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57th Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire - 2.1
France, April 7-10, 2009
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Stage 5 - April 10: Pré-en-Pail - Le Mans, 195.2km
Photography
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Images by Fabrice Lambert
- Lots of people despite the rain.
- Sébastien Duret (Bretagne - Schuller) was one of the many who abandoned on the last day.
- The riders on the 18-percent climb to be done each lap.
- Arnold Jeannesson (Caisse d'Epargne) leads the break.
- Benoît Sinner with stylish knee warmers
- Cyril Gautier (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) got warm and rolled down the sleeves.
- David Le Lay (Agritubel) controlled the front.
- Le Lay was helped by teammate Freddy Bichot (Agritubel).
- David Le Lay (Agritubel) got his yellow shirt a tad wet on the final day.
- Le Lay controlled his slim eight-second lead in the final lap.
- French champ Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel)
- Franck Bouyer (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) on a tough day in France.
- Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) was essential to secure the overall win for the team.
- Tony Martin (Columbia-Highroad) and Demaret chase
- Martin had bad luck when he punctured in the final.
- The attack by Demaret
- Demaret, the accelerator, stormed to victory in the final lap, but not without pain.
- Jean Eudes Demaret (Cofidis) stormed away from the break for the win.
- Jérôme Coppel (Française des Jeux) tries to get back to the front.
- Stéphane Bonsergent (Bretagne - Schuller) led the peloton home 26 seconds after the winner.
- Jean Eudes Demaret (Cofidis) arrives solo in the rain.
- The second place went also to Cofidis, thanks to Julien El Fares.
- Le Lay gets the trophy
- Le Lay enjoys the win on the podium.
- David Le Lay with Roger Legeay
- In a bike France, Bernard Hinault is never far away.
- Shakehands between GC winner Le Lay and five-time Tour champ Bernard Hinault.
- Demaret with Legeay.
- Julien Simon (Besson Chaussures) won the young rider classification.
- Simon on the podium
- Matthieu Sprick (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) in the climber's jersey
- Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) won the points jersey.
- The jersey winners pose
Results
1 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4.44.51 (41,116 km/h) 2 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.17 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 6 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 7 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0.26 9 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 10 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 12 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 14 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 18 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 19 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 Lasse Bochman (Den) Team Saxo Bank 21 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 25 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 26 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 27 Lucas Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 29 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 30 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.56 31 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 1.01 32 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 1.06 33 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17 34 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 35 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 36 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 37 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.50 38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.52 39 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 Alexandre Moss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 3.31 42 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.26 43 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 44 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 45 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 47 Antony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.42 49 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli DNF Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team DNF Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Jérome Coppel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux DNF Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce DNF Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller DNF Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team DNF Jérémie Galland (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 DNF José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Kévin Ista (Bel) Agritubel DNF Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana DNF Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel DNF Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller DNF Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana DNF Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel DNF Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel DNF Alessandro Masserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce DNF Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis DNF Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Final general classification 1 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 15.48.34 2 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 0.17 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.21 5 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 6 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 0.27 7 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.31 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 9 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.40 11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.41 12 Lasse Bochman (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.44 13 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.48 14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 0.50 16 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.52 18 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.55 20 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 0.56 21 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1.02 22 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 1.04 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.07 24 Lucas Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.27 25 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.31 26 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 1.37 27 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 1.42 28 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.57 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 2.04 30 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 2.12 31 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2.28 32 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.48 33 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.50 34 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.51 35 Alexandre Moss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.07 36 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.47 37 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 4.01 38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 4.18 39 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.03 40 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.10 41 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.13 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.52 43 Antony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.07 44 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.28 45 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 10.27 46 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 10.34 47 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10.52 48 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 12.57 49 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.20 Points classification 1 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 48 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 36 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36 4 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 35 5 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 34 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 31 7 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 30 8 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 30 9 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 29 10 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 27 11 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 12 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 19 13 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 14 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 19 15 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 18 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14 19 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 9 20 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 22 Alexandre Moss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7 23 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 6 24 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 5 25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 26 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 4 27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 28 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 29 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2 30 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 31 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 2 32 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 26 pts 2 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 16 3 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 16 4 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 14 5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 6 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12 7 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 8 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel 4 9 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4 10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 11 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4 12 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 2 13 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2 15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 1 16 Antony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Young rider classification 1 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 15.48.55 2 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 3 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.27 4 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.28 5 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.10 6 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.36 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.51 8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.27 9 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.29 10 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.30 11 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.49 12 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.52 13 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.07 14 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 10.06 15 Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 12.36 Teams classification 1 Cofidis 47.27.05 2 Française des Jeux 0.20 3 Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 1.28 4 Astana 1.29 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.32 6 BMC Racing Team 1.58 7 Ceramica Flaminia - B.D. 2.00 8 Bretagne - Schuller 4.38 9 Serramenti PVC D.A.G. 4.56 10 AG2R La Mondiale 6.11 11 Team Colombia-Highroad 6.55
