Etoile de Besseges - Cat. 2.4France, February 2 - 6, 2000Stage 5 - February 5: Ales - La Grand Combe, 144 kmCofidis keeps the lid on, Nazon's secondStage 5 of the Etoile de Besseges was the fastest of the race, being conducted at nearly 46 km/h for the 145 km between Alès (Gard) and la Grand Combe. This was courtesy of some very aggressive riding by many teams wishing to displace Jo Planckaert (Bel, Cofidis) from his spot at the top of the GC. However, his team led by Franck Vandenbroucke were up to the task and brought the group together for the final portion of the stage. The only serious break came from Rubens Bertogliati, Christophe Agnolutto, Maurizio Semprini, Franck Pencole and Alexandre Chouffe who gained up to 1:50 before being brought back by the Cofidis and Ag2R teams on the finishing circuit. The sprint was a tussle between Planckaert, Kirsipuu and Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra, FDJ), with the latter prevailing over Kirspuu and race leader Planckaert. In the mountains competition, disputed at Montagnac (27 km), it was Jean Delatour's Patrice Halgand who took the only prize to win the classification. Tomorrow is the last stage of the Etoile, the "Grand Prix de Besseges" - a 141 km circuit race, which should see Planckaert win the overall.
1 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.09.11 (45.995 km/h) 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 4 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 5 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 7 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 8 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 9 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 10 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Adecco 11 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 12 Robert Hunter (SAf) Lampre Daikin 13 Cédric Célarier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 14 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 15 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 16 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 17 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 18 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 21 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 23 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 24 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 25 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 26 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Fabrizio Guidi (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 28 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 29 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 30 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 31 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 33 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 34 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 35 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 36 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 37 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 38 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 39 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 41 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 42 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 43 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 45 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 46 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 47 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 48 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 50 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 51 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 52 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 53 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 54 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 55 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 56 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 57 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 58 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 59 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 60 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 61 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 63 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 64 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 65 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 66 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 67 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 68 Krzysztof Szafrancki (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 69 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 70 Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 71 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 72 MArcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 73 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 75 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 76 Stijn De Schoenmacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 77 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 78 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 80 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 81 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre Daikin 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Aubervilliers 83 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 84 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 85 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 86 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 87 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 88 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 0.24 89 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 90 Peter Mernout (Bel) Palmans 91 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 92 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 93 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 94 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 95 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 96 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 98 Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 99 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 100 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 101 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 102 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans 103 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 104 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans 105 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 106 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 107 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 0.33 108 Sergei Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 109 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 110 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 111 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 112 David Lefèvre (Fra) Cofidis 113 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 114 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 115 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 116 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 117 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.40 118 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.57 119 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.05 120 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1.06 121 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 1.47 122 Bo Petersen (Den) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 123 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 124 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 125 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.03 126 Fabrice Salaison (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 3.11 127 Renaud Boxus (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 128 Styn De Peuter (Bel) Palmans 129 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Festina 4.04 130 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 131 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 132 Tomasz Kroczko (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 133 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 134 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 135 Stéphane Hennebert (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 4.51 136 Luca Belluomini (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC DNS Grwegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers Sprints: 1st Plan de Brie - 101 km 1 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 5 pts 2 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 1 2nd Finishing circuit - 129 km 1 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 pts 2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 3 3 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1 General classification after stage 5: 1 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 12.11.04 (43.709 km/h) 2 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 0.22 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.24 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.41 5 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 0.44 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 7 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.51 8 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.07 9 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.20 10 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.22 12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 13 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 14 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.29 16 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 1.38 17 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 1.39 18 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 21 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 22 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin 1.52 23 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 1.54 24 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 1.55 25 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.58 26 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina 2.00 27 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 28 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 29 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 2.01 30 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.31 31 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.48 32 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 33 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 3.09 34 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans 3.22 35 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.25 36 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 4.01 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans 5.08 38 Franck Pencolé (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.32 39 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 8.15 40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.21 41 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 9.29 42 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 9.32 43 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.30 44 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.38 45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.52 46 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 15.43 47 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 16.00 48 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 16.14 49 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.27 52 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto Adecco 16.36 53 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 16.46 54 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 55 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 17.07 56 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 57 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.08 58 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 17.11 59 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.14 60 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.16 61 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 17.36 62 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 18.22 63 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 18.34 64 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 18.44 65 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 66 Oleg Kozlitine (Lat) Saint Quentin Oktos 19.11 67 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 19.32 68 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 19.38 69 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans 70 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 19.42 71 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 19.43 72 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 21.05 73 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 21.19 74 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 21.26 75 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.11 76 Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 22.12 77 Bo Petersen (Den) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 78 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 22.47 79 Frederic Mainglenaud (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 23.27 80 David Lefèvre (Fra) Cofidis 23.55 81 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 24.05 82 Robert Hunter (SAf) Lampre Daikin 24.36 83 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 24.41 84 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 25.09 85 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 25.15 86 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Aubervilliers 25.16 87 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 25.54 88 Ole Simensen (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 26.10 89 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 26.15 90 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 91 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 26.21 92 Peter Mernout (Bel) Palmans 26.30 93 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 94 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 27.38 95 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28.26 96 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 29.14 97 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 29.19 98 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 29.31 99 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Festina 29.56 100 Sergei Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 30.32 101 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 30.50 102 Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 31.56 103 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 33.53 104 Stijn De Schoenmacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 34.18 105 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 34.41 106 Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures - Sunn 34.42 107 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre Daikin 34.50 108 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 34.58 109 Cédric Célarier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 35.11 110 Fabrizio Guidi (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35.25 111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 36.39 112 Krzysztof Szafrancki (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 38.18 113 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop 38.35 114 Renaud Boxus (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 40.11 115 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 40.27 116 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 40.37 117 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 41.10 118 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 42.33 119 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos 120 Luca Belluomini (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 43.19 121 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre Daikin 43.35 122 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43.57 123 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 44.44 124 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 44.49 125 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 45.27 126 Styn De Peuter (Bel) Palmans 46.11 127 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 46.33 128 Artur Krasinski (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 47.10 129 Tomasz Kroczko (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC 48.46 130 Fabrice Salaison (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel 49.41 131 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 49.56 132 Linas Balciunas (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos 51.30 133 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 53.25 134 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 54.01 135 Stéphane Hennebert (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi 57.30 136 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans 58.42 Courtesy of U.C. 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