Chavanel wins with solo attack
By Cycling News
Quick Step rider holds off Roux and Voeckler
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the Elite men’s French road race title with a brave solo attack on the hilly circuit in northern France.
The ever-aggressive Frenchman got across to the front of the race in the finale and then attacked alone with two laps and 27km to go. 2010 French champion Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Anthony Roux (FDJ) set off in pursuit but they failed to work together to close the gap and Chavanel climbed to the finish, knowing he was about to take his first ever French national title.
Roux took the sprint for second place, 38 seconds down, with Voeckler a disappointed third.
“There couldn’t have been a better way to win,” Chavanel said. “Arriving solo you get the chance to savour the victory. I attacked from far away because there were many riders ahead and if I had waited any longer I would have risked getting shut out of the final.
"Jeje [Jerome Pineau -ed.] did a great job for me. The two of us made a fantastic team,” said Chavanel. “I’m really happy, it will be a huge honour for me to wear this jersey on the roads in the Tour. I’ll try to honour it as best I can, showing my fans a good time by attacking my way.”
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 6:00:25 |
2 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:38 |
3 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:42 |
4 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:15 |
5 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:17 |
6 | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:21 |
7 | Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:02:23 |
8 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:02:44 |
9 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:04:15 |
10 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:04:19 |
11 | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:27 |
12 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 0:04:35 |
13 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ | 0:04:53 |
14 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:06:47 |
15 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
16 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:06:54 |
17 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | 0:06:58 |
18 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
19 | Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
20 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
21 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:07:00 |
22 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:07:07 |
23 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
24 | Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
25 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
26 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:07:12 |
27 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
28 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:07:19 |
29 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
30 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:22 |
31 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
32 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:07:36 |
33 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
34 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
35 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:43 |
36 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
37 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 0:07:48 |
38 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:07:53 |
39 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
40 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:08:09 |
41 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ | 0:08:14 |
42 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
43 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:26 |
44 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
45 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
46 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
47 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
48 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
49 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ | |
50 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
51 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
52 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
53 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | |
54 | Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
55 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
56 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
57 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
58 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
59 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
60 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
61 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
62 | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
63 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
64 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
65 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | 0:15:18 |
DNF | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
DNF | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Denis Flahaut (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Ronan Racault (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Romain Bacon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
DNF | Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) DSL | |
DNF | Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek | |
DNF | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | |
DNF | Passeron Aurélien (Fra) Geumsan Ginseng Asia | |
DNF | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
DNF | Guillaume Pont (Fra) SP Tableware | |
DNF | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | |
DNF | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Gaël Le Bellec (Fra) Team Raleigh | |
DNF | Benoit Daeninck (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Martial Roman (Fra) Atlas Personal | |
DNF | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Cédric Gaoua (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
DNF | Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
DNF | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
DNF | Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
DNF | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
DNF | Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
DNF | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal | |
DNF | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Alexis Caresmel (Fra) Lotto - Bodysol Pole Continental Wallon | |
DNF | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
DNF | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | |
DNF | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
DNF | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller |
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