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33rd Tour Méditerranéen - 2.1

France, February 8-12, 2006

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Stage 1 - February 8: Marseille - Marignane, 108 km

Lampre working well as Napolitano gets the win

Who's the man with the sauce?
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Lampre's Danilo Napolitano showed the opposition a clean pair of heels in Marignane after some great teamwork as he took the first stage of this year's Tour Méditerranéen. He'll now take the leader's jersey into tomorrow's stage. After a successful Tour of Qatar, Erik Zabel (Milram) showed he's on song early in the season with a strong second, ahead of Crédit Agricole's 23 year-old Australian rider Mark Renshaw.

With Mont Faron looming ahead during tomorrow's stage, it's not too likely Napolitano will be able to hold onto his well-won jersey for another day. The Italian had his Lampre teammates working well in the final kilometres of today's stage, and after having to settle for minor placings behind Alessandro Petacchi at last Saturday's GP Costa degli Etruschi, it was a happy Napolitano who celebrated his stage win in style.

Earlier in the day, the French duo of Sandy Casar and Cedric Vasseur broke away, maintaining their advantage until little over halfway through the race, when both Lampre and Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears sprung into action, bringing back the two-man escape by the final kilometres. It was then time to set their man up for the win which they were able to do well, as Claudio Corioni then Daniele Bennati delivered Napolitano to the finish in front.

Elated, Napolitano praised his team after the finish. "I am very happy for the victory and for the sprint lead-out: it was truly beautiful," he said, before adding, "I want to thank all of the squadra for the perfect work that was done."

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Results

1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   2.35.33
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agicole                                       
4 Aug Andrus (Est) Acqua Sapone                                           
5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                         
6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears               
7 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
11 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                           
12 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi             
13 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
17 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
18 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                     
19 Marco Marcato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi                 
20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                           
21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agicole                                  
22 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
23 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                  
24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergeti                                
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agicole                               
26 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                    
27 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       
28 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                              
30 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
31 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Miche                                          
32 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                                 
34 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
35 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                        
36 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                            
37 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                        
38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agicole                                   
40 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis                                     
41 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Miche                                          
42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                               
43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                  
44 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                        
45 Bradley McGee (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
47 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                         
48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agicole                                 
49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
50 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                     
51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
53 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                                   
54 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
55 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                            
56 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                    
57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                   
58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
59 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                           
60 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi               
61 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                                    
62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        
65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
66 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergeti                            
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agicole                                
68 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears        
69 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                 
70 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
71 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                        
72 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              
73 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                              
74 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                          
75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis                                         
76 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                           
77 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                     
78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                          
79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
80 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre                                           
81 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                        
82 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                         
83 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                       
84 Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche                                               
85 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
86 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com                                      
87 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              
88 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                         
89 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre                                           
90 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agicole                               
91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                          
92 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche                                         
93 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                                        
94 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
95 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                       
96 Alejandro Albe Borrajo (Arg) Miche                                     
97 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agicole                                      
98 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                             
99 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                                       
100 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                         
101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        
102 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
103 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears          
104 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                 
105 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                   
106 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears            
107 Thierry Marichal (Fra) Cofidis                                        
108 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone                              0.38
109 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears             0.55
110 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                              1.10
111 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                            
112 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche                                       
113 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                       
114 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
115 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi            
116 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              1.30
117 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            
118 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi    2.20
DNF Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com                                     
DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 
General Classification after stage 1

1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   2.35.33
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agicole                                       
4 Aug Andrus (Est) Acqua Sapone                                           
5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                         
6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears               
7 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
11 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                           
12 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi             
13 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
17 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
18 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                     
19 Marco Marcato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi                 
20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                           
21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agicole                                  
22 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
23 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                  
24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergeti                                
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agicole                               
26 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                    
27 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       
28 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                              
30 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
31 Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukr) Miche                                          
32 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                                 
34 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
35 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                        
36 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                            
37 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                        
38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agicole                                   
40 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis                                     
41 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Miche                                          
42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                               
43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                  
44 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                        
45 Bradley McGee (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
47 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                         
48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agicole                                 
49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
50 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                     
51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
53 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                                   
54 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
55 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                            
56 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                    
57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                   
58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergeti                              
59 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                           
60 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi               
61 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                                    
62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        
65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
66 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergeti                            
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agicole                                
68 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears        
69 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                 
70 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
71 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                        
72 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              
73 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                              
74 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                          
75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis                                         
76 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                           
77 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                     
78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                          
79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
80 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre                                           
81 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                        
82 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                         
83 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                       
84 Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche                                               
85 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi              
86 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com                                      
87 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              
88 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                         
89 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre                                           
90 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agicole                               
91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                          
92 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche                                         
93 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                                        
94 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
95 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                       
96 Alejandro Albe Borrajo (Arg) Miche                                     
97 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agicole                                      
98 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                             
99 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                                       
100 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                         
101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        
102 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
103 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears          
104 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                 
105 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                   
106 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears            
107 Thierry Marichal (Fra) Cofidis                                        
108 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone                              0.38
109 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears             0.55
110 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                              1.10
111 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                            
112 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche                                       
113 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                       
114 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
115 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi            
116 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              1.30
117 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            
118 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi    2.20

Points Classification after stage 1

1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                      25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        20
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agicole                                   16
4 Aug Andrus (Est) Acqua Sapone                                       14
5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     12
6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears           10
7 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           9
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 8
9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                       7
10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                6
11 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        5
12 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi          4
13 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                           3
14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  2
15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          1

Mountains Classification after stage 1

1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agicole                              13 pts
2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                                12
3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agicole                                   5
4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               3
5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          2
6 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 1

Best Young Rider Classification after stage 1


1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                    2.35.23
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agicole                                    0.06
3 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      0.10
4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     
5 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   
6 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi     
7 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                      
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                             
9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                     
10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                           
11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi        
12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergeti                     
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                     
14 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                   
15 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                               
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                      
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                    
18 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare            
19 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                          
20 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi     
21 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi      
22 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                     
23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                               
24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agicole                       
25 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               
26 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                 
27 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino - Sapore Di Mare                  
28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
29 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                
30 Armando Rupa (Ita) Miche                                      
31 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi     
32 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     
33 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre                                  
34 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                               
35 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agicole                             
36 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                              
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears                1.05
38 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                 1.20
39 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi    
40 Juan Pablo Magallanes (Mex) Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casalinghi       2.30