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Tour de Picardie - 2.1

France, May 18-20, 2007

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Stage 4 - May 20: Belleu - Laon, 91.5 km

Stage 4 was the second of two stages, and also the final stage in the Tour de Picardie. Janeck Tombak (Jartazi Promo Fashion) took the win by two seconds over Alessandro Proni (Quick Step - Innergetic) and four seconds over Martin Elmiger (Ag2R Prevoyance). Robbie Hunter (Barloworld) kept his leader's spot for the final overall win.

Of his win, Hunter told ASO organizers according to their website www.letour.fr, "There is no little victory, especially when you suffered for it. Today, it was very hard, with the rain, the wind and a crazy little climb five kilometres. That's why I am so happy to win today. And maybe this victory could help us to get a wild card for the Tour. Actually, it was one of our goals here."

The race started at a mellow pace. Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) instigated an early attack and got up to 1:50, but Hunter's teammates were not about to let go of control of the race.

Hunter's Barloworld teammates kept the pace high with a view toward ensuring another big bunch sprint at the end, a tactic that would let Hunter keep his overall winnning spot. However, Jimmy Engoulvent (Credit Agricole) still managed an attack later in the race. He was caught with about five kilometers to go. That's when Tombak countered and launched his own attack.

Tombak was going for not only stage victory, but the winner's jersey. He had to make up a 16 second deficit, but only managed seven seconds over Hunter at the end. Even with the six bonus winning seconds subtracting from his margin, the Estonian fell three seconds short.

Results

1 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                 2.11.31 (41.744 km/h)
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic               0.02
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance                         0.04
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      0.07
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        
6 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                   
7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                    
8 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                    
9 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                    
10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
11 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   
13 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
14 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
15 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93                                   
16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                 
17 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                        
18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  
19 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.10
20 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                       0.18
21 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport           0.19
22 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner              
23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
24 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               
25 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
26 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                               
27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              
28 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R.                           0.33
29 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         0.35
30 Gereint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                 
31 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream                               
32 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                   0.37
33 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                    
34 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.52
35 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                              
36 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R.                           
37 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                         
38 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     0.56
39 Glenn D’Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport        1.08
40 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux               1.11
41 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
42 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                      
43 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
44 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R.                               1.31
45 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         1.36
46 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                      1.41
47 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion             2.00
48 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                    2.09
49 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
50 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                      2.12
51 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        
52 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         
53 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       2.30
54 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
55 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                           
56 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                          2.56
57 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
58 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                 
59 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
60 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
61 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                    
62 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                       3.49
63 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                              
64 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld                          7.25
DNF Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step - Innergetic                
DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                    
DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                 
DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
DNF Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner         
 
Points

Laon (Km 68)

1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         3 pts
2 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          2
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                 1

Laon (Km 91.5)

1 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                    25 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic               22
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance                         20
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      18
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    16
6 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux               15
7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                14
8 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                13
9 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                12
10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        11
11 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    10
12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                9
13 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          8
14 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         7
15 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93                                6
16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                              5
17 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                     4
18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                               3
19 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       2
20 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1

Most Combative

1 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        
 
Team

1 Team L.P.R.                                               6.35.18
2 Barloworld                                                   0.04
3 Credit Agricole                                              0.32
4 Francaise Des Jeux                                           0.55
5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                 1.08
6 Predictor - Lotto                                            1.41
7 Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        2.07
8 Bouygues Telecom                                             3.31
9 Agritubel                                                    4.48
 
Final General Classification

1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                           12.39.21
2 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                    0.03
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic               0.05
4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                              0.11
5 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         0.16
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    0.17
7 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                0.18
9 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       0.19
10 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                        
11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       0.28
12 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         0.42
13 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R.                           0.43
14 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         0.44
15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                   1.14
16 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    2.16
17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic               2.59
18 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                               3.05
19 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93                                   
20 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               
21 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R.                               3.12
22 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport           3.17
23 Gereint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                             3.26
24 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                           3.37
25 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner          4.06
26 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.                          4.08
27 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux               4.23
28 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream                           4.24
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       6.35
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        7.28
31 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                       7.32
32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                          7.45
33 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 8.12
34 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                8.16
35 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                     8.17
36 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R.                               8.45
37 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     9.30
38 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                          9.56
39 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                   10.04
40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance                       10.13
41 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    10.15
42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                    10.18
43 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                  
44 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                     10.26
45 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                               11.03
46 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
47 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        12.29
48 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                     12.37
49 Glenn D’Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport       12.52
50 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion            13.11
51 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      13.30
52 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                         13.40
53 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                      13.41
54 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion            14.07
55 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
56 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux                 14.38
57 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R.                      16.05
58 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Barloworld                         17.20
59 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                     17.32
60 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        18.02
61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                   18.15
62 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                       19.14
63 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                      20.39
64 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                     22.12

Points Classification

1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                               58 pts
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                54
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    49
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                           47
5 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic               47
6 Janeck Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                    45
7 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         44
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                40
9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance                         40
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 39
11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                     36
12 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                               35
13 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux              31
14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                             29
15 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport           23
16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      21
17 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    21
18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       20
19 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner          18
20 Luca Solari (Ita) Team L.P.R.                               12
21 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                11
22 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                     9
23 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team L.P.R.                            9
24 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                            9
25 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          9
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          8
27 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         7
28 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          6
29 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93                                6
30 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R.                                5
31 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                    4
32 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R.                        3
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          1
34 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1
35 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1

Team Classification

1 Barloworld                                               38.00.19
2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                 1.59
3 Francaise Des Jeux                                           3.23
4 Team L.P.R.                                                  4.44
5 Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        6.51
6 Predictor - Lotto                                            7.48
7 Bouygues Telecom                                            12.24
8 Agritubel                                                   13.41
9 Credit Agricole                                             19.17