T.d. Poitou-Charentes-Aug 24-27(2.1)SAUR WINS ST 3,5,GC!

[sandranian]

Saur start list:
91 CASPER Jimmy
92 COUTOULY C?dric
93 ENGOULVENT Jimmy
94 MARINO Jean Marc
95 MARTIAS Rony
96 MATHEOU Romain
97 POULHIES St?phane
98 POUX Paul

Official website:
http://www.tour-poitou-charentes.com/

[sandranian]

Stage 1 Results:
1 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4:24:57
19 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
48 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
57 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
68 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
102 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
104 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
110 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
120 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

General Classification:
1 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4:24:42
7 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:14
48 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:15
57 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
68 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
102 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
104 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
110 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
120 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

[sandranian]

Saur went to the front and drilled it to set up the bunch sprint. Unfortunately, Jimmy Casper was only able to manage a 4th place finish. Good work though. We'll get the next one!

Stage 2 Results:
1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:17:01
4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
52 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
86 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
98 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:58
99 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
110 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:57

General Classification:
1 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 8:41:43
12 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:14
26 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:15
35 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
68 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
80 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
88 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:13
89 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
100 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:12

[sandranian]

Saur's torrid August continues: Jimmy Engoulvent won today's stage in a bunch sprint. Great result...makes it 22 wins for Saur for the season. Jimmy Casper came in third. Here is how cyclingnews.com described it:

"Delpech and Di Paolo were brought back 6km from the line as Saur-Sojasun strung out the bunch. The team was working for its nominal sprint leader Jimmy Casper, but as it turned out it was Engoulvent who took the sprint ahead of Bouhanni.

?Jimmy Casper was leader and I was supposed to lead him out,? Engoulvent said afterwards. ?But he had also told me that he would not take all the risks to stay on my wheel and that it would all depend on our positioning in the finishing straight.?"

The only bad news is that August is almost over!

Stage 3 Results:
1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2:12:54
3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
93 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
101 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
103 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
121 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:23
122 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
124 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

General Classification:
1 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 10:54:37
5 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:09
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:13
16 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:14
75 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
89 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:36
90 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
97 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:12

[sandranian]

A double stage today. Saur won this morning, Radioshack won this afternoon. Of course, this was an individual time trial (22.1K), which we all know is not Saur's forte! Paul Poux, the espoir brought up to race this stage race, was Saur's best finisher, 39 seconds back and just inside the top ten. Nice job!

Stage 4 Results:
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack 0:26:01
9 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:39
17 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:52
60 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:51
61 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:52
99 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:37
100 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
111 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:52
126 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:17

General Classification:
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team Radioshack 11:20:53
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:46
42 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:49
44 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:52
67 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:36
76 Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:51
81 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:00
88 C?dric Coutouly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:58
94 St?phane Poulhies (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:38

[Wisey]

I still blame the B........... TT bikes!!!

Sandman, you really are picking them these days. Do you wan't to have a shot at telling me what this weekends lotto numbers are?

[sandranian]

All I can say is WOW. What an August this team has had! Jimmy Casper took today's stage, and Jimmy Engoulvent took the overall GC in this race! Absolutely GREAT riding!

Engoulvent was part of a 10 man break, where sprint bonus points were the difference (if you'll notice, the splits were not that big in the GC). He ended up holding on to a tenth of a second lead to take the GC win. In the mean time, the field caught the break, but Jimmy Casper was too fast for the rest, and took the stage. BRAVO! Just in case you are counting, that is 24 wins this season for Saur!

Casper also won the points competition (with Engoulvent in 2nd).

Stage 5 Results:
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 4:22:20
5 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:05
54 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:04:36
74 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:10:30
77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
78 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
DNF Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
DNF Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun

Final General Classification:
1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 15:43:59
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:50
52 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:07:48
58 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:11:36
67 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:12:20
71 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:12:44

[Wisey]

Hopefully we will see some starts for the boys in the big races next year.

Have the French picked their team for the Worlds yet? It is supposed to be a sprinters course............