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57th Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire - 2.1
France, April 7-10, 2009
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Stage 1 - April 7: Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile - Ancenis, 191.9km
Rossi full gas to victory on stage one
Italian Enrico Rossi took firm command of the first stage of the Circuit Cyclists Sarthe, attacking repeatedly until he was successful in forcing a breakaway at kilometre 35 then pounding his way over the 191.9km stage to the win. On a brilliantly sunny day in France, the Italian of the Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce squad escaped with BMC's Martin Kohler and Kévin Ista (Agritubel) ahead of the day's first sprint in Bois-de-Cené.
The trio worked well together to gain a maximum seven minute advantage before the mid-way point of the stage, but that lead faded to just over two minutes by the time the last of three classified climbs had passed at kilometre 157. Rossi crested each of the climbs in first position, while Kohler mopped up all the hot spot sprint points along the way.
The peloton was nipping at the heels of the leaders as they made their way around the finishing circuit, and with less than 10km to go, Rossi attacked and left Kohler and Ista to be caught by the peloton.
Four riders attempted to reach the raging Rossi with 7km to go, but Pierre Rolland (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel) and Romain Lebreton (Bretagne - Schuller) were unable to close down the last of Rossi's gap.
Rossi sailed across the line with a 10 second lead over the peloton, which was led home by Alberto Loddo (Serramenti) for an Italian 1-2. Kohler took third.
Results
1 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4.28.39 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.13 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0.15 5 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 0.17 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.18 7 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Kévin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 0.19 10 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 11 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 15 Alessandro Masserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 16 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 17 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 18 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 19 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 20 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 22 Alexandre Moss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 24 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 28 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 31 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 35 Jérome Coppel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 36 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 37 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 38 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 39 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Astana 41 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 43 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 44 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 46 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 47 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 50 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 53 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 55 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 56 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 58 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 59 Lasse Bochman (Den) Team Saxo Bank 60 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 61 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 63 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 67 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 69 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 70 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 71 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 72 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 73 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 75 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 76 Antony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 78 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 79 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 80 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 81 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 82 Lucas Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 83 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 84 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 0.32 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.07 86 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.35 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6.24 General classification after stage 1 1 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4.28.39 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.13 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0.15 5 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 0.17 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.18 7 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Kévin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 0.19 10 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 11 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 15 Alessandro Masserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 16 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 17 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 18 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 19 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 20 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 22 Alexandre Moss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 24 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 28 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 31 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 35 Jérome Coppel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 36 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 37 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 38 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 39 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Astana 41 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 43 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 44 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 46 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 47 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 50 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 53 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 55 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 56 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 58 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 59 Lasse Bochman (Den) Team Saxo Bank 60 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 61 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 63 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 67 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 69 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 70 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 71 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 72 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 73 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 75 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 76 Antony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 78 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 79 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 80 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 81 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 82 Lucas Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 83 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 84 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 0.32 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.07 86 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.35 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6.24 Points classification 1 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 36 pts 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 3 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 16 4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 14 5 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 12 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11 7 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 8 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 9 9 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 11 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 6 12 Alessandro Masserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 5 13 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 14 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 3 15 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 3 16 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 2 17 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 18 Kévin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1 19 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 1 Mountains classification 1 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 12 pts 2 Kévin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 5 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4
