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42nd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - Trophée des Granitiers - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2008
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Stage 3 - April 27: Le Cambout - Fréhel, 146.1 km
He's back! Like a Boomerang
By Jean-François Quénet in Fréhel
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Cyclo-cross world champion Lars Boom has signed his come-back on the road with a win after only three days of racing. He will stay at the service of team-mate Coen Vermeltfoort who remains the race leader, but it might be difficult for the U23 world time trial champion not to win the Tour de Bretagne again, after such an impressive display in Fréhel today.
"I felt very good today," Boom confirmed. "I didn't expect to go so well. Initially I didn't plan to ride the Tour de Bretagne again this year. I was supposed to resume racing at the Rhône Alpes Isère Tour but my directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven had some trouble with the schedule of each rider and he asked me to come back to this race. I said 'yes, sure'. When I can win like today on my third day of racing, that's fine."
Boom celebrated his cyclo-cross world title for "four to five weeks" without touching his bike and then resumed training "five to six weeks ago," he said. "Because I trained hard last week, I don't think that seven days of racing will be too much for me here. But I don't know where my time trialling is standing now, so I don't want to think about the overall classification yet. Coen Vermeltfoort still leads the race and we'll protect his lead."
The bunch crossed the line seven seconds after Boom and only 12 seconds separate the two Dutchmen on GC now. "I came here with the intention of helping one of my team-mates to win this race," said Boom. "My stage win today doesn't change anything. Yes, it's good for my head and I'm satisfied with my Tour de Bretagne already."
If not with Boom, Rabobank should be able to win the Tour de Bretagne for a second year in a row. "Our tactic worked well," said race leader Vermeltfoort. "Now our whole team still has a chance of winning the overall. Had Lars gained more time on us, I wouldn't have minded because he's one of the best time triallists in the world - he's the world champion!"
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But Vermeltfoort has looked at ease in the hills as much as in the sprints. "These climbs here are pretty hard and narrow," he remarked. "I needed to stay in the front all the time." With a one-two on GC, Rabobank keeps the Tour de Bretagne under control and it should be the case again until the 23 kilometre time trial scheduled for the second last day of the Breton event. Boom will like the distance...
How it unfolded
Very soon after the start in the charming village of Le Cambout in the centre of Brittany, three riders broke away: Tim Klotz (Ista), Julien Fouchard (Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques) and Maurice Vrijmoed (Van Vliet). They got a maximum lead of 3'30, but the bunch remained very active on the hilly terrain of stage three.
Fouchard was the last man to get caught after the grueling climbs of Jugon-les-Lacs at half distance. Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne-Armor Lux) was the rider who attacked the most until two men managed to go clear with 40 kilometres to go: his team-mate Sébastien Duret and Australia's David Tanner (VC La Pomme).
The pair never gained more than a one minute lead and as soon as they were caught another duo went away with 15 kilometres to go: Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne-Armor Lux) and Nico Keinath (Ista). Lars Boom (Rabobank) jumped from the bunch with Jocelyn Bar (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) on his wheel and the four riders stayed away until the end without more than 10 seconds advantage over the bunch. Boom won the sprint and his team-mate Coen Vermeltfoort kept the leader's jersey.
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert/Tour de Bretagne
- The jersey wearers wait for the start in Le Cambout.
- Julien Fouchard (Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques) going in search of the mountains points.
- David Le Lay (Bretagne Armor Lux) on the attack early.
- Marcel Beima (Rabobank) on the climb.
- Adam Bonser (Rapha Condor-recycling.co.uk) and Fabio Donesana (UC Bergamasca).
- The Japanese champion Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan Hompo GDR).
- Thijs Van Amerongen (Van Vliet) shows how to ride fast with a feed bag.
- The peloton lined out through the Breton countryside.
- The escape of the day.
- Maurice Vrijmoed (Van Vliet) leads the escape.
- Breton cows came out to support the race.
- Oliver Nari (SCO Dijon) chasing back to the peloton.
- Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne Armor Lux) jumps away to join the winning break.
- Race leader Coen Vermeltfoort (2nd left) stayed in a good position for the finale.
- Lars Boom is back with a victory in just his third race on the road this season.
- Boom is a contender to win the Tour de Bretagne for a second year running.
- Boom enjoys that winning feeling.
- Vermeltfoort comfortably held on to the race lead.
- The Dutchman still leads the points classification after his two stage wins.
- And also the combination classification.
- Julien Fouchard (Côtes d'Armor-Maître Jacques) took over the mountains classification lead.
Results
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.26.23 2 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 3 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 4 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.02 5 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 0.07 6 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 8 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 9 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 10 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 11 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 12 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 13 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 14 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 15 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 16 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 17 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 18 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 19 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 20 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 21 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 23 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 25 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 26 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 27 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 28 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 29 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 30 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 31 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 32 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 33 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 34 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 35 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 36 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 38 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 39 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 40 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 41 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 42 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 43 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 44 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 45 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 46 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 47 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 48 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 49 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 50 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 51 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 52 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 53 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 54 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 55 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 56 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 57 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 58 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 59 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 60 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 61 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 62 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 63 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 64 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 65 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 66 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 67 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 68 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 69 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 71 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 72 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 73 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 74 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 75 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 76 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 77 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 78 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 79 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 80 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 81 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 82 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 83 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 84 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 85 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 86 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 87 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 88 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 89 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 90 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 91 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 92 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 93 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 94 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 95 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 96 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 97 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 98 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 99 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.40 100 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.51 101 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3.19 102 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 4.11 103 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 4.17 104 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 105 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 5.31 106 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 107 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 108 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 5.34 109 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 7.05 110 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 111 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 7.44 112 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 7.52 113 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 10.02 114 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 13.24 115 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 17.05 116 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 24.22 117 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 118 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 119 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 120 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 121 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 122 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 123 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 124 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 125 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 126 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 127 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 128 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise DNS Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi General classification after stage 3 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10.28.28 2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.12 3 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 0.16 4 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 0.18 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.21 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.23 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 9 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 0.24 10 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 11 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 12 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.25 13 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.26 14 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 15 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.27 16 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 17 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 18 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 19 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.28 20 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 21 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 22 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 0.29 23 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 24 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 25 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 26 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 27 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 28 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 29 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 30 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 31 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 32 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 33 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 34 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 35 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 36 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 37 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 38 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 39 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 40 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 41 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 42 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 43 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 44 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 45 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 46 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 47 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 48 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 49 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 50 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 51 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 52 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 53 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 54 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 55 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 56 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 57 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 58 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 59 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 60 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 61 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 62 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 63 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 64 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 65 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 66 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 67 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 68 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 69 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 70 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 71 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 72 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 73 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 74 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 75 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 77 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 78 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 79 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 80 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 81 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 82 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 83 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 85 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 86 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 87 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 88 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 89 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 90 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 91 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 92 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.47 93 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.02 94 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 1.07 95 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 1.08 96 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 1.13 97 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 1.53 98 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 99 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 100 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3.41 101 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 4.13 102 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 4.39 103 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 5.57 104 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 6.03 105 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 7.17 106 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 107 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 7.27 108 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 7.40 109 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 8.04 110 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 8.51 111 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 9.38 112 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 10.24 113 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 11.03 114 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 15.10 115 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 17.26 116 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 24.42 117 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 24.44 118 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 119 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 120 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 121 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 26.08 122 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 123 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 124 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 125 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 28.08 126 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 28.28 127 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 45.59 128 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team Points classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 75 pts 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 41 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 32 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 31 5 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 30 6 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 26 7 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 26 8 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 23 9 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 20 10 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 19 11 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 16 12 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 15 13 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 14 14 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 14 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10 16 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 10 17 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 10 18 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9 19 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8 20 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 8 21 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 7 22 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 7 23 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 7 24 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 25 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 6 26 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 27 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 5 28 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 5 29 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 30 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 4 31 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 32 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 33 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 34 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 3 35 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 3 36 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 37 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 2 38 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 39 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 2 40 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 2 41 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 2 42 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 43 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 44 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 1 45 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 Mountains classification 1 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 40 pts 2 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 37 3 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 34 4 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 18 5 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 14 6 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 14 7 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 12 8 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 12 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 12 10 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 9 11 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 8 12 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 6 14 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 4 15 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4 16 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 17 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 18 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 2 19 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 20 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2 21 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 22 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 23 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 1 24 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 25 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 26 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 27 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1 Sprints classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 15 pts 2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10 3 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 10 4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 7 5 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 6 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 5 7 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 8 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 5 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4 10 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 3 11 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 12 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 13 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 14 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 3 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 16 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 2 17 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 2 18 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 19 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 2 20 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 2 21 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 22 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 23 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 24 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 25 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 1 Best young rider classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10.28.28 2 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 0.16 3 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 0.18 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.23 5 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 0.24 6 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 7 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.26 8 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.27 9 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 0.28 10 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 11 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 0.29 12 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 13 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 14 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 15 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 16 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 17 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 18 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 19 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 20 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 21 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 22 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 23 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 24 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 25 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 26 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 27 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 28 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 29 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 30 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 31 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 32 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 33 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 34 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 35 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 36 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 37 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 38 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 39 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.47 40 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.02 41 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 1.08 42 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 1.53 43 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 4.39 44 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 5.57 45 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 6.03 46 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 7.40 47 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 8.04 48 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 8.51 49 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 9.38 50 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 11.03 51 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 17.26 52 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 24.44 53 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 26.08 54 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 55 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 45.59 56 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team Teams classification 1 C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 31.26.44 2 Rabobank 3 Team Ista 4 Bretagne Armor Lux 0.02 5 Wielergroep Beveren 2000 0.07 6 V.C. La Pomme Marseille 7 Joker Bianchi 8 Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 9 S.C.O. Dijon 10 Roubaix Lille Metropole 11 Meitan Hompo - GDR 12 Cotes D'armor Cyclisme 13 Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 14 Rietuma Bank - Riga 15 Van Vliet EBH Elshof 16 Super Sport 35 17 Van Hemert Groep - De Jonge Renner 18 U.C. Nantes Atlantique 19 Vendee U 20 Rapha - Condor / Recycling.co.uk 1.31 21 U.C. Bergamasca 1902 - De Nardi 7.05 22 Denmark National Team 11.26
