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35th Trophée des Grimpeurs - 1.1
France, May 3, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners Trophée des grimpeurs
Voeckler is back on form for the Giro
By Jean-François Quénet in Argenteuil, France
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Thomas Voeckler has restarted his winning campaign by claiming the Trophée des Grimpeurs (the climbers' trophy) in Argenteuil in the outskirts of Paris. After his sensational beginning of the 2009 season that saw him winning the Etoile de Bessèges and the Tour of Haut-Var consecutively, he broke his collarbone in three pieces the day after coming second to Jérémy Roy in Vallon-Pont d'Arc during Paris-Nice.
"When I started racing again, I came last almost every day at the Circuit de la Sarthe, a race I won last year," he laughed, adding that he wouldn't like to finish dead last of the Trophée des Grimpeurs next year.
He has used this event as a final preparation for the Giro d'Italia starting from Venice on Saturday. "I'm very motivated for the Tour of Italy but I'm also very motivated for the Tour de France," he warned. "Therefore I won't go to Italy with ambitions on GC because realistically, I don't have the level for a top 15 overall.
"Although I will not go to Italy as a tourist, I'll look carefully at the profiles of the stages and I'll play for the stage wins adapted to my characteristics," said the French rider who amazed everyone when he wore the yellow jersey for ten days during the 2004 Tour de France.
In Argenteuil he demonstrated that he's still a master in reading the race. "As a team we were trapped once and we were forced to chase," he remembered. "I made sure that we wouldn't be trapped twice. The Trophée des Grimpeurs has the intensity of a post-Tour de France criterium. Fortunately, we had a few riders with a good experience in the team. The course was suitable for a man alone. I dared to attack because I felt I had good legs and I knew I had good team-mates to protect me."
This is Voeckler's 19th win as a professional and Bbox Bouygues Telecom's tenth win for 2009.
How it unfolded
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The first of the seventeen laps was the fastest of the first half of the race. During the second lap, defending champion David Le Lay (Agritubel) attacked together with his fellow Breton compatriot Cyril Gautier (Bbox Bouygues Telecom). But the regrouping occurred in the fifth lap.
During the 7th one, Morgan Chedhomme (Auber 93) and Julien El Farès (Cofidis) broke clear. They stayed away for a while with less than 40 seconds advantage until they were rejoined by Daniele Colli (Carmoioro), Samuel Dumoulin and Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel), Yann Pivois and Dimitri Champion (Bretagne-Schuller). Bbox Bouygues Telecom took care of the chase and the peloton split up in pieces after they came back together in the 12th lap.
24 riders accelerated in the 13th lap. Whoever had missed that move was out of contention for the win. Cofidis looked well represented in the front with five men, but towards the end of that lap, it was Gautier again and Blel Kadri (AG2R) who went away. As soon as they were rejoined, Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) relayed his team-mate in the front.
It was a very nice solo effort with 28 kilometres to go. He quickly got 38 seconds lead for himself and maintained it till the end despite a counter attack launched by Anthony Geslin (Française des Jeux), Jalabert, Champion and Luis Felipe Laverde (Café de Colombia) who crossed the line in that order while Wesley Sulzberger (Française des Jeux) easily won the sprint for 6th place.
Results, 127.5km
Men 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.03.41 (41.648 km/h) 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.20 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 5 Luis Felipe Laverde (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes 6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.52 7 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro - A-Style 9 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 10 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 13 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 14 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 15 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 16 Diego Alejandro Tamayo Martinez (Col) Carmiooro - A-Style 1.03 17 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2.16 18 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.07 19 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 20 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 22 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 23 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 24 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro - A-Style 27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Continental Team Differdange 29 Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes 30 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 31 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 32 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 33 Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange 34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 36 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 37 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 38 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 39 Aurelien Duval (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 40 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 41 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 42 David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 43 Yann Rault (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 44 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 45 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro - A-Style 47 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 48 Robinson Chalapud (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes 49 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes 50 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 51 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 52 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 3.19 53 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 54 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 55 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.25 56 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 3.33 57 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 3.38 58 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6.53 59 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 60 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9.48 61 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel DNF Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller DNF Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne DNF Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne DNF Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Mickael Damien (Fra) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Seo Joon Yong (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Guillaume Pont (Fra) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design DNF Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Gil Suray (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Erki Pütsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Rob Woestenborghs (Bel) Cycling Club Bourgas DNF Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Alex Cano Ardila (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes DNF William Hernan Munoz Perez (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes DNF Fabio Heriberto Gordillo Mahecha (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes DNF Alejandro Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes DNF Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro - A-Style DNF Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Carmiooro - A-Style DNF Laurent Beuret (Swi) Carmiooro - A-Style DNF Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Continental Team Differdange DNF Frank Dressler (Ger) Continental Team Differdange DNF Dominik Eberle (Ger) Continental Team Differdange DNF Sebastien Harbonnier (Fra) Continental Team Differdange DNF Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange Women, 60km 1 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) AS Palais Sports Alpexpo 1.37.42 (36.847 km/h) 2 Edwige Pitel (Fra) AS Palais Sports Alpexpo 0.53 3 Karine Gautard Roussel (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 4 Aude Biannic (Fra) CR Bretagne 2.08 5 Pascale Jeuland (Spa) Vienne Futuroscope 6 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 7 Alexia Muffat (Fra) Chambery C. Competition 8 Eugénie Mermillod (Fra) Chambery C. Competition 9 Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Fra) Beziers-Mediterranee Cycl 10 Mélanie Bravard (Fra) CR Poitou Charentes 11 Roxane Fournier (Fra) Es Gervais LilAS 12 Christine Majerus (Lux) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 13 Emilie Blanquefort (Fra) CR Aquitaine 14 Megan Guarnier (Fra) ASPTT Dijon 15 Alexandra Rannou (Fra) Vs Quimperois 16 Sophie Creux (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 17 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 18 Emmanuelle Merlot (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 19 Pauline Godey (Fra) CR Lorraine 20 Amélie Rivat (Spa) C.C. St Martinois 21 Cécile Quillacq (Fra) CSM Villeneuve Garenne 22 Aurélie Bramante (Fra) A.C. Lyon Vaise 23 Mélodie Lesueur (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 24 Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.12 25 Nathalie Jeuland (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 26 Marion Azam (Fra) CR Midi Pyrenees 27 Leda Cox (GBr) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 2.24 28 Caroline Besseyrias (Fra) Vs Nivernais Morvan 2.37 29 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) CR Bourgogne 2.43 30 Marion Rousse (Fra) Es Gervais LilAS 5.01 31 Fanny Riberot (Fra) V.C. St Julien En Genevois 5.26 32 Florence Girardet (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 7.56 33 Alison Starnes (USA) US Development Team 9.14 34 Laurena Cussy (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 9.16 35 Justine Delannoy (Fra) CSM Villeneuve Garenne 36 Nathalie Cadol (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 37 Karine Le Bec (Fra) CD Cotes D`Armor 38 Annick Le Helley (Fra) CSM Villeneuve Garenne 39 Marion Sicot (Fra) CR Orleanais 40 Blandine Stapf (Fra) France Police Feminine 41 Elodie Le Bail (Fra) CR Bretagne 42 Sinead Miller (USA) US Development Team 43 Marlène Morel Petitgirard (Fra) Velo Club Ornans 44 Sandra Dos Santos (Fra) CD Moselle 45 Angélique Goron (Fra) CR Normandie 46 Camille Darcel (Fra) CD Cotes D`Armor 47 Sylvie Gaillon (Fra) ASPTT Dijon 48 Johanna Defranoux (Fra) Velo Club Ornans 49 Audrey Richard (Fra) Brest Iroise Cycl.2000 50 Marie Laure Cloarec (Fra) France Police Feminine 51 Justine Macret (Fra) CR Normandie 52 Marion Royer (Fra) CD Moselle 53 Lucie Pader (Fra) CR Auvergne 54 Laura Lepasalu (Fra) Chambery C. Competition 55 Aodez Le Fourn (Fra) CR Bretagne 56 Claire Maugras (Fra) ASPTT Dijon 57 Kelly Gambier (Fra) CSM Villeneuve Garenne 58 Stéphanie Vaxillaire (Fra) CR Bourgogne 59 Lindsay Myers (USA) US Development Team 60 Ludivine Loze (Fra) CR Midi Pyrenees 61 Alessia Bugeia (Fra) CSM Epinay Sur Seine 62 Flavie Montusclat (Fra) Chambery C. Competition 63 Honorine Martin (Fra) CR Auvergne 64 Margot Ortega (Fra) CR Auvergne 65 Jerika Hutchinson (USA) US Development Team 66 Juliane Wibert (Fra) CD Moselle 67 Jennifer Dehaas Boissiere (Fra) CR Midi Pyrenees 9.25 68 Estelle Patou (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 69 Julie Augizeau (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 9.27 70 Jénifer Letue (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 9.29 71 Sandrine Bideau (Fra) ESGL 93 - GSD Gestion 11.54 72 Susan Charleux Smith (Fra) CR Auvergne 12.58 73 Marlène Vidal (Fra) CR Midi Pyrenees 13.17 74 Pauline Penagos (Fra) CR Bourgogne 13.20 75 Claudia Opsomer (Fra) ASPTT Dijon 13.23 76 Cynthia Huygens (Fra) UV Fourmisienne 77 Elise Bazourdy (Fra) ASPTT Dijon 78 Laura Ledoux (Fra) CR Lorraine 79 Charlène Mathieu (Fra) CR Lorraine 80 Leslie Pepin (Fra) CC Cauchois 81 Madeleine Dibandi (Fra) France Police Feminine 82 Steffi Jamoneau (Fra) CR Orleanais 83 Laure Thomasset (Fra) Chambery C. Competition 84 Corinne Sempe (Fra) France Police Feminine 85 Laura Pompanon (Fra) CR Bourgogne 86 Jo Kristin Markham (USA) US Development Team 87 Charlotte Bravard (Fra) CR Poitou Charentes 13.27
Past winners
Men 2008 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 137.3 kms in 3.11.03 2007 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137.3 kms in 3.17.40 (41.58 km/h) 2006 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues 2005 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 133.9 kms in 3.17.07 2004 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133.9 kms in 3.09.57 2003 Didier Rous (Fra) La Boulangere 133.9 kms in 3.08.53 (42.761 km/h) 2002 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 2001 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 132.8 kms in 3.08.57 2000 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 133.3 kms in 3.08.32 1999 Laurent Roux (Fra) Casino 133.3 kms in 3.09.47 1998 Pascal Hervé (Fra) 133.3 kms in 3.14.03 1997 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 1996 Stéphane Heulot 1995 Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) 1994 Richard Virenque (Fra) Women 2008 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Team Pro Féminin Les Carroz 2007 Jeannie Longo Ciprelli (Fra) Team Uniqa 2006 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) 2004 Jeannie Longo (Fra) 2003 Magali Le Floch (Fra) Equipe Cycliste Rona - Esker 2002 Miho Oki (Jap) CA Mantes-la-Ville 2001 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ile de France 2000 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit) Alfa Lum
