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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 7 - May 1: Douarnenez - Quimperlé, 153.6km
Second win for Armee, overall win for Fouchard
By Jean-François Quénet in Quimperlé, France
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The amateur riders have beaten the pros at the Tour de Bretagne as Sander Armee from Beveren 2000 won the final stage and Julien Fouchard of Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques claimed the overall classification of the 43rd edition of the race. Armee is a real estate agent in Leuven, Belgium, and Fouchard a student in engineering in Caen, Normandy. Fouchard passed his exams one week prior to the Tour de Bretagne.
Last year Fouchard declined an offer to turn pro with the Continental Roubaix team because he had to complete his studies. "I'm now available and I'd like to do it in the best possible conditions;" said the 23-year-old from Coutances.
"Our initial goal with the team Côtes d'Armor was to win a stage at the Tour de Bretagne." Fouchard said. He did it on Sunday in Fougères when the professional teams all made the mistake of letting him take a three and a half minute lead. "They have been wrong to not take me seriously," Fouchard said.
Fouchard might have profited from the local rivalry between Besson Chaussures and Bretagne-Schuller, the two Continental teams from Brittany. They expected Rabobank to close the gap for the winner of stage one Dennis Van Winden but they forgot that cycling isn't exactly made of the same scenarios in the category two events as when the field is only composed of professional squads.
"Never during the whole week I have panicked," Fouchard said. His amateur teammates, including former Tour de France participant Cédric Hervé who rode for Crédit Agricole and Agritubel previously, have always controlled the speed of the bunch. They were never surprised by race favourites Besson Chaussures who used the same tactic until the end, consisting of sending Jimmy Engoulvent in an early breakaway every day.
After winning stage five, Engoulvent, the former pro from Bonjour, Cofidis and Crédit Agricole, declared that he would gain "one and half to two minutes" on Fouchard during the time trial on the penultimate day, but he only got 14 seconds.
Engoulvent was fooled to the very end by the amateurs. He thought he'd get a second stage win in Quimperlé. Armee pretended to be tired but he found the strength to attack with 500 metres to go. The Belgian Armee hadn't cooperated much in the breakaway as he acted as a protector of Jan Ghyselinck's third place overall which was threatened by Engoulvent.
Côtes d'Armor and Beveren have showed to the professionals that they also knew how to win a bike race. The 2009 Tour de Bretagne has indicated that Timofey Kritskiy, Ghyselinck, Fouchard and points classification winner Alexander Kristoff from Norway have the potential to become good pro riders in the near future.
How it unfolded
The stage started very fast from Douarnenez - the town with three harbours at the extreme west of France - but the first breakaway launched by the Besson Chaussures riders didn't work out.
After 31 kilometres it was another story when nine riders went clear from the bunch: Cyrille Monnerais and Jean-Luc Delpech (Bretagne-Schuller), Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank), Sander Armee (Beveren 2000), Miyataka Shimizu (Meitan), Jimmy Engoulvent (Besson), Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Joker Bianchi), Volodymyr Starchyk (Amore e Vita) and initially Tom Copeland (Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000), who couldn't follow the pace and was dropped.
The eight men got a maximum lead of two minutes on the bunch led by the six riders of Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques.
As the break reached the final circuit of Quimperlé and its grueling climb the gap was 1:25. The race leader was out of danger, even when Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha) accelerated with three laps to go. Fouchard came across to his group quickly after the climb.
At the front, Engoulvent looked to be the most likely candidate for the stage win but Armee was fresher. With 500 metres to go Armee attacked on the final climb and grabbed his second stage win while Fouchard comfortably retained his general classification lead.
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert/www.tourdebretagne.fr
- Sander Armee (Beveren 2000 / Quick Step) wins his second stage of the Tour de Bretagne.
- Julien Fouchard celebrates as he crossed the finish line knowing he's just won the overall classification.
- Julien Fouchard (Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques) is the winner of the Tour de Bretagne.
- Overall winner Julien Fouchard stands on the podium with Bernard Hinault and race organiser Christophe Fossani (L & R).
Results
1 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 3.25.09 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 0.03 3 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 0.09 4 Romain Fondard (Fra) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 0.11 5 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.14 6 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 7 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 9 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 10 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 11 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C.C Bourgas 12 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 13 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 14 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 15 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 16 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 17 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) C.C Bourgas 18 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 19 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 20 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 21 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 22 Maarten De Jonge (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 23 Gwenael Teillet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 24 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 0.21 25 Mickael Damien (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 26 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 27 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 28 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 30 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 31 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 0.30 32 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 0.33 33 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 34 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 35 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 36 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 37 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 0.38 38 Klaas Sys (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 0.46 39 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 40 Anthony Vignes (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 41 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 42 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 43 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 44 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 45 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 46 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 0.49 47 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 48 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 0.56 49 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 50 Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 51 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 52 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 53 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 54 Clément Mahe (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 1.07 55 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 56 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.16 57 Joerg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 1.17 58 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 1.19 59 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 60 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 61 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 62 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 63 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 1.25 64 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 1.41 65 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 66 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.57 67 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.02 68 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 2.27 69 Tom Copeland (GBr) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 3.21 70 Fabian Schaar (Ger) German National Team 5.54 71 Yann Le Queau (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 6.00 72 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.50 73 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 74 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 6.53 75 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 76 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 77 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain National Team 78 Benjamin Pascual (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 19.01 79 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 19.35 80 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 81 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain National Team 20.30 82 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain National Team DNF Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof DNF Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes DNF Rob Woestenborghs (Bel) C.C Bourgas DNF François Roossens (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw DNF Evgeny Popov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team DNF Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team DNF Jakob Steigmiller (Ger) German National Team DNF Frank Schulz (Ger) German National Team DNF Julien Gonnet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique DNF Cédric Herve (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques DNF Benoit Ebrard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques DNF Peter Brouzes (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise DNF Mathieu Bernaudeau (Fra) Vendee U DNF Tony Hurel (Fra) Vendee U Final general classification 1 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 22.59.37 2 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 1.20 3 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 2.01 4 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 2.12 5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 2.17 6 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 2.24 7 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 2.33 8 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.39 9 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 2.41 10 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C.C Bourgas 2.51 11 Maarten De Jonge (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 2.57 12 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 3.03 13 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 3.22 14 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 15 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 3.34 16 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 3.40 17 Gwenael Teillet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 3.41 18 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 3.42 19 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 4.06 20 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 4.08 21 Klaas Sys (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 4.20 22 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 4.25 23 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 5.54 24 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.26 25 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 7.46 26 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 8.00 27 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 8.02 28 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 8.31 29 Anthony Vignes (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 8.32 30 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 9.03 31 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 9.27 32 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 10.14 33 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 10.47 34 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 11.06 35 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 11.07 36 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 12.59 37 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 13.27 38 Clément Mahe (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 13.44 39 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 13.50 40 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 14.04 41 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 15.07 42 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 15.46 43 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 15.48 44 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 15.50 45 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 16.20 46 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 16.52 47 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19.26 48 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 20.49 49 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 21.25 50 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 22.31 51 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 25.41 52 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 26.10 53 Fabian Schaar (Ger) German National Team 26.41 54 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 26.44 55 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 28.23 56 Romain Fondard (Fra) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 29.04 57 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 29.17 58 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 33.33 59 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 36.31 60 Joerg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 36.41 61 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) C.C Bourgas 37.14 62 Mickael Damien (Fra) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 37.55 63 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 38.08 64 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 42.30 65 Tom Copeland (GBr) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 49.11 66 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 51.53 67 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 52.10 68 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 52.26 69 Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 53.28 70 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 71 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain National Team 53.31 72 Benjamin Pascual (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 54.52 73 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 56.45 74 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 58.08 75 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 58.12 76 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 1.01.18 77 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 1.03.38 78 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 1.09.36 79 Yann Le Queau (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 1.12.52 80 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.12.56 81 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 1.20.27 82 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain National Team 1.25.19 Points classification 1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 72 pts 2 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 67 3 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 60 4 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 54 5 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 50 6 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 41 7 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 34 8 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 28 9 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 27 10 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 25 11 Maarten De Jonge (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 25 12 Romain Fondard (Fra) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 24 13 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 22 14 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 18 15 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 16 16 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 15 17 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 14 18 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 14 19 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 14 20 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 12 21 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 12 22 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 12 23 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 11 24 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C.C Bourgas 10 25 Gwenael Teillet (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 10 26 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 10 27 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 9 28 Richard England (Aus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 9 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 30 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6 31 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain National Team 6 32 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 5 33 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 5 34 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 5 35 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 4 36 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4 37 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 3 38 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 39 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 2 40 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 2 41 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 1 Sprints classification 1 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 28 pts 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 16 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 13 4 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 11 5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 11 6 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 11 7 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 10 8 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 9 9 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7 10 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 7 11 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 6 12 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 6 13 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 5 14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 4 15 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 3 16 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 3 17 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 2 18 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 2 19 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 2 20 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 2 21 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 1 22 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 1 23 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 1 24 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 1 Mountains classification 1 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 70 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 47 3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 40 4 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 40 5 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 32 6 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 28 7 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 27 8 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 22 9 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 20 10 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 18 11 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 16 12 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 16 13 Sander Armee (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 10 14 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 10 15 Mickael Renou (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 8 16 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 7 17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 6 18 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 6 19 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 6 20 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi 5 21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Eqa-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design 5 22 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 5 23 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 5 24 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) C.C Bourgas 4 25 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 3 26 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 3 27 Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 2 28 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 2 29 Benoît Daeninck (Fra) C.C Nogent Sur Oise 2 30 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 31 Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi 1 32 Vladislas Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 1 33 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 1 34 Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita Mc Donalds 1 Young rider classification 1 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha Continental Team 23.00.57 2 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Beveren 2000 / Quick Step 0.41 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.57 4 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.19 5 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team 2.02 6 Sven Vandousselacre (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen Bauknecht Lotto- Museeuw Bikes 2.22 7 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5.06 8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.40 9 Anthony Vignes (Fra) U.C. Nantes Atlantique 7.12 10 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 9.27 11 Jonathan Mcevoy (GBr) Great Britain National Team 9.47 12 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 11.39 13 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 12.07 14 Morten Hoberg (Den) Team Capinordic 19.29 15 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 21.11 16 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24.50 17 Fabian Schaar (Ger) German National Team 25.21 18 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 25.24 19 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 32.13 20 Joerg Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 35.21 21 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 36.48 22 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Vendee U 41.10 23 Tom Copeland (GBr) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 47.51 24 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 50.50 25 Ryan Wills (NZl) Lotto Bodysol Pcw 51.06 26 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 52.08 27 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Great Britain National Team 52.11 28 Benjamin Pascual (Fra) S.C.O Dijon 53.32 29 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 56.48 30 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 56.52 31 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes D’Armor Cyclisme / Maitre Jacques 1.02.18 32 Yann Le Queau (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 1.11.32 Teams classification 1 Wielergroep Beveren 2000 69.05.49 2 Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 2.18 3 Joker Bianchi 4 Bretagne - Schuller 4.31 5 Rabobank 6.23 6 Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's 7.47 7 Vendee U 18.58 8 Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 20.59 9 Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht 22.51 10 U.C. Nantes Atlantique 27.40 11 Cycling Club Bourgas 31.22 12 Great Britain National Team 32.17 13 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 35.28 14 Eqa - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 47.09 15 S.C.O. Dijon 1.05.49 16 Cotes D'armor Cyclisme 1.06.00 17 German National Team 1.16.54 18 Lotto - Bodysol 1.57.21
