Stage 4: Nevers - Vichy, 194.5 kms1. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 5.08.43 (37.802) 2. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar s.t. 3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 4. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 5. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 6. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 7. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Saeco 9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 10. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 11. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco 12. George Hincapie (US) US Postal 13. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei 14. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 15. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 16. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 17. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 18. Francesco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 19. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 20. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom 21. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 22. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 23. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 24. José-Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 26. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 27. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 28. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 29. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 30. José-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 31. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 32. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 33. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 34. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 35. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 36. Bobby Julich (US) Cofidis 37. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 38. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 39. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco 40. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 41. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 42. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco 43. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 44. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 45. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 46. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 48. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 49. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE 50. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 51. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 52. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank 53. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank s.t. 54. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti 55. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 56. Marcelino Garcia-Alonso (Spa) ONCE 57. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 58. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 59. Frankie Andreu (US) US Postal 60. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 61. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 62. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina 63. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 64. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 65. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 66. Léon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 67. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 68. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 69. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 70. Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE 71. Rafael Diaz-Justo (Spa) ONCE 72. José Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 74. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 75. Pascal Hervé (Fra) Festina 76. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 78. Marty Jemison (US) US Postal 79. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 80. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 81. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 82. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 83. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti 1.08 84. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 85. Arsenio Gonzalez-Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 87. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 88. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 89. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 90. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom 91. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 92. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 93. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti 94. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 95. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 96. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 97. UnaiOsa (Spa) Banesto 2.24 98. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 100. Stéphane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 101. Jan Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 102. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 103. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 104. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal 105. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 106. André Korff (Ger) Festina 107. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti 108. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto 109. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 110. François Simon (Fra) GAN 111. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 112. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 113. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 114. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 3.20 115. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.03 116. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 117. Daniel Atienza (Spa) Polti 118. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 119. José Rodriguez-Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 5.20 121. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 6.01 122. Riccardo Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti 123. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 124. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 125. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 126. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 127. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 128. Ricardo Faverio (Ita) Saeco 129. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 130. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 131. Dirk Müller (Ger) Telekom 132. Michele Rezzani (Ita) Riso Scotti 133. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 134. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 8.23 135. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14.18 136. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 20.25 137. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 25.32 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco) did not start GC after Stage 4
1. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei 15.13.35 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.11 3. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 0.29 4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 0.29 5. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 0.30 6. Alex Zulle (Swi) Festina 0.31 7. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 0.37 8. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 0.39 9. Bobby Julich (US) Cofidis 0.40 10. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.42 11. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE 0.42 12. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 0.43 13. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 0.46 14. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE 0.46 15. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Banesto 0.48 16. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.49 17. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 0.49 18. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 0.50 19. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 0.51 20. Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.54 21. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank 0.54 22. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 0.58 23. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 1.00 24. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 1.00 25. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE 1.01 26. Pascal Lino (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.02 27. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotot-Mobistar 1.11 28. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 1.14 28. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 1.14 30. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme 1.15 31. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme 1.17 32. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.17 33. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.19 34. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 1.24 35. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 1.24 36. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 1.24 37. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.29 38. Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 1.29 39. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.30 40. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 1.32 41. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1.32 42. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 1.34 43. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 1.35 44. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 1.35 45. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 1.36 46. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 1.36 47. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 1.38 48. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.41 49. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom-ARD 1.41 50. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 1.42 51. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.51 52. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.52 53. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 1.55 54. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 1.59 55. Roberto Sierra Aguero (Spa) ONCE 1.59 56. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 2.03 57. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom-ARD 2.09 58. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.15 59. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.15 60. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 2.17 61. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.17 62. Jose Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.18 63. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 2.22 64. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 2.23 65. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 2.28 66. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 2.33 67. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 2.38 68. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.39 69. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.40 70. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 2.41 71. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 2.48 72. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 2.48 73. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.49 74. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.50 75. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 2.50 76. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 2.54 77. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE 2.54 78. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.55 79. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 3.01 80. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino 3.05 81. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 3.15 82. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 3.18 83. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 3.20 84. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 3.20 85. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.22 86. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 3.26 87. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 3.38 88. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 3.54 89. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 4.07 90. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 4.10 91. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle 4.13 92. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 4.14 93. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 4.24 94. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 4.28 95. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 4.29 96. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 4.39 97. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle 4.42 98. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5.24 99. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5.42 100. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti-MG 5.46 101. Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.03 102. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom-ARD 7.10 103. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 7.13 104. Jose Rodriguez Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.47 105. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.19 106. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.32 107. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 8.50 108. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 8.56 109. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 9.11 110. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 9.15 111. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 9.51 112. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 9.57 113. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 11.08 114. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 11.32 115. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom-ARD 11.38 116. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 12.05 117. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 12.30 118. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 12.34 119. Peter Meinert-nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 12.44 120. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 12.55 121. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 13.07 122. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 13.47 123. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 13.49 124. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 14.32 125. Dirk Muller (Ger) Telekom-ARD 16.16 126. Michele Rezzani (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 16.19 127. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)) Banesto 16.33 128. Riccardo Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 16.38 129. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom-ARD 16.43 130. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 16.49 131. Riccardo Faverio (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 17.28 132. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 17.30 133. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 19.24 134. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 20.30 135. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24.31 136. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 33.47 Brief Report 26-year old Belgian Tom Steels (Mapei) made it two in a row in Paris-Nice by winning fourth stage into Vichy in a sprint finish from fellow Belgian Andrei Tchmil, and GAN pair, Australian Stuart O'Grady and Frenchman Frédéric Moncassin. Steels now has won 6 Paris-Nice stages in two years. The 194.5 km stage, raced in rain and cold, did little to change the GC with Mapei rider Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) maintaining an 11 second lead in front of Frenchma Laurent Jalabert (ONCE). The stage was animated by an attack, 60 kms out from the finish line, by French National Champion Stéphane Barthe. He was brought back into line on the climb of the Col du Beau Louis. The interesting action on the climb was the team riding of Mapei who stifled any threats that were imposed by Laurent Jalabert and then Alex Zulle. On Thursday, Stage 5 encounters the 1072 metre Col de la République which should be a determining stage in the overall outcome. |