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Boucles de la Mayenne - 2.2

France, June 16-19, 2006

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Stage 1 - June 16: St Berthevin - Evron, 186 km

First pro win for Benoît Sinner, English leader out after 5km

By Jean-François Quénet in Évron

Tty-two-year-old Benoît Sinner, a neo pro with Agritubel, claimed his first pro win in the Boucles de la Mayenne today while Markus Eichler, 24, from Regiostorm-Senges, became the new race leader. Third in the prologue the evening before, Eichler was the highest ranked rider in the 15 men breakaway. Yellow jersey Chris Newton's race ended just 5 kilometers into the stage when he crashed and was taken to hospital. Fortunately, the x-rays revealed that nothing was broken.

"It's been very hard for me at the beginning of the season," Sinner said. "But in the last month or two, I'm coming closer to the pro level. This first pro win is encouraging before my goal: the European championship in Valkenburg on July 16th."

Sinner outsprinted former Madison world champion Franck Perque who took a year off from cycling before returning with CC Nogent this season. Kristian House hoped to win a stage just like in the Tour de Bretagne two months ago but he came third and couldn't bring Recycling.co.uk the consolation prize they deserved.

For Rabobank, it wasn't Tom Veelers, second in the prologue, who made the break but cyclo-cross star Bart Aernoudt, so the best placed rider on classification was Markus Eichler who is the new race leader, one second ahead of young French amateur Nicolas Rousseau. Regiostorm was the other team with Agritubel to have two riders in the front. As Eichler was a big help for Maint Berkenbosch who run second to Norwegian star Gabriel Rasch in the Ringerike Grand Prix last year, the Dutchman returned the favor today.

"I felt very strong after that race in Norway and I will defend this yellow jersey now," Eichler said. He has won the GP Lillers, the Tour of Cologne and the Ronde van Drenthe this year already, and the German time trial championship next week is an important target that he's working hard for.

How it unfolded

After only 5 kilometers, prologue winner and race leader Chris Newton crashed. No fracture was reported. At about the same time, 15 riders broke clear: Vassili Khatuntsev (Omnibike), Antoine Dalibard (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h), Bart Aernoudts (Rabobank), Robby Meul (Jartazi), Peter Velits (Konica-Minolta), Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk), Maint Berkenbosch and Markus Eichler (Regiostorm), Koji Fukushima (Yahoo! Japan), Nicolas Crosbie and Benoît Sinner (Agritubel), Nicolas Rousseau (French national team), Steven Tronet (VC Roubaix), Alexandre Bousseau (Vendée U) and Franck Perque (CC Nogent).

Before the gap reached two minutes, Christophe Diguet (Team U Nantes-Atlantique), Olivier Grammaire and David Burgy (SCO Dijon) tried to come across but never made it. Italian squad OTC Doors-Lauretana chased hard when the bunch was 6 minutes behind with 60 km to go. Then a few teams came and helped but they gave up when the gap decreased to just under 2 minutes with 15 km to go.

Velits was the first man in the breakaway to drop out, because of cramps. Close to the end, Crosbie - who had scored the points for the KOM - and Khatuntsev went back to the bunch as well. Alexei Schmidt (Omnibike) tried to bridge the gap by himself but failed. Sinner was faster than Perque on the finishing line and Eichler took the yellow jersey.

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Results

1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                  4.32.54
2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                                
3 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
4 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                  
5 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                           
6 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix                                        
7 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                           
8 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                                     
9 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                      
10 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                             
11 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           
12 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   0.08
13 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       2.14
14 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           2.25
15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                        
16 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                             
17 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                    
18 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                           
19 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                    
20 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                 
21 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                         
22 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                      
23 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                  
24 Johnathan Dayus (GBr) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                      
25 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                    
26 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                            
27 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        
28 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                             
29 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental                       
30 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental                     
31 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays de la Loire                               
32 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                         
33 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                           
34 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix                                   
35 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                    
36 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U                                          
37 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           
38 Vincent Cantero (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                             
39 Médéric Clain (Fra) VC Roubaix                                       
40 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                
41 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                   
42 Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                       
43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              
44 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental                               
45 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               
46 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       
47 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                            
48 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                         
49 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix                                         
50 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         
51 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                             
52 Junya Sano (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                              
53 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               
54 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                  
55 Hamish Haynes (GBr) Jartazi-7Mobile                                  
56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U                                      
57 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                  
58 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
59 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                             
60 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                      
61 Paul Brousse (Fra) VC Roubaix                                        
62 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       
63 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                     
64 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                          
65 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      
66 Cédric Herve (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               
67 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                       
68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U                                  8.52
69 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                              15.29
70 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sean Kelly Team                             
71 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays de la Loire                                
72 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire                                 
73 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays de la Loire                                
74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                            
75 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                                  
76 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                            
77 Guillaume Garnier (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                   
78 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                                    
79 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                       
80 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                               
81 David Burgy (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                      
82 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U                                      
83 Yoann Foucher (Fra) Pays de la Loire                                 
84 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana                               
85 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                     
86 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix                                      
87 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana                              
88 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                
89 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                         
90 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                     
91 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                             
92 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                       
93 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                             
94 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                         
95 Kévin Cherruault (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                     
96 Romain Mary (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                 18.23
97 Dominique David (Fra) Pays de la Loire                               
98 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                          
99 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                                
100 Christopher Stevensen (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                 
101 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                         
102 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
103 Olivier Nari (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                    
 
Mountains
 
Torcé Viviers - Km 86,2
 
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      6 pts
2 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                       4
3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                               2
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               1
 
Côte des Sources - Km 98,5
 
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      6 pts
2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                               4
3 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       2
 
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               1
 
Ste Gemmes le Robert - Km 106,2
 
1 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                               6 pts
2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      4
3 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                     2
4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       1
 
Mont Rochard - Km 119
 
1 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                       6 pts
2 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       4
3 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                             2
4 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           1
 
Montaigu - Km 131,5
 
1 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                               6 pts
2 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           4
3 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
4 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          1
 
Sprints
 
Villiers Charlemagne - Km 17,7
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                        5 pts
2 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           3
3 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       2
4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      1
 
St Loup du Dorat - Km 56,8
 
1 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                                    5 pts
2 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                        3
3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      2
4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       1
 
Evron 1er passage - Km 156,6
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                        5 pts
2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          3
3 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           2
4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       1
 
Evron 2nd passage - Km 171,3
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                        5 pts
2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          3
3 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                             2
4 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                 1
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    4.41.11
2 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs                              0.01
3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                            0.03
4 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                     0.07
5 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h        0.19
6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                          0.21
7 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                              0.26
8 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                    0.28
9 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                                     
10 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                          
11 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix                                   0.33
12 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                 0.46
13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           2.25
14 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                         2.26
15 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       2.27
16 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           2.28
17 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                         2.29
18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                           2.30
19 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                  
20 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                  2.32
21 Johnathan Dayus (GBr) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                      
22 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental                 2.33
23 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              
24 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendee U                                          
25 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U                                  2.34
26 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       2.37
27 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                         2.38
28 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                       2.39
29 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                    
30 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon            2.40
31 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     2.41
32 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
33 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h    2.42
34 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                      2.44
35 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                         
36 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                     
37 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                     2.46
38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                      
39 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                   2.47
40 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                   2.49
41 Junya Sano (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                          2.55
42 Alessio Signego (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                            
43 Paul Brousse (Fra) VC Roubaix                                    2.57
44 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental                   2.58
45 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               
46 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix                                   
47 Vincent Freulon (Fra) Pays de la Loire                           2.59
48 Vincent Cantero (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                         3.00
49 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                  
50 Hamish Haynes (GBr) Jartazi-7Mobile                              3.02
51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                      
52 Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                   3.03
53 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                    
54 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                             3.04
55 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix                                     3.06
56 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                         
57 Cédric Herve (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           3.11
58 Alexandre Urbain (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                        3.12
59 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                    
60 Médéric Clain (Fra) VC Roubaix                                       
61 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique              3.13
62 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise               3.14
63 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                         3.19
64 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                   3.22
65 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       3.25
66 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                    3.37
67 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                4.32
68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U                                  9.12
69 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                  15.33
70 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                       15.44
71 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs                           15.48
72 Diego Genovesi (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana                        15.50
73 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sean Kelly Team                        15.52
74 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                   
75 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U                                 15.54
76 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                        15.58
77 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                             16.00
78 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          16.01
79 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                            
80 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                    16.04
81 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                         
82 David Burgy (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                 16.06
83 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix                                 16.08
84 Jamie Burrow (GBr) OTC Doors-Lauretana                          16.09
85 Mickaël Diguet (Fra) Pays de la Loire                           16.10
86 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) OTC Doors-Lauretana                         16.13
87 Yoann Foucher (Fra) Pays de la Loire                            16.14
88 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                                    
89 Guillaume Garnier (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise              16.16
90 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                       
91 CHERRUAULT Kévn i                                               16.17
92 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                16.22
93 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire                            16.27
94 Stéphane Ramond (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                16.29
95 Julien Foisnet (Fra) Pays de la Loire                           16.30
96 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                     18.38
97 Olivier Nari (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                18.43
98 Kimmo Kananen (Fin) Amore & Vita-McDonald's                     18.50
99 Christopher Stevensen (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's             18.53
100 Dominique David (Fra) Pays de la Loire                         19.09
101 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                             19.10
102 Romain Mary (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon                19.15
103 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                          19.20
 
 
 
 
Points classification
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       25 pts
2 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                20
3 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                              20
4 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                         17
5 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                16
6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                         12
7 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix                                      10
8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental                               9
9 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                                    8
10 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                    7
11 Jens Mouris (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                            7
12 David Le Lay (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h              7
13 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                            6
14 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h          5
15 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      4
16 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                            4
17 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                          3
18 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                      3
19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                              2
20 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                 1
21 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     19 pts
2 Franck Perque (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                              18
3 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom-Senges                      10
4 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       7
5 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           5
6 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                             2
7 Kristian House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
8 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile                                     2
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               2
10 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                 2
11 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                         1
12 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                          1
 
Hot spot sprints classification
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       18 pts
2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Regiostrom-Senges                          6
3 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U                                    5
4 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           5
5 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       4
6 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      3
7 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental                             2
8 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                 1
 
Espoirs classification
 
1 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                  4.41.18
2 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix                                    0.26
3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental                            2.18
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                            2.23
5 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental                  2.26
6 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Konica Minolta                               
7 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Vendee U                                   2.27
8 Hanco Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                      2.34
9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Cycle Racing Team Vang                      2.37
10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                  2.39
11 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                   2.42
12 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                           2.51
13 Christophe Masson (Fra) VC Roubaix                                   
14 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) Sprinter Club Olympique Dijon              2.53
15 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                2.56
16 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix                                     2.59
17 Yohann Lucas (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                         
18 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                3.05
19 Stéphane Fouillet (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise               3.07
20 Viacheslav Vilkov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                   3.15
21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                       3.18
22 Romain Feillu (Fra) Frane Espoirs                                4.25
23 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Vendee U                                  9.05
24 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                  15.26
25 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Frane Espoirs                           15.41
26 Matthieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U                                 15.47
27 Kévin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent sur Oise                        15.51
28 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                             15.53
29 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          15.54
30 Alexey Bauer (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow                            
31 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix                                 16.01
32 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                  16.09
33 Kévin Cherruault (Fra) Team Nantes 44 Atlantique                16.10
34 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Etoile Cycliste Mayennaise                16.15
35 Malween Bodin (Fra) Pays de la Loire                            16.20
36 Dale Appleby (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                              19.03
37 Andrew Mc Quaid (Irl) Sean Kelly Team                           19.13