Critérium du Dauphiné: Lars Boom blasts around prologue to take early lead
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Critérium du Dauphiné: Lars Boom blasts around prologue to take early lead

by Ben Atkins at 8:59 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Critérium du Dauphiné
 
Undulating, technical course suits the characteristics of former cyclocross World champion

lars boomLars Boom (Rabobank) took the opening prologue of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné around the streets of St-Jean-de-Maurienne. The former World cyclocross champion blitzed the deceptively undulating 5.4km course in a time of 6’18” to take the first leaders jersey of the race, three seconds ahead of Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and six ahead of British champion Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky).

Overnight rain left the course a little wet for the early starters, with the early running made by Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) with a time of 6’35”. The next man behind him was newly re-crowned US time trial champion Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo), but “Captain America” couldn’t quite match the Briton’s time over the short course.

Paris-Roubaix third place Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) followed just a few minutes later though, and lowered the best time to 6’33”.

Tjallingii was to stay in the hot seat for a little over 20 minutes, until his German teammate Paul Martens went two seconds quicker. Martens was only to be at the top for a few minutes though, as Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun) went faster still with 6’29”.

With most of the race favourites starting after him, Lemoine’s time stood for a surprisingly long time. Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) went four seconds slower, and soon afterwards it began to rain once more.

The shower was not to last for long though, and with the roads drying out, Robert Gesink (Rabobank) finished in 6’34”. Soon afterwards though Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) knocked Lemoine off the top, having started more than a hundred riders behind his compatriot.

Having taken so long for Lemoine’s time to be beaten, it looked as though Kadri may even hold on to take his first victory of the season. Joost Posthuma (Leopard Trek) came within a few tenths of a second of the Frenchman, but nobody else looked like beating it.

Finally, as the big favourites began to start, Wiggins pushed Kadri off the top of the leaderboard with, what looked like might be the winning time, of 6’24”. Unfortunately for the British champion though, former cyclocross champion Boom was finding the technical course, which required braking and sprinting out of a number of corners, to his liking. The Dutchman blasted Wiggins off the top spot with a time of 6’18”, fully six seconds faster.

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing), one of the big favourites for the overall race, finished in a time just short of that of Kadri and Posthuma, then German sprinter John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) came within a few tenths of Wiggins.

Alexandre Vinokorov (Astana) was the second to last man off, and he blitzed around the course to finish in second place, just two seconds behind Boom. Last year’s winner Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) was the final rider to start and his time of 6’33” was good enough for 17th place, and confirmed Boom as the race winner.

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Critérium Du Dauphiné, France (WorldTour): Prologue, St-Jean-de-Maurienne (5.4km):

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Country Result Name Team Time
ned NED 1 Lars Boom (Rabobank) 00:06:18
kaz KAZ 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 00:00:03
gbr GBR 3 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 00:00:06
ger GER 4 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 5 Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:09
ned NED 6 Joost Posthuma (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
aus AUS 7 Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 8 Christophe Riblon (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 9 Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:11
fra FRA 10 Jérome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
ger GER 11 Paul Martens (Rabobank) 00:00:12
por POR 12 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar) s.t.
usa USA 13 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:13
swe SWE 14 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 15 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:14
esp ESP 16 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack) 00:00:15
slo SLO 17 Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 18 Jean-christophe Peraud (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
nor NOR 19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) s.t.
ned NED 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) 00:00:16
usa USA 21 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 22 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 23 Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) s.t.
esp ESP 24 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
bel BEL 25 Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
gbr GBR 27 Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) s.t.
esp ESP 28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 29 Robert Gesink (Rabobank) 00:00:17
kaz KAZ 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
fra FRA 31 Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 32 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) s.t.
ned NED 33 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ger GER 34 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 35 Sébastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 36 Benat Intxausti (Movistar) 00:00:19
bel BEL 37 Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
aus AUS 38 Simon Gerrans (Team Sky) s.t.
kaz KAZ 39 Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
fra FRA 40 Christophe Kern (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 41 Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
irl IRL 42 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:20
fra FRA 43 William Bonnet (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 45 Jan Ghyselinck (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 46 Thibaut Pinot (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
ita ITA 47 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) 00:00:21
sui SUI 48 Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
col COL 49 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
ger GER 50 Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) 00:00:22
rus RUS 51 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha) s.t.
fra FRA 52 Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
sui SUI 53 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing) s.t.
usa USA 54 David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:23
den DEN 55 Nicki Sörensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
slo SLO 56 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 57 Ben Hermans (RadioShack) s.t.
usa USA 58 John Murphy (BMC Racing) s.t.
ukr UKR 59 Andriy Grivko (Astana) s.t.
por POR 60 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
crc CRC 61 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Movistar) s.t.
fra FRA 62 David Moncoutié (Cofidis) 00:00:24
rus RUS 63 Egor Silin (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 64 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 65 Cyril Bessy (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 66 Sven Vandousselaere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:25
esp ESP 67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank) s.t.
esp ESP 68 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 69 Brice Feillu (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ned NED 70 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
aus AUS 71 Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:26
ger GER 72 Christian Knees (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 73 Sébastien Joly (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
rus RUS 74 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 75 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) s.t.
pol POL 76 Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:27
por POR 77 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) 00:00:28
bel BEL 78 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 79 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank) 00:00:29
ger GER 80 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ita ITA 81 Mauro Finetto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 82 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
kaz KAZ 83 Andrey Zeits (Astana) s.t.
cze CZE 84 Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
aut AUT 85 Stefan Denifl (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 86 Jesús Lopez Herrada (Movistar) s.t.
fra FRA 87 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t.
ita ITA 88 Francesco Reda (Quick Step) 00:00:30
ita ITA 89 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 90 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
ltu LTU 91 Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
rus RUS 92 Maxim Belkov (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 93 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 94 Rémi Pauriol (Française Des Jeux) 00:00:31
esp ESP 95 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar) s.t.
ita ITA 96 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
fra FRA 97 Arnold Jeannesson (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
nzl NZL 98 Julian Dean (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:32
esp ESP 99 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armienta (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:33
fra FRA 100 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 101 Maxime Bouet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:34
ita ITA 102 Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
slo SLO 103 Jan Tratnik (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 104 Frederik Willems (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 105 Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) s.t.
fra FRA 106 Francis Mourey (Française Des Jeux) 00:00:35
fra FRA 107 Yannick Talabardon (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
pol POL 108 Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
esp ESP 109 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 110 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) s.t.
rus RUS 111 Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) s.t.
jpn JPN 112 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
aut AUT 113 Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
rus RUS 114 Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) s.t.
arg ARG 115 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:36
esp ESP 116 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
bel BEL 117 Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ita ITA 118 Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
esp ESP 119 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Movistar) s.t.
usa USA 120 Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 121 Julien Vermote (Quick Step) s.t.
fra FRA 122 Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar) s.t.
bel BEL 123 Andy Cappelle (Quick Step) 00:00:37
den DEN 124 Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
den DEN 125 Anders Lund (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
col COL 126 Rigoberto Uran (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 127 Damien Monier (Cofidis) 00:00:38
ita ITA 128 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:39
arg ARG 129 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 130 Pierre Rolland (Europcar) s.t.
pol POL 131 Maciej Paterski (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:40
den DEN 132 Brian Vandborg (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
bel BEL 133 Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:41
ltu LTU 134 Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) s.t.
ned NED 135 Marc De Maar (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 136 Paolo Longho Borghini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
usa USA 137 Jason Mccartney (RadioShack) s.t.
sui SUI 138 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) 00:00:42
ger GER 139 Fabian Wegmann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
slo SLO 140 Grega Bole (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
lat LAT 141 Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
kaz KAZ 142 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) 00:00:43
esp ESP 143 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Movistar) s.t.
irl IRL 144 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
est EST 145 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) s.t.
ita ITA 146 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 00:00:44
fra FRA 147 Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) s.t.
ita ITA 148 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:45
ukr UKR 149 Vitaliy Kondrut (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
bel BEL 150 Jurgen Van De Walle (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 151 Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
rus RUS 152 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) 00:00:46
ita ITA 153 Marco Bandiera (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 154 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) s.t.
fra FRA 155 Mathieu Perget (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 156 Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing) s.t.
hun HUN 157 Balint Szeghalmi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
gbr GBR 158 Daniel Lloyd (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:48
rus RUS 159 Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 160 Mikel Landa Meana (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:49
blr BLR 161 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) 00:00:50
pol POL 162 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:53
ned NED 163 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) 00:00:54
ita ITA 164 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:55
fra FRA 165 Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:57
esp ESP 166 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 167 Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) 00:00:58
esp ESP 168 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:01:00
fra FRA 169 Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) 00:01:03
ned NED 170 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:01:05
lux LUX 171 Laurent Didier (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:01:06
esp ESP 172 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) 00:01:25
ukr UKR 173 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:01:33
fra FRA 174 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) 00:01:42
ita ITA 175 Adriano Malori (Lampre-ISD) 00:02:54

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