37th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5

France, August 31-September 9, 2000

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Stage 6 - September 5: Saint-Amand-Montrond - Autun, 190 km

Tombak gives an Estonian win

Estonian Janek Tombak (Cofidis) gave his team a win in the 6th stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, 190 km between Saint-Amand-Monrond and Autun, beating Vlaanderen 2002 rider, Bjorn Leukemans and Bonjour's Sylvain Chavanel after yet another breakaway succeeded. Hungarian Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei) retained his yellow jersey as race leader.

The decisive break of five (Marcel Gono (CA) and Stéphane Berges (Big Mat) were the other two) came after 50 kilometres of racing, working well together to reach a maximum lead of 5 minutes with 40 kilometres to go.

The major difficulty on the closing circuit in and around Autun was "les Rampes de Montjeu", a 5 kilometre rise at 13%. Chavanel, holder of the mountains jersey, attacked on this hill but was joined by his other breakaway companions with less than two kilometres to go. In the finish, the Estonian was strongest as he led out Leukemans.

In addition, Janek Tombak will join compatriots Jaan Kirsipuu and Lauri Aus in the professional ranks next year after his contract was confirmed with Cofidis.

Results

1 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis                       4.55.18 (38.60 km/h)
2 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
4 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole
5 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93               0.05
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  1.32
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
8 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team         1.34
9 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour
10 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
11 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
12 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team
13 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
15 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
16 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
17 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team
18 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
19 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team
20 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team
21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
22 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
23 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
24 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
25 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
26 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team
27 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
28 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
29 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs
30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
31 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
32 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
34 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team
35 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
37 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
38 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux
39 Jon Bru (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
40 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
41 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour
42 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
44 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
45 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
46 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
48 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
49 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
50 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step
51 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
54 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team
55 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team
56 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
57 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour             1.43
59 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team            1.48
60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
61 Baden Cooke (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
62 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures
64 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team
65 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
66 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
67 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis
68 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
69 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team
70 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
71 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
72 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
74 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
75 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                        3.00
76 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
77 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team
78 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
79 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
80 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team
81 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
82 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
83 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
84 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
85 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
86 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
87 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury      6.53
88 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel                 6.53
89 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    8.06
90 Mark Walters (Can) Canadian National Team           9.05
91 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team
92 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
93 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
94 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team
95 Denis Salmon (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
96 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
97 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures
98 Derek Wilkerson (USA) US National Team
99 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
100 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
101 Sergiy Stanishevskiy (Ukr) Ukraine National Team   9.26
102 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        11.42
103 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
DNF Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team

General classifaction after stage 6:

1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step            21.27.33
2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole                 0.16
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                     1.22
4 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole                    2.17
5 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank             2.20
6 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank           2.27
7 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    2.30
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                   2.32
9 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx        2.37
10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank            2.48
11 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team                  2.51
12 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team              2.54
13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 2.56
14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                       3.14
15 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
16 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour                          3.18
17 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93              3.21
18 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               3.26
19 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux            3.29
20 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux            3.32
21 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury         3.34
22 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team          3.38
23 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures             3.50
24 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team                3.51
25 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93               3.53
26 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs              3.54
27 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            4.00
28 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour                4.03
29 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux        4.06
30 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                  4.10
31 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems          4.15
32 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis
33 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures            4.16
34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour                4.19
35 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury       4.34
36 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                         4.41
37 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               4.43
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                      4.44
39 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team
40 Baden Cooke (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury          4.45
41 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx      4.46
42 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                4.49
43 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury         4.51
44 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
45 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team       4.52
46 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank        4.53
47 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team          4.53
48 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                4.57
49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step             4.58
50 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems    4.58
51 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury          4.59
52 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   5.07
53 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs              5.16
54 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team            5.17
55 Jon Bru (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                       5.21
56 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures
57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs            5.22
58 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93               5.23
59 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs             5.24
60 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team          5.29
61 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
62 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team           5.31
63 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux         5.32
64 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                 5.39
65 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems       5.45
66 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                      6.08
67 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93         6.27
68 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel             6.29
69 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team                  6.39
70 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems         6.41
71 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team              6.46
72 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures             6.54
73 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team         6.58
74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
75 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour                  7.20
76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour             7.36
77 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                      8.02
78 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs              8.12
79 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team
80 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93              9.18
81 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team                9.54
82 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                   10.08
83 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury     11.01
84 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures          11.05
85 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel                11.10
86 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems         12.15
87 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx   12.42
88 Derek Wilkerson (USA) US National Team             13.44
89 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis                         14.30
90 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               14.54
91 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures
92 Denis Salmon (Fra) France Ouest Hatel              15.56
93 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs                  16.01
94 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank      16.09
95 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team                 16.39
96 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team       20.13
97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               20.23
98 Mark Walters (Can) Canadian National Team          20.48
99 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         21.37
100 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             22.52
101 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team        37.55
102 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team           50.01
103 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems        53.30
104 Sergiy Stanishevskiy (Ukr) Ukraine National Team1.13.24