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Last Updated: Apr 23rd, 2008 - 22:48:05 |
Three days after he placed 57th in Amstel Gold, Nicolas Roche finished a solid 60th in today’s Flèche Wallonne Classic in Belgium.
The 24 year old reached the finish at the top of the Mur de Huy 3 minutes and 10 seconds behind the day’s winner Kim Kirchen (Team High Road), who outsprinted Cadel Evans (Silence – Lotto) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) for the victory.
Roche was ahead of many big names in world cycling, including the Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, plus their CSC team-mate Carlos Sastre.
His cousin Daniel Martin continued to settle into the pro ranks on his debut season; the 22 year old finished 109th.
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La Flèche Wallonne (1.HC), Belgium, April 23:
1, Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) 199.5 kilometres in 4 hours 35 mins 29 secs (43.45 km/h)
2, Cadel Evans (Silence – Lotto) at 1 sec
3, Damiano Cunego (Lampre) at 2 secs
4, Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
5, Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
6, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) all same time
Irish:
60, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) at 3 mins 10 secs
109, Daniel Martin (Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30) at 9 mins 40 secs
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