Gaudin Wins 2013 Paris-Nice Prologue
HOUILLES, France, March 3, 2013 (AFP) – Frenchman Damien Gaudin, riding for
Europcar, won Sunday’s Paris-Nice prologue, a 2.9km time trial around Houilles
west of Paris.
Gaudin, a three-time French national pursuit champion, bagged the yellow
jersey after seeing off compatriot Sylvain Chavanel by 0.56sec and Dutchman
Lieuwe Westra as the 26-year-old garnered his first career win five years
after turning professional.
Monday’s first stage proper is a 195km ride from Saint-Germain-en-Laye to
Nemours.
“I was fearful right down to the final moment and shaking when I saw
Westra,” admitted Gaudin, who finally held off the Dutchman by 0.65sec.
Up-and-coming Dutchman Wilco Kelderman, 21, was fourth at 2sec while US
racer Tejay Van Garderen finished 11sec off the pace after a conservative
showing on an urban route with plenty of sharp bends.
Belgium’s Maxime Monfort, a potential contender for the overall Paris-Nice
crown, meanwhile had a nightmare start as he lost 40sec after crashing on a
bend.
Overall standings after the prologue of the
Paris – Nice, a 2.9km ride around Houilles on Sunday:
1. Damien Gaudin (FRA/EUC) 3min 37sec
2. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/OPQ) at 0:01.
3. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 0:01.
4. Wilco Kelderman (NED/RAB) 0:02.
5. Geoffrey Soupe (FRA/FDJ) 0:02.
6. Peter Velits (SVK/OPQ) 0:03.
7. Tony Gallopin (FRA/RSH) 0:03.
8. Borut Boric (SLO/AST) 0:03.
9. Sebastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 0:04.
10. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 0:05.
11. Elia Viviani (ITA/LIQ) 0:05.
12. Jose Herrada (ESP/MOV) 0:05.
13. Nikolas Maes (BEL/OPQ) 0:05.
14. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SAU) 0:05.
15. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 0:06.
16. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 0:06.
17. Gianni Meersman (BEL/OPQ) 0:06.
18. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 0:06.
19. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:06.
20. Gatis Smukulis (LAT/KAT) 0:07.
21. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 0:07.
22. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 0:07.
23. Michael Matthews (AUS/GEC) 0:07.
24. Tom Boonen (BEL/OPQ) 0:07.
25. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 0:07.
26. Michael Albasini (SWI/GEC) 0:08.
27. Ruben Plaza (ESP/MOV) 0:08.
28. Gregory Rast (SWI/RSH) 0:08.
29. Martijn Keizer (NED/VAC) 0:08.
30. Jerome Pineau (FRA/OPQ) 0:08.
31. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:08.
32. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 0:08.
33. Nicki Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 0:08.
34. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 0:08.
35. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:08.
36. Xavier Florencio (ESP/KAT) 0:08.
37. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 0:08.
38. Mark Renshaw (AUS/RAB) 0:08.
39. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 0:09.
40. Jens Keukeleire (BEL/GEC) 0:09.
41. Baden Cooke (AUS/GEC) 0:09.
42. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 0:09.
43. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 0:09.
44. Simon Gerrans (AUS/GEC) 0:09.
45. Rick Flens (NED/RAB) 0:09.
46. Heinrich Haussler (AUS/IAM) 0:09.
47. Yoann Offredo (FRA/FDJ) 0:09.
48. Marcel Kittel (GER/ARG) 0:09.
49. Jens Debusschere (BEL/LTB) 0:09.
50. Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/SAU) 0:10.
51. Bart De Clercq (BEL/LTB) 0:10.
52. Mads Christensen (DEN/SAX) 0:10.
53. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA/FDJ) 0:10.
54. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 0:10.
55. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 0:10.
56. Enrico Gasparotto (ITA/AST) 0:10.
57. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/FDJ) 0:10.
58. Daniele Ratto (ITA/LIQ) 0:11.
59. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:11.
60. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 0:11.
61. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/ALM) 0:11.
62. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) 0:11.
63. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 0:11.
64. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 0:11.
65. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR/ALM) 0:11.
66. Leigh Howard (AUS/GEC) 0:11.
67. Gustav Erik Larsson (SWE/IAM) 0:11.
68. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/RSH) 0:11.
69. Alberto Losada (ESP/KAT) 0:11.
70. Davide Malacarne (ITA/EUC) 0:11.
71. Jack Bauer (NZL/GRM) 0:11.
72. David Lopez (ESP/SKY) 0:11.
73. Remi Pauriol (FRA/SAU) 0:11.
74. Michael Morkov (DEN/SAX) 0:12.
75. Alessandro De Marchi (ITA/LIQ) 0:12.
76. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 0:12.
77. Bertjan Lindeman (NED/VAC) 0:12.
78. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:12.
79. Nicolas Roche (EIR/SAX) 0:12.
80. Andrea Palini (ITA/LAM) 0:12.
81. Julien Simon (FRA/SAU) 0:12.
82. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 0:12.
83. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 0:12.
84. Frederik Willems (BEL/LTB) 0:12.
85. Danny Pate (USA/SKY) 0:12.
86. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:12.
87. Simon Spilak (SLO/KAT) 0:12.
88. David Tanner (AUS/RAB) 0:12.
89. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 0:12.
90. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 0:13.
91. Evaldas Siskevicius (LTU/SAU) 0:13.
92. Jerome Coppel (FRA/COF) 0:13.
93. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:13.
94. Frederik Veuchelen (BEL/VAC) 0:13.
95. Diego Ulissi (ITA/LAM) 0:13.
96. Sebastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 0:13.
97. Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL/OPQ) 0:13.
98. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/IAM) 0:13.
99. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 0:13.
100. Gaetan Bille (BEL/LTB) 0:13.
101. Rory Sutherland (AUS/SAX) 0:13.
102. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 0:13.
103. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:14.
104. Daniel Oss (ITA/BMC) 0:14.
105. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/IAM) 0:14.
106. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 0:14.
107. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 0:14.
108. Sebastian Haedo (ARG/LIQ) 0:14.
109. Tom Stamsnijder (NED/ARG) 0:14.
110. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/SKY) 0:14.
111. Mauro Da Dalto (ITA/LIQ) 0:14.
112. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 0:14.
113. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 0:15.
114. Thierry Hupond (FRA/ARG) 0:15.
115. Romain Feillu (FRA/VAC) 0:15.
116. Simon Clarke (AUS/GEC) 0:15.
117. Julien El Farès (FRA/SAU) 0:15.
118. Bert de Backer (BEL/ARG) 0:15.
119. Jens Voigt (GER/RSH) 0:15.
120. Vincent Jerome (FRA/EUC) 0:15.
121. Jerome Cousin (FRA/EUC) 0:15.
122. Denis Menchov (RUS/KAT) 0:15.
123. Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN/GEC) 0:15.
124. Javier Moreno (ESP/MOV) 0:15.
125. Tom Veelers (NED/ARG) 0:15.
126. Manuele Mori (ITA/LAM) 0:15.
127. Egoitz García (ESP/COF) 0:15.
128. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 0:16..
129. Egor Silin (RUS/AST) 0:16.
130. Dominik Nerz (GER/BMC) 0:16.
131. Francis de Greef (BEL/LTB) 0:16.
132. Jon Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 0:16.
133. Kevin De Weert (BEL/OPQ) 0:16.
134. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 0:16.
135. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:16.
136. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 0:16.
137. Johann Tschopp (SWI/IAM) 0:17.
138. Dennis Vanendert (BEL/LTB) 0:17.
139. Dirk Bellemakers (NED/LTB) 0:17.
140. Amael Moinard (FRA/BMC) 0:17.
141. Alexandre Pichot (FRA/EUC) 0:17.
142. Stefan Denifl (AUT/IAM) 0:17.
143. Ian Boswell (USA/SKY) 0:17.
144. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/COF) 0:17.
145. Marco Bandiera (ITA/IAM) 0:18.
146. Mattia Cattaneo (ITA/LAM) 0:18.
147. Eduard Vorganov (RUS/KAT) 0:18.
148. Romain Lemarchand (FRA/COF) 0:18.
149. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 0:18.
150. Romain Sicard (FRA/EUS) 0:19.
151. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (ENG/SKY) 0:19.
152. Roy Curvers (NED/ARG) 0:19.
153. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/SKY) 0:19.
154. Angelo Tulik (FRA/EUC) 0:19.
155. Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL/AST) 0:19.
156. Martin Elmiger (SWI/IAM) 0:20.
157. Johan Van Summeren (BEL/GRM) 0:20.
158. Luis Angel Mate (ESP/COF) 0:20.
159. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 0:20.
160. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 0:20.
161. Alex Howes (USA/GRM) 0:21.
162. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 0:21.
163. Yevgeni Petrov (RUS/SAX) 0:21.
164. Jure Kocjan (SLO/EUS) 0:21.
165. Edward King (USA/LIQ) 0:21.
166. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 0:21.
167. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/LTB) 0:21.
168. Daniel Navarro (ESP/COF) 0:21.
169. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 0:21.
170. Jacob Rathe (USA/GRM) 0:21.
171. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 0:22.
172. Fabian Wegmann (GER/GRM) 0:22.
173. Laurent Didier (LUX/RSH) 0:22.
174. Warren Barguil (FRA/ARG) 0:22.
175. Mathias Frank (SWI/BMC) 0:22.
176. Kristijan Durasek (CRO/LAM) 0:22.
177. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 0:24.
178. Yann Huguet (FRA/ARG) 0:25.
179. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/FDJ) 0:25.
180. Elia Favilli (ITA/LAM) 0:26.
181. Stef Clement (NED/RAB) 0:41.
182. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 0:41.
183. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 0:42.
184. Andreas Klier (GER/GRM) 0:49.