67th Paris-Nice - HIS
France, March 8-15, 2009


Stage 3 - March 10: Orval - Vichy, 178km
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Points
Lurcy-Levis - 37.5 Km
1 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           3 pts
2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   2
3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            1
 
Escurolles- 160.0 Km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                      3 pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                      2
3 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                     1
 

Mountains
Côte de la Croix du Chêne - 81.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         1
 
Côte de Chavenon - 87.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           1
 
Col de la Bosse - 125.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         1

 


Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                4.33.12  (39.09 km/h)
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                     
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                     
4 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                     
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                      
7 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad     0.40
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam            1.09
10 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          
..
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  
30 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                    
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana     

 

 

General classification after stage 3
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                9.29.24
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                   0.33
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                  0.36
4 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                  0.37
5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                0.40
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                       1.03
7 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            1.12
8 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                         1.14
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream              1.17
10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                   1.22
..
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                 1.39

 

Points classification
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                     42 pts
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam              42
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                   30

 

Mountains classification
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                           12 pts
2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              6
3 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           6

 

Young rider classification
1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step               9.30.01

 

 

+ 비가 오는 험한 날씨에도 Rabobank는 하루종일 메인그룹에서부터 브레이크 어웨이 그룹까지 일만 하고 승리는 Sylvain Chavanel이 가져갔다.
시종일관 Rabobank는 강한 모습을 보여줬고, 막판 피니쉬 1Km에서도 좋은 움직임을 보여주면서 시합을 리드 하는 듯 했으나, Chavanel이 모든 것을 압도하게 만들었다.
막판의 Chavanel의 움직임은 거의 퍼펙트 하다고 생각 한다.

Rabobank팀에서 아쉬웠던 점은 Flecha가 막판 승부를 롱어택과 스프린터 두번 했다는 점 Quick Step은 Kevin Seeldrayers의 이끌어 주는 점이 좋았다는 것 이 아마도 승패를 갈리게 만든 요인이 아니었을까 한다.
막판 5Km 남겨두고 펑크가 난 Markus Burghardt는 정말 땅을 치고 후회 할 만큼 아깝게 되었다.
Fränk는 아직 사정권이니까 힘을 내시오~