52nd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HC

France, June 4 - 11, 2000

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Stage 1 - June 5: Grenoble - Lyon, 189 km

Long break succeeds in stage one

La Francaise des Jeux's Frédéric Guesdon became the first road stage winner of this year's Duaphiné after he triumphed in stage 1, 189 kilometres from Grenoble to Lyon. He was part of a five man group that escaped less than an hour into the race who managed to hold off the bunch - just.

The attackers were Fabrice Gougot (Credit Agricole), Arturas Kasputis (Ag2R Prevoyance), Alexei Sivakov (Bigmat Auber 93), David Lefevre (Cofidis) and Guesdon. They very quickly gained a minute on the field who were not travelling above 40 km/h for the first two hours. In contrast, the break averaged 46 km/h for the next hour, and they were able to extend their lead to 6 minutes with 60 kilometres to go.

The bunch, driven by Euskaltel who were trying to keep Alberto Lopez De Munain in the lead, started to reduce the gap, and with 16 kilometres to go it was down to 2 minutes. An attack by Gougot on a small rise close to the finish put paid to Lefevre, and he has absorbed by the bunch. With 2 kilometres to go, the leaders had 37 seconds - just enough for Guesdon to hold off Gougot, Sivakov and the bunch. ONCE's David Etxebarria won the bunch sprint for 4th, just nipping the last of the breakaway, Arturas Kasputis (Ag2r).

Afterwards, Guesdon thanked his breakaway companions but also the bunch for not chasing them down. "They decided in fact whether we would make to the finish or not," he commented.

Alberto Lopez de Munain did not lose any significant time and will keep his jersey going into tomorrow's 210 kilometre stage from Châtillon-on-Chalaronne to Saint-Etienne.

Results

1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux      4.33.56 (41.40 km/h)
2 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
3 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                 0.02
4 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank         0.04
5 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
8 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
11 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
12 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina
13 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca
14 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
15 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
17 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
18 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
19 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
20 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto
22 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco
23 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
24 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
25 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
26 Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco
27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
28 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance
29 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
30 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
31 Steve de Wolf (Bel) Cofidis
32 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
34 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
35 Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto
36 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole
37 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco
38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
40 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
41 Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour
42 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina
45 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
46 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
47 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
48 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto
49 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
50 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
51 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
53 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
54 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
56 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               0.13
57 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
58 Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
59 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
60 David Navas (Spa) Banesto
61 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco
62 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
63 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
64 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
65 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
66 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina
67 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
68 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
69 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
70 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
71 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
72 Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto
73 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
74 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
75 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
76 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
77 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco
78 Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca
79 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
80 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis
81 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
82 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
83 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
84 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
85 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                0.30
86 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
87 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour
88 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
89 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
90 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco
91 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
92 Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
93 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
94 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
95 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                0.37
96 Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service
97 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              0.47
98 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              1.05
99 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
100 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
101 Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
102 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
103 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service
104 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                        1.15
105 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                  1.22
106 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco
107 Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service             1.34
108 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         1.47
109 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour
111 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           2.04
112 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

General classification after stage 1:

1 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi   4.42.56
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service              0.11
3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                     0.17
3 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.18
5 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
7 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               0.23
8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service               0.24
9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                          0.27
10 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.30
10 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
13 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                 0.33
14 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                          0.35
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca            0.37
16 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.41
17 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        0.43
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                0.45
19 Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco               0.46
20 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                          0.48
21 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            0.52
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
23 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   0.53
24 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    0.55
25 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                0.56
26 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           0.59
27 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                1.01
28 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                       1.02
28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto
28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
31 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                      1.03
31 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                1.04
34 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                  1.05
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
36 Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour                       1.06
36 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto
38 Steve de Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                         1.07
38 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
38 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
41 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 1.12
42 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        1.13
42 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco
42 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
45 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole            1.14
45 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 1.17
48 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  1.21
49 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 1.22
50 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   1.23
51 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              1.28
51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
53 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                           1.29
53 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole             1.30
56 Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                         1.31
57 Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                  1.33
58 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                       1.37
59 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               1.39
59 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
59 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
62 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                1.41
63 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca              1.45
64 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                         1.46
65 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               1.47
66 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            1.48
66 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service
66 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
69 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                      1.50
70 Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca          1.52
71 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         1.54
72 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      1.55
73 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca             1.59
73 Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
73 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
76 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole              2.00
77 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux          2.01
77 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
79 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance          2.02
80 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour                        2.04
80 Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
82 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           2.05
82 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
84 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        2.06
85 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              2.07
85 Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service
87 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca             2.10
88 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                         2.15
89 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                2.17
90 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                         2.26
91 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                      2.29
92 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service            2.32
93 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco                2.33
94 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca   2.34
95 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93           2.35
96 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.43
97 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          2.45
98 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour             2.49
99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                       2.53
100 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                            2.56
101 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                      3.02
102 Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service             3.06
103 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                  3.10
104 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca              3.15
105 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco                3.17
106 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             3.25
107 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                        3.31
108 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           3.37
109 Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        3.53
110 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                 4.05
111 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux           5.06

Points classification:

1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        26 pts
2 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                23
3 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                21
4 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Eusk        20
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service             17
6 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance              17
7 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                    15
8 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        13
8 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                           13
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            11
11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Ban        10
12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                9
12 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              9
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                  8
14 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service              8
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                     7
16 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                         7
18 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                          7
19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 6
19 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi              6
21 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche B         5
22 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    4
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           4
24 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca            4
25 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                 3
26 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            2
27 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeu         1

Mountains classification:

1 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        20 pts
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                15
3 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                              12
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                10
5 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                   10
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               8
7 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                        6
8 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4
9 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux            4
10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                 3
11 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                            3
12 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           2
13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                            1
14 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance             1