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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2

France, June 16-19, 2005

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Stage 1 - June 17: Renault/St Berthevin - Cosse-Le-Vivien, 180 km

Spectacular 1-2 for AG2R

By Jean-François Quénet in Cossé-le-Vivien

A tight finish
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Rabobank's Mathieu Heijboer kept the lead at the end of stage 1 in the Boucles de la Mayenne after watching a bunch sprint won by Ag2r in a spectacular manner with Alexandr Usov first and Lloyd Mondory second. "At the last curve, we had to stay up front," the winner explained. "Lloyd and I got a good lead out from Marc Scanlon and Christophe Riblon. When we started the sprint, we already had a 15 metres advantage on the riders sprinting for third place."

However, this will not give Usov a start at the Tour de France. "It seems like Vincent Lavenu will not play the sprinter's cards," the Bielorussian said. He was amazed to realize that he had won almost at the same place where he got his stage win at the 2001 Tour de l'Avenir, starting in Cossé-le-Vivien. At the time, he was racing for Phonak. He got his first pro contract after finishing 4th at the U23 World's behind an Italian trio formed of Ivan Basso, Rinaldo Nocentini and Danilo Di Luca. "I almost beat Di Luca for the bronze medal," he still regrets.

Mathieu Heijboer
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Beforehand, a breakaway of three riders went away at half way. Michael Schweizer of ComNet, Aurélien Passeron of AVC Aix and Mikhail Timochine of Dynamo Moscow got a maximum lead of 5 minutes. Timochine insisted on his own but was brought back by the Rabobank train. Heijboer confirmed that his plan is to keep the yellow jersey till the end, although he knows it will be complicated to control the bunch during the two split stages scheduled for Saturday.

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Results

1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prevoyance        4.03.20
2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance                
3 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Nogent                   
4 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U                      
5 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h         
6 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea                           
7 Kévin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                     
8 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Nantes                        
9 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Moscou                        
10 Raynold Smith (Rsa) Fondas                        
11 Luc Delpech Jean (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U                   
13 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Moscou                        
14 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi                     
15 Krysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica               
16 Romain Fondard (Fra) Roubaix                      
17 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amor                           
18 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance           
19 Markus Eichler (Ger) Com-Net                      
20 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
21 John Gadret (Bel) Jartazi                         
22 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica                      
23 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi                       
24 Igor Abakoumov (Rus) Jartazi                      
25 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea                       
26 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance              
27 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                       
28 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                 
29 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank                   
30 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi                       
31 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Flanders                       
32 Mattieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U                    
33 Frédéric Lhuissier (Fra) EC Mayennaise            
34 Mikhial Mikheev (Rus) Moscou                      
35 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays De La Loire            
36 Romain Paillard (Fra) Nantes                      
37 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
38 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Rabobank                  
39 Jorrit Walgien (Ned) Fondas                       
40 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Roubaix                      
41 Franck Charrier (Fra) Nogent                      
42 Robert Retschke (Ger) Com-Net                     
43 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                    
44 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank                
45 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences                 
46 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences                   
47 Kieran Page (Gbr) Aix                             
48 Stephano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica                    
49 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica              
50 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas                        
51 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Fondas                         
52 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas                         
53 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Aix                         
54 David Tanner (Aus) Roubaix                        
55 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Moscou                      
56 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        
57 Mickaël Hacques (Fra) Pays De La Loire            
58 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Nantes                  
59 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Aix                       
60 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                    
61 Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica                     
62 Fabien Rey (Fra) Aix                              
63 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas                  
64 Fabio Boccialoni (Ita) Ceramica                   
65 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes                    
66 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           
67 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea                       
68 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Roubaix                      
69 Alvaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix                 
70 Win Jacobs (Bel) Fidea                            
71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders                  
72 François Lavaleur (Fra) EC Mayennaise             
73 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays De La Loire             
74 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amor                   
75 Marc Scanlon (Ire) AG2r Prevoyance                
76 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Val D'oise                  
77 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders                
78 Hervé Arcade (Fra) Vendee U                       
79 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscou                    
80 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Moscou                    
81 Tony Leroux (Fra) EC Mayennaise                   
82 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea                         
83 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Nantes                       
84 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Amor                         
85 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank                    
86 René Schild (Ger) Com-Net                         
87 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) Nogent                     
88 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays De La Loire             
89 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                  
90 Dainus Kairelis (Ltu) Amor                        
91 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                   
92 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance              
93 David Danion (Fra) Pays De La Loire               
94 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                    
95 Anthony Graffin (Fra) Pays De La Loire            
96 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                   
97 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences                 
98 Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix                            
99 Vincent Templier (Fra) Val D'oise                 
100 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Val D'oise                  
101 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Vendee U                  
102 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jartazi                    
103 Olivier Martinez (Fra) Aix                       
104 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayennaise              
105 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Nogent                     
106 Franck Champeymont (Fra) Aix                     
107 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Nogent                    
108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences               
109 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Val D'oise                  
110 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences           
111 Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders                     
112 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank                     2.48
113 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Val D'oise           3.50
114 Grégory Lesage (Fra) EC Mayennaise               
115 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Com-Net              5.55
116 Paulo Da Cunha (Fra) Val D'oise              7.15
DNF Stefan Heiny (Ger) Com-Net                       
DNF Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Com-Net                 
DNF Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Nogent                      
DNF Gregory De Munster (Bel) Flanders                
DNF Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders                  
DNF Stéphane Ramond (Fra) EC Mayennaise              
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Rabobank             4.11.20
2 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Val D'oise               0.09
3 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Rabobank               0.11
4 Denis Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi                    0.14
5 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences                  
6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prevoyance           0.15
7 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        0.16
8 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                    0.17
9 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank                     
10 Kévin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                0.18
11 Stephano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica                0.19
12 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences            0.20
13 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Moscou                       
14 Alvaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix             0.21
15 Kieran Page (Gbr) Aix                         0.22
16 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Aix                   0.23
17 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance          0.24
18 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) Moscou                      
19 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas                    0.25
20 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences                 
21 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel               0.26
22 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                0.27
23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences            
24 John Gadret (Bel) Jartazi                     0.28
25 Jean Zen (Fra) Roubaix                            
26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance       0.29
27 Markus Eichler (Ger) Com-Net                      
28 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders              0.31
29 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        
30 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jartazi                     
31 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Amor                   
32 Marc Scanlon (Ire) AG2r Prevoyance            0.32
33 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea                       
34 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi                       
35 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
36 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
37 Franck Champeymont (Fra) Aix                  0.33
38 Kirill Golubev (Rus) Ceramica                     
39 Igor Abakoumov (Rus) Jartazi                      
40 Vincent Templier (Fra) Val D'oise                 
41 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) Nogent                      
42 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                    
43 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Flanders                       
44 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Roubaix                      
45 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance           0.34
46 Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Nantes                       
47 Olivier Martinez (Fra) Aix                    0.35
48 Robert Retschke (Ger) Com-Net                     
49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prevoyance          0.36
50 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Nantes                0.37
51 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscou                    
52 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences               0.38
53 Fabio Boccialoni (Ita) Ceramica                   
54 Dainus Kairelis (Ltu) Amor                        
55 Raynold Smith (Rsa) Fondas                    0.39
56 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica          0.40
57 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank                
58 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Amor                       0.41
59 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendee U                   
60 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Val D'oise                   
61 René Schild (Ger) Com-Net                     0.42
62 Luc Delpech Jean (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       
63 Franck Charrier (Fra) Nogent                      
64 Frédéric Mille (Fra) Val D'oise               0.43
65 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Nogent                  
66 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Nantes                       
67 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Moscou                    0.45
68 Mikhial Mikheev (Rus) Moscou                      
69 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi                 0.46
70 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                   
71 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Nantes                  
72 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea                     0.47
73 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas                     0.48
74 Jorrit Walgien (Ned) Fondas                   0.49
75 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                    
76 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) Nogent                 0.50
77 Krysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Ceramica               
78 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Moscou                    
79 Romain Fondard (Fra) Roubaix                  0.51
80 David Tanner (Aus) Roubaix                        
81 Win Jacobs (Bel) Fidea                        0.53
82 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h    0.54
83 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea                       
84 Hervé Arcade (Fra) Vendee U                   0.55
85 Romain Paillard (Fra) Nantes                      
86 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                 
87 Tony Leroux (Fra) EC Mayennaise                   
88 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays De La Loire         0.57
89 Mickaël Hacques (Fra) Pays De La Loire        0.58
90 Mickaël Barbier (Fra) EC Mayennaise               
91 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays De La Loire            
92 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                  
93 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea                      0.59
94 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Nogent                 1.00
95 David Danion (Fra) Pays De La Loire               
96 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) Vendee U                   
97 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U                 1.01
98 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays De La Loire             
99 Tomasz Kloczko (Pol) Amor                     1.02
100 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Roubaix                 1.03
101 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Aix                    1.08
102 Anthony Graffin (Fra) Pays De La Loire       1.12
103 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders           1.13
104 Mattieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U               1.15
105 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas                 
106 François Lavaleur (Fra) EC Mayennaise        1.16
107 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica                 1.17
108 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Fondas                    1.19
109 Fabien Rey (Fra) Aix                         1.22
110 Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders                 1.26
111 Frédéric Lhuissier (Fra) EC Mayennaise       1.32
112 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank                     3.11
113 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Val D'oise           5.02
114 Grégory Lesage (Fra) EC Mayennaise           5.45
115 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Com-Net              6.51
116 Paulo Da Cunha (Fra) Val D'oise              8.15

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