Tyler Farrar to Finish!

1st October 2009

VNR

Go for the 69th edition of the Franco Belge! Leaving Templeuve noon under gray skies and threatening. Finally the riders will have only a few drops of rain on the course. Led by Renaud Dion, 3 men were quickly thrown into the front of the race. With the French team AG2R La Mondiale are Cedric Coutouly the team Bessons Shoes and Wim De Vocht Vacansoleil. The gap will grow very rapidly because the peloton let them.

At Km 45, the fugitives have 11'10 the platoon begins to react. The different races are won Mountains by Wim de Vocht who spares no effort in the lead group. It is going to experience a mechanical problem and change his bike before finding his place in the break, waited for his companions in the day had no interest to be without the services of the Belgian rider.

Behind, the teams of sprinters, including Garmin, lead a fast tempo, and the gap only diminishes over the miles. At the passage of supplies, 3 runners in Landboukrediet attempt to distort the peloton, he is David Boucher, Bert Scheirlinkx and Koen Barbe. But their trip will last only a few hundred meters. Because the peloton with a very fast pace in their sights 3 escaped morning to be finally resumed at Km 178, after 165km at the forefront.

Therefore, many skirmishes will shake the pack, but 3km from the end, the pack includes a final package where the contenders are numerous. The sprint was very tight, but victory finally came back after examining the photo finish in Tyler Farrar, who won ahead of Danilo Napolitano and Tom Boonen. The yellow jersey will be worn tomorrow by the rider Tyler Farrar of Garmin, while the jersey MOC will be on the shoulders of Wim De Vocht.

Vincent Geldof