Rousseau tops escape for stage and overall lead
By Gregor Brown published
AG2R's Rousseau takes overall lead in Pau
France's Nicolas Rousseau won the opening stage of the Route du Sud Thursday in Pau, France. He outsprinted his escape companions Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano), Yann Pivois (Bretagne - Schuller) and Carlos Castaño (Xacobeo Galicia) at the end of the 143.2-kilometre stage.
"The plan was initially to protect our two climbers, Loubet and Bonnafond and try to escape," said Rousseau. "We got five minutes on the peloton and I never thought we would get such a lead. When I saw that the gap was still large at the top of Soulor I thought it was possible for the break to stay away. I'm not a pure climber but we maintained a pace that suits me.
"I felt really good today and I waited for the sprint because I know I have a good peak speed. I really believed in my chances, I took the wheel that I thought the fastest, Carlos Castano, and I won. This victory is special because I'm in my adopted home and I know the roads in the area."
Rousseau, of team AG2R La Mondiale, also claimed the overall lead with three more days of racing to come. Tomorrow's stage finishes in Pierrefitte Nestalas after 143.8 kilometres.
The Route du Sud stage was his first professional win after four years of racing. Rousseau, 26, finished seventh in the Boucles de l'Aulne last month.
1 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:45:23 |
2 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
3 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
4 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
5 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:58 |
6 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
7 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
8 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
10 | Fabien Taillefer (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
11 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
13 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
14 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
15 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
16 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
17 | Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel | |
18 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
19 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
20 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
21 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
22 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
23 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
24 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
25 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
26 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
27 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
28 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
29 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
30 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
31 | Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
32 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | |
33 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
34 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
35 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
36 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
37 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | |
38 | Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
39 | Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
40 | Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
41 | Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
42 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
43 | Aurelien Duval (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
44 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
45 | Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
46 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
47 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
48 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 | |
49 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 | |
50 | Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
51 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | |
52 | Edwin Carvajal (Col) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
53 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
54 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
55 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
56 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
57 | Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:16:58 |
58 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
59 | Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
60 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
61 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
62 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 | |
63 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
64 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
65 | Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 | |
66 | Luigi Sestili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
67 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 | |
68 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
69 | Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
70 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
71 | Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
72 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
73 | Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
74 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
75 | Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
76 | Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
77 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
78 | Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
79 | Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
80 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
81 | Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
82 | Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel | |
83 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
84 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
85 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise des Jeux | |
86 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano | |
87 | Alexander Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
88 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
89 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
90 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
91 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
92 | Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
93 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
94 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel | |
95 | Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel | |
96 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
97 | Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
98 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
99 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
100 | Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
101 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
102 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
103 | Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
104 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
105 | Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:25:54 |
106 | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93 | |
107 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 | |
108 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
109 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
110 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
111 | Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:28:24 |
112 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
113 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | |
114 | Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
115 | Yann Rault (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
116 | Marcel Weber (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
117 | Shusaku Matsuo (Jpn) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:33:25 |
118 | Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:33:37 |
HD | Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:41:47 |
DNF | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | |
DNF | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
DNF | Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
DNF | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano |
1 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | pts |
2 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 17 | |
3 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 15 | |
4 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 13 | |
5 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 11 | |
6 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 10 | |
7 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 9 | |
8 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
9 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 7 | |
10 | Fabien Taillefer (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 6 | |
11 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
12 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 4 | |
13 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | 3 | |
14 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 2 | |
15 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 7 | pts |
2 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
3 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 3 | |
4 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 2 | |
5 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 1 |
1 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 5 | pts |
2 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | |
3 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 2 | |
4 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 1 |
1 | AG2R La Mondiale | 11:20:05 |
2 | Skil-Shimano | |
3 | Bretagne - Schuller | |
4 | Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce | 0:01:58 |
5 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
6 | Agritubel | |
7 | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
8 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
9 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
10 | Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia | |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
12 | Xacobeo Galicia | 0:15:00 |
13 | Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | 0:16:58 |
14 | Auber 93 | |
15 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:31:58 |
16 | Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:40:54 |
1 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:45:04 |
2 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 0:00:10 |
3 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:13 |
4 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:00:15 |
5 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:17 |
6 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
7 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
8 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
9 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | |
10 | Fabien Taillefer (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
11 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
13 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
14 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
15 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
16 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
17 | Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel | |
18 | Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
19 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
20 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
21 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
22 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
23 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
24 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
25 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
26 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
27 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
28 | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel | |
29 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
30 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
31 | Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
32 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | |
33 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
34 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
35 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
36 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
37 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | |
38 | Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
39 | Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
40 | Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
41 | Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
42 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
43 | Aurelien Duval (Fra) Francaise des Jeux | |
44 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
45 | Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
46 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
47 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
48 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 | |
49 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 | |
50 | Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
51 | David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel | |
52 | Edwin Carvajal (Col) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
53 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
54 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
55 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
56 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
57 | Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:17:17 |
58 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
59 | Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
60 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
61 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
62 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 | |
63 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
64 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
65 | Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 | |
66 | Luigi Sestili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
67 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Auber 93 | |
68 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
69 | Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
70 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
71 | Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
72 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
73 | Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
74 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
75 | Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
76 | Andrea Moletta (Ita) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | |
77 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
78 | Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
79 | Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
80 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
81 | Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
82 | Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel | |
83 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
84 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
85 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise des Jeux | |
86 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano | |
87 | Alexander Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
88 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
89 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
90 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
91 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | |
92 | Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
93 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
94 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel | |
95 | Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel | |
96 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
97 | Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
98 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
99 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
100 | Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
101 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
102 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
103 | Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
104 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | |
105 | Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:26:13 |
106 | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93 | |
107 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 | |
108 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
109 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
110 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
111 | Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:28:43 |
112 | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
113 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | |
114 | Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | |
115 | Yann Rault (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
116 | Marcel Weber (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | |
117 | Shusaku Matsuo (Jpn) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:33:44 |
118 | Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:33:56 |
1 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | pts |
2 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 17 | |
3 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 15 | |
4 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 13 | |
5 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 11 | |
6 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 10 | |
7 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 9 | |
8 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
9 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel | 7 | |
10 | Fabien Taillefer (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 6 | |
11 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
12 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 4 | |
13 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silver Cross - Selle Italia | 3 | |
14 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 2 | |
15 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 1 |
1 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano | 12 | pts |
2 | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8 | |
3 | Carlos Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 5 | |
4 | Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 3 | |
5 | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 1 |
1 | AG2R La Mondiale | 11:20:05 |
2 | Skil-Shimano | |
3 | Bretagne - Schuller | |
4 | Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce | 0:01:58 |
5 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
6 | Agritubel | |
7 | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
8 | Francaise Des Jeux | |
9 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
10 | Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia | |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
12 | Xacobeo Galicia | 0:15:00 |
13 | Besson Chaussures - Sojasun | 0:16:58 |
14 | Auber 93 | |
15 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:31:58 |
16 | Team Stegcomputer - Neotel | 0:40:54 |

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