April 11/10 15:00 pm - Paris-Roubaix
Posted by Editoress on 04/11/10
Cervélo TestTeam’s Thor Hushovd (NOR) finished second today in the 108th edition of Paris Roubaix. Teammate Roger Hammond (GBR) came in fourth. The winner, Swiss champion Fabian Cancellera (Saxo Bank) rode solo into the velodrome at Roubaix finishing two minutes ahead of Hushovd and Juan Flecha (ESP-Team Sky), who took third.
“In the team meeting we agreed we needed someone in the break,” explained Roger Hammond. “There were four of our guys jumping around and they did a great job and then Jeremy Hunt (GBR) got in the break and we were nice and relaxed except in the back of my mind this means we’re with the big guys and we have to go when they go. Fortunately with the help of all the other guys we were protected and that meant Thor and I were able to follow when they really went.
"Then I was hoping to open up the race early and make Boonen and Cancellera commit. But Cancellera was isolated, he was on his own basically in the front so I started attacking early but they also started following me really early. Cancellera was unbelievable, he was on a different planet, and we realized we had to ride for second directly. So we started racing for second once he was on his own. I mean to get second and fourth is not bad really, if you take Cancellera out of the equation we got first and third.”
“I think we cancelled the bad luck that we had last month and it as really nice to see the team performing like we know they can,” said Jean-Paul van Poppel, sport director. “We were already good at Milan–San Remo. We had three targets for the classics, Milan San Remo, Flanders and Roubaix, and if I can be honest, though the team performed in all of them super well, I think this is the race that fits us best. Even without Andreas (GER-Klier) and Heinrich (Ger-Haussler) here, we still had a great team today. Everything went according to plan. What can you do about Cancellera? He had a super day again we saw him like this in the world championships time trial and other times and we expected him but we still are focused on the long race.
"At the start we wanted someone in the breakaway who could wait at the end and get these guys up and work with them, that was Jeremy, he is fantastic, he has a nose for this. He went with nineteen riders in the forest of Arenburg and is still with the nine that are left and after that he waited for our riders and helped them when they needed it. In the deep final we just had Thor and Roger and from Roger we had a great performance. Thor we knew he was coming. The past week was a bit unlucky but today he was there. I think he is almost 100% and second is a good place to get, I think he is happy with it. And you can see Roger got 4th, Jeremy got 18th and overall that makes us the most dominant team in the race and that makes us really proud."
“I feel like I’m getting back to my old self,” said Thor Hushovd after today’s race. “ Roger and Jeremy Hunt (GBR), the whole team did a fantastic job today keeping pace at the front. I was really, really tired at the end but I managed to edge out Flecha.”
Cervelo TestTeam press release
| Paris (Compiègne) to Roubaix, 259 km | |
| 1 Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank ) | 6:35:10 |
| 2 Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) | at 2:00 |
| 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) | s.t. |
| 4 Roger Hammond (Cervelo Test Team) | 3:14 |
| 5 Tom Boonen (Quick Step Cycling Team) | s.t. |
| 6 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | 3:20 |
| 7 Filippo Pozzato (Katusha Team) | 3:46 |
| 8 Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | 5:16 |
| 9 Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 6:27 |
| 10 Hayden Roulston (Team Htc - Columbia) | 6:59 |
| 11 Gregory Rast (Team Radioshack) | 7:00 |
| 12 Arnaud Coyot (Caisse D'epargne) | 7:05 |
| 13 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) | |
| 14 Dominic Klemme (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| 15 Maarten Wynants (Quick Step Cycling Team) | |
| 16 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Katusha Team) | |
| 17 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| 18 Jérémy Hunt (Cervelo Test Team) | |
| 19 Frédéric Guesdon (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| 20 Mathieu Claude (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| 21 Lars Bak (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| 22 Martijn Maaskant (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| 23 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Doimo) | |
| 24 Mathew Hayman (Team Sky) | |
| 25 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| 26 Michael Barry (Team Sky) | |
| 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | |
| 28 Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| 29 George Hincapie (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Team Radioshack) | |
| 31 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) | |
| 32 Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) | |
| 33 Dominique Rollin (Cervelo Test Team) | |
| 34 Alexandre Pichot (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| 35 Frank Hoj (Team Saxo Bank) | all s.t. |
| 36 Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) | 7:21 |
| 37 Styn Vandenbergh (Katusha Team) | 7:27 |
| 38 Bernhard Eisel (Team Htc - Columbia) | 9:33 |
| 39 Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | s.t. |
| 40 Danilo Hondo (Lampre - Farnese) | 11:01 |
| 41 Matthieu Ladagnous (Francaise Des Jeux) | 12:44 |
| 42 Stijn Devolder (Quick Step Cycling Team) | s.t. |
| 43 Servais Knaven (Team Milram) | 12:47 |
| 44 Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) | |
| 45 Gorik Gardeyn (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| 46 Sébastien Minard (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| 47 Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano) | |
| 48 Tomas Vaitkus (Team Radioshack) | |
| 49 Nicolaï Trussov (Katusha Team) | |
| 50 Gabriel Rasch (Cervelo Test Team) | |
| 51 Markel Irizar (Team Radioshack) | all s.t. |
| 52 Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | 14:00 |
| 53 Théo Bos (Cervelo Test Team) | 14:32 |
| 54 Rafaa Chtioui (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| 55 Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| 56 Anthony Ravard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| 57 Mauro Da Dalto (Lampre - Farnese) | |
| 58 Peter Wrolich (Team Milram) | |
| 59 Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | all s.t. |
| 60 Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Doimo) | 14:36 |
| 61 Yoann Offredo (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| 62 Yohann Gene (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| 63 Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas-Doimo) | all s.t. |
| 64 Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) | 14:38 |
| 65 Gregory Henderson (Team Sky) | |
| 66 William Bonnet (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| 67 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Cervelo Test Team) | |
| 68 Wim De Vocht (Team Milram) | |
| 69 Christopher Sutton (Team Sky) | |
| 70 Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre - Farnese) | |
| 71 Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step Cycling Team) | all s.t. |
| 72 Yauheni Hutarovich (Francaise Des Jeux) | 16:07 |
| 73 Robbie Mc Ewen (Katusha Team) | s.t. |
| 74 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank) | 16:32 |
| OTL Nico Sijmens (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne ) | |
| OTL Lars Boom (Rabobank) | |
| OTL Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) | |
| OTL Michael Schƒr (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| OTL Geoffroy Lequatre (Team Radioshack) | |
| OTL Nikolas Maes (Quick Step Cycling Team) | |
| OTL Marco Velo (Quick Step Cycling Team) | |
| OTL Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano) | |
| OTL Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| OTL Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| OTL Gustav Larsson (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| OTL Danilo Wyss (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| OTL Luca Solari (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| OTL Matthew Harley Goss (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| OTL Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| OTL Marco Bandiera (Katusha Team) | |
| OTL Rick Flens (Rabobank) | |
| OTL Ian Stannard (Team Sky) | |
| OTL Marcus Burghardt (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| OTL Fumiyuki Beppu (Team Radioshack) | |
| OTL Mathieu Drujon (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| OTL Julien Berard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| OTL Steve Houanard (Skil-Shimano) | |
| OTL Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| OTL Joost Van Leijen (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| OTL Marcin Sapa (Lampre - Farnese) | |
| OTL Kasper Klostergaard (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| OTL Rony Martias (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| OTL Guillaume Blot (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| OTL Rubens Bertogliati (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| OTL Romain Matheou (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| OTL Romain Zingle (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| OTL Roger Kluge (Team Milram) | |
| OTL Laszlo Bodrogi (Katusha Team) | |
| DNF Danny Pate (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Javier Aramendia (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| DNF Nicolas Rousseau (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| DNF Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| DNF Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| DNF Johan Van Summeren (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Ricardo Van Der Velde (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Romain Sicard (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| DNF David Millar (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Julian Dean (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Steven Cozza (Garmin - Transitions) | |
| DNF Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) | |
| DNF Sergio De Lis (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| DNF Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| DNF John Murphy (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| DNF Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| DNF Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) | |
| DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Robin Chaigneau (Skil-Shimano) | |
| DNF Stèphane Poulhies (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| DNF Cameron Wurf (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Fabio Taborre (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Fabrice Piemontesi (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Damiano Margutti (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Alberto Loddo (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Thomas Bertolini (Androni Giocattoli) | |
| DNF Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| DNF Reiner Honig (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| DNF Alessandro Fantini (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| DNF Martin Kohler (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| DNF Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| DNF Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| DNF Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| DNF Cèdric Coutouly (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| DNF Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) | |
| DNF Jackson Stewart (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| DNF Kevin Ista (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| DNF Alexander Kristoff (Bmc Racing Team) | |
| DNF Mathieu Perget (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Bjorn Selander (Team Radioshack) | |
| DNF Sèbastien Rosseler (Team Radioshack) | |
| DNF Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua & Sapone) | |
| DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team Sky) | |
| DNF Timothy Gudsell (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| DNF Imanol Erviti (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Olivier Bonnaire (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| DNF Frederik Willems (Liquigas-Doimo) | |
| DNF Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) | |
| DNF Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) | |
| DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Doimo) | |
| DNF Stuart O'grady (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| DNF Luis Pasamontes (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| DNF Arthur Vichot (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | |
| DNF Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | |
| DNF Glenn D'hollander (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | |
| DNF Adam Blyth (Omega Pharma - Lotto) | |
| DNF Martin Reimer (Cervelo Test Team) | |
| DNF Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha Team) | |
| DNF Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step Cycling Team) | |
| DNF Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step Cycling Team) | |
| DNF Baden Cooke (Team Saxo Bank) | |
| DNF Alfredo Balloni (Lampre - Farnese) | |
| DNF Angel Madrazo (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Rui Alberto Faria Da (Caisse D'epargne) | |
| DNF Tristan Valentin (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| DNF Julien Fouchard (Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne) | |
| DNF Sèbastien Turgot (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| DNF Saôd Haddou (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| DNF Damien Gaudin (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| DNF Sèbastien Chavanel (Francaise Des Jeux) | |
| DNF Vitaliy Buts (Lampre - Farnese) | |
| DNF Markus Eichler (Team Milram) | |
| DNF Tom Stamsnijder (Rabobank) | |
| DNF Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) | |
| DNF Tom Leezer (Rabobank) | |
| DNF Martin Velits (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| DNF Marcel Sieberg (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| DNF Vicente Reynes Mimo (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| DNF Adam Hansen (Team Htc - Columbia) | |
| DNF Luke Roberts (Team Milram) | |
| DNF Thomas Fothen (Team Milram) | |
| DNF Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) | |
| DNS Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Euskaltel - Euskadi) | |
| DNS Wilfried Cretskens (Omega Pharma - Lotto) |
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