37th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5

France, August 31-September 9, 2000

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Stage 8 - September 7: Annécy - Le Grand Bornand, 149 km

Kintana impressive, Moncoutié leads

Spaniard, Aitor Kintana (Euskaltel) pulled off a fantastic win in stage 8 of the Tour de l'Avenir after he spent the whole day in the lead. He finished solo in Le Grand Bornand with a 1'07 advantage to Sven Montgomery (FdJ) and David Moncoutie (Cofidis), the latter taking over the overall lead ahead of Mapei's Laszlo Bodrogi.

In the first kilometre of the stage, a group of 15 riders attacked including Kintana. After more than 100 kilometres of the 150 to be covered, the peloton caught the group. However, just prior to this, five split off in a new attack: Nocentini, Loder, Tessier, Martin and Kintana reached the base of the Col du Marais with more than 2 minutes.

At about 25 kiloemtres to go, Kintana made his last and decisive attack, riding away from the other four with great power. Yesterday's stage winner, David Moncoutie, came up to the four with Montgomery, Martin and Flores and tried bridge to Kintana, without result.

Moncoutie became the new leader, having just 4 seconds on Bodrogi who finished 21st, 4'05 down today.

Results

1 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           4.08.49 (36.05 km/h)
2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux           1.07
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
4 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                        2.40
6 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
7 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                   3.01
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury        3.16
9 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures            3.30
10 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
11 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
12 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour
13 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
14 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
15 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing System   3.34
16 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                   3.54
17 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour              4.05
18 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
19 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team
20 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
21 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
22 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step           5.10
24 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93       5.19
25 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux      6.29
26 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs           6.37
27 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team          9.14
28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
29 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
31 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               9.21
32 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank          9.23
33 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                9.33
34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step         10.42
36 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                11.55
37 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems    13.42
38 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team     14.31
39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
40 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team
41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
42 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
43 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank       14.34
44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury    17.29
45 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
46 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
48 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team
49 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team
50 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs
51 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
52 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
53 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
54 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
56 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team       18.38
57 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures            25.06
58 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures
59 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
60 Baden Cooke (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
61 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
62 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
63 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
64 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team         32.06
65 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team
66 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team
67 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
68 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
69 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team
70 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team
71 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
72 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team
73 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
74 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
75 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
76 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
77 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
79 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
81 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
82 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team
83 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
84 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team
85 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
86 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team
87 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs                34.37
DNF Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis
DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
DNF Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole
DNF Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
DNF Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour
DNF Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
DNF Jon Bru (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
DNF Derek Wilkerson (USA) US National Team
DNF Denis Salmon (Fra) France Ouest Hatel

General classification after stage 8:

1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                  30.37.37
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step              0.04
3 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                0.20
4 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux           0.22
5 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
6 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.26
7 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank           2.22
8 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour                         2.47
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury        2.49
10 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93             3.10
11 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures           3.19
12 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             3.30
13 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole              3.31
14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures          3.45
15 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                       3.52
16 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team              3.55
17 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing System   4.34
18 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                   4.47
19 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour              4.47
20 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    4.50
21 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs          5.31
22 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole              5.41
23 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux      7.44
24 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               8.10
25 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank          8.43
26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                8.44
27 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93       8.55
28 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team         10.30
29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step          10.31
30 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step         10.44
31 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank     10.46
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                   10.56
33 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team           12.16
34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs          13.31
35 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank       13.36
36 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs               14.40
37 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems    15.29
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs              16.49
39 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux         16.57
40 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    17.15
41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury    18.02
42 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team       18.15
43 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems       18.23
44 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs           18.32
45 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                18.32
46 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team    18.43
47 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury       19.22
48 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team        19.39
49 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team              20.07
50 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team               21.17
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs           21.43
52 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team             23.22
53 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole             25.45
54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux             29.58
55 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                   30.05
56 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team     30.43
57 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team               31.36
58 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures            33.00
59 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures          33.30
60 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs           34.01
61 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team       34.44
62 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx34.59
63 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank    35.08
64 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team       36.13
65 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team         36.23
66 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93            36.29
67 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems      37.47
68 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team      38.04
69 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel          38.58
70 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team           39.15
71 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team       39.18
72 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                     39.27
73 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures           40.23
74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi       40.36
75 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures        40.41
76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour          41.12
77 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel              43.39
78 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                 46.45
79 Baden Cooke (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury       47.06
80 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 47.21
81 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury   47.38
82 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis                       51.07
83 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team               53.16
84 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury      54.12
85 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs              1.07.53
86 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team        1.24.40
87 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team     1.27.16