23rd Route Adélie - 1.1

Vitré, France, April 3, 2009

2008 Results Results Past winners

Photography

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Images by Fabrice Lambert

The effort of the final climb shows on the faces of the riders.
Small groups tried to stay clear.
The race split into many pieces.
Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures)
Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) was a favorite, but perhaps too fatigued from his win in Criterium International.
FdJ took the helm at the front of the peloton.
The chase wasn't quite organised.
The peloton on a climb.
Frederik Ericsson and Dmitri Le Boulch
The Bbox Bouygues Telecom team throws all of its weight behind the chase.
Remi Cusin (Agritubel) was one of many who did not finish.
Anthony Revard (Agritubel) is marked by an Amore e Vita-McDonald's rider.
David Le Lay (Agritubel) takes the sprint for second.
The cows had no interest in the race.
Yannick Talabardon (Besson Chaussures) lead in the break ahead of Mikael Cherel (FdJ)
Jérôme Coppel (Francaise des Jeux) collects the flowers.
Jérôme Coppel (Francaise des Jeux) gets the kisses after winning.
The French teams dominated the podium.
Romain Feillu (Agritubel) steps up on the podium.
Jérôme Coppel (Francaise des Jeux) takes the win.
The race was well attended by the French fans.

Results - 197.8km

1 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     4.30.29 (43.877 km/h)
2 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                  0.01
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     
4 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team Capinordic                             
5 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                 
8 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                  
9 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne              
10 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93                                    
11 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                               
12 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                   0.06
13 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
14 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                      
15 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  
16 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun             
17 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                      
18 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun                
19 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                       0.13
20 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                 0.16
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.10
22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                        1.12
23 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne            1.14
24 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style                           
25 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                          3.45
26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                           
27 Fabio Terrenzio (Ita) Carmiooro - A Style                        
28 Alexandr Shuhemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan                              
29 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
30 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
31 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
32 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                               
33 Gil Suray (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole                          
34 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design        
35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                  
36 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                      
37 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                      
38 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style                        
39 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                             
40 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                        
41 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93                                    
42 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                              
43 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
45 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                 
46 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun                 
47 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
48 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                 
49 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                 
50 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Carmiooro - A Style                           
51 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun                   
52 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                   
53 Mickaël Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                      
54 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun               
55 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
56 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
57 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
59 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                    
60 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
61 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                            
62 Jeremie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun                
63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  
64 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93                                     
65 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design      
66 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                      
67 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93                                     
68 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team Capinordic                          
69 Lasse Bochman (Den) Team Saxo Bank                               
70 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun                   
71 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                       
72 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                
73 Alexandr Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  
74 Chad Gerlach (USA) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                 4.19
75 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design    
76 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Team Capinordic                           
77 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                 
78 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design    4.37
DNF Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                            
DNF Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank                             
DNF Alexey Bauer (Rus) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                    
DNF Vladimir Borisov (Rus) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                
DNF Phil Cortes (Can) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                     
DNF Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                   
DNF Christian Müller (Ger) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                
DNF Andrew Talanski (USA) Amore & Vita - Mcdonald's                 
DNF Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                 
DNF Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Team Capinordic                           
DNF Niki Ostergaard (Den) Team Capinordic                           
DNF Christofer Stevenson (Swe) Team Capinordic                      
DNF Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel                                      
DNF Mikael Damiens (Fra) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design       
DNF Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design      
DNF Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design      
DNF Guillaume Pont (Fra) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design       
DNF Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun            
DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                
DNF Evgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                         
DNF Vadim Izotov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                   
DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                 
DNF Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                       
DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                       
DNF Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                  
DNF Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                    
DNF Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                      
DNF Aristide Ratti (Ita) Carmiooro - A Style                        
DNF Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style                          
DNF Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style              
DNF Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                       
DNF Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller                       
DNF Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93                                   
DNF Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93                                
DNF Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                    
DNF Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole                  
DNF Paul Moucheraud (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole

Past winners

Route Adélie
 
2008 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
2007 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
2006 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
2005 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team LPR
2004 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère
2003 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour
2002 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team fakta
2001 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
2000 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
1999 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
1998 Jann Kirsipuu (Est)
1997 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
 
Tour d'Armorique
 
1996 Marc Bouillon (Fra)
1994 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)
1993 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
1992 Peter De Clercq (Bel)
1991 Jérôme Simon (Fra)
1990 Rober-to Torres (Spa)
1989 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1988 Sören Lilholt (Den)
1987 Thierry Marie (Fra)
1986 Jörg Müller (Swi)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com