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43rd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - Trophée des Granitiers - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2009
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Stage 1 - April 25: Nantes - Vallet, 159km
Dennis Van Winden as a true finisseur
By Jean-François Quénet in Vallet, France
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Rabobank's Dennis Van Winden has scored a significant win in the west of France one year after claiming the overall classification of the U23 Tour du Haut-Anjou. The 21-year-old from Berkel, near Rotterdam, restored the Dutch tradition of finisseurs - those who resist the peloton's advances in the pure style of a pursuiter - to take the first stage in Vallet, the home of a famous white wine – the muscadet.
"This is my first time riding the Tour de Bretagne but I've heard a lot about this race from Lars Boom who won it two years ago," said Van Winden, adding, "and also Coen Vermeltfoort, who is one of my best friends. He won the first two stages here last year. He couldn't come back because he's sick right now. This victory is for him."
This is Van Winden's second win of the 2009 season after the prologue of the Tour of Istria in February and a third place in the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège last week.
"I don't win much but I thought I could do well here because I like small hills where we have to be very explosive; that's my quality. The west part of France is a nice area for me. The Tour of Brittany is seven days long, it's a short race. I'm not the kind of rider who will let the jersey go with the aim of getting it back later. I'll fight for everything until the time trial that will be decisive on the second last day."
After Rabobank's usual captain Thomas Berkhout crashed, ruling him out of contention for the overall win, Van Winden will very likely be given the responsibilities inside the Dutch team in a race expected to be a dual between the two Breton continental squads of Besson Chaussures and Bretagne-Schuller.
Five make early move
Five riders went away after 15 kilometres: Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore e Vita), Dimitri Claeys (Jong Vlaanderen), Ryan Wills (Pôle continental wallon), Mickaël Renou (U Nantes-Atlantique) and Erwan Brenterc'h (Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques). Claeys was the first rider to disappear from that front group whose maximum lead reached eight minutes.
The continental Besson Chaussures French team took profit of two hills around kilometre 100 to put the hammer down. They made the bunch explode in two parts but it eventually came back together during the last one of the final laps because the Japanese team Meitan-Graphite Design had missed the first half. Starchyk, Renou and Brenterc'h were caught within 10 kilometres to go.
Another group of 11 riders tried to go clear. As soon as the bunch was about to rejoin them, Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) went solo. It was the right move.
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert
- The man break of the day with Erwan Brenterc'h (Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques), Ryan Wills (Pôle continental wallon), Mickaël Renou (U Nantes-Atlantique) and Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore e Vita).
- Dennis Van Winden won the first stage in Vallet.
- Van Winden is rewarded for a big solo effort.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Rabobank's Dennis Van Winden in front of the French, Breton and Vallet flags.
- Breakaway man Volodymyr Starchyk is the first king of the mountains.
- Local rider Mickaël Renou (U Nantes-Atlantique) leads the hot spot sprints competition.
- Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) doesn't look too impressed on the podium.
Results
1 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.43.42 2 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.09 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 5 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 8 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 9 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 12 Julien Gonnet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 13 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 14 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 15 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 16 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 17 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 18 Gwenael Teillet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 19 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 20 Willy Roseau (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 21 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 22 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) C.C Bourgas 23 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 24 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 25 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 26 Maarten De Jonge (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 27 Christophe Diguet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 28 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C.C Bourgas 29 Cédric Herve (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 30 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 31 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 32 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 33 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 34 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 35 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 36 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 37 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 38 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker Bianchi 39 Klaas Sys (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 40 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 41 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 42 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 43 Clément Mahe (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 45 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 46 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 47 Arjen Pieter De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 48 Anthony Vignes (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 49 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 50 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 51 Peter Brouzes (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 52 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 53 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 54 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 55 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 57 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 58 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 59 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 60 Dmitri Kosyakov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 61 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vendee U 62 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 63 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Team Capinordic 64 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 65 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 66 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 67 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 68 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 69 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Vendee U 70 Mathieu Bernaudeau (Fra) Vendee U 71 Benoit Ebrard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 72 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 73 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 74 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 75 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 76 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 77 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 1.16 78 Tom Copeland (GBr) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 79 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 80 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 81 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 82 Mickael Damien (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 2.31 83 Paul Moucheraud (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Fabian Schaar (Ger) German National Team 85 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 86 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Team Capinordic 87 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 88 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 89 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 90 Benjamin Pascual (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 91 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 92 Frédérik Verkinderen (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 5.10 93 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 94 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 95 Karl Christian Koenig (Ger) German National Team 5.17 96 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 97 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain National Team 98 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 99 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 100 Rob Woestenborghs (Bel) C.C Bourgas 101 Romain Fondard (Fra) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 6.52 102 Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) German National Team 103 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) C.C Bourgas 104 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 105 Stephen Collet (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 106 Joerg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 107 Alexis Coulon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 108 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 109 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 110 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 8.25 111 Quentin Santy (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 8.30 112 Thomas Riber Sellebjerg (Den) Team Capinordic 113 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 114 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Capinordic 115 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 116 Alexander Pretovskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 117 Matthieu Converset (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 8.34 118 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 10.48 119 Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 120 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Team Capinordic 121 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 122 Geoffrey Febvay (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 123 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 124 François Roossens (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 125 Ole Haavardsholm (Nor) Joker Bianchi 126 Yann Le Queau (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 127 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain National Team 128 Frank Schulz (Ger) German National Team 129 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 130 Stefan Histrov (Bul) C.C Bourgas 131 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 132 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 11.40 General classification after stage 1 1 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.43.42 2 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.09 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 5 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 8 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 9 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 12 Julien Gonnet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 13 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 14 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 15 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 16 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 17 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 18 Gwenael Teillet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 19 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 20 Willy Roseau (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 21 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 22 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) C.C Bourgas 23 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 24 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 25 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 26 Maarten De Jonge (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 27 Christophe Diguet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 28 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C.C Bourgas 29 Cédric Herve (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 30 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 31 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 32 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 33 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 34 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 35 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 36 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 37 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 38 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker Bianchi 39 Klaas Sys (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 40 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 41 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 42 Romain Mary (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 43 Clément Mahe (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 45 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 46 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 47 Arjen Pieter De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 48 Anthony Vignes (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 49 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 50 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 51 Peter Brouzes (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 52 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 53 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 54 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 55 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 57 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 58 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 59 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 60 Dmitri Kosyakov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 61 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vendee U 62 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 63 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Team Capinordic 64 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 65 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 66 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 67 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 68 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 69 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Vendee U 70 Mathieu Bernaudeau (Fra) Vendee U 71 Benoit Ebrard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 72 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 73 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 74 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 75 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 76 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 77 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 1.16 78 Tom Copeland (GBr) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 79 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 80 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 81 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 82 Mickael Damien (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 2.31 83 Paul Moucheraud (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Fabian Schaar (Ger) German National Team 85 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 86 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Team Capinordic 87 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 88 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 89 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 90 Benjamin Pascual (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 91 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 92 Frédérik Verkinderen (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 5.10 93 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 94 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 95 Karl Christian Koenig (Ger) German National Team 5.17 96 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 97 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain National Team 98 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 99 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 100 Rob Woestenborghs (Bel) C.C Bourgas 101 Romain Fondard (Fra) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 6.52 102 Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) German National Team 103 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) C.C Bourgas 104 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 105 Stephen Collet (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 106 Joerg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 107 Alexis Coulon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 108 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 109 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 110 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 8.25 111 Quentin Santy (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 8.30 112 Thomas Riber Sellebjerg (Den) Team Capinordic 113 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 114 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Team Capinordic 115 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 116 Alexander Pretovskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 117 Matthieu Converset (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 8.34 118 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 10.48 119 Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 120 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Team Capinordic 121 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 122 Geoffrey Febvay (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 123 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 124 François Roossens (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 125 Ole Haavardsholm (Nor) Joker Bianchi 126 Yann Le Queau (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 127 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain National Team 128 Frank Schulz (Ger) German National Team 129 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 130 Stefan Histrov (Bul) C.C Bourgas 131 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 132 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 11.40
