February 4/10 9:30 am - Etoile de Besseges: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 02/4/10
The first stage (146 km) of the Etoile de Bessèges (February 3rd) from Aigues-Mortes to Le Grau-du-Ro ended in a bunch sprint. Cervélo Test Team's Dominique Rollin tried for a result in the sprint but, due to a crash by teammate Daniel Lloyd in the last kilometre, he did not succeed. Rollin finished ninth in the stage.
"The initial attack came within the first 15 kilometres of today's stage from Julien Loubet (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano)," said Alex Sans Vega, Sports Director.
"They stayed ahead for a long time but the sprinters in the Vacansoleil and Française des Jeux teams controlled the race and brought the breakaway back in the final kilometre. It was Borut Bozic from Vacansoleil who won the bunch sprint ahead of Nico Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) and Arnaud Molmy (Team Roubaix-Lille Métropole)."
"We tried to do something in the final for Dominique Rollin but Daniel Lloyd, who was his last man, crashed in the final kilometre and then our chances were gone. Daniel is now at the hospital for observation. Vacansoleil will try to control the race again tomorrow in order to hold onto the yellow jersey, however, we will certainly try something when we find the opportunity."
Report courtesy Cervélo Test Team
| Stage 1 (February 3rd): Aigues-Mortes to Le-Grau-du- Roi, 146.2 km | |
| 1 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 3:42:49 |
| 2 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 3 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 5 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 6 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 8 Johan Monbaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 10 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Verandas Willems | |
| 11 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 12 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 13 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 14 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 15 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | |
| 16 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 18 Paride Grillo (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 19 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 20 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 21 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 22 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 24 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 25 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 26 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 27 Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 28 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 29 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 30 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 31 Valery Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana | |
| 32 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 33 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana | |
| 35 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 36 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 38 Scott Davis (Aus) Astana | |
| 39 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 40 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 41 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 42 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 43 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 44 Valentin Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | |
| 45 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 46 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 47 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 48 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 49 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 50 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 51 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 52 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Team Sky | |
| 55 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 57 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Esp) Astana | |
| 58 Laurent Beuret (Sui) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 59 Stijn Minne (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 60 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 61 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 62 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 63 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 64 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 65 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 66 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 67 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 68 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 69 Joost Van Leyen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 70 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 71 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Cyclisme Prof.Sky Team | |
| 72 Michael Barry (Can) Team Sky | |
| 73 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 74 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 75 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 76 Morris Possoni (Ita) Cyclisme Prof.Sky Team | |
| 77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 78 Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 79 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 80 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 81 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 82 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 83 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 84 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 85 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 86 Rémy Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 87 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 88 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 89 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 90 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Cyclisme Prof.Sky Team | |
| 91 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 92 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 93 Enrico Peruffo (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 94 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 95 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 96 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 97 Sven Renders (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 98 Connor Mc Convey (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 99 Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 100 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 101 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 102 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 103 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 104 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 105 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 106 Marc Mc Nally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 107 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 108 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 109 Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 110 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Cyclisme Prof.Sky Team | |
| 111 Frédéric Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 112 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 113 Julien Mazet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 114 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 115 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 116 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | |
| 117 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 118 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 119 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 120 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 121 Bart Dockx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 122 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 123 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 124 Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 125 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 126 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Verandas Willems | |
| 127 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 129 Steven Cummings (GBr) Cyclisme Prof.Sky Team | |
| 130 Marcel Wyss (Sui) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 131 Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 132 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 133 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux | all s.t. |
| 134 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne | 0:33 |
| 135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:51 |
| 136 Maxim De Busschere (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 137 Alessandro Raisoni (Ita) Carmiooro NGC | |
| 138 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | |
| 139 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator | |
| 140 Diego Tamayo Martinez (Col) Carmiooro NGC | all s.t. |
| 141 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet | 8:10 |
| 142 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | |
| DNS Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole |
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