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97th Paris-Tours - CDM
France, October 5, 2003
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Zabel celebrates the return of the sprinters
By Chris Henry in Tours
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Erik Zabel (Team Telekom) won today's Paris-Tours classic with a flawless sprint, the race's first bunch finish since Nicola Minali's back to back victories in 1995 and 1996. The German national champion used his wealth of experience, the Fassa Bortolo leadout train, and a well executed surge to the line to get the better of Petacchi, the fastest sprinter of 2003. Australia's Stuart O'Grady finished a solid third, adding another World Cup podium place to his season's results.
"This year Petacchi has been the fastest sprinter," Zabel said after his victory over the Fassa Bortolo fast man. "That's also why I'm so happy to have won."
Zabel, who claimed two stage victories ahead of Petacchi in the recent Vuelta a España, along with the overall points classification, noted that the three week tour served him well in the testing 257km classic.
"We saw once again that it was very important for [Team Telekom] to do the Vuelta," he added. "All of the riders who rode the Vuelta had good legs today."
Paris-Tours is essentially a flat race, a sprinter's classic. Nonetheless, not since 1996 has the peloton arrived en masse to dispute the victory on the Avenue de Grammont, a 2.6km finishing drag in the heart of Tours in France's Loire valley. Recent victors such as Jakob Piil, Richard Virenque, Andrea Tafi, and Jacky Durand have all profited from breakaways that foiled the resolve of the peloton to finish together, and either solo or in a small group, the race has favoured the opportunists. This year marked a return to the sprint, as the peloton and the sprinters' teams finally got their timing right, reeling in the day-long breakaway before the final rolling and twisting arrival into Tours.
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Who better to test his legs in the high nervous finale than World Cup leader Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon). After his teammate (and former Paris-Tours winner) Johan Museeuw took to the front of the field to set the pace on the outskirts of Tours, Bettini was the only man capable of putting in a solo attack with any chance of success. It didn't work this time, but Bettini's status as favourite for the World Championships in one week's time was confirmed once more.
"I attacked because I wanted to win," Bettini said with a smile. "My condition is good, but unfortunately I was alone and it was too far to go in the headwind. But I'm still happy with the test."
How it unfolded
If there's one certainty in Paris-Tours, it's that Jacky Durand (FDJeux.com) will somehow play a role in the early break. It's what he does. But for all the failed attempts to ride the entire race ahead of the field, Durand's 1998 Paris-Tours win, and a second place last year, continue to inspire "Dudu" to ride the race his own way. This year after 3 kilometres, Durand had seven men for company: Lars Michaelsen (CSC), Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour), Daniele Righi (Lampre), Stefan Kupfernagel (Phonak), and Thomas Liese (Bianchi).
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By the 40 kilometre mark the move had an advantage of 2'20" over a fast-moving peloton, which seemed eager to avoid any double digit advances by the early escapees. While the break stayed away for the majority of the race, its advantage never topped 5'15" over the field, typically due to the work of Fassa Bortolo and Rabobank, controlling the field for Petacchi and Oscar Freire.
As the eight leaders persisted, helped along by the brisk tailwind, the Fassa Bortolo and Rabobank teams kept their sprinters within striking distance. The race was moving well ahead of schedule, and the high speed (the fourth hour of racing was run at 51 km/h) was a sign that little could stop the peloton from arriving together on the Avenue de Grammont.
The front runners decided their chances were best if they worked together, and nobody attacked the lead move. With Durand's eternal ambition to make a break stick, and the powerful legs of Boonen helping drive the pace, the leaders did well to resist the return of the peloton until the final 14 kilometres. Their fate was sealed, however, and despite a last ditch effort by Lang, who jumped clear just before capture, the race was only just beginning as it began to arc its way east and around Tours to arrive from the south.
The field was nervous entering the often narrow and technical sections of the parcours in the residential areas south of Tours. A few riders finally decided to test their legs, but few could hope of gaining any ground on the field. As Quick.Step took over for Rabobank at the front, the white World Cup leader's jersey of Bettini could be seen moving into the front positions. Eager to make a selection, Bettini tried his first acceleration, stretching out the race behind and briefly snapping the elastic. The few who could hold his wheel were not capable of insisting with the move, and he was soon back in the fold.
Attacking again on the Côte du Petit Pas de l'Ane, Bettini this time created the gap he wanted, and found himself alone with under 4km to race. It was a tall order to stay clear, but few would doubt the abilities of the man who has won three World Cup races already this year and is all but assured a second consecutive victory in the overall classification.
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As Bettini struggled to hold a slender lead on the peloton, the Fassa Bortolo and Rabobank teams were once more revving their engines in the hope of a bunch finish in Tours. As Bettini reached the long Avenue de Grammont the capture was made, and the difficult task of successfully timing the sprint began. Down the seemingly interminable straightaway, Fassa Bortolo put in its final effort for team leader Petacchi, but Zabel was already on his wheel.
As other challengers such as Fred Rodriguez, Baden Cooke, Julian Dean and Stuart O'Grady forced themselves into the mix, Petacchi launched his own sprint, but it was Zabel who still had the legs after 257km to come around the Italian, saving his victory fist pump until after the line was crossed. Petacchi, clearly disappointed, sat up and put his hands in his face, a sign that he knew his closest shot yet at a World Cup win had eluded him.
Zabel, who has come into fine form after a year not quite up to his usual standards, was ecstatic after his Paris-Tours victory. "In Milan-San Remo Paolo Bettini was exceptional," he explained. "At the Tour of Flanders Van Petegem was exceptional. At the Tour it was Petacchi. On the other hand, I was always well-placed, so it's not so dramatic."
Today the peloton saw once again that it was Zabel who was exceptional.
Photography
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) mixes his favourite potion before the start
- World Cup leader Paolo Bettini stays warm on a chilly fall morning
- Fabrizio Guidi (Bianchi) was Bianchi's leader for the day
- Jacky Durand (FDJeux.com) gets ready for the early break
- Saeco's red guard gets in formation early
- Jakob Piil (CSC) didn't expect to defend his title
- The bearded one, Jens Voigt, talks to future team director Sean Yates of CSC
- Team CSC pinned its hopes on Kiwi sprinter Julian Dean
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) drives the Paris-Tours early break at the 40 km mark
- The peloton speeds through Voves under the control of Lotto-Domo and Rabobank
- The tail end of the peloton hangs on for dear life
- The sprint saw Erik Zabel (R) beat a disappointed Alessandro Petacchi (L)
- Race winner Erik Zabel prior to removing his race face
- Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola) discusses the final sprint with Jean-Marie Leblanc
- The podium (L to R): Alessandro Petacchi (2nd), Erik Zabel (1st) and Stuart O'Grady (3rd)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) was clearly not happy at getting so close to a World Cup win
- The U23 podium (l to r): Hoogerland, Claude, Staelen
Images by AFP Photo
- No it wasn't a premature victory salute from Petacchi (L) - it was just disappointment that he lost to Zabel
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) celebrates as he crosses the line to win
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) won his eighth World Cup today in Tours
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) delighted to be on the podium
Images by Alain Quenderf
- Are you taking a photo of me? OK - here's a little smile.
- Nicolas Vogondy (FDJeux.com) goes for the psuedo flat-top hairdo.
- GP Ouest-France Plouay winner Andy Flickinger (Ag2R Prevoyance) can't wait to get on his bike.
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) gives a compatriot a handshake. Don't hold on too long, Dani!
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Davitamon) listens closely.
- Okay, that's enough lecture time, time for Il Grillo to get hopping.
- Does Erik Zabel (Telekom) already know what lies ahead?
- Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2R Prevoyance) doesn't - he looks way too happy!
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) happy to watch the traffic go by.
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) hoping for a bunch sprint.
- Estonian champion Janeck Tombak (Cofidis) takes a gulp of some go-go juice.
- "Hey, I'm still talking!" says Jacky Durand (FDJeux.com), "I really am going to stay in the pack until the end". Yeah, right Dudu.
- The serious look.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour) has been one of France's star performers this season.
- "Since the Alessio team car's here, I might as well try and get a pay rise."
Images by Peter Geyer/cyclingfans.com
- The 2003 Paris-Tours race gets underway.
- In introducing the Domina Vacanze-Elitron team at the start, race commentator Daniel Mangeas asked the crowd to be careful not to awaken them.
- Michele Bartoli (Fassa Bortolo) signed autographs while trying to stay warm before the start.
- Stuart O'Grady reached the podium in third place in his last race for Credit Agricole.
- Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval) was in a good mood before the start, then rode strongly to contest for the sprint finish, getting 9th.
- Jens "Grizzly" Voigt (Credit Agricole) appeared ready for winter after a long season.
- Classics legend Johan Museeuw (Quick Step-Davitamon) rode in support of teammate Bettini and finished 28th.
- David Etxebarria did not make it to the finish.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Davitamon) attracted his own crowd before the race where his 11th-place finish was good enough to wrap up the 2003 World Cup win.
- Bettini juggled signing autographs for fans with speaking to the media.
- Postal's Christian Vandevelde appeared to be admiring Vjatceslav Ekimov's ruby slippers which, when clicked together, perhaps offered a way home after a long season.
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) attracted plenty of attention before the start and even more so at the finish where he won.
Results - 257 km
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 5.24.55 (47.55 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 10 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 12 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 17 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 19 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 23 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 36 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 37 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco 38 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 39 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 40 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Josevincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 42 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 44 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 45 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 50 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 51 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 52 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 53 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 54 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 55 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 56 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 58 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.09 60 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 63 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 64 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Bianchi 0.22 65 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.41 66 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 1.08 67 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 68 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 71 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 73 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 74 Allan Davis (Aus) Once-Eroski 75 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 77 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 78 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 79 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 80 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 81 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 82 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 83 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.28 84 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 85 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 86 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 88 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Once-Eroski 90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 91 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 92 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 93 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 94 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.13 95 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 96 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.36 97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 100 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 101 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 103 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 104 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.35 105 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval 4.01 107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 4.28 108 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal-Berry Floor 6.14 109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 110 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 112 Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 113 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Ibanesto.Com 114 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 115 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 116 Jan Hruska (Cze) Once-Eroski 117 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 118 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 119 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 120 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 122 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 123 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 124 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 125 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco 126 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 127 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 128 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 129 Denis Menchov (Rus) Ibanesto.Com 130 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 131 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 132 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 134 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 135 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 137 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 138 Jacky Durand (Fra) FDJeux.com 139 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 141 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 14.15 142 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 15.36 143 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 144 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC DNF Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Ibanesto.Com DNF Javier Pascual (Spa) Ibanesto.Com DNF Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Ibanesto.Com DNF Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval DNF Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Saunier Duval DNF Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF René Andrle (Cze) Once-Eroski DNF Gorka Beloki (Spa) Once-Eroski DNF Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Once-Eroski DNF Marcos Serrano (Spa) Once-Eroski DNF Angel Vicioso (Spa) Once-Eroski DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi DNF Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi DNF Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour DNF Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre DNF Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre DNF Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron DNF Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron DNF Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone DNF Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone DNS Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC World Cup standings after round 9 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 365 pts 2 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 219 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 204 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 187 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 186 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 140 7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco 139 8 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 124 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 124 10 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 123 11 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 117 12 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 106 13 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 100 14 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 92 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 88 16 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 86 17 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 79 18 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 74 19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 71 20 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 54 22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 46 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 44 24 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 25 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 40 26 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 40 27 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40 28 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 39 29 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 30 30 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 31 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 27 32 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 34 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 22 35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 22 36 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 37 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 20 38 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 20 39 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 19 40 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 17 41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 16 42 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 16 43 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 16 44 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 13 45 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12 46 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 47 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 48 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9 49 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9 50 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 6 53 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 6 54 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 55 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 56 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 5 57 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 58 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 59 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 60 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 61 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Espoirs - 189.5 km 1 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 4.07.22 2 Marc Staelen (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux 0.20 3 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 4 William Bonnet (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise 5 Steven De Becker (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass 6 Jean Zen (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 7 Nic Ingels (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 8 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Cc.Etupes-Ledoubs Pays De Montbel. 9 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise 0.24 10 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass 0.47 11 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 0.53 12 Yohann Gene (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 1.10 13 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Seine Et Marne 1.59 14 Wim Devocht (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 3.24 15 Kévin Desmedt (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 16 Tommy V.D.Gehuchte (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass 3.49 17 Julien Lacourt (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne 18 Romain Feillu (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux 19 Fabrice Billard (Fra) Rhone Alpes 20 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence 21 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise 3.54 22 Nikolas Cotret (Fra) Orleanais 3.57 23 Thomas Ravenel (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne 4.13 24 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour 4.24 25 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne 4.32 26 Stefan Wynands (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass 27 Michael Voigt (USA) U.S.A 28 Jéremy Dartus (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 4.41 29 Antoine Perche (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 4.53 30 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Bretagne 31 Sébastien Fauvez (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 32 Jean-Philippe Dony (Bel) R.C. Pesant Club Liegeois 5.01 33 Guillaume Canet (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin 5.05 34 Anthony Presse (Fra) Bretagne 5.21 35 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour 36 Cédric Drouet (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux 37 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau 38 Robby Meul (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass 39 Alexandre Cabrera (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence 5.27 40 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Seine Et Marne 12.17 41 Yann Legoff (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmande 47 13.33 42 Dimitri Defaux (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 17.13 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Deschacht Granville Team 44 Bart Dockx (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 45 Jérôme Comblin (Bel) R.C. Pesant Club Liegeois 46 Tonny Goossens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 19.20 47 Eric Malgouzou (Fra) Auvergne Espoirs 48 William Steinbrecher (USA) U.S.A 19.28 49 Anton Wouters (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 50 Tom Vastmans (Bel) Deschacht Granville Team 20.24 51 Fabrice Taillandier (Fra) Bretagne 52 Nicolas Prin (Fra) Rhone Alpes 53 Dane Jankowiak (USA) U.S.A 20.39 54 Michel Pfundstein (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau 55 Aurélien Dheruelle (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne 56 Dimitri Deherdt (Bel) Deschacht Granville Team 57 Pierre Dumond (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne 20.42 58 Cyril Vitry (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau 20.45 59 Walker Ferguson (USA) U.S.A 60 Nathan Mitchel (USA) U.S.A 20.50 61 Jordane Chazal (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin 62 Colin Mencmolina (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence 63 Hugo Pallay (Fra) Rhone Alpes 64 Ronan Geffroy (Fra) Orleanais 65 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) R.C. Pesant Club Liegeois 66 Austin King (USA) U.S.A 67 Mickaël Regner (Fra) Auvergne Espoirs 20.57 68 Florent Gueret (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau 21.19 69 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil 70 Jonathan Comblin (Bel) R.C. Pesant Club Liegeois 21.45 71 Thomas Desmaison (Fra) Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire U.C. 72 David Bouillaux (Fra) Seine Et Marne 21.49 73 Fréderic Molines (Fra) Orleanais 74 Antoine Caron (Fra) Auvergne Espoirs 75 Yannick Piriou (Fra) Bretagne 76 Christophe Vilpellet (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux 77 Willy Perrocheau (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmande 47 78 Cénéric Racault (Fra) Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire U.C. 79 Guillaume Galles (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmande 47 80 Mickael Lamiraud (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmande 47 81 Romain Appert (Fra) Orleanais 82 Benn Wurth (Lux) Luxembourg 83 Frédéric Limousin (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 84 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxembourg 85 Cédric Barre (Fra) Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire U.C. 86 Adrien Brusson (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmande 47 87 Kenny Vanderschueren (Bel) Deschacht Granville Team 88 Romuald Senechal (Fra) Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire U.C. 89 Romain Gaudelet (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise 90 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 91 Vincent Lebesle (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne 92 Loïc Vandel (Fra) Rhone Alpes 93 Pierre Therville (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin 94 Llyod Mondory (Fra) Bretagne 95 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) R.C. Pesant Club Liegeois 96 Cédric Haas (Fra) Cc.Etupes-Ledoubs Pays De Montbel. 97 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 98 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Vendee U Pays De La Loire 99 Cédric Martin (Fra) Auvergne Espoirs 22.00 100 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 101 Mathieu Fragniere (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau 22.04 102 Maxime Larue (Fra) C.R.4.C.Roanne 23.14 103 Cédric Bompis (Fra) Seine Et Marne 104 Sébastien Pozza (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne 28.41 DNS Emmanuel Guinard (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil DNF Olivier Basck (Fra) Orleanais DNF Jérémy Debray (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne DNF Eddy Lubin (Fra) U.C.Sabolienne DNF Benoît Daeninck (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil DNF David Tandart (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil DNF Jérémie Galland (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil DNF François Carpentier (Fra) Union Sportive Creteil DNF Bruno Pellegrin (Fra) Rhone Alpes DNF Sébastien Jouffret (Fra) Rhone Alpes DNF Mathieu Geniez (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne DNF Thomas Marchetti (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne DNF Julien Roques (Fra) Castel Sarrasin Didier Rous Tarnet Garonne DNF Stephan Gay (Fra) Auvergne Espoirs DNF Benjamin Decaux (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence DNF Kenny Lembo (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence DNF Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence DNF Mathieu Paris (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise DNF Sylvain Auclair (Fra) C.R.4.C.Roanne DNF Nicolas Dulac (Fra) C.R.4.C.Roanne DNF Rémy Ladret (Fra) C.R.4.C.Roanne DNF Sylvain Villacampa (Fra) C.R.4.C.Roanne DNF Sétéphane Beaumont (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour DNF Florian Guillou (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour DNF Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour DNF Guillaume Ledinahet (Fra) Cotes D'armor Cc Moncontour DNF David Arassus (Fra) Cc.Etupes-Ledoubs Pays De Montbel. DNF Adrien Vuillier (Fra) Cc.Etupes-Ledoubs Pays De Montbel. DNF Nicolas Vuillemin (Fra) Cc.Etupes-Ledoubs Pays De Montbel. DNF Fabien Pasquier (Fra) Orleanais DNF Ronny Kremer (Lux) Luxembourg DNF Gilles Hendel (Lux) Luxembourg DNF Claude Wolter (Lux) Luxembourg DNF Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs DNF Julien Mazet (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs DNF Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs DNF Fabien Fleury (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs DNF Paul Brousse (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux DNF Julien Schick (Fra) Uc Chateauroux-Lab.Fenioux DNF John Vandenabeele (Bel) Deschacht Granville Team DNF Stian Remme (Nor) Deschacht Granville Team DNF Mathieu Boiche (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin DNF Vincent Bonora (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin DNF Julien Chazottes (Fra) Velo Club Lyon Vaux-En-Velin DNF Steff Dewilde (Bel) Slagino Cycling Team-Abx Go Pass DNF Vincent Gaudin (Fra) Seine Et Marne DNF Stéphane Mariolles (Fra) Seine Et Marne DNF Jérôme Beschon (Fra) Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire U.C. DNF Cédric Deruyter (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal DNF Christoph Janssens (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 DNF Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 DNF David Mares (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 DNF Jérôme Amann (Fra) Team Remy Meder-Haguenau
