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No changes at Avenir as TT looms

  • By VeloNews.com
  • Published Sep. 11, 2009
  • Updated Sep. 5, 2010 at 7:25 PM UTC

There were no major shakeups in the Tour de l’Avenir on Friday and America’s Tejay van Garderen and Peter Stetina remained securely in the top 10 going into Saturday’s decisive individual time trial.

The Colombian team tried to shake things up, putting two riders into the day’s main breakaway in the 182.5km run from Gérardmer to Ornans. The pack came back together for the bunch sprint, and German rider Andreas Stauff out-kicked Russian Timofey Kritskiy to take the flowers.

Overnight leader Romain Sicard (France) retained his leader’s jersey, 1:37 ahead of Kritskiy, with Van Garderen remaining third at 1:58 back. Stetina remained sixth overall at 2:19 as the pair finished safely in the main pack.

Sicard remains optimistic he will be able to fend off challenges from the Americans in Saturday’s 27km individual time trial starting and finishing in Ornans.

“Today went pretty well and the team worked well to control the stage. I am content to retain my lead to Kritskiy. That allows me to go into the time trial even calmer,” Sicard said. “Another plus is that the profile favors me, even though I know I am no specialist. We’ll see what happens tomorrow, but it’s true I would be very disappointed if I lose the jersey.”

Van Garderen and Stetina can position themselves for a podium spot, or perhaps even more with a strong performance. The hilly course favors a strong all-rounder.

“The team is awesome, super-motivated and riding like pros,” Van Garderen wrote on Twitter. “I’m sitting third with a big TT yet to come. Anything’s possible.”

Results

Stage results: | (GC standings)

  • 1. Andreas Stauff (Germany), at 4:17:12
  • 2. Timofey Kritskiy (Russia), s.t.
  • 3. Dennis Van Winden (Netherlands), s.t.
  • 4. Luke Rowe (Great Britain), s.t.
  • 5. Yannick Martinez (France A), s.t.
  • 6. Nicolas Schnyder (Switzerland), s.t.
  • 7. Lou Paiani Jean (France B), s.t.
  • 8. Blaz Furdi (Slovakia), s.t.
  • 9. Evaldas Siskevicius (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 10. Ronning Vinther Troels (Denmark), s.t.
  • 11. Vojtech Hacecky (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 12. Michael Baer (Switzerland), s.t.
  • 13. Sander Maasing (Estonia), s.t.
  • 14. Jan Tratnik (Slovakia), s.t.
  • 15. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 16. Michel Kreder (Netherlands), s.t.
  • 17. Rafael Valls Ferri (Spain), s.t.
  • 18. Chris Barton (USA), s.t.
  • 19. Eduard Prades Reverter (Spain), s.t.
  • 20. Arthur Vichot (France A), s.t.
  • 21. Romain Zingle (Belgium), s.t.
  • 22. Romain Beney (Switzerland), s.t.
  • 23. Higino Fernandez Suarez (Spain), s.t.
  • 24. Julien Berard (France B), s.t.
  • 25. Nico Keinath (Germany), s.t.
  • 26. Tejay Van Gaderen (USA), s.t.
  • 27. Mathias Lisson (Denmark), s.t.
  • 28. Romain Sicard (France A), s.t.
  • 29. Yoann Bagot (France B), s.t.
  • 30. Gabor Kasa (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 31. Kirk Carlsen (USA), s.t.
  • 32. Tony Gallopin (France A), s.t.
  • 33. Sergej Fuchs (Germany), s.t.
  • 34. Christopher Juuljensen (Denmark), s.t.
  • 35. Pedro Merino Criado (Spain), s.t.
  • 36. Peter Stetina (USA), s.t.
  • 37. Peter Kennaugh (Great Britain), s.t.
  • 38. Jacobus Venter (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 39. Artem Topchanyuk (Ukraine), s.t.
  • 40. Rasmus Guldhammer (Denmark), s.t.
  • 41. Aurélien Duval (France B), s.t.
  • 42. José Goncalves (Portugal), s.t.
  • 43. Andrey Solomennikov (Russia), s.t.
  • 44. Silver Schultz (Estonia), s.t.
  • 45. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia), s.t.
  • 46. Andrei Krasilnikau (Equipe-Mixte), s.t.
  • 47. Petr Ignatenko (Russia), s.t.
  • 48. Nelson Oliveira (Portugal), s.t.
  • 49. Ben Gastauer (Luxembourg), s.t.
  • 50. Alexander Prishpetnyy (Russia), s.t.
  • 51. Romain Lemarchand (France B), s.t.
  • 52. Ricardo Vilela (Portugal), s.t.
  • 53. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia), s.t.
  • 54. Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukraine), s.t.
  • 55. Jan Ghyselinck (Belgium), s.t.
  • 56. Camilo Suarez (Colombia), s.t.
  • 57. Silver Ao (Estonia), s.t.
  • 58. Yehor Dementyev (Ukraine), s.t.
  • 59. Yuriy Agarkov (Ukraine), s.t.
  • 60. Alex Howes (USA), s.t.
  • 61. Gert Joeaar (Estonia), s.t.
  • 62. Niki Ostergaard (Denmark), s.t.
  • 63. Martijn Keizer (Netherlands), s.t.
  • 64. Blaz Jarc (Slovakia), at 0:20
  • 65. Jonathan Mc Evoy (Great Britain), at 0:28
  • 66. Stanislav Starodubtzev (Russia), at 0:43
  • 67. Martin Puusepp (Estonia), at 0:43
  • 68. Geoffrey Soupe (France A), at 1:41
  • 69. Guillaume Bonnafond (France A), at 1:42
  • 70. Ramon Sinkeldam (Netherlands), at 1:42
  • 71. Daniel Henggeler (Switzerland), at 1:42
  • 72. Patrick Gretsch (Germany), at 2:01
  • 73. Nejc Kosir (Slovakia), at 2:11
  • 74. Oleksandr Grygorenko (Ukraine), at 2:15
  • 75. Erick Rowsell (Great Britain), at 2:26
  • 76. Andrew Fenn (Great Britain), at 2:26
  • 77. Loïc Desriac (France B), at 2:53
  • 78. Jonathan Fumeaux (Switzerland), s.t.
  • 79. Sergio Henao Montoya (Colombia), at 4:20
  • 80. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain), at 4:20
  • 81. Joel Zangerle (Luxembourg), at 6:46
  • 82. Pit Schlechter (Luxembourg), at 6:46
  • 83. Joni Brandao (Portugal), at 6:46
  • 84. Sebastian Hans (Germany), at 6:46
  • 85. Sep Vanmarcke (Belgium), at 13:06
  • 86. Jens Keukeleire (Belgium), at 13:06
  • 87. Kris Boeckmans (Belgium), at 13:09

GC standings | ( Stage results)

  • 1. Romain Sicard (France A), 26:59:11
  • 2. Timofey Kritskiy (Russia), at 1:37
  • 3. Tejay Van Gaderen (USA), at 1:58
  • 4. Julien Berard (France B), at 2:09
  • 5. Darwin Atapuma (Colombia), at 2:11
  • 6. Peter Stetina (USA), at 2:19
  • 7. Rafael Valls Ferri (Spain), at 2:20
  • 8. Michel Kreder (Netherlands), at 2:25
  • 9. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Equipe-Mixte), at 2:29
  • 10. Romain Beney (Switzerland), at 2:33
  • 11. Sergej Fuchs (Germany), at 2:39
  • 12. Tony Gallopin (France A), at 2:41
  • 13. Jan Tratnik (Slovakia), at 2:45
  • 14. Nicolas Schnyder (Switzerland), at 2:46
  • 15. Higino Fernandez Suarez (Spain), at 2:46
  • 16. Alexander Prishpetnyy (Russia), at 2:46
  • 17. Aurélien Duval (France B), at 2:46
  • 18. Arthur Vichot (France A), at 2:59
  • 19. Yoann Bagot (France B), at 3:00
  • 20. Jacobus Venter (Equipe-Mixte), at 3:05
  • 21. Andrei Krasilnikau (Equipe-Mixte), at 3:07
  • 22. Blaz Furdi (Slovakia), at 3:40
  • 23. Peter Kennaugh (Great Britain), at 3:44
  • 24. Lou Paiani Jean (France B), at 3:50
  • 25. Gabor Kasa (Equipe-Mixte), at 4:03
  • 26. Petr Ignatenko (Russia), at 4:05
  • 27. Kirk Carlsen (USA), at 4:14
  • 28. Sander Maasing (Estonia), at 4:19
  • 29. Luke Rowe (Great Britain), at 4:24
  • 30. Rasmus Guldhammer (Denmark), at 4:30
  • 31. Yannick Martinez (France A), at 4:36
  • 32. Artem Topchanyuk (Ukraine), at 4:36
  • 33. Ben Gastauer (Luxembourg), at 4:42
  • 34. Silver Ao (Estonia), at 4:47
  • 35. Romain Zingle (Belgium), at 4:48
  • 36. Christopher Juuljensen (Denmark), at 4:49
  • 37. Andrey Solomennikov (Russia), at 4:50
  • 38. Ricardo Vilela (Portugal), at 4:50
  • 39. Mathias Lisson (Denmark), at 5:06
  • 40. Martijn Keizer (Netherlands), at 5:34
  • 41. Guillaume Bonnafond (France A), at 5:52
  • 42. Niki Ostergaard (Denmark), at 6:26
  • 43. Ronning Vinther Troels (Denmark), at 6:45
  • 44. Geoffrey Soupe (France A), at 6:58
  • 45. José Goncalves (Portugal), at 7:37
  • 46. Stanislav Starodubtzev (Russia), at 7:50
  • 47. Pedro Merino Criado (Spain), at 8:01
  • 48. Jonathan Fumeaux (Switzerland), at 8:30
  • 49. Yehor Dementyev (Ukraine), at 9:22
  • 50. Ramon Sinkeldam (Netherlands), at 9:28
  • 51. Patrick Gretsch (Germany), at 9:36
  • 52. Romain Lemarchand (France B), at 11:25
  • 53. Chris Barton (USA), at 11:39
  • 54. Yuriy Agarkov (Ukraine), at 11:41
  • 55. Sergio Henao Montoya (Colombia), at 12:45
  • 56. Loïc Desriac (France B), at 13:43
  • 57. Erick Rowsell (Great Britain), at 13:58
  • 58. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia), at 14:20
  • 59. Eduard Prades Reverter (Spain), at 14:28
  • 60. Nelson Oliveira (Portugal), at 16:04
  • 61. Nico Keinath (Germany), at 19:35
  • 62. Camilo Suarez (Colombia), at 21:12
  • 63. Dennis Van Winden (Netherlands), at 22:05
  • 64. Michael Baer (Switzerland), at 22:15
  • 65. Alex Howes (USA), at 22:15
  • 66. Vojtech Hacecky (Equipe-Mixte), at 22:19
  • 67. Jan Ghyselinck (Belgium), at 22:19
  • 68. Andrew Fenn (Great Britain), at 25:27
  • 69. Daniel Henggeler (Switzerland), at 25:32
  • 70. Gert Joeaar (Estonia), at 26:24
  • 71. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain), at 26:53
  • 72. Joel Zangerle (Luxembourg), at 29:05
  • 73. Pit Schlechter (Luxembourg), at 29:05
  • 74. Martin Puusepp (Estonia), at 29:53
  • 75. Andreas Stauff (Germany), at 29:58
  • 76. Oleksandr Grygorenko (Ukraine), at 30:18
  • 77. Silver Schultz (Estonia), at 33:10
  • 78. Sebastian Hans (Germany), at 34:09
  • 79. Blaz Jarc (Slovakia), at 34:13
  • 80. Evaldas Siskevicius (Equipe-Mixte), at 34:50
  • 81. Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukraine), at 37:32
  • 82. Nejc Kosir (Slovakia), at 39:31
  • 83. Jonathan Mc Evoy (Great Britain), at 43:51
  • 84. Joni Brandao (Portugal), at 1:43:45

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