Sylvain Chavanel wins the French Road Champions, Individual Time Trials
Sylvain Chavanel of Team Omega Pharma-Quickstep wins the French National Road Championships, Time Trial events.
He crossed the finish line in a quickest time of 57 minutes and 34 seconds and restricted Jeremy Roy of Team FDJ-Big Mat and Yoann Paillot of Team Top 16 Cyclisme.
The 32-year-old holds one overall victory in his bag which came during the Three Days of De Panne and also succeeded during the Individual Time Trial stage 3b of the race.
The cyclist finished second at the Dwars door Vlaanderen, eighth at the Paris-Nice and occupied the tenth overall position at the Tour of Flanders.
He was delighted after the victory and noted that the rain made the race even more difficult.
“The parcour was completely flat," Chavanel said. "It wasn't easy to interpretate”.
“For the entire time trial my heartset didn't work, so I had no point of reference”.
“In the last part I went full gas, even if in the last three kilometers I had to fight against the rain. Roy did a great race”.
“He was strong even in Suisse. I knew he would be a competitor".
"But for me, the most important thing is that next week I will start at the Tour prologue with this brand new jersey”.
Laszlo Bodrogi of Team Type 1-Sanofi, Stephane Rossetto of Team CC Nogent Sur Oise and Christophe Kern of Team Europcar occupied the fourth, the fifth and the sixth positions respectively.
On the other hand, Pauline Ferrand Prevot of Team Stichting Rabo Women Cycling wins the women’s category of the race.
She completed the race in a cumulative time of 36 minutes and 55 seconds and claimed the top podium spot.
Audrey Cordon of Team Vienne Futuroscope, Edwige Pitel of Team Rhone Alpes, Aude Biannic of Team Bretagne and Jeannie Longo of Team Rhone Alpes achieved the next four positions respectively.
Elite Men-Top Ten Results
1
Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quick Step)
0:57:34
2
Jérémy Roy (FDJ - Big Mat)
0:00:13
3
Yoann Paillot (Top 16 Cyclisme)
0:01:01
4
Laszlo Bodrogi (Team Type 1 - Sanofi)
0:01:44
5
Stéphane Rossetto (CC Nogent Sur Oise)
0:01:54
6
Christophe Kern (Team Europcar)
0:02:01
7
David Boucher (FDJ - Big Mat)
0:02:18
8
Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar)
0:02:36
9
Romain Lemarchand (AG2R La Mondiale)
0:02:41
10
Jérôme Cousin (Team Europcar)
0:02:46
Elite Women- Top Ten Results
1
Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team)
0:36:55
2
Audrey Cordon (Vienne Futuroscope)
0:00:17
3
Edwige Pitel (Rhone Alpes)
0:00:41
4
Aude Biannic (Bretagne)
0:00:46
5
Jeannie Longo (Rhone Alpes)
0:01:05
6
Mélodie Lesueur (Ile de France)
0:01:20
7
Christel Ferrier Bruneau (Hitec Products - Mistral Home Cycling Team)
0:01:22
8
Mélanie Bravard (Team GSD Gestion)
0:01:56
9
Julie Bresset (Bretagne)
0:02:33
10
Julie Krasniak (Lorraine)
0:02:35
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