Goss outsprints Farrar in Plouay
Second consecutive win for Australia at GP Ouest France
Australia’s Matthew Goss (HTC-Columbia) claimed his first ProTour win as he succeeded his compatriot Simon Gerrans as the winner of the GP Ouest-France. He outsprinted Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Yoann Offredo (FDJ) on the finishing line in Plouay and sent an interesting message to the selectors of the Australian team for the world championship to be held in Victoria six weeks from now.
“Today I’ve proven I can race on this kind of circuit,” Goss told Cyclingnews straight after the finish. “This was a very hard race on a typical world championship circuit. It’s good for my confidence. It’s nice to win after that distance on a hard course.”
The organisers of the GP Plouay got permission from the UCI to add one more lap to the event and make it 248 kilometres long but it didn’t prevent the race from ending in another bunch sprint after a standard boring scenario for a ProTour race.
The second attack that came soon after the start was made up of six riders: Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ), Danny Pate (Garmin-Transitions), Ivan Rovny (RadioShack), Mickaël Delage (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) and Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano), and they were quickly joined by Mathieu Drujon (Caisse d’Epargne) and Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel). The eight-men breakaway got a maximum lead of 13.40 and the bunch was booed by the Breton public for not riding aggressively, although the event is longer as popular as it was before Plouay hosted the world championship ten years ago.
HTC-Columbia was probably the most active team when the time came to close the gap. “We did a bit of work early on,” Goss commented. “It was worth it.” Mangel was the only one of the breakaway riders to survive in the lead as a counter-attack caught them at the beginning of the final lap. Francesco Gavazzi and Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Greg van Avermaet (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Bjorn Leukemans and Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil) were the other riders to insist at the front. While they were caught by the bunch with six kilometres to go, Mangel stayed clear for one more kilometre.
Davide Appollonio (Cervélo) and Dan Martin (Garmin-Transitions), who recently won the last stage of the Tour du Limousin and the Tre Valle Varesine respectively, were the last men to attack before the final bunch sprint. “The hardest thing for me was to wait and not attack,” said Offredo who had been told that it would be useless to lose energy prior to the bunch sprint as he did one week ago in Hamburg. “I had seen in the final kilometres that a couple of sprinters were missing so I was hoping for a top ten but maybe not the top three,” the young Frenchman told Cyclingnews. “At the end I felt I was even able to pass Farrar.” The FDJ rider was happy to finish third.
Farrar admitted he was “a little bit disappointed with the second place”. “It would have been amazing to win two classics in a row,” said the American who stormed to victory in Hamburg one week ago. “The course here was on the limit for me. It was hard but I managed to survive. Matt Wilson and Murillo Fisher killed themselves for me. I was nervous and I went too early but Goss did a perfect sprint.”
At the start of the ProTour event, the Australian was worried because he had been sick after the Tour of Denmark where he got into the winning mood again after his great successes at the Giro d’Italia (stage 9) and Philadelphia. “The cold went to my chest and I had a cough,” he revealed. At the end, he improved his status inside the national team in the making for the World’s. As Robbie McEwen revealed that he won’t make the final cut, Australia seems to have some reason for opting for younger sprinters.
Interestingly, only two pro races are held in the province of Morbihan in Brittany, and Goss won in Plouay after fellow Australian Wesley Sulzberger claimed the GP Plumelec in May. “We have the province wrapped up,” Sulzberger quipped afterwards.
Plouay and the region of Brittany will bid for hosting the world championship again with 2014 the possible date.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | 6:37:53 |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervelo Test Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Astana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team Radioshack | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Gorazd Strangelj (Slo) Astana | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | 0:00:09 |
65 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack | 0:00:57 |
66 | André Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Frederick Wilmann (Nor) Skil - Shimano | 1:24:00 |
85 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:40 |
86 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Jérome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:02:13 |
121 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:44 |
123 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:03:08 |
124 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:03:27 |
125 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:51 |
126 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:04:03 |
127 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Rob Ruygh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:19 |
130 | Javier Fran Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:05:19 |
132 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:24 |
135 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack | 0:07:40 |
138 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:08:08 |
139 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano | 0:08:35 |
141 | Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:09:20 |
142 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Marco Corti (Ita) Footon-Servetto | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team Radioshack | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Transitions | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:10:41 |
148 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
151 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
155 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
156 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
157 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:15:06 |
DNF | Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anthony Charteau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Katusha | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team HTC - Columbia | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Noe Gianetti (Swi) Footon-Servetto | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | Row 190 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | Row 191 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | Row 192 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | Row 193 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano | Row 194 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Feng Han (Chn) Skil - Shimano | Row 195 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | Row 196 - Cell 2 |
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