Saxo Bank's Jonas Aaen Jørgensen wins GP d’Isbergues-Pas de Calais
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Saxo Bank's Jonas Aaen Jørgensen wins GP d’Isbergues-Pas de Calais

by Kyle Moore at 6:00 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
 
Danish Worlds reserve outsprints Stuart O’Grady

Jonas Aaen Jørgensen Jonas Aaen Jørgensen took out today’s Grand Prix d’Isbergues – Pas de Calais, a French 1.1 race, one of many that act as tune-ups for the World Championships later in the week. The Danish rider, listed as a reserve on the home country’s roster for the road race in Copenhagen, beat Stuart O’Grady (Leopard-Trek) to the line.

“It is amazing to see Jonas win,” team director Fabrizio Guidi praised after the race. “He’s been showing progress throughout the season and I’m so happy to see him take this victory. But the whole team was great today.”

“We had guys in every break and they were showing an aggressive attitude. This is surely an important win for Jonas but it is a great win for the team.”

In his second year as a professional, Jørgensen is maintaining energy at the tail end of a long season. After completing the Flemish Classics for the first time this spring, Jørgensen has spent his late summer in Poland and Spain, where the Dane recently completed the Vuelta a España.

With 40 kilometers to race in the GP d’Isbergues, Jørgensen took off from the main bunch with team-mate Baden Cooke, O’Grady, and two others. The quintet worked together to reel in an early breakaway before O’Grady launched a solo move. Jørgensen jumped across and the team-mates from one year ago went away.

On the final of a series of finishing circuits, Jørgensen led O’Grady toward a man-up sprint. “I just pulled away as hard as I could and I was sure that Stuey was bluffing but I let him stay behind,” the 25-year-old explained at the finish. “On the finish line we were able to see the galloping pack behind us, and I started sprinting expecting to see him pass me before the finish line. But I noticed that he was just as tired as I was and I just kept sprinting and took the win.”

Showing respect for the Aussie veteran, the Danish rider sounded extremely satisfied to take his first win of the season. “It wasn’t until my way up to the podium ceremony that I actually realized that I did in fact beat him,” Jørgensen marvelled. “This is a huge win for me and I’m proud that I was able to pull it off. I was dead tired after the Vuelta, but apparently I’ve recovered well because to beat a man like Stuey was unthinkable until today.”

German road champion Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) led the peloton home eight seconds behind the duo, ahead of Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Alexander Kristoff (BMC Racing Team).

“It’s a pity that Stuey couldn’t win what is maybe his last race for the team,” Wagner added at the finish. “He said he had a puncture and some problems with cramping. There’s bad luck with that.”

“Still, for us, it’s a great result. For me, the guys helped a lot in the sprint. I won the bunch sprint. The other guys gave me a lot of confidence with their support, and I really enjoyed the race. I mean, I really, really enjoyed racing with them,” said Wagner.

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Grand Prix D'Isbergues - Pas De Calais (1.1) Results: Isbergues to Isbergues (204km)

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Country Result Name Team Time
den DEN 1 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 05:01:05
aus AUS 2 Stuart O' Grady (LEOPARD - TREK) s.t.
ger GER 3 Robert Wagner (LEOPARD - TREK) 00:00:08
slo SLO 4 Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
nor NOR 5 Alexander Kristoff (BMC Racing) s.t.
jpn JPN 6 Fumiyuki Beppu (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 7 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 8 Anthony Ravard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 9 Mickaël Delage (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
rus RUS 10 Alexander Porsev (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 11 Gaetan Bille (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
fra FRA 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 13 Matthieu Ladagnous (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 14 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 15 Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 16 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
sui SUI 17 Gregory Rast (RadioShack) s.t.
svk SVK 18 Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 19 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Anthony Geslin (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
ned NED 21 Stefan Van Dijk (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 22 Jan Ghyselinck (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Yoann Offredo (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
lux LUX 24 Jempy Drucker (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 25 Gilles Devillers (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
ger GER 26 Fabian Wegmann (LEOPARD - TREK) s.t.
bel BEL 27 Ben Hermans (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 28 Laurent Pichon (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
fra FRA 29 Romain Hardy (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
ned NED 30 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 31 Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
fra FRA 32 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 33 Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
jpn JPN 34 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 35 Jeremie Galland (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
usa USA 36 Caleb Fairly (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
fra FRA 37 Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 38 Frédéric Guesdon (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 39 Steven Tronet (Roubaix-Dalkia) s.t.
bel BEL 40 Davy Commeijne (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 41 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
por POR 42 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (LEOPARD - TREK) s.t.
bel BEL 43 Fabio Polazzi (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Stephane Bonsergent (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
fra FRA 45 Boris Zimine (Roubaix-Dalkia) s.t.
fra FRA 46 Mathieu Drujon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
bel BEL 47 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ger GER 48 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 49 Philippe Legrand (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 50 Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
fra FRA 52 Jean Luc Delpech (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
fra FRA 53 Jean Marc Bideau (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
ned NED 54 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.
den DEN 55 Anders Lund (LEOPARD - TREK) s.t.
fra FRA 56 David Boucher (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 57 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
sui SUI 58 Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing) 00:00:18
fra FRA 59 Arnaud Coyot (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 60 Wim De Vocht (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 61 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t.
den DEN 62 Kasper Larsen Klostergaard (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 63 Gael Malacarne (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
fra FRA 64 Arnaud Gerard (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 65 Pierrick Fedrigo (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
arg ARG 66 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 67 Cédric Pineau (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
pol POL 68 Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 69 Anthony Colin (Roubaix-Dalkia) s.t.
ita ITA 70 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
sui SUI 71 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 72 Maarten Neyens (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 73 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
den DEN 74 Michael Morkov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
arg ARG 75 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:22
ita ITA 76 Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:29
bel BEL 77 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
pol POL 78 Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 79 Bert Scheirlinckx (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
fra FRA 80 Kevin Lalouette (Roubaix-Dalkia) s.t.
ned NED 81 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) s.t.
fra FRA 82 Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
aus AUS 83 Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:53
fra FRA 84 Biel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:07
bel BEL 85 Thomas Vernaeckt (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:01:13
rus RUS 86 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Katusha) 00:04:28
gbr GBR DNF Adam Blythe (Omega Pharma-Lotto )  
aus AUS DNF Adam Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad)  
lat LAT DNF Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis)  
rus RUS DNF Alexander Mironov (Katusha)  
fra FRA DNF Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis)  
rus RUS DNF Artem Ovechkin (Katusha)  
bel BEL DNF Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet)  
ned NED DNF Bram Schmitz (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  
usa USA DNF Chad Beyer (BMC Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Christophe Riblon (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
fra FRA DNF Denis Flahaut (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
rus RUS DNF Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha)  
ned NED DNF Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank)  
kaz KAZ DNF Dmitriy Muravyev (RadioShack)  
fra FRA DNF Fabien Bacquet (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Florian Le Corre (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
lux LUX DNF Frank Schleck (LEOPARD - TREK)  
bel BEL DNF Frederik Willems (Omega Pharma-Lotto )  
bel BEL DNF Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet)  
nzl NZL DNF George Bennett (RadioShack)  
fra FRA DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Europcar)  
aus AUS DNF Graeme Brown (Rabobank)  
fra FRA DNF Guillaume Blot (Bretagne Schuller)  
rus RUS DNF Ivan Rovny (RadioShack)  
bel BEL DNF James Vanlandschoot (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  
fra FRA DNF Jean-lou Paiani (Saur-Sojasun)  
fra FRA DNF Johan Mombaerts (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF John Gadret (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
usa USA DNF John Murphy (BMC Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Jonathan Thire (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Julien Fouchard (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Julien Guay (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
bel BEL DNF Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto )  
bel BEL DNF Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet)  
aus AUS DNF Lachlan Norris (HTC-Highroad)  
col COL DNF Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Loïc Desriac (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
bel BEL DNF Ludovic Mottet (Wallonie - Bruxelles)  
bel BEL DNF Maarten Wynants (Rabobank)  
sui SUI DNF Martin Elmiger (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
den DEN DNF Martin Mortensen (LEOPARD - TREK)  
aus AUS DNF Matthew Goss (HTC-Highroad)  
bel BEL DNF Maxime Vantomme (Katusha)  
bel BEL DNF Nico Sijmens (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Nicolas Rousseau (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar)  
svk SVK DNF Peter Velits (HTC-Highroad)  
ned NED DNF Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM)  
ned NED DNF Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet)  
fra FRA DNF Romain Bacon (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
bel BEL DNF Romain Zingle (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Ronan Racault (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Rony Martias (Saur-Sojasun)  
bel BEL DNF Rudy Rouet (Wallonie - Bruxelles)  
nzl NZL DNF Sam Bewley (RadioShack)  
fra FRA DNF Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)  
sui SUI DNF Simon Zahner (BMC Racing)  
aut AUT DNF Stefan Denifl (LEOPARD - TREK)  
fra FRA DNF Stéphane Poulhies (Saur-Sojasun)  
fra FRA DNF Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
bel BEL DNF Steven Caethoven (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  
bel BEL DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Katusha)  
bel BEL DNF Sven Vandousselaere (Omega Pharma-Lotto )  
fra FRA DNF Sylvain Georges (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
aus AUS DNF Thimothy Roe (BMC Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Tony Gallopin (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Tony Hurel (Europcar)  
fra FRA DNF Vincent Jerome (Europcar)  
rus RUS DNF Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha)  
ukr UKR DNF Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack)  

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