Before the StartThe start of the 5th stage of Paris-Nice has been moved, on Thursday morning to Vichy à Saint-Just-en-Chevalet (Loire), some 44 kms from the scheduled start, because there was snow on the parcours. The revised stage distance, which is due to finish on the top of Col de la République via Saint Etienne will now be 113 km.The race director Josette Leulliot said: "The snow did not permit the race to pass over the Col du Beau-Louis. There are many uncertainties and risks. The riders will travel to Saint-Just-en-Chevalet by their team cars ready for the start.: The arrival at the 1072 m Col de la République does also pose a problem. Stage 5: Nevers - Col de la Republique, 113 kms1. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei 2.42.08 2. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE 0.02 3. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Festina 0.22 4. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino s.t. 5. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme s.t. 6. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.27 7. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina s.t. 8. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank s.t. 9. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.29 10. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 0.31 11. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE s.t. 12. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 0.53 13. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 s.t. 14. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina s.t. 15. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE s.t. 16. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Banesto 1.10 17. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 s.t. 18. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN s.t. 19. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux s.t. 20. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino s.t. 21. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina s.t. 22. Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca s.t. 23. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca s.t. 24. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 1.27 25. Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto s.t. 26. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 27. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 28. Bobby Julich (US) Cofidis 29. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 30. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom 1.39 31. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme 32. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 33. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 34. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 35. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 36. Roberto Sierra Aguero (Spa) ONCE 37. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino 38. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 39. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 40. Jose Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 42. Frankie Andreu (US) US Postal 43. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 44. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 45. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 46. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 47. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 48. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.12 49. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 50. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 51. luis perez-rodriguez 52. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 53. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 54. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 55. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 56. François Simon (Fra) GAN 57. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 2.19 58. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.02 59. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 60. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 3.28 61. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.54 62. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 63. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 64. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 65. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom-ARD 66. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 67. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 68. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 70. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 71. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 72. George Hincapie (US) US Postal 73. Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom 75. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 76. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 77. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 78. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 4.25 79. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Casino 80. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.47 81. Léon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 82. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 5.26 83. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 84. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 85. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 86. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 5.58 87. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 6.05 88. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 89. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 90. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 91. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 92. vVladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti-MG 7.34 93. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom-ARD 94. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom-ARD 95. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 96. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 97. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 98. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 99. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 100. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 101. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 102. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 103. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 104. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 105. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 106. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 107. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 108. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 109. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 110. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 111. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.35 112. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 8.50 113. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 114. Peter Meinert-nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 115. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 9.31 116. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 117. Jose Rodriguez Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 118. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 119. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 120. Riccardo Faverio (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 121. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 122. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 123. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 124. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 125. Dirk Muller (Ger) Telekom-ARD 127. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 128. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 129. Riccardo Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 130. Jan Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 131. Armand De Las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto s.t. 132. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 11.14 133. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 134. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11.39 Did not start: Daniel Atienza (Spa) Polti GC after Stage 5
1. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei 17.55.37 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.44 3. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE 0.46 4. Alex Zulle (Swi) Festina 0.57 5. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 1.12 6. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 1.14 7. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE 1.23 8. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank 1.27 9. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 1.28 10. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme 1.43 11. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 1.49 12. Inigo Cuesta Lopez De (Spa) ONCE 1.51 13. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 2.00 14. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.01 15. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 2.03 16. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Banesto 2.04 17. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.05 18. Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10 19. Bobby Julich (US) Cofidis 2.13 20. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 2.14 21. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 2.16 22. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.26 23. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 2.28 24. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.33 25. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 2.48 26. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 2.51 27. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme 3.02 28. Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto s.t. 29. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.04 30. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 3.09 31. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux s.t. 32. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 3.15 33. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3.17 34. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 3.25 35. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 3.44 36. Roberto Sierra Aguero (Spa) ONCE s.t. 37. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 3.48 38. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 3.52 39. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 3.53 40. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom 3.54 41. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 4.02 42. Jose Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.03 43. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 4.13 44. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4.19 45. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 4.23 46. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4.24 47. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 4.25 48. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4.33 49. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 4.35 50. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN s.t.Thanks to my friend Stephane David for the results Brief Report Frank Vandenbroucke (Mapei) has won the 5th stage which finished on top of the summit of the Col de la République near to Saint-Etienne, in snow and bitter cold. The Belgian attacked in the last kms of the climb after several attempts to get away from the Spanish riders Marcelino Garcia and Roberto Heras. They were with Swiss rider Alex Zulle and Italian Rodolfo Massi. Garcia was the last rider to resist Vandenbroucke and finished second for the stage at 22 seconds. Vandenbroucke's Mapei team controlled the stage beautifully against the efforts of Casino working for Laurie Aus and Festina who had both Bruno Boscardin and Pascal Herve in top GC positions. But once they reached the mountain it was the Belgian who put the distance between himself and the other contenders including Laurent Jalabert. Jalabert admitted that the Belgian was the superior rider on the stage. He said: "I know my limits." He is now in second place on GC 44 seconds behind VDB. |