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10.09.2007/ Tunesian rider Rafaa Chtioui of the mixed team won
todays fifth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, an individual time trail over 24 kilometers around Sassay. German rider Tony Martin
is the new overall leader.
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| The route of the 2007 Tour de l'Avenir (picture: A.S.O.) |
With only 200 metres to go, it seemed as if Jérôme Coppel (FRA), in the lead throughout the 24 kilometers
of the circuit would win his first stage of the Tour de l’Avenir. And actually no-one was really surprised seeing how
comfortable the French time-trial specialist looked. But once again drama hit the race as Coppel went for a slide in the final
moments. Coppel indeed hit the ground in the last bend of the course, seeing all hopes of success fade away. Meanwhile, Adriano
Malori (ITA), who had clocked the best time close to an hour before could start considering stage victory. The Italian
was finally outpaced by late starter Rafaa Chtioui (MIX), who eventually beat his day’s rival by four seconds.
In
the general classification, Tony Martin (GER), fourth in todays stage, claims the lead while Bauke Mollema, fifteenth at 46’’,
drops down to third spot behind Denmark’s’ Andre Steensen.
Rafaa Chtioui said: "I have been dreaming of winning a time trial for years, but I didn’t know how good
I could be compared to the others. Therefore, I only rode as fast as I could, and eventually I won. Actually, I am the first
who is surprised by this victory, but the happiest as well."
Results
Stage 5
1 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed Team
29.40 (48.53 km/h)
2 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italian National Team
0.04
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
4 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team
0.10
5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Dutch National Team
0.11
6 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team
0.19
7 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team
0.23
8 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 0.24
9 Kristjan
Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team 0.25
10
Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A
0.27
11 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team
0.32
12 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A
0.36
13 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team
14 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team
0.44
15 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team
0.46
16 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team
17 Jose Herrada (Spa) Spanish National Team
0.47
18 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team
0.52
19 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B
0.55
20 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team
0.58
21 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team
1.02
22 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
1.05
23 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team
1.06
24 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team
1.07
25 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team
1.08
26 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National Team
1.09
27 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi) Swiss National Team
1.12
28 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B
29 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team
1.16
30 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team
1.21
31 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
1.27
32 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team
1.29
33 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team
1.32
34 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team
1.34
35 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team 1.36
36
Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team
1.43
37 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team
1.47
38 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
1.49
39 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.50
40
Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
1.51
41 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team
42 Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team
1.56
43 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team
44 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team
1.57
45 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
46 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team
1.59
47 Thomas Peterson (USA) USA National Team
48 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A 2.00
49
Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team
2.01
50 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team
51 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team
52 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team
2.03
53 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B
2.04
54 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team
55 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team
56 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team
57 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team
2.06
58 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team
2.07
59 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 2.08
60
Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team
2.10
61 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team
62 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team
63 Mickael Larpe (Fra) French National Team B
2.11
64 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) French National Team A 2.17
65
Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) French National Team B
66 Ryan Anderson (Can)
Canadian National Team 2.18
67 Evaldas
Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.21
68 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukrainian
National Team 2.23
69 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norwegian National Team
70 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A 2.26
71 Gediminas
Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 2.27
72 Andrey Klyuev (Rus)
Russian National Team
73 David Veilleux (Can) Canadian National Team
2.28
74 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team
75 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.35
76 Stefan
Schafer (Ger) German National Team
2.36
77 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team
2.38
78 Peter Stetina (USA) USA National Team
79 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team
2.40
80 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team
2.43
81 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
82 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team
2.44
83 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Spanish National Team
2.45
84 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team
85 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgian National Team
2.46
86 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team
2.49
87 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
2.56
88 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team
2.59
89 Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
3.02
90 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) French National Team B
3.04
91 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team
3.07
92 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 3.09
93
Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team 3.11
94
Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team 3.13
95 Peter
Salon (USA) USA National Team
3.22
96 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team
3.26
97 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team
3.32
98 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italian National Team
3.36
99 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 3.40
100
Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team
3.41
101 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
3.46
102 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team
3.48
103 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team
3.50
104 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team
3.51
105 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team
4.01
106 Christer Rake (Nor) Norwegian National Team
4.02
107 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 4.06
108 Oleh Opryshko
(Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
109 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team
4.10
110 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team
4.20
111 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 4.23
112
Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team
4.25
113 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 4.39
114
Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 4.44
115 Dries Van
Der Ginst (Bel) Belgian National Team 4.50
116 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
(Kaz) Kazakh National Team 5.29
117 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team
118 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russian National Team
5.39
119 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team
6.44
General Classification after stage 5
1. Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team
16h 24.38.
2. André Steensen (Dan) Danish National Team
+ 0.18
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team
0.19
4. Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team
0.46
5. Benat Intxausti (Esp) Spanish National Team
0.55
6. Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team
1.11
7. Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team
1.16
8. Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team
1.20
9. Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team
1.35.
10. Frédérik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team
1.45
Full results later
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