jersey Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) who had given his wheel to Berkhout earlier on.
Photography
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- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) leads the Tour de Bretagne with two days to go.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) gave his wheel to Thomas Berkhout and kept the green jersey.
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) was happy to describe his first win in nine years.
Images by Fabrice Lambert/Tour de Bretagne
- Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR) signs on for another day of racing.
- Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne Armor Lux) rides back in a smaller group.
- Frenchman Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne Armor Lux) gives his all up a small climb.
- Julien Antomarchi (V.C La Pomme Marseille) was focused in the leader's jersey, however he would lose it by day's end.
- Johnny Hoogerland (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) collects his mountain's jersey again.
- V.C La Pomme Marseille started the day with the leader's jersey, but wouldn't keep it.
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) collects his prizes, after claiming a solo win on the day's stage.
- Former Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault congratulates Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux).
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) collects the leader's jersey.
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) raises his arm as he claims the stage victory and overall lead.
- Bram Schmitz (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) drives a small group.
- The peloton enters the finishing circuit for the first lap.
- The local children were out to support the riders.
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) explains his win the to press.
- Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne Armor Lux) collects his kisses...
- ...as does Bernard Hinault.
- The peloton winds its way through the finishing circuit.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) continues to hold the points jersey.
- France's David Le Lay (Bretagne Armor Lux) is chased by another rider.
- Johnny Hoogerland (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) continues to hold the mountain's classification jersey.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank Continental) rides alongside his team car.
- The peloton passes a local lake on the fifth stage.
Results
1 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 3.26.30 (42.33 km/h) 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 1.20 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 5 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 6 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 7 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 8 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 9 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 11 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 13 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 14 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 15 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 16 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 17 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 18 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 19 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 20 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 21 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 22 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 23 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 24 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 25 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 1.34 26 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.37 27 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 28 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 29 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 30 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 31 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 32 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 33 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 34 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 35 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 36 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 37 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 38 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 39 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 40 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 41 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 42 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 43 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 44 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 45 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 46 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 47 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 48 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 49 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 50 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 51 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 2.03 52 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.04 53 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 54 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 55 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 56 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 57 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 58 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 59 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 60 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 2.08 61 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 62 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 63 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2.16 64 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2.20 65 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 66 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 2.33 67 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3.16 68 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3.29 69 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 3.33 70 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 3.35 71 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4.07 72 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.27 73 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 74 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 75 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 6.03 76 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 6.26 77 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 78 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 6.51 79 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 80 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 81 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 82 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 83 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 84 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 7.06 85 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8.24 86 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 8.42 87 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 88 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 89 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 9.11 90 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 91 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 92 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 93 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 94 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 95 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 96 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 97 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 98 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 99 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 100 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 101 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 102 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 103 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 104 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 9.16 105 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 9.20 106 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 107 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 9.53 108 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10.41 109 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10.43 110 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10.50 111 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 14.20 112 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 15.00 113 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 114 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 20.06 115 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 116 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 117 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 118 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 119 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 120 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 121 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U DNF Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique DNF Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca Dd Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk DNS Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental General classification after stage 5 1 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 18.14.06 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 1.13 3 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 1.19 4 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 1.24 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 6 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 1.26 7 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 1.28 8 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 1.30 10 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 11 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 12 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 13 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 14 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 1.41 15 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 1.44 16 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 1.45 17 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.47 18 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 19 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 20 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 21 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 22 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 23 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 25 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 2.07 26 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 27 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 2.13 28 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.14 29 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 9.15 30 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 9.21 31 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10.48 32 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 22.52 33 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 27.19 34 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 27.30 35 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 36 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 27.31 37 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 38 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 39 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 40 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 41 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 42 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 43 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 27.35 44 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 27.45 45 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 27.47 46 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 27.48 47 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 48 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 49 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 50 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 51 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 52 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 53 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 28.14 54 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 55 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 28.15 56 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 57 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 58 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 28.19 59 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 28.27 60 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 61 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 28.31 62 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 28.33 63 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 28.44 64 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 29.17 65 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 29.27 66 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 29.38 67 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 29.44 68 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 29.46 69 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 30.18 70 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 30.38 71 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 72 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 31.11 73 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 31.58 74 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 32.03 75 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 32.37 76 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 32.58 77 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 33.02 78 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 79 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 80 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 33.08 81 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 33.17 82 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 33.49 83 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 34.01 84 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 34.53 85 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 86 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 35.11 87 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 35.22 88 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 89 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 35.23 90 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 35.29 91 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 35.59 92 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 36.06 93 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 36.46 94 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 95 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 36.54 96 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 36.58 97 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 37.40 98 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 38.34 99 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 41.05 100 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 41.11 101 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 41.22 102 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 42.10 103 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 42.33 104 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 45.09 105 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 46.17 106 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 107 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 108 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 50.03 109 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 53.05 110 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 53.10 111 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 53.27 112 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 57.17 113 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 59.37 114 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 1.01.01 115 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1.01.10 116 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 1.03.26 117 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 1.10.30 118 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 1.10.32 119 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 1.13.56 120 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 1.20.52 121 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 1.31.47 Points classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 77 pts 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 61 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 58 4 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 40 5 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 35 6 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 32 7 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 31 8 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 30 9 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 29 10 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 28 11 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 27 12 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 27 13 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 26 14 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 25 15 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 25 16 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 23 17 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 22 18 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 20 19 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 20 20 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 18 21 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 15 22 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 14 23 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 14 24 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 13 25 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 13 26 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 12 27 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 28 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 10 29 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 8 30 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8 31 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 7 32 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 7 33 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 7 34 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 6 35 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 36 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 6 37 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 5 38 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 39 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 5 40 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 4 41 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 42 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 4 43 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 3 44 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 45 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 3 46 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 3 47 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 48 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 49 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 50 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 2 51 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 2 52 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 2 53 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 54 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 2 55 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 2 56 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 57 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 1 58 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Mountains classification 1 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 86 pts 2 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 44 3 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 35 4 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 34 5 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 22 6 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 21 7 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 19 8 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 19 9 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 16 10 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 16 11 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 16 12 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 14 13 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 13 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 12 15 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10 16 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 9 17 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 9 18 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 9 19 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 8 20 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 8 21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 6 22 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 23 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 4 24 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4 25 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 4 26 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 27 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 28 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2 29 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2 30 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 2 31 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 32 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 1 33 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 34 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 35 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 36 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 1 37 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1 Sprint classification 1 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 20 pts 2 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 17 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 13 4 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 11 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 11 6 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 7 7 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 7 8 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 7 9 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 6 10 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 5 11 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 12 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 5 13 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 14 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 3 15 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 16 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 17 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 18 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 19 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 20 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 3 21 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 22 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 3 23 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 24 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 2 25 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 2 26 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 27 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 2 28 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 2 29 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 1 30 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 1 31 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 32 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 33 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 34 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 18.15.25 2 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 0.11 3 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 4 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.22 5 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.25 6 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.28 7 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 8 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 0.54 9 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 8.02 10 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 21.33 11 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 26.00 12 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 26.11 13 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 26.12 14 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 15 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 26.16 16 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 26.26 17 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 26.28 18 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 26.29 19 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 20 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 26.56 21 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 22 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 27.08 23 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 24 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 27.12 25 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 27.14 26 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 27.25 27 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 27.58 28 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 28.08 29 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 28.19 30 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 28.25 31 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 29.19 32 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29.52 33 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 30.39 34 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 31.18 35 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 31.43 36 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 31.49 37 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 31.58 38 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 32.30 39 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 33.34 40 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 41 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 33.52 42 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 34.04 43 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 34.40 44 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 35.27 45 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 35.35 46 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 35.39 47 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 39.46 48 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 40.03 49 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 41.14 50 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 43.50 51 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 51.51 52 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 59.42 53 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 1.19.33 54 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 1.30.28 Teams classification 1 Bretagne Armor Lux 54.45.23 2 Roubaix Lille Metropole 1.59 3 Meitan Hompo - GDR 9.33 4 Team Ista 12.25 5 Wielergroep Beveren 2000 27.26 6 Cotes d'Armor Cyclisme 28.00 7 Van Vliet EBH Elshof 28.26 8 V.C. La Pomme Marseille 28.31 9 Rabobank 28.47 10 U.C. Nantes Atlantique 28.56 11 Joker Bianchi 53.44 12 Vendee U 13 Rietuma Bank - Riga 54.01 14 Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 54.27 15 Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 56.41 16 C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 56.44 17 S.C.O. Dijon 58.50 18 Van Hemert Groep - De Jonge Renner 1.03.31 19 Rapha - Condor / Recycling.Co.Uk 1.22.14 20 Super Sport 35 1.25.16 21 Denmark 1.39.40 22 U.C. Bergamasca 1902 - De Nardi 1.40.47
