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14th Etape du Tour
Gap - Alpe d'Huez, France , July 10, 2006
7,548 Amateurs follow the path taken by the pros
This morning at 7.00 a.m in Gap, 7,548 riders set off on the 14th edition of the Etape du Tour Vélo Magazine, in very fine weather conditions. It took more than 25 minutes for all the riders to cross the starting line.
Rapidly, and as is customary, the rhythm was powerfully set by a leading group. This group quickly set a strong pace and included Laurent Marcon, winner of the 2005 edition, Mourenx/Pau.
In the Col d'Izoard 13 riders moved ahead and weren't pursued on the descent. The ease of the young rider Blaise Sonnery here became apparent, along with Jean-Noël Sarlin, a competitor from Gap.
The tempo was set and remained constant to the bottom of the Alpe d'Huez. On the first hairpin bend of the ascent of Alpe d'Huez, bib number 337, young Blaise Sonnery (21 years old) made a superb breakaway and progressively established a lead over his pursuers, Frédéric Perillat (bib number 9,102) heading this group of pursuers.
It was exactly 13:00:33 when Blaise Sonnery claimed his first victory in the Etape du Tour Vélo Magazine. Three of his pursuers then crossed the finishing line, with Frédéric Perillat in 2nd place (06:01:01) and Jean-Noël Sarlin in 3rd place (06:02:29). Laurent Marcon this year finished in 4th place with a time of 6:02:52.
Women's cycling is this year celebrated with the performance of Karine Saysset, the first female competitor to cross the finishing line in 72nd position, with a time of: 06:36:42. A noteworthy performance was also recorded by Alain Prost, who participated once again this year in the Etape and finished in 207th place with a time of 06:59:35.
After 11 hours of racing the last competitor arrived. He was the 5,477 rider to cross the finishing line.
Results - 187 km
1 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Cat. A 6.01.06 (31.07 km/h) 2 Frederic Perillat (Fra) Cat. B 0.29 3 Jean-Noël Sarlin (Fra) Cat. B 1.34 4 Laurent Marcon (Fra) Cat. B 3.23 5 Michel Roux (Fra) Cat. C 3.32 6 Anthony Le Pabic (Fra) Cat. A 4.28 7 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) Cat. B 5.55 8 David De Vecchi (Fra) Cat. B 6.05 9 Bruno Mestre (Fra) Cat. B 6.37 10 David Danion (Fra) Cat. B 8.05 11 Michel Sacaze (Fra) Cat. D 8.19 12 Stéphane Rit (Fra) Cat. B 9.56 13 Roland Chavent (Fra) Cat. B 10.54 14 Philippe Argans (Fra) Cat. A 12.42 15 Denis Robin (Fra) Cat. A 13.17 16 Jean-François Jegou (Fra) Cat. A 13.21 17 Stéphane Bouthiaux (Fra) Cat. C 15.08 18 Clément Mas (Fra) Cat. A 15.24 19 David Perillaud (Fra) Cat. B 15.39 20 Gilles Fournier (Fra) Cat. B 16.49 21 Stéphane Chevallier (Fra) Cat. C 17.17 22 Michael Cotty (GBr) Cat. A 17.56 23 Julien Robert (Fra) Cat. B 18.35 24 Odd Snerthammer (Nor) Cat. B 19.02 25 Yann Rault (Fra) Cat. A 19.25 26 Jean-Louis Barot (Fra) Cat. C 19.37 27 Philippe Zebracki (Fra) Cat. A 19.56 28 Jérôme Chantepie (Fra) Cat. B 20.03 29 Philippe Bonnet (Fra) Cat. B 20.07 30 Gilles Marguet (Fra) Cat. B 20.48 31 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Cat. A 21.43 32 Edgar Dolu (Fra) Cat. B 23.20 33 Pascal Gautier (Fra) Cat. C 23.41 34 Jean-Marcel Tassi (Fra) Cat. D 24.47 35 Aron Villegas (Spa) Cat. A 24.55 36 Yann Chapron (Fra) Cat. A 25.07 37 Sebastien Bertholet (Fra) Cat. A 38 Fabrice Gaydon (Fra) Cat. B 25.16 39 Laurent Beillevert (Fra) Cat. B 26.25 40 Francois Lacome (Fra) Cat. C 27.08 41 Richard Massaud (Fra) Cat. B 27.38 42 Denis Cottin (Fra) Cat. C 28.20 43 Bruno Chaudun (Fra) Cat. B 28.51 44 Pascal Lang (Fra) Cat. C 29.01 45 Emmanuel Hutin (Fra) Cat. A 29.42 46 Lionel Arnault (Fra) Cat. B 29.46 47 Cyril Biremont (Fra) Cat. B 29.51 48 Thierry Ginestet (Fra) Cat. B 30.17 49 Sébastien Mailfait (Fra) Cat. B 30.32 50 Stanislas Richard (Fra) Cat. C 30.45 51 Alain Remy (Fra) Cat. B 31.24 52 Philippe Champion (Fra) Cat. A 31.33 53 Didier Langasque (Fra) Cat. B 31.36 54 Frédéric Noel (Fra) Cat. C 31.39 55 Franck Paillard (Fra) Cat. B 31.42 56 Yves Fournier (Fra) Cat. B 32.08 57 Yves Berlioux (Fra) Cat. C 32.53 58 Stephan Sabatier (Fra) Cat. C 33.25 59 Danny Stam (Ned) Cat. B 33.40 60 David Watts (GBr) Cat. C 33.48 61 Olivier Laulerque (Fra) Cat. B 33.52 62 Jean-Paul Baile (Fra) Cat. C 34.01 63 Florent Chretien (Fra) Cat. B 34.29 64 Nicolas Mermoud (Fra) Cat. C 34.49 65 Yury Demanov (Rus) Cat. C 34.57 66 Alexandre Dubest (Fra) Cat. A 34.58 67 Denis Roudier (Fra) Cat. B 35.11 68 Damien Mas (Fra) Cat. A 35.16 69 Mickael Dirheimer (Fra) Cat. A 35.18 70 Paul Holdsworth (GBr) Cat. C 35.24 71 Stéphane Cheylan (Fra) Cat. B 35.37 72 Karine Saysset (Fra) Cat. F 35.38 73 Jean-Claude Castaigns (Fra) Cat. B 36.07 74 Thomas J Coleman Vi (USA) Cat. B 36.20 75 Jean Guerin (Fra) Cat. C 36.33 76 Herve Ompraret (Fra) Cat. B 36.43 77 Guy Henon (Fra) Cat. D 36.47 78 Frederic Destal (Fra) Cat. B 37.12 79 Vincent Fontaine (Fra) Cat. B 37.31 80 Pascal Juillard (Fra) Cat. C 37.38 81 Robert Slippens (Ned) Cat. A 37.39 82 Claude Vincendeau (Fra) Cat. B 37.54 83 Daniel Manse (Fra) Cat. B 37.58 84 Simon Jackson (GBr) Cat. B 38.07 85 Mathieu Dumont (Fra) Cat. B 38.10 86 Rene Le Cam (Fra) Cat. D 38.32 87 Felismino D'oliveira (Fra) Cat. C 38.55 88 Hervé Bourdon (Fra) Cat. B 38.59 89 Thierry Mathy (Bel) Cat. C 39.06 90 Gilles Deplante (Fra) Cat. C 39.13 91 Lionel Lemour (Fra) Cat. B 39.32 92 Patrick Mocquery (Fra) Cat. D 40.03 93 Sylvain Delahaye (Fra) Cat. B 40.15 94 Didier Derisson (Fra) Cat. C 40.29 95 Régis Tombelaine (Fra) Cat. C 40.51 96 Serge Navarro (Fra) Cat. C 41.02 97 Sébastien Besqueut (Fra) Cat. A 41.16 98 Laurent Tournoux (Fra) Cat. B 42.02 99 Christophe Pourrat (Fra) Cat. B 43.03 100 Romain Lejeune (Fra) Cat. A 43.06
