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32nd Cholet-Pays De Loire - 1.1
France, March 22, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners
Haedo sprints to win
Juan José Haedo, Team Saxo Bank's sprinter from Argentina, came in first in the GP Cholet-Loire when he out-sprinted Frenchman Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures – Sojasun). Haedo had to take advantage of his teams and the patience to wait long with his surge to the line on a windy day
"I am pleased to offer this victory to the team after a strong effort from my teammates," Haedo said after the race. "I had to wait until the very last second to go past and push the bike across the line in front of Casper."
The GP of Cholet is held on a very hilly circular route in the western part of France. The race is described as a semi-classic because of its hardness with many short hills and grueling side winds coming in from the west coast. Team Saxo Bank's Danish sports director, Kim Andersen, won the race in 1990, and he was with the team to do the Primavera des Mauges
"It was a fantastic race where we were ahead of things and were in several breakaways throughout the race. The race was done at a really high pace and on the last laps in Cholet, we tried to keep the peloton in one group, so JJ was able to sprint to victory," said a happy Andersen after the race.
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert
- The peloton rolls out at the 200 kilometre race's start.
- France's Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures - Sojasun) claimed second place.
- Podium (L-R): Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures - Sojasun), Juan José Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) and Alexandre Pichot (Bbox Bouygues Telecom).
- Juan José Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) claimed victory in a bunch sprint.
Results - 200 km
1 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4.47.31 2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4 Kevyn Ista (Bel) Agritubel 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 7 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 8 David López (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Jure Kocjan SVN Carmiooro - A Style 11 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12 Michel Kreder (Ned) Rabobank 13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 14 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 18 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 19 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 20 Cédric Pineau (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 21 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 22 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 23 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 24 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 25 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 26 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 27 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 28 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 29 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 30 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 31 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 32 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 33 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 34 Gil Suray (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole 35 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 36 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 37 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 38 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 39 Frank Dreßler (Ger) Continental Team Differdange 40 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 41 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 43 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank 44 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange 45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 47 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 48 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 49 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 50 Erki Pütsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 51 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 52 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 53 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 54 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 55 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 56 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 57 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Carmiooro - A Style 58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 59 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 60 Tom Criel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 61 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Continental Team Differdange 62 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 64 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 65 Lars Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 66 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 67 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 68 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 69 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 70 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 71 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 72 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 73 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 74 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style 75 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank 76 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 77 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 78 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 79 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 80 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Cycling Club Bourgas 81 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 83 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro - A Style 84 Emilien-Benoît Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 86 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 87 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 88 Xavier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 1.11.00 89 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 1.23.00 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 91 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 1.27.00 92 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4.30.00 93 Dominik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4.49.00 94 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 8.32.00
Past winners
2008 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2007 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 2006 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 2005 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues 202 kms in 4.41.17 (43.088 km/h) 2004 Bert De Waele (Bel) 202 kms in 5.09.07 (39.208 km/h) 2003 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux 202 kms in 4.54.04 (41.215 km/h) 2002 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FJDeux.com 202 kms in 4.55.23 (40.218 km/h) 2001 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 202 kms in 4.56.59 (40.810 km/h) 2000 Jens Voigt (Ger) 202 kms in 4.52.13 (41.065 km/h) 1999 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 202 kms in 5.03.32 (39.925 km/h) 1998 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 202 kms in 5.09.20 (39.181 km/h) 1997 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) 202 kms in 4.56.25 1996 Stéphan Heulot (Fra) 207 kms in 4.59.43 1995 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 207 kms in 5.08.45 1994 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 207 kms in 5.26.59 1993 Marc Bouillon (Fra) 209 kms in 5.16.31 1992 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 205 kms in 5.19.16 1991 Sammie Moreels (Bel) 205 kms in 5.12.03 1990 Kim Andersen (Den) 200 kms in 5.03.59 1989 Frank Boucanville (Fra) 238 kms in 6.24.53 1988 Patrick Onnockx (Bel) 241 kms in 6.33.46 1987 Frédéric Garnier (Fra) 239 kms in 6.23.33 1986 Domenique Lecrocq (Fra) 237 kms in 6.17.44 1985 Marc Madiot (Fra) 236 kms in 6.28.36 1984 Pascal Poisson (Fra) 233 kms in 5.55.10 1983 Eric Dall'Armellina (Fra) 1982 Pierre Bazzo (Fra) 220 kms in 5.24.37 1981 Roger Legeay (Fra) 1980 Roger Legeay (Fra) 1979 Pierre Bazzo (Fra) 1978 Jacques Bossis (Fra) Notes: In 1987 and 1989 it was called GP Cholet-Mauleon From 1990, it took the name of GP Cholet-Pays de Loire Between 1982-86 and 1988 the race was known as Mauleon - Moulins. Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
