GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise - Cat. 1.4
France, February 1, 2000
Start List Results
Magnien takes opening race
The French riders were the most active in the race, once activity started after a calm first hour. French champion François Simon and Francisque Teyssier, representing the two new teams Bonjour and Jean Delatour, attacked and in the reaction the peloton was split with a main group of forty in front. Their compatriots Christoph Bassons, Bonjour, and Emmanuel Magnien, FDJ, got into a decisive break with Belgian Kurt van Lancker, Lotto, and Estonian Lauri Aus, Ag2R. Bassons attacked in the final kilometer but the others caught him and Magnien got an easy sprint victory. His team mate Fabrice Guidi took the bunch sprint and Lars Michaelsen was eighth so Francais des Jeux has started the European season in style.
The winner Emmanuel Magnien is one of the great talents in French cycling
but was injured in a fall in the stormy ITT stage of the Tour of Germany
June 2nd last year, and had most of his season spoiled (sound familiar?).
His best result so far is probably the second place in Milan - San Remo
after Erik Zabel in 1998.
Results
1 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.24.33 (39.75 km/h)
2 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance
3 Cristophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
4 Kurt Van Lanker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.03
5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Francaise Des Jeux 0.56
6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Francaise Des Jeux
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
10 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
11 Francois Simon (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
12 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
13 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
14 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
15 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
16 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre Daikin
17 Alessandro Romio (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
18 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers 1.01
19 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.1
20 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.25
21 Robert Hunter (SAf) Lampre Daikin 1.28
22 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
23 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
24 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis
25 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Palmans
27 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole
28 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
29 David Deurieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
30 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
31 Phillip Vereeke (Fra) Home Market Ville De Charleroi
32 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
33 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour
34 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
35 Raivis Belohvoscicks (Lat) Lampre Daikin 11.12
36 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop 20.59
37 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco
38 Takehiro Mizutani (Jap) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
39 Hans Redant (Bel) Collstrop
40 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
41 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
42 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
44 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
45 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers
46 Aindaugas Goncaras (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos
47 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole
48 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
49 Piotr Zaradny (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
50 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) Collstrop
51 Grwegorz Gronkiewicz (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
52 Massimo Sorice (Ita) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
53 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Lit) Saint Quentin Oktos
54 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop
55 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
56 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
57 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat Aubervilliers
58 Sergei Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures - Sunn
59 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis
60 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis
61 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
62 Dimitri Sedun (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
63 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
64 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour - Tourpargel
65 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
66 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
67 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
68 Alexander Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
69 Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
70 Stefan Ravelot (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos
71 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
72 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
73 Luca Belluomini (Pol) Team Mat Ceresit CCC
74 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
75 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
76 Andy Flickinger (Swi) Festina
77 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Palmans
78 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
79 Grzegorz Gwiadowski (Pol) Francaise Des Jeux
80 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
81 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Saint Quentin Oktos
82 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
Results courtesy of UC Bessegeoise
Preview
By Tomas Nilsson
Tuesday, February 1 is the starting day for the European cycling season
and traditionally the Grand Prix La Marseillaise is the first event
at Gardanne north of Marseille, with the finish in Seyne-sur-Mer at
the shore of the Mediterranean at Toulon. The distance is only 135.5
kms
Last year's winner, Frank Vandenbroucke (Cofidis) will try to defend
his victory with Jo Planckaert (winner 1998) and last year's Etoile
de Bessèges winner Daniel Lefevre on his team. They will have to work
hard along the road, since sprinters like Jan Svorada, Lampre, Jaan
Kirsipuu, AG2R Prévoyance, and young Jimmy Casper, Francaise des Jeux,
are in the race. Svorada, who won the event in 1996, has Franco Ballerini
on the team this time. French champion Francois Simon and Jean Cyril
Robin would probably also like to take the first victory of 2000 for
their new team Bonjour - Toupargel. The other new French team, Jean
Delatour will also participate with the winner of 1997 Patrice Halgand.
Former world number one, Michele Bartoli (Mapei-Quick Step) from Italy
is getting ready to race again after the knee injury he sustained on
June 2 last year kept him away from competition for 8 months. He will
line up in the GP La Marseillaise as well.
Crédit Agricole will have Chris Boardman starting his last season,
with promising Norwegian Thor Hushovd who had a convincing pro debut
as a stagiaire in Paris-Bourges last fall. Other teams are Italian Alexia
Alluminio with Nicola Minali, another good sprinter, Belgian Lotto and
Collstrop, French Big Mat Auber with Thierry Bourguignon, 37 years,
and also teams from Spain and Poland.
Start
list
COFIDIS LAMPRE DAIKIN
1 David Lefèvre 11 Franco Ballerini
2 Jo Planckaert 12 Jan Svorada
3 Steve De Wolf 13 Marco Serpellini
4 Peter Farazijn 14 Zbigniew Spruch
5 Frank Vandenbroucke 15 Robert Hunter
6 Chris Peers 16 Johan Verstrepen
7 Nico Mattan 17 Marco Cannone
8 Arnaud Pretot 18 Juan Manuel Garate
AG2R PREVOYANCE LOTTO ADECCO
21 Philippe Bordenave 31 Mario Aerts
22 Lauri Aus 32 Serge Baguet
23 David Delrieu 33 Koen Beeckman
24 Jaan Kirsipuu 34 Jacky Durand
25 Arturas Kasputis 35 Glenn D'Hollander
26 Laurent Estadieu 36 Thierry Marichal
27 Innar Mandoja 37 Fabien De Waele
28 Ludovic Turpin 38 Paul Van Hyfte
BESSON CHAUSSURES NIPPON HODO TEAM MAT CERESIT CCC
41 Médéric Clain 51 Luca Belluomini
42 Nicolas Dumont 52 Grwegorz Gronkiewicz
43 Dimitri Fofonov 53 Artur Krasinski
44 Christophe Gauthier 54 Tomasz Kroczko
45 Sébastien Laroche 55 Radoslaw Romanik
46 Takehiro Mizutani 56 Massimo Sorice
47 Sergei Yacovlev 57 Krzysztof Szafrancki
48 Lorenzo Di Silvestro 58 Piotr Zaradny
JEAN DELATOUR ALEXIA ALLUMINIO
61 Patrice Halgand 71 Nicola Minali
62 Eddy Seigneur 72 Stefano Della Santa
63 Francisque Teyssier 73 Dario Andriotto
64 Jérôme Bernard 74 Giacomo Battistel
65 Cyril Dessel 75 Andrea Brognara
66 Grégory Lapalud 76 Oscar Cavagnis
67 Eddy Lembo 77 Alessandro Romio
68 Olivier Trastour 78 Maurizio Semprini
EUSKALTEL EUSKADI CREDIT AGRICOLE
81 Mikel Artetxe 91 Chris Boardman
82 Peio Arreitunandia 92 Pierrick Fedrigo
83 Angel Castresana 93 Sébastien Hinault
84 Unai Etxebarria 94 Thor Hushovd
85 Gorka Gerrikagoitia 95 Christopher Jenner
86 Iban Mayo 96 Anthony Langella
87 Mikel Pradera 97 Franck Pencolé
88 Aitor Silloniz 98 Jonathan Vaughters
VLAANDEREN 2002 BIG MAT AUBERVILLIERS
101 Wilfried Cretskens 111 Ludovic Auger
102 Erwin Thijs 112 Thierry Bourguignon
103 Geoffrey Demeyere 113 Christophe Capelle
104 Bjorn Leukemans 114 Alexandre Chouffe
105 Wesley Theunis 115 Carlos Da Cruz
106 Jehudi Schoonacker 116 Jeremy Hunt
107 Wesley Huvaere 117 Dominique Rault
108 Stijn De Schoenmacker 118 Sébastien Talabardon
FRANCAISE DES JEUX FESTINA
121 Sandy Casar 131 Florent Brard
122 Patrick D'Hont 132 Laurent Madouas
123 Nicolas Fritsch 133 Pascal Lino
124 Fabrizio Guidi 134 Michel Klinger
125 Cyril Saugrain 135 Christophe Moreau
126 Jean Patrick Nazon 136 Nicolas Reynaud
127 Nicolas Vogondy 137 Stéphane Auge
128 Jimmy Casper 138 Olivier Asmaker
COLLSTROP BONJOUR
141 Dirk Aernouts 151 Jean Cyril Robin
142 Hans De Meester 152 François Simon
143 Roger Hammond 153 Olivier Perraudeau
144 Lorenzo Lapage 154 Noan Lelarge
145 Geert Omloop 155 Charles Guilbert
146 Hans Redant 156 Didier Rous
147 Bert Scheirlinchx 157 Franck Renier
148 Staf Scheirlinchx 158 Fabrice Salaison
PALMANS SAINT QUENTIN OKTOS
161 Scott Sunderland 171 Linas Balciunas
162 Wim Feys 172 Stéphan Ravaleu
163 Geert Vanderaerden 173 Cédric Célarier
164 Nico Eeckhout 174 Saulius Ruskis
165 Hendrik Van Dyck 175 Mindaugas Goncaras
166 Karl Pauwels 176 Jean Michel Thilloy
167 Jurgen Van de Walle 177 Oleg Kozlitine
168 Styn De Peuter 178 Vincent Templier
HOME MARKET VILLE DE CHARLEROI
181 Ludovic Capelle
182 Marc Streel
183 Stéphane Hennebert
184 Renaud Boxus
185 Stéphane Cueff
186 Laurent Pillon
187 Vincent Cali
188 Grégory Barbier
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