61st Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire

[afpm90]

2-5 of April

GC 2012

1. Luke Durbridge Orica GreenEDGE 15:33:29
2. Manuele Boaro Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:08
3. Nelson Oliveira RadioShack - Nissan
4. Anthony Delaplace Saur - Sojasun 0:09
5. Thomas Dekker Team Garmin - Barracuda 0:12
6. Jan Bakelants RadioShack - Nissan
7. Francisco José Ventoso Movistar Team
8. Alexandre Geniez Argos - Shimano 0:14
9. Pierrick Fedrigo Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat
10. Ruben Plaza Movistar Team 0:15

Stage 1 - Fontenay-le-Comte » Ligné (179.4)
Stage 2 - Ligné » Angers (93.6)
Stage 3 - Ligné » Angers (6.8)
Stage 4 - Angers » Pré-en-Pail (185.7)
Stage 5 - Abbaye de l’Epau » Saint-Vincent-de-Lorouër (165.7)

Startlist

AG2R La Mondiale
DOMONT Axel
DUMOULIN Samuel
GEORGES Sylvain
KERN Julian
MONDORY Lloyd
RAVARD Anthony

Argos - Shimano
AHLSTRAND Jonas
DAMUSEAU Thomas
DUMOULIN Tom
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
JI Cheng
SPRICK Mathieu

Equipe Cycliste FDJ
BOUHANNI Nacer
FEDRIGO Pierrick
GESLIN Anthony
MOUREY Francis
ROUX Anthony
VAUGRENARD Benoit

Orica GreenEDGE
KRUOPIS Aidis
MEYER Cameron
DURBRIDGE Luke
HEPBURN Michael
BEWLEY Sam
TUFT Svein

RadioShack - Leopard

GALLOPIN Tony
HONDO Danilo
JUNGELS Bob
KING Benjamin
ROHREGGER Thomas
SERGENT Jesse

Garmin - Sharp
VAN DE VELDE Christian
HAAS Nathan
DEKKER Thomas
RASMUSSEN Alex
MORTON Lchlan
VON HOFF Steele

Team Saxo-Tinkoff
CHRISTENSEN Mads
KROON Karsten
MCCARTHY Jay
MIYAZAWA Takashi
SUTHERLAND Rory
SøRENSEN Nicki

Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox
CANOLA Marco
COLBRELLI Sonny
COLEDAN Marco
MODOLO Sacha
PASQUALON Andrea

Bretagne- Séché Environnement
DURET Sebastien
FONSECA Armindo
GERARD Arnaud
GUILLOU Florian
LEQUATRE Geoffroy
SEPúLVEDA Eduardo

Cofidis Solutions Crédits
BESSY Cyril
EDET Nicolas
LEVARLET Guillaume
MOLARD Rudy
POULHIES Stéphane
ZINGLE Romain

Team Colombia
ARANGO Juan Esteban
AVILA Edwin Alcibiades
DUQUE Leonardo Fabio
QUINTERO Duber Armando
QUINTERO Carlos Julian
VALENCIA Juan Pablo

Europcar
ARASHIRO Yukiya
COQUARD Bryan
HUREL Tony
REZA Kevin
ROLLAND Pierre
VOECKLER Thomas

IAM Cycling
PELUCCHI Matteo
CUSIN Remi
DENIFL Stefan
LöFKVIST Thomas
PLIUSCHIN Alexandr
WYSS Marcel

Katusha Team
BRUTT Pavel
IGNATYEV Mikhail
KRITSKIY Timofey
PORSEV Alexander
TSATEVITCH Alexey
VOROBYEV Anton

Sojasun
DELAPLACE Anthony
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
HIVERT Jonathan
MARINO Jean Marc
MARTIAS Rony
PAURIOL Rémi

Team NetApp – Endura
BARTA Jan
BENEDETTI Cesare
CAMANO Iker
DE LA CRUZ David
KONIG Leopold
THWAITES Scott

BigMat - Auber 93
BACON Romain
BACQUET Fabien
DASSONVILLE Flavien
DRUJON Benoit
LE BOULCH Dimitri
ROSSETTO Stephane

Accent.jobs – Wanty
CAETHOVEN Steven
DEGAND Thomas
HABEAUX Gregory
NAPOLITANO Danilo
ROUTLEY Will
VOGONDY Nicolas

 

[RedheadDane]

Garmin - Sharp
DEKKER Thomas
DENNIS Rohan
FERNANDEZ Koldo
HAAS Nathan
VANDE VELDE Christian
DURBRIDGE Luke

I think Luke Durbridge (who's already riding for Greenedge) should be replaced with Alex R.

 

[roundabout]

Pre-en-Pail stage is actually an uphill finish on the Avaloirs. Maybe it will change something.

 

[mc_mountain]

I think Luke Durbridge (who's already riding for Greenedge) should be replaced with Alex R.

Fernandez is also already racing Pais Vasco, might be Morton instead.

Potentially changes in the RLT team with Bennett and Hermans replaced by Gallopin and Hondo, according to cyclingfever.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

5. Thomas Dekker Team Garmin - Barracuda 0:12

to dominate

 

[afpm90]

Fernandez is also already racing Pais Vasco, might be Morton instead.

Potentially changes in the RLT team with Bennett and Hermans replaced by Gallopin and Hondo, according to cyclingfever.

You're right. I copied the startlist from cyclingfever, and it obviously has some mistakes.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Coquard will dominate

 

[afpm90]

Pre-en-Pail stage is actually an uphill finish on the Avaloirs. Maybe it will change something.

It will finish on top of Mont des Avaloirs. According to climbbybike it's a 1.89 km climb with a 4% average.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks ideal for Jungels or perhaps Bouhanni if he can deliver in the prologue.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Wow, a MTF.

Rolland ftw now

 

[Roude Leiw]

Jungels can do very well here, chrono has the right length for him, uphill finish is not hard enough so he will get lost, but he might be able to squeeze a few seconds out of people like Durbridge

 

[maltiv]

Axel Rasmussen has been thrown out of the race by the UCI.

What a joke. Is he banned for life or what?

 

[Roude Leiw]

If Scheldeprijs can be stickied, Circuit de la Sarthe could as well

 

[Dazed and Confused]

50km into the race, gap 3:50

(R. MARTIAS (114), K. REZA (92) et N. BOEM (133)

Only 38 km done in first hour of race. Soft break and soft pace.

 

[afpm90]

Live ticker -> http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/?direct=1

 

[RedheadDane]

Axel Rasmussen has been thrown out of the race by the UCI.

What a joke. Is he banned for life or what?

Naah... just some issues with his insurance. Got 'em fixed an hour after the race begun. He might attempt to catch the hour and start tomorrow!

I guess in theory I can try to catch one hour on the peleton, though it will be hard. Then I can start tomorrow

 

[theyoungest]

Axel Rasmussen has been thrown out of the race by the UCI.

What a joke. Is he banned for life or what?

Somehow I was reminded of Guns 'n' Roses when I read this.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

40 odd km to go, gap 2:25

inching closer to the bunch sprint.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Pelucchi wins

 

[brilleaben]

I am happy now.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Amazing! He was so close to Greipel in Tour Méditerranéen. Very happy that he wins.

 

[Ruudz0r]

4 out of 6 from the Greenedge guys crashed in the last 2K (Durbridge, Hepburn, Kruopis and Bewley.

The first 3 are fine, Bewley ahs been taken to the hospital for research.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 1 result:

1 PELUCCHI Matteo IAM Cycling 16 20 4:39:51
2 MODOLO Sacha Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox 6 12 ,,
3 COQUARD Bryan Europcar 11 7 ,,
4 BOUHANNI Nacer Equipe Cycliste FDJ 5 5 ,,
5 TSATEVITCH Alexey Katusha Team 4 4 ,,
6 VON HOFF Steele Garmin - Sharp 2 3 ,,
7 NIZZOLO Giacomo RadioShack - Leopard 2 ,,
8 THWAITES Scott Team NetApp – Endura 1 ,,
9 DUQUE Leonardo Fabio Team Colombia ,,
10 DRUJON Benoit BigMat - Auber 93 ,,

Nice little competitive sprint field.

GC below:

1 PELUCCHI Matteo IAM CYCLING ITA 4:39:41
2 BOEM Nicola BARDIANI VALVOLE-CSF INOX ITA à 0: 0: 3
3 REZA Kévin TEAM EUROPCAR FRA à 0: 0: 3
4 MODOLO Sacha BARDIANI VALVOLE-CSF INOX ITA à 0: 0: 4
5 COQUARD Bryan TEAM EUROPCAR FRA à 0: 0: 6
6 MARTIAS Ronny SOJASUN FRA à 0: 0: 6
7 BOUHANNI Nacer FDJ FRA à 0: 0:10
8 TSATEVICH Aexey KATUSHA RUS à 0: 0:10
9 VON HOFF Steele GARMIN SHARP AUS à 0: 0:10
10 NIZZOLO Giacomo RADIOSHACK-LEOPARD ITA à 0: 0:10

Boem and Reza squeezed into top 5 from picking up bonus secs along the way.

Tomorrow morning at 9:40 (CEST), the riders hits the road for 93km. ETA 12:00.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

4 out of 6 from the Greenedge guys crashed in the last 2K (Durbridge, Hepburn, Kruopis and Bewley.

The first 3 are fine, Bewley ahs been taken to the hospital for research.

Pelucchi is responsible for the crash at 2k out according to Engoulvent and Bouhanni was furious at his behaviour during the sprint (where Pelucchi allegedly touched his handlebars and pushed him into the barriers) so certainly not the least controversial of wins

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pelucchi is responsible for the crash at 2k out according to Engoulvent and Bouhanni was furious at his behaviour during the sprint (where Pelucchi allegedly touched his handlebars and pushed him into the barriers) so certainly not the least controversial of wins

hopefully we get a bit of video of that.
Nothing better than controversial bunch sprints.