Since the Worlds are in Paris, the French national championships will take on the World championships course.
Road Race
Patrice Halgand was last years winner.
As soon as things got going, Moncoutie and Sprick went away
They worked together a little, but Moncoutie was soon pulling away
Moncoutie would have a peak advantage of 17 minutes over the peleton. The peleton thinned down to 30 riders, continually led by Credit Lyonnai's Lalouette and Gautier
54km to go, Paris in sight, last hill over. Moncoutie leads by 8 minutes, Sprick has been caught
10km later, the finish line, gap down to 6 and a half minute. Still some 44km to go.
But although closing on Moncoutie, the pack arent going particularly quick. Dumoulin, Vaugrenard, Mazet, Roux, Vogondy, Bouet, Aulas, Deroo, Gaudin, Maillet and Geslin have caught them up. Dumoulin and Vaugrenard has been yo-yoing off the back of the peleton for some time before being dropped - but the other 9 had at one stage trailed the peleton by over 5 minutes. Theyre all back into the frame now though
And one of them could win. No sooner was Moncoutie caught than he was dropped. Well done for trying though.
Not much happened on the Champs Elysses laps. Out of the tunnel, 4km to go - theres a heavy Wikipedia presence
Deroo leads Pineau with a few others behind them but Deroo doesnt sprint and slows his teammate and the rest as Sonnery leads another train
It seems only Sonnery, Dumoulin or Bouet can win the race now
Bouet fades as Dumoulin challenges Sonnery
But Blaise Sonnery is the new French champion!
1
Blaise Sonnery
WHITE BEAR STEYR
6h49'31
2
Samuel Dumoulin
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
3
Jérôme Pineau
WIKIPEDIA
s.t.
4
Matthieu Ladagnous
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
5
Maxime Bouet
B&O
s.t.
6
Pierrick Fédrigo
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
7
Mickaël Delage
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
8
Jerome Coppel
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
9
Anthony Geslin
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
10
Mathieu Perget
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
11
Yoann Offredo
MAPEI
s.t.
12
Cyril Gautier
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
13
Sylvain Calzati
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
14
Alexandre Aulas
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
15
Mikaël Chérel
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
16
Thomas Voeckler
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
17
Christophe Kern
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
18
Pierre Rolland
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
19
John Gadret
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
20
David Deroo
WIKIPEDIA
s.t.
21
Eric Berthou
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
22
Benoît Vaugrenard
AMERICAN SUZUKI
s.t.
23
Nicolas Vogondy
MOLTENI
s.t.
24
Kévin Lalouette
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
25
Sylvain Chavanel
WIKIPEDIA
s.t.
26
Amaël Moinard
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
27
Damien Gaudin
MAPEI
s.t.
28
Nicolas Portal
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
29
Sandy Casar
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
30
Julien Mazet
EUROSPORT
s.t.
31
Sébastien Ivars
WIKIPEDIA
s.t.
32
Anthony Roux
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
s.t.
33
Carl Naibo
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
34
Rémy Di Gregorio
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
35
Christophe Le Mével
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
36
Patrice Halgand
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
37
Cyril Dessel
EUROSPORT
s.t.
38
Sébastien Joly
EUROSPORT
s.t.
39
Jocelin Maillet
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 2'18
40
Lloyd Mondory
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
41
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
42
Julien Berard
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 3'08
43
Clément Lhotellerie
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
44
David Boucher
MOLTENI
s.t.
45
William Bonnet
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
46
Francis Mourey
MOLTENI
+ 5'06
47
David Moncoutié
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 6'10
48
Guillaume Blot
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
+ 10'49
49
Stéphane Poulhiès
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
+ 11'09
50
Romain Vanderbiest
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 12'01
51
Andy Flickinger
GATORADE
s.t.
52
Alexandre Pichot
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
+ 14'04
53
Jimmy Casper
CHAMPION
+ 15'07
54
Arnaud Gérard
AMERICAN SUZUKI
+ 18'09
55
Benoît Sinner
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
+ 18'44
56
Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 19'29
57
Matthieu Sprick
WIKIPEDIA
+ 21'04
58
Anthony Lavoine
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 22'00
59
Michel Sibilla
MAPEI
s.t.
60
Christoph Lasri
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
61
Jean-François Camier
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
62
Jérémie Allain
NIPPO CORPORATION
+ 23'25
63
Jean-Patrick Nazon
NIPPO CORPORATION
+ 25'20
64
Hugues Mottin
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
65
Dimitri Champion
CREDIT LYONNAIS
s.t.
66
Cyril Lemoine
GATORADE
+ 28'32
67
Sébastien Chavanel
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 30'24
68
Martin Cappone
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 34'08
69
Stelly Robert
GATORADE
+ 38'24
70
Mikhail Bourgoin
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 43'20
71
Aurélien Fauvet
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
+ 45'36
Time Trial
Any one of 5 riders could win the time trial.
The first of those 5 was defending champion William Bonnet
Vaugrenard was 12 seconds slower than Bonnet
But Pierre Rolland took the lead by 7 seconds
Only 4th for Jerome Coppel, 37 seconds down
The last challenger is the last man to start: Maxime Bouet. But its only 3rd for him, 10 seconds behind Rolland - the new French TT champion!
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
Theoretically it should be in national events, he means. And i can't believe Moncoutie gave up a 6 minute lead with 10 k.
I guess my post wasnt clear enough:
He went from 8 minutes with 54km to go, to 6 and a half with 44km to go, and by 20km to go he had been caught and dropped. He was probably dead
Edited by SportingNonsense on 26-09-2008 00:55
Theoretically it should be in national events, he means. And i can't believe Moncoutie gave up a 6 minute lead with 10 k.
I guess my post wasnt clear enough:
He went from 8 minutes with 54km to go, to 6 and a half with 44km to go, and by 20km to go he had been caught and dropped. He was probably dead
Oh. yeah i must have read it wrong because i was like, dang he must have been barely able to stay upright he was so tired, giving up a 6 minute lead with 10k to go.
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."