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42nd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - Trophée des Granitiers - 2.2
France, April 25-May 1, 2008
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Stage 2 - April 26: Sarzeau - La Chapelle des Marais, 156.6 km
Vermeltfoort, très fort!
By Jean-François Quénet in La Chapelle-des-Marais
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A future great sprinter is born a champion in Brittany: At the age of 20, Coen Vermeltfoort has bagged his second stage win in La Chapelle-des-Marais by a comfortable two bike lengths from Norwegian champion Alexander Kristoff. Unlike yesterday, when Rabobank let rival team Bretagne-Armor-Lux have total control of the peloton, the young Dutch team were in command today and delivered Vermeltfoort to his second victory in as many days.
"My team-mates have done a great job," confirmed the young man from Slapharen, The Netherlands.
"They closed the gap to the Japanese [national champion Yukiya Arashiro who was away solo for a long time - ed.] and they led me out for the final two kilometres. Thomas Berkhout kept me in the front of the peloton but the whole team worked to perfection. With 250 meters to go, there was a little bit of a dangerous turn, but because we passed there a few times before the sprint I knew I had to be in the front at that point. I was third I think... After the turn, I started my sprint. It was a bit early, that's why I've made a pretty big gap on the line."
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Vermeltfoort has even surprised himself in the past two days. "I knew I was fast but I didn't know I was this fast!" he said. And he's not only a sprinter, so he can aim for more in the Tour de Bretagne as the course becomes harder from tomorrow onwards with a repetition of two hills used by Bernard Hinault for training.
"There are five stages left including a time trial," Vermeltfoort observed. "My time trialling isn't too bad. Now I have 26 seconds advantage on GC. It's not enough before a 23km long time trial. If there is a chance for getting more bonus [seconds] in hot spot sprints, for sure I'll go for it, but I will not use too much energy for that.
"Twenty-six seconds is nothing if a breakaway goes. We'll have to make sure that no group goes away without a rider from Rabobank. We'll put pressure on the other teams and we'll do our best for keeping the jersey."
How it unfolded
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The first attackers of the day were Jonathan Balbuena (VC La Pomme), Jonathan Manac'h (Brest IC 2000) and Koji Fukushima (Meitan-Hompo), but they didn't have much chance of succeeding with the first hot spot sprint after 16 kilometres. Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank) won it and increased his lead on GC.
After that, 19 riders found a way to break away: Thomas Berkhout and Marcel Beima (Rabobank), Alexander Kristoff and Frederik Willman (Joker-Bianchi), Sébastien Duret and Benoît Poilvet (Bretagne-Armor Lux), Johan Landström (Van Hemert Groep), Logan Hutchings (Beveren 2000), Fabrice Jeandesbosz (Vendée U), Christoph Meschenmoser and Nikolaï Schwarz (Ista), Kenny Terweduwe (Davitamon-Lotto), Julien Antomarchi (VC La Pomme), Jean-Marc Bideau (VC Roubaix), Johnny Hoogerland, Lars Vierbergen and Maurice Vrijmoed (Van Vliet), Franck Charrier (CC Nogent-sur-Oise) and Yasuharu Nakajima (Meitan-Hompo).
Two good amateur French teams, Côtes d'Armor and SCO Dijon who had missed the move, rode hard behind in the hills. After 40 kilometres of racing, the 19 were brought back. The regrouping generated another attack by three riders: Sierk Jan de Haan (Van Hemert Groep), Johnny Hoogerland (Van Vliet) and Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan-Hompo).
Hoogerland was faster than Arashiro on two consecutive climbs and secured the lead in the King of the Mountains competition. On the flat section in the second half of the stage, Arashiro went solo with 70 kilometres to go.
The Japanese champion got himself an advantage of over 3 minutes, and still had more than one minute on the final circuit where Mathias Brandle (Ista) was alone between him and the bunch. But the Meitan Hompo rider couldn't resist the Rabobank charge and it came down to a bunch sprint with 5 kilometres to go. And for the second day in a row, Vermeltfoort won it easily.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Local folklore at the start in Sarzeau where the new mayor is UCI member David Lappartient.
- Coen Vermeltfoort was happy with the work of his team-mates after winning Stage 2.
Images by Fabrice Lambert/Tour de Bretagne
- Sierk Jan De Haan (Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner) leads a break-away group.
- Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan Hompo - GDR) corners on his bike.
- A break away group work well together.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) rides in the peloton on Stage 2.
- Gatis Smukulis (V.C La Pomme Marseille) sits in eighth place on general classification.
- Yukiya Arashiro (Meitan Hompo - GDR) finished in 80th spot.
- VC Roubaix at the head of the peloton.
- Rabobank controls the peloton on the closing laps.
- The peloton rolls over a bridge.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) haves some fun while riding in the bunch.
- Johnny Hoogerland (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) collects the mountain classification leader's jersey.
- Poland's Piotr Zielinski (Bretagne Armor Lux) drives the bunch.
- Jonathan Balbuena (VC La Pomme), Jonathan Manac'h (Brest IC 2000) and Koji Fukushima (Meitan-Hompo) formed the day's first break.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) celebrates his victory.
- Dutch rider Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) won another stage today.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) in the young rider's jersey.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) wearing the sprinter's jersey.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) in the points jersey.
- Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Continental) wears the points jersey.
Results
1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3.40.24 (42.632 km/h) 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 4 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 5 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 6 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 7 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 8 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 10 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 11 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 12 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 13 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 14 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 15 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 16 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 17 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 18 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 19 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 20 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 21 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 23 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 24 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 25 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 26 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 27 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 28 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 29 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 30 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 31 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 32 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 33 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 34 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 35 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 36 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 37 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 38 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 39 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 40 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 41 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 42 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 43 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 44 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 45 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 46 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 47 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 48 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 49 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 50 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 51 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 52 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 53 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 54 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 55 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 56 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 57 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 58 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 59 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 60 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 61 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 62 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 63 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 64 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 65 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 66 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 67 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 68 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 69 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 70 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 71 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 72 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 73 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 74 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 75 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 76 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 77 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 78 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 79 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 80 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 82 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 83 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 84 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 85 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 86 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 87 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 88 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 89 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 90 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 91 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 92 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 93 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 94 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 95 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 96 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 97 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 98 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 99 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 100 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 101 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 102 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 103 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 104 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 105 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 106 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 107 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 108 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 109 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 110 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 111 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team 112 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 113 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 114 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 115 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 116 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 117 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 118 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 119 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 120 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 121 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 122 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 123 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 124 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 125 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 126 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 127 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 128 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1.04 129 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 1.23 DNF Mattia Nicoli (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca General classification after stage 2 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.02.01 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 0.19 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.20 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 6 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 0.21 7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 8 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.23 9 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 0.24 10 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 11 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 12 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 13 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 0.25 14 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 15 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 16 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 17 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 0.26 18 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 19 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 20 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 21 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 22 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 23 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 24 Joachim Bohler (Nor) Joker Bianchi 25 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 26 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 27 Mart Ojavee (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 28 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 29 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 30 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 31 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 32 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 33 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 34 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 35 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 36 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 37 Loïc Muhlemann (Swi) S.C.O. Dijon 38 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 39 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 40 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 42 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 43 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 44 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 45 Bert De Backer (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 46 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 47 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 48 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) Rietumu Bank-Riga 49 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 50 Duret Sébastien (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 51 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 52 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 53 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 54 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 55 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 56 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 57 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 58 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 59 Arturs Ansons (Lat) Rietumu Bank-Riga 60 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 61 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 62 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 63 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Rietumu Bank-Riga 64 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 65 Olivier Grammaire (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 66 Markku Ainsalu (Est) Rietumu Bank-Riga 67 Timothée Lefrancois (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 68 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 69 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 70 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 71 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 72 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 73 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 74 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 75 Franck Charrier (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 76 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 77 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 78 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 79 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Rietumu Bank-Riga 80 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi 81 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 82 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 83 Denis Robin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 84 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 85 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 86 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 87 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 88 Julien Fourrier (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 89 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 90 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 91 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 92 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 93 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 94 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 95 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 96 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 97 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 98 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 99 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 100 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 101 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 102 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark National Team 103 Landström Johan (Swe) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 104 Michele Gaia (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 105 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker Bianchi 106 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.44 107 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 1.04 108 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 1.05 109 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 1.50 110 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 111 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 112 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 113 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 114 Olivier Nari (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 115 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 116 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 117 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark National Team 118 Jens Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark National Team 119 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 120 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 121 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 122 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 123 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 2.16 124 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vende U 3.50 125 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 4.10 126 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 127 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 5.33 128 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 21.41 129 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team Points classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 60 pts 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 32 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 32 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 29 5 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 26 6 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 20 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 19 8 Stijn Nierynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 11 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10 10 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 10 11 David Tanner (Aus) V.C La Pomme Marseille 10 12 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 9 13 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 8 14 Cyrille Noel (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 8 15 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 8 16 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 7 17 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 6 18 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 19 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 5 20 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 5 21 Renaud Pioline (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 4 22 Julien Gonnet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 4 23 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 24 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 25 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 3 26 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 2 27 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 28 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 29 David Han (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 2 30 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 2 31 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 32 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 33 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 Mountains classification 1 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 19 pts 2 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 12 3 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 8 4 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 7 5 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 6 6 Fabrice Jandesboz (Fra) Vende U 6 7 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 4 8 Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi 4 9 Yoann Lucas (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 2 10 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 11 Niek Basten (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 1 Sprints classification 1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10 pts 2 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 3 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 8 4 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 5 5 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne Armor Lux 5 6 Sierk Jan De Haan (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 3 7 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 3 8 Benoît Geoffroy (Fra) S.C.O. Dijon 3 9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 10 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 2 11 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 2 13 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 2 14 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux 2 15 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 2 16 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 17 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 1 18 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 19 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark National Team 1 Best young rider classification 1 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.02.01 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi 0.20 3 Giorgio Brambilla (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 0.21 4 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team Ista 5 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) V.C La Pomme Marseille 0.23 6 Fabio Donesana (Ita) De Naedi - Bergamasca 0.24 7 Cherruault Kévin (Fra) Vende U 0.25 8 Tristan Le Yondre (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 9 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 0.26 10 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 11 Gert Dockx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 12 Aurélien Thilloy (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 13 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 14 Ben Van Der Kooi (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 15 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 16 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 17 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 18 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 19 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 20 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) V.C La Pomme Marseille 21 Yann Guyot (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 22 Tim Klotz (Ger) Team Ista 23 Laurent Le Gac (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 24 Jonathan Manach (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 25 Sven Vandousselac (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 26 Tony Hurel (Fra) Vende U 27 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 28 Mathieu Jeannes (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 29 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 30 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 31 Jonathan Balbuena (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille 32 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 33 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 - Quick Step 34 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 35 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 36 Arnaud Madec (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 37 Raphaël Lesage (Fra) C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 38 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 39 Julien Gay (Fra) Vende U 40 Yannick Ricordel (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 41 Jean-Philippe Maheau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 42 Anthony Vignes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 43 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 44 Vincent Rouxel (Fra) Brest Iroise Cyclisme 0.44 45 Baugnies Jérôme (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 1.05 46 Adam Bonser (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 1.50 47 Gert Joeaar (Est) Vende U 48 Erik Jan Kooiman (Ned) Van Hemert Groep - de Jonge Renner 49 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 50 Florian Allaizeau (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 51 Tony Huet (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 52 Tom Diggle (GBr) Rapha-Condor - Recycling.co.uk 53 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cotes d'Amor Cyclism 2.16 54 David Chopin (Fra) Super Sport 35 ACNC 5.33 55 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark National Team 21.41 56 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark National Team Teams classification 1 Wielergroep Beveren 2000 21.07.21 2 V.C. La Pomme Marseille 3 Rabobank 4 Joker Bianchi 5 C.C. Nogent Sur Oise 6 Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 7 S.C.O. Dijon 8 Roubaix Lille Metropole 9 Meitan Hompo - GDR 10 Team Ista 11 Bretagne Armor Lux 12 Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 13 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 14 Super Sport 35 15 Cotes d'Armor Cyclisme 16 U.C. Bergamasca 1902 - De Nardi 17 Rietuma Bank - Riga 18 Vendee U 19 U.C. Nantes Atlantique 20 Van Hemert Groep - De Jonge Renner 21 Rapha - Condor / Recycling.co.uk 1.24 22 Danish National Team
