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| 1 | Jens VOIGT |
| 2 | Alejandro VALVERDE |
| 3 | Andréas KLÖDEN |
| 4 | Frank SCHLECK |
| 5 | Damiano CUNEGO |
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The race
Sunday 1 April 2007Les Vieilles Forges (Les Mazures) > Monthermé - 98.5 km
The newsflashes
10:56Stage Two : the top five
1. Voigt
2. Valverde at 48"
3. Klöden same time
4. F. Schleck same time
5. Cunego same time
Voigt wins!
Jens Voigt won stage two at Montherme, for the second time in his career, ahead of Alejandro Valverde.
10:40Voigt at 2kms from the line
The German is now 1’20" ahead of his closet pursuer as he nears the line.
10:383kms to go for Voigt
Race leader, Jens Voigt is in the final three stages of the stage.
10:374kms to go for Voigt
Voight is 1’25" ahead of the Valverde chase group as the he heads into the final difficulty of the stage.The peloton is at 2’05".
10:36Voigt at 5kms from the finish line
Jens Voigt has a 1’30" lead as he heads into the final five kilometres of the stage.
10:3410 kms from the line
Voigt still out front. Cunejo and Joly have slowed up and have been overtaken by Valverde and Company.
10:33Voight in command at 15 kms from the line
Voigt has a lead of 1’20" from Cunego and Joly. F.Schleck, Klöden, Valverde, Fransisco Sanchez Perez 5ESP - GCE) Chavanel (FRA - COF), Caruso, Stangelj, Lovquist, Cardenas, Botcharov, Cardenas, Martinez (ESP - AGR.
10:2415 kms from the arrival
Jens Voigt still rides alone out front with 15 kms to go!
10:22Cunego leads a serious group of attackers !
Damiano Cunego (ITA - LAM, Schleck (LUX - CSC), Klöden (GER - AST), Valverde (SPA-GCE), Carusso (ITA - LAM), Lovqvist (SWE- FDJ) and Cardenas (COL - BAR)are at 1’05",
10:19Voigt first over the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout
1. Voigt 6pts
...at 38"
2. Joly 4pts
...1’00"
3.Stangelj 2pts
Voigt at 1km to summit
Jens Voigt is one kilometre from the summit of the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout with a 40" lead from Joly and Stangelj.
10:10Caisse D’Epargne and Astana at the front of the peloton
Caisse D’Epargne and Astana continue to do all the work as the peloton is at 1’25" to leader Voigt.
10:09Voigt crank’s it up
Jens Voigt has picked up the pace and is now 25" ahead of his two closest rivals. Olaf Pollack in the Yellow jersy has been dropped by the field, which is now 1’30" behind.
10:0726kms to the finish
Jens Voigt is 15" ahead of Stangelj and Joly and 1’40" ahead of the peloton at the foot of the CĂ´te du Mont MalgrĂ© Tout (KM 72.5).
10:02Voigt attacks, peloton speeds up
Jens Voigt is now 12" in front of Joly and Stangelj, while the peloton has cut the gap down to 1’20".
10:00Voigt attacks
Jens Voigt has gone on the offensive and now has an eight second lead from Joly and Stangelj
09:54Two climbs left to be taken on
This morning’s stage is heading towards the two final climbs: the second passage over the CĂ´te du Mont MalgrĂ© Tout (km 77) and the finish at Montherme (km98.5)
The peloton is at 1’50" to the leading trio of Voigt, Stangelj and Joly, with 36 KMs left to be covered.
Results: CĂ´te du Bois de L’Or (km61)
1. Stangelj 4pts
2. Voigt 2pts
3. Joly 1pt
The Côte du Bois de L’Or is next
Voigt, Stangelj and Joly are now making their way up the CĂ´te de Bois de L’Or with a 2 minute lead as they are within 1km of the summit.
09:45Stangelj first again
Gorazd Stangelj continues to pick up maximum points as he was the first to cross over the CĂ´te de Meillier-Fontaine ahead of Jens Voigt and SĂ©bastien Joly.
The peloton is now le by the Astana team with a new gap to the leaders established at 2-minutes.
1. Stangelj 4pts
2. Voigt 2pts
3. Joly 1pt
The leaders nearing the summit of the CĂ´te de Meillier-Fontaine
The leading trio of Voigt, Stangelj and Joly are now 2-minutes in front of the peloton as they take on the CĂ´te de Meillier-Fontaine.
09:39Puncture for Klöden
Andreas Klöden (GER - AST) has suffered a puncture.
09:37the gap at km 50
The leaders have a 1’50" lead over the peloton,which has seen a handful of rides drop of the back.
09:31Results: Summit de Côte de Perrières (km 49)
1. Stangelj 4pts
2. Voigt 2pts
3. Joly 1pt
The peloton is currently 1’55" behind the leaders.
2 minutes for the leaders
The leading trio of Stangelj, Voigt, and Joly are making their way up the next climb, the CĂ´te de Perrières with two minutes in hand of the Caisse D’Epargne led peloton.
09:22Stangelj first over the Col du Loup
Slovenia’s Gorazd Stangelj led Germany’s Jens Voigt and France’s SĂ©bastien Joly over the Col du Loup. The three leaders enjoy a 2’15" advantage over the peloton led by the Caisse D’Epargne squad.
1. Stangelj 4pts
2. Voigt 2ts
3. Joly 1pt
Stangelj first over the third climb of the day
The leading trio of Stangelj, Voight and Joly enjoy a two-minute lead from the field.
Bonus points on thid climb
1. Stangelj 4pts
2. Voigt 2pts
3. Joly 1pt
Third difficulty of the morning nears
Voigt, Stangelj and Joly are within a kilometre of the third difficulty of th emorning, the CĂ´te de Blosssette.
09:02The leaders at km 29
The three leaders Voigt, Stangelj and Joly have a 1’30" lead from the pack, which is now being lead by the Caisse D’Epargne formation.
08:55One minute for the leaders
The leading trio of Voigt, Stangelj and Joly continue to work to distance themselves from the pack with a gap that has reached the 60" marker.
08:52Leading trio 45" ahead
The three early escapees from the peloton, Voigt, Stangelj and Joly are adding to their advatnage, which now stands at 45".
08:50Second gruop caught by peloton
The 12 riders who briefly left the peloton have been reeled in. The three leaders, Voigt, Stangelj and Joly still run together at the head of the race.
08:48Alain Gallopin : « Valverde will be hard to beat »
The CSC team has Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt in the squad, both twice winners of the Criterium International. CSC team director, Alian Gallopin told letour.fr about the squad’s goals for the day: “Yesterday allowed us to see who the leaders are. Anything can happen, but for me Valverde will be very hard to beat, he seems to be quite fit and this race suits him. But we have come to win something. I know I have two riders capable of winning the time trial. Jens is on form and Bobby, who competed on Paris-Nice was feeling very strong yesterday”.
08:44The three leaders
The leading trio of Voigt, Stangelj and Joly have a 20 second lead from a second group of 12 riders who have pulled awawy from the rest of the pack.
08:42Viogt first over Mont Malgré Tout
1. Jens Voigt 6pts
2. Gorzad Stangelj 4pts
3.Sebastien Joly 2pts
Approaching the summit of Mont Malgré Tout
Jens Voigt (GER - CSC) now leads by himself as the first difficulty of the day approaches. Pate, Joly and Guiterrez have fallen back to the pack.
08:37Another attack
Danny Pate (USA - TSL)and (Gorzad Stangelj - LAM)have pulled awa from the peloton on the second climb of the day.
08:33Peloton catches leaders
The Peloton isn’t wasting time and has caught the two attackers, Guiterrez and Bichot.
08:32Another attack
Ignacio Guiterrez (ESP - LPR) and Freddy Bichot (FRA - AGR) have gone on the offensive putting 6-seconds between themselves and the pack.
08:24First attack short lived
Matthieu Sprick (FRA-BTL) was the first to attack this morning but the peloton wasted little time in reeling the Frenchman in.
08:22First climb, first points
1.Feillu 4pts
2.Cheula 2pts
3. Johnson 1pt
1km before first summit of the day
The Peloton is riding as one as the first summit of the day approaches.
08:19Stage 2 is a go!
The official start of stage two from Les Vielles Forges -Monthermé was given at 08H15. Two riders have withdrawn, No. 132 Diego Caccia (ITA - BAr and No. 183 Luca Celli (ITA - LPR)
08:19Stage 2 is a go!
The official start of stage two from Les Vielles Forges -Monthermé was given at 08H15. Two riders have withdrawn, No. 132 Diego Caccia (ITA - BAr and No. 183 Luca Celli (ITA - LPR)
08:13Leader jerseys
Olaf Pollack (All – WIE) will be in the yellow jersey thanks to the time bonus for winning yesterday’s stage at Charleville-MĂ©zières. He leads Furlan (Ita – C.A) and Gaztanaga (Esp – AGR).
The formrer track racer also leads in the points race. The green jersey will be worn by Furlan, who is second overall.
Benjamin Johnson (Aus – TSL),was the first rider to pass the summit of the final climb when he tried a solo attack in the final kilometres of the stage and now leads in the climbing standings. The Australian is on equal points with Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita – PAN). He will wear the polka-dot jersey.
Matteo Priamo(Ita – PAN), 6th overall on the opening stage of the Criterium International, leads in the junior division.
Today’s climbs
Km 2 Les Vielles Forges (1.8km at 7.6%)
Km 13 Côte du Mont Malgré Tout (3.1km at 9.1%)
Km 34 CĂ´te de Blossette (1.7km at 3.2%)
Km 39.5 Col du Loup (3.7km at 6.2%)
Km 49 Côte de Perrières(2.4km at 4.3%)
Km 56.5 CĂ´te de Meillier-Fontaine ( 3.8km at 4.4%)
Km 61 Côte du Bois de l’Or ( 1.1km at 7%)
Km 77 Côte du Mont Malgré Tout( 3.1km at 9.1%)
KM 98.5 Monthermé (Cöte de la Roche aux 7 Vilages ) ( 3.6km at 5.7%)
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Criterium International
Stage two will see the peloton set off at 08h15 from Les Vielles Forges 98.5 kms with the finish line at Montherme.
07:54Pollack in yellow
Olaf Pollack (GER – WEI), winner of stage one from Asfeld to Charlevillle-Mézières, start’s today second stage from Les Vielles Fordges-Montherme in yellow. Pollack picked up the 10-second bonus ahead of Angelo Furlan (ITA – C.A) and Mikel Gaztanaga (ESP – AGR). The former track competitor also leads in points. Second overall Furlan will ride in the green jersey.