March 28/08 9:30 am - Tour de Normandie: Stage 4 results, Team R.A.C.E. Pro stage 3 report
Posted by Editoress on 03/28/08
Tour de Normandie France
Team R.A.C.E. Pro reports from Stage 3 : Grand Couronne to Elbeuf 76km
Wednesday afternoon the stage went a little better with Team RACE Pro represented in the only break. From the start the racers attacked as usual. Buck Miller, Guillaume Malle and a rider of the Rietumu Bank/Riga (LAT) team countered aggressively and made the break. The peloton let up enough to give the trio 4 minutes as the race progressed into the first of two 30 km hilly circuits.
At the beginning of the second circuit, the Latvian had a mechanical failure and lost contact with the two leaders. Miller and Malle pressed on with a chance to go to the finish. They began the final circuit with a 3 minute lead. On the first climb Miller cramped and Malle pushed on solo. Miller was eventually caught by the pack with 15 km to go. Malle's solo effort almost paid off for the stage win but the peloton caught him at 1 km to the line. Ravard of Agritubel won his third group sprint victory in two days.
(see results in Daily News: March 26/08 6:20pm EDT - Tour de Normandie: Stages 2 and 3)
| Stage 4 (March 27th): Elbeuf sur Seine to Flers, 201km | |
| 1. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katyusha | 5:18:44 |
| 2. Guillaume Blot (Fra) Ussa Pavilly Barentin | |
| 3. Christophe Stevenson (Swe) Team Gls - Pakke Shop | |
| 4. Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel | |
| 5. Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 6. Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux | all s.t. |
| 7. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 0:04 |
| 8. Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof | 0:06 |
| 9. Julien Mesnil (Fra) Normandie | 0:13 |
| 51. Dustin Macburnie (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 3:42 |
| 52. Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | s.t. |
| 73. Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 6:57 |
| 87. Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 10:34 |
| 94. Dan Timmerman (USA) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 17:43 |
| 95. Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 17:43 |
| GC | |
| 1. Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel | 14:11:14 |
| 2. Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | at 0:07 |
| 3. Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne Armor Lux | 0:09 |
| 4. Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof | 0:16 |
| 5. Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:22 |
| 6. Christophe Stevenson (Swe) Team Gls - Pakke Shop | 0:30 |
| 7. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katyusha | 0:40 |
| 8. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel | 3:37 |
| 9. Alexader Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
| 10. Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof | both s.t. |
| 44. Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 4:22 |
| 62. Dustin Macburnie (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 10:10 |
| 74. Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 13:19 |
| 90. Dan Timmerman (USA) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 23:57 |
| 93. Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 29:03 |
| 94. Mark Pozniak (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 30:09 |
| Team GC | |
| 1. Bretagne Armor Lux | 42:41:17 |
| 2. Agritubel | 42:41:20 |
| 3. Rabobank | 42:41:25 |
| 4. Van Vliet Ebh Elshof | 42:41:27 |
| 5. Team Gls - Pakke Shop | 42:41:39 |
| 16. Team R.A.C.E. Pro | 43:01:03 |
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