Eneco Tour – Stage 3
The 2007 Eneco Tour, which used to be known as the Benelux Tour is held from August 22 – 29 and takes the riders through Belgium and the Netherlands.
Stage 3 is another pancake flat stage covering 170.8km from Knokke-Heist to Putte, again in Belgium. Once again it’s a stage tailor-made for the sprinters to have their say and, once again, after the obligatory break away, that’s exactly what it came down to.
(The weird looking “line” above is actually the profile of the 3rd stage…when I said it was pancake-flat, I wasn’t kidding).
Robbie McEwen has shown that there’s still life in his legs after a well-executed lead out by the Predictor-Lotto team. He was too strong for Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).
In the overall GC, the top 10 was unchanged as everyone finished in the bunch. The only classification in which there was a change was the Sprint Classification with Mark Cavendish taking the lead off Nick Nuyens thanks to his 4th placing today.
Stage 3 Results (Top 10)
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor – Lotto 3.42.28
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil – Shimano
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval – Prodir
7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep – Innergetic
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep – Innergetic
Overall GC Standings (Top 10)
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.02.16
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval – Prodir 0.18
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.41
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep – Innergetic 0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil – Shimano s.t.
Points Classification
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 49 pts
2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil – Shimano 39
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 38
Mountains Classification
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil – Shimano 6
Teams
1 Predictor-Lotto 39.08.23
2 Rabobank 0.19
3 Caisse d’Epargne 1.01
Rothaus Regio-Tour International – Stage 4
The Rothaus Regio-Tour International takes place across 3 countries – Germany, France and Switzerland.
Stage 4 brings us to the Individual Time Trial in Sexau, with the course covering 26km on a challenging course with a few uphills and tricky descents.
The surprise winner of the Trime Trial was Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) who took the stage by a very handy 34″ over Tour leader Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) with Andrei Kunitski (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) taking 3rd place at 56″.
Race favourite Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) lost himself large chunks of time when he ran himself off the road. He ended up coming in in 4th place at 1′ 06″.
Stage 4 Results (Top 10)
1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 35.46
2 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 0.34
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.56
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.06
5 Vasil Kiriyenka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 1.13
6 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22
7 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 1.23
8 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.36
9 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.38
10 Adrian Palomares Villa (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1.48
Overall GC Standings
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 13.11.48
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 0.23
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.23
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.33
5 Adrian Palomares Villa (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1.56
6 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.16
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.18
8 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 2.43
9 Mikel Artetxe Gezurag (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2.45
10 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 3.05
Sprint Classification
1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 21 pts
2 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 18
3 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 15
Mountain Classification
1 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 44 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26
3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 18
Young Rider Classification
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 13.11.48
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.23
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo 1.23
4 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.43
5 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 4.04
Teams
1 Tinkoff Credit System 39.41.02
2 Fuerteventura-Canarias 3.58
3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 5.00
Trofeo Melinda – Results
Santo Anzà (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) took out the 194km Trofeo Melinda for 2007. In a tough day, the field was whittled down to only 58 finishers with Anzà’s vicoty coming from a sprint with Luca Mazzanti (Ceramica Panaria – Navigare) coming in 2nd. A further 3 seconds back was Volodymyr Zagorodny (OTC Doors – Lauretana)
Results (Top 10)
1 Santo Anza (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia 5.04.40
2 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare
3 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) OTC Doors – Lauretana 0.03
4 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 0.05
5 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval – Prodir
7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare
8 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
9 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Tenax Salmilano
10 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System
Eneco Tour – Stage 2
The 2007 Eneco Tour, which used to be known as the Benelux Tour is held from August 22 – 29 and takes the riders through Belgium and the Netherlands.
Stage 2 is a flat 199.1km parcours from Antwerp to Knokke-Heist in Belgium. In a sprint finish it was Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) who had the legs coming around the final corner at 500m to go in 3rd place and then proved way too strong in the race to the line.
Four riders rode clear at the top of the final classified climb of the day. Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel), Marcel Sieberg (Team Milram) and Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) built their lead out to just over 4 minutes before they were drawn back to the bunch. It then came down to a fast 16km circuit to finish the day and an adament win by Cavendish.
Stage 2 Results (Top 10)
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 4.31.09
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor – Lotto
3 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil – Shimano
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – Fondital
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram
10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep – Innergetic
Overall GC Standings (Top 10)
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.19.48
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval – Prodir 0.18
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.41
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep – Innergetic 0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil – Shimano s.t.
Points Classification
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 pts
2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 35
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 30
Mountains Classification
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil – Shimano 6
Teams
1 Predictor-Lotto 28.00.59
2 Rabobank 0.19
3 Caisse d’Epargne 1.01
Rothaus Regio-Tour International – Stage 3
The Rothaus Regio-Tour International takes place across 3 countries – Germany, France and Switzerland.
Stage 3 is the 2nd German stage covering a total of 159.4km from Wehr to Schopfheim. There are 3 categorised climbs to the course, each them a category 2 plus a few intermediate sprints to contest.
In an audacious solo break away, Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) won the stage by over 5 minutes. Cappelle was behind the race leader Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) by over 13 minutes so there was no urgency for him to be tracked down. Nevado was able to retain his lead, although it was cut to 42″ by Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Fuerteventura – Canarias) who finished 6th in the stage.
Thanks to his long, long break, Capelle picked up 2 of the 3 sprinters top points and all of the top mountains points on a very profitable day for he and his team. The sprint points zips him to the lead in that classification while the mountains points puts him into 3rd place.
Stage 3 Results (Top 10)
1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 3.56.24
2 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C – Gruppe Lamonta 4.45
3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo
4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner
5 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
6 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias
7 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse
8 Thomas Wagner (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
10 Björn Thurau (Ger) Atlas – Romer’s Hausbäckerei
Overall GC Standings
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 12.35.28
2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 0.42
3 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 0.55
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.57
5 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.01
6 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia
8 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom – Senges
9 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo
10 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
Sprint Classification
1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 21 pts
2 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 18
3 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 15
Mountain Classification
1 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 44 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26
3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 18
Young Rider Classification
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 12.35.28
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.57
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo 1.01
4 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
5 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano
Teams
1 Tinkoff Credit System 37.51.03
2 Fuerteventura-Canarias
3 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.57
Tour du Limousin – Stage 4 Final
The 2007 Tour du Limousin takes place over 4 stages from 21 – 24 August, beginning and ending in the city of Limoges.
Pierrick Fedrigo retained the lead he held going into the final stage of the Tour du Limousin over Oscar Pereiro to take the overall victory. The final stage was won by Alexandre Usov (AG2R Prevoyance) in a bunch sprint from Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Caisse d’Epargne) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel).
Stage 4 Placings (Top 10)
1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4.26.40
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
5 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
7 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux
9 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber
10 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone
Overall Standings
Final GC Standings
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.59.57
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.06
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.27
4 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 0.41
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.55
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1.03
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05
8 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 1.12
9 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.15
10 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27
Sprint Classification
1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 8
3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8
Mountain Classification
1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 24 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 21
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 14
Young Rider
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 18.00.38
2 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46
3 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.38
Team
1 Credit Agricole 53.53.02
2 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 5.37
3 Bouygues Telecom 9.31
Eneco Tour – Stage 1
The 2007 Eneco Tour, which used to be known as the Benelux Tour is held from August 22 – 29 and takes the riders through Belgium and the Netherlands. It began with a 5.1km Prologue Time Trial through Hasselt in Belgium.
Stage 1 is over 189.5km from Waremme to Eupen in Belgium over an undulating course that incorporates 3 categorised climbs, although the 3rd climb comes at the 132km mark, plenty of time for any attacks to be chased down. That being said, taking a look at the profile suggests that there are a few tough climbs following the official King of the Mountain climbs.
The Cofidis team have continued their strong showing in the Eneco with Nick Nuyens taking the stage victory and, along with it, the leader’s jersey.
Almost immediately after the riders got underway an attack was launched and 4 riders got themselves into it. They were Tom Stubbe (Chocolat Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen), Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano), Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) and Martin Pedersen (Team CSC). Their lead was allowed to grow out to around 6′ 30″ before the Rabobank team and the Cofidis team began to get busy with around 90km to go and began to reel the 4 escapees back in.
Once the race entered the rolling hills of the Ardennes the peloton swamped the early leaders and ascending the final classified climb of the day another lead group formed, this time much larger (around 19 riders). With a lack of organisation they allowed the second group track them down as they made their way to the next big climb swelling the lead group to around 50.
Virtually the moment the chasers made contact another attack went off the front and the pace was solid all the way in from there. The course ended in a 16km circuit that gave the riders a good look at the finish line before they headed out for a final lap.
With 10km to go a group of 7 riders moved clear, the group consisted of David Millar (Saunier Duval), Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), Leif Hoste (Predictor – Lotto), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), Jurgen Vandenbroeck (Predictor – Lotto), Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse D’Epargne), Christophe Riblon (AG2R Prevoyance). They would end up fighting out the final desperate sprint and it was Nick Nuyens who was able to muster the strength to throw himself over the finish line first ahead of Dekker and Gutierrez.
You’ve got to feel sorry for Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel). His bad luck started with a punctured rear tyre and he hadn’t long reintegrated with the peloton when he found himself with a front wheel puncture. A quick wheel change courtesy of a team-mate and he was back in the chasing group. Then, when the pace was really on with about 7km to go he was involved in a nasty little crash that ended up losing him around 4 minutes and a good chunk of skin from his right butt cheek.
Stage 1 Results (Top 10)
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.42.38 (40.22 km/h)
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank s.t.
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne s.t.
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval – Prodir s.t.
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.06
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.09
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.13
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre – Fondital 0.24
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil – Shimano s.t.
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval – Prodir s.t.
Overall GC Standings (Top 10)
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.48.39
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval – Prodir 0.19
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor – Lotto 0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.44
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep – Innergetic 0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil – Shimano s.t.
Points Classification
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 pts
2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 35
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25
Mountains Classification
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts
2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil – Shimano 6
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques – Topsport Vlaanderen 4
Teams
1 Predictor-Lotto 14.27.32
2 Rabobank 0.19
3 Caisse d’Epargne 1.01
Tour du Limousin – Stage 3
The 2007 Tour du Limousin takes place over 4 stages from 21 – 24 August, beginning and ending in the city of Limoges.
Taking a hard fought victory in the 3rd stage of the Tour du Limousin was Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux). He was part of a 13 man break away that was allowed to go free by a tired peloton. The Bouygues Telecom team allowed them to go detecting no-one in the break who could challenge their leader, Pierrick Fedrigo and he still maintains his 6 second GC lead over Oscar Pereiro.
The other members of the break away for the day were Maryan Hary and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis), Jean-Luc Delpech and Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Armor Lux), Christophe Moreau and Renaud Dion (Ag2r), Niels Brouzes (Auber 93), Nicolas Jalabert and Samuel Plouhinec (Agritubel), Mathieu Perget and Sébastien Portal (Caisse d’Epargne) and Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole).
With around 25km to go an attack involving Brouzes, Halgand, Jegou, Jalabert, Delpech and Lequatre took them away from the others and they would go on to contest the finish. But not before one final factor would play itself out when Patrice Halgand crashed with a kilometre of the stage to go. Halgand was the likely winner out of the remaining riders having superior sprinting ability.
Stage 3 Placings (Top 10)
1 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.30.14
2 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux s.t.
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 0.04
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11
5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.41
6 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 2.11
7 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 2.15
8 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 2.24
9 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 2.29
10 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.45
Overall Standings
GC After Stage 3
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.33.17
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.06
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.27
4 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 0.34
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1.01
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1.03
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05
8 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 1.12
9 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.15
10 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27
Sprint Classification
1 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 pts
2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8
3 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 6
Mountain Classification
1 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Armor Lux 24 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 21
3 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 10
Young Rider
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil – Shimano 13.33.51
2 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.53
3 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.12
Team
1 Credit Agricole 40.33.02
2 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 5.30
3 Bouygues Telecom 9.31
Rothaus Regio-Tour International – Stage 2
The Rothaus Regio-Tour International takes place across 3 countries – Germany, France and Switzerland.
Stage 2 covers 169km in Germany starting at Müllheim and finishing in Neuenburg am Rhein with 3 challenging Category 1 climbs to get over.
The winner of the stage was Moisés Dueñas (Agritubel) who moved clear of a 13 man break away group managed to build a handy lead on the line of 51 seconds. Second in the stage was Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Fuerteventura – Canarias) and in-form Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in 3rd. Race favourite Mick Rogers was among the leading 13 riders and sits around 1 minute behind the leader in the overall GC.
By virtue of his stage win as well as some time bonuses, Moisés Dueñas is now leader of the Regio-Tour by 55 seconds from Mikel Artetxe at 55″ and Ignatiev is 3rd at 57″.ö
Stage 2 Results (Top 10)
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 4.16.17
2 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 0.51
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems s.t.
4 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram s.t.
5 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt s.t.
6 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner s.t.
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team s.t.
8 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo s.t.
9 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano s.t.
10 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom – Senges s.t.
Overall GC Standings
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 8.34.00
2 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 0.55
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.57
4 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.01
5 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias s.t
6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia s.t
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner s.t
8 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo s.t
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team s.t
10 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom – Senges s.t
Sprint Classification
1 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 18 pts
2 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 15
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15
Mountain Classification
1 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura – Canarias 40 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22
3 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano 16
Young Rider Classification
1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 8.34.00
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.57
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo 1.01
4 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
5 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano
Teams
1 Tinkoff Credit System 25.47.03
2 Fuerteventura-Canarias
3 Tenax-Menikini 2.02
Coppa Bernocchi – Results
For the 3rd year in a row Danilo Napolitano (Lampre – Fondital) has taken out the Coppa Bernocchi. This year he won the mass sprint over Paride Grillo (Ceramica Panaria – Navigare) and Robert Hunter (Barloworld).
Results (Top 10)
1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre – Fondital 4.41.45 (42.570 km/h)
2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld
6 Enrico Rossi (Ita) OTC Doors – Lauretana
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld
8 Marco Corsini (Ita) Tenax Salmilano
9 Domenico Loria (Ita) Team Universal Caffé – Ecopterol
10 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Kio Ene – Tonazzi – DMT
