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10th Classic Loire Atlantique - 1.2
France, March 20, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert
- Guillaume Pont and Julien Foisnet formed a small break early in the race.
- Jimmy Casper and Jimmy Engoulvent were very alert all race.
- Joeri Adams (Rabobank) made it to the finish in 31st.
- The first escape of the day with Cédric Collaers and Tony Hurel
- The peloton rides amongst the vineyards.
- There was a solid crowd waiting for the riders at the finish.
- Paul Brousse in the day's main escape.
- Pierre Cazaux grabbed the climber's crown thanks to the time he spent in the break.
- The Rabobank continental boys patrol the peloton.
- Lilian Jégou was another rider who anandoned.
- Miyataka Shimizu in the break.
- Miyataka Shimizu rode aggresively all day.
- French national champion Nicolas Vogondy was a marked man.
- Paul Brousse and Sébastien Duret head the break.
- Rémi Cusin and Pierre Cazaux work hard out the front.
- Romain Lebreton chased the break at the start of the second lap.
- Samuel Plouhinec has words with Jérôme Cousin.
- Sébastien Duret and Cyril Bessy
- Sébastien Duret and David Le Lay. The latter took third.
- Tony Hurel, Romain Lebreton and Cédric Collaers work together in a small group.
- Cyril Bessy wins the Loire Atlantique Classic.
- Cyril Bessy Besson (Chaussures Sojasun) survived to win on a day where over 100 riders abandoned.
- The Loire Atlantique podium (l-r): Michael Reihs, Cyril Bessy and David Lelay.
- Cyril Bessy and Daniel Mangeas have a chat after the race.
- Cyril Bessy gets the rewards of a great win.
- Pierre Cazaux was awared best climber.
- The Loire Atlantique podium (l-r): Michael Reihs, Cyril Bessy and David Lelay.
- Meet the Feillus... Brice and Romain Feillu hang out with their sister, Lisa.
Results - 180 km
1 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 4.39.47 (39.63km/h) 2 Michael Reihs (Den) Team Designa Kökken 0.05 3 David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 0.08 4 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole 5 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo Graph. Design 0.59 6 Erki Putsep (Est) C. C. Bourgas 7 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style 8 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 9 Gwenaël Teillet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2.21 10 Tom Relou (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels 3.20 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 4.00 12 Romain Mathéou (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 13 Willy Roseau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 14 René Joergensen (Den) Team Designa Kökken 15 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 16 Éric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style 17 Roman Klimov (Rus) Katyusha Continental 18 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team 6.11 19 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Team Designa Kökken 20 Glenn Bak (Den) Bluewater - Cycling F.Health 21 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 97 22 Yuriy Agarkov (Ukr) ISD Sport Donetsk 23 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Katyusha Continental 6.25 24 Jelle Posthuma (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels 8.54 25 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 10.14 26 Michael Tronborg (Den) Team Designa Kökken 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 28 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo Graph. Design 29 Émilien-Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 30 Frank Dressler (Ger) Team Differdange 31 Joeri Adams (Bel) Team Rabobank Continental 32 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Designa Kökken 33 Janek Tombak (Est) C. C. Bourgas 34 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 94 35 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) ISD Sport Donetsk 36 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 37 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 99 38 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Rabobank Continental 39 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Rabobank Continental 40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 41 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team Rabobank Continental 42 Anatoliy Pakhtusov (Ukr) ISD Sport Donetsk 43 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) C. C. Bourgas 44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 45 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 47 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style 48 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 49 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendée U 50 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Team Wilo - Agem 78 51 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Bretagne Schuller 52 Franck Charrier (Fra) Team Wilo - Agem 72 53 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures Sojasun 54 Jonathan Thiré (Fra) Auber 100 55 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 56 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 95 57 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange 11.11 58 Mickaël Damien (Fra) Meitan Hompo Graph. Design 11.12 168 riders, 58 finishers
Past winners
2008 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Agritubel 2007 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2006 Sergeď Kolesnikov (Rus) Omnibike 2005 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 2004 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 2003 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangčre 2002 Rune Jogert (Nor)
