Tour du Limousin - 2.3France, August 15-18, 2000Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - August 18: Tulle - Limoges, 163 kmColombian success but Halgand claims overall
Patrice Halgand (Delatour) was declared the overall winner of the Tour du Limousin after the final stage finished in Limoges today. Felix Rafael Cardenas of Colombia put Kelme on top of the podium again by winning the stage, ending another fruitful outing in France for this Spanish team. However, the real drama was in the overall classification as Halgand claimed enough bonus seconds (he took second on the stage) to move into the lead in front of Jean-Cyril Robin (Bonjour). Robin did not start the stage auspiciously, suffering a puncture in the opening kilometres. Then, he and his team were forced to contain break that went at the 50 kilometre point containing Kelme's Angel Vicioso (3.21 behind Robin). Possibly this was what decided the race, as Robin had little support in the final sprint, where he needed to peg Halgand. He finished 6th, while Halgand was second, taking 4 critical bonus seconds for the stage. Third overall was La Francaise des Jeux' Stephane Heulot. Nearly half the field abandoned on the final stage, mainly those looking towards the World Cup race on Sunday.
Results1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.05.47 (41.012 km/h) 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.02 3 Saulius Ruskis (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 6 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 7 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 9 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux 10 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team 11 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 12 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina 13 Storm Piil Jakob (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 14 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 15 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 16 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team 17 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures 18 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 19 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 20 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeux 24 Javier Gomez José (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Rolf Sorensen (Ned) Rabobank 26 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) French National Team 27 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 28 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 29 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux 30 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 31 Nicolay-Bo Larsen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 32 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 33 Vincent Templier (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 34 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 35 Alvaro Forner (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Jj Castelblanco (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux 38 René Jorgensen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 39 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 41 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 42 Holst Kyneb Mikael (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 43 Dario-David Cioni (Ita) Mapei 44 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.41 45 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.15 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 1.45 47 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team 1.58 48 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 49 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 2.01 50 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 2.24 52 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 3.44 53 Harlad Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger 54 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 55 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 56 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 4.56 57 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.59 58 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 59 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 60 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 61 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 6.19 62 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.28 63 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 64 Eligio Requejo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina 66 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures DNF Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Française des Jeux DNF Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei DNF Ricardo Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank DNF Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina DNF Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis DNF Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis DNF Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis DNF Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis DNF Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis DNF Mickael Blaudzun (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Arturas Kasputis (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Chris Boardman (Gbr) Crédit Agricole DNF Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel DNF Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel DNF Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel DNF Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger DNF Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures DNF Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures DNF Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures DNF Mindaugas Goncaras (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos DNF Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos DNF Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) St-Quentin-Oktos DNF Jérémie Derangere (Fra) French National Team DNF Raphaël Jeune (Fra) French National Team DNS David Milllar (Fra) Cofidis Final general classification: 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 16.51.58 (42.16 km/h) 2 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 0.02 3 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.08 4 Jose-Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.21 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.38 6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.53 7 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 1.29 8 Nicolay-Bo Larsen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.47 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.48 10 Saulius Ruskis (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 2.51 11 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 2.57 12 Storm Piil Jakob (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 3.00 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 15 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.02 16 Rolf Sorensen (Ned) Rabobank 17 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 18 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux 3.07 19 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeu 3.12 20 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 3.47 21 Vincent Templier (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 3.51 22 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.59 23 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 5.23 24 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nürnberger 5.39 25 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.23 26 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 9.03 27 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux 11.42 28 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.49 29 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 15.09 30 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 36.16 31 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 36.19 32 Alvaro Forner (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.21 33 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 34 Jj Castelblanco (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.26 35 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures 36.59 36 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) French National Team 37.10 37 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 38 René Jorgensen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 37.25 39 Holst Kyneb Mikael (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 37.45 40 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 38.46 41 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Festina 42 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team 39.02 43 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 39.17 44 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 40.25 45 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team 46 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 40.31 47 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 41.01 48 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 41.32 49 Felix Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41.36 50 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 41.44 51 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team 52 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 42.11 53 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 42.15 54 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 43.32 55 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 44.06 56 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 44.07 57 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina 44.59 58 Harlad Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger 45.26 59 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 60 Dario-David Cioni (Ita) Mapei 45.34 61 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 45.36 62 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 46.26 63 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 47.49 64 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 50.10 65 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 51.46 66 Eligio Requejo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55.15 67 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.06.00 Sprints classification: 1 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 22 pts 2 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 10 3 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux 9 4 Harlad Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger 7 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 6 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 5 7 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team 4 8 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 4 9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 10 Nicolay-Bo Larsen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 3 11 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 2 12 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team 2 13 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 2 14 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeu 2 15 Javier Gomez José (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 16 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 18 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification: 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 3 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 12 4 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 12 5 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team 10 6 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8 7 Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 8 8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 8 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 6 10 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux 5 11 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux 4 12 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeu 3 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2 14 Harlad Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger 2 15 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 2 16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 17 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 2 18 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2 19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 20 Javier Gomez José (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 21 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 1 22 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux 1 23 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team 1 Best young rider: 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.52.36 2 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos 0.51 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.10 4 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 2.22 5 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 2.24 6 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 3.09 7 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 8.25 8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.11 9 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger 35.38 10 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures 36.21 11 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) French National Team 36.32 12 René Jorgensen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 36.47 13 Laurent Chotard (Fra) French National Team 38.24 14 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 39.47 15 Anthony Testa (Fra) French National Team 16 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 39.53 17 Romain Mary (Fra) French National Team 41.06 18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 41.37 19 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 43.29 20 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina 44.21 21 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 47.11 22 Eligio Requejo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54.37 23 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.05.22 |
