Etoile de Besseges - Cat. 2.4France, February 2 - 6, 2000Stage 3 - February 4: Nîmes - Fumades, 76.1 kmSecond for leading KirsipuuLeading Estonian Champion Jaan Kirsipuu, Ag2R Prevoyance, won his second stage in the Etoile de Besseges Friday beating GC second Jo Planckaert , Cofidis, and yesterday's winner, Jean-Patrick Nazon, La Francaise des Jeux, in a bunch sprint after a 76.1 km ride from Nîmes to Fumades. Kirsipuu is clearly in good form early on this season, having won two stages of this race so far, and coming second in another. Watch out Mario! A 28 km ITT will be the afternoon's task and is likely to shake up the overall classification.
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.52.24 (40.623 km/h) 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 3 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 5 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Adecco 7 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 8 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 9 Robert Hunter (SAf) Lampre Daikin 10 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 12 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 13 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 14 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 15 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 16 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 17 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 18 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 19 Luca Belluomini (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 20 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 21 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 23 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 24 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 25 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Grwegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 27 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 28 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 30 Fabrizio Guidi (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 33 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 34 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 35 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 36 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 37 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Aubervilliers 38 Stéphane Hennebert (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 39 Peter Mernout (Bel) Palmans 40 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 41 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 42 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 44 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 45 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 46 Fabrice Salaison (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 47 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 48 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 49 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 50 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 51 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 52 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 53 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 54 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 55 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre Daikin 57 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 59 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 60 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 61 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 62 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 63 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 64 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 65 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 66 Stijn De Schoenmacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 67 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 68 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 69 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 70 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 71 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 72 Krzysztof Szafrancki (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 73 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 74 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 76 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 77 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 78 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 79 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 80 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 81 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 82 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 83 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 84 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 85 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 86 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 87 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 88 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 David Lefèvre (Fra) Cofidis 90 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 91 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 92 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 93 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 94 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 95 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 96 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 98 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 99 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans 100 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 101 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 102 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 103 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 104 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 105 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 106 MArcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 107 Sergei Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 108 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 109 Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 110 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 111 Bo Petersen (Den) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 113 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 114 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 115 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 116 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 117 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 118 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 119 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 120 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Festina 121 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 0.37 122 Renaud Boxus (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 123 Styn De Peuter (Bel) Palmans 124 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 0.45 125 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 0.49 126 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 127 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.13 128 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 129 Tomasz Kroczko (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 130 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 131 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 132 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 2.54 133 Cédric Célarier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 5.17 134 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 6.43 135 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 136 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 7.23 137 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans 138 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7.27 DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Hans Redant (Bel) Collstrop General classification after stage 3: 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 8.29.05 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 0.09 3 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adeco 0.12 4 Christan Peers Bel) Cofidis 0.21 5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) 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 Courtesy of U.C. 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