French Road Championships 2011: Elite Men Road Race Results

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Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Radioshack) (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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The men's podium in France (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel had the best podium kisses ever. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

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Sylvain Chavanel happy on the podium (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Pierre Rolland and Guillaume Le Floch chase. (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel and his children celebrate his victory (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel solos to the win (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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The chase was futile. (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Roux leads Voeckler to the finish (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Roun and Voeckler on the final lap (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Roun and Voeckler didn't cooperate well enough to catch Chavanel (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Armindo Fonesca and Romain Hardy (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel and Paul Poux (Saur Sojasun) on the last lap (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel and Paul Poux (Saur Sojasun) in the finale (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel gets ready for the podium ceremony, bringing a special prize along (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) leads the chase. (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Anthony Roux and Thomas Voeckler could not reach Chavanel (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel spent some time off the front. (Image credit: www.ispaphoto.com)

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The French podium: Anthony Roux, Sylvain Chavanel and Thomas Voeckler (Image credit: AFP Photo)

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Anthony Roux (FDJ), Sylvain Chavanel (Quickstep) and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) on the podium (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel with his biggest supporters (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert/sportbreizh.com)

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Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) wins the French title (Image credit: AFP Photo)

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.

Visconti wins his third tricolore

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Cancellara beats BMC to take the title

Brammeier takes his second title

Ligthart beats Tankink to take the title

Gilbert finally wins his national title

Rojas beats Contador

Wiggins leads Team Sky clean sweep

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