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45th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.Ncup
France, September 5-14, 2008
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Prologue - September 5: Chalette-sur-Loing - Chalette-sur-Loing, 7.5km
Costa Rican claims prologue
Costa Rican Andreï Amador captured the first yellow jersey of the Tour de l'Avenir by winning the 7.5 kilometre prologue in Chalette-sur-Loing. Amador bested Slovenian Kristjan Koren and German Sergej Fuchs, setting a winning time of 9'20". Frenchman Jérôme Coppel lived up to expectations by finishing fourth while his teammate Tony Gallopin, who suffered a fall, finished over a minute adrift.
The other contenders for final overall victory remained within shooting distance. Rein Taaramae (Estonia) clinched sixth spot and Dennis Van Winden took fifth position. Amador was pleased to take the leader's jersey. "It's a great moment. When I took off it was very windy. I'm therefore very happy to have been able to keep a good pace all along the course. Now I will have to confirm my good performance."
Results
1 Andreï Amador (CRc) Mixed Team 9.20 (48.21 km/h) 2 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.07 3 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) German National Team 0.11 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 0.15 5 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.16 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Estonian National Team 0.19 7 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 8 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.20 9 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 0.21 11 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team 12 Tejay Vangaderen (USA) US National Team 0.22 13 Ben Hermans (Bel) Belgian National Team 14 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.23 15 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 16 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Italian National Team 0.24 17 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Mixed Team 18 Christopher Jensen (Den) Danish National Team 19 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Russian National Team 0.25 20 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 21 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.26 22 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 23 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A 0.27 24 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team 0.28 25 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) French National Team B 0.29 26 Stefano Borchi (Ita) Italian National Team 27 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) German National Team 28 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Netherlands National Team 29 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) French National Team A 30 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B 0.30 31 Dominik Klemme (Ger) German National Team 32 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team 33 Silver Schultz (Est) Estonian National Team 34 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Portuguese National Team 0.31 35 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 36 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team A 0.32 37 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Team B 38 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 39 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 0.34 40 Silvar Kibur (Est) Estonian National Team 0.35 41 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 0.36 42 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Mixed Team 0.37 43 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.38 44 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 0.39 45 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team 46 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.40 47 Kirk Carlsen (USA) US National Team 48 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 0.41 49 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) French National Team B 50 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team 0.42 51 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Belgian National Team 52 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.43 53 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 54 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 55 Gert Joeaar (Est) Estonian National Team 0.44 56 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Swiss National Team 57 Fabio Duarte (Col) Mixed Team 58 Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.45 59 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.47 60 Troels Rönning Vinther (Den) Danish National Team 61 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.48 62 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.50 63 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team 0.51 64 Klaas Sys (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.52 65 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team 0.53 66 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team A 0.54 67 Elias Schmah (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.55 68 Jonathan Thire (Fra) French National Team B 0.56 69 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Russian National Team 0.57 70 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 71 Pavel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 72 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 0.58 73 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 74 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team 75 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.59 76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.00 77 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 1.02 78 Michel Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team 79 Dave Vukets (Can) Canadian National Team 80 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 81 Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 82 Carlos Baltazar (Por) Portuguese National Team 1.03 83 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Mixed Team 1.05 84 Matteo Busato (Ita) Italian National Team 1.06 85 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.07 86 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 1.08 87 Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.11 88 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Polish National Team 1.14 89 Sander Maasing (Est) Estonian National Team 90 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 91 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team 1.15 92 Alessandro Trotta (Ita) Italian National Team 93 Sergiy Sedov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.16 94 Joao Benta (Por) Portuguese National Team 1.17 95 Rolf Kobelt (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.19 96 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team A 1.22 97 Mark Batty (Can) Canadian National Team 1.28 98 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Canadian National Team 1.30 99 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) Swiss National Team 100 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Italian National Team 101 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Canadian National Team 1.31 102 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.36 103 Dejan Bajt (Slo) Slovenian National Team 104 Silver Ao (Est) Estonian National Team 1.38 105 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 1.41 106 Remi Cusin (Fra) French National Team B 1.44 107 Charly Vives (Can) Canadian National Team 1.48 108 Vyacheslav Zabava (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.55 109 Tom Kohn (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 2.06 110 Gints Reinolds (Lat) Latvian National Team 2.07 111 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 2.55 Points 1 Andreï Amador (CRc) Mixed Team 12 pts 2 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 10 3 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) German National Team 8 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 7 5 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Estonian National Team 5 7 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 4 8 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team 3 9 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 2 10 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 1 Teams 1 Mixed Team 28.45 2 German National Team 0.18 3 Netherlands National Team 0.20 4 US National Team 0.23 5 French National Team A 0.26 6 Russian National Team 0.29 7 Estonian National Team 0.39 8 Slovenian National Team 0.44 9 French National Team B 0.46 10 Luxembourg National Team 0.53 11 Portuguese National Team 0.56 12 Belgian National Team 1.04 13 Italian National Team 1.06 14 Danish National Team 1.08 15 Swiss National Team 1.14 16 Ukrainian National Team 1.23 17 Polish National Team 1.29 18 Latvian National Team 2.39 19 Canadian National Team 3.00 General classification after prologue 1 Andreï Amador (CRc) Mixed Team 9.20 2 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.07 3 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) German National Team 0.11 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 0.15 5 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.16 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Estonian National Team 0.19 7 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 8 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.20 9 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 10 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 0.21 11 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team 12 Tejay Vangaderen (USA) US National Team 0.22 13 Ben Hermans (Bel) Belgian National Team 14 Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.23 15 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 16 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Italian National Team 0.24 17 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Mixed Team 18 Christopher Jensen (Den) Danish National Team 19 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Russian National Team 0.25 20 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team 21 Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.26 22 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 23 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A 0.27 24 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team 0.28 25 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) French National Team B 0.29 26 Stefano Borchi (Ita) Italian National Team 27 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) German National Team 28 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Netherlands National Team 29 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) French National Team A 30 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B 0.30 31 Dominik Klemme (Ger) German National Team 32 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team 33 Silver Schultz (Est) Estonian National Team 34 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Portuguese National Team 0.31 35 Kim Michely (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 36 Cyril Gautier (Fra) French National Team A 0.32 37 Maxime Bouet (Fra) French National Team B 38 Alexey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team 39 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team 0.34 40 Silvar Kibur (Est) Estonian National Team 0.35 41 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team 0.36 42 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Mixed Team 0.37 43 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.38 44 Chad Beyer (USA) US National Team 0.39 45 Marko Kump (Slo) Slovenian National Team 46 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.40 47 Kirk Carlsen (USA) US National Team 48 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 0.41 49 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) French National Team B 50 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team 0.42 51 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Belgian National Team 52 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.43 53 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 54 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Slovenian National Team 55 Gert Joeaar (Est) Estonian National Team 0.44 56 Tobias Eggli (Swi) Swiss National Team 57 Fabio Duarte (Col) Mixed Team 58 Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.45 59 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.47 60 Troels Rönning Vinther (Den) Danish National Team 61 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.48 62 Romain Zingle (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.50 63 César Fonte (Por) Portuguese National Team 0.51 64 Klaas Sys (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.52 65 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Danish National Team 0.53 66 Blel Kadri (Fra) French National Team A 0.54 67 Elias Schmah (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.55 68 Jonathan Thire (Fra) French National Team B 0.56 69 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Russian National Team 0.57 70 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Portuguese National Team 71 Pavel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team 72 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Italian National Team 0.58 73 Piotr Osinski (Pol) Polish National Team 74 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team 75 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 0.59 76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.00 77 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team 1.02 78 Michel Kreder (Ned) Netherlands National Team 79 Dave Vukets (Can) Canadian National Team 80 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team 81 Andi Bajc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 82 Carlos Baltazar (Por) Portuguese National Team 1.03 83 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Mixed Team 1.05 84 Matteo Busato (Ita) Italian National Team 1.06 85 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.07 86 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 1.08 87 Indulis Bekmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.11 88 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) Polish National Team 1.14 89 Sander Maasing (Est) Estonian National Team 90 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team 91 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team 1.15 92 Alessandro Trotta (Ita) Italian National Team 93 Sergiy Sedov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.16 94 Joao Benta (Por) Portuguese National Team 1.17 95 Rolf Kobelt (Swi) Swiss National Team 1.19 96 Tony Gallopin (Fra) French National Team A 1.22 97 Mark Batty (Can) Canadian National Team 1.28 98 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Canadian National Team 1.30 99 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) Swiss National Team 100 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Italian National Team 101 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Canadian National Team 1.31 102 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 1.36 103 Dejan Bajt (Slo) Slovenian National Team 104 Silver Ao (Est) Estonian National Team 1.38 105 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 1.41 106 Remi Cusin (Fra) French National Team B 1.44 107 Charly Vives (Can) Canadian National Team 1.48 108 Vyacheslav Zabava (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.55 109 Tom Kohn (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 2.06 110 Gints Reinolds (Lat) Latvian National Team 2.07 111 Niki Ostergaard (Den) Danish National Team 2.55 Points classification 1 Andreï Amador (CRc) Mixed Team 12 pts 2 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 10 3 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) German National Team 8 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A 7 5 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Estonian National Team 5 7 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team 4 8 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Netherlands National Team 3 9 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team 2 10 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team 1 Teams classification 1 Mixed Team 28.45 2 German National Team 0.18 3 Netherlands National Team 0.20 4 US National Team 0.23 5 French National Team A 0.26 6 Russian National Team 0.29 7 Estonian National Team 0.39 8 Slovenian National Team 0.44 9 French National Team B 0.46 10 Luxembourg National Team 0.53 11 Portuguese National Team 0.56 12 Belgian National Team 1.04 13 Italian National Team 1.06 14 Danish National Team 1.08 15 Swiss National Team 1.14 16 Ukrainian National Team 1.23 17 Polish National Team 1.29 18 Latvian National Team 2.39 19 Canadian National Team 3.00
