52nd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HCFrance, June 4 - 11, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 4 - June 8: Romans-sur-Isère - Mont Ventoux, 159 kmHamilton takes the Ventoux
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.
Results1. 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 |
