11th Boucles de l'Artois - 1.6France, April 22, 2000Jean Floc' h too strongThe 11th edition of the Boucles de l'Artois formed part of the French Elite 2 teams championship. Starting in Maroeuil and finishing in Arras, the 173 km race was conducted in miserable weather. At the back of the peloton a number of flats and other mechanical troubles decimated the field. The main part of the peloton remained together for much of the race, with the final attack coming on Mont Saint Eloi with 18 kilometres to go. Olivier Lénaïc, Renaud Dion , Stéphane Auroux, Carlo Meneghetti, Jérôme Desjardins, and Frédéric Delalande established a lead of 30 seconds, which remained until the finish. Jean Floc' h-Mantes teammates, Delalande and Lénaïc worked together to ensure that no-one got away before the sprint. Lénaïc Olivier got Carlo Meneghetti's wheel and at 300 metres the Parisian made the final move and won ahead of Renaud Dion and Stéphane Auroux. "I knew I was the best sprinter. I feared Meneghetti but I have beaten him in all the sprints this season", said the winner after the race. At age 23 this is Olivier's most important victory, his second this season. Results - 173.4 km1 Olivier Lénaïc (Fra) Jean Floc'h - Mantes 4.09.13 (41.74 km/h) 2 Renaud Dion (Fra) CG Orléans 3 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) CR4C Roanne 4 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix 5 Jérôme Desjardins (Fra) VC Rouen 76 6 Frédéric Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h - Mantes 7 Eric Drubay (Fra) CC Etupes 8 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Koksijde 0.35 9 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CC Etupes 10 Franck Morelle (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 11 Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Roubaix 12 Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen 76 13 Stéphane Couge (Fra) Jean Floc'h - Mantes 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Vendée U 15 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 16 Faat Zakirov (Rus) CC Lada 17 Laurent Chotard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 18 Igor Bogatyrev (Rus) CC Lada 19 Eddy Lemoine (Fra) CG Orléans 20 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 21 Fabrice Paumier (Fra) Dunkerque Cyclisme 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Vendée U 23 Stéphane Foucher (Fra) CG Orléans 24 Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 25 John Ownsworth (Nzl) 23 La Creuse 26 Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Roubaix 27 Frédéric Arnaud (Fra) CR4C Roanne 28 Anthony Rokia (Fra) 23 La Creuse 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 30 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 31 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) CC Etupes 32 Jérôme Gannat (Fra) CC Etupes 33 Cédric Herve (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 34 Nicolas Andre (Fra) CC Etupes 35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Vendée U 36 Frédéric Lubach (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 37 Olivier Maignan (Fra) CG Orléans 38 Franck Havidic (Fra) CG Orléans 39 David Leboucher (Fra) Sélection Sarthe 40 Nicolas L'hote (Fra) VC Roubaix 41 Eric Leblacher (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 42 Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 43 Pascal Bousquet (Fra) US Créteil 44 Cédric Vanoverschelde (Fra) VC Roubaix 45 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 46 Jean-Claude Thilloy (Fra) VC Roubaix 47 Stéphane Rifflet (Fra) VC Rouen 76 48 Laurent Planchaud (Fra) CG Orléans 49 Mark Scanlon (Irl) CC Etupes 50 Denis Tichtchenko (Rus) CC Lada 51 Stanislav Takouchev (Rus) CC Lada 52 Karl Zoetemelk (Fra) CR4C Roanne 53 Eric Duteil (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 54 David Corbeau (Fra) Sélection Sarthe 55 Benoît Luminet (Fra) CR4C Roanne 56 Marc Thevenin (Fra) CR4C Roanne 57 Guillaume Lejeune (Fra) CR4C Roanne 58 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 59 Cyril Bouhoux (Fra) Sélection Sarthe 60 Martial Locatelli (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 61 Pascal Pofilet (Fra) CC Etupes 62 Vladimir Efimkine (Rus) CC Lada 63 David Dheruelle (Fra) Sélection Sarthe 64 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 65 Mickaël Fouliard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 66 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 67 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) VC Rouen 76 68 Cédric Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76 69 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 70 Marian Hary (Fra) Vendée U Teams classification for French Championship: 1 Jean Floc'h-Mantes 85 Pts 2 CC Etupes 58 3 VC Rouen 76 57 4 CC Nogent-sur-Oise 49 5 CR4C Roanne 38 6 VC Roubaix 36 7 CM Aubervilliers 31 8 CG Orléans 24 9 23 La Creuse en Limousin 15 9 Vendée U 15 Results courtesy of Velomania |