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25th Tro Bro Léon - 1.1
Lannilis, France, April 20, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Photography
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Images by Freddy Guérin/www.photos-finish.com
- Antoie Dalibard (Bretagne Armor Lux) in the escape behind Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux).
- The bunch on a typical Tro Bro Leon road.
- Bad weather and bad roads made the race very tough.
- Gabriel Rasch (Crédit Agricole) is leading the bunch.
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) looks a bit dirty, n'est-ce pas?
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) seems to smile and really enjoy himself on the dirt paths.
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) made the best of the foul conditions.
- Guesdon takes the sprint and wins the race.
- The cleaned-up podium from l-r with Maxim Gourov (2nd), Guesdon and Julien Belgy.
Images by Fabrice Lambert
- Jean Luc Delpech (Bretagne Armor Lux ) leads the counterattack.
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française Des Jeux) with his kids on the podium.
- Guesdon was happy to meet Miss France but his expression turned a little sour when he found out she won in 1996.
- Guesdon lets his first price do the talking in the post race interview.
- Jimmy Casper was able to smile at the start but maybe he didn't know the course?
- The peloton in a dry moment of the race.
- Guesdon was super strong and the conditions didn't deter him.
- The arrival of Guesdon who outwitted Gourov in the end.
- Calling the conditions mediocre is a bit of an understatement.
- Guesdon gets congratulated by none other than five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault.
- The leading break with Guesdon as well as Maxim Gourov (A-Style Somn) and Benoît Sinner (Agritubel)
- The podium with the usual flower power and the riders sandwiched between the ladies.
- Cofidis was making the pace in the Ribinou.
- The racing is on with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.
Results
1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.37.18 (41.781 km/h) 2 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) A-Style Somn 0.01 3 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.45 4 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48 5 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 7 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 8 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 0.57 10 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux 1.30 11 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 12 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.43 13 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.45 14 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.46 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 16 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Auber 93 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 21 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 25 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 26 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 1.52 29 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 30 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.54 31 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.55 32 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 2.03 33 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.21 34 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 35 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 36 Ramunas Navardauska (Ltu) Ulan 37 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Roberto Cobo Gonzalez (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.29 40 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 7.02 41 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43 Egidijus Juodalkis (Ltu) Ulan 44 Maxime Van Tomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 45 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 46 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 47 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Ulan 48 Jean-Marie Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 49 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93 50 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 51 Aristide Ratti (Ita) A-Style Somn 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 7.07 55 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 56 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Differdange Apiflo Vacances 57 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 138 starters, 81 abandons
Past winners
2007 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 186.6 kms in 4.44.28 2006 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 191.7 kms in 4.46.54 2005 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93 195 kms in 5.02.32 2004 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 195.2 kms in 5.02.26
2003 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 188 kms in 4.42.48 2002 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 2001 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 188 kms in 4.44.33 2000 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 180 kms in 4.36.16 1999 Jean Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos-MBK 177.6 kms in 4.13.51 1998 Frédéric Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h Mantes 177.6 kms in 4.38.48 Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
