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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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