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08.09.2007/ Belgian rider Kristof Vanderwalle won the third stage
of the Tour de l'avenir today. Bauke Mollema came in second and took over the overall lead.
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| The route of the 2007 Tour de l'Avenir (picture: A.S.O.) |
Todays third stage went from Pipriac to Cholet over 138 kilometers. The stage started at a rather fast
pace with attacks immediately after kilometre 0. After 12.5 kilometers 21 riders managed to break away: Simon Spilak
(SLO), Guillaume Levarlet (FRA), Andre Steensen, Thomas Kvist, Andreas Frisch (DEN), Sergey Shcherbakov (RUS), Tom Leezer,
Bauke Mollema (NED), Tony Martin (GER), Herberts Pudans (LAT), Kristof Vandewalle (BEL), BenT Instxausti (ESP), Laurent
Beuret, Michael Randin (SUI), Craig Lewis (USA), Christian Meier (CAN), Andriy Suralyov (UKR), Florian Morizot, Yoann Offredo
(FRB), Oscar Sanchez (COL) and Frederik Wilmann (NOR). Their lead grew rapidly. They indeed enjoyed a 2’15 advantage
over the pack at the first intermediate sprint at Guéméné-Penfao, won by Suralyov ahead of Leezer and Kvist, and then 2’50
at Nort-sur-Erdre.
At the intermediate sprint of Ligne the breakaway group’s move carried on being decisive:
Leezer claimed the most points and seconds ahead of Suralyov and Sanchez. Nelson Rocha (POR) and Gatis Smukulis (LAT) who
took off in a counter-attack were 3’55 behind while the bunch remained at 4’10. At the entry of the feeding
zone, both riders were caught back but the gap remained the same.
Meier made it first at the top of the only climb
of the day, the Côte de Champtoceaux (km 86), followed by Shcherbakov and Sanchez. Behind attempts to break away occurred
in vain. The gap however started dropping: 3’40 after 100 kilometers. After 101 kilometers Stéphane Poulhiès (FRA),
the yellow jersey holder attacked and was joined by Dennis Van Winden (NED) and Ignatas Konovalova (LTU), but a
crash changed the situation considerably and the pack awaited the event leader. From then on the gap started growing seriously
. The lead was 4 minutes after 103 kilometers.
At the intermediate sprint in Geste Leezer, Levarlet and Suralyov led the front group as the lead
reached a huge 6’10. In the final twenty kilometers, Mollema and then Morizot gave it a go and attacked, never however
managing a good enough gap on their former breakaway companions. Behind the pack seemed to have stopped its chasing efforts
as the gap reached 6'40" with 10 kilometres to go.
Entering the city of Cholet, further attacks occurred in the leading
group. Mollema again tried to take off but was eventually caught. The group remained bunched with 500m to go when Vandewalle
made a winning move claiming stage success ahead of Mollema who took command of the overall standing and also captured the
green jersey. Marco Coledan (ITA) keeps his polka-dot jersey.
Results
Stage 3
1 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium
3.04.50 (44.8 km/h)
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands
3 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark
0.02
4 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands
5 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B
6 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark
7 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team
8 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A
9 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Noraway
10 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany
11 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B
12 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain
13 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine
14 Laurent Beuret SWI Switzerland
15 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia
16 Michael Randin SWI Switzerland
17 Christian Meier (Can) Canada
18 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia
0.07
19 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed
20 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia
0.09
21 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark
0.29
22 Diego Milan SPA Spain
6.37
23 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland
24 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia
25 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia
26 Martin Kohler SWI Switzerland
27 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed
28 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia
29 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
30 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania
31 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team
32 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed
33 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada
34 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada
35 Christer Rake (Nor) Noraway
36 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia
37 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland
38 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia
39 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium
40 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia
41 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine
42 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands
43 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia
44 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland
45 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia
46 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain
47 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed
48 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan
49 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed
50 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands
51 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany
52 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands
53 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany
54 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania
55 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia
56 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal
57 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Noraway
58 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium
59 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia
61 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Noraway
62 Reto Hollenstein SWI Switzerland
63 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany
64 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal
65 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark
66 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain
67 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania
68 José Mendes (Por) Portugal
69 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A
70 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A
71 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy
72 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Noraway
73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany
74 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
75 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed
76 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland
77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy
78 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark
79 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal
80 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine
81 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia
82 Jose Herrada SPA Spain
83 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
84 David Veilleux (Can) Canada
85 Marcel Wyss SWI Switzerland
86 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland
87 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania
88 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B
89 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A
90 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium
91 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B
92 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
6.48
93 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team
94 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal
95 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
96 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany
97 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland
98 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium
99 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team
100 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine
101 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Noraway
102 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia
103 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia
104 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team
105 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark
106 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team
107 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B
108 Mathieu Deschenaux SWI Switzerland
109 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy
110 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy
111 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania
112 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine
113 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium
114 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy
115 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B
116 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A
117 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A
118 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia
119 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada
7.00
120 Eric Boily (Can) Canada
27.44
General Classification after stage 3
1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands
10.51.50
2 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands
0.02
3 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium
0.03
4 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark
0.09
5 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A
0.13
6 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany
7 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team
0.18
8 Christian Meier (Can) Canada
9 Laurent Beuret SWI Switzerland
10 Michael Randin SWI Switzerland
11 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Noraway
12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia
0.23
13 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark
0.26
14 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain
15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B
0.31
16 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark
1.17
17 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia
1.33
18 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B
3.51
19 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia
5.46
20 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A
5.51
21 Marcel Wyss SWI Switzerland
5.52
22 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia
6.06
23 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands
6.08
24 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy
6.29
25 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia
6.39
26 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed
6.45
27 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania
6.48
28 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands
6.50
29 José Mendes (Por) Portugal
30 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland
6.51
31 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland
6.53
32 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed
33 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany
34 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine
35 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
36 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal
37 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain
38 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium
39 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Noraway
40 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A
41 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal
42 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
43 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium
6.56
44 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania
7.01
45 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team
7.04
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team
47 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia
48 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Noraway
49 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands
7.05
50 Jose Herrada SPA Spain
51 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany
52 Diego Milan SPA Spain
7.09
53 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed
7.10
54 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Noraway
55 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal
56 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A
57 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark
7.12
58 Martin Kohler SWI Switzerland
7.14
59 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland
60 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands
7.15
61 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium
62 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team
7.16
63 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada
7.17
64 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada
7.21
65 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed
7.22
66 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy
7.23
67 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine
7.25
68 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany
7.26
69 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia
70 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Noraway
7.32
71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy
7.33
72 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia
73 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A
74 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B
7.35
75 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia
7.36
76 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania
7.38
77 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland
7.39
78 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B
7.46
79 Reto Hollenstein SWI Switzerland
7.50
80 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania
7.51
81 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain
82 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium
8.02
83 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
8.05
84 Christer Rake (Nor) Noraway
8.14
85 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia
8.34
86 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
8.48
87 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark
8.50
88 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine
9.06
89 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy
9.15
90 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed
9.17
91 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland
9.49
92 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A
9.58
93 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium
10.09
94 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy
10.23
95 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany
10.24
96 David Veilleux (Can) Canada
10.54
97 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B
10.58
98 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark
12.02
99 Mathieu Deschenaux SWI Switzerland
12.06
100 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine
12.17
101 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed
12.28
102 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia
13.34
103 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia
13.45
104 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine
13.58
105 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B
14.06
106 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland
14.16
107 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team
14.23
108 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada
14.28
109 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany
14.47
110 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia
16.06
111 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia
16.51
112 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia
19.23
113 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal
20.13
114 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia
22.22
115 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan
116 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team
22.46
117 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia
23.08
118 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania
26.09
119 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
45.34
120 Eric Boily (Can) Canada
1.03.45
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