Cornille a Shooting Star
Prologue opens Tour of Mauritius
It was a tale of two Yannicks in the opening day of the multi-stage MTB Tour of Mauritius 2009. Yannick Cornille of Reunion Island ousted Mauritian Yannick Lincoln to take a narrow nine-second lead in the prologue on Thursday.
The prologue was a leg burning 2km, with the main obstacles including a moist seven step concrete staircase and waterlogged singletrack. This short course was a form-checker; it was never going to unearth the actual winner of the tour. It was designed for the powerhouse rider. What the overall tour GC contender demands is a rider with a more complete skillset, with a bias to endurance.
Cornille took the yellow jersey, displaying the qualities required, including dare-devilish cornering. He revelled in the twisty-turny bits.
"I knew I could do a good time, but I didn't know how the other riders would do," said Cornille. Showing his aptitude for technical sections he enthused, "I hope for the rest of the tour there is a lot more."
Christophe Gerard took third place, 11 seconds adrift of Cornille.
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Yannick Cornille | 0:03:12 |
2 | Yannick Lincoln | 0:00:09 |
3 | Christophe Gerard | 0:00:11 |
4 | Dany Vogel | 0:00:12 |
5 | Georget Burel | 0:00:15 |
6 | Christian Emmanuel | 0:00:16 |
7 | Olivier Heutte | 0:00:16 |
8 | Gil Guillaumin | 0:00:19 |
9 | Cedric Passee | 0:00:20 |
10 | Hugo Caetane | 0:00:20 |
11 | Jean Philippe (Jnr) Tyack | 0:00:21 |
12 | Christophe Lincoln | 0:00:22 |
13 | Andreas Freiter | 0:00:25 |
14 | Arnaud De Commarmond | 0:00:25 |
15 | Thierry David | 0:00:26 |
16 | Sebastien Tyack | 0:00:26 |
17 | Stephane Payet | 0:00:29 |
18 | Mathieu Le Blanc | 0:00:32 |
19 | Armand Le Court De Billot | 0:00:33 |
20 | Mathieu Rivet | 0:00:34 |
21 | Frederic Savre | 0:00:35 |
22 | Olivier Le Court | 0:00:35 |
23 | Daniel Chaussalet | 0:00:35 |
24 | Denis Valentin | 0:00:39 |
25 | Liam Somers | 0:00:47 |
26 | Michael Kedhoo | 0:00:51 |
27 | Simon Pougnet | 0:00:57 |
28 | Sully Robert | 0:00:57 |
29 | Gabriel Mayer | 0:00:58 |
30 | Andre Le Blanc | 0:01:01 |
31 | Xavier De Chalain | 0:01:05 |
32 | Lawrence Wong | 0:01:09 |
33 | Gordon Brown | 0:01:09 |
34 | Daniel Maestracci | 0:01:15 |
35 | Jean Philippe Tyack | 0:01:21 |
36 | Sebastien Bax | 0:01:27 |
37 | Michel Mayer | 0:01:30 |
38 | Bryan Trousquin | 0:01:45 |
39 | Gerard Chan-Kin | 0:01:47 |
40 | Frederic Nicolin | 0:01:47 |
41 | Hans Brasse | 0:01:49 |
42 | Antoine Dufoix | 0:01:51 |
43 | Kesaven Oothendee | 0:02:21 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Yannick Cornille | 0:03:12 |
2 | Yannick Lincoln | 0:00:09 |
3 | Christophe Gerard | 0:00:11 |
4 | Dany Vogel | 0:00:12 |
5 | Georget Burel | 0:00:15 |
6 | Christian Emmanuel | 0:00:16 |
7 | Olivier Heutte | 0:00:16 |
8 | Gil Guillaumin | 0:00:19 |
9 | Cedric Passee | 0:00:20 |
10 | Hugo Caetane | 0:00:20 |
11 | Jean Philippe (Jnr) Tyack | 0:00:21 |
12 | Christophe Lincoln | 0:00:22 |
13 | Andreas Freiter | 0:00:25 |
14 | Arnaud De Commarmond | 0:00:25 |
15 | Thierry David | 0:00:26 |
16 | Sebastien Tyack | 0:00:26 |
17 | Stephane Payet | 0:00:29 |
18 | Mathieu Le Blanc | 0:00:32 |
19 | Armand Le Court De Billot | 0:00:33 |
20 | Mathieu Rivet | 0:00:34 |
21 | Frederic Savre | 0:00:35 |
22 | Olivier Le Court | 0:00:35 |
23 | Daniel Chaussalet | 0:00:35 |
24 | Denis Valentin | 0:00:39 |
25 | Liam Somers | 0:00:47 |
26 | Michael Kedhoo | 0:00:51 |
27 | Simon Pougnet | 0:00:57 |
28 | Sully Robert | 0:00:57 |
29 | Gabriel Mayer | 0:00:58 |
30 | Andre Le Blanc | 0:01:01 |
31 | Xavier De Chalain | 0:01:05 |
32 | Lawrence Wong | 0:01:09 |
33 | Gordon Brown | 0:01:09 |
34 | Daniel Maestracci | 0:01:15 |
35 | Jean Philippe Tyack | 0:01:21 |
36 | Sebastien Bax | 0:01:27 |
37 | Michel Mayer | 0:01:30 |
38 | Bryan Trousquin | 0:01:45 |
39 | Gerard Chan-Kin | 0:01:47 |
40 | Frederic Nicolin | 0:01:47 |
41 | Hans Brasse | 0:01:49 |
42 | Antoine Dufoix | 0:01:51 |
43 | Kesaven Oothendee | 0:02:21 |
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