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53rd Circuit de la Sarthe - 2.1

France, April 5-8, 2005

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Stage 2a - April 6: Varades - Angers, 92 km

Great moment for lead-out man Flickinger

Andy Flickinger (AG2R Prevoyance)
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Andy Flickinger (AG2R) was given the freedom to ride a bunch sprint for himself instead of his sprint leader Jean-Patrick Nazon, who did not feel up to the challenge today, and was promptly the first to cross the line when, 92 km later in Angers, that exact scenario took place. He took the stage victory in front of Fabio Borghesi (Miche) and Peter Mertens (Chocolade Jacques), while the jellow jersey was again awarded to Anthony Ravard (Bouygues Telecom).

How it unfolded

It was a nervous stage with plenty of attacks and breakaways, the first of which was attempted by Nicolas Roche, but did not succeed. Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Eric Berthou also took their chances, but the peloton was controlled by Bouygues Telecom, who kept Ravard's yellow jersey safely.

Even so when Sylvain Chavanel (Bouygues Telecom), Laurent Brochard (AG2R), Stephan Schreck (T-Mobile) as well as two other riders joined Augé on the last 20 km, riding on a circuit course of 4.6 km. The bunch moved at the right pace and swallowed the break with four km to go. In the finale, Flickinger proved to be the fastest, while the star of this year's Circuit de la Sarthe, Jan Ullrich, is rolling along in the race.

"That was a pretty fast race again this morning," he said. "But I've been able to keep the pace without any problems." He was also looking forward to the next part of today's second stage, the time-trial in the afternoon. "I want to train on my time trialling machine as much as possible before the Tour de France. That's why I'm taking this afternoon's short time trial very seriously." As second part of today's stage two, 8.8 km will be raced against the clock in the afternoon.

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Results

1 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                       2.06.31
2 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Miche
3 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T- Mobile Team
5 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prévoyance
9 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
12 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche
13 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino Sapore
14 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
15 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino Sapore
16 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel
17 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino Sapore
18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93
19 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
20 Hervé Duclos - Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
22 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93
23 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche
24 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche
25 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux
26 Markus Fohten (Ger) Gerolsteiner
27 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93
28 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
29 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93
30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
34 Camille Bouquet (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
35 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
36 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole
37 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux
38 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T- Mobile Team
39 Bas Giling (Ned) T- Mobile Team
40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
42 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
44 Andre Korff (Ger) T- Mobile Team
45 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Naturino Sapore
46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
48 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
49 Frédérik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
50 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
51 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
52 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
53 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
54 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T- Mobile Team
55 Francesco Failli (Ita) Naturino Sapore
56 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
57 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel
58 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
59 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
60 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
61 Stefan Schreck (Ger) T- Mobile Team
62 Vincent Cantero (Fin) Bretagne - Jean Floch
63 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
64 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
65 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch
66 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Télécom
67 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93
68 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch
69 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
70 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
71 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux
72 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel
73 Eric Berthou (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
74 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche
75 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
76 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
77 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch
78 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch
79 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel
80 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
81 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
82 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
83 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf
84 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche
85 Julien Laidoun (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
86 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch
87 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover
89 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                   0.12
90 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                                   0.14
91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                      2.32
92 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino Sapore                     4.04


General classification after stage 2a

1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                   6.44.48
2 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche                                      
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          
4 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino Sapore                           
5 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Miche                                     
6 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
7 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech             
8 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf         
9 Eric Berthou (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                    
10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                          
11 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                                   
12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T- Mobile Team                             
13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prévoyance                           
14 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis                                  
15 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                      
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                                   
18 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                                 
19 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                    
20 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                    
21 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                       
23 Camille Bouquet (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech            
24 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              
25 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
26 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche                                    
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                
28 Renaud Dion (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                    
29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93                               
30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T- Mobile Team                              
31 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                         
32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
33 Markus Fohten (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
34 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                   
35 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          
37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                         
38 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Naturino Sapore                    
39 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech               
40 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            
41 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino Sapore                        
42 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                        
43 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                 
44 Bas Giling (Ned) T- Mobile Team                               
45 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  
47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                        
48 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf       
49 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
50 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino Sapore                       
51 Frédérik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf    
52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          
53 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
54 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T- Mobile Team                       
55 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
57 Francesco Failli (Ita) Naturino Sapore                        
58 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  
59 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                
60 Andre Korff (Ger) T- Mobile Team                              
61 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
62 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          
63 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                           
64 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                   
65 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf            
66 Vincent Cantero (Fin) Bretagne - Jean Floch                   
67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                            
68 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  
69 Stefan Schreck (Ger) T- Mobile Team                           
70 Julien Laidoun (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech             
71 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf           
72 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                      
73 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                   
74 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel                       
75 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                        
76 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                   
78 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                 
79 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                               
80 Hervé Duclos - Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                         
81 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech         
82 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche                                 
83 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
84 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                       
85 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf        
86 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche                                     
87 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover             
88 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                 
89 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                                   
90 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                   
91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                      
92 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Naturino Sapore                     

Points classification
 
1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                        37 pts
2 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Miche                                   32
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                        31
4 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Naturino Sapore                         23
5 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           23
6 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                                  23
7 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche                                    19
8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T- Mobile Team                            19
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prévoyance                          17
10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf      16
11 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis                                10
12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        10
13 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                               10
14 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                              9
15 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                     7
16 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       7
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                                  5
18 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                      5
19 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                                  4
20 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech           3
21 Eric Berthou (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  3
22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                        3
23 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2
24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                         1
25 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino Sapore                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                              11 pts
2 Eric Berthou (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  10
3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                          9
4 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech            6
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                                   6
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                        4
7 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche                                     3
8 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                         2
9 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis                                  1
10 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino Sapore                       1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Télécom                          
2 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Miche                                      
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prévoyance                            
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                                  
6 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                     
7 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
8 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93                                
9 Markus Fohten (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
10 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
11 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech               
12 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                        
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                 
14 Bas Giling (Ned) T- Mobile Team                               
15 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf       
16 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
17 Francesco Failli (Ita) Naturino Sapore                        
18 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
19 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                   
20 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolat Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf            
21 Vincent Cantero (Fin) Bretagne - Jean Floch                   
22 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) RAGT Semences - MG Rover                  
23 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel                       
24 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne - Jean Floch                        
25 Mathias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis