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| Thor Hushovd defended his yellow jersey (© Sirotti) |
The storm raging over most of northern
France on Monday forced organisers to move the start of the stage. After a first decision to start from Sancerre, 74 kilometres from
the finish, the stage finally took off from the original feeding zone La Chapelottte. The riders finally covered 93.5 kilometres
and tackled the first climb of this Paris-Nice, la Cote de Venoize (3rd category).
Spain’s Dionisio
Galparsoro (Euskaltel - Euskadi) was first at the top of the climb and took the first polka-dot jersey in this edition of
the French stage race. Austria’s Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) was second and Spain’s Haimar Zubeldia (Eusklatel
- Euskadi) was third.
THREE IN
THE LEAD
Eisel, Dutchman Niki Terpstra
and Slovak Peter Velits (both Milram) broke on the descent and quickly built a significant lead – 45 seconds at kilometre
25, 2 :50 at km 36 and a maximum of 4:10 at kilometre 40.
The peloton, led by Francaise des Jeux and Quick Step
riders, raised the pace after the first hour, raced at 39.3 kph. The lead gradually went down.
Austalia’s Cadel Evans
(Silence Lotto) was involved in a crash after 50 kms but the Tour de France runner-up made it back into the peloton.
As
the peloton neared the intermediate sprint in Villequiers (km 57), its lead was down to three minutes. The sprint was won
by Eisel ahead of Velits and Terpstra.
EVANS
TRAPPED
The main pack split in four
little groups, the first of which included race leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and other favourites like Sylvain Chavanel
(Cofidis), Luis Sacnhez (Caisse d’Epargne) and Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R). At first dropped in a second chasing bunch,
Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux), David Millar (Slipstream), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Frank Schleck (CSC) made
it back some 15 kms before the line.
Among the riders trapped at the back were Evans and Germany’s Stefan Schumacher.
The first part of the peloton caught Eisel, Velits and Terpstra at kilometre 78.
France’s Mickael Cherel (Francaise
des Jeux), Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Lilian Jegou (Francaise des Jeux) all tried to
attack in turn in the last five kilometres, but they were all reined in by Quick Step riders.
The strong man of the day
was Steegmans (Quickstep), who surged 350 metres from the line and easily won ahead of Pineau and Thor Hushovd, who retained
his yellow jersey.
Asked about todays conditions,
stage winner Gert Steegmans said: "It was pretty cold from the start. We were all prepared to take the start and they told
us the start was taking place 110 kms further. We had to sit in the bus with the clothes and cream on. It was a good choice,
because there was lot of headwind and crosswind and it could be dangerous. But we were lucky to have five of six guys in the
lead in the finale and that put pressure on me to win, which I did."
It was the stage that Steegmans
was aiming for: "It was pretty cold from the start. We were all prepared to take the start and they told us the start was
taking place 110 kms further. We had to sit in the bus with the clothes and cream on. It was a good choice, because there
was lot of headwind and crosswind and it could be dangerous. But we were lucky to have five of six guys in the lead in the
finale and that put pressure on me to win, which I did."
Philippe Gilbert came in fourth.
Gilbert said: "It was impossible to beat Steegmans. He was flying away from us as he started the sprint." Gilbert added:
I wasn't fresh enough anymore to do better."
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Results Paris - Nice 2008
Stage 1
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step
2.21.29
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.02
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas
0.04
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
0.07
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step
12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road
15 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner
16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
20 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto
26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
29 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto
32 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road
0.17
34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
0.24
36 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.33
37 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.50
38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
1.05
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
0.17
40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2.37
41 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
42 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole
43 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
48 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
49 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road
50 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
52 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
53 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
55 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
57 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
59 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
64 Nicolas Portal
(Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
66 André Greipel (Ger) High Road
67 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road
68 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
69 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
72 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
74 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
75 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
76 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
77 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2.48
78 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto
3.23
79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
80 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
81 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
83 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
86 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
87 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram
3.30
88 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
90 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner
91 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
6.32
97 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
98 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
99 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
100 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
102 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
103 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road
104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
105 Johann
Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
106 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
110 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
111 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
112 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
113 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
116 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
117 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
118 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto
119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux
120 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale
121 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
122 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
124 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
125 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
128 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road
129 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
130 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott
132 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
133 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
134 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
135 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
8.26
136 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
137 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
138 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
139 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
142 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas
143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
145 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
146 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
147 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
148 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
149 Mathieu Perget
(Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
150 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
152 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
153 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
13.04
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
156 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
157 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
158 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
159 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
General Classification after Stage 1
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
2.26.55
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step
0.06
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.12
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
0.17
6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
0.18
7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
0.20
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
0.21
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.22
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto
0.24
11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
0.25
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas
0.26
14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
0.27
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale
0.28
19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step
20 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner
0.29
21 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
0.30
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
0.33
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
0.34
24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
0.36
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto
0.38
26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
0.40
28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road
0.42
29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
0.43
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
0.44
32 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road
0.46
34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.54
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.58
37 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.01
38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
1.09
39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
1.25
40 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2.43
41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2.44
42 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
43 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
2.45
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
2.52
45 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale
2.55
47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
48 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
2.56
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
2.57
50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
2.59
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
3.00
53 André Greipel (Ger) High Road
3.01
54 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
3.02
55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
3.03
57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
3.04
58 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
3.05
60 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road
3.06
61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
3.07
62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
3.08
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.09
66 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole
67 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
3.10
68 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
3.11
70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3.12
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
3.13
72 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
3.18
73 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
3.19
74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3.21
75 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3.37
76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
3.42
77 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
3.43
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
79 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank
3.48
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
3.53
82 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
3.54
83 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3.55
84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto
3.57
86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
3.58
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
4.00
88 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
4.01
89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
4.06
90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
4.07
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
4.13
93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
94 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
4.20
95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
5.52
96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
6.41
97 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6.46
98 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
6.47
100 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
101 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
6.48
102 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
6.49
103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
6.53
104 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
6.54
105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
6.56
106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
6.58
107 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
109 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
6.59
110 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
111 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7.00
113 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier
Duval-Scott
114 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
7.02
115 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
116 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
7.03
117 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
7.04
118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
119 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto
120 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
7.05
121 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road
7.06
122 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
7.07
123 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
124 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale
7.08
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
7.09
126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7.14
128 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
7.15
129 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux
7.16
130 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott
132 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
7.27
133 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road
7.30
134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
7.50
135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
8.42
136 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
8.43
137 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas
8.51
138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8.52
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
8.55
140 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 8.56
142 Freddy
Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
8.57
143 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
9.01
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
9.03
145 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
9.05
146 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9.06
147
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis
9.07
148 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
9.08
149 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
9.09
150 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9.11
151 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse
d'Epargne 9.12
152
Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
9.20
153 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
9.40
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
13.24
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
13.25
156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
13.45
157 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
13.49
158 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
13.54
159 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
14.04
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