Tour de l'Ain 2014: Prologue Results

Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:05:22.52
2	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:01.64
3	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:03.29
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:03.35
5	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:04.90
6	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:04.99
7	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:06.04
8	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:07.02
9	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:08.46
10	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp	0:00:08.58
11	Julien Loubet (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:11.26
12	Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:11.23
13	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:11.56
14	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:12.17
15	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:12.44
16	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:13.35
17	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:13.39
18	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:13.58
19	Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia	0:00:13.69
20	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:13.91
21	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:14.00
22	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:14.91
23	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:15.67
24	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:15.97
25	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:16.15
26	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:16.20
27	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:16.22
28	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp	0:00:16.27
29	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:16.31
30	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:16.38
31	Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:16.71
32	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:17.10
33	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:17.25
34	Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) Garmin Sharp	0:00:17.55
35	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:17.56
36	Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:17.59
37	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:17.82
38	Jérémy Cornu (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:18.62
39	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:18.64
40	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:18.90
41	Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:19.12
42	Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:19.17
43	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:20.06
44	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar	0:00:20.23
45	Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:21.34
46	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:21.38
47	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	0:00:21.87
48	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:22.01
49	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:22.18
50	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:22.42
51	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:22.53
52	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:23.15
53	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia	0:00:23.24
54	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:23.31
55	Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:23.63
56	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:23.88
57	André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp	0:00:24.43
58	Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:24.85
60	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	0:00:25.62
61	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:25.77
62	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:25.81
64	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:26.11
65	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:26.27
66	Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:26.99
67	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:27.07
68	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:27.09
69	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:27.67
70	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:27.71
71	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:28.21
72	Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:28.95
73	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:28.99
74	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:29.35
75	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:29.43
76	Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:29.57
77	Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:29.80
78	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia	0:00:30.17
79	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:30.30
80	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:30.64
81	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp	0:00:30.92
82	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:30.96
83	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:31.29
84	Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar	0:00:32.62
85	Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:33.52
86	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp	0:00:34.41
87	Jonathan Parades Hernandez (Col) Colombia	0:00:34.95
88	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:36.52
89	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:37.48
90	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:39.90
91	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:44.89
92	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador	0:00:45.57
93	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:49.08
94	Maxime Renault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:51.78
95	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:01:03.20
96	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:01:09.13

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General classification after prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:05:22
2	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:02
3	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:03
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:05
6	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:06
8	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:07
9	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:08
10	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp	0:00:09
11	Julien Loubet (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:11
12	Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:12
14	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:13
17	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:14
19	Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal (Col) Colombia	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:15
23	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:16
24	Grégoire Tarride (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Benoît Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:17
32	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) Garmin Sharp	0:00:18
35	Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Jérémy Cornu (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:19
39	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe de France	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Alo Jakin (Est) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:20
44	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:21
46	Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia	0:00:22
48	Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:23
52	Julien El Fares (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:24
56	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Team Ecuador	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	André Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Julien Duval (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:25
60	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	0:00:26
61	Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:27
67	Steven Tronet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:28
70	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Rémi Di Gregorio (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:29
73	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:30
77	Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:31
81	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) Team Ecuador	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar	0:00:33
85	Higinio Fernandez (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:00:34
86	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Jonathan Parades Hernandez (Col) Colombia	0:00:35
88	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:37
89	Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:38
90	Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:40
91	Jérôme Gilbert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:45
92	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador	0:00:46
93	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:49
94	Maxime Renault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:52
95	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:01:03
96	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:01:09

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Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	15	pts
2	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	12	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	10	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	8	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	6	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne - Séché Environnement	5	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	4	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	3	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	2	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp	1	Row 9 - Cell 3

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Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:05:24
2	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:04
3	Timo Roosen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:05
4	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team	0:00:11
5	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:12
6	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:14
7	Sam Oomen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:15
10	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:16
11	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:00:21
12	Edward Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:00:23
14	Alexis Dulin (Fra) Equipe de France	0:00:24
15	Roman Semyonov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:25
16	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:27
17	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:00:28
18	Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp	0:00:29
19	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:35
20	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:00:47
21	Isaac Carbonell Rabat (Spa) Team Ecuador	0:01:01
22	Galym Akhmetov (Kaz) C.T. Astana	0:01:07

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Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step C.T.	0:16:11
2	Rabobank Development Team	0:00:24
3	Cofidis Solutions Crédit	0:00:28
4	Bretagne - Séché Environnement	0:00:29
5	Equipe de France	0:00:37
6	Garmin - Sharp	0:00:38
7	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	0:00:40
8	Team Europcar	0:00:42
9	AG2R la Mondiale	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Team La Pomme Marseille 13	0:00:51
11	Bigmat - Auber 93	0:00:53
12	Colombia	0:00:54
13	C.T. Astana	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	FDJ.fr	0:01:04
15	Roubaix Lille Métropole	0:01:05
16	Team Ecuador	0:01:14

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