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42nd Tour de l'Avenir - 2.1
France, September 1-10, 2005
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Stage 3 - September 3: Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe - Sassay, 203 km
Bak gives away yellow but stays in the hunt
By Jean-François Quénet in Sassay
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Although being flattish, stage 3 of the Tour de l'Avenir created a lot of damage. While Lars Ytting Bak (CSC) may have been forced to give the jersey away to stage winner Borut Bozic of Perutnina Ptuj, the Dane is actually one of the big beneficiaries of the day, whereas some pretenders for GC must say it's game over, despite having another 7 days to go. Liberty Seguros' flying Dutchman Koen de Kort and Crédit Agricole's Saul Raisin have lost a little more than 5 minutes, but the bill is even more severe for Tour de l'Ain winner Carl Naibo of Bretagne-Jean Floc'h, Olympic track champion Bradley Wiggins, ambitious young climber Rémi Di Gregorio of Française des Jeux or Irish rising star Philip Deignan, who are now 23 minutes down and can only target stage wins from now on. Olympic road silver medalist Sergio Paulinho was a non starter due to a muscle tear.
Noosa's wonderboy Ben Johnson was one of the most active riders early in the stage, but Frenchman Maxime Médérel of Auber 93 took the king of the mountains points from him before 21 riders broke clear at km 55. This group included three men from CSC: the yellow jersey Bak, Andy Schleck and Christian Müller, together with the likes of Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet), Kai Reus and William Walker (Rabobank), Mark Scanlon (Ag2r), Leonardo Duque (Jartazi), William Frischkorn (TIAA-CREF), Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) and Eric Berthou (RAGT). Müller was the first man to disappear from the group. "Then the turning point was Schleck's flat tyre," Berthou explained. "Bak was left alone. He was very impressive though, covering the moves all day. I counter attacked him with 20km to go and went away with three other riders. Unfortunately they were all fast and I suffered cramps at the end. I tried to hide that problem but I couldn't beat them in the sprint. I knew who they were..."
Bozic ran 2nd behind Tyler Farrar in the massive sprint the day before. He proved to be faster than Scanlon and Walker, who also had cramps. "This is a very important win for me," said the Slovenian who won a stage and GC in Jadranska Magistrala in Croatia earlier this year. "I'm fast in the sprints and I'll try to keep the yellow jersey tomorrow, but I'm not a good time triallist and the overall classification isn't what I came here for."
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Bozic, 25, is in his second year with Perutnina Ptuj, after riding for Italian amateur club Sidi-De Rosa. He hails from Idria and got inspired by old Slovenian pro Walter Bonca. "He's my friend, he has done a lot of work for me and I say a big thank you to him", a very friendly Bozic said after getting his first yellow jersey from the hand of Bernard Hinault.
He now has 5 seconds lead on Bak, who will be able to stay quieter now and prepare for Monday's time trial. "After that stage we'll know more about who are the hot favourites for the Tour de l'Avenir," Berthou commented. The Breton rider from RAGT is currently looking for a team for next year. He already showed in the UCI Pro Tour GP Plouay last Sunday that he isn't afraid of attacking the big guns.
Monfort and Reus who have won stage races thanks to their time trial abilities in the past - the 2004 Tour of Luxembourg and the 2005 Tour of Normandy respectively - look to be in a good position but the Tour de l'Avenir remains wide open.
Photography
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- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) wait the montain in this Tour de l'Avenir
- Lars Bak (CSC) began the day in the yellow jersey
- Tyler Farrar chats with riders from team TIAA-CREF
- Lars Bak (CSC) sits at the start of stage 3
- The riders head off at the start of stage 3
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Frenchman Eric Berthou was fourth in Sassay with a very convincing performance; it might help him find a team for next year
- Borut Bozic (Perutnina Ptuj) is a fast man
- Lars Bak loses the yellow jersey but he's the main beneficiary of the 20-rider breakaway
- A happy stage winner in Sassay - Borut Bozic
- Borut Bozic (Perutnina Ptuj) is also the new race leader
- Bozic also took the green jersey from Tyler Farrar
Results
1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 4.48.11 2 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.16 6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 7 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 10 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 11 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 12 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 17 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 19 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 20 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5.13 21 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 22 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 23 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 25 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 26 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 28 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 30 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 31 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 35 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 36 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 39 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi Granville Team 43 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 44 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 47 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 48 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 49 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 51 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 52 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 53 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank 54 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 56 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel 57 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 58 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 61 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 62 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 64 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 65 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 68 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 69 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC 70 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 71 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 72 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 73 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 74 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 23.10 75 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 76 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 77 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea 78 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea 79 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 81 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 83 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 85 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team 86 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 87 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 88 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team 89 Brent Bookwalters (USA) USA National Team 90 John Murphy (USA) USA National Team 91 Austin King (USA) USA National Team 92 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 93 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 94 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 95 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 96 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 97 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 98 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 99 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 100 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 101 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 102 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 105 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) French National Team 107 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team 108 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 109 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 110 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 111 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 113 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 114 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 115 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences 116 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 117 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 118 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 119 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 120 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Points 1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 30 pts 2 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 27 3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 25 4 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 23 5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21 6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 19 7 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 17 8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13 10 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 11 11 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 10 12 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 15 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 6 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 5 17 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 4 18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 19 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 2 20 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1 Mountains Côte de la Ferme de Chêne Galon, km 28 1 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 3 pts 2 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 1 Côte de la Milandière, km 51 1 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 3 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 2 3 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 1 Côte de Chaumont, km 166 1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 3 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 3 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Sprints Saint-Germain-De-La-Coudre, km 44 1 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 3 pts 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 1 Ambloy, km 131.5 1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 2 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 1 Pontlevoy, km 178 1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 3 pts 2 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 3 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1 Teams 1 Ag2r-Prevoyance 14.30.02 2 Perutnina Ptuj 3 Rabobank 4 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.16 5 Jartazi Revor 6 Bouygues Telecom 5.13 7 TEAM CSC 8 Cycling Team Capec 9 Francaise Des Jeux 10 Team TIAA-Cref 11 Norwegian National Team 10.10 12 German National Team 13 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 14 Agritubel 15 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 16 R.A.G.T. Semences 22.54 17 Orbea 23.10 18 Credit Agricole 19 Auber 93 28.07 20 USA National Team 21 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 41.07 22 French National Team 1.04.01 General classification after stage 3 1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 11.56.50 2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.05 3 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.10 4 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 0.12 5 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 0.16 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 0.28 8 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.29 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 0.30 10 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.31 12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.32 13 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 14 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 16 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.41 19 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 20 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team 5.19 21 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5.21 22 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5.24 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.26 24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 26 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5.29 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 28 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 28 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 30 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team 31 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 32 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team 33 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 40 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team 40 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 42 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank 43 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel 44 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 45 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 47 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 49 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 5.32 50 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5.35 51 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 5.36 52 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 5.38 53 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 54 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 55 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 56 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 58 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 59 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team 60 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 61 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 62 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 63 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 64 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 65 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 66 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 67 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team 68 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi Granville Team 69 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 70 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 71 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC 6.06 72 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.32 73 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.54 74 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 23.08 75 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.17 76 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 23.21 77 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 23.25 78 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 23.26 79 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 80 John Murphy (USA) USA National Team 80 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team 82 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 83 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 84 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 85 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 87 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 90 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team 92 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 93 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences 95 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 23.32 96 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 23.35 97 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 98 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 99 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) French National Team 99 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 101 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 102 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea 103 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 104 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 104 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea 106 Brent Bookwalters (USA) USA National Team 106 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 108 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 109 Austin King (USA) USA National Team 110 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 111 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 112 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 113 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team 114 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 115 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 116 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 117 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 118 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 119 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 24.19 120 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28.43 121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32.32 Points classification Coming! Mountains classification 1 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 6 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 5 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 4 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 2 6 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Teams classification 1 Perutnina Ptuj 35.56.47 2 Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 Rabobank 4 Jartazi Revor 0.02 5 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.16 6 Team CSC 4.56 7 Cycling Team Capec 5.13 8 Francaise Des Jeux 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Team TIAA-Cref 5.22 11 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 10.05 12 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 10.10 13 Agritubel 14 German National Team 10.19 15 Norwegian National Team 10.28 16 R.A.G.T. Semences 22.54 17 Orbea 22.56 18 Credit Agricole 23.10 19 USA National Team 28.16 20 Auber 93 28.34 21 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 41.16 22 French National Team 1.04.01
