February 12/12 13:35 pm - Tour Mediterraneen: Stage 4 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 02/12/12
Boivin Drops to 35th on Final Climbing Day at Tour Med
The four-day Tour Méditerranéen came to an end on Sunday in France, and Canada’s Guillaume Boivin of Team SpiderTech powered by C10 gave it his all, managing to finish 35th of the overall standings, racing a the final fourth stage that strongly favoured the climbers.
The fourth stage was modified as a result of snowfall in and around the course area. The course was shortened from 130 kilometres to about 77 kilometres. The finish area was moved forward, and the race finished on a 6-kilometre ascent at Col de Garde, just above Toulon.
Kevin Field, one of the Directeur Sportifs for Team SpiderTech currently in France, was happy with the decision: “It was a good decision by commissaires and organizers, limiting risk to the athletes.”
Boivin, a sprinter and not a climber, hung in to stay within the top group in the 10% ascent. Team SpiderTech managers were nervous about the first climb, right off the start line up to the first mountain sprint.
As expected, the group split. Lucas Euser took the lead for Team SpiderTech and the rest of the team rallied in the chase to keep Guillaume into the game. On final climb, Guillaume was not missing much power and was able to stay within the leading group. He went on to take 38th in the fourth stage, and 35th spot overall.
Steve Bauer, Directeur Sportif for Team SpiderTech powered by C10, is happy with the overall performance of his young protégés: “The guys rode well today, but are still finding their legs and rhythm. This is normal, as this is the first race and we're still rusty from the off-season. It takes about 5-6 days to get the right racing sensations back. Overall, we are completely satisfied with how this race went and the way the season is starting for us.”
Team SpiderTech will be racing next weekend at the Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var, in France.
Report courtesy Team SpiderTech powered by C10
| Stage 4: La Ciotat to Col de Gardes, 79 km |
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| 1 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Endura Racing | 1:54:05 |
| 2 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | at 0:17 |
| 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | s.t. |
| 4 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar | 0:22 |
| 5 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:27 |
| 6 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 7 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| 8 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | |
| 9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 10 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar | |
| 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 12 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 13 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 16 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | |
| 17 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | |
| 18 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 19 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 20 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 21 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar | |
| 22 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 23 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 24 Simon Clarke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 25 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 26 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 28 Clément Koretzky (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 0:36 |
| 29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ - Big Mat | 0:39 |
| 30 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 31 Sergey Assan (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 32 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 33 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 0:44 |
| 34 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar | 0:47 |
| 35 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:50 |
| 36 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 0:55 |
| 37 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 1:05 |
| 38 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 1:07 |
| 39 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 40 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 41 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 42 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 43 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar | |
| 44 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 45 Michael Albasini (Sui) Greenedge Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 46 Russell Downing (GBr) Endura Racing | 1:49 |
| 47 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | s.t. |
| 48 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 1:52 |
| 49 Grégoire Tarride (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 50 Benjamin Noval (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 51 David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 52 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 53 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 54 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 55 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 56 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 57 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) Movistar | |
| 58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 59 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 60 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| 61 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 62 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 63 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | all s.t. |
| 64 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:25 |
| 65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale | 2:39 |
| 66 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| 67 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 68 Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 69 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | all s.t. |
| 70 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | 2:53 |
| 71 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 2:53 |
| 72 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 3:02 |
| 73 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 74 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 75 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 76 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 77 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 78 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 79 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| 80 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 81 Mathieu Delaroziere (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 82 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 83 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 84 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 85 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 86 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | all s.t. |
| 87 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur Sojasun | 3:14 |
| 88 Travis Meyer (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 89 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 90 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 91 Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 92 David Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 3:39 |
| 93 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 4:16 |
| 94 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | 4:36 |
| 95 Enrique Sanz (Esp) Movistar | 5:02 |
| 96 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Endura Racing | 5:14 |
| 97 Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
| 98 Robert Partridge (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 99 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 100 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 101 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 102 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 103 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
| 104 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| 105 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 106 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 107 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 108 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 109 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 6:47 |
| 110 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 8:40 |
| 111 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 112 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 113 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | all s.t. |
| 114 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 8:49 |
| 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 9:53 |
| 116 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 117 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 118 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 119 Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | all s.t. |
| 120 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Greenedge Cycling Team | 10:57 |
| 121 Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 122 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| 123 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 124 Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | all s.t. |
| DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| DNF Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | |
| DNF Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | |
| DNF Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| DNF Etienne Tortelier (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| DNF Evert Verbist (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| DNF Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| DNF Ian Bibby (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| DNF Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| DNS Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| DNS Bjorn Selander (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Endura Racing | 10:48:42 |
| 2 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin Barracuda | 0:27 |
| 3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:31 |
| 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:33 |
| 5 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Movistar | 0:42 |
| 6 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 0:47 |
| 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 8 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 10 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Crc) Movistar | |
| 11 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| 12 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 13 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 14 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar | |
| 15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 16 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 19 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 22 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | |
| 23 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 24 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 25 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 26 Clément Koretzky (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 0:56 |
| 27 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 0:59 |
| 28 Sergey Assan (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ - Big Mat | |
| 30 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | all s.t. |
| 31 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 1:04 |
| 32 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar | 1:07 |
| 33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 1:10 |
| 34 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 1:15 |
| 35 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 1:21 |
| 36 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:27 |
| 37 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 38 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar | |
| 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 40 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | all s.t. |
| 41 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 1:53 |
| 42 Russell Downing (GBr) Endura Racing | 2:09 |
| 43 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | s.t. |
| 44 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) Movistar | 2:12 |
| 45 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 46 David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 47 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 49 Benjamin Noval (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 50 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 52 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | |
| 53 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 54 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | |
| 55 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 56 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 57 Grégoire Tarride (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | all s.t. |
| 58 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:45 |
| 59 Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 2:59 |
| 60 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | |
| 61 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | both s.t. |
| 62 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 3:22 |
| 63 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 64 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 65 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | |
| 66 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | |
| 67 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 68 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 Sanofi | |
| 69 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 70 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 71 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | |
| 72 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 73 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 Sanofi | all s.t. |
| 74 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team | 3:34 |
| 75 Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur Sojasun | s.t. |
| 76 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 3:52 |
| 77 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale | 3:53 |
| 78 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 4:06 |
| 79 Travis Meyer (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | 4:09 |
| 80 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | 4:56 |
| 81 Mathieu Delaroziere (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 5:18 |
| 82 Enrique Sanz (Esp) Movistar | 5:22 |
| 83 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ - Big Mat | 5:24 |
| 84 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | 5:34 |
| 85 Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
| 86 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 87 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 88 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 89 Robert Partridge (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| 90 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 91 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur Sojasun | 5:54 |
| 92 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 6:02 |
| 93 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 6:03 |
| 94 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | 6:21 |
| 95 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | 6:28 |
| 96 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 6:32 |
| 97 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 7:07 |
| 98 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 7:19 |
| 99 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin Barracuda | 7:30 |
| 100 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 101 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | both s.t. |
| 102 Michael Albasini (Sui) Greenedge Cycling Team | 7:33 |
| 103 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ - Big Mat | 8:17 |
| 104 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 8:41 |
| 105 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur Sojasun | |
| 106 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 107 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur Sojasun | 9:00 |
| 108 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| 109 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | |
| 110 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le credit en ligne | all s.t. |
| 111 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | 10:09 |
| 112 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin Barracuda | 10:13 |
| 113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | s.t. |
| 114 Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Team Garmin Barracuda | 11:17 |
| 115 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Greenedge Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 116 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Team | 12:10 |
| 117 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Accent Jobs Willems Veranda's | 12:11 |
| 118 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) V.C La Pomme Marseille | 12:14 |
| 119 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 12:39 |
| 120 Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 15:08 |
| 121 David Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | 16:02 |
| 122 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 Sanofi | 17:44 |
| 123 Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 | s.t. |
| 124 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | 18:59 |
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