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Tour de l'Ain - 2.1
France, August 12-15, 2007
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Stage 1 - August 12: Montluel - Hauteville Lompnes, 152.5 km
Zberg surprises in l'Ain
By Susan Westemeyer
Beat Zberg of Team Gerolsteiner won the first stage of the Tour de l'Ain, breaking out of a 13-man escape group to take the win and the overall lead. He finished six seconds ahead of Niels Brouzes (Auber 93) and Giovanni Visconti of Quick.Step-Innergetic.
"That was a great beginning. Beat is very satisfied with the results, and I am, too, of course," said Gerolsteiner Directeur Sportif Christian Wegmann. "Beat's success is a little surprising, since he is coming off a racing break. But it's great that it is going so well."
A 14-man escape group formed early and got up to two-and-a-half minutes lead, which wasn't enough. They were overtaken on the last climb, and a new escape group formed, which managed to stay away until the end, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of the next following group.
The race saw the return of T-Mobile's Michael Barry, who dropped out of the Tour de France with a shoulder injury. He finished in the first following group.
Monday's second stage runs 164 km from Lagnieu to Plastics Vallee/Bellignat.
Results
1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.24.50 (44.45 km/h) 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 0.06 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 11 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.13 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.50 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 16 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 18 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 21 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 22 S�bastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 23 Fr�d�ric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 25 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 27 Johannes Fr�ehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 29 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 30 Herv� Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 31 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 33 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 34 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 35 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 38 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 39 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 40 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 45 Andr�a Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 48 K�vin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.48 50 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.56 51 L�onardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 3.51 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5.18 53 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.08 54 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 56 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 57 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 59 C�dric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 60 Paidi O'brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 61 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Micka�l Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 63 Andrey Med Yannikov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 64 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Gr�gory Habeaux (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 66 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.46 67 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 8.06 68 C�dric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 69 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 70 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 75 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 77 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 78 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 79 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 80 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 81 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 82 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 83 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cr�dit Agricole 85 David Derepas (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9.37 86 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 87 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 88 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 89 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 90 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 91 Mika�l Cherel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 92 St�phane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 93 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 94 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 12.36 96 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 97 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 98 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 99 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 100 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 20 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 9 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 7 10 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 11 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 5 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 1 Sprints km 118.4 1 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 L�onardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 3 3 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 Mountains 1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 3 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 4 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 5 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3 7 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 1 Young rider 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3.24.56 2 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 1.44 3 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 4 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 5 Johannes Fr�ehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 9 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 11 K�vin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.42 13 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.50 14 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.02 15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 17 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 18 C�dric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 19 Micka�l Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 20 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.40 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8.00 22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 23 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 9.31 26 Mika�l Cherel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12.30 30 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) Teams 1 AG2r Pr�voyance 10.16.32 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.07 3 Gerolsteiner 1.38 4 Discovery Channel 1.44 5 Bretagne-Armor Lux 6 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.28 9 Agritubel 10 Auber 93 6.02 11 Kazakh National Team 13 Cr�dit Agricole 8.00 14 Roubaix Lille Metropole 12.04 15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 16 Fran�aise des Jeux 16.00 17 Rabobank (Continental) 16.48 General classification after stage 1 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.24.40 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 0.10 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.12 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 11 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 12 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.23 14 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.00 15 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 16 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 18 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 21 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 22 S�bastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 23 Fr�d�ric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 24 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 25 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel 26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 27 Johannes Fr�ehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 29 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 30 Herv� Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 31 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 33 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 34 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 35 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 37 Marcel Beima (Ned) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 38 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 39 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 40 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 45 Andr�a Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.10 48 K�vin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.20 49 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.06 50 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 3.18 51 L�onardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 4.01 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5.28 53 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.18 54 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 56 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Auber 93 57 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 59 C�dric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 60 Paidi O'brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 61 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Micka�l Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 63 Andrey Med Yannikov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 64 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Gr�gory Habeaux (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.28 66 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.56 67 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 8.16 68 C�dric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 69 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 70 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 75 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 77 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 78 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 79 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 80 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 81 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 82 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 83 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cr�dit Agricole 85 David Derepas (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9.47 86 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 87 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 88 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 89 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 90 John Dempsey (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 91 Mika�l Cherel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 92 St�phane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 93 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 9.57 94 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 12.46 96 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 97 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 98 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 99 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 100 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points classification 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 20 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Joahnn Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 9 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 7 10 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 5 13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4 14 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 15 L�onardo Duque (Col) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 3 16 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2 17 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 1 18 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1 Mountains classification 1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 3 R�my Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 4 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 5 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3 7 Micka�l Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 1 Young rider classification 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 3.24.56 2 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 1.44 3 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux 4 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 5 Johannes Fr�ehlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 7 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 9 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 10 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 11 K�vin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.42 13 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2.50 14 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 6.02 15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Auber 93 17 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 18 C�dric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 19 Micka�l Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 20 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 6.40 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8.00 22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 23 Bram Deprez (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 9.31 26 Mika�l Cherel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 12.30 30 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) Team classification 1 AG2r Pr�voyance 10.16.32 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.07 3 Gerolsteiner 1.38 4 Discovery Channel 1.44 5 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-M. Donnelly-Sean Kelly 6 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.28 9 Agritubel 10 Auber 93 6.02 11 Kazakh National Team 13 Cr�dit Agricole 8.00 14 Roubaix Lille Metropole 12.04 15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 16 Fran�aise des Jeux 16.00 17 Rabobank (Continental) 16.48
