52nd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HC

France, June 4 - 11, 2000

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Stage 3 - June 7: Saint-Etienne - Saint-Chamond, ITT 35.7 km

Armstrong gets some "match practice"

Lance Armstrong's victory on the TT stage from St Etienne to Saint Chamond was not unexpected after strong performances in the Classique des Alpes as well as the prologue of the Dauphiné Liberé. He is really looking strong and seems well prepared for the Tour. He has said that he doesn't have overall ambitions for this race but here he is now in the leader's jersey, whether he likes it or not. He probably wouldn't mind keeping but the question is if he will use all his powers to defend it. The Dauphiné Liberé is after all only a step in his Tour build up. But on the other hand, practice in jersey defending might come in handy for the Posties…

Second placed today, Haimar Zubeldia of Euskaltel Euskadi will not be a threat in the Tour since his team won't participate, although the Basque squad has had a great season so far. Third place went to Armstrong's team mate Tyler Hamilton while last year's Tour runner up, Alex Zuelle had a less impressive sixth place, with Beloki (Festina) and David Millar (Cofidis), a bit surprising, in between. Laurent Jalabert fell early on the stage and ended twelfth. Also Benoit Salmon fell and had to abandon.

Results

1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service             46.56 (45.63 km/h)
2 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.21
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service               0.31
4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                          0.58
5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                           1.00
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                   1.23
7 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            1.33
8 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                            1.41
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                      1.43
10 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole            2.02
11 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              2.05
12 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        2.06
13 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.09
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                2.33
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca            2.36
16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                           2.52
17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.57
18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                       2.57
19 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                          2.58
20 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     2.59
21 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    3.03
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                    3.09
23 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                         3.19
24 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            3.20
25 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank      3.23
26 Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco               3.25
27 Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                  3.33
28 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                   3.34
29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   3.37
30 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         3.51
31 Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service          3.52
32 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  3.53
33 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                       3.55
34 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              4.06
35 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                4.08
36 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           4.08
37 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         4.12
38 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                 4.12
39 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                      4.15
40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance           4.19
41 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      4.26
42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                  4.28
43 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           4.28
44 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                    4.29
45 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole              4.32
46 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              4.36
47 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          4.36
48 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco              4.40
49 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                4.45
50 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   4.45
51 Steve de Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                         4.47
52 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                      4.54
53 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 4.56
54 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole            5.00
55 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank       5.06
56 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                         5.06
57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                         5.08
58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 5.08
59 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca              5.12
60 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance          5.12
61 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                5.13
62 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                          5.15
63 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        5.15
64 Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour                       5.15
65 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service              5.17
66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole             5.18
67 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour              5.18
68 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   5.22
69 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour                        5.24
70 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco                5.30
71 Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca          5.34
72 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco                 5.35
73 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                         5.40
74 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93           5.41
75 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                         5.50
76 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                       6.00
77 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 6.03
78 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        6.05
79 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                           6.17
80 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour             6.23
81 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service            6.28
82 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca               6.32
83 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                             6.37
84 Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                      6.37
85 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux          6.41
86 Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service               6.43
87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            6.44
88 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               6.52
89 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                6.55
90 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                         7.02
91 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                      7.05
92 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance               7.07
93 Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service              7.10
94 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              7.15
95 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                7.18
96 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        7.19
97 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               7.24
98 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                7.26
99 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance              7.35
100 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93           7.53
101 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             8.00
102 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                 8.03
103 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                        8.24
104 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca            8.29
105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                      8.47
106 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux           9.37
107 Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux       10.12
108 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 10.14
109 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca             10.52

General classification after stage 3:

1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service          10.35.14
2 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.28
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service               0.45
4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                          1.15
5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                           1.25
6 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                            1.48
7 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank         2.14
8 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               2.17
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
10 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           2.21
11 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.28
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                     2.47
13 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     2.49
14 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole            2.55
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca            3.02
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                3.08
17 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                           3.34
18 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                          3.36
19 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank      3.43
20 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    3.48
21 Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco               4.00
22 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            4.02
23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                    4.14
24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   4.20
25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           4.28
26 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                       4.36
27 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
28 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                4.54
29 Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                  4.56
30 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  5.04
31 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              5.06
32 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                      5.08
33 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                 5.09
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance           5.14
35 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         5.15
36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                  5.20
37 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              5.23
38 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                5.30
39 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                         5.31
40 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                5.36
41 Steve de Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                         5.44
42 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        5.48
43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                         5.58
44 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole            6.04
45 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                          6.07
46 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 6.08
47 Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour                       6.11
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 6.15
49 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         6.22
50 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
51 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           6.23
52 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank       6.25
53 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco              6.29
54 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      6.33
55 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                      6.34
56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco
57 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole             6.38
58 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour              6.47
59 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance          7.04
60 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service              7.12
61 Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca          7.16
62 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour                        7.18
63 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                       7.27
64 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca               7.28
65 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                           7.35
66 Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                      8.26
67 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               8.28
68 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                9.33
69 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               9.40
70 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               10.20
71 Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service             10.43
72 Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                        10.47
73 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca             11.05
74 Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service         13.29
75 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                        13.48
76 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca            14.36
77 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                14.48
78 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                        15.48
79 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93          15.49
80 Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service              16.23
81 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              16.41
82 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance             16.54
83 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                        18.02
84 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca              18.15
85 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         18.41
86 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             18.58
87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux       19.23
88 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                  19.47
89 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour               19.49
90 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service           20.13
91 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca  20.21
92 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                            20.46
93 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                      21.13
94 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux       21.42
95 Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                  22.20
96 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco               22.28
97 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                      23.02
98 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco                23.17
99 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour            23.37
100 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance            23.39
101 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                    23.59
102 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93          24.05
103 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          24.46
104 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                       25.03
105 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                26.33
106 Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux       28.29
107 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               29.03
108 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux          29.08
109 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        30.44

1 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                 55 pts
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service              37
3 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                 30
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              28
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                      27
6 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         26
7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                           25
8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service               23
9 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank         23
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                22
11 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                           21
12 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     20
13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                         20
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                  18
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                    17
16 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance              17
17 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                          15
17 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                    15
19 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank        14
20 Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              14
21 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    12
22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 10
23 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            9
24 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi               9
25 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                          8
26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole              6
26 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole             6
28 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux          5
28 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank       5
30 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca             5
31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            4
32 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             4
33 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                 3
34 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         3
35 Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                       2
36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                          1

Mountains classification:

1 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                 37 pts
2 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      20
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service              19
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                     18
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              16
6 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                           13
7 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                            12
8 Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi               12
9 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank             10
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank            8
11 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                     6
12 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                          5
13 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux         4
14 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service               3
15 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank         3
16 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                          3
17 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank         2
18 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               2
19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                          2
20 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                          1
21 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance           1