August 17, 2011 (France) – Back on the saddle in competition after healing an injury, Guillaume Boivin is performing well at the 44th Tour du Limousin, finishing 11th of the second stage. In the General Classification, Boivin currently finds himself in the 20th rank, trailing the leader’s time by 31 seconds, held by Belgium rider Björn Leukemans of pro cycling team Vacansoleil-DCM.

Guillaume Boivin found the race extremely hard, especially given the extremely hot temperatures topping the mid-30 degrees: “Today was the hardest day of my life on a bike.” Riders from Team SpiderTech went through approximately 100 water bottles during the race, staying hydrated.

But the 2010 World Championship bronze medalist is back. Boivin’s form is getting better and better every day here in France. Today, he suffered like never before to sprint to 11th in the final of an extremely hard stage in the Tour du Limousin.

The 112 cyclists still alive in this tour rode 184,4 kilometres today –about five hours of racing on a bike– between Saint-Hilaire Peyroux  et Allassac in the southern region of France.

Svein Tuft finished 26th, with the lead group at six seconds behind the stage winner Tony Gallopin of France from Cofidis, Le Crédit en ligne.

The Tour du Limousin continues tomorrow with the third of four stages of this category 2.HC race, a 181-kilometer ride between Lanouaille and St. Yrieix La Perche.

Report from Directeur Sportif, Kevin Field
Like the Tour de l’Ain this race is an absolute gem. Cycling fans should pay more attention to these French tours. The racing is so dynamic. The courses are relentless, up, down, small roads, technical descents. There isn’t a moment for the riders to rest. It would make for fantastic television!

Today we expected a dynamic race and it was. However it was slightly more controlled than yesterday and the heat made the day extreme. All our guys rode great today. Completely according to plan to deliver Svein and Guillaume to a final where they could play for win. The climbs at the end just made the race go sideways a bit. We are very excited now for the final two days – Guillaume and Svein are riding excellent and the rest of our guys are ready to deliver them to a position where we can battle for a stage win. That’s the goal.

Results

1. Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  5:00:26
2. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ  00:06
3. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
4. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
5. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Caja Rural
6. Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
7. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
8. Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
9. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
10. Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
11. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
12. Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM
13. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
14. Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
15. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
16. Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar
17. Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
18. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
19. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
20. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
21. Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
22. Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
23. Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2r-La Mondiale
24. Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Caja Rural
25. Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
26. Svein Tuft (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
27. John Edibberto Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
28. Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
29. Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar
30. Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
31. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM
32. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ
33. Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural
34. Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ
35. Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
36. Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
37. Juan Villegas (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
38. Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ  
39. Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
40. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ
41. Maxime Méderel (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
42. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ
43. Jean-Marie Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
44. Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
45. Théo Vimpere (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
46. Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM  00:44
47. Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  01:12
48. Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  01:34
49. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  03:20
50. Hugo Houle (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
51. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
52. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
53. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
54. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
55. Jonathan Perdiguero (Esp) Caja Rural
56. Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar
57. Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ  04:04
58. Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  04:09
59. Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet  05:10
60. Arturo Mora Ortiz (Esp) Caja Rural
61. Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
62. Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
63. Carlos Andres Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia  06:02
64. Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
65. Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
66. Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
67. Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
68. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  07:12
69. Will Routley (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  07:14
70. Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar
71. Ben King (Aus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
72. Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
73. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale
74. Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  08:30
75. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
76. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
77. Zachary Bell (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
78. Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
79. Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
80. Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
81. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
82. Jaco Venter (RSA) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  12:50
83. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM  13:19
84. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM
85. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  14:29
86. Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
87. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
88. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM
89. Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
90. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
91. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
92. Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
93. Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
94. Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
95. Mark Batty (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
96. Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
97. José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Caja Rural  15:38
98. Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural
99. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM  16:10
100. Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  20:26
101. Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar
102. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
103. Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
104. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
105. Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp) Caja Rural
106. Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
107. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
108. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
DNF  Juan Pablo Forero Carreno (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
DNF  Bram Schmitz (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
DNF  Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
DNF  Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

GC after Stage 2

1. Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM  9:00:08
2. Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  00:09
3. Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  00:14
4. Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  00:20
5. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ  00:23
6. Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ  00:25
7. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar  00:26
8. Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  00:27
9. Jean-Marie Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
10. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ  00:28
11. Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale  00:29
12. Maxime Méderel (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
13. Ben Gastauer (Lux) Ag2r-La Mondiale
14. Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
15. Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  00:30
16. Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale  00:31
17. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Caja Rural
18. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
19. Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
20. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
21. Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
22. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
23. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
24. Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
25. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
26. Juan Villegas (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
27. Svein Tuft (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
28. Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
29. Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar
30. Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
31. Ruben Reig Conejero (Esp) Caja Rural
32. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM
33. Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
34. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
35. John Edibberto Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
36. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ
37. Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Team Europcar
38. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
39. Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
40. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ
41. Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
42. Théo Vimpere (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
43. Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM  01:09
44. Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ  01:50
45. Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  01:59
46. Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  04:34
47. Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  05:35
48. Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent
49. Arturo Mora Ortiz (Esp) Caja Rural
50. Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  06:27
51. Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
52. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale  07:39
53. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  08:52
54. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller  08:55
55. Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
56. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM  13:44
57. Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  14:15
58. Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural
59. Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  14:54
60. Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole  17:26
61. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  17:29
62. Hugo Houle (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
63. Ryan Anderson (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
64. Jonathan Perdiguero (Esp) Caja Rural
65. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
66. Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ  18:13
67. Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet  19:19
68. Carlos Andres Martinez Montero (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia  20:11
69. Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
70. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  21:21
71. Will Routley (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  21:23
72. Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  21:24
73. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  22:39
74. Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
75. Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
76. Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar  23:32
77. Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
78. Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur – Sojasun  23:36
79. Ben King (Aus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  27:26
80. Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar
81. Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
82. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  27:57
83. Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia  28:38
84. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM
85. Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
86. Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
87. Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
88. Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93  28:42
89. Zachary Bell (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
90. José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Caja Rural  29:47
91. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM  30:19
92. Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale  32:03
93. Jaco Venter (RSA) Veranda’s Willems – Accent  33:02
94. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM  33:31
95. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  34:35
96. Antoine Lavieu (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  34:41
97. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
98. Mark Batty (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
99. Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
100. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
101. Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural  35:50
102. Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar  38:00
103. Andrea Grendene (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  38:26
104. Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi  40:38
105. Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
106. Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp) Caja Rural
107. Martin Gilbert (Can) Team  SpiderTech Powered By C10  
108. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun