Tour of Mauritius 2009: Prologue Results

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A crop picker cleans a sweet potato.(Image credit: Eugene Etsebeth)

It was a tale of two Yannicks in the opening day of the multi-stage MTB Tour of Mauritius 2009. Yannick Cornille of Reunion Island ousted Mauritian Yannick Lincoln to take a narrow nine-second lead in the prologue on Thursday.

Cornille took the yellow jersey, displaying the qualities required, including dare-devilish cornering. He revelled in the twisty-turny bits.

"I knew I could do a good time, but I didn't know how the other riders would do," said Cornille. Showing his aptitude for technical sections he enthused, "I hope for the rest of the tour there is a lot more."

Christophe Gerard took third place, 11 seconds adrift of Cornille.

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Prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yannick Cornille	0:03:12
2	Yannick Lincoln	0:00:09
3	Christophe Gerard	0:00:11
4	Dany Vogel	0:00:12
5	Georget Burel	0:00:15
6	Christian Emmanuel	0:00:16
7	Olivier Heutte	0:00:16
8	Gil Guillaumin	0:00:19
9	Cedric Passee	0:00:20
10	Hugo Caetane	0:00:20
11	Jean Philippe (Jnr) Tyack	0:00:21
12	Christophe Lincoln	0:00:22
13	Andreas Freiter	0:00:25
14	Arnaud De Commarmond	0:00:25
15	Thierry David	0:00:26
16	Sebastien Tyack	0:00:26
17	Stephane Payet	0:00:29
18	Mathieu Le Blanc	0:00:32
19	Armand Le Court De Billot	0:00:33
20	Mathieu Rivet	0:00:34
21	Frederic Savre	0:00:35
22	Olivier Le Court	0:00:35
23	Daniel Chaussalet	0:00:35
24	Denis Valentin	0:00:39
25	Liam Somers	0:00:47
26	Michael Kedhoo	0:00:51
27	Simon Pougnet	0:00:57
28	Sully Robert	0:00:57
29	Gabriel Mayer	0:00:58
30	Andre Le Blanc	0:01:01
31	Xavier De Chalain	0:01:05
32	Lawrence Wong	0:01:09
33	Gordon Brown	0:01:09
34	Daniel Maestracci	0:01:15
35	Jean Philippe Tyack	0:01:21
36	Sebastien Bax	0:01:27
37	Michel Mayer	0:01:30
38	Bryan Trousquin	0:01:45
39	Gerard Chan-Kin	0:01:47
40	Frederic Nicolin	0:01:47
41	Hans Brasse	0:01:49
42	Antoine Dufoix	0:01:51
43	Kesaven Oothendee	0:02:21

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General classification after prologue
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Yannick Cornille	0:03:12
2	Yannick Lincoln	0:00:09
3	Christophe Gerard	0:00:11
4	Dany Vogel	0:00:12
5	Georget Burel	0:00:15
6	Christian Emmanuel	0:00:16
7	Olivier Heutte	0:00:16
8	Gil Guillaumin	0:00:19
9	Cedric Passee	0:00:20
10	Hugo Caetane	0:00:20
11	Jean Philippe (Jnr) Tyack	0:00:21
12	Christophe Lincoln	0:00:22
13	Andreas Freiter	0:00:25
14	Arnaud De Commarmond	0:00:25
15	Thierry David	0:00:26
16	Sebastien Tyack	0:00:26
17	Stephane Payet	0:00:29
18	Mathieu Le Blanc	0:00:32
19	Armand Le Court De Billot	0:00:33
20	Mathieu Rivet	0:00:34
21	Frederic Savre	0:00:35
22	Olivier Le Court	0:00:35
23	Daniel Chaussalet	0:00:35
24	Denis Valentin	0:00:39
25	Liam Somers	0:00:47
26	Michael Kedhoo	0:00:51
27	Simon Pougnet	0:00:57
28	Sully Robert	0:00:57
29	Gabriel Mayer	0:00:58
30	Andre Le Blanc	0:01:01
31	Xavier De Chalain	0:01:05
32	Lawrence Wong	0:01:09
33	Gordon Brown	0:01:09
34	Daniel Maestracci	0:01:15
35	Jean Philippe Tyack	0:01:21
36	Sebastien Bax	0:01:27
37	Michel Mayer	0:01:30
38	Bryan Trousquin	0:01:45
39	Gerard Chan-Kin	0:01:47
40	Frederic Nicolin	0:01:47
41	Hans Brasse	0:01:49
42	Antoine Dufoix	0:01:51
43	Kesaven Oothendee	0:02:21

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