49th Grand Prix de Denain - 1.1

Denain, France, April 17, 2008

2007 Results Results Past winners

Boasson Hagen wins the sprint

By Susan Westemeyer

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team High Road) took his second victory of the season by winning the sprint in the GP Denain. The Norwegian won the sprint out of the remains of an escape group that managed to stay away the whole day. Jimmy Casper (Agritubel), who has won the race twice, finished second and Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) was third.

The 15-man strong escape group got away after only 20 kilometres. On the second-to-last lap, six riders got away again, and the group was eventually reduced to four. Boasson Hagen, who is only 20 years old, took the sprint in impressive fashion.

"Edvald sprinted so strongly for the line that there wasn't anybody else in the finishing photo," said Team High Road Directeur Sportif Tristan Hoffman.

The rest of the 15-man group finished up to 12 minutes down. They were the only ranked finishers, as the remaining 81 riders were ruled to be outside of the time limit.

Results - 194.6 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                  4.22.59 (44.4 km/h)
2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                      
3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
4 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
5 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         0.28
6 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         0.57
7 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                          
8 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.01
9 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale                    1.05
10 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.07
11 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                         1.32
12 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               2.21
13 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      2.24
14 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi                         4.42
15 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93                               12.01

Outside the time limit

16 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                              
18 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                           
19 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                      
20 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              
21 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Auber 93                                   
22 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                   
23 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                            
24 Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 93                                     
25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                               
26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                           
27 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                    
28 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel                                 
29 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                     
30 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
31 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
32 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne - Armor Lux                       
33 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                
34 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
35 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                        
36 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
37 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
38 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                           
39 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                  
40 Jean Mespoulède (Fra) Auber 93                                   
41 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                      
42 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                      
43 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
44 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               
45 Paul Moucheraud (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                    
46 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                      
47 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
48 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
49 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
50 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld                                 
51 Allan Davis (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
52 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                         
53 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop                     
54 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
55 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole                
56 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                       
57 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Auber 93                                 
58 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi                           
59 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
60 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93                                   
61 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
62 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93                                 
63 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                        
64 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
65 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                      
66 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop                              
67 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                       
68 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                          
69 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    
70 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
71 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
72 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
73 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
74 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner              
75 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
76 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                     
77 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                       
78 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                    
79 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                
80 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
82 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                          
83 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                               
84 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                               
85 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
86 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
87 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                      
88 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                     
89 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                               
90 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
91 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
92 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                
93 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
94 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
95 Raynold Smith (RSA) Cycle Collstrop                              
96 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole

Past winners

2007 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
2006 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
2005 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
2004 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
2003 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
2002 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
2001 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance
2000 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
1999 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
1998 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino
1997 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
1996 Jan Svorada (Slo)
1995 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
1994 Jans Koerts (Ned)
1993 Marcel Wüst (Ger)
1992 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1991 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)
1990 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)
1989 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1988 Pascal Poisson (Fra)
1987 Bruno Wojtinek (Fra)
1986 Bruno Wojtinek (Fra)
1985 Patrick Versluys (Bel)
1984 Godimus (Bel)
1983 Paul Sherwen (GB)
1982 Vanhaerens (Bel)
1981 Ferdinand Vandenhaute (Bel)
1980 Van Thielen (Bel)
1979 Pipart (Ned)
1978 Frank Hoste (Bel)
1977 Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra)
1976 Walter Planckaert (Bel)
1975 Loysch (Bel)
1974 Willy Teirlinck (Bel)
1973 Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1972 G. Van Roosbroeck (Bel)
1971 André Dierickx (Bel)
1970 Callens (Bel)
1969 Mathy (Bel)
1968 Jean Stablinski (Fra)
1967 José Samyn (Bel)
1966 Vrancken (Bel)
1965 Janssens (Bel)
1964 Wright (GB)
1963 Desmet (Bel)
1962 Schepens (Bel)
1961 Arthur De Cabooter (Bel)
1960 Borra (Bel)
1959 Seamus Elliott (Ire)



Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com