Rast and Hivert net second and third Repeating his successes of 2007 and 2010, Frenchman Jimmy Engoulvent raced to a clear victory in today’s prologue of the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg. The 32 year old Saur Sojasun rider beat Gregory Rast (RadioShack Nissan) plus his own team-mate Jonathan Hivert by three seconds. Sky Procycling’s Mathew Hayman was five seconds back, while GC contender Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack Nissan) was a further two seconds back in fifth.



Last year’s overall winner Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack Nissan) finished twenty seconds behind in 58th, losing considerable time over the short distance.



The 2.6 kilometre long prologue was one for the specialists. Known time trial experts like Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) and Maxime Monfort (Radioshack-Nissan-Trek) couldn't clock the fastest time on the mostly downhill course. Most riders used a regular road bike because of the sharp turns and the steep cobbled climb to the finish. The 300 meter stretch of cobbles made the prologue really explosive.



The best young rider was Tom Dumoulin of Argos-Shimano. The 21-year old Dutchman is a first year pro and finished seventh, seven seconds from the winner. "I checked Youtube to see what that climb was like,” he said afterwards, showing part of the efforts he made to be ready. “I saw images of Cancellara last year. It was everything my teammates told me it would be. The course suited me, short and explosive.



“I did a thorough recon and rode twice in the car when teammates were out on the course. I am glad it paid off. Of course, this is a nice prize and I hope I can defend the white jersey. In some years when I am stronger, I hope to ride for the win here."



The Tour of Luxembourg continues on Thursday with a 181 kilometer long stage from the capital to Hesperange. It has three categorised climbs but is likely to finish in a bunch sprint, as was the case in previous years.



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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Skoda Tour of Luxembourg (2.HC), stage 1 results: Prologue tT Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time FRA 1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur - Sojasun) 00:03:43 SUI 2 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:03 FRA 3 Jonathan Hivert (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. AUS 4 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 00:00:05 DEN 5 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:07 GER 6 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. NED 7 Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t. FRA 8 Jimmy Casper (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. FRA 9 Damien Gaudin (Europcar) s.t. LAT 10 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:08 FRA 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. LUX 12 Jean-pierre Drucker (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. BEL 13 Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:09 NED 14 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. DEN 15 Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:00:10 SWE 16 Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) s.t. GBR 17 Alex Dowsett (Sky Procycling) 00:00:11 BEL 18 Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ESP 19 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 20 Adrien Petit (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. GER 21 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 22 Maxime Monfort (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:12 LUX 23 Bob Jungels (Leopard TREK) s.t. FRA 24 Christophe Laborie (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. LUX 25 Frank Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 26 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. GBR 27 Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) 00:00:13 NED 28 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t. FRA 29 Alexandre Pichot (Europcar) s.t. GER 30 Sascha Weber (Team Differdange) 00:00:14 NED 31 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. GBR 32 Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) s.t. CAN 33 Will Routley (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. FRA 34 Rony Martias (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BEL 35 Kevyn Ista (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:00:15 BEL 36 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. SUI 37 Martin Elmiger (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. FRA 38 Jean-eudes Demaret (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:16 ESP 39 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. BEL 40 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. BEL 41 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:00:17 SWE 42 Jonas Ljungblad (Team Differdange) s.t. NZL 43 Alex Meenhorst (Team Differdange) s.t. FRA 44 Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. GER 45 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. GER 46 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 47 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:18 FRA 48 David Lelay (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. RSA 49 Jaco Venter (Team Differdange) s.t. NED 50 Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) s.t. FRA 51 Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) 00:00:19 ITA 52 Salvatore Puccio (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 53 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) 00:00:20 BEL 54 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 55 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. BEL 56 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. CAN 57 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. GER 58 Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. CAN 59 Michael Barry (Sky Procycling) s.t. LUX 60 Christian Helmig () 00:00:21 LUX 61 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 62 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. FRA 63 Jeremie Galland (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. NED 64 Tom Stamsnijder (Argos-Shimano) s.t. FRA 65 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:22 LUX 66 Alex Kirsch (Leopard TREK) s.t. AUS 67 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t. BEL 68 Gilles Devillers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. BEL 69 Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. NED 70 Arnoud Van Groen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. FIN 71 Matti Helminen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:23 FRA 72 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t. ESP 73 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 74 Kevin Van Melsen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. SUI 75 Raimond Künzli (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. BEL 76 Eliot Lietaer (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. FRA 77 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BEL 78 Kenny De Ketele (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. DEN 79 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:24 FRA 80 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t. LUX 81 Tom Thill (Team Differdange) s.t. NED 82 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. USA 83 Caleb Fairly (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:25 BEL 84 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. BEL 85 Johan Coenen (Team Differdange) s.t. BEL 86 Davy Commeijne (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. LUX 87 Pit Schlechter (Leopard TREK) s.t. FRA 88 Yannick Talabardon (Saur - Sojasun) 00:00:26 ESP 89 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. JPN 90 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t. NED 91 Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) s.t. ESP 92 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:27 BEL 93 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. LUX 94 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. IRI 95 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:28 USA 96 Lucas Euser (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t. FRA 97 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) s.t. FRA 98 Florent Barle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP 99 Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. LTU 100 Gediminas Kaupas (Team Differdange) s.t. ITA 101 Massimo Morabito () 00:00:29 IRI 102 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. RUS 104 Boris Shpilevsky (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. RUS 105 Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 106 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. FRA 107 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:30 FRA 108 Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:31 ESP 109 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. BEL 110 Steven Caethoven (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ESP 111 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:32 LUX 112 Joel Zangerle (Leopard TREK) s.t. BEL 113 Gregory Habeaux (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. ESP 114 Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:33 POR 115 Bruno Sandinha Saraiva (Team Differdange) s.t. ESP 116 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:34 LUX 117 Lex Reichling () 00:00:36 CAN 118 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:38 LUX 119 Kevin Feiereisen () 00:00:39 BEL 120 Vincent Baestaens (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:40 NED 121 Stefan Cohnen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. BEL 122 Frederique Robert (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. CAN 123 David Veilleux (Europcar) 00:00:41 NED 124 Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:43 FRA 125 Yohann Gène (Europcar) 00:00:44 BEL 126 Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:52

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