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68th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, June 4-8, 2008
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Prologue - June 4: Luxembourg - Ville Prologue (ITT), 2.4km
Cancellara fastest in Luxembourg
By Susan Westemeyer
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As expected, CSC's Fabian Cancellara was the fastest in the prologue of the Tour of Luxembourg. The world time trial champion needed only 3'38" to cover the 2.4 km in Luxembourg city. He also took the leader's jersey on a difficult city course that was mostly on cobblestones and included a 300 meter climb with a 25% gradient.
The race organiszers took advantage of the long summer daylight, with the first rider took the start at 19:17, and defending champion Gregory Rast (Astana) not leaving until 21:00. Dirk Bellemakers of Landbouwkrediet set an early best time of 4 minutes flat. He was soon topped by Jimmy Engoulvent of Credit Agricole, who came in at 3'43". The French rider's time held until the world champion took the course. Third place on the stage went to Harald Starzengruber of Team Elk Haus.
Photography
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- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) takes the young rider classification jersey.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) rides in the prologue.
- Home rider Fränk Schleck (Team CSC)
- Mattia Gavazzi (Preti Mangimi)
- Serhiy Honchar (Preti Mangimi)
- Home rider Andy Schleck (Team CSC) rides to finish 33rd in the prologue.
- Italian Salvatore Commesso (Preti Mangimi)
- Dario Cataldo (Liquigas)
- World Champion Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) rides to win.
- World Champion Fabian Cancellara, 27, of Team CSC on his winning ride during the prologue of the Tour de Luxembourg. The Swiss posted a time of 3'38" in the 2.4-kilometre event.
- Michael Albasini (Liquigas)
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.38 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.05 3 Haral Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.12 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 0.13 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 0.14 11 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 0.15 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 15 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 17 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 20 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi 0.17 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18 24 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 0.19 27 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 0.20 28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi 31 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 32 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 35 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 38 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Agritubel 0.21 39 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 40 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 41 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.22 42 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 43 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 44 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 45 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 0.23 46 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 47 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi 48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 49 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 50 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 51 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 52 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.24 54 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 55 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 56 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 58 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.25 59 Held Duarte Miranda (Den) Benfica 60 B Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 61 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.26 62 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil - Shimano 63 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 64 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Troels Ronn Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 0.27 66 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 67 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 68 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.28 69 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.29 70 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon 72 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 73 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange 74 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.30 76 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 78 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 79 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.32 80 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 81 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangi 82 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 83 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 84 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 85 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 86 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 0.33 87 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 88 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi 89 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.35 91 Claude Wolter (Lux) CC Differdange 0.36 92 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) Preti Mangi 93 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange 0.37 94 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.38 95 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 96 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangi 0.39 97 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.40 98 Thomas Bodo (Fra) CC Differdange 99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 100 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.41 101 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 102 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.42 103 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangi 0.43 104 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil - Shimano 0.54 Points 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 3 Haral Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 13 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 5 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 9 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 5 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 2 10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1 Young rider 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3.50 2 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.03 4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.04 5 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.05 7 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 0.08 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 10 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.10 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 13 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 14 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.11 15 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 16 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 17 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.12 18 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 19 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.13 20 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.14 21 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 22 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 Troels Ronn Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 0.15 24 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 25 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.16 26 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.17 27 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange 28 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.18 29 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 30 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.20 31 Claude Wolter (Lux) CC Differdange 0.24 32 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.26 33 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 34 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangi 0.27 35 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.28 36 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 0.29 37 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.30 38 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil - Shimano 0.42 Teams 1 Team CSC 11.26 2 Astana 0.07 3 Agritubel 4 Credit Agricole 5 Liquigas 0.20 6 Benfica 0.21 7 Rabobank 0.23 8 Elkhaus - Simplon 0.25 9 Preti Mangi 0.28 10 Cycle Collstrop 11 Skil - Shimano 0.33 12 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.34 13 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.37 14 CC Differdange 0.45 General classification after prologue 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.38 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.05 3 Haral Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.12 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 0.13 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 0.14 11 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 0.15 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 15 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 17 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 20 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi 0.17 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18 24 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 0.19 27 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 0.20 28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi 31 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 32 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 35 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 38 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Agritubel 0.21 39 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 40 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 41 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.22 42 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 43 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 44 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 45 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 0.23 46 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 47 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi 48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 49 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 50 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 51 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 52 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.24 54 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 55 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 56 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 58 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.25 59 Held Duarte Miranda (Den) Benfica 60 B Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 61 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.26 62 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil - Shimano 63 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 64 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Troels Ronn Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 0.27 66 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 67 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 68 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.28 69 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.29 70 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon 72 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 73 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange 74 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.30 76 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 78 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 79 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.32 80 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 81 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangi 82 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 83 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 84 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 85 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 86 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 0.33 87 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 88 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi 89 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.35 91 Claude Wolter (Lux) CC Differdange 0.36 92 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) Preti Mangi 93 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange 0.37 94 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.38 95 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 96 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangi 0.39 97 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.40 98 Thomas Bodo (Fra) CC Differdange 99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 100 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.41 101 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 102 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.42 103 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangi 0.43 104 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil - Shimano 0.54
