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60th GP Isbergues - 1.1
France, September 17, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Cedric Vasseur wins in France
Cedric Vasseur (Quick.Step) won the 60th Grand Prix d’Isbergues for the second time, after his victory in 2002. It was his first victory of the season after he beat breakaway companion Philippe Gilbert (La Française des Jeux).
The breakaway started at the end of the first hour of racing, when 12 riders escaped. A bit further on, Philippe Gilbert (FDJ) and Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon) chased together for 20 kilometres to close the gap and joined the breakaway at km 55. Behind them, the peloton including the reigning world champion Tom Boonen, let the race go, slowly riding through the sunny Artois area (North of France). With 50 km to go the bunch was 11 minutes down.
Stephane Augé (Cofidis) and Ciarán Power (Navigators) were dropped from the leading group, and with 27 km to go Cedric Vasseur (the local man who married a local girl in Isbergues a few years ago) tried his luck. Gilbert jumped on his wheel. Behind them nobody was inclined to lead the chase, even though only Gilbert (Guesdon) and Vasseur (Van de Walle) had teammates in the breakaway, so the two men went clear rather easily.
With 6 km to go, Vasseur who knew perfectly that Gilbert was in outstanding form after his wins in GP Fourmies and GP Wallonie, did not do any more turns. And despite a strong challenge by the FDJ man in the last finishing straight, Vasseur won by half a length over Gilbert, to the great satisfaction of the crowd.
Following the race, Quick.Step's Belgian contingent who will ride the World's, Tom Boonen, Serge Baguet and Nick Nuyens, did an extra 1.5 hours training for a total of 260 kilometres.
Courtesy of Daniel Schamps
Results - 202.5 km
1 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.38.10 2 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.45 4 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.49 5 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 1.53 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 11 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 3.32 12 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Lamonta 9.31 13 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 19 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 25 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 26 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 27 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 28 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 29 Geoffrey Coupé (Bel) Flanders 30 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 31 René Mandri (Est) Auber 93 32 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) Auber 93 33 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 36 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 37 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Agritubel 38 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39 Steven Thys (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 40 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 47 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 48 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com 49 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 50 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Lamonta 51 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 52 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 53 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 54 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 55 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 56 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 57 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 61 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 62 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Team Lamonta 64 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 67 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 68 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 69 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Yvan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 73 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi-7Mobile 76 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 78 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 79 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93 81 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 82 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 87 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 89 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 93 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 95 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 96 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 98 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 99 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 101 Preben Vanhecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 104 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi-7Mobile 105 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 106 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 107 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 108 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team Lamonta 109 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 11.22 DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com DNF Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNF Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel DNF Stephane Berges (Fra) Agritubel DNF Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano DNF David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Valeri Kobsarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team DNF Emilien Benoît Berges (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Yann Pivois (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h DNF Stephane Petilleau (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h DNF Thierry De Groote (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile DNF Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile DNF Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Lamonta DNF Andre Schulze (Ger) Team Lamonta DNF Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Lamonta DNF Jonas Dedecker (Bel) Flanders DNF Alexander Kareev (Rus) Flanders DNF Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders DNF Mart Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders DNS Bart Veyt (Bel) Flanders
Past winners
2005 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 2004 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2003 Jans Koerts (Ned) BankGiroLoterij Cycling Team 2002 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 2001 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
2000 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 1999 Lauri Aus (Est) 1997 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) 1996 Mario Aerts (Bel) 1995 Frank Corvers (Bel) 1994 Wilfried Nelissen (Bel) 1993 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) 1992 Phil Anderson (Aus) 1991 Jacky Durand (Fra) 1990 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) 1989 Sammie Moreels (Bel) 1988 Stéphane Cueff (Fra) 1988 Jan Goessens (Bel) 1987 Alain Peiper (Aus) 1986 Teun Van Vliet (Ned) 1985 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1984 Kim Andersen (Den) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1981 André Chalmel (Fra) 1982 Sven-Ake Nilsson (Swe) 1980 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1979 Serge Perin (Fra) 1978 Daniel Gisiger (Swi) 1977 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1976 Yvon Bertin (Fra) 1975 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1974 Bernard Bourreau (Fra) 1973 Roger Rosiers (Bel) 1972 Marc Demeyer (Bel) 1971 Daniel Van Rijckeghem (Bel) 1970 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1969 Jan Janssen (Ned) 1968 Willy In 't' Ven (Bel) 1967 Paul In 't' Ven (Bel) 1966 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1965 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1964 Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) 1963 Clement Roman (Bel) 1962 Laurent Christians (Bel) 1961 Johannes De Haan (Ned) 1960 Joseph Schils (Bel) 1959 Jaen-Claude Annaert (Fra) 1958 Maurice Meuleman (Bel) 1957 Willy Truye (Bel) 1956 Seamus Elliott (Ire) 1955 Alfred Kain (Aut) 1954 Joseph Planckaert (Bel) 1953 Paul Taeldeman (Bel) 1952 Cesare Marcelak (Fra) 1951 Henri Duhamel (Fra) 1950 José Beyaert (Fra) 1949 Paul Detrue (Fra) 1948 Eugene Dupuis (Fra) 1947 Eugéne Dupuis (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
