Delaplace comes home as a hero
Polynormande victory for young French rider
Following a very promising Tour de France where he was not only the youngest rider in the field but also present in a number of breakaways, Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) made his dream a reality. His dream was to win the Polynormande, the French Cup race of his region in the province of the Manche in Normandy. Delaplace hails from Cherbourg on the English Channel.
“Only six years ago I won this race in the U17 category, time goes fast,” said the former junior French champion, who already imposed himself in that leg of the Madiot Trophy – a series of six races for riders who are 15 and 16 years of age – in 2005.
Ag2r-La Mondiale’s Mikaël Chérel was even more of a local than Delaplace, as he hails from St-Brice-de-Landelles only three kilometres away from St-Martin-de-Landelles, the home of famed Tour de France speaker Daniel Mangeas.
Both Chérel and Delaplace made the 16-man breakaway that kicked off early with Jérémy Roy and Arnaud Gérard (FDJ), Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Yoann Bagot and Julien El Farès (Cofidis), Kevin Reza (Europcar), Jérémie Galland (Saur-Sojasun), Thomas Degand (Vérandas Willems), Bert Scheirlinckx (Landbouwkrediet), Sylvain Georges (BigMat-Auber 93), Florian Vachon and Renaud Dion (Bretagne-Schuller), Steven Tronet (Roubaix) and Eduardo Gonzalo (La Pomme-Marseille).
The peloton gave up chasing after half way and five riders broke clear with 40km to go: the two super motivated local boys Delaplace and Chérel, along with El Farès, Vachon and Gérard. With 20km to go, Delaplace attacked solo on the same climb, the côte de la Pigeonnière, where he won as an U17 in 2005.
He built up a lead of 1.44 for himself by the finishing line. “But until 300 metres to go, I didn’t dare to believe that I was going to win,” he said. “I was still afraid of a flat tyre or a crash until the last kilometre.”
Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) sprinted for sixth place to take the lead in the French Cup after ten legs and with four remaining: Classic de l’Indre (August 21), Tour du Doubs (September 4), GP Isbergues (September 18), Tour de Vendée (October 2).
“I’ll do them all and try and win it,” Gallopin said. With 117 points, he leads Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM), who is on 110, Georges (93) and Delaplace (90).
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | 3:43:36 |
2 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis | 0:01:44 |
3 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) FDJ | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Mikael Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:01:48 |
6 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis | 0:04:36 |
7 | Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jérôme Cousin (Fra) Europcar | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Europcar | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Europcar | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | David Le Lay (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Guillaume Bonnet (Fra) France | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Bellemakersdirk (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Tom Thill (Lux) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | 0:04:42 |
30 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Morten Knudsen (Den) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Yohan Cauquil (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda's Willems Accent | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Helminen (Fin) Landbouwkrediet | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Clément Mahé (Fra) France | 0:04:49 |
44 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Julien Bérard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:04:54 |
49 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | 0:04:59 |
51 | Toms Skujins (Lat) La Pomme Marseille | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | 0:05:01 |
53 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Maxime Renault (Fra) France | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Rudy Lesschaeve (Fra) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Europcar | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Europcar | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Christian Poos (Lux) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | 0:05:10 |
65 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | 0:05:13 |
66 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:05:24 |
67 | Ronan Racault (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:05:30 |
68 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:05:43 |
71 | Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | 0:05:58 |
72 | Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Joël Zangerle (Lux) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Tomoya Kanoh (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Edouard Louyest (Fra) France | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:09:30 |
80 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | 0:09:33 |
82 | Jempy Drucker (Lux) Veranda's Willems-Accent | 0:09:35 |
83 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:09:49 |
HD | Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
HD | Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
HD | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) La Pomme Marseille | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
HD | Romain Bacon (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda's Willems-Accent | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Ag2r-La Mondiale | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Europcar | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) Europcar | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur-Sojasun | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bart Dockx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne Schuller | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoît Daeninck (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Differdange Magic-Sportfood.de | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomoya Kaneko (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) La Pomme Marseille | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justin Jules (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Junoh Kwon (Kor) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hyeongmin Choe (Kor) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ji Hoon Kim (Kor) Geumsam Ginseng Asia | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher De Souza (Fra) France | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Meven Lebreton (Fra) France | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Albain Cormier (Fra) France | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bob Rodriguez (Fra) France | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
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