Tour Méditerranéen 2007 (2.1) - stage 1

France, February 14-18

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Stage 1 Report - February 14: Gruissan - Gruissan TTT, 26.2 km

Following on from a win by José Joaquín Rojas at the Challenge Mallorca, the Caisse d'Epargne team in France were riding with their tails up at the Tour Méditerranéen where they won the opening first stage team time trial earlier today. French team Française Des Jeux finished second on the stage 0'15" behind with new Pro-Continental team Tinkoff Credit Systems, led by comeback rider Tyler Hamilton, taking third a further 0'02" behind.

That means that Caisse d'Epargne now command the top placing's on the overall classification with Iván Gutiérrez 1st, Aitor Pérez Arrieta 2nd, Imanol Erviti 3rd, Alexei Markov 4th, Vladimir Efimkin 5th, Florent Brard 6th, Marco Fertonani 7th and José Vicente Garcia in 8th. Caisse d'Epargne also lead the mountains classification, the young rider classification, the points competition and the team classification making it a good day in the saddle for the Spanish team.

Stage Result

1 Caisse d'Epargne 31.54
2 Française des Jeux 0.15
3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.17
4 Liquigas 0.42
5 Lampre-Fondital 0.45
6 Milram 0.54
7 Cofidis 0.57
8 Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.00
9 Crédit Agricole 1.06
10 Bouygues Telecom 1.15
11 AG2R Prévoyance 1.21
12 Agritubel 1.38
13 Unibet.com
14 Ceramica Flaminia 2.02
15 Miche 2.27
16 Elk Haus-Simplon 2.33
17 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.46

General Classification after stage 1
1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.54 (49.278 km/h)
2 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne
8 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05
9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.15
10 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
11 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
12 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
16 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.17
17 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems
18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Tinkoff Credit Systems
19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
20 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
21 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
22 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.42
24 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
26 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
29 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
30 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.45
31 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
33 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
34 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
35 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
36 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.50
37 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 0.54
38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
39 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram
40 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.57
43 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
44 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
46 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.00
47 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
48 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
49 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
50 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
52 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
53 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.06
55 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole
56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
57 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
59 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
61 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
62 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.15
63 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
65 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
68 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
69 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 1.21
70 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R Prévoyance
73 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
74 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.29
75 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 1.38
76 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
77 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel
78 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
80 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com
81 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com
82 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
83 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com
84 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
85 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 1.40
86 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 1.42
87 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com
88 Stefano Boggia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 2.02
89 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
90 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
91 Domenico Quagliarello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
92 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
93 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
94 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 2.27
95 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Miche
96 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Miche
97 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche
98 Eddy Serri (Ita) Miche
99 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 2.33
100 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus-Simplon
101 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
102 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
103 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
104 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
105 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elk Haus-Simplon
106 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
107 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 2.49
108 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.46
109 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
110 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
111 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
112 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
113 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
114 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
115 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram
116 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Milram 3.47
117 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 3.48
118 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.58
119 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 4.02
120 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
121 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
122 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.07
123 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 4.30
124 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
125 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.48
126 Andrus Aug (Est) Ceramica Flaminia 4.55
127 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzb) Miche 5.04
128 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche 5.27
129 Nicola D'Andrea (Ita) Miche
130 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.28
131 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
132 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prévoyance
133 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 5.44
134 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6.08
135 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 7.04
DNS Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas

Mountains Classification
1 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts
2 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1

Young Rider Classification
1 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.54
2 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.15
3 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
4 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
7 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.17
8 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
9 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.42
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.45
12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 0.54
13 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 0.57
14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
15 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.00
16 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
17 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.06
19 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
20 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
21 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.15
22 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 1.21
24 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
25 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.38
26 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel
27 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com
28 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com
29 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 2.33
30 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon
31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 2.49
32 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 3.46
33 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Milram 3.47
34 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.07
35 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 4.30
36 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.48
37 Nicola D'Andrea (Ita) Miche 5.27
38 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.28
39 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 5.44

Team Classification

1 Caisse d'Epargne
2 Française des Jeux
3 Tinkoff Credit Systems
4 Liquigas
5 Lampre-Fondital
6 Milram
7 Cofidis
8 Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
9 Crédit Agricole
10 Bouygues Telecom
11 AG2R Prévoyance
12 Agritubel
13 Unibet.com
14 Ceramica Flaminia
15 Miche
16 Elk Haus-Simplon
17 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed