Tour de l'Avenir 2014: Prologue Results

Australia's Campbell Flakemore won the opening stage of the Tour de l'Avenir on Saturday in Saint-Flour. He won the 4.4km prologue in 5:45 minutes beating Italy's Davide Martinelli and Dutchman Timo Roosen.

Flakemore leads the general classification by one second heading into stage 1, a 145km road race from Saint-Flour to Brioude.

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Prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Australia	0:05:45
2	Davide Martinelli (Ita) Italy	0:00:01
3	Timo Roosen (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:03
4	Robert Power (Aus) Australia	0:00:04
5	Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Belgium	0:00:05
6	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Australia	0:00:06
7	Daniel Mclay (GBr) Great Britain	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Denmark	0:00:08
9	Jérémy Maison (Fra) France	0:00:09
10	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Belgium	0:00:10
11	Sam Oomen (Ned) Netherlands	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Bartosz Warchol (Pol) Poland	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Colombia	0:00:11
14	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Italy	0:00:12
15	Thery Schir (Sui) Switzerland	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Samuel Spokes (Aus) Australia	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Tom Bohli (Sui) Switzerland	0:00:13
18	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Netherlands	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Tyler Williams (USA) United States	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Jack Haig (Aus) Australia	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Michael Gogl (Aut) Austria	0:00:14
22	Carlos Ribeiro (Por) Portugal	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Belgium	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Gabriel Chavanne (Sui) Switzerland	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Lukas Spengler (Sui) Switzerland	0:00:15
26	Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Netherlands	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:00:16
29	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Switzerland	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Russia	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den) Denmark	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Germany	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Pierre Gouault (Fra) France	0:00:17
35	Loïc Chetout (Fra) France	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Norway	0:00:18
37	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Denmark	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Till Drobisch (Nam) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Russia	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Mads Pedersen (Den) Denmark	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Poland	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Denmark	0:00:19
43	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Germany	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Belgium	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Logan Owen (USA) United States	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Alexey Vermeulen (USA) United States	0:00:21
47	Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Austria	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) France	0:00:22
49	Guillaume Martin (Fra) France	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Oleg Zemlyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:23
51	Christian Mager (Ger) Germany	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Joaquim Silva (Por) Portugal	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Spain	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Alexander Clements (Aus) Australia	0:00:24
55	Mario Vogt (Ger) Germany	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Jaime Roson Garcia (Esp) Spain	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Iuri Filosi (Ita) Italy	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Norway	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Colombia	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Esp) Spain	0:00:25
61	Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Germany	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Rafael Ferreira Reis (Por) Portugal	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:26
64	Floris De Tier (Bel) Belgium	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) France	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Yannick Eckmann (USA) United States	0:00:27
68	Matthias Plarre (Ger) Germany	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Alexey Ribalkin (Rus) Russia	0:00:28
70	Caio Godoy Ormenese (Bra) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Jeffrey Perrin (USA) United States	0:00:29
72	Stefan Küng (Sui) Switzerland	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Sebastian Schonberger (Aut) Austria	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Scott Davies (GBr) Great Britain	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Oscar Gonzalez Brea (Esp) Spain	0:00:30
76	Luc Turchi (Lux) Luxembourg	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Taylor (Tj) Eisenhart (USA) United States	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Colombia	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Daniel Rozo (Col) Colombia	0:00:32
80	Christofer Jurado Lopez (Pan) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Federico Zurlo (Ita) Italy	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) Spain	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:00:33
85	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Slovenia	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Portugal	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Patryk Stosz (Pol) Poland	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Russia	0:00:34
90	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Lukas Zeller (Aut) Austria	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Alvaro Trueba Diego (Esp) Spain	0:00:35
94	Royner Navarro Calle (Per) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Jake Kelly (GBr) Great Britain	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Italy	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Domen Novak (Slo) Slovenia	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Norway	0:00:37
99	Fridtjof Roinaas (Nor) Norway	0:00:38
100	Manuel Senni (Ita) Italy	0:00:39
101	Felix Groszschartner (Aut) Austria	0:00:40
102	Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Belgium	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Portugal	0:00:41
104	Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Luxembourg	0:00:43
105	51	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Rok Korosec (Slo) Slovenia	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Poland	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Slovenia	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Massimo Morabito (Lux) Luxembourg	0:00:45
110	Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Russia	0:00:47
111	Martin Otonicar (Slo) Slovenia	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Luka Kovacic (Slo) Slovenia	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Russia	0:00:48
114	Dennis Paulus (Aut) Austria	0:00:49
115	Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Denmark	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Sindre Lunke (Nor) Norway	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Oskar Svendsen (Nor) Norway	0:00:50
119	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:51
120	Sjoerd Ginneken Van (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:52
121	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:01:01
122	Owain Doull (GBr) Great Britain	0:01:03
123	Sven Fritsch (Lux) Luxembourg	0:01:35
DNS	Nuno Matos (Por) Portugal	Row 123 - Cell 2
DNS	Joao Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 124 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Australia	0:17:25
2	Netherlands	0:00:16
3	Belgium	0:00:19
4	Italy	0:00:27
5	Switzerland	0:00:29
6	Denmark	0:00:32
7	France	0:00:33
8	Great Britain	0:00:40
9	Colombia	0:00:41
10	United States	0:00:43
11	Germany	0:00:48
12	Poland	0:00:51
13	Portugal	0:00:52
14	Russia	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Austria	0:00:54
16	Spain	0:01:02
17	Kazakhstan	0:01:05
18	Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	0:01:08
19	Norway	0:01:09
20	Luxembourg	0:01:19
21	Slovenia	0:01:41

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General classification after Prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Australia	0:05:45
2	Davide Martinelli (Ita) Italy	0:00:01
3	Timo Roosen (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:03
4	Robert Power (Aus) Australia	0:00:04
5	Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Belgium	0:00:05
6	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Australia	0:00:06
7	Daniel Mclay (GBr) Great Britain	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Denmark	0:00:08
9	Jérémy Maison (Fra) France	0:00:09
10	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Belgium	0:00:10
11	Sam Oomen (Ned) Netherlands	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Bartosz Warchol (Pol) Poland	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Colombia	0:00:11
14	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Italy	0:00:12
15	Thery Schir (Sui) Switzerland	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Samuel Spokes (Aus) Australia	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Tom Bohli (Sui) Switzerland	0:00:13
18	Derk Abel Beckeringh (Ned) Netherlands	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Tyler Williams (USA) United States	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Jack Haig (Aus) Australia	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Michael Gogl (Aut) Austria	0:00:14
22	Carlos Ribeiro (Por) Portugal	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Belgium	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Gabriel Chavanne (Sui) Switzerland	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Lukas Spengler (Sui) Switzerland	0:00:15
26	Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Netherlands	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:00:16
29	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Switzerland	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Ildar Arslanov (Rus) Russia	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den) Denmark	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Germany	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Pierre Gouault (Fra) France	0:00:17
35	Loïc Chetout (Fra) France	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Norway	0:00:18
37	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Denmark	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Till Drobisch (Nam) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Russia	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Mads Pedersen (Den) Denmark	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Piotr Brozyna (Pol) Poland	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Denmark	0:00:19
43	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Germany	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Belgium	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Logan Owen (USA) United States	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Alexey Vermeulen (USA) United States	0:00:21
47	Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Austria	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) France	0:00:22
49	Guillaume Martin (Fra) France	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Oleg Zemlyakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:23
51	Christian Mager (Ger) Germany	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Joaquim Silva (Por) Portugal	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Spain	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Alexander Clements (Aus) Australia	0:00:24
55	Mario Vogt (Ger) Germany	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Jaime Roson Garcia (Esp) Spain	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Iuri Filosi (Ita) Italy	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Norway	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Colombia	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Esp) Spain	0:00:25
61	Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Germany	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Rafael Ferreira Reis (Por) Portugal	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Artur Fedosseyev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:00:26
64	Floris De Tier (Bel) Belgium	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) France	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Yannick Eckmann (USA) United States	0:00:27
68	Matthias Plarre (Ger) Germany	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Alexey Ribalkin (Rus) Russia	0:00:28
70	Caio Godoy Ormenese (Bra) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Jeffrey Perrin (USA) United States	0:00:29
72	Stefan Küng (Sui) Switzerland	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Sebastian Schonberger (Aut) Austria	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Scott Davies (GBr) Great Britain	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Oscar Gonzalez Brea (Esp) Spain	0:00:30
76	Luc Turchi (Lux) Luxembourg	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Taylor (Tj) Eisenhart (USA) United States	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Colombia	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Daniel Rozo (Col) Colombia	0:00:32
80	Christofer Jurado Lopez (Pan) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Federico Zurlo (Ita) Italy	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) Spain	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:00:33
85	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Slovenia	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Portugal	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Patryk Stosz (Pol) Poland	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Russia	0:00:34
90	Viktor Okishev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Lukas Zeller (Aut) Austria	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Alvaro Trueba Diego (Esp) Spain	0:00:35
94	Royner Navarro Calle (Per) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Jake Kelly (GBr) Great Britain	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Italy	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Domen Novak (Slo) Slovenia	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Norway	0:00:37
99	Fridtjof Roinaas (Nor) Norway	0:00:38
100	Manuel Senni (Ita) Italy	0:00:39
101	Felix Groszschartner (Aut) Austria	0:00:40
102	Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Belgium	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Portugal	0:00:41
104	Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Luxembourg	0:00:43
105	51	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Rok Korosec (Slo) Slovenia	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) Poland	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Gasper Katrasnik (Slo) Slovenia	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Massimo Morabito (Lux) Luxembourg	0:00:45
110	Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Russia	0:00:47
111	Martin Otonicar (Slo) Slovenia	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Luka Kovacic (Slo) Slovenia	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Russia	0:00:48
114	Dennis Paulus (Aut) Austria	0:00:49
115	Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Denmark	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Sindre Lunke (Nor) Norway	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Oskar Svendsen (Nor) Norway	0:00:50
119	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:51
120	Sjoerd Ginneken Van (Ned) Netherlands	0:00:52
121	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan	0:01:01
122	Owain Doull (GBr) Great Britain	0:01:03
123	Sven Fritsch (Lux) Luxembourg	0:01:35

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Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Australia	0:17:25
2	Netherlands	0:00:16
3	Belgium	0:00:19
4	Italy	0:00:27
5	Switzerland	0:00:29
6	Denmark	0:00:32
7	France	0:00:33
8	Great Britain	0:00:40
9	Colombia	0:00:41
10	United States	0:00:43
11	Germany	0:00:48
12	Poland	0:00:51
13	Portugal	0:00:52
14	Russia	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Austria	0:00:54
16	Spain	0:01:02
17	Kazakhstan	0:01:05
18	Centre Mondial du Cyclisme	0:01:08
19	Norway	0:01:09
20	Luxembourg	0:01:19
21	Slovenia	0:01:41

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