August 17/11 13:18 pm - Tour du Limousin: Stage 2, Boivin 11th, report
Posted by Editoress on 08/17/11
Full results from today's second stage of the Tour du Limousin in France won by Tony Gallopin (Cofidis, le credit en Ligne). uillaume Boivin (Team Spidertech powered by C10) finished 11th at 6 seconds back
Tour du Limousin - SpiderTech Stage 2 Report
Back on the competition saddle after healing from an injury, Guillaume Boivin is performing well at the 44th Tour du Limousin, finishing 11th on the second stage (Wednesday). In the General Classification, Boivin currently finds himself in 20th place, trailing the leader's time by 31 seconds, held by Belgium rider Björn Leukemans of Vacansoleil-DCM.
Guillaume Boivin found the race extremely hard, especially given the extremely hot temperature, topping the mid-30s: "Today was the hardest day of my life on a bike." Riders from Team SpiderTech went through approximately 100 water bottles during the race to stay hydrated.
But the 2010 World Championship bronze medalist is back. Boivin's form is getting better and better every day here in France. Today, he suffered like never before to sprint to 11th in the final of an extremely hard stage in the Tour du Limousin.
The 112 cyclists still classified in this tour rode 184.4 kilometres today -about five hours of racing on a bike - between Saint-Hilaire Peyroux and Allassac in the southern region of France.
Svein Tuft finished 26th, with the lead group at six seconds behind the stage winner Tony Gallopin of France from Cofidis, Le Crédit en ligne.
The Tour du Limousin continues tomorrow (Thursday) with the third of four stages of this category 2.HC race, a 181-kilometer ride between Lanouaille and St. Yrieix La Perche.
Kevin Field, SpiderTech Directeur Sportif:
Like the Tour de l'Ain, this race is an absolute gem. Cycling fans should pay more attention to these French tours. The racing is so dynamic. The courses are relentless; up, down, small roads, technical descents. There isn't a moment for the riders to rest. It would make for fantastic television!
Today we expected a dynamic race and it was. However, it was slightly more controlled than yesterday, and the heat made the day extreme. All our guys rode great today. Completely according to plan to deliver Svein and Guillaume to a final where they could play for the win. The climbs at the end just made the race go sideways a bit. We are very excited now for the final two days - Guillaume and Svein are riding excellent and the rest of our guys are ready to deliver them to a position where we can battle for a stage win. That's the goal.
| Stage 2: St Hilaire Peyroux to Allassac, 184kms | |
| 1 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | 5:00:26 |
| 2 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | at 0:06 |
| 3 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 4 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 5 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 6 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 8 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | |
| 10 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 11 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 12 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 14 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 15 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 16 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 17 Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 18 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 19 Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 20 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 21 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 22 Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 23 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 24 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 25 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 26 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 27 John E. Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 29 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 30 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 31 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 32 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 33 Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural | |
| 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 35 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 36 Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 37 Juan Villegas (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 38 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | |
| 39 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 40 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 41 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| 43 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 44 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 45 Théo Vimpere (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | all s.t. |
| 46 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:44 |
| 47 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 1:12 |
| 48 Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:34 |
| 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 3:20 |
| 50 Hugo Houle (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 51 Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 52 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 53 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 54 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 55 Jonathon Perdiguero (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 56 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | all s.t. |
| 57 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ | 4:04 |
| 58 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 4:09 |
| 59 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5:10 |
| 60 Arturo Mora Ortiz (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 61 Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 62 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | all s.t. |
| 63 Carlos Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | 6:02 |
| 64 Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 65 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 66 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 67 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 68 Arnoud van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 7:12 |
| 69 Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | 7:14 |
| 70 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 71 Benjamin King (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 72 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | |
| 73 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 74 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 8:30 |
| 75 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | |
| 76 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 77 Zach Bell (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 78 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 79 Luis Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 80 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 81 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 82 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 12:50 |
| 83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 13:19 |
| 84 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 85 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 14:29 |
| 86 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 87 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 88 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 89 Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | |
| 90 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 91 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 92 Kevin van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 93 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 94 Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 95 Mark Batty (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 96 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 97 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Caja Rural | 15:38 |
| 98 Joaquin Sobrino (Esp) Caja Rural | 15:38 |
| 99 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 16:10 |
| 100 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 20:26 |
| 101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 102 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | |
| 103 Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 104 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 105 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 106 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 107 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 108 Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | all s.t. |
| DNF Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | |
| DNF Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Juan Forero Carreno (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| GC | |
| 1 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9:00:08 |
| 2 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | at 0:09 |
| 3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | 0:14 |
| 4 Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:20 |
| 5 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | 0:23 |
| 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 0:25 |
| 7 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:26 |
| 8 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:27 |
| 9 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. |
| 10 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | 0:28 |
| 11 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 0:29 |
| 12 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | |
| 13 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 14 Jonathan Thire (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | all s.t. |
| 15 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 0:30 |
| 16 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 0:31 |
| 17 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 18 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 19 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 20 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 21 Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 22 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | |
| 24 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 26 Juan Villegas (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 27 Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 28 Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 29 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 30 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 31 Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 32 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 33 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 34 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 35 John E. Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 36 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 37 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 38 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 39 Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | |
| 40 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | |
| 42 Théo Vimpere (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | all s.t. |
| 43 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:09 |
| 44 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | 1:50 |
| 45 Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:59 |
| 46 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 4:34 |
| 47 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 5:35 |
| 48 Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 49 Arturo Mora Ortiz (Esp) Caja Rural | both s.t. |
| 50 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 6:27 |
| 51 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | s.t. |
| 52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | 7:39 |
| 53 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 8:52 |
| 54 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 8:55 |
| 55 Luis Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | s.t. |
| 56 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 13:44 |
| 57 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 14:15 |
| 58 Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 59 Kevin van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 14:54 |
| 60 Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 17:26 |
| 61 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 17:29 |
| 62 Hugo Houle (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 63 Ryan Anderson (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 64 Jonathon Perdiguero (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 65 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | all s.t. |
| 66 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ | 18:13 |
| 67 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 19:19 |
| 68 Carlos Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | 20:11 |
| 69 Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 70 Arnoud van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 21:21 |
| 71 Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | 21:23 |
| 72 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 21:24 |
| 73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | 22:39 |
| 74 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 75 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | both s.t. |
| 76 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | 23:32 |
| 77 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
| 78 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 23:36 |
| 79 Benjamin King (Aus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 27:26 |
| 80 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 81 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | both s.t. |
| 82 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | 27:57 |
| 83 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia es Pasion-Cafe de Colombia | 28:38 |
| 84 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 28:38 |
| 85 Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 86 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 87 Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | all s.t. |
| 88 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Bigmat - Auber 93 | 28:42 |
| 89 Zach Bell (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | s.t. |
| 90 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Caja Rural | 29:47 |
| 91 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 30:19 |
| 92 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 32:03 |
| 93 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 33:02 |
| 94 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 33:31 |
| 95 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 34:35 |
| 96 Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en Ligne | 34:41 |
| 97 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 98 Mark Batty (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 99 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 100 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | all s.t. |
| 101 Joaquin Sobrino (Esp) Caja Rural | 35:50 |
| 102 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar | 38:00 |
| 103 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 38:26 |
| 104 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 40:38 |
| 105 Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Metropole | |
| 106 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 107 Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech powered by C10 | |
| 108 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | all s.t. |
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