Criterium International - Cat. 2.2
France, March 25-26, 2000
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Stage 1 - March 25: Saint
Jean-De-Luz - Jurancon, 192 km
Well, what are predictions
worth anyway?
USA team Mercury have managed to prove on their first trip to Europe
this year that they are capable of racing with the top European teams.
More so in fact, as they placed 3 of their riders in the top 10 and
took the first stage of the Criterium International, with Canada's Gord
Fraser leading the bunch home. Fraser beat Stuart O'Grady (Aus, CA)
and Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ger, Telekom) for the honours at the end of
192 kilometres from Saint Jean-De-Luz to Jurancon.
The stage was marked by atrocious weather conditions in the South
of France - pouring rain and cold, leading to many crashes later on.
Lotto's Glenn D'Hollander was the first to make an attack, at kilometer
41, and he took Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) and Emmanuel Magnien
(La Francaise des Jeux) with him. Later on, By halfway, the trio had
gained 7.45 on the bunch, who were being led by Credit Agricole.
However, their was disaster for Halgand and D'Hollander on the descent
of the Col d'Osquich when they crashed in the slippery conditions. A
gendarme and his motorbike also crashed at this point, spilling gasoline
on the road. Halgand and D'Hollander were alright, and continued their
attack. However, the gasoline spill was bad news for the bunch - 30
of who crashed at that point, with many abandons. Four, including Pascal
Chanteur (AG2r), Gorka Gerrikagoïtia, Alberto Martinez (Euskaltel) and
Bobby Julich (Credit Agricole) were taken to hospital in Oloron Sainte-Marie
suffering various injuries. Reports say that Julich had injured the
same elbow that he did in last year's Tour.
Five of the ONCE team were left behind after this, making it difficult
for Spaniard Abraham Olano on the remaining climb. The trio had reformed,
and made their break up to 9.25 with 80 kilometres to go. However, several
teams started to chase in earnest, including Mercury and the group was
captured with 15 kilometers to go.
Mercury kept up the momentum and not even a last kilometer attack
by Credit Agricole's Jens Voight could prevent Gord Fraser from taking
a fine win. They will have a tough time protecting his lead in tomorrow's
stages, but they are still well placed, avoiding much of the carnage
during the stage. Most of the principal favourites arrived with the
lead group, setting things up for an exciting finale tomorrow.
Results
1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 4.36.00
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
3 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
4 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
6 Jeremy Hunt (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
7 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
8 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
9 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team
10 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team
11 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
13 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom
15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus
16 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
17 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
18 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance
19 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco
21 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
23 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco
24 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
25 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
27 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
28 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina-Lotus
29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco
30 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
31 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata
32 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat Auber 93
33 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
34 Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto
35 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team
36 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
37 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
38 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
40 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto
42 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
43 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
44 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
45 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard Jack & Jones
46 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
47 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
48 Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
49 Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
50 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco
51 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
52 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus
53 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
54 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
55 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team
56 Dirk Muller (Ger) Post Swiss Team
57 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco
58 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
59 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
60 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
61 Jorg Jackshe (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
62 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
63 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
64 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole
65 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
66 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco
67 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
69 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
70 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
71 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
72 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
73 José-Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
74 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 0.11
75 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank 0.14
76 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
77 Serguei Yakovlev (Rus) Besson Chaussures
78 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
79 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus
80 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
81 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Mercury Cycling Team 0.33
82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.34
83 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 0.36
84 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team
85 Chris Boardman (Gbr) Credit Agricole 10.54
86 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 13.07
87 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
88 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures
89 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
90 Médéric Clair (Fra) Besson Chaussures
91 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
92 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
93 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
94 Michaël Sayers (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
95 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto
96 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
97 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata
98 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team
99 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team
100 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
101 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
102 Jérome Delbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
103 Christian Andersen (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
104 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis
105 Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
106 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas Pata
107 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance
108 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
109 José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
110 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
111 Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner
112 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
113 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.35
114 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
115 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
116 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
117 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata
118 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
119 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
120 Xavier Jan (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
121 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
122 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
123 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
124 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
125 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
126 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
127 Ramon Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
128 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
129 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
130 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
131 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
132 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures
133 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
134 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco
135 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
136 Sveln Gaute Holestol (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
Climbs:
Côte de Louhossoa (42.50 km)
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 pts
2 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 2
3 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 1
Col d'Osquich (96.50 km)
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 pts
2 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4
3 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 2
Côte de Cuqueron (164.50 km)
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 pts
2 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 2
3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1
Sprints:
Jurancon (192.00 Km)
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 pts
2 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2
3 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus 1
General classification after stage 1:
1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 4.36.00
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.01
3 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.04
4 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 0.06
5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.07
6 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.08
7 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus 0.09
8 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team 0.10
9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Auber 93
11 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
12 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
13 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team
14 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team
15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
17 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
18 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom
19 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus
20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
21 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance
23 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco
25 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
27 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco
28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
30 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
31 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina-Lotus
32 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco
33 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
34 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata
35 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat Auber 93
36 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
37 Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto
38 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team
39 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
41 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
42 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto
44 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
45 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
47 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard Jack & Jones
48 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
49 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
50 Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
51 Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
52 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco
53 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus
55 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
56 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
57 Christian Sidler (Swi) Post Swiss Team
58 Dirk Muller (Ger) Post Swiss Team
59 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto Adecco
60 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
61 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
62 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
63 Jorg Jackshe (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
64 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
65 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
66 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Credit Agricole
67 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
69 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
70 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
71 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
72 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
73 José-Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
74 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
75 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.21
76 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank 0.24
77 Serguei Yakovlev (Rus) Besson Chaussures
78 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
79 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus
80 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
81 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Mercury Cycling Team 0.33
82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.34
83 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 0.36
84 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team
85 Chris Boardman (Gbr) Credit Agricole 10.54
86 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 13.07
87 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner
88 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chaussures
89 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
90 Médéric Clair (Fra) Besson Chaussures
91 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
92 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
93 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
94 Michaël Sayers (USA) Mercury Cycling Team
95 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto
96 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank
97 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata
98 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team
99 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team
100 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
101 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
102 Jérome Delbove (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
103 Christian Andersen (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
104 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis
105 Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
106 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas Pata
107 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Ag2R Prevoyance
108 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
109 José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca
110 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
111 Branko Filip (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner
112 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat Auber 93
113 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17.35
114 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
115 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
116 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard Jack & Jones
117 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata
118 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
119 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
120 Xavier Jan (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
121 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
122 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
123 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
124 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
125 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
126 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
127 Ramon Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
128 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
129 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
130 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
131 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
132 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures
133 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
134 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco
135 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
136 Sveln Gaute Holestol (Nor) Team Gerolsteiner
Climbs classification:
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 pts
2 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6
3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5
4 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 1
Points classification:
1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 15 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
3 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 10
4 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team 8
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat Auber 93 6
7 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 6
8 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5
9 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank 4
10 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3
11 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3
12 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3
13 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team 2
14 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2
15 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus 1
Teams classification:
1 Mercury Cycling Team 13.48
2 Ag2R Prevoyance
3 Deutsche Telekom
4 Festina Watches
5 Big Mat - Auber 93
6 Lotto - Adecco
7 Bonjour
8 Credit Agricole
9 Jean Delatour
10 Kelme - Costa Blanca
11 Vitalicio Seguros
12 Banesto
13 Post Swiss Team
14 Cofidis
15 Francaise Des Jeux
16 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.57
17 Memorycard - Jack & Jones
18 O.N.C.E - Deutsche Bank 13.11
19 Besson Chaussures
20 Team Gerolsteiner 25.54
21 Liquigas - Pata
22 Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.47
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