Rast wins Tour de Luxembourg prologue
13 July 2009
Switzerland's Gregory Rast won the prologue of the 2009 Tour du Luxembourg after edging a tight sprint around Luxembourg's eponymous capital city.
Andy Schleck started the Tour of Luxembourg with a 26th place. He finished the prologue in 3’59” at 13 seconds of the new leader.
Rast's win on the 2.7km circuit was a further boost to the Astana team, who earlier in the day were cleared to continue fielding riders despite the financial problems which have dogged the Kazakh-funded outfit.
Rast's time of three minutes 46.78 seconds put him ahead of Skil Shimano rider Jonathan Hivert, while Rast's team-mate Assan Bazayev was third.
Rounding out the top five were Gustave Larsson (Team Saxo Bank) and Baden Cooke (Vacansoleil).
Source: Eurosport.com
Results:
1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 3.46 (42.86 km/h)
2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.02
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.04
4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.05
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.06
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.08
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
8 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
9 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha
10 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.09
11 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0.10
12 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel
13 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank
15 Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.11
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
17 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
18 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
19 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
20 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.12
21 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel
22 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
23 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank
25 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.13
26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
27 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 0.14
29 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
30 Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
31 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.15
32 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
33 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
34 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 0.16
35 Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange
36 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.17
37 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha
38 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
39 Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
40 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
41 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange
42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil - Shimano
43 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
45 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 0.18
46 Canuti Ederico (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
47 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
48 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
49 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
50 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
51 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD
52 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.19
53 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
54 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha
55 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
56 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
57 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
58 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel
59 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
60 Sébastine Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
61 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.20
62 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana
63 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD
64 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
65 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 0.21
66 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
67 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD
68 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Voralrberg - Corratec
69 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
70 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
71 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec
72 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 0.22
73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
74 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
75 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
76 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.23
77 Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD
78 Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
79 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano 0.24
80 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
81 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
82 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Agritubel
83 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec
84 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Team Katusha
85 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
86 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange
87 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 0.25
88 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
89 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano
90 Hannes Blank (Ger) Continental Team Differdange
91 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
92 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
93 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 0.26
94 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Voralrberg - Corratec
95 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.27
96 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.28
97 Michaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
98 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
99 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
100 Vitalyy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 0.29
101 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
102 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0.30
103 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
104 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld
105 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD 0.31
106 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
107 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
108 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.32
109 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD
110 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.33
111 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 0.35
112 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 0.36
113 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana
114 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 0.38
115 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Continental Team Differdange
116 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 0.43
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