Elmiger captures a stage win in Cassel
By Cycling News published
Ag2R-La Mondiale rider claims overall, Rasmussen abandons early
Martin Elmiger (Ag2R-La Mondiale) claimed a hard-fought victory in the fourth stage of the 4 Days of Dunkirk on Saturday, ahead of Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) and Cédric Pineau (Roubaix Lille Metropole).
The Swiss also took over the general classification after overnight leader Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) abandoned early in the stage. The hilly circuit of stage four also removed most of the sprinters from the top-ten for the first time in the race. Costa assumed second place overall, while Pineau sits in third.
Elmiger's stage victory came after he finally broke the back of his late-race escape group with a series of attacks inside the final five kilometres. Costa emerged from a chase group to close to within 50 metres of the Ag2R-La Mondiale rider, but he'd left his run too late as Elmiger held on to take his first victory in 24 months.
"It was a really exhausting race, very hard and sometimes dangerous passages on the wet cobblestones," said Elmiger afterwards. "I'm really happy to get this win because I was not at the top of my form today. I rode with the lead group but I did not feel I would win. I tried to ride strongly over the last climb and a moment later I couldn't seen anyone on my wheel! It's a great victory for the whole team. "
Damp day sees a big departure
Rain remained a persistent threat throughout the 181.3 kilometre stage, which linked the towns of Merville and Cassel, before a ten-lap closing circuit took the peloton through the hilly area around the latter village in northern France.
It had taken 65 kilometres for a decisive break to get away. Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) had attacked shortly after the first hour of racing. The Frenchman collected top points at the first climb of the day, but was soon joined group of ten riders. Meanwhile, overnight race leader, Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) appeared satisfied with his two stage wins as he abandoned the race.
After bridging to Coppel the ten soon left him behind behind, with Drujon Mathieu and Imanol Erviti (both Caisse d'Epargne), Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux), Reuben Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Vincent Jerome (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Roman Zingl (Cofidis), Sep Vanmarcke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator), Laurent Mangel (Saur - Sojasun), Steven Tronet (Roubaix Lille Metropole), Romain Lemarchand (Big Mat - Auber 93) and Sébastien Duret (Brittany - Schuller) the men to assume the head of the race.
As the race closed in on the next mountain point, the group was whittled down to just three riders: Erviti, Vanmarcke and Jerome. Behind them Clement Lhotellerie (Roubaix Lille Metropole) was working his way across from the peloton.
The leaders stretched their advantage to 1:45, as Vanmarcke set about securing as many mountains points as possible. Lhotellerie eventually joined the leaders to form a four-man group, but his arrival couldn’t prevent the erosion that was occurring to the group's time gap back to the peloton.
The peloton continued to put pressure on the leaders, and by the time the race headed through the finish for the third last time, with 30 kilometres to go, the break had been annulled.
Despite his return to the peloton Erviti wasn't finished, as he shot of the front of the peloton before being joined by Anthony Geslin (Francaise des Jeux), Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne), Martin Elmiger (Ag2R-La Mondiale), Franck Bouyer (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Sebastian Minard (Cofidis) and Didac Ortega (Acqua & Sapone).
With the overall race lead up for grabs, the race fractured under a constant spate of attacks. As a semblance of order returned, Vacansoleil took control of the peloton and set to work chipping away at the 33 second gap the leaders had carved out, with just 10 kilometres to go.
An attack Vacansoleil on the climb of Avenue Achille Samyn again tore the main pack to shreds, but also succeeded in dropping the gap to just 13 seconds, as a group of seven riders established the chase group. At the head of this second group Gerald Ciolek (Milram) put in a spirited attack before allowing his companions to close the remaining distance.
Ahead, Ortega put a little too much pressure on his front brake as he slid out, removing himself and Minard from the lead group. Bouyer also departed soon afterwards to leave just Erviti, Rojas, Elmiger and Geslin out in front with five kilometres to go.
The numeric advantage of the Caisse d'Epargne gave them the luxury of launching a series of attacks on their rivals. With four kilometres to go however, Elmiger tested the waters for himself. The Swiss' move was shut down quickly as the chase group closed to within ten seconds.
Elmiger went again, using the cobbled approach to the final two kilometres to open a 100 metre advantage. By the time he had reached the flamme rouge, Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) had emerged from the chase group as the only man who could threaten his hopes of stage victory.
But the Portuguese fell 50 metres short of his prey as Elmiger lifted a weary fist from his handlebars to salute his victory.
1 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:42:47 |
2 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:03 |
3 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:28 |
4 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha | |
5 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | |
6 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
8 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
9 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
10 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
11 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:00:58 |
13 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
14 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
15 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:01:09 |
16 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:19 |
17 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:01:22 |
18 | Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
19 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:40 |
20 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:02:04 |
21 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:02:49 |
22 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
23 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:04:09 |
24 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:42 |
25 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:04:49 |
26 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
27 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
28 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | |
29 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
30 | Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
31 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
32 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step | |
33 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
34 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
35 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
36 | Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
37 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
38 | Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
39 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
40 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
41 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
42 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
43 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
44 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
45 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
46 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:56 |
47 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:04:58 |
48 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
49 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:08:10 |
50 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:09:20 |
51 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:11:28 |
52 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
53 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | |
54 | Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone | 0:14:34 |
55 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:15:57 |
56 | David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet | |
57 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
58 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
59 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
60 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | |
61 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
62 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | |
63 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
64 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step | |
65 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
66 | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
67 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
68 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
69 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
70 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
71 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
72 | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
73 | Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
74 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | |
75 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
76 | Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
77 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
78 | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
79 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
80 | Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
81 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Acqua & Sapone | |
82 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
83 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
84 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | |
85 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
86 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
87 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
88 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
89 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
90 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
91 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
92 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
93 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
94 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
95 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
96 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
97 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
98 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
99 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
100 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
101 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
102 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | |
103 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
104 | Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
105 | Said Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
106 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
107 | Niels Brouzes (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
108 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
109 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
110 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
111 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick Step | |
112 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
113 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | |
114 | Yohann Gené (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
115 | Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step | |
116 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:16:30 |
117 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:52 |
118 | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:16:56 |
119 | Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:19:58 |
120 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
121 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:28:13 |
122 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia | |
DNF | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | |
DNF | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
DNF | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step | |
DNF | Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
DNF | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
DNF | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Aitor Hernandez Gutiérrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
DNF | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
DNF | Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF | Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
DNF | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step |
1 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | pts |
2 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 17 | |
3 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 15 | |
4 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha | 13 | |
5 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | 11 | |
6 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 10 | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 9 | |
8 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 8 | |
9 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 7 | |
10 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 6 | |
11 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
12 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 4 | |
13 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 3 | |
14 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
15 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 1 |
1 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | pts |
2 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 2 | |
3 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | pts |
2 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
3 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1 |
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | pts |
2 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 2 | |
3 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3 | pts |
2 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
3 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3 | pts |
2 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
3 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
1 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3 | pts |
2 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
3 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3 | pts |
2 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
3 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1 |
1 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | pts |
2 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 2 | |
3 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | pts |
2 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
3 | Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 4:42:50 |
2 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:25 |
3 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | |
4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
5 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
6 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:01:06 |
7 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:16 |
8 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:37 |
9 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:46 |
10 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:39 |
11 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:04:46 |
12 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | |
13 | Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
14 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
15 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step | |
16 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
17 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
18 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
19 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
20 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:08:07 |
21 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:11:25 |
22 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:15:54 |
23 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
24 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | |
25 | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
26 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
27 | Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
29 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
30 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
31 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
32 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
33 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
34 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
35 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
36 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
37 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
38 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:16:27 |
39 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:49 |
40 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:19:55 |
DNF | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
DNF | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
DNF | Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF | Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
DNF | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | |
DNF | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | |
DNF | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Julien Bérard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
1 | Caisse d'Epargne | 14:09:20 |
2 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:23 |
3 | Française des jeux | 0:05:46 |
4 | Bretagne - Schuller | 0:06:28 |
5 | Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:07:07 |
6 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:08:32 |
7 | Team Katusha | 0:09:07 |
8 | Acqua e Sapone | |
9 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:13:28 |
10 | Team Saxo bank | 0:13:37 |
11 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:16:40 |
12 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:18:15 |
13 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:20:56 |
14 | Quick Step | 0:21:51 |
15 | Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 0:24:36 |
16 | Team Milram | 0:26:54 |
17 | Saur - Sojasun | 0:28:27 |
18 | Landbouwkrediet | 0:31:53 |
19 | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:32:17 |
20 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:39:05 |
1 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 17:24:00 |
2 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:04 |
3 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:23 |
4 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:32 |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:34 |
6 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | |
7 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:35 |
8 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:38 |
9 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha | |
10 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
11 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:08 |
13 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
14 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
15 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:01:19 |
16 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:29 |
17 | Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:32 |
18 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
19 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:50 |
20 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:02:12 |
21 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:02:59 |
22 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
23 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:04:19 |
24 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:52 |
25 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:04:58 |
26 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step | 0:04:59 |
27 | Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
28 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
29 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
30 | Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
31 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
32 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
33 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
34 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
35 | Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
36 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | |
37 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
38 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
39 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
40 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:02 |
41 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:05:08 |
42 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
43 | Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:05:19 |
44 | Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:06:23 |
45 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:08:15 |
46 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:09:30 |
47 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:11:32 |
48 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:11:38 |
49 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
50 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:14:37 |
51 | Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone | 0:14:44 |
52 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:14:47 |
53 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:15:48 |
54 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:15:58 |
55 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:01 |
56 | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:16:03 |
57 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
58 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:16:04 |
59 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
60 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:16:05 |
61 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
62 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:16:06 |
63 | Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
64 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
65 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:16:07 |
66 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
67 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
68 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
69 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
70 | Said Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
71 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
72 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
73 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Acqua & Sapone | |
74 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
75 | Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
76 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
77 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
78 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
79 | Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
80 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
81 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
82 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
83 | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
84 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
85 | Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
86 | Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
87 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
88 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
89 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick Step | |
90 | Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step | |
91 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
92 | Niels Brouzes (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
93 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
94 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:16:22 |
95 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step | 0:16:27 |
96 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:16:34 |
97 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:16:40 |
98 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:17:02 |
99 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:17:23 |
100 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:21:07 |
101 | David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet | 0:22:40 |
102 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | |
103 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:22:44 |
104 | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:23:33 |
105 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
106 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:25:35 |
107 | Yohann Gené (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
108 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
109 | Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
110 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:26:34 |
111 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 0:27:46 |
112 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:28:23 |
113 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:29:29 |
114 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | |
115 | Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
116 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 0:31:45 |
117 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:32:15 |
118 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
119 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
120 | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:33:14 |
121 | Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:36:16 |
122 | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 0:41:45 |
1 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 52 | pts |
2 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | 39 | |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 38 | |
4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 37 | |
5 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 29 | |
6 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 21 | |
7 | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 21 | |
8 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
9 | Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 20 | |
10 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 19 | |
11 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 17 | |
12 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step | 16 | |
13 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 15 | |
14 | Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha | 13 | |
15 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 13 | |
16 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | |
17 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | |
18 | Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 11 | |
19 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 10 | |
20 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 10 | |
21 | Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
22 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 9 | |
23 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 8 | |
24 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 7 | |
25 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 7 | |
26 | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 7 | |
27 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 6 | |
28 | Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 6 | |
29 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 6 | |
30 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
31 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 5 | |
32 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | |
33 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 4 | |
34 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 4 | |
35 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4 | |
36 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 3 | |
37 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 3 | |
38 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 3 | |
39 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
40 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 2 | |
41 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
42 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 2 | |
43 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
44 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 | |
45 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1 | |
46 | Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1 | |
47 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 1 | |
48 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 1 | |
49 | Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | -5 |
1 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 18 | pts |
2 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 9 | |
3 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | |
4 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | |
5 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 6 | |
6 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | |
7 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 6 | |
8 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
9 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 3 | |
10 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 2 | |
11 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 2 | |
12 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 2 | |
13 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
14 | Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone | 1 | |
15 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1 | |
16 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 1 | |
17 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Acqua & Sapone | 1 |
1 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 17:24:04 |
2 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:19 |
3 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:28 |
4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:30 |
5 | Rafaâ Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | |
6 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:01:15 |
7 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:25 |
8 | Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:01:46 |
9 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:55 |
10 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:48 |
11 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step | 0:04:55 |
12 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
13 | Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
14 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
15 | Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
16 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | |
17 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
18 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:08:11 |
19 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:11:28 |
20 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:11:34 |
21 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:14:43 |
22 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:16:01 |
23 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:16:03 |
24 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
25 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
26 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
27 | Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
29 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
30 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
31 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
32 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
33 | Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:16:18 |
34 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:16:36 |
35 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:58 |
36 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:17:19 |
37 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:22:40 |
38 | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:23:29 |
39 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:29:25 |
40 | Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:32:11 |
1 | Caisse d'Epargne | 52:13:29 |
2 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:05:23 |
3 | Française des jeux | 0:05:46 |
4 | Bretagne - Schuller | 0:06:28 |
5 | Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:07:07 |
6 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:08:32 |
7 | Team Katusha | 0:09:07 |
8 | Acqua e Sapone | |
9 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:13:28 |
10 | Team Saxo bank | 0:13:37 |
11 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:16:40 |
12 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:18:15 |
13 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:20:56 |
14 | Quick Step | 0:21:51 |
15 | Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 0:24:36 |
16 | Saur - Sojasun | 0:28:27 |
17 | Landbouwkrediet | 0:31:53 |
18 | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:32:17 |
19 | Team Milram | 0:33:27 |
20 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:39:05 |

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