Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire (2.1), France

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 |

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Friday, April 11: 5th and Final Stage, Abbaye de l'Epau - La Ferte Bernard, 184.8 km

The Race: Axel Dumont of Ag2r won the last stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe and his first professional race by attacking his breakaway, which had made good its escape with twenty kilometers to go.

With 1.5 km to go the 23-year old racer took off for the line, planning to "...either succeed or die. I was not there for fourth or fifth place." This was Ag2r's 10th victory this season.

Ramunas Navardauskas successfully defended the lead he gained yesterday thanks to his powerful Garmin-Sharp team. This was Navardauskas' first professional stage race victory.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.762 km/hr

1	Axel Domont	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4hr 32min 1sec
2	Angelo Tulik	EUROPCAR	@ 3 seconds
3	Anthony Geslin	FDJ
4	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
5	Stake Laengen Vegard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
6	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	8
7	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
8	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
9	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR
10	Fabio Duque Leonardo	COLOMBIA
11	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
12	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA
13	Alexey Tsatevitch	KATUSHA TEAM
14	Juan José Lobato	TEAM MOVISTAR
15	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
16	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA
17	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
18	Jeffry Johan Romero	COLOMBIA
19	Marco Haller	KATUSHA TEAM
20	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING
21	Grégory Habeaux	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
22	Thierry Hupond	GIANT - SHIMANO
23	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
24	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
25	Alexander Porsev	KATUSHA TEAM
26	Fabio Silvestre	TREK FACTORY RACING
27	Anthony Roux	FDJ
28	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
29	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
30	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
31	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM
32	Francisco José Ventoso	TEAM MOVISTAR
33	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR
34	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
35	Arthur Van Overberghe	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
36	Marco Minnaard	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
37	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
38	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
39	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
40	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
41	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
42	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
43	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM
44	Frantisek Padour	Team NETAPP ENDURA
45	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
46	Yonder Godoy	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
47	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
48	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE
49	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA
50	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
51	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
52	Brent Bookwalter	BMC RACING TEAM
53	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
54	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
55	Stefan Denifl	IAM CYCLING
56	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
57	Giovanni Bernaudeau	EUROPCAR
58	Martin Kohler	BMC RACING TEAM
59	Rodolfo Andres Torres	COLOMBIA
60	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
61	Chad Haga	GIANT - SHIMANO
62	Erick Rowsell	Team NETAPP ENDURA
63	Tiago Machado	Team NETAPP ENDURA
64	Alexander Rybakov	KATUSHA TEAM
65	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
66	Thomas Lövkvist	IAM CYCLING
67	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR
68	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR
69	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	17
70	Francis Mourey	FDJ	46
71	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING	56
72	Thomas Dekker	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	1:17
73	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	2:37
74	Jérôme Gilbert	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	5:04

Final GC after Stage 5: 673.3 km raced at an average speed of 40.887 km/hr

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	16hr 28min 3sec
2	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	@ 14 seconds
3	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	17
4	Anthony Roux	FDJ	18
5	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	22
6	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	22
7	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	27
8	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM	30
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR	30
10	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING	32
11	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR	36
12	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM	40
13	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA	43
14	Stefan Denifl	IAM CYCLING	44
15	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	50
16	Rodolfo Andres Torres	COLOMBIA	1:12
17	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	1:20
18	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	1:20
19	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	1:24
20	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	1:34
21	Brent Bookwalter	BMC RACING TEAM	1:40
22	Anthony Geslin	FDJ	1:46
23	Grégory Habeaux	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	1:55
24	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	2:19
25	Francis Mourey	FDJ	4:10
26	Axel Domont	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:23
27	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:29
28	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	4:31
29	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING	5:03
30	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	5:49
31	Tiago Machado	Team NETAPP ENDURA	5:50
32	Thierry Hupond	GIANT - SHIMANO	5:50
33	Alexey Tsatevitch	KATUSHA TEAM	5:56
34	Fabio Duque Leonardo	COLOMBIA	6:01
35	Yonder Godoy	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	6:03
36	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	6:04
37	Alexander Rybakov	KATUSHA TEAM	6:08
38	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	6:21
39	Jeffry Johan Romero	COLOMBIA	6:40
40	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE	6:42
41	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA	7:20
42	Giovanni Bernaudeau	EUROPCAR	8:38
43	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	9:12
44	Stake Laengen Vegard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	10:44
45	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	10:45
46	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	10:53
47	Angelo Tulik	EUROPCAR	10:53
48	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR	11:02
49	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE	11:03
50	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR	11:05
51	Erick Rowsell	Team NETAPP ENDURA	11:08
52	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA	11:13
53	Thomas Lövkvist	IAM CYCLING	11:19
54	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	11:22
55	Arthur Van Overberghe	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	11:32
56	Thomas Dekker	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	12:05
57	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13:59
58	Frantisek Padour	Team NETAPP ENDURA	14:09
59	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	15:24
60	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING	15:29
61	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	15:30
62	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	15:38
63	Martin Kohler	BMC RACING TEAM	15:41
64	Fabio Silvestre	TREK FACTORY RACING	15:51
65	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	15:53
66	Chad Haga	GIANT - SHIMANO	15:57
67	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	16:05
68	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ	16:21
69	Juan José Lobato	TEAM MOVISTAR	16:46
70	Francisco José Ventoso	TEAM MOVISTAR	16:55
71	Alexander Porsev	KATUSHA TEAM	17:50
72	Marco Haller	KATUSHA TEAM	20:06
73	Marco Minnaard	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	21:24
74	Jérôme Gilbert	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	22:40

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Thursday, April 10: Stage 4, Angers - Pre En Pail, 196.2 km

Complete stage 4 results and GC

The Race: Lithuanian rider Ramunas Navadauskas won both the stage and the overall lead today. He had lots of help from his Garmin-Sharp teammates Rohan Dennis, Nathan Haas and Nathan Brown as they raced for the finish at the summit on Mont des Avaloirs. They had to snuff out a last-minute flyer by FDJ rider Francis Mourey.

Going into the final day, Navadauskas has a 17-second lead over teammate Rohan Dennis, who has a single-second gap over FDJ rider Anthoiny Roux.

The final stage tomorrow is hilly, so Garmin-Sharp can expect a hard day at the office defending the lead.

Results: 102 starters, 97 classified finishers

Winner's average speed: 39.477 km/hr

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	4hr 58min 12sec
2	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	@ 4 seconds
3	Anthony Roux	FDJ
4	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING	8
5	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR	9
6	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
7	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM
8	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR
10	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA
Complete stage 4 results and GC

GC after Stage 4: 488.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.932 km/hr

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	11hr 55min 54sec
2	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	@ 17 seconds
3	Anthony Roux	FDJ	18
4	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	18
5	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	22
6	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
7	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	27
8	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM	30
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR	30
10	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING	32
Complete stage 4 results and GC

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Wednesday, April 9: Stage 3, Angers 6.8 km individual time trial

Complete stage 3 results and GC

The Race: This was a split-stage day, with a short 88.3 km road race to Angers in the morning before a 6.8 km individual time trial. Going into the afternoon's time trial, French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni was the race leader.

Alex Dowsett, the British rider racing for Movistar, blazed the the time trial course at more than 50 km/hr, allowing him to win both the stage and the race lead.

Dowsett said that while he knows tomorrow's stage is difficult and that the French teams will be on the attack, the race presents an opportunity for him to win the overall.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 50.474 km/hr

1	Alex Dowsett	TEAM MOVISTAR	8min 5.37 seconds
2	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	08:10.7
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	08:12.5
4	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	08:15.3
5	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	08:15.7
6	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING	08:17.7
7	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	08:20.1
8	Anthony Roux	FDJ	08:20.9
9	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	08:21.9
10	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	08:21.9
Complete stage 3 results and GC

GC after stage 3: 292.3 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.982 km/hr

1	Alex Dowsett	TEAM MOVISTAR	6hr 57min 45sec
2	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	@ 5 seconds
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP	7
4	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement	10
5	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
6	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING	12
7	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
8	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	15
9	Anthony Roux	FDJ
10	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits	16
Complete stage 3 results and GC

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Wednesday, April 9: Stage 2, Ancenis - Angers, 88.3 km

Complete stage 2 results and GC

Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.273 km/hr

1	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO	1hr 59min 40sec
2	Juan José Lobato Del Valle	TEAM MOVISTAR
3	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
4	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
5	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
6	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
8	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
9	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
10	Jesus Herrada Lopez	TEAM MOVISTAR
Complete stage 2 results and GC

GC after Stage 2: 285 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.814 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	6hr 49min 28sec
2	Juan José Lobato	TEAM MOVISTAR	@ 4 seconds
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING	6
4	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO
5	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
6	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR	9
7	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	10
8	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	12
9	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
10	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
Complete stage 2 results and GC

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Tuesday, April 8: Stage 1, St. Jean de Monts - St. Gereon, 197.2 km

Stage 1 complete results and GC

The Race: Nacer Bouhanni has won his fourth race of the season by outsprinting his countryman Giacomo Nizzolo and Juan José Lobato.

The French sprinter had three teammates to lead him out, but in the final difficult meters he lost their wheels and had to sprint on his own. Bouhanni had been troubled by a knee injured at Paris-Nice, but he says everything is fine now.

Bouhanni has won stages this year at the Bessèges, Paris-Nice and the Critérium International.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.800 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4hr 50min 0sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
3	Juan José Lobato Del Valle	TEAM MOVISTAR
4	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR
5	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
6	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Michel Kreder	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
8	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
9	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
10	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO
Complete stage 1 results and GC

GC after Stage 1:

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	4hr 49min 50sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 4 seconds
3	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
4	Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle	TEAM MOVISTAR	6
5	Duber Arman Quintero	COLOMBIA
6	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR	10
7	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
8	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Michel Kreder	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
10	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
Complete stage 1 results and GC

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Startlist with backnumbers: April 7, 2014

1	Giovanni Bernaudeau	EUROPCAR
2	Bryan Coquard	EUROPCAR
3	Tony Hurel	EUROPCAR
4	Bryan Naulleau	EUROPCAR
5	Angelo Tulik	EUROPCAR
6	Thomas Voeckler	EUROPCAR
11	Giacomo Nizzolo	TREK FACTORY RACING
12	Fabio Silvestre	TREK FACTORY RACING
13	Kristof Vandewalle	TREK FACTORY RACING
14	Boy Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
15	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING
16	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
21	Tobias Ludvigsson	GIANT - SHIMANO
22	Jonas Ahlstrand	GIANT - SHIMANO
23	Lawson Craddock	GIANT - SHIMANO
24	Chad Haga	GIANT - SHIMANO
25	Thierry Hupond	GIANT - SHIMANO
26	Keong Loh Sea	GIANT - SHIMANO
31	Thomas Dekker	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
32	Rohan Dennis	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
33	Nathan Haas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
34	Phillip Gaimon	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
35	Ramunas Navardauskas	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
36	Nathan Brown	TEAM GARMIN - SHARP
41	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
42	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
43	Anthony Geslin	FDJ
45	Francis Mourey	FDJ
45	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
46	Anthony Roux	FDJ
51	Axel Domont	AG2R LA MONDIALE
52	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
53	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R LA MONDIALE
54	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R LA MONDIALE
55	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
56	Julien Berard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
61	Marko Haller	KATUSHA TEAM
62	Mikhail Ignatyev	KATUSHA TEAM
63	Pavel Kochetkov	KATUSHA TEAM
64	Alexander Porsev	KATUSHA TEAM
65	Alexander Rybakov	KATUSHA TEAM
66	Alexey Tsatevich	KATUSHA TEAM
71	Stefan Denifl	IAM CYCLING
72	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
73	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
74	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
75	Thomas Lofkvist	IAM CYCLING
76	Johann Tschopp	IAM CYCLING
81	Stephen Cummings	BMC RACING TEAM
82	Brent Bookwalter	BMC RACING TEAM
83	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM
84	Martin Kohler	BMC RACING TEAM
85	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
86	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
91	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
92	Romain Lemarchand	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
93	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
94	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
95	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
96	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, solutions crédits
101	Jésus Herrada	TEAM MOVISTAR
102	Alex Dowsett	TEAM MOVISTAR
103	José Ivan Gutierrez	TEAM MOVISTAR
104	José Lobato Juan	TEAM MOVISTAR
105	Jasha Sutterlin	TEAM MOVISTAR
106	Francisco-José Ventoso	TEAM MOVISTAR
111	Leonardo Duque	COLOMBIA
112	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA
113	Juan Esteban Arango	COLOMBIA
114	Duber Armando Quintero	COLOMBIA
115	Jeffrey Johan Romero	COLOMBIA
116	Rodolfo Andres Torres	COLOMBIA
121	Manuel Belletti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
122	Carlos Ochoa	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
123	Marco Frapporti	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
124	Emanuele Sella	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
125	Alessio Taliani	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
126	Yonder Godoy	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
131	Bartosz Huzarski	Team NETAPP ENDURA
132	Tiago Machado	Team NETAPP ENDURA
133	Jonathan Mcevoy	Team NETAPP ENDURA
134	Frantisek Padour	Team NETAPP ENDURA
135	Erick Rowsell	Team NETAPP ENDURA
136	Michael Scharzmann	Team NETAPP ENDURA
141	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
142	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
143	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
144	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
145	Benoît Jarrier	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
146	Stake Laengen Vegard	BRETAGNE - Séché Environnement
151	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
152	Zico Waeytens	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
153	Victor Campenaerts	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
154	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
155	Eliot Lietaer	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
156	Arthur Van Overberghe	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
161	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
162	Marco Minnaard	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
163	Grégory Habeaux	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
164	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
165	Jérôme Gilbert	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
166	Michel Kreder	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT