Rolland wins Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
Mourey triumphs on final stage
Cyclo-cross star Francis Mourey enjoyed success in the Circuit de la Sarthe's final stage, where he held off the peloton to claim what is only his second victory on the road in 10 years of racing for FDJ. Additionally, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar), in his eighth pro season, won the general classification of a stage race for the first time and with his Circuit de la Sarthe title in hand signified that he's ready for Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
"This final stage was very, very, very difficult," Rolland said after getting off his bike at Saint-Vincent-de-Lorouër. "This morning I felt an enormous confidence and I had an extraordinary team around me. Without my teammates, I would have never been able to control all the attacks.
"I was only scared of the meteorological conditions as snow was forecasted. Fortunately, we haven't had any of that. Otherwise it would have been harder to win the Circuit de la Sarthe."
Only after 50 kilometres and many attacks did four riders manage to go clear: Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha), Marco Canola (Bardiani-Valvole-CSF Inox), Lloyd Mondory (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge), who ended up winning the king of the mountains competition.
Left as a miserable duo at the front in rainy and cold conditions (around 3°C), Canola and Mondory saw one man bridging the gap by himself with 30 kilometres to go. A 7-time French champion for cyclo-cross, Mourey was not affected by the weather. Only Mondory, who resumed racing three weeks ago after a rib cage surgery in November, managed to hold the pace of the FDJ rider but he couldn't take any turns on the final, 13km lap. The bunch was very close behind, but Mourey managed to win the stage ahead of Mondory, just two seconds up on a hard-charging field led in by Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun).
"When I saw Europcar ruling the bunch for GC, I decided to go solo," Mourey said. "I could do it because I was far down in the overall ranking. But having pulled for Nacer Bouhanni these past few days, I left some strength on the road. It's a great outcome.
With Sunday's win with Nacer [at the Val d'Ille Classic] and his stage here at Circuit de la Sarthe, it makes it three victories for FDJ in five days of racing. I'm really not used to that. This is only my second win on the road."
Known as a faithful domestique on the road, Mourey turned pro in 2004 and claimed stage 2 of the Route du Sud that year while racing at the service of eventual overall winner Bradley McGee.
Stars of the Tour de France don't have many opportunities to win stage races but Rolland didn't miss out as he took the lead atop the Mont des Avaloirs on stage 4. "To win an overall classification gives a very different feeling," said the double Alpine stage winner at the Tour de France. "Now I know what it means to wear the yellow jersey and to have a team behind."
Rolland's next big goal is Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He'll continue his preparation for the Belgian Monument with Paris-Camembert and the Giro del Trentino on his race schedule.
1 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 4:19:20 |
2 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 0:00:02 |
4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack Leopard | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:00:22 |
38 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:38 |
39 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) IAM Cycling | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:31 |
44 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:02:12 |
45 | Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia | 0:02:15 |
46 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:02:25 |
48 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:03:30 |
49 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:04:39 |
50 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:07:38 |
55 | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Will Routley (Can) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:11:25 |
59 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katusha | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Sojasun | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rony Martias (Fra) Sojasun | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Duber Armando Quintero Artunduaga (Col) Colombia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoit Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack Leopard | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
1 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 17:04:01 |
2 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:10 |
3 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | 0:00:11 |
5 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | 0:00:12 |
6 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:17 |
7 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 0:00:18 |
8 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:19 |
9 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:20 |
10 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:00:24 |
11 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:28 |
12 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:00:29 |
13 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:00:30 |
14 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:00:31 |
17 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:32 |
18 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:33 |
19 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:40 |
20 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:00:49 |
21 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha | 0:00:57 |
22 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun | 0:01:07 |
23 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:01:20 |
24 | Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia | 0:01:25 |
25 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 0:01:28 |
26 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | 0:01:29 |
27 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:01:37 |
28 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:01:42 |
29 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:02:04 |
30 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:02:55 |
31 | Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack Leopard | 0:02:57 |
32 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | 0:03:05 |
33 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:08 |
34 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:13 |
35 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:03:23 |
36 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:03:31 |
37 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:04:08 |
38 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:04:45 |
39 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:04:53 |
40 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 0:05:00 |
41 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) IAM Cycling | 0:05:29 |
42 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:05:37 |
43 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:07:15 |
44 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:07:37 |
45 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:07:47 |
46 | Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia | 0:09:04 |
47 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:09:21 |
48 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:09:58 |
49 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:10:22 |
50 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:11:59 |
51 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | 0:12:19 |
52 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:14:36 |
53 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | 0:17:32 |
54 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:18:14 |
55 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) IAM Cycling | 0:19:12 |
56 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:19:45 |
57 | Will Routley (Can) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:20:27 |
58 | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | 0:20:35 |
59 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:27:51 |
60 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | 0:32:04 |
1 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | 41 | pts |
2 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha | 33 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 28 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 28 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 25 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 25 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 24 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 22 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | 22 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 21 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | 20 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | 19 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 16 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 14 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 13 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 11 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 10 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 9 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 9 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia | 9 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | 6 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | 6 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 5 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | 5 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 4 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 3 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | 2 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | 2 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 1 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 1 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 1 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
1 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 29 | pts |
2 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 28 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 20 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | 14 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | 17:04:11 |
2 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:01:27 |
3 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:02:45 |
4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:04:35 |
5 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:14:26 |
6 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:19:35 |
1 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 51:13:04 |
2 | Team Europcar | 0:01:01 |
3 | FDJ | 0:01:17 |
4 | Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:02:49 |
5 | Cofidis,Solutions Credits | 0:03:09 |
6 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:03:26 |
7 | Sojasun | 0:03:36 |
8 | Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:04:44 |
9 | IAM Cycling | 0:05:12 |
10 | Team NetApp-Endura | 0:08:07 |
11 | Colombia | 0:09:59 |
12 | Team Argos-Shimano | 0:14:55 |
13 | Accents Jobs-Wanty | 0:33:34 |
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