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2006 GP Ouest France - Plouay, Report

GP Ouest France - Plouay, France

27 August, 217K

Nibali Tops Top Competition

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Quinziato & Nibali, photo: Capture- The-Peloton.com

Little 21 year-old Vincenzo Nibali stomped his authority all over the 70th GP Ouest France field in a big way. The Siciliano of Liquigas out-gunned Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in the sprint after 217 kilometers of racing in the heart land of cycling, western France. Oui!

The parcours: 11 times of the 19.750K "Jean-Yves Perron" circuit; including the Moulin, Lézot, Ty-Marrec and Kerihuel climbs every time around.

An early group went clear, consisting of Saul Raisin's good buddy, Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole), Rémy Di Gregorio (Française Des Jeux), Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom). The boys, mostly a French composition, enjoyed the day in the sun amongst thousands of supporters. The cheers were enough to see them almost all the way home, until the final lap.

The boys hit the invisible wall that separates escapees from victory. After having a maximum lead near the eight minute marker, they were faced with death in the form of an aggressive gruppo.

Launching out of the gruppo was what would be the fab-four. Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Flecha, Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Nibali could not be contained. The four worked in harmony to the line in Plouay, where Nibali scored a big win in front of some impressive competition.

Those who saw our Italian friend in the Eneco Tour could tell that his legs were spinning on their way to victory. The Siciliano made up for missing the Eneco overall to the Schumacher-Hincapie battle by taking victory in France, his second pro victory; six years after the last Italian won here, Michele Bartoli.

Filippo Pozzato (Quick-Step), in sixth, was the third Italian across the line. A good ride for Pippo, who will be hopping for a spot when Franco Ballerini, Italian national DS, forms the Squadra Azzurra for the upcoming World Championships.

Results: 5:18'56", 42.52 K/h
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
3 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.05
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.18
6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
7 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
9 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
13 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.21
18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.30
19 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astaná
21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
23 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
24 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com
27 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná
28 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
30 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
32 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
34 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
35 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
36 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
38 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
39 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
41 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com
42 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak
43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
44 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
46 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
47 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak
48 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
49 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
50 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel
51 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com
52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
53 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
54 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
55 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Milram
56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
58 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
59 Guido Trenti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
60 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
62 Eladio Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
63 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astaná
65 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
67 Carlos Abellán (Spa) Astaná
68 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
70 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
72 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
73 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
74 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
75 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
77 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile
78 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
79 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Milram
80 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 0.39
81 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10
82 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
83 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.20
84 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 1.21
85 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.33
86 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram
88 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
89 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
91 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.56
92 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step 3.12
94 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 3.24
95 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.54
96 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com
97 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
98 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
99 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
100 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
101 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 8.14
102 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
103 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Agritubel
104 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
105 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
108 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
109 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
110 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas
111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
113 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
116 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná
DNF Ivan Santos (Spa) Astaná
DNF Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
DNF Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel
DNF Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
DNF Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick-Step
DNF Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
DNF Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step
DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
DNF Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
DNF Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis
DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Milram
DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Milram
DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas
DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
DNF Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile
DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
DNF Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile
DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com
DNF Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com
DNS Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com