48th Circuit de la Sarthe - 2.4

France, April 4-7, 2000

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Stage 4 - April 7: Durtal - Durtal ITT, 23.3 km

Canada wins crucial stage

David Canada put an end to Marcel Wüst's impressive run of victories by winning stage 4 of the Circuit of the Sarthe, a 23.3 kilometres time trial around Durtal. The ONCE rider averaged 48 kilometres an hour to take the win from Germany's Jens Voigt (CA) and Briton David Millar (Cofidis).

In doing so, he took over the lead from Wüst going into this afternoon's final 100 km road race from Voigt and Brochard (Jean Delatour), who came fourth in the time trial.

Results

1 David Canada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          29.07 (48.01 km/h)
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                0.12
3 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                      0.25
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour            0.26
5 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                0.34
6 Bobby Julich (Usa) Crédit Agricole              0.44
7 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance            0.50
8 Chris Boardman (Gbr) Crédit Agricole            0.53
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus           0.54
10 José-Ivan Guterriez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank   0.55
11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank      0.56
12 Jonathan Vaughters (Usa) Crédit Agricole       1.03
13 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                  1.06
14 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour              1.09
15 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R-Prevoyance
16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel           1.18
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        1.32
18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step              1.33
19 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard Jack&Jones     1.34
20 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux    1.38

General classification after stage 4:

1 David Canada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank       14.35.07
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                0.10
3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour            0.14
4 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                      0.16
5 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                0.34
6 Bobby Julich (Usa) Crédit Agricole              0.44
7 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance            0.50
8 Chris Boardman (Gbr) Crédit Agricole            0.53
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus           0.54
10 José-Ivan Guterriez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank   0.55


Climbs classification:

1 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures             38 pts
2 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                        28
3 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93          26
4 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner             20
5 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93           12
6 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance           6
7 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures        5
8 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskaltel   4
9 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                  3
10 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                2
10 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus                   2
10 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures          2
13 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole          1
13 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           1
13 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                  1
13 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel         1
13 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner         1

Hot spots sprints classification:

1 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                        16 pts
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour              11
3 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93          10
3 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures             10
5 Scott McGrory (Aus) Team Gerolsteiner              6
5 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance           6
7 Charly Wegelius (Gbr) Mapei-Quick Step             5
7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux           5
9 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour                  4
10 Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips                 3
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                  2
12 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis                      1
12 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca              1
12 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step          1
12 Arvis Piziks (Lit) Memorycard Jack&Jones          1

U23 Classification:

1 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                  14.35.23
2 José-Ivan Guterriez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank    0.39
3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         1.16
4 Leif Hoste (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step               1.17
5 Gorka Arrizabalanga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     1.41