Tr.du Limousin-Aug 17-20(2.1)-SAUR WINS ST. 1 & SPRINT C

[sandranian]

Gitane has quite a history with this race. Past winners include Bernard Hinault (1976-1977), Thierry Marie (1985), and St?phane Heulot (1999).

Saur start list:
121 - Cyril BESSY
122 - Cedric COUTOULY
123 - Anthony DELAPLACE
124 - J?r?mie GALLAND
125 - Fabrice JEANDESBOZ
126 - Christophe LABORIE*
127 - Laurent MANGEL
128 - Paul POUX *

*These riders are from ACNC, Saur's Espoir Team. Let's hope they do well so that they can move up into the pros next year!

Official Website:
http://www.tourdulimousin.com/

[sandranian]

Saur continues its late summer success story with a win in stage 1 of the Tour du Limousin!

Bravo Jeremy Galland!!! He holds a 1 second lead over the second placed rider.

For a great video recap of the stage, click here: http://www.tourdulimousin.com/index.php ... &Itemid=27

Stage 1 Results:
1 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 4:42:49
21 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
50 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
89 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:42
100 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
102 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
106 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
107 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

General Classification:
1 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 4:42:39
22 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
50 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
82 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:46
90 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:52
101 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
103 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
107 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

[sandranian]

This was an individual time trial...at which Saur does not excel.... Amazingly, the Saur espoir Paul Poux placed just outside the top ten, and led the board for Saur. Good job: Perhaps we have a TT rider for next year?

Stage 2 Results:
1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:53:30.32
11 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:47.68
38 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:41.65
46 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:55.45
53 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:16.32
115 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:42.56
122 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:58.74
123 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:00.95
129 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:12.68

General Classification:
1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 5:36:19
32 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:41
36 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:55
57 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:30
76 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:49
82 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:58
103 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:10:24
106 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:10:43
108 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:10:49

[Wisey]

I don't suppose we can blame those B....i TT bikes for the lack of TT success, can we?

Of course we can!

It would have been completely different if they had been riding Deltas.

[sandranian]

Christophe Laborie was in the break, but it didn't work out for them on this tough stage. Really a pretty impressive ride for the espoir.

Stage 3 Results:
1 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 4:38:04
33 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:27
41 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:53
60 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:14
80 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:21
98 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:50
100 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:09:35
128 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:17:26
DNF Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

General Classification:
1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 10:14:29
23 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:02
30 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:42
69 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:45
70 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:57
96 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:19:25
97 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:19:53
118 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:28:09

[sandranian]

Christophe Laborie took all three intermediate sprints, and with it, took the final Sprint Jersey competition! Congrats!



Stage 4 Results:
1 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervelo Test Team 4:18:00
8 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:02
33 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
53 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
62 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:11
86 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:36
87 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
DNF Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

Final General Classification:
1 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 14:32:31
21 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:02
49 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:45
50 J?r?mie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:08:57
57 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:11:16
77 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:21:25
93 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:34:43

[Wisey]

Goodness! I hope he had a note from his mommy to say he could get kissed by those women:oops: How old is this guy? I didn't realise you could turn Pro at 13!

[sandranian]

He's 23, but looks much younger, right!

[sandranian]

Christophe Laborie earned a pro ride for 2011 with his performance in the Tour du Limousine. He won the sprints competition...and was rewarded with a pro contract with Saur for next year.