Romain Feillu wins Tour du Finistère, takes over Coupe de France lead
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Romain Feillu wins Tour du Finistère, takes over Coupe de France lead

by Bjorn Haake at 3:46 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
 
Vacansoleil rider sprints to season win number four

romain feilluRomain Feillu (Vacansoleil) sprinted to victory in the Tour du Finistère, ahead of Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux). On his birthday, the sprinter profited from the leading group being caught two kilometers before the finish.

Feillu was perfectly launched by Mirko Selvaggi and finished off the team's work with a strong kick to the line. The win gives Feillu the lead in the Coupe de France competition, on the day that he celebrated his 27th birthday.

A team of five, including Vacansoleil rider Frederik Veuchelen, dominated the day. Eventually, a trio with Sebastien Joly (Saur-Sojasun), Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and Laurent Pichon (Bretagne-Schuller) was left over. They were caught shortly before the finish, with Joly making one final desperate attempt, according to Radsport News. But the peloton was too eager to bring it back for a sprint, paving the way for Feillu.

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Tour Du Finistère, France (1.1) Results (186.1km):

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Country Result Name Team Time
fra FRA 1 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) 04:13:52
fra FRA 2 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) 00:00:01
fra FRA 3 Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) 00:00:02
fra FRA 4 Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 5 Justin Jules (La Pomme Marseille) s.t.
fra FRA 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) s.t.
fra FRA 7 Maxime Mederel (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
fra FRA 8 Romain Hardy (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
fra FRA 9 Jean-marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 10 Sylvain Georges (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
lux LUX 11 Jempy Drucker (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
cze CZE 12 Leopold Konig (Team Netapp) s.t.
fra FRA 13 Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) s.t.
fra FRA 14 Anthony Geslin (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 15 Yohan Cauquil (La Pomme Marseille) s.t.
esp ESP 16 Jesus Del Nero (Team Netapp) s.t.
fra FRA 17 Julien Loubet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 18 Rémi Pauriol (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
bel BEL 19 Evert Verbist (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 21 Anthony Delaplace (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:09
fra FRA 22 Anthony Roux (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 00:00:14
esp ESP 24 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Endura Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 25 Jean Marc Bideau (Bretagne Schuller) 00:00:19
est EST 26 René Mandri (Endura Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 27 Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
ita ITA 28 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 29 Julien Guay (Roubaix-Dalkia) 00:00:23
fra FRA 30 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ger GER 31 Alexander Gottfried (Team Netapp) s.t.
fra FRA 32 Guillaume Faucon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
rsa RSA 33 Jaco Venter (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:00:26
esp ESP 34 Garikoitz Bravo (Caja Rural) 00:00:28
pol POL 35 Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ita ITA 36 Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
rus RUS 37 Alexander Ryabkin (Caja Rural) 00:00:31
fra FRA 38 Ronan Racault (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:00:32
fra FRA 39 Cédric Pineau (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
ita ITA 40 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
arg ARG 41 Daniel Diaz (La Pomme Marseille) s.t.
fra FRA 42 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 43 Remi Cusin (Cofidis) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Paul Poux (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 45 Anthony Charteau (Europcar) 00:00:35
fra FRA 46 Tony Hurel (Europcar) 00:00:39
fra FRA 47 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:43
bel BEL 48 Steven Caethoven (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
fra FRA 49 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 50 Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:51
fra FRA 51 Hubert Dupont (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 52 Laurent Pichon (Bretagne Schuller) 00:00:54
ned NED 53 Joost Van Leijen (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:58
fra FRA 54 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Europcar) 00:01:01
fra FRA 55 Johan Mombaerts (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:01:30
fra FRA 56 Jeremie Galland (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 57 Sébastien Joly (Saur-Sojasun) 00:01:37
fra FRA 58 Sébastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:55
esp ESP 59 Igor Romero Etxebarria (Caja Rural) 00:03:43
bel BEL 60 Dieter Cappelle (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:04:59
esp ESP 61 Guillermo Lana Banquedano (Caja Rural) 00:06:50
ukr UKR 62 Oleg Chuzhda (Caja Rural) s.t.
gbr GBR 63 Tom Last (Sigma Sport - Specialized ) 00:07:02
gbr GBR 64 Simon Richardson (Sigma Sport - Specialized ) 00:09:03
swe SWE DNF Alexander Wetterhal (Endura Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Alexandre Blain (Endura Racing)  
sui SUI DNF Andreas Dietziker (Team Netapp)  
fra FRA DNF Anthony Colin (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
fra FRA DNF Arnold Jeannesson (Française Des Jeux)  
esp ESP DNF Arturo Ortiz Mora (Caja Rural)  
pol POL DNF Bartosz Huzarski (Team Netapp)  
lux LUX DNF Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
fra FRA DNF Benjamin Giraud (La Pomme Marseille)  
fra FRA DNF Benoit Vaugrenard (Française Des Jeux)  
fra FRA DNF Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun)  
fra FRA DNF Eric Berthou (Bretagne Schuller)  
ltu LTU DNF Evaldas Siskevicius (La Pomme Marseille)  
fra FRA DNF Flavien Dassonville (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Florian Le Corre (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
fra FRA DNF Florian Vachon (Bretagne Schuller)  
fra FRA DNF Guillaume Le Floch (Europcar)  
esp ESP DNF Higinio Suarez Fernandez (Caja Rural)  
nzl NZL DNF Jack Bauer (Endura Racing)  
gbr GBR DNF James Moss (Endura Racing)  
gbr GBR DNF James Willamson (Sigma Sport - Specialized )  
fra FRA DNF Jean-eudes Demaret (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux)  
aus AUS DNF John Jack Anderson (Endura Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Jonathan Thire (Big Mat - Auber 93)  
fra FRA DNF Julien Antomarchi (La Pomme Marseille)  
bel BEL DNF Kevin Van Melsen (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  
fra FRA DNF Kevin Lalouette (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
fra FRA DNF Kevin Reza (Europcar)  
gbr GBR DNF Kit Gilham (Sigma Sport - Specialized )  
bel BEL DNF Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
ned NED DNF Maarten De Jonge (Endura Racing)  
fra FRA DNF Mathieu Claude (Europcar)  
fra FRA DNF Mathieu Delaroziere (La Pomme Marseille)  
fra FRA DNF Mathieu Halleguen (Bretagne Schuller)  
fra FRA DNF Matthieu Boulo (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
sui SUI DNF Michael Baer (Team Netapp)  
ger GER DNF Michael Schwarzmann (Team Netapp)  
fra FRA DNF Morgan Kneisky (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
fra FRA DNF Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)  
fra FRA DNF Romain Matheou (Saur-Sojasun)  
esp ESP DNF Ruben Reig Conejero (Caja Rural)  
fra FRA DNF Sebastien Duret (Bretagne Schuller)  
fra FRA DNF Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale)  
fra FRA DNF Steven Tronet (Roubaix-Dalkia)  
bel BEL DNF Sven Van Den Houte (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  
gbr GBR DNF Thomas Copeland (Sigma Sport - Specialized )  
gbr GBR DNF Thomas Murray (Sigma Sport - Specialized )  
fra FRA DNF Thomas Vaubourzeix (La Pomme Marseille)  
bel BEL DNF Thomas Vernaeckt (Veranda's Willems - Accent)  

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