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25th Tour de Normandie - 2.2
France, March 21-27, 2005
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Stage 3 - March 24: Elbeuf sur Seine to Flers, 201 Km
A break sticks in full-on hail
Report courtesy Jonathan Vaughters
In extreme conditions, a break prevailed in the third stage of the Tour de Normandie and resulted in a new leader on general classification.
The French rider, Stéphane Petilleau (Bretagne - Jean Floc'h) along with Shinichi Fukushima (Team Bridgestone Anchor) and Ivan Terenin (Omnibike Dinamo Moscow), escaped after 70 km of the third stage of the TdN.
Amidst the massive hail storms, the current GC leader' s team was unable to control this breakaway. With 20km to go, Kai Reus (Ned) from Rabobank bridged across to the sole remaining breakaway, Petilleau.
In the exteme crosswinds and hail, Reus and Petilleau, stayed away to the finish with Petilleau taking the stage and Reus taking over the overall lead. The ex-junior world road champion, Reus is now leading the race by 12 seconds. However, tomorrow's afternoon sage tackles a demanding 18% grade four times in the finishing circuits and is most likely to decide the ultimate winner.
Photography
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Images by Régis Garnier/velofotopro.fr.st
- The escape of the day with Terenin (Omnibike), Stéphane Petilleau (Bretagne Jean Floc'h) and Shinichi Fukushima (Bridgestone-Anchor).
- Hans Dekkers (Rabobank) works for his team
- In the peloton, Martin Garrido, the race leader and Kai Reus (Rabobank), the eventual leader of the race.
- Very bad weather for Mickael Leveau (VC Rouen 76) and David Bréard (Auber.93)
- The escape in Flers
- Dimitry Kozontchuk (Rabobank Continental)
- Kai Reus chases the break
- The peloton
- Stéphane Petilleau wins in Flers. Kai Reus finishes second but takes the yellow jersey
- Stéphane Petilleau after his win.
- Shinichi Fukushima (Bridgestone-Anchor).
- A very bad day for Mickael Buffaz: He crashed during the stage.
- Koji Fukushima
- Allan Bo Andresen
- Kai Reus (Rabobank) is the best young rider...
- ...and also the new leader of the Tour de Normandie
- A very hard day for all
Images by
Beth Seliga/
- Eventual winner Stéphane Petilleau (Bretagne - Jean Floc'h) ponders the wisdom of signing for a team that wears white shorts.
- Bryan Smith (TIAA-CREF) looks to be having a wonderful time in the Normandy rain.
- A TIAA-CREF rier rolls home. Was it wet? It was wet.
- Markus Eichler (ComNet - Senges) gets a helping hand back to the team vehicle after a very hard day in the saddle.
Results
1 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 5.05.50 (39,433 km/h) 2 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 3 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 0.41 4 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 5 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 6 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 7 Juh-Matti Alaluusua (Fin) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 8 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 9 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 10 Piet Rooyjakkers (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 11 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 12 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 13 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93 14 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie 15 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 17 Martin Garrido Mayorda (Arg) Duja / Tavira 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 20 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93 21 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank 22 Michael Reihs (Den) Team Designa Kokken 23 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 24 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 25 Yves Delarue (Fra) Normandie 26 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 27 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 28 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 29 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 30 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 31 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 32 Médéric Clain (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 33 Vincent Templier (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 34 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 35 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe France Police 36 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 37 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 38 Petter Renang (Swe) Team Comnet - Senges 39 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 40 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 41 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 42 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 43 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 44 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 45 René Schild (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 46 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Equipe France Police 47 Mickaël Malle (Fra) Normandie 48 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 49 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 50 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 51 Peter Mohlmann (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 52 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 53 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 54 Chad Hartley (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 55 Mickael Leveau (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 56 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93 57 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 58 Pascal Hermes (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 59 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 60 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Duja / Tavira 61 Krasimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja / Tavira 62 Michael Skelde (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 63 Ivan Terenin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 2.09 64 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 65 Lasse Bochman (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 3.24 66 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 67 Thomas Fothen (Ger) German National Team 68 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 69 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 4.02 70 Ronan Geffroy (Fra) Normandie 71 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 72 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel 10.46 73 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 74 Janar Jermakov (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 75 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 76 Yann Buiron (Fra) Equipe France Police 77 Alaxandre Urbain (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 78 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 79 Stéphane Couge (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 80 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 81 Gaël Moreau (Fra) Equipe France Police 82 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 83 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 84 Udo Muller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 85 Tim Klinger (Ger) German National Team 86 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 87 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja / Tavira 88 Pedro Martins (Por) Duja / Tavira 89 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 90 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe France Police 91 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 92 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 93 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.00 94 Goran Jensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 12.46 95 Jean Philippe Yon (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 96 Laurent Chotard (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 97 Christian Finnerup (Den) Team Designa Kokken 98 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 99 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 100 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Designa Kokken 101 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 102 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 103 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 104 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 105 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 106 Bryan Smith (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 107 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 14.26 108 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 14.30 109 Pierrick Leclerc (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 16.57 110 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 17.02 111 Vladimir Koev (Bul) V.C. Rouen 76 112 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 21.09 113 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 21.29 114 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team 22.14 General classification after stage 3 1 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 2 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 0.08 3 Martin Garrido Mayorda (Arg) Duja / Tavira 0.37 4 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank 0.45 5 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 0.46 6 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 7 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 0.49 8 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93 0.51 9 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.52 10 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93 12 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 13 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 0.53 14 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 0.54 15 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 0.55 16 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 0.56 17 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 0.57 18 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 19 Yves Delarue (Fra) Normandie 0.58 20 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) Equipe France Police 0.59 21 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 22 Krasimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja / Tavira 1.00 23 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 24 Chad Hartley (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 1.01 25 Petter Renang (Swe) Team Comnet - Senges 26 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Duja / Tavira 1.02 27 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 1.03 28 Vincent Templier (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 1.04 29 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 30 Piet Rooyjakkers (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 1.05 31 Michael Reihs (Den) Team Designa Kokken 32 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 33 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 1.07 34 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 35 Mickaël Malle (Fra) Normandie 1.08 36 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 37 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 1.10 38 Juh-Matti Alaluusua (Fin) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 39 Médéric Clain (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 1.11 40 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 41 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93 1.12 42 René Schild (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 1.13 43 Pascal Hermes (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 1.14 44 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93 1.15 45 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Equipe France Police 46 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 47 Peter Mohlmann (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 48 Mickael Leveau (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 1.17 49 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 50 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 1.19 51 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 1.22 52 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 1.25 53 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 1.29 54 Timo Scholz (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 1.30 55 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 1.31 56 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 57 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 1.42 58 Ivan Terenin (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 2.32 59 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie 2.33 60 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Omnibike Dinamo Moscow 2.34 61 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 4.12 62 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 4.33 63 Ronan Geffroy (Fra) Normandie 4.42 64 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 5.06 65 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 10.15 66 Michael Skelde (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 67 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 10.16 68 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 10.56 69 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel 11.08 70 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 71 Pedro Martins (Por) Duja / Tavira 11.14 72 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja / Tavira 11.16 73 Tim Klinger (Ger) German National Team 11.20 74 Alaxandre Urbain (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 11.24 75 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 11.28 76 Janar Jermakov (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 11.42 77 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 11.50 78 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13.14 79 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 13.19 80 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 13.21 81 Goran Jensen (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13.24 82 Daniel Foder (Den) Team Designa Kokken 13.33 83 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 14.46 84 Pierrick Leclerc (Fra) A.C. Val D'oise 17.16 85 Thomas Fothen (Ger) German National Team 18.23 86 Andrei Mustonen (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 19.16 87 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 20.10 88 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 20.22 89 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Pro - Cycling Team 20.37 90 Lasse Bochman (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 21.35 91 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 22.16 92 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 22.35 93 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team 22.48 94 Yann Buiron (Fra) Equipe France Police 23.32 95 Stéphane Couge (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 25.42 96 Philippe Vaillant (Fra) Equipe France Police 26.00 97 Thomas Liese (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 26.18 98 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 26.22 99 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 27.52 100 Laurent Chotard (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 28.27 101 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 28.53 102 Maikel Paas (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 29.19 103 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 32.05 104 Vladimir Koev (Bul) V.C. Rouen 76 32.33 105 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Team Moser-Ah-Trentino 34.47 106 Gaël Moreau (Fra) Equipe France Police 35.00 107 Udo Muller (Ger) Akud Arnolds Sicherheit 35.20 108 Bryan Smith (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 36.37 109 Christian Finnerup (Den) Team Designa Kokken 37.01 110 Mart Ojavee (Est) Kalev Chocolate-C.B.Team 37.13 111 Jean Philippe Yon (Fra) V.C. Rouen 76 37.20 112 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Comnet - Senges 38.28 113 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 45.12 114 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 45.38
