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100th Paris-Tours - ProT
France, October 8, 2006
Main Page Results Live report ProTour standings
Frédéric "Gabon" is Mister Guesdon again
By Jean-François Quénet in Tours
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Was Frédéric Guesdon a surprise winner of Paris-Roubaix in 1997? His consistency in the classics is now crowned by a confirmation at the age of 35. By winning the 100th edition of Paris-Tours as well - ahead of Norwegian fast man Kurt-Asle Arvesen - the Française des Jeux rider has put aside all the criticisms over his never-ending career.
This is his second win this year. This first one occurred in January: it was the prologue of the newly created Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon. After that, his teammates nicknamed him "Frédéric Gabon". It was kind of a joke as if Africa was the only place for him to win a race nowadays. Some voices in the world of cycling criticized FDJ's boss Marc Madiot for signing Guesdon and his best mate Christophe Mengin again. On the team's jerseys this year, it's written "10ème saison" (10th season). Guesdon and Mengin are doing their 10th season with FDJ. They both made the top 10 of Paris-Roubaix again this year and they'll both still be there again next year, because Madiot is always faithful to the riders who do their job properly, whatever their age is, as long as they stay motivated.
"I just love cycling, that's why I'm still here", a happy Guesdon said. "In Brittany, we love cycling. This morning, my roommate Arnaud Gérard and I put a brand new jersey on as a mark of respect for Paris-Tours, because this race is a myth. There are a few special races in my mind: the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, the French championship, the GP Plouay and Paris-Tours. I might not be a great rider and many people have considered me as a surprise winner of Paris-Roubaix, there have been highs and lows in my career like in anyone's but I have proven with my consistent results in Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders that I was made for these races.
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"The Tour de France isn't for me anymore but in the classics, the team can always count on me. I'm serious with my cycling. There's no age limit for winning races."
It's possible for a Frenchman to win a Pro Tour race, then! "ProTour or not ProTour, we love winning a race," Madiot declared. A race is a race. Every race is difficult to win. Today, we don't care whether it's a ProTour race or not. It's Paris-Tours, and we've been so close to winning here a few times. We came second with Max Sciandri and Jacky Durand, third with Baden Cooke, and last year Philippe Gilbert only missed the win by 200 meters."
The Belgian prodigy was on fire in the chasing group today. He was ready to jump if Guesdon was caught. "I thank him a lot for protecting me today," Guesdon said. "Last year it was the opposite, it was my job to ride for him. He's still young, I'm sure he'll win Paris-Tours or another big one pretty soon."
This FDJ-CSC duel on the 2km long avenue de Grammont looked like a remake of the two man sprint between Jacky Durand and Jakob Piil in 2002. The Danes had won the first heat, the Frenchmen got their revenge thanks to the Breton's smart way of outsprinting the Norwegian who was supposedly faster than him. "In cycling, you must always believe the wheels will turn in your favour again", Guesdon concluded.
How it unfolded
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After 13 kilometres of racing, a breakaway of 28 riders took shape with Sebastian Siedler (Milram), Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Kasper Klostergaard (CSC), Graeme Brown and Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Enrico Franzoi and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre), David Vitoria (Phonak), Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Luca Paolini, Enrico Gasparotto and Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Steven De Jongh and Kevin van Impe (Quick Step), Christian Moreni and Tyler Farrar (Cofidis), Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto), Stéphane Poulhiès (Ag2r), Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel), Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom), Frédéric Finot and Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux), Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet), Christoph Meschenmoser and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano), Carlos Abellán and Koen de Kort (Astana).
They hardly secured an advantage over one minute. The tailwind added to the enthusiasm of the riders away, with 46.8 kilometres were covered during the first hour and 49 in the second. The peloton was mainly led by Crédit Agricole, one of the major teams without any representative in the front, the other ones being Caisse d'Épargne, T-Mobile and Saunier Duval. The leading group lost Gusev at km 60 because of a mechanical problem, while Arvesen made it back after a flat tyre.
At km 110, the gap increased to 2'55. Under the pressure of the Discovery Channel team, the peloton was divided in two with Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) in the first part and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and defending champion Erik Zabel (Milram) in the second one. Eventually, at km 134 in Savigny-sur-Braye, the chasers had given up, Hushovd's group was at 3'40 and Boonen's at 7 minutes. The biggest gap was 4'30 between the 27 men away and the group of 44 chasers while Boonen and Zabel were definitely trapped and pulled out in the feed zone located at km 149.
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In the front, Liquigas wasn't the only team with three riders after Da Dalto got dropped. With 60km to go, Hushovd's peloton was only 1'30 behind, but the attacking never ceased in the leading group. With 15km to go, only 15 seconds separated the two groups, that's why Guesdon chose to go solo. He made it in the côte de l'Epan with 8km to go. Only Arvesen was able to reach the Française des Jeux rider.
The duo never looked back until the flame rouge, where Guesdon decided to stick to the Norwegian's wheel. The Frenchman rode a perfect sprint. He surged with 200 meters to go and won his second big classic after Paris-Roubaix nine years ago.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) powers home ahead of Kurt-Asle Arvesen
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) beats Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) to win Paris-Tours
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) celebrates his victory
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) salutes on the podium
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) with his winner's trophy
- The podium (L to R): Kurt-Asle Arvesen (2nd), Frédéric Guesdon (1st) and Stuart O'Grady (3rd)
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- French rider Amael Moinard at the start.
- Look at my glasses!
- 2005 winner Erik Zabel hopes to win again today.
- Koen de Kort (Astana)
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) thinks about the victory in Tours.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
- Boonen at the start
- Huub Duyn wins the Paris-Tours U23
- The U23 podium with Stijn Nierynck (3rd), Huub Duyn (1st) and Greg Van Avermaet (2nd)
- A good victory for Frédéric Guesdon.
- Frédéric Guesdon.
- Guesdon after his victory.
- O Grady takes the third place.
- Frédéric Guesdon on the podium.
- The podium with Arvesen, Guesdon and O’Grady.
- Two CSC riders on the lower steps of the podium
- Not quite a victory for Stuart O’Grady
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Game over for Jaan Kirsipuu (L) after the race. He chats with compatriot Erki Putsep after finishing his career with 130 wins
Results - 254.5 km
1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.31.09 (46.112 km/h) 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.08 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 20 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 23 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 26 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 27 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 30 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 31 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.12 36 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.14 37 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.34 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 40 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.02 41 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Astaná 1.08 42 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 4.14 43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 45 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.29 46 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.27 48 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 7.37 49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.36 50 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 51 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak 52 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astaná 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 55 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 56 David Loosli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 58 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11.27 60 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 63 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 64 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 67 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance DNF Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux DNF Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française Des Jeux DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com DNF Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com DNF Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com DNF Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance DNF Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano DNF Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná DNF Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astaná DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Astaná DNF Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com DNF Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel DNF Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel DNF Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel DNF Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel DNF Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel DNF Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Astaná DNF Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis DNF Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram DNF Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fumuyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak DNF Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak DNF Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak DNF Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak DNF Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak DNF Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Milram DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Milram DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC DNF José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas DNF Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole DNF Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step DNF Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step DNF Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick-Step DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile DNF Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile DNF André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
Paris-Tours Espoirs - 185 km 1 Huub Duyn (Ned) Rabobank 4.11.12 (44.188 km/h) 2 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 3 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 4 Jos van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 5 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 6 Stefan Trafelet (Sui) Swiss National 0.45 7 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) UC Chateauroux 0.48 8 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank 1.09 9 Yannick Marie (Fra) Entente Sud Gascogne 10 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Formation 11 Yoann Lucas (Fra) UC Nantes Atlantique 12 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank 13 Sylvain Cheval (Fra) UC Chateauroux 14 Fabien Copin (Fra) UC Chateauroux 15 Laurent Beuret (Sui) Swiss National 16 Sebastien Besqueut (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 17 Romain Feillu (Fra) CC Nogent-Oise 18 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) UCSL Lotus Mbk 19 Cyril Bessy (Fra) CR4 Chemins Roanne 1.12 20 Remi Cusin (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 1.29 21 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 1.42 22 Silven Ackermann (Sui) Swiss National 1.43 23 Sven van den Houte (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 24 Gil Suray (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 25 Marc Denonfoux (Fra) CR4 Chemins Roanne 26 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent-Oise 27 Arjen de Baat (Ned) Rabobank 1.45 28 Sylvere Prevot (Fra) Ile De France 29 Maxime Bouet (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 1.51 30 Jerome Coppel (Fra) CR4 Chemins Roanne 31 Nazareno Rossi (Sui) Swiss National 2.31 32 Mateusz Taciak (Pol) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 5.09 33 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CR4 Chemins Roanne 5.18 34 Yoann Offredo (Fra) US Creteil 35 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 36 Stephane Rossetto (Fra) US Creteil 5.22 37 Cedric Le Bris (Fra) Ile De France 7.09 38 Arnaud Crouzet (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 7.17 39 Simon Lebrun (Fra) Blois CAC 41 40 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 41 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) PCW Bergasol - Euro Millions 42 Rudy Lagamme (Bel) R.C. Pesant CL 43 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) R.C. Pesant CL 7.20 44 Sebastien Hoareau (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 7.49 45 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) PCW Bergasol - Euro Millions 46 Kevin Cherruault (Fra) UC Nantes Atlantique 47 Jonathan Thire (Fra) UC Nantes Atlantique 48 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) CC Nogent-Oise 49 Renaud Pioline (Fra) CC Nogent-Oise 50 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Formation 51 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 52 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U 53 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 54 Kevin Ista (Bel) PCW Bergasol - Euro Millions 55 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 8.14 56 Gael Bernard (Fra) Champagne Ardenne 57 Cyril Patoux (Fra) Ile De France 8.17 58 Stephane Paolella (Bel) R.C. Pesant CL 8.29 59 David Han (Fra) Champagne Ardenne 60 Yann Guyot (Fra) Bretagne 8.32 61 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 62 Nicolas Suzanne (Fra) Comite de Normandie 63 Thomas Brochard (Bel) PCW Bergasol - Euro Millions 64 Gregory Dumoulin (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 65 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 66 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 67 Derek le ven Quere (Fra) Saint-Cyr Tours Val de Loire 68 Romain Zingle (Bel) Federation Cycliste Wallonie - Bruxelles 69 Charles-Henri Lebrun (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmandais 70 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Swiss National 71 Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne 72 Nicolas Perrin (Fra) Roue d'Or St. Amandoise 73 Steve Houanard (Fra) Comite de Normandie 74 Herve Dulau (Fra) Entente Sud Gascogne 75 Danilo Wyss (Sui) Swiss National 76 Laurent Didier (Lux) Federation du Sport Cylcliste Luxembourg 77 Olivier Lefrancois (Fra) Champagne Ardenne 78 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Velo Sport Chartrain 79 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Roue d'Or St. Amandoise 80 Leo Fortin (Fra) CR4 Chemins Roanne 81 Tony Hurel (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 82 Fabien Alazard (Fra) UCSL Lotus Mbk 83 Mark Jamieson (Aus) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 84 Tony Mallet (Fra) Comite de Normandie 85 Maxime Guesdon (Fra) Comite de Normandie 86 Simon Jollant (Fra) VC Lyon Vaulx En Velin Mavic-Look 8.36 87 Alexandre Bousquain (Fra) Comite de Normandie 88 Guillaume Lernould (Bel) PCW Bergasol - Euro Millions 89 Yann Rault (Fra) Bretagne 90 Alexandre Roux (Fra) US Creteil 91 Julien Barbier (Fra) Saint-Cyr Tours Val de Loire 92 Thierry Hupond (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 93 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 94 Jeremy Besson (Fra) Ile De France 95 Yoann David (Fra) Bretagne 96 Vincent Girardin (Fra) Ile De France 97 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 98 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Bretagne 99 Thibault Mace (Fra) Vendee U 100 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U 101 Matthieu Converset (Fra) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 102 Julien Simon (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 103 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 104 Johan Lindgren (Swe) UC Nantes Atlantique 105 Florian Auberger (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 106 Arnaud Godet (Fra) CA Mantes la Ville 78 107 Nicolas Loth (Fra) UCSL Lotus Mbk 108 Martial Roman (Fra) Entente Sud Gascogne 109 Jeremy Leonard (Fra) Velo Sport Chartrain 110 Romain Chaudoy (Fra) UC Chateauroux 111 Ruslan Sambris (Mda) VC La Pomme Marseille 112 Rein Taaramae (Est) Roue d'Or St. Amandoise 113 Bertrand Goupil (Fra) Blois CAC 41 114 Jasper Melis (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 115 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 116 Frederiek Nolf (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 117 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 118 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 119 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol - Win For Life - Jong Vlaanderen 120 Benjamin Cantournet (Fra) Champagne Ardenne 121 Damien Robert (Fra) CC Nogent-Oise 122 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 123 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Federation du Sport Cylcliste Luxembourg 124 Olivier Migne (Fra) Vendee U 125 Tony Huet (Fra) UC Chateauroux 8.45 126 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Entente Sud Gascogne 8.47 127 Julien Berreterot (Fra) Entente Sud Gascogne 128 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Vendee U 129 Damien Piret (Fra) Saint-Cyr Tours Val de Loire 17.45 130 Clement Calado (Fra) Velo Sport Chartrain 18.25 131 Gwenael Rouzet (Fra) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 132 Alexandre Riegert (Fra) Ile De France 133 Philippe Herman (Lux) Federation du Sport Cylcliste Luxembourg 134 Sebastien Boire (Fra) Roue d'Or St. Amandoise 135 Franck Lamy (Fra) Velo Sport Chartrain 136 Aurelien Midey (Fra) C.C. Etupes Doubs Pays de Monbeliard 137 Erwan Brenterch (Fra) Bretagne 138 François Lefeuvre (Fra) Super Sport 35 AC Noyal Chatillon 139 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U 140 Adrien Brusson (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmandais 141 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Formation 23.42 142 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Formation 143 Pierre Quillere (Fra) UC Chateauroux 144 Sebastien Champalou (Fra) Saint-Cyr Tours Val de Loire 145 Dirk Finders (Ger) R.C. Pesant CL 23.45 146 Antoine Gorichon (Fra) US Creteil 31.45 147 Michael Preau (Fra) Cyclo Club Marmandais DNF Lionel Suhubiette (Fra) DNF Jakub Sredzinski (Pol) DNF Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) DNF Boris Morin (Fra) DNF Aurelien Ribet (Fra) DNF Anthony Jaunet (Fra) DNF Julien Lenfant (Fra) DNF Fabien Bacquet (Fra) DNF Wilfried Exertier (Fra) DNF Cedric Pineau (Fra) DNF Benoit Simon (Fra) DNF Jerome Mainard (Fra) DNF Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) DNF Franck Appelbaum (Lux) DNF David Battestini (Lux) DNF Arnaud Girard (Fra) DNF Kevin Vallee (Bel) DNF Pieter Vanelderen (Bel) DNF Nicolas Chadefaux (Fra) DNF Loic Barre (Fra) DNF Geoffroy Dupuis (Fra) DNF Alexandre Auffret (Fra) DNF Nicolas Dreyer (Fra) DNF Julien Nicolas (Fra) DNF Stephane Lohyer (Fra) DNF Julien Michel (Fra) DNF Guillaume de Gasquet (Fra) DNF Thomas Desmaison (Fra) HD Damien Piret HD Clement Calado HD Gwenael Rouzet HD Alexandre Riegert HD Philippe Herman HD Sebastien Boire HD Franck Lamy HD Aurelien Midey HD Erwan Brenterch HD François Lefeuvre HD Julien Guay HD Adrien Brusson HD Jean-Charles Senac HD Blaise Sonnery HD Pierre Quillere HD Sebastien Champalou HD Dirk Finders HD Antoine Gorichon HD Michael Preau
ProTour standings
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
