As soon as the flag dropped , who else .
42 - year - old Jens Voigt ( Trek ) took off , followed by Nicolas Edet ( Cofidis ) and Benoit Jarrier ( Bretagne ) .
As soon as the flag dropped , who else but 42 - year - old Jens Voigt ( Trek ) took off , followed by Nicolas Edet ( Cofidis ) and Benoit Jarrier ( Bretagne ) .