Tour du Poitou Charentes

Stage 1: Sugeres  to Cognac, 184.2km/114mi

Team RadioShack have teams racing in three countries these days, including France with the start of today’s four-day five-stage Tour du Poitou Charentes.  Team rider Fumy Beppu made the break today with nine other riders after 20km of racing and maintained their gap until less than 10km to go.  A sprint finish gave Davide Appollonio (Sky) the win, with Sébastien Chavanel (Team Europcar) and Arnaud Demare (FDJ) rounding out the podium.

Team RadioShack welcomes stagiaire Evgeni Shalunov who is a 19-year old Russian rider with much success on the track.

Top Ten Results

1              Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling    4:19:25  

2              Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar                               

3              Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ                              

4              Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

5              Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun                             

6              Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team                        

7              Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                

8              Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team                      

9              Moreno Hofland (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team                        

10            Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team

Team RadioShack Results

13           Robert Hunter (RSA)  0:00:03     

20           Gregory Rast (Swi)

23           Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)

31           Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)

65           Sam Bewley (NZl)

75           Evgeni Shalunov (Rus)

95           Jesse Sergent (NZl)

123         Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)

General Classification after Stage 1

1              Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling    4:19:15  

2              Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar              0:00:04  

3              Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar       0:00:05  

4              Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ             0:00:06  

5              Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Katusha Team         0:00:09  

6              Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0:00:10  

7              Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun                             

8              Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team                        

9              Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                

10            Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team

Team RadioShack on General Classification

17           Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)  0:00:12     

18           Robert Hunter (RSA)   0:00:13

25           Gregory Rast (Swi)         

28           Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)

68           Sam Bewley (NZl)

77           Evgeni Shalunov (Rus)

96           Jesse Sergent (NZl)

123         Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)

Photo courtesy of Glenn Kasin