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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.
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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.”
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| # | 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 | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 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 | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:07:00 |
| 22 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:07:07 |
| 23 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:07:12 |
| 27 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:07:19 |
| 29 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:22 |
| 31 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:07:36 |
| 33 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:43 |
| 36 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 0:07:48 |
| 38 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:07:53 |
| 39 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 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 | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:26 |
| 44 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | 0:15:18 |
| DNF | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Denis Flahaut (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ronan Racault (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Romain Bacon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) DSL | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Passeron Aurélien (Fra) Geumsan Ginseng Asia | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Guillaume Pont (Fra) SP Tableware | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Gaël Le Bellec (Fra) Team Raleigh | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benoit Daeninck (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Martial Roman (Fra) Atlas Personal | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cédric Gaoua (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Atlas Personal | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexis Caresmel (Fra) Lotto - Bodysol Pole Continental Wallon | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
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