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66th Circuit Franco-Belge - 2.1
Belgium, September 28-October 1, 2006
2005 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - September 28: Maubeuge-Quiévrain, 175.8 km
- Stage 2 - September 29: Ghyvelde-Poperinge, 172.9 km
- Stage 3 - September 30: Mousron-Dottenijs, 181 km
- Stage 4 - October 1: Cuesmes-Tournai, 161.1 km
Circuit Franco-Belge: Last Euro stage race of the year
The 66th edition of the Circuit Franco-Belge is the last European stage race of the season, and takes place between September 28 and October 1. The four stages are all point-to-point road races, and there is no time trial. The race starts in Maubeuge, in the north part of France, on Thursday with a 175.8 km stage that ends in Quiévrain. Friday will see the riders go from Ghyvelde to Poperinge over 172.9 km of Belgian territory, followed by a 181 km stage between Mouscron and Dottignies on Saturday. Sunday's stage starts in Cuesmes and finishes in Tournai after 161.1 km.
The team line up is impressive, with 12 ProTour teams, three Pro Continental, and six Continental/National teams taking part. Quick.Step will be looking at getting their sprinters Steven de Jongh and Wouter Weylandt up for wins, while Davitamon has more of an attacking team with Bert Roesems, Henk Vogels and Nico Mattan. T-Mobile has fast men in Olaf Pollack, Mark Cavendish, and AG2R has JP Nazon and Tomas Vaitkus. Jaan Kirsipuu and Mark Renshaw will be the keys in Credit Agricole, and Rabobank has Graeme Brown for the fast finishes. Luke Roberts (CSC) has shown a bit of form recently, as has Baden Cooke (Unibet), and Nico Eeckhout will be riding in the Belgian champion's colours for Chocolade Jacques.
Start list
Quick Step-Innergetic Davitamon-Lotto
1 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) 11 Henk Vogels (Aus)
2 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) 12 Nic Ingels (Bel)
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 13 Olivier Kaisen (Bel)
4 Servais Knaven (Ned) 14 Jan Kuyckx (Bel)
5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) 15 Nico Mattan (Bel)
6 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) 16 Kenny Van Braeckel (Bel)
7 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 17 Bert Roesems (Bel)
8 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) 18 Wim Vansevenant (Bel)
T-Mobile Team Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone
21 Eric Baumann (Ger) 31 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra)
22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) 32 Tyler Farrar (USA)
23 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) 33 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra)
24 André Korff (Ger) 34 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
25 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 35 Sébastien Minard (Fra)
26 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 36 Damien Monier (Fra)
27 André Greipel (Ger) 37 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
28 Andreas Klier (Ger)
Team Milram AG2R Prevoyance
41 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) 51 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)
43 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) 52 Renaud Dion (Fra)
44 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 53 Laurent Mangel (Fra)
45 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) 54 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra)
46 Maxim Iglinskliy (Kaz) 55 Erki Pütsep (Est)
47 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) 56 Christophe Riblon (Fra)
48 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) 57 Alexandre Usov (Blr)
58 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
Credit Agricole Gerolsteiner
61 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) 71 Heinrich Haussler (Ger)
62 William Bonnet (Fra) 72 Thomas Fothen (Ger)
63 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) 73 Sven Krauss (Ger)
64 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) 74 Frank Hoj (Den)
65 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) 75 Nico Keinath (Ger)
66 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) 76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
67 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) 77 Matthias Russ (Ger)
68 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 78 Marcel Strauss (Swi)
Bouygues Telecom Rabobank
81 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) 91 Jan Boven (Ned)
82 Christophe Kern (Fra) 92 Graeme Brown (Aus)
83 Mathieu Claude (Fra) 93 Marc De Maar (Ned)
84 Franck Renier (Fra) 94 Mathew Hayman (Aus)
85 Yohann Gene (Fra) 95 Kai Reus (Ned)
86 Vincent Jerome (Fra) 96 Pedro Horrillo (Spa)
87 Rony Martias (Fra) 97 Roy Sentjens (Bel)
88 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) 98 William Walker (Aus)
Team CSC Française des Jeux
101 Allan Johansen (Den) 111 Ludovic Auger (Fra)
102 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) 112 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
103 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 113 Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
104 Luke Roberts (Aus) 114 Arnaud Gerard (Fra)
105 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
106 Christian Müller (Ger) 116 Lilian Jegou (Fra)
107 Martin Pedersen (Den) 117 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
108 Brian Vandborg (Den) 118 Fabien Patanchon (Fra)
Unibet.com Jartazi-7Mobile
121 Marco Zanotti (Ita) 131 Yohan Cauquil (Fra)
122 Baden Cooke (Aus) 132 Michaël Blanchy (Bel)
123 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 133 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
124 Erwin Thijs (Bel) 134 Sven Nevens (Bel)
125 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) 135 Jan Soetens (Bel)
126 Johan Coenen (Bel) 136 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
127 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) 137 Jurgen Francois (Bel)
128 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) 138 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Dutch National Team
141 Bert De Waele (Bel) 151 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned)
142 Nico Sijmens (Bel) 152 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned)
143 Andy Cappelle (Bel) 153 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned)
144 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) 154 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned)
145 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) 155 Marcel Lamberts (Ned)
146 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) 156 Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned)
147 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) 157 Joost Van Leijen (Ned)
148 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol-Euro Millions
161 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 171 Marc Streel (Bel)
162 Frederik Willems (Bel) 172 Sébastien Crowin (Bel)
163 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) 173 Jean-Philippe Dony (Bel)
164 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) 174 Jonathan Godefroid (Bel)
165 Evert Verbist (Bel) 175 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel)
166 Wesley Vanderlinden (Bel) 176 Kevin Ista (Bel)
167 Tom Stubbe (Bel) 177 Michaël Polazzi (Bel)
168 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) 178 Francois Roossens (Bel)
Team TIAA-CREF Belgian U23 National Team
181 Steven Cozza (USA) 191 Kristof Van De Walle (Bel)
182 Ian Macgregor (USA) 192 Tim Mertens (Bel)
183 Dan Bowman (USA) 193 Thomas Degand (Bel)
184 Danny Pate (USA) 194 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel)
185 Craig Lewis (USA) 195 Sébastien Six (Bel)
186 Thomas Peterson (USA) 196 Steven De Decker (Bel)
187 François Parisien (Can) 197 Olivier Pardini (Bel)
188 Dani Vancells Pons (Spa) 198 Gilles Devillers (Bel)
Team Lamonta
201 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
202 Hannes Blank (Ger)
203 Björn Papstein (Ger)
204 Erik Hoffman (Nam)
205 André Schulze (Ger)
207 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger)
208 Steffen Weigold (Ger)
Past winners
2005 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2004 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 2003 Gerben Löwik (Ned) BankGiroLoterij Cycling Team 2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 2001 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 2000 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1999 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 1998 Frank Hoj (Den) 1997 Mario Aerts (Bel) 1996 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) 1995 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Elite 1994 Dainis Ozols (Lat) 1993 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 1992 Erwin Thys (Bel) 1991 John Hugues (GBr) 1990 Uwe Preissler (DDR) 1989 V. Ekimov (Rus) 1988 Nico Roose (Bel) 1987 Luc Govaerts (Bel) 1986 O. Haefliger (Swi) 1985 G. Winterberg (Swi) 1984 Benno Wiss (Swi) 1983 Benno Wiss (Swi) 1982 Rudy Dhaenens (Bel) 1981 Jozef Lieckens (Bel) 1980 Rudy Delehouzee (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
