Saturday’s stage 4 in the Tour Méditerranéen brought the leader’s jersey to Maxime Monfort of Radioshack-Leopard-Trek.
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Monfort, 30, had moved into second place after the stage 2 individual time trial, sitting 22-seconds behind leader Lars Boom in the classification. A breakaway victory on Mt. Faron went to Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R la Mondiale) who attacked on the final climb to earn his first win on the road after having competed for years in mountainbiking.
Monfort: “I felt no panic when Peraud attacked. I had studied the GC very well with (director) Azevedo last night. I knew he would never take one minute on me. We were well prepared. The only thing not foreseen was that I had a very bad day today. But I gave everything I had. It was a fight within myself the last two, three kilometers. It was a TT for me. Thanks go to my teammates who worked all day for me. Thomas Rohregger was the last guy with me until 2k from the top and then it was up to me. Just at that moment Boom was dropped.†Boom slipped to second place on the classification.
Team director José Azevedo: “Now we will defend this jersey tomorrow in a hard stage. It won’t be easy. We only have six riders as Robert KiÅ¡erlovski was sick and didn’t start today. If a lot of riders survive the climb of Tanneron we might be lucky that the sprinters’ teams will work. Otherwise it will be up to us alone.â€
Maxime Monfort signed his first professional contract in 2004 and quickly proved his value by winning the overall in the Tour of Luxembourg. Known for both his climbing and time trialing skills, Max has spent much of his career in service to others and has proven to be a solid team rider.
The Tour Méditerranéen ends on Sunday with a 192km/119mi stage from Bandol to Grasse. It includes the final climb to Tanneron in the closing kilometers before a fast descent into Grasse.
Monfort: “Four riders on GC are within a handful of seconds. It will be hard but not impossible. Anyway I will enjoy this moment and this jersey for now. It’s an unusual one – yellow with white dots.â€
Stage 4
1 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale 3:33:12
2 REDA Francesco Androni – Venezuela 0:19
3 MOLLEMA Bauke Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:24
4 GENIEZ Alexandre Equipe Cycliste FDJ 0:27
5 MONTAGUTI Matteo AG2R La Mondiale 0:31
6 LöFKVIST Thomas IAM Cycling 0:35
7 SANTAROMITA Ivan BMC Racing Team 0:39
8 REBELLIN Davide CCC Polsat Polkowice 0:41
9 ROCHE Nicolas Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:44
10 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon Euskaltel – Euskadi
11 PINOT Thibaut Equipe Cycliste FDJ 0:45
Overall
1 MONFORT Maxime RadioShack – Leopard 7:32:16
2 BOOM Lars Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01
3 LöFKVIST Thomas IAM Cycling 0:02
4 PERAUD Jean-christophe AG2R La Mondiale
5 ROCHE Nicolas Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:22
6 REDA Francesco Androni – Venezuela 0:26
7 MOLLEMA Bauke Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:34
8 GENIEZ Alexandre Equipe Cycliste FDJ 0:38
9 LARSSON Gustav Erik IAM Cycling 0:52
10 ROELANDTS Jurgen Lotto Belisol Team 1:00
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