Etoile de Besseges - Cat. 2.4France, February 2 - 6, 2000Stage 2 - February 3: Grand Prix de Miramas, 138 kmKirsipuu almost takes twoFrench cyclist Jean-Patrick Nazon has won the second stage of the Etoile des Besseges - the 138 km Grand Prix de Miramas. The stage was hampered by violent winds and it was not until 60 km to the end that the decisive break occurred, containing 12 riders. Race leader Jaan Kirsipuu (Est, Ag2R), did not make the break, which was dominated by Lotto-Adecco riders, who had six of their squad in the 12. However, Ag2R were stronger and chased the group down just a few kilometers from the end. Zbigniev Spruch (Pol, Lampre) and Francisque Tessier (Fra, FDJ) tried late attacks, but were quickly covered by Kirsipuu and Nico Matta (Bel, Cof). Spruch then led out the sprint but on the line it was Jean-Patrick Nazon (FDJ) who beat Jan Kirsipuu by half a wheel. 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.13.07 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 4 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 5 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 7 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 10 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 11 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 13 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 14 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 15 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 16 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 17 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 18 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 19 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 20 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 22 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 23 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 25 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 27 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 28 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 29 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 30 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 31 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 32 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 33 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 35 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 36 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 37 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 38 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 39 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 40 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 41 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 45 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Festina 46 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 47 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 48 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.54 51 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 15.07 52 Fabrice Salaison (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 53 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 54 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 55 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 56 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 57 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 58 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 59 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 60 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 61 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans 62 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 63 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 64 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 65 Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 66 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 67 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 68 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 69 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 70 Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 71 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 72 Krzysztof Szafrancki (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 74 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 75 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 76 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 77 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 78 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 79 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 80 MArcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 81 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 82 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 83 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 84 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 85 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 86 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 87 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 88 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 89 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 90 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance General classification after stage 2: 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.36.41 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 0.09 3 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.12 4 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 0.21 5 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 0.36 6 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 0.37 7 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.39 9 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.40 11 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.41 12 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.42 13 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 0.43 14 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 15 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 17 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 18 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 20 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 21 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 22 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 23 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 24 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 26 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 27 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 28 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 29 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 30 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 31 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 34 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 35 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 36 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 1.31 37 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.37 38 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1.46 39 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 2.23 40 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8.04 41 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 8.14 42 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 43 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 44 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 47 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 15.50 49 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 50 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 51 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 52 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 53 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 54 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 55 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 56 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 59 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 60 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 61 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 62 MArcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 63 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 64 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 65 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 66 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 67 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 68 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Adecco 71 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 72 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 73 Bo Petersen (Den) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 74 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 77 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 79 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 16.29 80 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans 81 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 16.40 82 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 83 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 17.50 84 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 19.34 85 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 86 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 23.21 87 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 88 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 89 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 90 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Courtesy of Stephane David/U.C. 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