52nd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HC

France, June 4 - 11, 2000

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Stage 4 - June 8: Romans-sur-Isère - Mont Ventoux, 159 km

Hamilton takes the Ventoux

Tyler Hamilton
Photo: © AFP

With many riders using the Dauphiné as Tour preparation, today's stage from to the top of Mont Ventoux was an important one, having the same finish as stage 12 of the Tour. 159 kilometres, starting in Romans-sur-Isère at midday in 31 degree heat, meant a tough day in the saddle. Lance Armstrong (USPS) had gained the yellow the day before in the time trial, but was not aiming to defend it today. The team had however, nominated Tyler Hamilton (3rd in the TT) as their man for the GC.

A tailwind start saw many riders attacking straight away, putting the Postal squad under pressure. A group of six got away after half an hour, with Alexei Sivakov (Bigmat), Christophe Bassons (Jean Delatour), Franck Renier (Bonjour), Stéphane Heulot (FdJ), Alexandre Botcharov (Ag2R) and Denis Menchov (Banesto) making inroads into the bunch. The half French/half Russian group put nearly 6 minutes into the peloton, with their maximum lead coming at 50 kilometres to go. With 10 kilometres before the climb began, their lead was 5 minutes and dropped to 2 minutes on the lower slopes.

This wasn't going to be enough, and the race quickly sorted itself out on the mountain. Abraham Olano and Laurent Brochard went out the back almost immediately, as a group containing Jalabert, Luttenberger (ONCE) ,Armstrong, Hamilton (USPS), Kivilev (Ag2r), Julich, Vaughters (CA), Van de Wouwer (Lotto), Gonzalez, Zubeldia (Euskaltel) and Zulle (Banesto) formed. They caught Banesto's Denis Menchov a little over half way up, as Jalabert was also dropped.

Jonathan Vaughters (2nd last year) then launched a series of attacks, as did Hamilton, and Zulle but Vaughters was the most aggressive. Towards the top, and there were just 5 riders left with 4 kilometres to go: Hamilton, Van de Wouwer, Vaughters, Zubeldia, and Zulle, and Kivilev was close behind. Hamilton attacked and gained 12 seconds on the group, which was reduced to 4 as he won the stage. Second, and riding strongly was Zulle, with Van de Wouwer 3rd and Vaughters 4th. In 6th place was Haimar Zubeldia (just behind Kivilev) and he took the yellow jersey from Armstrong, who finished 11th today.

Tyler Hamilton needed just another three seconds to gain the jersey, but there are more mountains to come in the Dauphiné on the weekend.

Results

1. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                    4.21.26 (36.49 km/h)
2. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                    0.04
3. Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco                        0.07
4. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                     0.09
5. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                         0.11
6. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      0.14
7. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.40
8. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               1.00
9. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                              1.02
10. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      1.04
11. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                     1.13
12. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                         1.24
13. Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.11
14. Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                              2.43
15. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                3.21
16. Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                                 3.41
17. Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                          3.46
18. Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                       4.23
19. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             4.34
20. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                               4.40
21. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco
22. Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca                  4.42
23. David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         5.00
24. David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                5.03
25. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                 5.10
27. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                                  5.18
28. Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                      5.20
29. Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
30. Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
31. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                  5.57
32. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                      6.57
33. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                          7.48
34. Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca                    8.06
35. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                                 8.37
36. Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                                   8.59
37. Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
38. Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  9.03
39. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                              9.11
40. Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                     9.33
41. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                  9.38
42. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                         10.14
43. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
44. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
45. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                     10.23
46. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                  10.27
47. Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
48. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
49. Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco
50. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
51. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                   10.58
52. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                  11.01
53. Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour                              11.39
54. Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                        11.44
55. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
56. Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
57. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
58. Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
59. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                           12.05
60. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco                          12.37
61. Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                                13.11
62. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                    14.44
63. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                             15.16
64. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service
65. Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                         15.39
66. Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                16.17
68. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                           17.36
69. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                           17.38
70. Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                          17.56
71. Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole
72. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
73. Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
74. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
75. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
76. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
77. Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service
78. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
79. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
80. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
81. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93
82. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
83. Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service
84. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
85. Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service
86. Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
87. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
88. Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
89. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
90. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
91. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
92. Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                      21.34
93. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco                        23.45
94. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto
95. Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
96. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
97. Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
98. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis
99. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
100. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
101. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
102. Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco
103. Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour
104. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                      25.26
105. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
106. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                  26.27
107. David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                 30.21
108. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto

General classification after stage 4:

1. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  14.57.22
2. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                       0.03
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                      0.51
4. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                    1.10
5. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                     2.22
6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                              3.07
7. Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco                        3.25
8. Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3.57
9. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               4.01
10. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                        4.23
11. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                4.53
12. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      5.04
13. Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                          5.21
14. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                  6.40
15. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             6.41
16. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      6.51
17. Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                      6.55
18. Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                   6.59
19. Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                              7.09
20. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                         7.17
21. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                                  8.12
22. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco                           8.18
23. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                                 9.10
24. David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         9.27
25. David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank               10.09
26. Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca                   10.26
27. Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                        10.46
28. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                10.50
29. Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca                 11.16
30. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                              11.25
31. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                     11.38
32. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                         12.10
33. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                       12.40
34. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                  13.19
35. Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                      13.21
36. Denis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                                13.46
37. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                  14.13
38. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                   14.18
39. Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                                  14.40
40. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                         14.52
41. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                             15.03
42. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                           15.11
43. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                  15.33
44. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                              15.38
45. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                 16.00
46. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              16.10
47. Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Lotto Adecco                             16.18
48. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                     16.28
49. Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                16.33
50. Charles Gilbert (Fra) Bonjour                              17.08
51. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                      18.00
52. Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                             18.11
53. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco                          18.29
54. Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                     19.22
55. Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                         19.53
56. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                20.50
57. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                           21.08
58. Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                       21.22
59. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                           21.32
60. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                       22.44
61. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                       22.50
62. Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole                   23.18
63. Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                    23.27
64. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole                     23.36
65. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                    23.52
66. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                     24.26
67. Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour                               24.32
68. Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                        25.50
69. Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                                26.17
70. Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                       26.47
71. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  26.51
72. Patrick Jonker (Ned) US Postal Service                     27.57
73. Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                      28.20
74. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                 29.10
75. Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                 30.43
76. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        33.24
77. Stive Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service                      33.37
78. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      33.55
79. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                   34.47
80. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                                35.16
81. Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                      35.29
82. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                                35.37
83. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                 35.55
84. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                     36.12
85. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux               36.37
86. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                          37.01
87. David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                  37.14
88. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                    37.39
89. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                             38.33
90. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                38.51
91. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux               38.56
92. Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 39.05
93. Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco                          39.34
94. Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   39.43
95. Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     39.57
96. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                     40.53
97. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   41.19
98. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca          43.24
99. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                                    43.49
100. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                             44.16
101. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                      44.33
102. Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco                      45.31
103. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco                       46.20
104. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                             47.46
105. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                               48.06
106. Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                        49.36
107. Lars Michaelsen (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux               51.32
108. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                  54.53

Mountains classification:

1. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                 47 pts
2. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                    43
3. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                      37
4. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   34
5. Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco                     30
6. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                   27
7. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                  26
8. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                      22
9. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           20
10. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                         18
11. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   18
12. Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi                   16
13. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           14
14. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                               13
15. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                          12
16. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                 10
17. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco                   10
18. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                 8
19. Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                               7
20. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                          6
21. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                       6
22. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                               5
23. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              4
24. David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              3
25. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                      3
26. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                               3
27. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank              3
28. Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                            2
29. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                               1
30. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                1
31. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                    1

Points classification:

1. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                      55 pts
2. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                    43
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                   42
4. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                 38
5. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   38
6. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                      36
7. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                           34
8. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              26
9. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                25
10. David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank             23
11. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                     22
12. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          20
13. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina                              20
14. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                 19
15. Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                       18
16. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                         17
17. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                   17
18. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                               15
18. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                         15
18. Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto Adecco                    15
21. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank             15
22. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              15
23. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                     14
24. Angel Pena (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                   14
25. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                      14
26. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank           13
27. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                         12
28. Mikel Pradera (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi                   12
29. Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                 9
29. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    9
31. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                               8
32. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                   6
32. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco                    6
34. Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme Costa Blanca                  5
35. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank                 4
36. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  4
37. Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                               4
38. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                    4
39. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              3
40. Walgter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                            2
40. Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                            2
42. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                               1