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54th Circuit de la Sarthe - 2.1

France, April 4-7, 2006

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Stage 2a - April 5: Saint Mars La Jaille - Angers, 93.8 km

Grillo wins for Lancaster

By Jean-François Quénet in Angers

Stage winner Paride Grillo
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A communiqué from race organization Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire reported that Olympic champion Brett Lancaster had no fracture after his heavy crash during the sprint in stage 1, but it wasn't correct: his left collarbone is broken in four parts and he'll be operated only on Friday when the appropriate piece of metal will be available. But he received a nice message today at lunch time when his teammate from Panaria, Paride Grillo won stage 2 at the end of another bunch sprint.

"Without Lancaster, I was lost in the sprint," Grillo explained. "I found a little bit of space which allowed me to come out of the mist with 150 meters to go. That's why I won by so few centimetres."

This wasn't exactly the Italian style of sprinting. Grillo had to do everything by himself. "I prefer more regular sprints," he said. "With head wind, it was even more difficult, and without a train like we usually have in Italy, there's a need for some extra luck."

He didn't get any the day before, when he had a flat tyre with three kilometres to go. "Worst of all, I've lost Lancaster as a lead out man for the Giro, he added. And this is my main goal for this year." He came second to Alessandro Petacchi once last year. Both have in common to have started their career with the Reverberis' outfit.

Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner)
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Grillo is in his second year as a professional. He scored two wins in 2005 (stages in Circuit de Lorraine and Tour of Denmark). He now has two as well in 2006 after winning the GP de Rennes on Sunday. "I came out of Tirreno-Adriatico with good condition," he said. "I hope to maintain it till the Giro, although I know there won't be many stages for sprinters and the competition with Petacchi will be a tough one."

How it unfolded

Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) and Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom) attacked as the peloton exited the village of St-Mars-la-Jaille but they soon got caught. There was a three-quarter headwind riding in the direction to Angers. The whole bunch did it pretty quickly with CSC and T-Mobile setting the pace in the front. After 30 kilometres, Ruben Bongiorno (Panaria) had to pull out because of the consequences of yesterday's crash.

Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r), who was away in stage 1, increased his lead in the King of Mountains competition. During the final three laps in Angers on the circuit that will host the individual time trial this afternoon, Fabien Patanchon (Française des Jeux) and Pichot tried to break clear but there was no other way to end the stage but a bunch sprint. Grillo was boxed in with 100 meters to go but he rode around Alberto Loddo (Selle Italia) and Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) who came 2nd and 3rd respectively. Förster retained the lead before the 8km time trial.

Photography

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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Results

1 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 2.17.00
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
5 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
6 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
9 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                        
10 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
12 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
13 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
14 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.Com                                    
15 Tommaso Caneschi (Ita) Miche                                        
16 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
17 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
18 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 
19 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                                         
20 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                       
21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                    
22 Bo Hamburger (Den) Miche                                            
23 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  
24 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                          
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
26 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
27 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
28 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Miche                                        
29 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 
30 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
31 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                     
32 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
34 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                           
37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
38 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
39 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  
40 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
42 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          
45 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
46 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           
47 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                  
48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
49 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni         
50 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Unibet.Com                              
51 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      
52 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                     
53 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
54 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                          
55 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni       
56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
57 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
60 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
61 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
62 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                         
63 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                                     
64 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
65 Allessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone                               
66 Petter Renang (Swe) Unibet.Com                                      
67 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
68 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.Com                                 
69 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
70 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
71 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                    
72 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93                                      
73 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                     
74 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                           
75 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                       
76 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche                                     
77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         
78 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
79 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni    
80 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                   
81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
82 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                         
83 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                         
84 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      
85 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
86 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
87 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                         
88 Emilien Berges (Fra) Auber 93                                   0.19
89 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone                            0.28
 
General classification after stage 2a
 
1 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
3 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
5 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                   
6 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
9 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                        
10 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
12 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
13 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
14 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.Com                                    
15 Tommaso Caneschi (Ita) Miche                                        
16 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
17 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
18 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 
19 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                                         
20 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                       
21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                    
22 Bo Hamburger (Den) Miche                                            
23 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  
24 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                          
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
26 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
27 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
28 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Miche                                        
29 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 
30 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
31 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                     
32 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
34 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                           
37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
38 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
39 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  
40 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
42 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          
45 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
46 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           
47 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                  
48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
49 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni         
50 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Unibet.Com                              
51 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      
52 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                     
53 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
54 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche                                          
55 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni       
56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
57 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
60 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
61 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
62 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                         
63 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                                     
64 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
65 Allessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone                               
66 Petter Renang (Swe) Unibet.Com                                      
67 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
68 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.Com                                 
69 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
70 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
71 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                    
72 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93                                      
73 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                     
74 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche                                           
75 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                       
76 Seweryn Zenon Kohut (Pol) Miche                                     
77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         
78 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
79 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni    
80 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                   
81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
82 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                         
83 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                                         
84 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      
85 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
86 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
87 Noan Lelarge (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                         
88 Emilien Berges (Fra) Auber 93                                   0.19
89 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone                            0.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  41 pts
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          40
3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      25
4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                24
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               21
6 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              19
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               16
8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          14
9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                               13
10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           13
11 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                12
12 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                     11
13 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone                               9
14 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                8
15 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                             8
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              8
17 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                         7
18 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          6
19 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                      6
20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            5
21 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    3
22 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.Com                                   3
23 Tommaso Caneschi (Ita) Miche                                       3
24 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                   3
25 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          1
26 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                               22 pts
2 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni         7
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             4
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                4
5 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                     2
6 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     1
7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               1
 
U23 classification
 
1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
2 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.02
3 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        0.03
4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              0.04
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
6 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
7 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
8 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93                                        
9 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                                           
10 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 
11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          
13 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
14 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
15 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone                                     
16 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
17 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   0.24
18 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             0.25
19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                         0.29
20 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 0.30
21 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                      
22 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93                                      
23 Emilien Berges (Fra) Auber 93                                   0.49
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                             22.02.39
2 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
3 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                
4 Acqua Sapone                                                         
5 T-Mobile Team                                                        
6 Auber 93                                                             
7 Miche                                                                
8 Unibet.com                                                           
9 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   
10 Gerolsteiner                                                        
11 Team CSC                                                            
12 Agritubel                                                           
13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                    
14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                       0.26
15 Credit Agricole                                                     
16 G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                                        1.18