Ravard claims Circuit Sarthe finale
Luis Léon Sanchez wins general classification
Luis Leon Sanchez of Caisse d'Epargne celebrated his start-to-finish overall win at the Circuit Cyclist Sarthe, while AG2R's Anthony Ravard won his second stage to close out the race. Sanchez, who currently leads the International Cycling Union's rankings, had won the opening stage and never gave up the lead in the race.
Ravard had earlier won the second stage of the race, as well as Friday's 171km finale from Le Mans to Sille-le-Guillaume where he bested race leader Luis Leon Sanchez and Julien Simon (Saur - Sojasun) for the victory.
Only 78 riders took to the start, which was delayed five minutes on a beautiful, sunny day. Only about 20km into the stage a French trio escaped: Pierre Rolland (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Stephane Auge (Cofidis) and Maxime Mederal (Big Mat Auber 93).
While their lead never extended much beyond two minutes, the trio nevertheless were able to stay away until the third of seven laps of the closing 10.2km finishing circuit. Another group of five got way but were kept close to the peloton and were absorbed with only two kilometres to go, setting up the sprint finish.
1 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 4:14:04 |
2 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Uros Murn (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Ted Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Team RadioShack | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:01 |
47 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:02 |
50 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Freddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:04 |
62 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:05 |
66 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:10 |
1 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 15:36:52 |
2 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack | 0:00:14 |
3 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:15 |
4 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:00:19 |
5 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:00:24 |
6 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:27 |
7 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:28 |
8 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:31 |
9 | Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:33 |
10 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:34 |
13 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:35 |
15 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:37 |
17 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:38 |
18 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:42 |
20 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:43 |
21 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:44 |
22 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:00:45 |
23 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:46 |
24 | Ted Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:00:53 |
26 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:54 |
27 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:26 |
28 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:01:27 |
29 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:35 |
30 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:36 |
31 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:43 |
32 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 0:01:45 |
33 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:48 |
34 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:01:51 |
35 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:01:53 |
36 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:01:56 |
37 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:02:02 |
38 | Uros Murn (Slo) Adria Mobil | 0:02:04 |
39 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:13 |
40 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:03:00 |
41 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:03:21 |
42 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:03:31 |
43 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:39 |
44 | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:03:44 |
45 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:03:54 |
46 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:59 |
47 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Team RadioShack | 0:04:54 |
48 | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:05:19 |
49 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:06:19 |
50 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:06:23 |
51 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:06:43 |
53 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:07:00 |
54 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:08:30 |
55 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:09:05 |
56 | Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:11:26 |
57 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:11:50 |
58 | Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:12:09 |
59 | Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:13:47 |
60 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:14:03 |
61 | Freddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:21 |
62 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:14:38 |
63 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:17:23 |
64 | Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:19:59 |
65 | Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:20:58 |
66 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:22:23 |
1 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 66 | pts |
2 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 54 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 41 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 38 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 33 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 30 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 26 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 26 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | 21 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 20 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack | 16 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 15 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 14 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 12 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 12 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 11 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 11 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 11 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 10 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 10 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 9 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 9 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 9 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 8 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Uros Murn (Slo) Adria Mobil | 7 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 6 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | 6 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 5 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 4 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | 4 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | 3 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 3 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 3 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 2 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 1 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Lilian Jegou | 1 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
1 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R La Mondiale | 21 | pts |
2 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 15 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 14 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 12 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 12 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 10 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 10 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 9 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale | 8 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 4 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Team RadioShack | 4 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 4 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 3 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ted Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team | 2 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 2 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Freddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 1 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
1 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 15:37:11 |
2 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:15 |
3 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:16 |
4 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:18 |
5 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:19 |
6 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:00:26 |
7 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:27 |
8 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team | 0:01:17 |
9 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 0:01:26 |
10 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:03:12 |
11 | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:03:25 |
12 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:06:04 |
13 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | 0:08:46 |
14 | Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:13:28 |
15 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:13:44 |
16 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:22:04 |
1 | Francaise Des Jeux | 46:52:08 |
2 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:14 |
3 | Adria Mobil | 0:00:16 |
4 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:20 |
5 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:01:04 |
6 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:11 |
7 | Skil - Shimano | 0:02:22 |
8 | BMC Racing Team | 0:04:00 |
9 | Bretagne - Schuller | 0:04:04 |
10 | Saur - Sojasun | 0:05:16 |
11 | Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:09:12 |
12 | Itera - Katusha | 0:17:14 |
13 | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:19:49 |
14 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:22:36 |
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