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PreviewThe Tour de l'Oise, organised by the Société du Tour de France, returns after an interuption of one year and has adopted an intensive formula over two days - Saturday and Sunday. The result - three long stages. Without the traditional Time Trial, the race is now open for the strong road riders and the sprinters. This has been emphasised by the system of bonifications introduced.The Oise is a French department 60km north of Paris. The stage analysis is as follows: Stage 1, Creil to Noyon (188.5 kms) via the Côte of Liancourt (km 24), the Côte of Elincourt Sainte Marguerite (km 117.5) and the Côte of Thiescourt (km 131) and two 13.5km circuits in Noyon. Stage 2, Compiègne to Beauvais (101 kms) via the Côte of l’Escargot (km 47.5), Côte of Mouy (km 58.5), Côte of Silly-Tillard (km 72) and the Côte of Valdampierre (km 81). Stage 3, Beauvais to Creil (99.5 kms) via the Côte of Mont-Bénard (km 7), Côte of Lalandelle (km 19.5), Côte of La Houssoye (km 27.5), Côte of Méru (km 51), Côte of Dieudonné (km 67) and the Côte of Creil (km 91.5 with 8 km to go) In the peloton of 16 teams, Casino is looking very strong with Estonian rider Jan Kirsipuu, leading the Coupe de France, and the French Champion, Stéphane Barthe. Christophe Agnolutto, Estonian Lauri Aus and the Kazak rider Alexandre Vinokourov, area all in excellent form. Other riders who are also certain to figure in the finish are Frédéric Moncassin (GAN), winner in 1993, the riders from Rabobank and Cofidis, including local riders Philippe Gaumont (1996 winner) and Christophe Capelle (both who are from the region where the race is run). Daniel Schamps reports that the weather is sunny and warm. Not a single cloud in the sky. Stage 1, Creil - Noyon, 188.5 kms:1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 2. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 0.01 3. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 4. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 6. Kristof Trouvé (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7. Stefano Dante (Ita) Vini Caldirola 8. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 9. Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Elite 10. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 14. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 48. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar s.t. GC after Stage 1 1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 2. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 0.05 3. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.06 4. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 0.06 5. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 0.07 6. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 0.08 7. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 0.09 8. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 0.10 9. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.10 10. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis 0.10 13. Kristof Trouvé (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.11 Brief The Estonians are the winners from the first stage of the Tour de l'Oise cycliste, with Lauri Aus and Jan Kirsipuu taking the double for Casino. In the first of three stages which finish on Sunday afternoon, it was Lauri Aus who was the strong man. He attacked in the final stages, a little more than 4 kms from the finish, and quickly built a lead of 12 seconds. He held on grimly to the peloton which was being regulated by Kirsipuu in front of the Swede Magnus Backstedt (GAN) Aus, aged 27, chalked up the 36th win for Casino this season, and his second personal victory, the first being at the Classic Haribo in February. He turned professional in 1995 with Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne, and last year joined the team of Vincent Lavenu. There were many attacks during this stage, notably from Cofidis (Gaumont, Saugrain, F. Moreau), and they enlivened the 188.5 kms stage. The average speed was more than 44 km/h. The Casino team, favourites at the start in Creil, pushed Gilles Bouvard to take his chance some 40 kms before the end. The French rider built up a 1.30 advantage but he was caught just before the last lap of the finishing circuit 18 kms from the end. In the sprint, Kirsipuu dominated with Backstedt, the revelation of the last Paris-Roubaix (7th) third. Damien Nazon, who hit a car on the course and finished with several contusions. On Sunday there are two stages on the program. In the morning, the riders face 101 kms between Compiègne and Beauvais and then inthe afternoon they ride from Beauvais to Creil over 99.5 kms. Stage 2, Compiegne - Beauvais, 101 kms:1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 2. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 0.10 3. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 4. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 5. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 6. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 0.18 7. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 8. Lauri Aus (Est) Casinos 9. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 10. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 11. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 12. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones 13. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux all s.t Stage 3, Beauvais - Creil, 97.5 kms:1. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 2. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN s.t. 3. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 6. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 8. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 9. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar Final GC 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 2. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 0.11 3. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 0.12 4. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 0.14 5. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 0.15 6. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 0.16 7. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 0.16 8. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 0.16 9. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 0.17 10. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.19 11. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 0.19 12. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Gan 0.20 13. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 0.21 14. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 0.21 15. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.22 16. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.23 17. Andreas Kappes (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24 18. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones ?? 19. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) GAN ?? 20. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar ?? Brief Casino dominated the Tour de l'Oise cycliste, winning the final GC courtesy of their Kazak rider Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov, as well as taking each of the three stages. Vinokourov won the second stage in the morning to Beauvais, with a 12 second gap in front of the rest. In the afternoon, French Champion Stéphane Barthe won a mass sprint into Creil. Estonian rider Lauri Aus (Casino) won the first stage. This coup put Lauri Aus into second place in the final GC and takes the number of victories for the Casino team to 39 for the season. Barthe said afterwards: This is our team. We have transformed it." At 24 years old, Vinokourov, is an impressive young man, who has enriched the young team after the successes in the Circuit des Mines and also the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque. Directeur sportif Laurent Biond said "He will have a rest now and then we hope to do well in the Classique des Alpes and the Dauphiné but it is still questionable if he will ride the Tour de France." Complete Starting ListCOFIDIS FESTINA WATCHES CASINO (D.S. Bernard Quilfen) (D.S. Michel Gros) (D.S. Laurent Biondi) 1 Gaumont Philippe 11 Halgand Patrice 21 Kirsipuu Jaan 2 Capelle Christophe 12 Hernandez Jaime 22 Agnolutto Christophe 3 Plouhinec Samuel 13 Korff André 23 Aus Lauri 4 Julich Bobby 14 Laurent Thierry 24 Barthe Stéphane 5 15 Stephens Neil 25 Bouvard Gilles 6 Millar David 16 26 Durand Jacky 7 Moreau Francis 17 27 Oriol Christophe 8 Saugrain Cyril 18 28 Vinokourov Alexandre 9 Delbove Jerôme 19 29 RABOBANK GAN LOTTO MOBISTAR (D.S. Joop Zoetemelk) (D.S. Roger Legeay) (D.S. Jos Braeckevelt) 31 Mc Ewen Robbie 41 Boardman Chris 51 Planckaert Jo 32 Boven Jan 42 Backstedt Magnus 52 Detilloux Christophe 33 Bruinsma Johan 43 Bos Cyril 53 Feys Wim 34 Dekker Eric 44 Jenner Christopher 54 Marichal Thierry 35 Jonasson Danny 45 Langella Anthony 55 Peers Chris 36 Koerts Jans 46 Moncassin Frédéric 56 Vandenbroucke Jean Denis 37 Lotz Marc 47 Perraudeau Olivier 57 Verbrugghe Rik 38 48 Poli Eros 58 Willems Ludwig 39 49 59 LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX US POSTAL SERVICE BRESCIALAT LIQUIGAS (D.S. Marc Madiot) (D.S. Johnny Weltz) (D.S. Giancarlo Perini) 61 Nazon Damien 71 Hincapie George 81 Milesi Marco 62 Bouyer Franck 72 Andreu Frankie 82 Banfi Mauro 63 Casper Jimmy 73 Derame Pascal 83 64 D'Hont Patrick 74 Jemison Marty 84 Camin Claudio 65 Morelle Franck 75 Teutenberg Sven 85 Contrini Daniele 66 Nazon Jean Patrick 76 Vandevelde Christian 86 Frattini Cristiano 67 Perque Franck 77 Vaughters Jonathan 87 Ivanov Ruslan 68 Vogondy Nicolas 78 Villatoro Anton 88 Moreni Cristian 69 79 89 Figura Antonio TEAM HOME JACK & JONES BIGMAT AUBER 93 TEAM GEROLSTEINER (D.S.Alex Pedersen) (D.S.Jean Henry) (D.S.Dieter Koslar 91 Skibby Jesper 101 Auger Ludovic 111 Kappes Andreas 92 Andersen Christian 102 Auger Guillaume 112 Meijs Raymond 93 Jacobsen Marc Strange 103 Berges Stéphane 113 Grabsch Ralf 94 Jörgensen René 104 Da Cruz carlos 114 Henrix Sachsa 95 Kyneb Mikael Holst 105 Genty Laurent 115 Schlickau Michael 96 Nielsen Michael Steen 106 Sivakov Alexei 116 Schumann Dirk 97 Rosborg Michael 107 Sweet Jay 117 98 Silovs Juris 108 118 99 109 119 Klein Frank VINI CALDIROLA LONGONI MUTUELLE SEINE&MARNE VLAANDEREN 2002 (D.S. Stefano Zanatta) (D.S. Yvon Sanquer) (D.S. Claude Van Coillie) 121 Borghi Ruggero 131 Pillon Laurent 141 Roesems Bert 122 Dalla Costa Oscar 132 Bernard Jerôme 142 Cretskens Wilfried 123 De Mauri Stefano 133 Cueff Stéphane 143 Hoste Leif 124 134 Gabriel Frédéric 144 Renders Nico 125 135 Lamour Claude 145 Trouvé Kristof 126 Murtas Emiliano 136 Rault Dominique 146 127 Simonetti Simone 137 Rover Steve 147 Vereecke Karel 128 Trentin Guido 138 Talmant Gilles 148 Vermaut Stive 129 Dante Stefano 139 149 France Elite (D.S. Charly Bérard) 151 Planchaud Laurent 152 Boulet Mickaël 153 Delalande Frédéric 154 Dumont David 155 Guillome Christophe 156 Meneghetti Carlo 157 Templier Vincent 158 Thilloy Jean Michel 159Complete starting list from Stephane David and Daniel Schamps, Paris Past Winners1992 Thierry Marie (Fra) 1993 Frederic Moncassin (Fra) 1994 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1995 Jelle Nijdam (Ned) 1996 Phillipe Gaumont (Fra) 1997 No event |