2010 Paris- Nice: Stage 2 Results

March 9th, 2010 by Ron Callahan View Comments

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

William Bonnet (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) takes his first Paris-Nice stage win today, coming around a crash in the final kilometer for victory.

Today’s stage of the 2010 Paris-Nice rolled out from the town of Contres heading for Limoges, 201 km down the road. The route includes three Category 3 climbs: Côte de Saint-Aignan at km 15; Côte de Maison Neuve at km 156 and Côte de Nieul, coming just 11 km from the finish at km 190.

Two riders did not start the race this morning (Simone Ponzi and Danilo Napolitano), but despite concerns about a bruised thigh, Alberto Contador lined up for the start.

Once again, attacks started early today, with Finetto (LIQ), Mangel (UAA) and De Kort (SKS) and Mouris (VAC) jumping off the front at km 4 and grabbing a small lead. They managed 4’15″ at some point, but throughout the race the peloton was keeping them at a comfortable three minute (plus or minus 15 seconds) gap. Somewhere around km 140, the pack decided that the leaders had been out front long enough. Led by Rabobank and HTC-Columbia, they started to reel the escapees in and had tightened the gap to 1’35″ by km 148.

Mangel, De Kort and Mouris took turns sharing the sprint and mountain points throughout the stage. Their lead continued to erode, however and Finetto, De Kort and Mouris were eventually caught by the peloton at the 21 km mark. Laurent Mangel was able to stay out front for a little while, but was caught at the 18km mark.

With the peloton all together, Cyril Gautier (BBO) made the jump for the final mountain points on Côte de Nieul and with 5 km to go, pulled out a little ten second gap over the peloton, which was now being led by Saur-Sojasun. After grabbing a little glory, Gautier was caught and HTC-Columbia and Saur-Sojasun moved their sprinters to the front.

A crash in the final kilometer shook things up a little, and William Bonnet (BBox Bouyges Telecom) comes around for the victory. Jimmy Casper and Tony Martin were said to take the brunt of the fall.

Brief Results:

Pos	Rider	Bib	Team	Time	Gap
1.	BONNET William	162	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	4h 22′ 40″
2.	SAGAN Peter	55	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
3.	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	1	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
4.	LORENZETTO Mirco	145	LAMPRE – FARNESE	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
5.	HAEDO Juan Jose	14	TEAM SAXO BANK	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
6.	DUMOULIN Samuel	183	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
7.	VEELERS Tom	218	SKIL-SHIMANO	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
8.	VORGANOV Eduard	158	KATUSHA TEAM	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
9.	BOZIC Borut	191	VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
10.	CHICCHI Francesco	52	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
11.	FERNANDEZ Koldo	132	EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
12.	GALLAND Jeremy	204	SAUR-SOJASUN	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
13.	LE MEVEL Christophe	81	FRANCAISE DES JEUX	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
14.	IVANOV Serguei	151	KATUSHA TEAM	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
15.	HAUSSLER Heinrich	61	CERVELO TEST TEAM	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
16.	CHAMPION Dimitri	113	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
17.	CONTADOR Alberto	31	ASTANA	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
18.	MILLAR David	121	GARMIN – TRANSITIONS	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
19.	DUQUE Leonardo	184	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″
20.	VOIGT Jens	18	TEAM SAXO BANK	4h 22′ 40″	+ 00′ 00″

General Classification:

Pos	Rider	Bib	Team	Time	Gap
1.	BOOM Lars	91	RABOBANK	8h 55′ 51″
2.	VOIGT Jens	18	TEAM SAXO BANK	8h 55′ 56″	+ 00′ 05″
3.	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	1	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	8h 56′ 01″	+ 00′ 10″
4.	MILLAR David	121	GARMIN – TRANSITIONS	8h 56′ 04″	+ 00′ 13″
5.	KREUZIGER Roman	51	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	8h 56′ 06″	+ 00′ 15″
6.	HENDERSON Gregory	176	TEAM SKY	8h 56′ 11″	+ 00′ 20″
7.	SAGAN Peter	55	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	8h 56′ 14″	+ 00′ 23″
8.	LEIPHEIMER Levi	101	TEAM RADIOSHACK	8h 56′ 16″	+ 00′ 25″
9.	CONTADOR Alberto	31	ASTANA	8h 56′ 16″	+ 00′ 25″
10.	TONDO Xavier	68	CERVELO TEST TEAM	8h 56′ 20″	+ 00′ 29″