Tour du Haut Var 2007 (1.1)

- France, February 25 -

Pozzato takes his first win of the season and dedicates it to his Liquigas team...

Italian star Filippo Pozzato has taken his first win of the season when he outsprinted Australian Simon Gerrans from AG2R Prévoyance at the end of the 192 kilometer French UCI 1.1 category race.

Liquigas rider Pozzato had been active right from the start of Sunday's race breaking away with 10 others and out sprinting them at the finish. Later he dedicated his victory to his Liquigas team.

The 25 year-old rider has been in tremendous form since the start of the season and recently finished second in the Trofeo Laigueglia race that was won by Russian rider Mikhao Ignatiev riding for the Pro-Continental team Tinkoff Credit Systems.

Now Pozzato will be turning his attentions towards the Het Volk and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne next weekend in Belgium where he will be up against Belgium's Tom Boonen from the Quick Step-Innergetic team amongst others.

Result

1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5.08.31

2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prévoyance

3 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems

4 Francesco Reda (Ita) OTC Doors-Lauretana

5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems

6 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

7 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.03

8 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems

9 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua e Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.06

10 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.13

11 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole

12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

13 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas

15 René Mandri (Est) AG2R Prévoyance

16 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank

17 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis

18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance

19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com

20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

21 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia

22 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux

23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole

24 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Caffe Mokambo

25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis

26 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

27 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux

28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux

29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas

30 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com

31 Maurizio Varini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia

32 Frank Schleck (Lux) CSC

33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole

34 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua e Sapone-Caffe Mokambo

35 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana

36 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux

37 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank

38 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC

39 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com

40 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux

41 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis

42 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Aurum Hotels

43 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 0.55

44 Paul Brousse (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.58

45 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.20

46 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.22

47 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 4.26

48 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

49 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua e Sapone-Caffe Mokambo

50 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux

51 Serge Pauwels (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

52 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 6.05

53 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis

55 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com

57 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.09

58 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux

59 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Unibet.com 7.04

60 Luca Ascani (Ita) Aurum Hotels

61 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 7.31

62 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux

63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel

64 Anders Lund (Den) CSC

65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel

66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel

67 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux

68 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana

69 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole

70 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) CSC

71 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas

72 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance

73 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner

74 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana

75 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner

76 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis

77 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

78 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas

79 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel

80 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole

81 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole

82 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank

83 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems

84 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7.38

85 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

86 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank

87 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

88 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank

89 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems

90 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Aurum Hotels

91 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole

92 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 7.41

93 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.15

94 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole

95 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia

96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.32

97 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Auber

98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance

99 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis

Previous Winners
2006 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
2005 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
2004 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
2003 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches la Boulangere
2002 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali