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44th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.Ncup
France, September 6-15, 2007
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Stage 4 - September 9: Cholet - Contres, 211.5 km
Kohler by a hair
Martin Kohler (Switzerland) put in a valiant move to take the fourth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, just barely managing to hold off the charging peloton, led to the line by new T-Mobile recruit Edvald Boasson Hagen. Kohler survived a 140 kilometre-long breakaway with a last ditch attack with 200m to go, taking the 211.5 kilometre stage from Cholet to Contres. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) kept the overall lead with a safe bunch finish.
Kohler was surprised the move worked. "When Hartmann attacked I followed him," Kohler explained, "but I thought we were crazy. Actually I hoped that some riders would join us." But nobody managed to get across to the pair, and they were on their own for the long haul to Contres. "In the last kilometres, Hartmann was exhausted and I had to do all the work myself. Actually I thought we could never make it. Obviously, I have been quite lucky that the bunch hesitated to speed up in the finish. It was only just."
After the first hour of racing, a group of twenty riders including the yellow jersey Mollema and his team-mates attacked and managed to gain a 30 second lead. However, there was no way the rest of the bunch was letting that move stay clear, and it all came back together at kilometre 81. The move did manage to set up the decisive maneuver of the day, and Nicolas Hartmann (France A) and Kohler went clear, gaining a maximum of six minutes advantage at Montbazon (km 138) before the Dutch team of Mollema poured on the gas.
Additional help by the Italians, looking to protect Marco Coledan's lead in the mountains classification, brought the lead down to 2'40 at the last KOM with 21 km to go. The duo's advantage slowly dropped over the closing kilometres: one minute with 10km to go and down to just 25 seconds with five kilometres remaining. In the last kilometre, they still held on to a slim 14 second lead, but the sprint was opening up and Kohler put in a last-gasp attempt with 200m to go. His attack was just enough to hold off the peloton and win the stage ahead of Boasson Hagen.
Results
1 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.02.45 (41.91 km/h) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 3 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team 4 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 5 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 6 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team 7 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 9 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team 10 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 12 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 13 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 14 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 15 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 16 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team 17 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 18 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team 19 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 20 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 21 Mickael Larpe (Fra) French National Team B 22 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team 23 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 24 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 25 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 26 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 27 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 28 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 29 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed Team 30 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 31 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 32 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 33 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team 34 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team 35 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 36 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team 37 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 38 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 39 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 40 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A 41 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 42 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norwegian National Team 43 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team 44 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 45 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team 46 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgian National Team 47 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 48 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A 49 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 50 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team 51 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team 52 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Dutch National Team 53 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 54 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team 55 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team 56 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 57 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 58 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Spanish National Team 59 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B 60 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team 61 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 62 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 63 Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 64 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 65 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team 66 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team 67 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team 68 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National Team 69 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 70 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team 71 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 72 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team 73 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 74 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 75 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 76 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team 78 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 79 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 80 Christer Rake (Nor) Norwegian National Team 81 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team 82 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team 83 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 84 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 85 Peter Stetina (USA) USA National Team 86 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 87 Jose Herrada (Spa) Spanish National Team 88 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team 89 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 90 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team 91 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B 92 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team 93 David Veilleux (Can) Canadian National Team 94 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) French National Team B 95 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team 96 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 97 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team 98 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 99 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team 100 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team 101 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 102 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 103 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 104 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 105 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) French National Team A 106 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team 107 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 108 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italian National Team 109 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italian National Team 110 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) French National Team B 111 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team 112 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team 113 Thomas Peterson (USA) USA National Team 114 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 115 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B 116 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team 117 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 0.24 118 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.37 119 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgian National Team Sprints Argenton-Les-Vallees - 33.0 Km 1 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 3 pts 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 2 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 1 Chinon - 96.5 Km 1 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 3 pts 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 2 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 La Croix-En-Touraine - 172.5 Km 1 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 3 pts 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 2 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 Contres - 211.5 Km 1 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 30 pts 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 27 3 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team 25 4 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 23 5 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 21 6 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team 19 7 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 17 8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 15 9 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team 13 10 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 11 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 10 12 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 9 13 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 8 14 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 7 15 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 6 16 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team 5 17 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 4 18 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team 3 19 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 2 20 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 1 Mountains Côte de Chinon - 99.0 Km 1 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 5 pts 2 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 3 3 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 2 4 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 Côte de Montrichard - 190.0 Km 1 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 3 pts 2 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 2 3 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 1 Teams 1 Switzerland 15.08.15 2 Canada 3 Netherlands 4 Lithuania 5 Noraway 6 Belgium 7 Mixed 8 Russia 9 Poland 10 Kazakhstan 11 France A 12 Denmark 13 Latvia 14 Portugal 15 Slovenia 16 Germany 17 US National Team 18 Spain 19 Ukraine 20 France B 21 Italy General classification after stage 4 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 15.54.31 2 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.06 3 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.07 4 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team 0.13 5 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A 0.17 6 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 7 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.22 8 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team 9 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team 10 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team 11 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team 12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.27 13 Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 0.30 14 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team 15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B 0.35 16 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team 1.21 17 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 1.37 18 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B 3.55 19 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 5.50 20 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 5.56 21 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 6.10 22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 6.12 23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team 6.33 24 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team 6.43 25 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed Team 6.49 26 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 6.51 27 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 6.52 28 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team 6.54 29 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 30 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 6.55 31 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 6.57 32 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 33 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team 34 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 35 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 36 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team 37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team 38 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 39 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Spanish National Team 40 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 41 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team 42 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 7.00 43 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 7.03 44 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.05 45 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 7.08 46 Peter Stetina (USA) USA National Team 47 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National Team 48 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 49 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team 50 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team 7.09 51 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Dutch National Team 52 Jose Herrada (Spa) Spanish National Team 53 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 54 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norwegian National Team 7.14 55 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 56 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team 57 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 7.16 58 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team 7.18 59 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 7.19 60 Thomas Peterson (USA) USA National Team 7.20 61 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team 7.21 62 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team 7.25 63 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 7.26 64 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italian National Team 7.27 65 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 7.29 66 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 7.30 67 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 68 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 7.36 69 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 7.37 70 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team 71 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team 72 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) French National Team A 73 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) French National Team B 7.39 74 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.42 75 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 7.43 76 Mickael Larpe (Fra) French National Team B 7.50 77 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team 7.54 78 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.55 79 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team 80 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgian National Team 7.56 81 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgian National Team 8.06 82 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 8.09 83 Christer Rake (Nor) Norwegian National Team 8.18 84 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team 8.38 85 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 8.52 86 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team 8.54 87 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 9.10 88 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 9.19 89 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team 9.21 90 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 9.53 91 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A 10.02 92 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italian National Team 10.27 93 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team 10.28 94 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.50 95 David Veilleux (Can) Canadian National Team 10.58 96 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B 11.02 97 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team 12.06 98 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team 12.10 99 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 12.21 100 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team 12.32 101 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 13.38 102 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team 13.49 103 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 14.02 104 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) French National Team B 14.10 105 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team 14.20 106 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 14.27 107 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team 14.32 108 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 15.15 109 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 16.10 110 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 16.55 111 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 19.27 112 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team 20.17 113 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 22.26 114 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 115 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team 22.50 116 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 23.12 117 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 26.13 118 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 45.38 119 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team 1.03.49 Points classification 1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 75 pts 2 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 53 3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team 49 4 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team 49 5 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team 38 6 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team 36 7 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 35 8 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed Team 34 9 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 32 10 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team 32 11 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 28 12 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 27 13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 27 14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 27 15 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 27 16 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A 26 17 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team 26 18 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team 25 19 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team 24 20 Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team 23 21 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 23 22 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 23 23 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team 22 24 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B 21 25 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team 21 26 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team 21 27 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 20 28 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team 17 29 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B 16 30 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 15 31 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 14 32 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 13 33 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team 13 34 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 13 35 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 12 36 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team 9 37 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team 9 38 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team 8 39 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 7 40 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team 7 41 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 7 42 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team 6 43 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team 6 44 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team 6 45 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team 5 46 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team 5 47 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team 4 48 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 4 49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team 3 50 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 3 51 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team 3 52 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 53 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team 3 54 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 2 55 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2 56 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 1 57 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team 21 pts 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team 8 3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team 8 4 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team 8 5 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 6 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 5 7 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 5 8 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team 4 9 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team 3 10 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 3 11 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 3 12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team 3 13 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 2 14 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 2 15 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team 2 16 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 2 17 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team 2 18 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 2 19 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B 2 20 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team 1 21 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 1 22 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team 1 23 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine 1 Team classification 1 Denmark 47.45.21 2 Netherlands 4.32 3 Switzerland 4.52 4 France B 7.26 5 France A 11.27 6 Russia 11.57 7 Belgium 12.15 8 Slovenia 12.23 9 Noraway 12.28 10 Germany 12.35 11 US National Team 12.39 12 Mixed 12.42 13 Spain 12.48 14 Canada 12.56 15 Latvia 13.32 16 Ukraine 13.47 17 Poland 18.58 18 Portugal 19.00 19 Lithuania 19.27 20 Italy 20.00 21 Kazakhstan 20.15
