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Tour de l'Ain - 2.1
France, August 7-10, 2005
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Stage 1 - August 7: St Vulbas - Lagnieu Plaine de l'Ain, 147 km
Moreni takes opener after long breakaway
After a breakaway that lasted most of the stage, Cristian Moreni (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has won the opening stage of the Tour de l'Ain, beating Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) and French Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r Prevoyance) in a six-man sprint to claim his first victory of the season.
"I knew that Van Hecke was fast", said Moreni, "so I took his wheel and passed him on the last corner, around 150 metres from the finish line. It won't be easy to defend the [leader's] jersey, but I will try. The last two stages are difficult, but the team can also count on two climbers like Mercado and Pecharroman."
With 120 kilometres to go, the 32 year-old former Italian champion attacked with around 20 other riders, before a lead group of six riders formed coming into the final circuit of 20 kilometres in Lagnieu Plaine de l'Ain. In the final kilometre, Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto) attacked, but Moreni was quick to respond and take his wheel, before coming around the Belgian to take the stage.
"It is an important success that repays me of the job I did in the last month," added Moreni.
"This month I want to do well. After the Tour de l'Ain, I will race Clasica San Sebastian and Deutschland Tour to look for good results and to be among the candidates for the maglia azzurra [Italian national team] in Madrid [at the world road championships]."
Results
1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 3.25.45 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 0.05 6 Eugen Wacker (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.32 8 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 11 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 12 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 13 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 14 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 15 Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 18 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.55 21 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 23.24 22 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 23 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 24 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 25 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 26 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) French National Team 27 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 28 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team 29 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 30 Mickaël Malle (Fra) French National Team 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 32 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 33 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 34 Thierry Hupond (Fra) French National Team 35 Stijn Penne (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 36 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 37 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Kévin Neyrink (Bel) Quick Step 39 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 43 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 45 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93 48 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 49 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93 50 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi Granville Team 51 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team 52 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 53 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 54 David Robinson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 56 John Gadret (Fra) Jartazi Granville Team 57 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 59 Kairat Baigudinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 60 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 61 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 62 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 63 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 65 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 66 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 67 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 69 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 70 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 71 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 72 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 73 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 74 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Dimitrïy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 76 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 80 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 81 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 82 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 83 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93 84 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 Guennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) French National Team 87 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 89 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 93 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 94 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 95 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 96 Mickaël Creed (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 98 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Yoann Leboulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 101 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 102 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 36.05 Points 1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 20 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 16 4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 12 6 Eugen Wacker (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 10 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 9 8 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 7 10 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 6 11 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 12 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 13 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 3 14 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 15 Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Côte de Bettant - Cat. 4, km 57,9 1 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 pts 2 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 Côte de Vaux-Févroux - Cat. 3, km 65,0 1 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 7 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 3 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 4 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 2 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Col de Fay - Cat. 3, km 69,1 1 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 7 pts 2 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 4 Eugen Wacker (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 2 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Sprints Lagnieu - km 107.8 1 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Young rider 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.25.45 2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 0.05 3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.32 4 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 5 Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.55 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 23.24 10 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 11 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team 12 Mickaël Malle (Fra) French National Team 13 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 14 Thierry Hupond (Fra) French National Team 15 Stijn Penne (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 16 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 17 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Kévin Neyrink (Bel) Quick Step 19 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 21 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 22 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 23 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93 26 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team 27 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 29 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 30 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 31 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 33 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 34 Dimitrïy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 35 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 37 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 38 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93 39 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) French National Team 40 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec Teams 1 Ag2r Prevoyance 10.41.11 2 Davitamon-Lotto 3 Cycling Team Capec 0.05 5 Agritubel 0.32 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Française Des Jeux 3.55 8 Quick Step 22.52 9 Credit Agricole 10 R.A.G.T. Semences 22.57 11 Team TIAA-CREF 23.24 12 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 Auber 93 14 French National Team 46.16 15 Jartazi Granville Team 16 Rabobank 17 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 1 1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 3.25.35 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.02 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.06 4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.10 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 0.15 6 Eugen Wacker (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 7 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 0.39 8 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.41 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.42 10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 12 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 13 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 14 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 15 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA-CREF 18 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.05 21 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 23.34 Courtesy of velostory.net
