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| Jens Voigt won the Criterium International for the fourth time (© ASO) |
After 22 riders abandoned during and after the morning stage, the remaining 118 started at the individual time trial. 118th in the overall standings, Steven Kleynen (Landbouwkrediet
- Tönissteiner) was the first to set off with prudence. His pace wasn’t enough to allow him the honour of posting a
best time as he was overtaken on the road by Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom). The Frenchman was then demoted by Adam Hansen
(High Road), who in turn was bested by Tony Martin (High Road), then it was Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road) moving to the
top of the order.
Boasson Hagen hangs on
The time of the reigning Norwegian time trial
champion stood up against several specialist in the discipline, such as Bobby Julich (CSC), David Zabriskie (Slipstream Chipottle)
and David Millar (Slipstream Chipottle)
Sanchez retains white jersey
While Jens Voigt
was under no threat to lose his yellow jersey as overall leader, the last riders to set off played a role in who would win
the stage, as well as deciding the winner of the white jersey. Heading into the time trial two riders were separated by less
than a second, Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis). Sanchez’s time solidified is slight
advantage and was strong enough for the Spaniard to finish on the podium, joining Swedish national champion, Gustav Larsson
(CSC), who finished runner-up to his teammate Jens Voigt. Boasson Hagen marched on to the top step of the time trial podium
with a 7" margin of victory to team mate Tony Martin.
Overall winner Jens Voigt said: "This afternoon my goal, more than anything else, was not to fall. I knew I had a large
enough lead not to be worried. I thus rode very relaxed. I nearly stopped at some of the corners so as to not take any undo
risks. It is important to win for a fourth time, but I don’t ride to establish records. In fact, it was more emotional
last year after equalling the total of Sean Kelly, who was a childhood hero of mine. This race was made for me. Over the years
I have learned that I am a lot better on the shorter distance events. If it is too long or too hard, I lack a few things to
make the difference. But, here, I can defend my chances over three stages. It is a format that suits me well. In any case,
I will be back again next year!"
CSC took the overall double at this years Criterium. Gustav Larsson is second overall at the French stage race. "It
was just perfect. We knew that as the situation was Gustav had a realistic chance of pulling it off as one of the best time
trial riders out of those, who were a minute and a half behind Jens. But one thing is having a chance another is to actually
grab it," said an excited CSC sports director Kim Andersen on the CSC team website team-csc.com.
"Jens was very calm about the whole thing – almost too calm – but he didn't wanna risk his victory over a crash
so it made sense," concluded Andersen.
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Results Criterium International 2008
Stage 3
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road
10.16
2 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road
0.07
3 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
0.13
4 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.14
6
Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
0.18
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
0.19
8 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
0.23
9 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
10 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
0.24
12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
0.25
13 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
0.26
14 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux
15 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
0.27
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
17 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia
0.28
18 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
0.30
19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
0.32
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
0.34
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
24 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
0.35
25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
26 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
0.36
27 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.37
28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
0.38
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road
31 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld
0.39
32 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road
0.40
33 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel
0.41
34 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
0.43
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
0.44
36 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
0.45
37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
0.46
38 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
0.47
39 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
0.49
41 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
0.51
42 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road
0.52
43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
44 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
0.53
45 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
46 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia
47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
0.55
48 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
49 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
0.56
50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
51 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
52 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team
53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
0.58
54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
55 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
0.59
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.00
58 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
59 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner
60 Alexandr
Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
1.01
61 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
1.02
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
63 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis
1.04
64 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
1.05
65 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
66 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
68 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
1.06
70 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.07
71 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
1.08
72 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
73 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
1.10
74 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.12
75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
76 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13
77 Florent
Brard (Fra) Cofidis
1.14
78 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
79 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
80 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
81 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
1.15
82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
1.16
83 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.18
84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
1.19
85 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
1.20
86 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
1.23
87 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole
88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
1.24
89 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
1.25
90 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
1.27
91 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
92 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
1.28
93 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.31
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
95 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team
1.32
96 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
97 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
1.35
98 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
99 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.37
100 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.39
101 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
1.40
102 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
1.42
103 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
104 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43
105
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 1.44
106
Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.47
107 Jesús Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
108 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
1.51
109 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.52
110 Sylvain Calzati
(Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
1.55
111 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.11
112 Bert
Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.15
113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
2.16
114 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.18
Final General Classification
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
7.29.01
2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
0.57
3 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
1.03
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
1.08
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
1.11
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.15
9 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
1.16
11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.20
12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
1.23
13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
14 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
1.26
15 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
1.33
16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
1.35
17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
1.39
18 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
1.52
19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
1.53
20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
2.27
22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
2.43
23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
5.38
24 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
5.41
25 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
5.45
26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road
5.55
27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale
5.56
28 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
6.08
29 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
6.20
30 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
6.35
31 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
6.57
32 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
7.43
33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
7.52
34 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia
7.53
35 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 8.10
36
Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
8.23
37 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road
8.24
38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
8.31
39 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis
8.36
40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
8.40
41 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
42 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8.43
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8.51
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
8.52
45 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld
9.07
46 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
9.08
47 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
9.11
48 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9.22
49 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9.28
50 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
9.32
51 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
52 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
9.37
53 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10.30
54 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
11.02
55 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole
11.31
56 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road
11.56
57 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
58 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
12.03
59 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
12.19
60 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux
12.22
61 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team
12.28
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
12.30
63 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
12.38
64 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
12.43
65 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia
12.49
66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
12.55
67 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12.56
68 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13.01
69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
70 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
13.02
71 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
13.05
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
13.08
73 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis
13.10
74 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
75 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
76 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
13.14
77 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
13.20
78 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
13.23
79 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13.33
80 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
13.36
81 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road
13.52
82 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 13.59
83 Nicolas Vogondy
(Fra) Agritubel
14.12
84 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
14.18
85 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
14.23
86 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14.29
87 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
14.49
88 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14.57
89 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
15.16
90 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
15.37
91 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
15.42
92 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15.44
93 Sandy Casar (Fra)
Française des Jeux
15.59
94 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
16.02
95 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
16.30
96 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
16.37
97 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 17.01
98 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road
17.34
99 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
18.20
100 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
18.57
101 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team
19.17
102 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 19.32
103 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
19.59
104 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.49
105 Emilien-Benoît
Berges (Fra) Agritubel
21.16
106 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
21.31
107 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 21.35
108 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC
Racing Team 21.49
109
Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 22.00
110
Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
22.03
111 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22.10
112 Jesús Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
22.22
113 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 22.46
114 Steven
Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 22.53
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