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| 1 | Thomas LÖVKVIST |
| 2 | Alejandro VALVERDE |
| 3 | Sylvain CHAVANEL |
| 4 | Andréas KLÖDEN |
| 5 | Bobby JULICH |
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The race
Sunday 1 April 2007Charleville-Mézières > Charleville-Mézières - 8.3 km
The newsflashes
16:21Top Five
1. Voigt
2. Lovqvist at 35"
3. Valverde at 37"
4. Kloden at 44"
5. Chavanel at 44"
Jens Voigt wins his third criterium International
CSC’s Jens Voigt has won his third Criterium International after finishing seventh on the 3rd and final stage, the 8.3km time trial in Charleville Mézières.
16:17Lovqvist takes time-trial win
Sweden’s Thomas Lovqvist won the third and final stage of the Criterium International. The winner of the white jersey won the 8.3km time-trial ahead of Andrea Kloden and Sylvain Chavanel.
16:07Lovqvist answers Chavanel
Sweden’s Thomas Lovqvist has dropped Sylvain Chavanel to second place for nine seconds.
16:06Best time for Chavanel
Frenchman, Sylvain Chavnel has set the best time on the time-trial, one second better than Julich.
16:05Voigt on the road
Criterium International race leader, Jens Voigt has begun his time-trial.
15:55Julich bests Vinokourov for 1 second
American rider and time trial specialist, Bobby Julich has gone one second under former leader, Alexandre Vinokourov’s time.
15:51Vino sets best time so far
Astana rider, Alexandre Vinokourov has set the best time so far at 10’12"88à, 12" under former leader Pate.
15:46Vinokourov fastest at first intermediate check point
Alexandre Vinokourov has set the fastest time at the first check point.
15:27Pate posts best provisional time
Danny Pate (USA - TSL) has set a best time of 10’24"725, four seconds better than Clement.
15:24Alain Gallopin : « He followed his instincts »
CSC sporting director, Alain Gallopin did not give Jens Voigt any orders to attack before this morning’s stage, where he pulled away from his closest rivals. “He followed his instincts and it worked. For sure, it would have been better to have had another rider up front and force the others to pace the peloton because we put in a huge effort yesterday. In the final, climb, Valverde and Klöden were isolated in their attempt to catch up to Jens. When they slowed to wait for reinforcements it was too late. It was a great effort because usually we are not that strong on this event.”
15:16Stef Clement in the lead
The 2006 Dutch national time-trial champion has set the best time so far on the 8.3km time trial.
15:14Giuseppe Martinelli : « Damiano tried everything »
Interviewed by letour.fr concerning this morning’s race in the hills of the Ardennes, in which his rider Damiano Cunego was very much a part of, the Lampre-Fondital sporting director was pleased with the performance of his team leader. “It was his first strong run of the season, he has just completed two weeks of intensive training at home and it’s good to see him attack. The final climb wasn’t long enough for him to have a chance of catching Voigt, he tried his best but it wasn’t to be. He will try to run flat out on the time trial but it is too short a distance to make a difference. It will be a good test , but the real rendezvous for Damiano will be the Tour of Italy.”
15:00Who is riding with what colour?
In addition to being the overall leader, Jens Voigt is also tied for the lead in the standings for the green jersey with stage one winner Olaf Pollack, who will wear the prized jersey for the time-trial.
Voigt’s companion on this morning’s breakaway, Gorazd Stangelj has won the king of the mountain competition and will thus ride this afternoon in the polka-dot jersey. The two are also equal on points having split the bonuses in the climbs.
Thomas Lovqvist will wear the white jersey as he heads the standings in the junior division and is 10th in the overall classification before the time-trial with a 37” advance over Luis Leon Sanchez in the race for the under 25 category.
Race leader Voigt has some big riders behind him at 48"
After slipping on the yellow jersey for his impressive win on stage 2, Jens Voigt has a 48” lead over a group of 11 riders, which includes Andreas Klöden (GER – AST), Alejandro Valverde (SPA-GCE), Damiano Cunego (ITA – LAM), Franck Schleck (LUX – CSC) and Sylvain Chavanel (FRA – COF).
14:31Weather
CLear skis and clement temperatures reign over the final stage of the Criterium International at Charleville-Mézières.
14:26109 of the original 151riders still in it!
42 riders will not be a part of the final stage of the Criterium International, having dropped out on the second stage earlier today.
14:24CSC book end start list
While Lars Bak starts first in this afternoon time-trail, his team mate and overall leader Jens Voigt will be the final rider of the scheduled 109 to set off on the 8.3km circuit at 16h05.
14:20Welcome to live coverage of stage 3
This afternoon, the remaining riders in the Criterium International will race against the clock in the 8.3km time-trail through the streets of Charleville-Mézières. The first rider, Lars Bak (DEN - CSC), will start at 14h17