Other Stages
Prologue
Stage 1
Prologue, Villeurbanne - Villeurbanne, ITT 5 kms:1. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN 5.40.200 2. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.480 3. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3.170 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 3.500 5. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 4.710 6. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 5.960 7. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 8.000 8. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 9.180 9. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 9.210 10. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 9.920 11. Juan Llaneras (Spa) US Postal Service 10.300 12. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 10.370 13. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 11.190 14. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 11.250 15. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar 11.310 16. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 11.650 17. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus 11.680 18. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 12.890 19. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12.890 20. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 12.910 21. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino 13.090 22. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 13.240 23. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 13.260 24. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 13.800 25. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 13.890 26. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.040 27. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.420 28. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 14.430 29. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.850 30. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus 15.120 31. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 15.470 32. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 15.730 33. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 15.940 34. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 16.040 35. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 16.200 36. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 16.270 37. Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 16.330 38. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 16.520 39. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 16.540 40. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 16.670 41. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16.680 42. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 16.790 43. François Simon (Fra) GAN 16.900 44. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 16.950 45. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto 17.010 46. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros 17.060 47. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 17.070 48. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN 17.100 49. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 17.320 50. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 17.360 51. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 17.370 52. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto 17.570 53. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.100 54. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 18.480 55. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 18.970 56. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.970 57. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 19.060 58. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 19.090 59. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 19.100 60. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 19.360 61. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 19.700 62. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 20.040 63. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20.140 64. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 20.170 65. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 20.270 66. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 20.500 67. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 20.610 68. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 20.900 69. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus 21.180 70. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 22.290 71. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 22.420 72. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 22.440 73. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service 22.470 74. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.710 75. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.860 76. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 23.440 77. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 23.630 78. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 23.760 79. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 23.810 80. ? Osa (Spa) Banesto 24.200 81. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina-Lotus 24.430 82. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 25.180 83. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 25.380 84. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank 25.440 85. Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN 25.510 86. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 26.610 87. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26.830 88. Olivero Rincon (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 27.230 89. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis 27.420 90. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 27.540 91. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 27.590 92. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 27.830 93. ? Osa (Spa) Banesto 28.270 94. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 28.520 95. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 29.540 96. Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 29.740 97. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 29.930 98. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 30.360 99. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN 30.370 100. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 31.060 101. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 31.240 102. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 31.630 103. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 31.960 104. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 32.200 105. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 32.350 106. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 32.560 107. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 33.050 108. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 33.060 109. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 34.790 110. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 35.480 111. Dominique Rault (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 35.510 112. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 35.810 113. José Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37.540 114. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 38.140 115. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38.520 116. Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38.680 117. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 40.580 118. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 41.750 119. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 43.680 120. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.17.010 Brief For the 5th time in his career, British rider Chris Boardman won the prologue in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Over a 5 kms parcours which was not considered particularly difficult, the king of the prologues, took the leader's jersey by 48/100ths from French rider Christophe Moreau and by 3 seconds to Laurent Jalabert. The holder of the World Hour Record first won this prologue in 1994 and 1995 in Evian, then at Megève in 1996 and in 1997 in Grenoble. After being trouble by illness at the start of this season, he has now scored his first major victory for the year. "I only made it by half a second, but that is sufficient. Given this course was easy, I do not know how it places me for the Tour de France. The average speed of 53 km/h was reassuring and now I have my eyes on the prologue of the Tour." Laurent Jalabert, the World ITT Champion in 1997, had put pressure on Boardman but faded to 3 seconds. But the rider from the Tarnais Department, who won la Classique des Alpes the day before, confirmed that he had regained form. The favourite to take the GC, Richard Virenque conceded 17 seconds to Boardman as did the Russian Evgueni Berzin. The 1997 winner, German Udo Bolts (Deutsche Telekom) was 16 seconds down on Boardman. Today, the peloton rides 190 kms from Villeurbanne to Charvieu-Chavagneux (Isère). The first stage is for the rouleurs-sprinters and is the easiest of the race. Stage 1, Villeurbanne - Charvieu-Chavagneux, 190 kms:1. Maximillian Sciandri (GB) La Française des Jeux 5.15.04 (36.183) 2. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 3. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 1.30 4. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom 5. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 6. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 7. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 8. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 9. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 10. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 11. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 12. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 13. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 14. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 15. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 16. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) GAN 17. Jose Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 19. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto 20. Cedric Vasseur Fra) GAN s.t. GC after Stage 1
1. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 5.20.49 2. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 0.02 3. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN 1.25 4. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.25 5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.28 6. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 1.28 7. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 1.29 8. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 1.30 9. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 1.31 10. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.33 11. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.34 12. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.35 13. Juan Llaneras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.35 14. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 1.35 15. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.36 16. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 1.36 17. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar 1.36 18. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 1.36 19. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.36 20. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.38 21. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.38 22. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 1.38 23. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino 1.38 24. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.38 25. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.38 26. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 1.39 27. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.39 28. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.39 29. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.39 30. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 1.39 31. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.40 32. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus 1.40 33. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.40 34. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 1.40 35. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.41 36. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.41 37. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 1.41 38. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.41 39. Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.41 40. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.41 41. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 1.41 42. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.41 43. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 1.42 44. François Simon (Fra) GAN 1.42 45. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 1.42 46. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto 1.42 47. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros 1.42 48. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.42 49. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN 1.42 50. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.42 51. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.42 52. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.42 53. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto 1.42 54. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.43 55. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.43 56. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.44 57. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.44 58. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.44 59. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 1.44 60. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.44 61. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 1.44 62. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.44 63. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.45 64. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.45 65. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.45 66. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 1.45 67. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 1.45 68. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 1.45 69. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.46 70. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.46 71. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.47 72. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.47 73. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service 1.47 74. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.47 75. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.48 76. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.48 77. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 1.48 78. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.48 79. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 1.49 80. ? Osa (Spa) Banesto 1.49 81. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.49 82. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank 1.49 83. Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN 1.49 84. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.50 85. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.50 86. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.51 87. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.52 88. Olivero Rincon (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.52 89. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis 1.52 90. Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.52 91. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 1.52 92. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.53 93. ? Osa (Spa) Banesto 1.53 94. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.53 95. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.54 96. Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.54 97. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.55 98. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.55 99. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN 1.55 100. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.56 101. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.56 102. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.56 103. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 1.57 104. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.57 105. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 1.57 106. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 1.57 107. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.58 108. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.58 109. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.00 110. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 2.00 111. Dominique Rault (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 2.00 112. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.01 113. José Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.02 114. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.03 115. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.03 116. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 2.05 117. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.06 118. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 2.08 119. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.42 Out: Javier Pascual (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Other Classifications: Points: 1. SCIANDRI FRANCAISE DES JEUX 30 2. VOIGT GAN 27 3. CAPELLE COFIDIS 22 4. BOARDMAN GAN 20 5. MOREAU FESTINA - LOTUS 18 6. JALABERT O.N.C.E - DEUTSCHE BANK 15 7. JALABERT COFIDIS 14 8. LOMBARDI TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 13 8. BARANOWSKI US POSTAL SERVICE 13 10. DJAVANIAN BIG MAT AUBER 93 11 10. JONKER RABOBANK 11 12. CUESTA O.N.C.E - DEUTSCHE BANK 10 13. NAZON FRANCAISE DES JEUX 9 13. SORENSEN RABOBANK 9 15. VERHEYEN LOTTO - MOBISTAR 8 15. BOURGUIGNON BIG MAT AUBER 93 8 17. LAMOUR MUTUELLE DE SEINE ET MARNE 7 18. VIERHOUTEN RABOBANK 6 18. VERBRUGGHE LOTTO - MOBISTAR 6 20. SIMON GAN 5 20. LLANERAS US POSTAL SERVICE 5 22. THIBOUT COFIDIS 4 23. BENITEZ VITALICIO SEGUROS 3 23. BROCHARD FESTINA - LOTUS 3 25. MONCASSIN GAN 2 25. ODRIOZOLA BANESTO 2 27. HINAULT GAN 2 27. JONASSON RABOBANK 2 29. TETERIOUK LOTTO - MOBISTAR 1 Mountains: 1. HALGAND FESTINA - LOTUS 7 2. SCIANDRI FRANCAISE DES JEUX 7 3. SAUGRAIN COFIDIS 5 4. VASSEUR GAN 3 5. VOIGT GAN 3 6. LEBRETON BIG MAT AUBER 93 1 7. STEINHAUSER VITALICIO SEGUROS 1 Brief The first stage of the Dauphiné Libéré, over 190 kms between Villeurbanne and Charvieu-Chavagneux, saw two riders come to the fore: Britain's Maximilian Sciandri who enlivened the stage and the German Jens Voigt who took his first yellow jersey of his professional cycling career. In collaboration they escaped from the peloton at km 112, and this move proved to be decisive. The stage was slow for the first three hours (ave 31) and it was not until the col de la Berche, the first of two difficulties in the stage that things started moving. For Max Sciandri, this first victory since a stage win in the Paris-Nice in 1996, was sign that things are returning to plan. He said: "I hurt by back last November while training. I was in bed for a month and I didn't start riding again until February 2. I only raced in one classic (Amstel Gold Race) which I abandoned. Then, at the la Bicycletta Vasca, I noticed my form improving". Jens Voigt (27-years), the first yellow jersey hold in this edition of the Dauphiné, never thought he would be leading the competition. He said at the end: "At the start, we considered this would be a stage for the sprinter of the team Frédéric Moncassin. And then when Sciandri attacked, I followed. Personally I am happy." For the rest of the race, the GAN rider is confidant ... up to Mont Ventoux: "The stage tomorrow is similar to today's. I think I will be able to keep the yellow jersey. Then, Wednesday, on the climb of Mont Ventoux, the giant of the Provence, I will be trying to follow and hang on." |