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11.09.2007/ José Herrada won todays sixth stage after an attack out
of a breakaway group. German rider Tony Martin defended his yellow jersey.
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| The route of the 2007 Tour de l'Avenir (picture: A.S.O.) |
The sixth stage from Contres to Saint-Amand-Montrond with a distance of 143.5 kilometers started rather
slow. The pack took off at a rather cool pace.
David Veilleux (CAN) took advantage of this slow start to break away after 12.5 kilometers. He was eventually
caught back at after 25 kilometers, his maximum lead was 45".
After 32 kilometers, Dario Cataldo (ITA) gave it a go and took off alone. His lead grew gradually. Just before
the first intermediate sprint, Marco Coledan (ITA), Gatis Smukulis (LAT), Martins Trautmanis (LAT) and José Herrada (ESP)
took off on a counter-attack. At the intermediate sprint at Graçay Cataldo grapped the most points with a small
15” lead over Coledan, Trautmanis and Smukulis while the pack remained 1’ behind. The front man was eventually
caught by the chasing group of four after 49 kilometers.
The five leaders increased their advantage and had a 4’30
lead at kilometre 90. At the intermediate sprint of Chateauneuf-sur-Cher, Trautmanis made it first ahead of Smukulis and Cataldo,
with the pack 5’ behind. The chase started from then on under the influence of the German team. After 110 kilometers,
the lead of the escapees dropped down to 3’40’’. The bunch at high speed started breaking up in
several groups.
After 116 kilometers, the leading group entered the final circuit with a 3’ gap on the first
part of the bunch. With 25 kilometers to go, the gap had dropped down to 2’40. At the first passage on the line at Saint-Amand-Montrond,
Smukulis claimed the third and final bonus sprint ahead of Coledan and Cataldo, while the bunch was then only 2’15 adrift.
The escapees then started the climb up the Vieille Côte. Coledan and Trautmanis were rapidly dropped behind. At the
top, Cataldo claimed the most climber’s points ahead of Herrada and Smukulis. Coledan cleared the climb 15’’
behind while the pack remained at 3’15. The three leaders increased their advantage over their former companions, Coledan
and Trautmanis. They made it together until the final three kilometres working perfectly well together. Herrada then managed
a decisive attack with Smukulis and Cataldo failing to respond. The Spaniard enjoyed a decent 40’’ with only a kilometer
to go. He went on to claim stage victory ahead of Cataldo and Smukulis.
No worries however for German Tony Martin
who keeps the yellow jersey on his shoulders. Cataldo on the other hand becomes the new leader of the points’ standings.
Results
Stage 6
1 Jose Herrada (Spa) Spanish National Team
3.17.05 (43.68 km/h)
2 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team
0.04
3 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team
0.12
4 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team
1.03
5 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team
1.08
6 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team
2.12
7 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian National Team
8 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russian National Team
9 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team
10 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgian National Team
11 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team
12 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgian National Team
13 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B
14 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team
15 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team
16 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Swiss National Team
17 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team
18 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
19 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team
20 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team
21 Christer Rake (Nor) Norwegian National Team
22 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team
23 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National Team
24 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team
25 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team
26 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team
27 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team
28 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
29 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A
30 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
31
Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team
32 Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team
33 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National Team
34 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Dutch National Team
35 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team
36 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A
37 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team
38 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team
39 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) French National Team B
40 Rafaa Chtioui
(Tun) Mixed Team
41 Peter Stetina (USA) USA National Team
42 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team
43 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norwegian National Team
44 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
45 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team
46
Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
47 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
48
Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenian National Team
49 Laurent Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team
50 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team
51 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team
52 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
53 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team
54 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team
55 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team
56 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team
57 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team
58 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A
59 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team
60 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team
61 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team
2.42
62 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National Team
2.12
63 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team
64 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italian National Team
65 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team
66 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italian National Team
67 Lars Boom (Ned) Dutch National Team
68 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team
69 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
70 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team
71 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team
72 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
2.42
73 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B
2.12
74 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team
2.42
75 David Veilleux (Can) Canadian National Team
2.12
76 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Spanish National Team
2.42
77 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team
78 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team
79 Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team
2.12
80 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) French National Team B
2.42
81 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team
82 Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team
2.12
83 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team
2.42
84 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team
2.12
85 Mickael Larpe (Fra) French National Team B
2.42
86 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team
87 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team
88 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team
89 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team
2.12
90 Thomas Peterson (USA) USA National Team
2.42
91 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
2.12
92 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B
2.42
93 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A
2.12
94 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian National Team
2.42
95 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 3.39
96
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
3.54
97 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
98 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team
2.42
99 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.12
100
Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team
101
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team
6.09
102 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team
7.55
103 Chris Barton (USA) USA National Team
104 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team
105 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
9.16
106 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
107 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
108 Stian
Sommerseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 9.18
109 Jean-Charles Senac
(Fra) French National Team A 13.44
110 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team
14.13
111 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team
112 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portuguese National Team
113 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team
114 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Polish National Team
115 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team
116 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team
14.22
117 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team
General Classification after stage 6
1 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team
19.43.55
2 Andre Steensen (Den) Danish National Team
0.18
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Dutch National Team
0.19
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenian National Team
0.46
5 Craig Lewis (USA) USA National Team
1.11
6 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgian National Team
1.16
7 Yoann Offredo (Fra) French National Team B
1.20
8 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Spanish National Team
1.25
9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Dutch National Team
1.35
10 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1.45
11
Christian Meier (Can) Canadian National Team 1.56
12
Thomas Kvist (Den) Danish National Team
1.59
13 Michael Randin (Swi) Swiss National Team
14 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team A 2.16
15 Laurent
Beuret (Swi) Swiss National Team
2.54
16 Florian Morizot (Fra) French National Team B
4.23
17 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvian National Team
4.31
18 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italian National Team
4.55
19 Jose Herrada (Spa) Spanish National Team
5.07
20 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed Team
6.22
21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 6.28
22 Jos Van Emden
(Ned) Dutch National Team
6.53
23 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) French National Team A
6.57
24 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russian National Team
7.00
25 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 7.02
26 Lars Boom (Ned)
Dutch National Team
7.15
27 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russian National Team 7.16
28
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Dutch National Team
7.17
29 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russian National Team
7.33
30 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team
7.34
31 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Swiss National Team
7.42
32 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National Team
7.50
33 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Dutch National Team
7.56
34 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
7.57
35 Haijun Ma (Chn) Mixed Team
8.04
36 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italian National Team
8.17
37 Andrius Buividas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 8.22
38
Simon Geschke (Ger) German National Team
8.29
39 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Polish National Team
40 Martin Kohler (Swi) Swiss National Team
8.33
41 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team
42 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Polish National Team
8.37
43 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Polish National Team
44 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed Team
8.38
45 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team A
8.41
46 Rui Costa (Por) Portuguese National Team
8.57
47 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed Team
9.03
48 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvian National Team
9.04
49 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Norwegian National Team
9.10
50 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canadian National Team
9.12
51 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portuguese National Team
9.14
52 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
9.17
53 Peter Stetina (USA) USA National Team
9.19
54 Thomas Peterson (USA) USA National Team
9.22
55 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) French National Team B 9.29
56 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Swiss
National Team 9.33
57 Berik Kupeshov
(Kaz) Kazakh National Team
58 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 9.36
59 Andrey Klyuev (Rus)
Russian National Team 9.37
60
Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team
9.43
61 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Spanish National Team
9.45
62 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team
9.56
63 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed Team
10.00
64 Mickael Larpe (Fra) French National Team B
10.04
65 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italian National Team
66 Anthony Roux (Fra) French National Team A
10.11
67 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.14
68 Valerio
Agnoli (Ita) Italian National Team 10.29
69
Marius Kukta (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 10.30
70
Bradley Fairall (Can) Canadian National Team
71 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italian National Team
10.36
72 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Spanish National Team
10.41
73 Jakob Bering (Den) Danish National Team
10.50
74 Diego Milan (Spa) Spanish National Team
11.02
75 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 11.06
76 Alexander
Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 11.15
77 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Polish National
Team 11.16
78 Christer Rake (Nor) Norwegian
National Team 11.53
79 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel)
Belgian National Team 12.19
80 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukrainian National
Team 12.30
81 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Polish National
Team 12.37
82 Jonas Jörgensen (Den) Danish National Team
83 David Veilleux (Can) Canadian National Team
12.59
84 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team
13.08
85 Cyril Bessy (Fra) French National Team B
13.09
86 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgian National Team
87 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 13.43
88
Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenian National Team
14.24
89 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed Team
14.45
90 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenian National Team
14.52
91 Andreas Frisch (Den) Danish National Team
14.54
92 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Danish National Team
93 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvian National Team 16.51
94 Thomas
Brigaud (Fra) French National Team B 17.17
95 Blaz
Jarc (Slo) Slovenian National Team
96 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvian National Team
17.20
97 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
17.41
98 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Norwegian National Team 18.10
99
Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 18.12
100
Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvian National Team 18.52
101 Kristjan Koren (Slo)
Slovenian National Team 19.25
102 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canadian
National Team 19.34
103 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra)
French National Team A 20.59
104 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portuguese National Team
21.44
105 Dominic Klemme (Ger) German National Team
22.21
106 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvian National Team 22.58
107 Chris
Barton (USA) USA National Team
23.31
108 Paul Voss (Ger) German National Team
26.02
109 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 26.22
110
Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuanian National Team 28.43
111 Stefan Schafer (Ger)
German National Team 29.25
112 Tomasz Krupinski
(Pol) Polish National Team 30.14
113 Alexandr Shushemoin
(Kaz) Kazakh National Team 33.47
114 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portuguese National
Team 33.55
115 Peter Salon (USA) USA National Team
37.46
116 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team 57.44
117 Eric Boily (Can) Canadian
National Team 1.10.36
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