Etoile de Besseges - Cat. 2.4France, February 2 - 6, 2000Stage 4 - February 4: Grand Prix du Casino des Fumades, Team Time Trial, 28 kmCofidis takes overIn the afternoon's short but important team time trial stage (28 km), the French Cofidis squad showed their superiority in winning the stage by 23 seconds from Credit Agricole. Although the AG2R team of race leader and morning stage winner, Jan Kirsipuu finished just 36 seconds behind Cofidis, it was not enough to keep hold of the jersey. Jo Plackaert from Cofidis now holds the lead, with his teammate, Chris Peers (Bel) in second position on the same time. The Cofidis team averaged 51.72 km/h in the afternoon to win the stage, driven by Planckaert, Peers, Vandenbroucke, and Farazijn, showing some excellent early season form.
1. Cofidis 32.49 2. Credit Agricole 0.23 3. AG2R Prévoyance 0.36 4. Lotto Adeco 0.38 5. Bonjour 0.55 6. Jean Delatour 7. Alexia Allumino 0.58 8. Lampre Daikin 1.14 9. Festina 1.16 10. Euskatel Euskadi 1.17 General classification after stage 4: 1 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 9.01.57 2 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.26 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 5 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 0.37 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 0.40 7 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 8 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.47 9 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.03 10 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.16 11 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.18 13 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 14 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.25 16 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1.34 17 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.35 18 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 22 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 1.48 23 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 1.50 24 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 1.51 25 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.54 26 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 1.56 27 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 28 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 29 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 1.57 30 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.27 31 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.41 32 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 2.44 33 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 34 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 3.18 35 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.21 36 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 3.33 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 5.04 38 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.33 39 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 8.11 40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.53 41 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 9.25 42 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 9.28 43 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.34 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.35 45 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.36 46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.48 47 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 15.56 48 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 16.10 49 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 MArcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.23 52 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Adecco 16.32 53 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.39 54 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 16.42 55 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 56 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 16.43 57 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 17.03 58 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 59 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.04 60 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.10 61 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 17.32 62 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 17.51 63 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 18.18 64 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 18.30 65 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 18.40 66 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 67 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 18.43 68 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 19.10 69 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans 70 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 19.28 71 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 19.39 72 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 20.21 73 Bo Petersen (Den) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 74 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 20.37 75 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 20.42 76 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 20.58 77 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.07 78 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 22.43 79 David Lefèvre (Fra) Cofidis 23.18 80 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 23.23 81 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 24.01 82 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 24.13 83 Robert Hunter (SAf) Lampre Daikin 24.32 84 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 24.28 85 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 25.05 86 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Aubervilliers 25.22 87 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 25.23 88 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 25.27 89 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 25.47 90 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Festina 25.48 91 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 25.56 92 Peter Mernout (Bel) Palmans 26.02 93 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 26.06 94 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 26.11 95 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 96 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 27.10 97 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 27.12 98 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.17 99 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 29.10 100 Sergei Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 29.55 101 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 30.46 102 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 31.28 103 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 33.49 104 Stijn De Schoenmacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 34.14 105 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 34.30 106 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 34.37 107 Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 34.38 108 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 34.46 109 Cédric Célarier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 35.07 110 Fabrizio Guidi (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35.21 111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 36.35 112 Renaud Boxus (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 36.56 113 Krzysztof Szafrancki (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 38.14 114 Luca Belluomini (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 38.14 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 38.31 116 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 39.59 117 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 40.09 118 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 41.06 119 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 41.37 120 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 42.25 121 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 42.29 122 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 123 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 42.56 124 Styn De Peuter (Bel) Palmans 125 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 43.02 126 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre Daikin 43.31 127 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 43.39 128 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 44.07 129 Tomasz Kroczko (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 44.38 130 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 44.43 131 Fabrice Salaison (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 46.26 132 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 49.52 133 Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 51.02 134 Grwegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 51.12 135 Stéphane Hennebert (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 52.35 136 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 52.48 137 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 53.24 138 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans 58.14 |