Grand Prix de la Ville de Villers-Cotterets, Cat 1.5

Brief

The race involved 14 laps of 13.8km. Many short breakaways occured until the 9th lap. Then Stéphane Barthe the current French National champion (Casino) moved free on his own and remained clear of the bunch until the end of the penultimate lap. The Cofidis and GAN riders joined forces to close the gap. Barthe was hauled back and then Kirsipuu and Djavanian counter-attacked with less than 12km to go and no one was then able to match them. Kirsipuu easily beat Djavanian on the line. It was the 40th victory for Casino since the beginning of the road season.

Villers-Cotterets, 193.2 kms:

 1. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino			             4.31.32 (42.7)
 2. Vyaceslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93			s.t.
 3. Hoedemakers Berry (Ned) Agu Sports				0.38
 4. Aleksey Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 5. François Simon (Fra) GAN
 6. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop
 7. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
 8. Aleksandr Vinokourov (Fra) Casino
 9. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino
10. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
11. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN
12. Christ Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop
13. Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) VC St Quentin
14. Wally Buurstede (Ned) Agu
15. Vincent Klaes (Fra) C.C. Nogent/Oise
16. Miika Hietanen (Fin) VC St Quentin
17. Fabrice Ferat (Fra) VC St Quentin
18. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis
19. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)Big Mat-Auber 93
20. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 			1.25
21. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino
22. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino
23. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino
24. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team  		1.41
25. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 			1.53
26. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 				2.00
27. Anthony Langella (Fra) GAN 					2.30
28. Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team		3.08
29. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) GAN
30. Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop
31. Jean-François Rault (Fra) Mutuelle Seine et Marne
32. Cyril Bos (Fra) GAN
33. Philippe Bordenave (Fra)Big Mat-Auber 93
34. Maurice van Rijn (Ned) Agu                     		0.10

Started 116
Finished 34

Results from Laurent Idelot, Clovis Sport Organisation, France

Complete Starting List:

Casino				La Française des Jeux

 1. Stephane Barthe		11.
 2. Christophe Agnolutto	12.
 3. Lauri Aus			13. Evgeny Berzin
 4. 				14. Bradley McGee
 5. Jaan Kirsipuu		15.
 6. Christophe Oriol		16. Damien Nazon
 7. Alexandre Vinokourov	17. Jean-Patrick Nazon
 8. 				18. 
 9. Jacky Durand		19. Franck Perque
10. 				20. Anthony Morin

Gan				Cofidis

21. Cyril Bos			31.
22. 				32. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski
23. Christopher Jenner		33. Bobby Julich
24. Anthony Langella		34. Francis Moreau
25. Olivier Perraudeau		35. Kevin Livingston
26. François Simon		36. Samuel Plouhinec
27. Arnaud Pretot		37. Christophe Rinero
28. Eddy Seigneur		38.
29. 				39. Cyril Saugrain
30. 				40.


Big Mat-Auber 93		Mutuelle Seine et Marne

41. Stéphane Berges		51.  
42. Philippe Bordenave		52. Jérôme Bernard
43. 				53. Claude Lamour
44. Alexei Sivakov		54. Dominique Rault
45. 				55. Gilles Talmant
46. Stephan Ravaleu		56. Francisque Teyssier
47. Thierry Gouvenou		57.
48. Viatcheslav Djavanian	58.

Tönissteiner-Colnago		Collstrop

61. Franky De Buyst		71. Danny Baeyens
62. Hans De Meester		72. Tony Bracke
63. 				73. Marc Chanoine
64. Nicolas Coudray		74. Eric De Clercq
65. Ken Hashikawa		75. Steven De Neef
66. Inaki Barrenechea		76. Christ Hendryckx
67. 				77. Tom Desmet
68. Davy Delme			78. Philip Vereecke

Home Market-Charleroi	 	VC St Quentin

81. Ronny Assez			91. Gregory Barbier (Fra)
82. Marc Bouillon		92.
83. Ludovic Capelle		93. Fabrice Ferat (Fra)
84. Jurgen De Buysschere	94. Mika Hietanen (Fin)
85. Sebastian Demarbaix		95. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz)
86. Franck Ramel		96. Fréderic Pontier (Fra)
87. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx	97.
88. Jérôme Laveur-Pedoux	98. Martin Vertby (Nor)
89. 				99. Willy Dessaint (Fra)
90. 				100. Abdel Aziz Immouni (Fra)

C.C. Nogent/Oise (Fra)		Norway National Team

101. Eric Beaune (Fra)		111. Rune Jogert 
102. Pascal Carlot (Fra)	112. Mads Kaggestad
103. David Dumont (Fra)		113. Morten Hegreberg
104. Mickaël Fouliard (Fra)	114. Thor Hushovd
105. Vincent Klaes (Fra)	115. Gabriel Rasch
106. 				116. 
107. Benjamin Levecot (Fra)	117. 
108. Jean-Claude Thilloy (Fra)	118. Martin Vestby
109. 				119. 
110. 				120. 

 
Kazakhstan National Team	AGU Sport team (Ned)

121. Vadim Kravchenko 		131. Paul Van den Akker
122. 				132.
123. Andrey Mizourov		133. Peter Rinkel
124. Aleksandr Nabobenko	134. Remco Van de Ven
125. Dmitry Fofonov		135. Berry Hoedemakers
126. Sergey Beloussov		136.
127. 				137.
128. 				138. Wally Buurstede
129. 				139. Arthur Farenhout
130. 				140. Maurice Van Rijn

R. C. Pesant Club Liège (Bel)   MGI Fietsen (Ned)

141. Sébastien Mattoza		151. Henk Van Hees
142. Erwin Vervecken		152. Hielle Boersma
143. Fréderic Sirjacobs		153.
144. Manu Lhoir			154. Wilfried Bastiaanse
145. 				155. Ruud Verspaandonk
146. Wim Sels			156. 
147. Bart Vranken		157. Nico Vuurens
				158. Dimitri Weeland

Poortland-Giant team (Bel)	CCI Differdange (Lux)

161. David De Bremaeker		171. Enzo Mezzapesa
162. Geert Vancrombruggen	172. Vincenzo Centrone
163. Tom Vleugels		173. Christian Theis
164. Moens			174. Fabio Emili (Ita)
165. Wim Jorgen De Glas		175. Sergio Prado
166. 				176. Steve Schleck
167. Kurt Van Goidsenhoven	177.