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40th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5
France, September 4-13, 2003
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Stage 8 - September 11: L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue - Rousset-sur-Arc, 164.5 km
Voeckler with a small advantage
Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangère) has continued the French run of success in this year's Tour de l'Avenir by winning stage 8 between L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Rousset-sur-Arc. Voeckler finished two seconds in front of the peloton which was led home by Dimitri Muravyev (Quick.Step) and Jonas Ljungblad (Swedish National Team). The general classification was unchanged, with Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) retaining the leader's jersey.
The 164 km stage was again run over a hilly parcours, but that didn't bother the Euskaltel team, which set a steady tempo from the start of the stage. The attacks were started by Jeremy Maartens at km 8, and continued until the Col de Murs, when Christophe Le Mevel (C.A.) got clear. He was chased by Matthieu Sprick (French National Team) and David Derepas (FDJeux.com) and the three joined on the descent. They gradually increased their lead to 2'35 by the 55 km mark, however on the côte des Agnels, Derepas was dropped and went back to the peloton.
The gap increased to 4'00 on the côte de la Gassaude (km 99) but then the chase started. The leading pair quickly lost time and Le Mevel decided to attack on the col du Sambuc with 35 km to go. At the top he had 40" on Sprick and 1'40 to the peloton, which was starting to break up into much smaller groups.
With 12 km to go, an attack by Jimmy Engoulvent (Brioches) and Yannick Talabardon (Big Mat) caught Christophe Le Mevel, with the peloton at 45". However the bunch rallied and captured the three leaders with 5 km to go. It was then that Voeckler launched his winning move, and he was able to hold off the peloton by 2 seconds.
Results
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.16.00 2 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 0.02 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Swedish National Team 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 6 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 9 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 13 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 16 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 17 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 18 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 21 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 22 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Swedish National Team 23 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 24 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 25 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 26 Darren Lill (RSA) Team HSBC 27 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 28 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 30 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 0.10 31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank TT3 32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 0.12 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.15 34 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 1.37 35 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Austrian National Team 1.39 36 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 37 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 38 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 39 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 40 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 1.47 41 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 42 Pierre Therville (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.12 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 44 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 45 Marcus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 46 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT3 47 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 48 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 49 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld 50 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 51 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.59 52 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld 8.01 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.31 54 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team PH 55 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 56 Martin Mares (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 57 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 11.03 58 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 12.14 59 Cameron Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 60 Denis Robin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.17 62 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15.42 63 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 64 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 65 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 66 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 67 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 68 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 15.46 70 José Carlos Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 27.03 71 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 72 Yves Delarue (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 27.14 73 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole 74 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Glenn Bak (Den) Team PH 76 Simons Gerrans (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 77 Mads Christensen (Den) Team PH 78 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 79 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 80 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 81 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 82 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 83 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 84 Mikael Segersall (Swe) Swedish National Team 85 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Barloworld 86 Moritz Veit (Ger) German National Team 30.22 DNF Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team DNF Nicki Olsen (Den) Team PH DNF Andreas Finnerup (Den) Team PH DNF Stijn De Volder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Danny Pate (USA) USA National Team DNS Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team Points 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 30 pts 2 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 27 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Swedish National Team 25 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 5 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 21 6 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 17 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 15 9 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 13 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 12 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 9 13 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 8 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6 16 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 17 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 4 18 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 19 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 1 Mountains Col de Mûrs, 28.00 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 5 3 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 5 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Côte des Agnels, 61.50 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 8 3 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 5 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 4 6 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 7 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 8 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Côte de la Gassaude, 99.00 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 3 3 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Côte de La Signarde, 111.50 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 8 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 4 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 3 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Col du Sambuc, 129.00 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 8 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 4 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 3 7 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Col des Portes, 137.50 km 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 1 General classification after stage 8 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.51.10 2 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.50 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.51 4 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.24 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.27 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 4.34 7 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Swedish National Team 5.01 8 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5.03 9 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.05 10 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 5.17 11 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.20 12 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 5.25 13 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5.42 14 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 5.46 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5.52 16 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.59 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 6.02 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank TT3 6.08 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 6.12 20 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 6.37 21 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 6.57 22 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 7.11 23 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team 7.46 24 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 8.47 25 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 9.11 26 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 11.06 27 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.18 28 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 11.35 29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 11.43 30 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 12.37 31 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 14.42 32 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld 15.34 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT3 16.59 34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.01 35 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Team HSBC 17.02 36 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.16 37 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 21.31 38 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 21.38 39 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT3 24.52 40 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Austrian National Team 25.54 41 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 26.11 42 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.32 43 Christian Knees (Ger) German National Team 30.47 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 32.56 45 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 36.42 46 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 37.22 47 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.48 48 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 39.31 49 José Carlos Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 50 Martin Mares (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 40.41 51 Darren Lill (RSA) Team HSBC 42.35 52 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Russian National Team 43.05 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 45.29 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 47.08 55 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47.13 56 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 47.44 57 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team PH 48.24 58 Simons Gerrans (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 48.50 59 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Swedish National Team 50.37 60 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 50.40 61 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 51.41 62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 54.32 63 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 56.27 64 Mads Christensen (Den) Team PH 56.59 65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.44 66 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 1.05.34 67 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.05.48 68 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.07.12 69 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.12.30 70 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 1.13.25 71 Pierre Therville (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.13.27 72 Pavel Linet (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.16.13 73 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld 1.17.10 74 Marcus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 1.23.05 75 Yves Delarue (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.27.28 76 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 1.37.56 77 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic National Team 1.38.58 78 Cameron Mcleod (RSA) Team HSBC 1.42.09 79 Denis Robin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.46.41 80 Glenn Bak (Den) Team PH 1.47.31 81 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.51.06 82 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 1.59.36 83 Moritz Veit (Ger) German National Team 2.04.59 84 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Barloworld 2.08.30 85 Mikael Segersall (Swe) Swedish National Team 2.12.40 86 Martin Gratzer (Aut) Austrian National Team 2.13.11 Points classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 129 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 105 3 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 96 4 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 83 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 6 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Swedish National Team 63 8 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 61 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 57 10 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 55 11 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 51 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russian National Team 51 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 46 14 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Barloworld 45 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 44 16 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 43 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 42 18 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT3 42 19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 35 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 35 22 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 34 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33 24 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 33 25 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 28 26 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 27 27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 28 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 25 29 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Swedish National Team 25 30 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 24 31 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 21 32 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 21 33 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 21 34 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT3 18 36 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 17 37 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 14 38 José Carlos Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 12 39 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 12 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 12 41 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12 42 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 9 43 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT3 8 44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 7 45 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Austrian National Team 5 46 Simons Gerrans (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 47 Marcus Fothen (Ger) German National Team 5 48 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 4 49 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 50 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 51 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 3 52 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 53 Yves Delarue (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 66 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 5 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 37 6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) French National Team 32 7 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 23 8 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT3 20 9 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 17 10 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 11 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Swedish National Team 14 12 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10 13 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9 15 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9 16 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Swedish National Team 8 18 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 7 19 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 7 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 22 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 23 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 5 24 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 5 25 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 4 26 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 27 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3 28 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 3 29 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2 30 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon - Latexco 2 31 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 1 33 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team PH 1 Teams classification 1 Carvalhelhos - Boavista 89.47.16 2 Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.50 3 Rabobank TT3 2.04 4 Quick Step-Davitamon-Latexco 4.45 5 French National Team 11.20 6 Kazakhstan National Team 11.31 7 Credit Agricole 18.55 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.49 9 FDJeux.com 30.10 10 Swedish National Team 32.12 11 Team Barloworld 37.03 12 Perutnina Ptuj 1.05.07 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.10.05 14 Jean Delatour 1.18.05 15 Team HSBC 1.26.23 16 Austrian National Team 1.48.21 17 Team PH 2.56.11 18 Czech Republic National Team 2.58.23 19 German National Team 3.38.59
