April 5/11 17:04 pm - Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 04/5/11
Today was the first day of racing at Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, won by Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) . Team Spidertech p/b C10's Keven Lacombe finished 6th in the bunch sprint.
SpiderTech Team Director Steve Bauer describes today's race:
The game plan at the outset is to win the overall. Svein Tuft has been riding very strong and we believe he may be able to surprise in the Time Trial tomorrow. We knew Leopard Trek was bringing Benatti to win the stages and possibly the overall.
Our strategy was to be vigilant on the front of the race, not necessarily go into breakaways but to be sure to protect our interest in the overall if we needed to chase. We did not want to waste energy unnecessarily because we felt Leopard would control.
Sure enough, Leopard Trek took control of the race. Two of their riders went into a breakaway and the Leopard riders set tempo. The duo took the bonus seconds of three and two for both of the first sprints. After the first break was caught, Thomas Voekler was very active but to no avail. One Big Mat rider went clear with 83 kilometres to go, only to engage the Leopard team once more to control the race. Into the four final circuits of 6.4 kilometres each, it was evident that the most likely scenario of a bunch sprint would occur. Keven Lacombe wanted to do the sprint without support and not risking our team before the Time Trial. Keven finished an excellent sixth place.
"We are pleased with a relaxed, relatively easy day before the two split stages tomorrow with 97 kilometres in the morning and the all important 6.8 kilometre Time Trial in the afternoon. We are confident in Svein's ability to do a good ride," says Bauer
Lacombe commented after the finish: "I have good legs and felt strong in the final kilometres but I think I am still lacking some speed for the final 150-metre kick. The goals of the team are for General Classification and for Svein but I will still shoot for the sprints if the chance permits again."
| Stage 1: Le Chateau d'Olonne to Saint Mars La Jaille, 189.9 km | |
| 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek | 4:50:56 |
| 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | |
| 4 Juan Pablo Forero (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 5 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 6 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 7 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 9 Mates Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 10 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 11 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 12 Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 13 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 14 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 15 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 16 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 17 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 18 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 19 Blaz Furdi (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 20 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 21 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 22 Biel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 24 Rein Taramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 25 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 26 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 27 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 28 Marco Haller (Aut) Adria Mobil | |
| 29 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 30 R‚mi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 31 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 32 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 34 Luca Barla (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 35 Luis Felipe Laverde (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 36 Daniel Lloyd (Gbr) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 38 Thoi Rohrreger (Aut) Leopard Trek | |
| 39 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 40 Ronan Racault (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 41 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek | |
| 42 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 43 Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 44 Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 45 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 46 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 48 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil | |
| 49 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 50 Jonathan McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 51 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 52 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 53 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 54 Juan Pablo Villegas (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 55 Aleksandr Efimkin (Rus) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 56 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 57 Hugo Sebastien Salazar (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 60 Romain Bacon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 62 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 63 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 64 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 65 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 66 St‚phane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 67 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 68 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
| 69 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 70 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 71 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 72 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 73 Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 74 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 75 Luca Solari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 76 Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 78 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Type1-Sanofi Aventis | |
| 79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 80 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | |
| 81 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 82 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 83 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems-Accent | |
| 84 J.E. Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia Es Pasion | |
| 85 Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 86 Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech p/b C10 | |
| 87 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 88 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 89 Johan Lebon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 90 Martin Pedersen (Den) Leopard Trek | |
| 91 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| 92 S‚bastien Joly (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | |
| 93 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | all s.t. |
| 94 Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Leopard Trek | 1:18 |
| 95 William Clarke (Aus) Leopard Trek | s.t. |
| 96 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | 2:00 |
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