Route du Sud - July 18-20 (2.1)

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Saur start list:
121 BESSY Cyril
122 COUTOULY C?dric
123 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
124 HIVERT Jonathan
125 LEVARLET Guillaume
126 MARINO Jean - Marc
127 POULHIES St?phane
128 TALABARDON Yannick



Official Website:
http://www.routedusud.fr/

First held in 1977, the race has been won twice by Gitane riders:
1979 Yvon Bertin (Fra) Renault
1978 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (Fra) Gitane

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Stage 1 Results:
1 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 5:03:48
5 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
58 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
64 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
67 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
70 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:17
85 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:34
100 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:11:35

General Classification:
1 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 5:03:38
10 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:10
58 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
64 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
67 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
72 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:27
85 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:44
100 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:11:45

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Stephane Poulhies finishes third...rises in GC and sits 2nd in the points competition.

Stage 2a Results:
1 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:50:36
3 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:10
46 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
59 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
72 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
90 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:15
DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

General Classification:
1 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6:54:15
7 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:17
50 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:19
55 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:53
72 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:14
84 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:41

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16k individual time trial. Our guys didn't do so well.... Poulhies sits third in the points competition.

Stage 2b Results:
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:33:07
20 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:34
22 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:58
32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:32
42 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:12
82 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:36
84 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:45
86 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:50

General Classification:
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7:27:41
17 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:34
30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:06
35 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:12
65 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:43
74 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:31
78 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:20

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Jean Marc Marino was in the break, which stayed away, but was beaten at the line by his companions.

Stage 3 Results:
1 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 4:46:15
4 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
11 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:14
51 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
56 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
62 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
DNF Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

Final General Classification:
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12:14:10
18 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:34
28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:06
56 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:43
58 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:50
61 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:16
67 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:20

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13th place is not bad (specially because Delaplace is only 20 years old), but a win would have been nice (as usual), and would have really embarrassed the TdF organizers. Instead, they get the French "darling" and all is right with the world!