Tour de l'Ain 2012 (2.1) 7-11 Aug

[Samson]

Promises to be very exciting one with the likes of Moncoutie, Gadret, Pinot, Coppel, Taaramäe, Rolland etc participating.

Stage 1 (7 aug) Montmerle-sur-Saône - Trévoux (146,2km)

Stage 2a (8 aug) Lagnieu - Ambérieu-en-Bugey (83,0km)

Stage 2b (8 aug) Saint-Vulbas - Saint-Vulbas (10,7km)

Stage 3 (9 aug) Belley - Montréal-la-Cluse (148,5km)

 

[Samson]

Stage 4 (10 aug) Nantua - Septmoncel (166,2km)

Stage 5 (11 aug) Saint-Claude - Lélex (134,7km)

 

[Samson]

Startlist:


COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE

1 MONCOUTIE David France
2 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia
3 BAGOT Yohan France
4 BARLE Florent France
5 BUFFAZ Mickaël France
6 MOLARD Rudy France
7 BESCOND Jérémy France

GARMIN - SHARP

11 FERNANDEZ DE LARREA Koldo Spain
12 MAASKANT Martyn Netherlands
13 KREDER Michel Netherlands
14 LE MEVEL Christophe France
15 PETERSON Thomas United States
16 TALANSKY Andrew United States
17 WEGMANN Fabian Germany

VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM

21 FEILLU Romain France
22 HOOGERLAND Johnny Netherlands
23 LAMMERTINK Maurits Netherlands
24 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Poland
25 LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
27 WAUTERS Willem Belgium

EQUIPE CYCLISTE FDJ-BIGMAT

31 CASAR Sandy France
32 FEDRIGO Pierrick France
33 HUTAROVICH Yauheni Belarus
34 PINEAU Cedric France
35 PINOT Thibaut France
36 VICHOT Arthur France
37 MOUREY Francis France

AG2R LA MONDIALE

41 BARDET Romain France
42 BONNAFOND Guillaume France
43 BOUET Maxime France
44 DUPONT Hubert France
45 GADRET John France
46 MINARD Sébastien France
47 BÉRARD Julien France

OMEGA PHARMA - QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM

51 CATALDO Dario Italy
52 CIOLEK Gerald Germany
53 FENN Andrew United Kingdom
54 PAUWELS Serge Belgium
55 RABON Frantisek Czech Republic
56 VANDEWALLE Kristof Belgium
57 MAES Nikolas Belgium

TEAM SAXO BANK

61 HAEDO Juan José Argentina
62 GUSTOV Volodymir Ukraine
63 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian Argentina
64 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel Spain
65 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Spain
66 CHRISTENSEN Mads Denmark
67 MAJKA Rafael Poland

MOVISTAR TEAM

71 BRUSEGHIN Marzio Italy
72 HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain
73 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat Spain
74 KARPETS Vladimir Russia
75 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio Spain
76 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben Spain
77 SANZ UNZUE Enrique Spain

LEOPARD - TREK CONTINENTAL TEAM

81 ALAFACI Eugenio Italy
82 BRAMBILLA Giorgio Italy
83 EZQUERRA Jesús Spain
84 HOFSTETTER Olivier Switzerland
85 KERN Julian Germany
86 PLIUSCHIN Alexandr Moldavia
87 ZANGERLE Joel Luxembourg

BRETAGNE - SCHULLER

91 BERTHOU Eric France
92 DURET Sébastien France
93 GUILLOU Florian France
94 MALACARNE Gaël France
95 LE BON Johan France
96 LEQUATRE Geoffroy France
97 FONSECA Armindo France

TEAM NETAPP

101 EICHLER Markus Germany
102 HOLLENSTEIN Reto Switzerland
103 JARC Blaz Slovenia
104 SCHILLINGER Andreas Germany
105 SCHWARZMANN Michael Germany
106 SCHULZE André Germany
107 SEUBERT Timon Germany

LA POMME MARSEILLE

111 CAUQUIL Yohan France
112 TARRIDE Gregoire France
113 KORETZKY Clément France
114 LAPORTE Christophe France
115 PERICHON Pierre-Luc France
116 VAUBOURZEIX Thomas France
117 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas Lithuania

RABOBANK CONTINENTAL TEAM

121 HOFLAND Moreno Netherlands
122 KREDER Wesley Netherlands
123 MINNAARD Marco Netherlands
124 OLIVIER Daan Netherlands
125 BOVENHUIS Jasper Netherlands
126 VAN DER LIJKE Nick Netherlands
127 ZEPUNTKE Ruben Germany

AUBER 93

131 BACON Romain France
132 BACQUET Fabien France
133 BAZIN Nicolas France
134 DASSONVILLE Flavien France
135 DRUJON Benoit France
136 DRUJON Mathieu France
137 LE BOULCH Dimitri France

SAUR - SOJASUN

141 COPPEL Jerome France
142 MANGEL Laurent France
143 LEVARLET Guillaume France
144 ENGOULVENT Jimmy France
145 TORTELIER Etienne France
146 TALABARDON Yannick France
147 BESSY Cyril France

TEAM EUROPCAR

151 CHARTEAU Anthony France
152 GAUDIN Damien France
153 GAUTIER Cyril France
154 KERN Christophe France
155 QUEMENEUR Perrig France
156 REZA Kevin France
157 ROLLAND Pierre France

CONTINENTAL TEAM ASTANA

161 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan Kazahkstan
162 SHUSHEMOIN Alexandre Kazahkstan
163 JUMABEKOV Nazar Kazahkstan
164 UMERBEKOV Nikita Kazahkstan
165 FOMINYKH Daniil Kazahkstan
166 KAMYSHEV Arman Kazahkstan
167 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan

FRANCE

171 BARGUIL Warren France
172 DOMONT Axel France
173 TURGIS Jimmy France
174 ROSSETTO Stéphane France
175 TEGUEL Erwan France
176 VIMPERE Théo France

Previous winners

2000 Serguei Yakovlev (KAZ)
2001 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) Jean Delatour
2002 Christophe Oriol (GER) AG2R Prévoyance
2003 Axel Merckx (BEL) Lotto-Domo
2004 Jérôme Pineau (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère
2005 Carl Naibo (FRA) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
2006 Cyril Dessel (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance
2007 John Gadret (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance
2008 Linus Gerdemann (GER) Team Columbia
2009 Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis
2010 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Team RadioShack
2011 David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis

 

[Arnout]

Wait, I thought Moncoutie broke his collarbone?

 

[Samson]

Wait, I thought Moncoutie broke his collarbone?

Not that I remember.

 

[Ruvu75]

Wait, I thought Moncoutie broke his collarbone?

He didn't break anything...

 

[LaFleur]

Not gonna even ask if there's broadcasting, looks like a very dull race and can't be bothered watching this. What's the point in having a 80km flat stage as the 3rd stage?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Not gonna even ask if there's broadcasting, looks like a very dull race and can't be bothered watching this. What's the point in having a 80km flat stage as the 3rd stage?

Why do you think this is a very dull race?
The reason for the 80km stage is because there is a TTT on the same day.

 

[Samson]

I don't agree that it will be dull race. Last 2 stages promises to ber very interesting. Especially the stage 4 with 1st gat finish.

Not sure about the broadcasting. I remember France3 showed the final stage live in last year. They'll probably just show highlights of the stages later in the day.

 

[Kwibus]

l'Ain usually is an entertaining race.

80km flat stage sounds good to me. No need to have a 200km flat stage anyways.

 

[Samson]

Stage 1 live text: http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1413/tour-de-l-ain-1ere-etape-2-1.html

132 km to go and we have 4 man breakaway: Joël Zangerlé (Leopard-Trek CT), Thomas Vaubourzeix (La Pomme Marseille), Nicolas Bazin (BigMat-Auber 93) and Erwan Téguel (Equipe de France Espoirs). 5:30 is the cap between breakaway and peloton. Europcar is making the pace in peloton.

 

[Samson]

Came down to sprint finish.


top 10:

1. Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-Big Mat)
2. Lucas-Sebastian Haedo (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)
3. Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
4. Enrique Sanz (Movistar)
5. Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun)
6. Koldo Fernandez (Garmin-Sharp)
7. Kévin Reza (Team Europcar)
8. André Schulze (Team Net App)
9. Eugenio Alafaci (Leopard-Trek CT)
10.Moreno Hofland (Rabobank CT)

Complete results and standings: http://www.directvelo.com/actualite/21038-tour-de-l-ain-et-1-classements.html

 

[Samson]

2 from 2 for Hutarovich:

Stage 2 results:

Classement de la 2e étape, Top 15 :
1 HUTAROVICH Yauheni (FDJ BigMat)
2 SCHULZE André (Team Netapp)
3 CHAVANEL Sébastien (Europcar)
4 FERNANDEZ Koldo (Garmin Sharp)
5 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)
6 SANZ Enrique (Movistar)
7 GIRAUD Benjamin (La Pomme Marseille)
8 LEMOINE Cyril (Saur-Sojasun)
9 BRAMBILLA Giorgio (Leopard Trek)
10 KORETZKY Clément (La Pomme Marseille)
11 BOVENHUIS Jasper (Rabobank Continental)
12 KREDER Michel (Garmin Sharp)
13 ALAFACI Eugenio (Leopard Trek)
14 LUTSENKO Alexey (Continental Team Astana)
15 MALACARNE Gaël (Bretagne Schuler)

Complete results and standings: http://www.directvelo.com/actualite/21058-tour-de-l-ain-et-2a-classements.html

Later on today, team time trial (10,7km)

 

[Kwibus]

They still need to ride the TTT?

 

[roundabout]

They still need to ride the TTT?

It has finished a few minutes ago

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/1415/tour-de-l-ain-2e-etape-b-2-1.html

 

[Von Mises]

TTT

Classement de l'étape :
1 Omega Pharma-Quickstep 12'02'46'''
2 Team NetApp 12'06''45'''
3 Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 12'14''29'''
4 Garmin-Sharp 12'16'46''
5 Saur-Sojasun 12'17''00'''
6 Leopard-Trek Continental Team 12'18'20'''
7 Movistar Team 12'18'37''
8 Rabobank Continental Team 12'19''16''
9 Vacansoleil-DCM 12'20''17'''
10 Team Europcar 12'24''49'''
11 FDJ-BigMat 12'24''59'''
12 Bretagne-Schuller 12'26''56'''
13 Cofidis 12'28''02'''
14 Continental Team Astana 12'28''94''
15 La Pomme Marseille 12'31'38'''
16 AG2R-La Mondiale 12'32''05'''
17 Auber 93 12'38''40'''
18 Equipe de France Espoirs 12'42'52'''
19 Equipe de Colombie Espoirs 12'51''95'''


Général :
1 André Schulze (Team NetApp)
2 Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
3 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
4 Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
5 Mattias Brandle (Team NetApp) à 4''.

 

[Samson]

Complete standings:

1 SCHULZE André APP GER les 252 km en 05h40'56''
2 CATALDO Dario OPQ ITA '
3 PAUWELS Serge OPQ BEL '
4 VANDEWALLE Kristof OPQ BEL '
5 BRANDLE Matthias APP AUT 04''
6 BARTA Jan APP CZE '
7 JARC Blaz APP SLO '
8 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian STB ARG 06''
9 HUTAROVICH Yauheni FDJ BLR '
10 CHRISTENSEN Mads STB DEN 12''
11 GUSTOV Volodymir STB UKR '
12 MAJKA Rafal STB POL '
13 NAVARRO Daniel STB ESP '
14 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus STB ESP '
15 FERNANDEZ Koldo GRS ESP 14''
16 KREDER Michel GRS NED '
17 TALANSKY Andrew GRS USA '
18 PETERSON Thomas GRS USA '
19 LEMOINE Cyril SAU FRA 15''
20 CIOLEK Gerald OPQ GER '
21 COPPEL Jérôme SAU FRA '
22 LEVARLET Guillaume SAU FRA '
23 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio MOV ESP 16''
24 KERN Julian LET GER '
25 PLAZA Ruben MOV ESP '
26 BRUSEGHIN Marzio MOV ITA '
27 HERRADA Jose MOV ESP '
28 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat MOV ESP '
29 PLIUSCHIN Alexandr LET MDA '
30 * EZQUERRA Jesus LET ESP '
31 KARPETS Vladimir MOV RUS '
32 ZANGERLE Joel LET LUX '
33 * HOFLAND Moreno RB3 NED 17''
34 * VAN DER LIJKE Nick RB3 NED '
35 MINNAARD Marco RB3 NED '
36 * OLIVIER Daan RB3 NED '
37 * BOVENHUIS Jasper RB3 NED '
38 * KREDER Wesley RB3 NED '
39 * ZEPUNTKE Ruben RB3 GER '
40 RUIJGH Rob VCD NED 18''
41 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz VCD POL '
42 SELVAGGI Mirko VCD ITA '
43 LINDEMAN Bertjan VCD NED '
44 * LAMMERTINK Maurits VCD NED '
45 CHAVANEL Sébastien EUC FRA 20''
46 HOOGERLAND Johnny VCD NED 21''
47 PINEAU Cédric FDJ FRA 22''
48 REZA Kévin EUC FRA '
49 * PINOT Thibault FDJ FRA '
50 ROLLAND Pierre EUC FRA '
51 QUEMENEUR Perrig EUC FRA '
52 CASAR Sandy FDJ FRA '
53 CHARTEAU Anthony EUC FRA '
54 MALACARNE Gaël BSC FRA 24''
55 * LEBON Johan BSC FRA '
56 DURET Sébastien BSC FRA '
57 LEQUATRE Geoffroy BSC FRA '
58 FONSECA Armindo BSC FRA 26''
59 BARLE Florent COF FRA '
60 BUFFAZ Mickaël COF FRA '
61 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan AST KAZ '
62 * LUTSENKO Alexey AST KAZ '
63 SHUSHEMOIN Alexandr AST KAZ '
64 * KAMYSHEV Arman AST KAZ '
65 MOLARD Rudy COF FRA '
66 BAGOT Yoann COF FRA '
67 * FOMINYKH Daniil AST KAZ '
68 TAARAMAE Rein COF EST '
69 * UMERBEKOV Nikita AST KAZ '
70 GUILLOU Florian BSC FRA '
71 * BESCOND Jérémy COF FRA '
72 MONCOUTIE David COF FRA '
73 JUMABEKOV Nazar AST KAZ '
74 * KORETZKY Clément LPM FRA 29''
75 GIRAUD Benjamin LPM FRA '
76 PERICHON Pierre-Luc LPM FRA '
77 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas LPM LTU '
78 * TARRIDE Grégoire LPM FRA '
79 * BARDET Romain ALM FRA 30''
80 BONNAFOND Guillaume ALM FRA '
81 BOUET Maxime ALM FRA '
82 MINARD Sébastien ALM FRA '
83 GADRET John ALM FRA '
84 * HIRT Jan LET CZE '
85 FAUCON Guillaume AUB FRA 36''
86 TRONET Steven AUB FRA '
87 MOMBAERTS Johan AUB FRA ' '
88 LE BOULCH Dimitri AUB FRA 05h41'32''
89 THIRE Jonathan AUB FRA '
90 BAZIN Nicolas AUB FRA '
91 * BARGUIL Warren FRA FRA 40''
92 * LAVIEU Antoine FRA FRA '
93 * TURGIS Jimmy FRA FRA '
94 * DOMONT Axel FRA FRA '
95 * TEGUEL Erwan FRA FRA '
96 ROSSETTO Stéphane FRA FRA '
97 * VIMPERE Théo FRA FRA 05h41'36'' '
98 * CHAMORRO CHITAN Juan Ernesto COL COL 49''
99 * JARAMILLO James de Jesus COL COL '
100 * RIVERA GUERRERO Ever Alexander COL COL '
101 * FENN Andrew OPQ GBR 51''
102 MAASKANT Martijn GRS NED 58''
103 KERN Christophe EUC FRA '
104 TALABARDON Yannick SAU FRA 59''
105 SANZ Enrique MOV ESP 01'04''
106 * ALAFACI Eugenio LET ITA 05h42'00'' '
107 BRAMBILLA Giorgio LET ITA '
108 GAUDIN Damien EUC FRA 01'05''
109 RABON Frantisek CZE19830926 OPQ CZE 01'10''
110 HIVERT Jonathan SAU FRA '
111 HAEDO Juan Jose STB ARG 01'11''
112 * ORJUELA GUTIERREZ Fernando COL COL 01'13''
113 LE MEVEL Christophe GRS FRA 01'18''
114 BERARD Julien ALM FRA 01'25''
115 MAES Nikolas OPQ BEL 01'26''
116 * PAREDES César Nicolas COL COL '
117 * SALAZAR Hugo Sebastian COL COL '
118 CAUQUIL Yohan LPM FRA 01'27''
119 FEDRIGO Pierrick FDJ FRA 01'30''
120 MANGEL Laurent SAU FRA 01'33''
121 FEILLU Romain VCD FRA 01'56''
122 WEGMANN Fabian GRS GER 01'57''
123 ENGOULVENT Jimmy SAU FRA 02'02''
124 * QUINTERO GIL Juan Diego COL COL 02'10''
125 EICHLER Markus APP GER 02'53''
126 MOUREY Francis FDJ FRA 02'58''
127 VAUBOURZEIX Thomas LPM FRA 03'34''
128 SCHORN Daniel APP AUT 09'14''
129 VICHOT Arthur FDJ FRA 09'32''
130 BERTHOU Eric BSC FRA 10'47''
131 * DASSONVILLE Flavien AUB FRA 11'01''
132 RAVARD Anthony ALM FRA 11'08''
133 * SCHWARZMANN Michael APP GER 16'21''

 

[greenedge]

I wonder whom out of Cataldo or Pauwels will be stronger?

Cataldo on paper is of course but Serge has had good form this year/ has a chance to win.

Majka and the rest shall also make this exciting hopefully.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Pauwels? WTF?

There are tons of favourites here. Moncoutié, Taaramae, Pinot, Coppel, Pardilla, Rolland, maybe eben Lutsenko or Barguil. But Pauwels??? In 2012 he wasn't as crap as last year, but crap anyway.

 

[Kwibus]

I wonder whom out of Cataldo or Pauwels will be stronger?

Cataldo on paper is of course but Serge has had good form this year/ has a chance to win.

Majka and the rest shall also make this exciting hopefully.

I doubt the final GC will be decided between Cataldo or Pauwels. I expect others to pass them.

 

[ciranda]

More than seven minutes advantage for this group, that will surely stay away:

Yoann Bagot (Cofidis), Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil-DCM), Cédric Pineau (FDJ-BigMat), Julien Bérard et Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale), Dario Cataldo, Serge Pauwels et Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Daniel Navarro et Mads Christensen (Team SaxoBank-Tinkoff Bank), Sergio Pardilla (Movistar), Eric Berthou et Gaël Malacarne (Bretagne-Schuller), Matthias Brandle (Team NetAPP), Pierre-Luc Périchon (La Pomme Marseille), Daan Oliver et Jasper Bovenhuis (Rabobank CT), Dimitri Le Boulch (BigMat-Auber 93), Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun), Perrig Quémeneur (Team Europcar), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana CT), Juan Ernesto Chamorro (Equipe de Colombie Espoirs).

 

[Samson]

How the hell did they let 2nd and 3rd in GC to get into breakaway? Also the likes of Pinot, Coppel, Talansky.. And the cap is huge 65 km before the finish: 15 mins.

 

[LaFleur]

How the hell did they let 2nd and 3rd in GC to get into breakaway? Also the likes of Pinot, Coppel, Talansky.. And the cap is huge 65 km before the finish.

Because most of the teams are in the break? And the teams that aren't, don't have the power to do anything about a group like that.

E: Just checked, only Leopard Trek CT don't have a rider in the breakaway.

 

[Samson]

Because most of the teams are in the break? And the teams that aren't, don't have the power to do anything about a group like that.

E: Just checked, only Leopard Trek CT don't have a rider in the breakaway.

Fair enough.

 

[Kwibus]

More than seven minutes advantage for this group, that will surely stay away:

Yoann Bagot (Cofidis), Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil-DCM), Cédric Pineau (FDJ-BigMat), Julien Bérard et Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R-La Mondiale), Dario Cataldo, Serge Pauwels et Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Daniel Navarro et Mads Christensen (Team SaxoBank-Tinkoff Bank), Sergio Pardilla (Movistar), Eric Berthou et Gaël Malacarne (Bretagne-Schuller), Matthias Brandle (Team NetAPP), Pierre-Luc Périchon (La Pomme Marseille), Daan Oliver et Jasper Bovenhuis (Rabobank CT), Dimitri Le Boulch (BigMat-Auber 93), Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun), Perrig Quémeneur (Team Europcar), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana CT), Juan Ernesto Chamorro (Equipe de Colombie Espoirs).

Pffff and only a few hours ago I said that Pauwels and Cataldo won't be able to win l'Ain and then they let them ride away.
I hope Pardilla, Talansky Coppel or Olivier will beat them anyways