Tour de France: History repeats itself in Liège with Fabian Cancellara prologue victory
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Tour de France: History repeats itself in Liège with Fabian Cancellara prologue victory

by Ben Atkins at 11:39 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France, Race Reports and Results
 
Swiss champion matches 2004 result over near-identical course; Wiggins second ahead of the other favourites

fabian cancellaraHistory repeated itself in the 2012 Tour de France prologue around the Belgian city of Liège, as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) repeated his 2004 victory over a near-identical course. The Swiss time trial champion completed the 6.4km course, which was 300 metres longer than that of eight years previously, in a time of 7’13”, in an average speed of 53.2kph, to take the first yellow jersey of the race.

His fifth victory on the Tour’s opening day - with his two Liège wins added to that of London 2007, Monaco 2009, and Rotterdam 2010 - saw the four-time World time trial champion equal the outright record of French legend Bernard Hinault.

“This win today gives me a lot of motivation for what is yet to come,” said Cancellara after being presented with his Maillot Jaune. “With the past that I've had after my crash [when he shattered his collarbone in the Ronde van Vlaanderen in April - ed] and a difficult few months, I think that I couldn't ask for a better beginning than to have another win on the opening day. It's just great. I'm happy and, most of all, a lot of pressure has gone away.”

Cancellara was the fastest rider at the halfway point of the stage, crossing the 3.5km checkpoint on the Quai de la Goffe a second faster than long-standing leader Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), and reached the line an incredible seven seconds quicker than overall race favourite Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), who had finished a little under nine minutes previously.

French time trial champion Chavanel’s time was good enough for third place, less than half a second behind Wiggins.

“I just focused on myself,” Cancellara explained. “With Bradley and other riders do things their way but a time trial – a prologue in particular – is... well today it felt like today it was a 6.4 kilometre velodrome. It felt like I was in a tunnel: I had to focus on myself, not look left or right or pay attention to other riders. This is what I've done; I'm a specialist at doing that and today was another demonstration.

“It's always important to win,” he added. “That's how it is. And, with the memories of eight years ago, it's even more special today. I just put everything on the road. It was what I wanted to do today – to win! It's always exciting. When you're 23 years old and you come to the Tour and win by beating Lance it's cool and, eight years later, to show again that you're still able to handle makes it a great day.”

It could have all been so different however, as two of the day’s favourites, in Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) and World time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), who both fell victim to incidents that cost them time. Sagan took one of the course’s switchback corners too quickly, and was forced to unclip his foot to avoid crashing, while Martin - who had matched teammate Chavanel at halfway - suffered a technical problem and was forced to change bikes.

“It's a great day for me and my family and, for sure, it's a great opening day for the team,” said Cancellara. “I wouldn't say that we've already done everything that's necessary at this Tour – we've just had a great opening. I think a lot of pressure went away. With a big team like what we have, it's normal to have pressure but everyone has pressure because everyone wants to have success. To get success is never easy. When you have ups and downs, it's even harder but when you're on top they say it's easy but it never is!

“Now the Tour can start and tomorrow we're going to see a great RadioShack-Nissan team.”

A warm, dry day for a near repeat of 2004

The course for the 2012 prologue was almost identical to that of 2004, where Cancellara first burst onto the Tour de France scene, but for a few small changes, as Jean-Francois Pescheux, technical director of the Tour de France, explained.

“We added 300 metres to avoid a section of the course that was no longer feasible with the urban developments that have been made since then,” he said. “But this is not the only change. It’s quite difficult to compare the times of 2004 with those of today.”

Cancellara won that day in 6’50”, over the 6.1km course.

Argos-Shimano’s Tom Veelers had the honour of getting the 2012 Tour de France under way, but his time of 7’47” was immediately eclipsed by Australian road race champion Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge), who went five seconds quicker with 7’42”. Fourth to start however, was Astana’s Ukrainian champion Andriy Grivko, who knocked 14 seconds of the Australian’s time with 7’28”.

The Ukrainian’s time was barely threatened until two Briton’s pushed him close towards the end of the first hour. Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) was just a second behind Grivko at halfway, but lost two more on the way to the finish, while David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) - who had been a doubtful starter just a few days before as he suffered from a stomach bug - was six seconds down at the halfway point, but accelerated in the second half, and was just three down at the finish.

Eight riders later however, Brett Lancaster (Orica-GreenEdge) finally went quicker than Grivko. The Australian was three seconds faster after 3.5km, and managed to take another one in the second half of the course to finish in 7’24”, four seconds quicker than the Astana rider to take the provisional lead.

Ten minutes later though, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) flew through the halfway point just fractions of a second slower than Lancaster, and managed to hold it to the finish to cross the line fractions of a second faster.

Sylvain Chavanel flies the flag for France in Belgium

A little over half an hour after Boasson Hagen had crossed the line, Chavanel went fastest at halfway. The French champion crossed the Quai de la Goffe in 3’35”, three seconds faster than Lancaster, and managed to maintain his storming pace to cross the finish line in 7’20”.

“Since the beginning of the season I’ve been doing good time trials and I’ve thought about this prologue nonstop for three days,” Chavanel told the French television cameras afterwards. “But now we must now wait, because of those who come after, there are pure beasts who can churn huge gears. I was on a 54x11, but I kept on top of it almost all the time.”

Home favourite Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing), dressed in the colours of the Belgian time trial champion, rode through a corridor of noise and was just two seconds behind Chavanel at the halfway point. The Classics specialist faded a little in the second half however, and was six seconds slower at the finish to slot into provisional fourth.

George Hincapie (BMC Racing) set a new record as the only rider to have started seventeen Tours de France, and the veteran American’s time of 7’33” gave him an outside chance of taking the yellow jersey for the second time in his final appearance in the race.

Many pundits’ favourite for the stage Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) almost lost it on a corner. The Slovakian managed to remain upright but was forced to hurriedly tear his left foot out of his pedal and had lost a considerable amount of time as he reached the 3.5km check. The incident meant that he was nine seconds down at the halfway point, and that gap had grown to 16 seconds as he hit the finish line.

Shortly behind Sagan, 23-year-old American Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) was riding smoothly, and was just six seconds down at halfway. The BMC Racing rider managed to increase his pace over the second half, and was only three seconds down at the finish to slot into provisional second place.

Disaster strikes the World champion as the Olympic champion gets going

Resplendent in his rainbow skinsuit, and wearing a new Specialized S-Works + McLaren TT helmet, Martin passed through the halfway point in the same time as Chavanel, and looked to be heading for the race lead. Disaster struck shortly afterwards however, as he was forced to change his bike and, despite powering around the remainder of the course, crossed the line 16 seconds behind his French teammate.

Newly crowned Russian time trial champion Denis Menchov (Katusha) crossed the line in 7’26”, as the best of the overall contenders so far, but Wiggins was out on the course behind him. The British rider had been six seconds behind Chavanel and Martin at the halfway point, but the Olympic Pursuit champion managed to accelerate in the second half to finish just under half a second quicker than Chavanel to take the provisional lead.
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Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) finished in a respectable 7’31” just eleven seconds behind Wiggins, while Italian favourite Vincenzo Nibali was faster than the British rider at halfway, but ten seconds behind at the finish.

The real threat to Wiggins though was coming from Cancellara, who was one second faster than Chavanel and Martin at the halfway point. Defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) was also faster than big rival Wiggins at 3.5km, but six seconds behind Cancellara.

Cancellara blasted into the finishing straight, to stop the clock in 7’13”, taking seven seconds out of Wiggins, and the provisional lead with only Evans to come. The Australian had faded a little in the second half however, and was 17 seconds down at the finish, conceding ten to Wiggins.

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Tour de France (WorldTour) Prologue Results: Liege, 6.4 km:

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Country Result Name Team Time
sui SUI 1 Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:07:13
gbr GBR 2 Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 00:00:07
fra FRA 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
usa USA 4 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 00:00:10
nor NOR 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 00:00:11
aus AUS 6 Brett Lancaster (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
ger GER 7 Patrick Gretsch (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:12
rus RUS 8 Denis Menchov (Katusha Team) 00:00:13
bel BEL 9 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
ukr UKR 10 Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:15
gbr GBR 11 Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) 00:00:16
svk SVK 12 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:00:17
aus AUS 13 Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
ita ITA 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:00:18
can CAN 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
gbr GBR 16 David Millar (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
gbr GBR 17 Steven Cummings (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
ger GER 18 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:19
ger GER 19 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 20 Nick Nuyens (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) 00:00:20
sui SUI 21 Michael Albasini (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
usa USA 22 George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
nzl NZL 23 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ned NED 24 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
ger GER 25 Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:21
esp ESP 26 Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar Team) s.t.
ger GER 27 Christian Knees (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ned NED 28 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 29 Matthieu Ladagnous (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
usa USA 30 Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
bel BEL 31 Maxime Monfort (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:22
slo SLO 32 Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
slo SLO 33 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
rsa RSA 34 Daryl Impey (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
usa USA 35 Christian Vande Velde (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
aus AUS 36 Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) s.t.
est EST 37 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
fra FRA 38 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
ned NED 39 Sebastian Langeveld (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
esp ESP 40 Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:23
gbr GBR 41 Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) s.t.
fra FRA 42 Jean-christophe Peraud (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
ger GER 43 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
aus AUS 44 Stuart O' Grady (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
ger GER 45 Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ita ITA 46 Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
rus RUS 47 Vladimir Gusev (Katusha Team) 00:00:24
fra FRA 48 Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
swe SWE 49 Gustav Erik Larsson (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
esp ESP 50 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
den DEN 51 Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
ned NED 52 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
svk SVK 53 Peter Sagan (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
por POR 54 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
irl IRL 55 Daniel Martin (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
irl IRL 56 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:25
blr BLR 57 Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar Team) s.t.
fra FRA 58 Cyril Lemoine (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
por POR 59 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) s.t.
ned NED 60 Pieter Weening (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
aus AUS 61 Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) s.t.
fra FRA 62 Jérome Coppel (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
blr BLR 63 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ned NED 64 Bram Tankink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ned NED 65 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:26
kaz KAZ 66 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
esp ESP 67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar Team) s.t.
ita ITA 68 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
usa USA 69 David Zabriskie (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
ger GER 70 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
swe SWE 71 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
ned NED 72 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:27
fra FRA 73 Anthony Roux (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
esp ESP 74 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 75 Blel Kadri (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:28
ita ITA 76 Daniel Oss (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 77 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ger GER 78 Danilo Hondo (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
aus AUS 79 Adam Hansen (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
usa USA 80 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ita ITA 81 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
ger GER 82 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
fra FRA 83 Tony Gallopin (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:29
aus AUS 84 Simon Gerrans (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
fra FRA 85 Christophe Riblon (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 86 Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
aus AUS 87 Matthew Goss (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
fra FRA 88 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
sui SUI 89 Michael Schar (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
ita ITA 90 Ivan Basso (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 91 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin - Sharp) 00:00:30
ned NED 92 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ned NED 93 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 94 Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) s.t.
bel BEL 95 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 96 Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:31
fra FRA 97 Maxime Bouet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
rus RUS 98 Vladimir Karpets (Movistar Team) s.t.
fra FRA 99 Jérome Pineau (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
usa USA 100 Thomas Danielson (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
aut AUT 101 Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) 00:00:32
kaz KAZ 102 Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
ned NED 103 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
esp ESP 104 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) 00:00:33
esp ESP 105 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) s.t.
rsa RSA 106 Robert Hunter (Garmin - Sharp) s.t.
esp ESP 107 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
den DEN 108 Nicki Sørensen (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
fra FRA 109 Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
ned NED 110 Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:34
ned NED 111 Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
arg ARG 112 Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
usa USA 113 Chris Horner (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
pol POL 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
fra FRA 115 Arthur Vichot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
esp ESP 116 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 00:00:35
esp ESP 117 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ned NED 118 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
rus RUS 119 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha Team) s.t.
esp ESP 120 Oscar Gomez Freire (Katusha Team) 00:00:36
ukr UKR 121 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 122 Christophe Kern (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 123 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ita ITA 124 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
kaz KAZ 125 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
svk SVK 126 Martin Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
den DEN 127 Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:00:37
ger GER 128 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 129 Michele Scarponi (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
bel BEL 130 Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
fra FRA 131 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
aus AUS 132 Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
ita ITA 133 Luca Paolini (Katusha Team) 00:00:38
jpn JPN 134 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
slo SLO 135 Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
lux LUX 136 Frank Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 137 Sébastien Minard (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
den DEN 138 Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
fra FRA 139 David Moncoutié (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:39
bel BEL 140 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
kaz KAZ 141 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
aus AUS 142 Baden Cooke (Orica - GreenEDGE) s.t.
ger GER 143 Johannes Frohlinger (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:40
ned NED 144 Karsten Kroon (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) s.t.
esp ESP 145 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 146 Anthony Delaplace (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 147 Jelle Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
fra FRA 148 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur - Sojasun) 00:00:41
esp ESP 149 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 150 Brice Feillu (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
rus RUS 151 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha Team) 00:00:42
cro CRO 152 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana Pro Team) s.t.
esp ESP 153 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) s.t.
blr BLR 154 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha Team) s.t.
bel BEL 155 Francis De Greef (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ita ITA 156 Federico Canuti (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:00:43
fra FRA 157 Pierrick Fedrigo (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
ned NED 158 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
aus AUS 159 Mark Renshaw (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:44
fra FRA 160 Hubert Dupont (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 161 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Movistar Team) s.t.
esp ESP 162 Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 163 Yohann Gène (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 164 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
fra FRA 165 Matthieu Sprick (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:45
fra FRA 166 Pierre Rolland (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 167 Sébastien Hinault (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 168 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Europcar) s.t.
bel BEL 169 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ita ITA 170 Simone Stortoni (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
fra FRA 171 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:46
fra FRA 172 Julien Simon (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ita ITA 173 Davide Malacarne (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 174 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 175 Rémy Di Gregorio (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:47
ned NED 176 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 177 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
bel BEL 178 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:48
ger GER 179 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) 00:00:49
blr BLR 180 Yauheni Hutarovich (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
fra FRA 181 Cédric Pineau (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:00:50
fra FRA 182 Yuriy Krivtsov (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
esp ESP 183 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 184 Guillaume Levarlet (Saur - Sojasun) 00:00:51
slo SLO 185 Grega Bole (Lampre - ISD) 00:00:52
esp ESP 186 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ita ITA 187 Marco Marzano (Lampre - ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 188 Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha Team) 00:00:55
fra FRA 189 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) 00:00:57
esp ESP 190 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
esp ESP 191 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:01
fra FRA 192 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ita ITA 193 Davide Vigano (Lampre - ISD) 00:01:02
esp ESP 194 Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
den DEN 195 Anders Lund (Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) 00:01:03
aus AUS 196 Matthew Lloyd (Lampre - ISD) 00:01:05
fra FRA 197 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:01:06
ned NED 198 Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) s.t.

General classification: As above


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