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44th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.Ncup
France, September 6-15, 2007
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Stage 1 - September 6: Belle-Île-en-Mer, 148.5 km
Poulhies takes control
Frenchman Stéphane Poulhies took a commanding lead on stage one of the Tour de l'Avenir, taking not only the opening stage from a day long breakaway, but gaining the lead in the points and mountains classifications as well.
Back to the national teams format, the 44th Tour de l'Avenir started off with a rapid pace and plenty of attacks in the opening kilometres, but it wasn't until the 15 kilometre mark that anyone could go clear. Yoann Offredo (France B) went off on a solo bid for victory and held a 3'45 lead at the first intermediate sprint (km 40), increasing his advantage to 6'10 on the pack by kilometre 60 before seven riders countered from the field in an attempt to go across.
With the breakaway looking serious, the peloton put in a strong chase, bringing back the group of seven by Sauzon (km 70) and shrinking Offredo's lead to just 2'15. Two riders then went clear, Stéphane Poulhies (France A) and Valerio Agnoli (Italy), getting within 1'25 of the leader at the second intermediate sprint (km 81,5). Behind, Mathieu Deschenaux (Switzerland) was in no-man's land, while Kunshin (Russia), Kruijswijk and Smukulis (Netherlands) and Wyss (Switzerland) escaped the clutches of the peloton and came across. The group reached Poulhiès and Agnoli and finally Offredo at kilometre 86, making an eight man breakaway which slowly built its advantage to 1'30 lead at kilometre 97.
The group built a maximum advantage of 1'50 lead before the Slovenian riders put in an intense chase, bringing the group back to 35'' at kilometre 118.5. The lead group shed Offredo, Deschenaux and Agnoli, leaving the five stronger riders to extend their lead. Poulhiès, Kunshin, Kruijwick, Smukulis and Wyss worked together to increase their gap, and then Poulhiès and Kruijwick left the other three behind by the third sprint of the day. Poulhiès took the points and bonus seconds ahead of Kruijwick and then the pair let the three chasers rejoin, leaving the peloton 1'45 behind.
On the final lap of the circuit the break was two minutes clear of a deflated peloton, but Poulhies kept the pressure on, and clearly the strongest man in the break, took the final sprint ahead of Kunshin Kruijswijk.
Results
1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 3.40.17 (40.45 km/h) 2 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 4 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 5 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia 6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy 0.58 7 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium 8 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed 9 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands 11 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania 12 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany 13 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada 14 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland 15 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal 16 José Mendes (Por) Portugal 17 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands 18 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands 19 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania 20 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands 21 Christian Meier (Can) Canada 22 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands 23 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany 24 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norway 25 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A 26 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium 27 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine 28 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark 29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia 30 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B 31 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium 32 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy 33 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team 34 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium 35 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Switzerland 36 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B 37 Michael Randin (Swi) Switzerland 38 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 39 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed 40 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark 41 Jose Herrada SPA Spain 42 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 43 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 44 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain 45 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada 46 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain 47 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norway 48 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed 49 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland 50 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland 51 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium 52 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania 53 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B 54 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia 55 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia 56 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed 57 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A 58 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A 59 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team 60 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany 61 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany 62 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A 63 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine 64 Martin Kohler (Swi) Switzerland 65 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia 66 Diego Milan SPA Spain 67 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A 68 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 69 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norway 70 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia 71 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark 72 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal 73 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal 74 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team 75 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norway 76 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed 1.13 77 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norway 78 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium 79 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania 80 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B 1.19 81 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany 82 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia 83 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B 84 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B 85 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada 1.22 86 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine 87 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain 88 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy 89 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia 1.26 90 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia 91 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland 92 David Veilleux (Can) Canada 93 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia 1.29 94 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy 95 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland 96 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia 97 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany 98 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed 99 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Switzerland 1.34 100 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.36 101 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy 1.47 102 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 103 Christer Rake (Nor) Norway 104 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland 1.49 105 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.02 106 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine 107 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark 2.40 108 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Switzerland 5.36 109 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia 9.59 110 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia 10.32 111 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia 112 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine 12.29 113 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia 13.33 114 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania 115 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan 116 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 117 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia 118 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal 119 Eric Boily (Can) Canada 21.33 120 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 32.47 Sprints Le Palais - km.40 1 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B 3 pts 2 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands 2 3 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland 1 Le Palais - km. 80 1 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B 3 pts 2 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 2 3 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy 1 Le Palais - km. 123.5 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 3 pts 2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 2 3 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia 1 Le Palais - km. 148.5 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 30 pts 2 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 27 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 25 4 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 23 5 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia 21 6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy 19 7 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium 17 8 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed 15 9 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark 13 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands 11 11 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania 10 12 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany 9 13 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada 8 14 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland 7 15 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal 6 16 José Mendes (Por) Portugal 5 17 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands 4 18 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands 3 19 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania 2 20 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands 1 Mountains Côte des Portes - 135.5 Km 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 3 pts 2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 2 3 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 1 Côte des Portes - 148.0 Km 1 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 3 pts 2 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 2 3 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 1 Teams 1 Netherlands 11.02.47 2 Switzerland 3 France A 4 Russia 0.21 5 Latvia 0.28 6 Belgium 0.58 7 Denmark 8 Canada 9 Lithuania 10 Mixed 11 Germany 12 Portugal 13 Poland 14 France B 15 Spain 16 US National Team 17 Norway 18 Slovenia 19 Italy 1.22 20 Ukraine 21 Kazakhstan 1.36 General classification after stage 1 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 3.40.02 2 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 0.09 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia 0.14 5 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 0.15 6 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B 1.07 7 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands 1.11 8 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland 1.12 9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy 1.13 10 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium 11 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands 13 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania 14 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany 15 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada 16 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland 17 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal 18 José Mendes (Por) Portugal 19 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands 20 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania 21 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands 22 Christian Meier (Can) Canada 23 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands 24 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany 25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norway 26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A 27 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium 28 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine 29 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark 30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia 31 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium 32 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy 33 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team 34 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium 35 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Switzerland 36 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B 37 Michael Randin (Swi) Switzerland 38 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 39 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed 40 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark 41 Jose Herrada SPA Spain 42 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 43 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 44 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain 45 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada 46 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain 47 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norway 48 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed 49 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland 50 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium 51 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania 52 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B 53 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia 54 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia 55 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed 56 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A 57 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A 58 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team 59 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany 60 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany 61 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A 62 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine 63 Martin Kohler (Swi) Switzerland 64 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia 65 Diego Milan SPA Spain 66 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A 67 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan 68 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norway 69 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia 70 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark 71 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal 72 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal 73 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team 74 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norway 75 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed 1.28 76 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norway 77 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium 78 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania 79 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark 1.33 80 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B 1.34 81 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany 82 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia 83 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B 84 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B 85 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy 1.36 86 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada 1.37 87 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine 88 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain 89 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia 1.41 90 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia 91 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland 92 David Veilleux (Can) Canada 93 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia 1.44 94 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy 95 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland 96 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia 97 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany 98 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed 99 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Switzerland 1.49 100 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 1.51 101 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy 2.02 102 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 103 Christer Rake (Nor) Norway 104 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland 2.04 105 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 2.17 106 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine 107 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark 2.55 108 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Switzerland 5.51 109 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia 10.14 110 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia 10.47 111 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia 112 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine 12.44 113 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia 13.48 114 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania 115 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan 116 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team 117 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia 118 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal 119 Eric Boily (Can) Canada 21.48 120 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan 33.02 Points classification 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 35 pts 2 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 27 3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 27 4 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 23 5 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia 22 6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy 19 7 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium 17 8 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed 15 9 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark 13 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands 11 11 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania 10 12 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany 9 13 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada 8 14 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland 7 15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B 6 16 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands 6 17 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal 6 18 José Mendes (Por) Portugal 5 19 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands 3 20 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania 2 21 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland 1 22 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands 1 23 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy 1 Mountains classification 1 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A 4 pts 2 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Switzerland 4 3 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia 2 4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands 2 Team classification 1 Netherlands 11.02.47 2 Switzerland 3 France A 4 Russia 0.21 5 Latvia 0.28 6 Belgium 0.58 7 Denmark 8 Canada 9 Lithuania 10 Mixed 11 Germany 12 Portugal 13 Poland 14 France B 15 Spain 16 US National Team 17 Norway 18 Slovenia 19 Italy 1.22 20 Ukraine 21 Kazakhstan 1.36
