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Sterk etappe av Rake og Joker Merida
I dag startet etapperittet Mi-Août en Bretagne.
Av:
La Mi-Août en Bretagne (2.2)
| Etappe: 1 - 9 August : Grâces - Ploumagoar, 179.00 km |
| Etappe: 2 - 10 August : Pont-Scorff - Cléguer, 166.00 km |
| Etappe: 3 - 11 August : Poullaouen, 186.00 km |
| Etappe: 4 - 12 August : Guerlesquin, 178.00 km |
Det norske kontinentallaget var meget aktive på dagens 1.etappe, og var representert ved Christer Rake i det som viste seg å bli det avgjørende bruddet.
Europcar tok dobbeltseier ved David Veilleux og Björn Thurau, mens Rake viste solid form med 5.plass.
- Han kjørte sinnsykt bra i dag, og vi kjørte et fantastisk ritt. Vi var med på alt. Dette var virkelig, virkelig bra, sier sportsdirektør Gino Van Oudenhove til procycling.no.
Joker Merida fikk med det en strålende start på det franske etapperittet, hvor Stian Remme i fjor endte på 2.plass sammenlagt.
Resultater:
| 1. | VEILLEUX David | 04:10:20 |
| 2. | THURAU Bjorn | 00:00:57 |
| 3. | BLAIN Alexandre | 00:00:57 |
| 4. | PIJOURLET Jules | 00:00:57 |
| 5. | RAKE Christer | 00:00:57 |
| 6. | MATHÉOU Romain | 00:01:00 |
| 7. | LE MONTAGNER Maxime | 00:03:01 |
| 8. | CHOPIN David | 00:03:01 |
| 9. | MCNALLY Mark | 00:03:01 |
| 10. | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | 00:03:01 |
| 11. | DUCULTY Bastien | 00:03:01 |
| 12. | BOEVE Mats | 00:03:01 |
| 13. | HUREL Tony | 00:03:01 |
| 14. | MCEVOY Jonathan | 00:03:01 |
| 15. | SORTVEIT Sondre Gjerdevik | 00:03:01 |
| 16. | WELTER Thomas | 00:03:01 |
| 17. | DOULL Owain | 00:03:01 |
| 18. | DE BEER Pim | 00:03:01 |
| 19. | VAN HOECKE Justin | 00:03:01 |
| 20. | CAM Maxime | 00:03:01 |
| 21. | SCHREURS Mark | 00:03:01 |
| 22. | VOSS Paul | 00:03:01 |
| 23. | MIRA Anthony | 00:03:01 |
| 24. | MASSE Stevan | 00:03:01 |
| 25. | TULIK Angelo | 00:03:01 |
| 26. | VAN LUIJK Sven | 00:03:01 |
| 27. | SIMON Johnny | 00:03:01 |
| 28. | GUILLEMOIS Romain | 00:03:01 |
| 29. | KNEISKY Morgan | 00:03:01 |
| 30. | BERHANE Natnael | 00:03:01 |
| 31. | SIRIRONNACHAI Sarawut | 00:03:01 |
| 32. | MOSES Thomas | 00:03:01 |
| 33. | GJOLBERG Adrian | 00:03:01 |
| 34. | HADDOU Saïd | 00:03:01 |
| 35. | GUYOT Romain | 00:03:01 |
| 36. | JENSEN Christer | 00:03:01 |
| 37. | LEBAS Thomas | 00:03:01 |
| 38. | SCHOONBROODT Bob | 00:03:01 |
| 39. | LE GAC Olivier | 00:03:01 |
| 40. | BERTHOLET Quentin | 00:03:01 |
| 41. | DION Renaud | 00:03:01 |
| 42. | BUGGE Vegard Robinson | 00:03:01 |
| 43. | PETRUS Lubomir | 00:03:01 |
| 44. | LOUYEST Guiilaume | 00:03:01 |
| 45. | GROEN Ike | 00:03:01 |
| 46. | POLAZZI Fabio | 00:03:01 |
| 47. | LE FLOCH Guillaume | 00:03:01 |
| 48. | YATES Adam | 00:03:01 |
| 49. | LE BELLEC Gael | 00:03:01 |
| 50. | HALLEGUEN Mathieu | 00:03:01 |
| 51. | DE GREEF Robbert | 00:03:01 |
| 52. | KOUWENHOVEN Sjoerd | 00:03:01 |
| 53. | ZIMINE Boris | 00:03:01 |
| 54. | CISSE Issiaka | 00:03:01 |
| 55. | THOME Kevin | 00:03:01 |
| 56. | PARTRIDGE Robert | 00:03:01 |
| 57. | CAMPERO Peter | 00:03:01 |
| 58. | CHEVRIER Clement | 00:03:01 |
| 59. | JEGOU Julien | 00:03:01 |
| 60. | CHEVALIER Olivier | 00:03:01 |
| 61. | BETOUIGT SUIRE Jauffrey | 00:03:01 |
| 62. | LE COGUIC Fabien | 00:03:01 |
| 63. | GUEZENNEC Vincent | 00:03:01 |
| 64. | ALBERT Niels | 00:03:01 |
| 65. | SONNERY Blaise | 00:03:01 |
| 66. | NISHIZONO Ryota | 00:03:01 |
| 67. | DROBISCH Till | 00:03:01 |
| 68. | GUYOT Yann | 00:03:01 |
| 69. | TEYCHENNE Mathieu | 00:03:01 |
| 70. | BIBBY Ian | 00:03:01 |
| 71. | LEFRANCOIS Olivier | 00:03:01 |
| 72. | PFINGSTEN Christoph | 00:03:01 |
| 73. | EVRARD Laurent | 00:03:01 |
| 74. | LE CORRE Florian | 00:03:01 |
| 75. | MC LAUGHLIN Ronan | 00:03:01 |
| 76. | DUYN Huub | 00:03:01 |
| 77. | MALLE Guillaume | 00:03:01 |
| 78. | REMME Stian | 00:03:01 |
| 79. | BELGY Guillaume | 00:03:01 |
| 80. | SCHMIDT Fabien | 00:03:01 |
| 81. | GUAY Julien | 00:03:01 |
| 82. | GHYLLEBERT Pieter | 00:03:01 |
| 83. | VIGNES Anthony | 00:03:01 |
| 84. | DAVID Nicolas | 00:03:01 |
| 85. | MCLAUGHLIN James | 00:03:01 |
| 86. | COLAS Vincent | 00:03:01 |
| 87. | HASPOT Anthony | 00:03:01 |
| 88. | PICHON Laurent | 00:03:01 |
| 89. | HARBONNIER Sebastien | 00:03:01 |
| 90. | SLATER Alistair | 00:03:01 |
| 91. | POULIZAC Ronan | 00:03:01 |
| 92. | DOWNING Russel | 00:03:01 |
| 93. | CUMONT Gaylord | 00:03:01 |
| 94. | ATKINS George | 00:03:01 |
| 95. | BARBAS Yoann | 00:03:01 |
| 96. | DELPECH Jean-Luc | 00:03:01 |
| 97. | EDMONDSON Joshua | 00:03:01 |
| 98. | DENIS Kévin | 00:03:01 |
| 99. | SYS Klaas | 00:03:01 |
| 100. | WALSLEBEN Philipp | 00:03:01 |
| 101. | RAGOT Vincent | 00:03:01 |
| 102. | COUSIN Jerome | 00:03:01 |
| 103. | BIDEAU Jean-Marc | 00:03:01 |
| 104. | LANÇON François | 00:03:01 |
| 105. | GEFFROY Régis | 00:11:55 |
| 106. | WYTINCK Niels | 00:19:55 |
| 107. | COQUIL Sébastien | 00:19:55 |
| 108. | VAN DER WEIJST Geert | 00:19:55 |
| 109. | HOEKSTRA Jochem | 00:19:55 |
| 110. | CASTILLO SOTO Ulises Alfredo | 00:19:55 |
| 111. | FLAHAUT Denis | 00:19:55 |
| 112. | LEMAIR Alexandre | 00:19:55 |
| 113. | DE GASQUET Guillaume | 00:19:55 |
| 114. | NASRI Houssam | 00:19:55 |
| 115. | JULES Justin | 00:19:55 |
| 116. | BAGDONAS Gediminas | 00:19:55 |
| 117. | INOUE Kazuo | 00:19:55 |
| 118. | MEISEN Marcel | 00:19:55 |
| 119. | EECKHOUT Nico | 00:19:55 |
| 120. | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | 00:19:55 |
| 121. | SIMUNEK Radomir (JR) | 00:22:14 |