37th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5

France, August 31-September 9, 2000

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Stage 9 - September 8: Le Grand Bornand - Ville-la-Grand, 175 km

Flores takes the stage and the lead

With just one stage to come in the Tour de l'Avenir, a Spaniard has yet again taken control of the race as they did last year. Euskaltel's Iker Flores won the 9th stage from Le Grand Bornand to Ville-la-Grand and pulled the leader's jersey from the shoulders of David Moncoutie (Cofidis).

Tomorrow should see Flores retain it, as the 120 kilometres around Annemasse will not present and major difficulties. Flores made his move today after he attacked a group of 10 that included Moncoutié on the Col de la Joux-Plane, the stage's main obstacle. Flores took 2'15 out of the bunch in 6 kilometres of climbing, but this was later reduced to 50 seconds.

Flores had to time trial the last 25 kilometres, but was aided by the fact that Moncoutie only had one other teammate (Thierry Loder) with him. He finished with an overall lead of 45 seconds to the Frenchman

Results

1 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               4.48.18 (36.42 km/h)
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  0.50
3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
4 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs             0.53
6 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
10 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                         1.01
11 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               3.42
12 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                    5.53
14 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
15 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
17 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team
18 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
19 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
20 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour
21 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
23 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                  5.58
25 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx      9.17
26 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team
27 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                  9.24
28 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    9.38
29 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93        12.40
30 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux       15.26
31 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
33 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                15.35
34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs            15.36
35 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team       20.04
36 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures
37 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
38 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
39 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
40 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
41 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
43 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team
44 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team
45 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs
46 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs
47 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
48 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team
49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank
50 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
51 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures            29.59
52 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team           31.52
53 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
54 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
55 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
56 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
57 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures
58 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
60 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
61 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
62 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team
63 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
64 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team
65 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel
66 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team
67 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
68 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
69 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
70 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
71 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team
72 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
73 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
74 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team
75 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
76 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team
77 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team
DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step
DNF Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
DNF Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
DNF Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
DNF Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
DNF Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team
DNS Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93

General classififcation after stage 9:

1 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              35.26.02
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                        0.45
3 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux             1.06
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury          3.35
5 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4.01
6 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures              4.02
7 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 4.10
8 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures             4.31
9 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                          4.46
10 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                    6.08
11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs            6.17
12 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               7.05
13 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank            8.08
14 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour                          8.33
15 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 8.47
16 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team                9.41
17 Koldo Gil (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                    10.33
18 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour               10.33
19 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole               11.27
20 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx     14.00
21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                 14.35
22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step              20.01
23 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems      21.15
24 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93        21.28
25 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux       23.03
26 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury      23.48
27 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                 23.57
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                     26.12
29 Franck Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team      27.53
30 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank           28.40
31 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs            29.00
32 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team               29.08
33 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team           30.27
34 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank       30.43
35 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank         33.33
36 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team                35.35
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               35.44
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Banesto Espoirs                36.46
39 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) Ukraine National Team         38.12
40 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Banesto Espoirs             38.29
41 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  38.29
42 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team                 41.14
43 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs             41.40
44 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole               45.40
45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux           48.42
46 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx      49.00
47 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems         50.08
48 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team       50.40
49 Scott Davis (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury         51.07
50 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team          51.24
51 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team         54.41
52 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank      55.05
53 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx   56.51
54 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures           1.00.20
55 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team               1.03.21
56 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures          1.03.22
57 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures            1.04.45
58 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs           1.05.46
59 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx1.06.44
60 Raphael Jeune (Fra) French National Team         1.08.08
61 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93            1.08.14
62 Phil Zajicek (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury      1.09.31
63 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems      1.09.32
64 Charles Dionne (Can) Canadian National Team      1.09.49
65 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) France Ouest Hatel          1.10.43
66 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team           1.11.00
67 Michaël Barry (Can) Canadian National Team       1.11.03
68 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                     1.11.12
69 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi       1.12.21
70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour          1.12.57
71 Tony Cavet (Fra) France Ouest Hatel              1.15.24
72 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                 1.18.30
73 Will Frischkorn (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury   1.19.23
74 Donny Lopez (USA) US National Team               1.25.01
75 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs                1.39.38
76 Svein Tuff (Can) Canadian National Team          1.56.25
77 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team       1.59.01