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67th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, June 6-10, 2007
Prologue - June 6: Luxembourg - Ville, 2.6 km
Engoulvent powers to victory
Jimmy Engoulvent of Crédit Agricole powered his way to victory in the Tour de Luxembourg's prologue, covering the 2.6 km in 3.42, an astonishing five seconds faster than his nearest rivals.
Juan Antonio Flecha of Rabobank finished second and Gorik Gardeyn of Unibet was third, both in the same time. It was the 27 year-old Frenchman's first season win and only his second professional victory.
Thursday's first stage is the only stage for a sprint finish. It runs 167 km from the city of Luxembourg to Mondorf-les-Bains.
Photography
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Images by Florian and Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) during the prologue
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) in visible pain during tough race
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) after crossing the line
- The first yellow jersey on the podium
- Andy Schleck hometown boy as guest of honour
Results
1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.42 (42.64 km/h) 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.05 3 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 4 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 5 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.06 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.07 7 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.08 8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.10 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.11 12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 13 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 0.12 15 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 16 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 0.13 18 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.14 19 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 20 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 21 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.15 22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 23 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 24 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 26 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 28 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 29 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 30 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.17 31 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 33 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 35 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 38 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.18 39 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 40 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 41 Daniel Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 43 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 44 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 0.19 45 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 46 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 48 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 49 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 50 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.20 51 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 52 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 53 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 54 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 55 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 56 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 57 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.22 59 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 60 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.23 61 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 62 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 63 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.24 65 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 66 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon 67 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 68 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 69 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 70 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 71 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 72 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 74 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 76 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.26 77 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 78 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 79 Frank Dressler (Ger) CC Differdange 80 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.27 81 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 82 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 0.28 83 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica 84 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 0.29 85 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange 86 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.30 87 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 88 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 0.31 89 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 90 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.32 91 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 92 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 93 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 94 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 95 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 96 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 97 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 98 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.34 99 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.35 100 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.36 101 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 0.37 102 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.38 103 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.39 104 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40 105 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.41 106 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CC Differdange 0.43 107 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel 0.45 108 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.48 109 Stefan Heiny (Ger) CC Differdange 1.47 Young rider 1 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 3.48 2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.02 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.04 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 6 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.05 7 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 8 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.08 9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.09 10 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.10 12 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.11 14 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.12 17 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 0.13 18 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 19 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 20 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.14 21 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 22 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 23 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.17 25 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 26 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.18 28 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.19 29 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.20 31 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 32 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 0.22 33 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 0.23 34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.24 35 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.26 36 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 37 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.27 38 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.28 39 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.29 40 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.33 41 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.34 42 Stefan Heiny (Ger) CC Differdange 1.41 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 11.24 2 Rabobank 0.09 3 Astana 0.13 4 Unibet.com 0.15 5 Bouygues Telecom 0.16 6 Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.18 7 Benfica 0.20 8 Agritubel 0.24 9 Elkhaus-Simplon 0.29 10 Skil-Shimano 0.35 11 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.38 12 CC Differdange 0.40 13 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 14 Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.41
