20th Tour de Normandie - Cat. 2.5France, March 20-26, 2000Stage 7 - March 26: Vire - Caen, 97 kmAuger wins NormandyFrenchman Ludovic Auger (Big Mat-Auber 93) finished first in the overall standings of the Tour of Normandy after he conceded just 3 seconds to his closest rival, Anthony Morin of the Credit Agricole team on the last day. Teammate Guillaume Auger finished in third place, on the same time as Morin at 8 seconds. The stage 6 time trial, won by Credit Agricole was the only chance that Morin had to take the lead from Auger, but the 29 kilometer distance was not enough against a highly motivated Big Mat squad. The final stage 7 was won by Lithuanian Saulius Ruskis in a bunch sprint made no difference the the overall classification. It was the first French victory in the Tour of Normandy since Frederic Pontier's 1996 triumph.
Results1. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 2.21.18 (41.169 kph) 2. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx 3. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 4. Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 5. Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Hohenfelder 6. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 7. Christian Weber (Swi) Kia Villiger 8. Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 9. Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 10. Laurent Chotard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 11. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nurnberger 12. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 13. Franck Pencole (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14. Brice Jones (USA) USA 15. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 16. Uros Murn (Slo) KRKA Slovenije 17. Stéphane Couge (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 18. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei 19. Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 21. Jurgen Werner (All) Team Nurnberger 22. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei 23. Rafael Schweda (All) Team Nurnberger 24. Marcus Ljunqvist (Sue) Team Fakta 25. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 26. Linas Balciunas (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 27. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 28. Alexander Moos (Swi) Kia Villiger 29. Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 30. Benoît Legrix (Fra) Normandie 31. Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.14 32. Cyrille Prise (Fra) VC Rouen 76 0.29 33. Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 34. Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) VC Rouen 76 35. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 36. Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Française des Jeux 37. Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 38. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 39. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokosphinx 41. Peter Jorg (Swi) Kia Villiger 42. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Lokosphinx 43. Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 44. Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei 45. Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 46. Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 47. Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokosphinx 48. Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 49. Vincent Templier (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 50. David Chassot (Swi) Kia Villiger 51. Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Lokosphinx 52. Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 53. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 0.55 54. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Roubaix 56. James Canevet (Fra) Team Hohenfelder 1.03 57. Mark ter Schure (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 58. Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 1.07 59. Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 60. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) St-Quentin-Oktos 61. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.12 62. Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Team Hohenfelder 63. Stéphane Rifflet (Fra) VC Rouen 76 64. Charly Wegelius (Gbr) Mapei 1.17 65. Nick Gates (Aus) Team Hohenfelder 1.21 66. Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Fakta 1.39 67. Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.40 68. Dimitri Kudryavtsev (Rus) Lokosphinx 69. Christoph Goehring (Swi) Team Nurnberger 70. Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71. Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 72. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Siemens 73. Loïc Vasseur (Fra) VC Roubaix 3.26 74. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 75. Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Legia Siemens 76. Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Legia Siemens 77. Giuseppe Bracci (Ita) KRAK Slovenije 3.40 78. Mariano Friedick (USA) USA 5.20 79. Christian van Dartel (All) Team Hohenfelder 80. Cédric Dedoncker (Fra) VC Roubaix 81. Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 82. Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 83. Marek Blacej (Pol) Legia Siemens General Classification: . 1. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 24.46.08 2. Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.08 3. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4. Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 0.43 5. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.35 6. Linas Balciunas (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 1.43 7. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 2.36 8. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 4.03 9. Rafael Schweda (All) Team Nurnberger 4.12 10. Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 5.05 11. Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 7.04 12. Franck Pencole (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.25 13. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei 10.01 14. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Lokosphinx 11.03 15. Lenie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 11.09 16. Cyrille Prise (Fra) VC Rouen 76 13.37 17. Marcus Ljunqvist (Den) Team Fakta 13.43 18. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.46 19. Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei 13.55 20. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 13.55 21. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.59 22. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx 14.12 23. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 14.53 24. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) St-Quentin-Oktos 15.38 25. Vincent Templier (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 15.43 26. Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) VC Rouen 76 16.02 27. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokosphinx 16.03 28. Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokosphinx 16.19 29. Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 16.25 30. Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 16.27 31. Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 16.32 32. Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Française des Jeux 16.34 33. Christian Weber (Swi) Kia Villiger 16.47 34. Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Lokosphinx 16.49 35. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 16.51 36. Laurent Chotard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 16.54 37. Stéphane Couge (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 16.56 38. Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 17.18 39. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 17.21 40. Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 17.26 41. Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 17.37 42. Peter Jorg (Swi) Kia Villiger 17.41 43. Charly Wegelius (Gbr) Mapei 17.47 44. Brice Jones (USA) USA 18.04 45. Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis 18.08 46. David Chassot (Swi) Kia Villiger 18.16 47. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei 48. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia Villiger 49. Jurgen Werner (All) Team Nurnberger 18.31 50. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nurnberger 18.41 51. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Roubaix 19.19 52. Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Fakta 19.32 53. Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 19.45 54. Stéphane Rifflet (Fra) VC Rouen 76 19.59 55. Fabrice Salsanson (Fra) Bonjour 20.58 56. Mark ter Schure (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 21.37 57. Uros Murn (Slo) KRAK Slovenije 21.40 58. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Legia Siemens 22.07 59. Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 22.10 60. David Dumont (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 22.20 61. Benoît Legrix (Fra) Normandie 22.25 62. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos 22.33 63. Mariano Friedick (USA) USA 23.36 64. Loïc Vasseur (Fra) VC Roubaix 23.37 65. Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 24.09 66. James Canevet (Fra) Team Hohenfelder 24.13 67. Dariusz Kapidura (Pol) Legia Siemens 24.17 68. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 24.27 69. Lénaic Olivier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 25.13 70. Giuseppe Bracci (Ita) KRKA Slovenije 25.25 71. Cédric Dedoncker (Fra) VC Roubaix 25.30 72. Dartel Van (All) Team Hohenfelder 25.33 73. Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Legia Siemens 27.32 74. Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 31.32 75. Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 33.12 76. Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.59 77. Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Hohenfelder 35.24 78. Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Team Hohenfelder 36.05 79. Grégory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 38.43 80. Nick Gates (Aus) Team Hohenfelder 41.08 81. Christoph Goehring (Swi) Team Nunrnberger 42.11 82. Marek Blacej (Pol) Legia Siemens 57.30 83. Dimitri Kudryavtsev (Rus) Lokosphinx 1.18.21 Teams, GC: . 1. Big Mat-Auber 93 74.20.13 2. Credit Agricole 11.55 3. Team Fakta 16.07 4. Saint-Quentin-Oktos 16.55 5. Mapei 25.53 6. La Fancaise Des Jeux 35.09 7. Team Nurnberger 35.39 8. CC Nogent-sur-Oise 36.44 9. Lokosphinx 38.59 10. VC Rouen 76 43.01 Points, GC 1. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx 51 Pts 2. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 41 Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 41 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 41 5. Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 34 6. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 29 7. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 28 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta 28 9. Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 10. Laszlo Bordogi (Hun) Mapei 26 Mountains, GC: 1. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 34 Pts 2. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nurnberger 17 3. Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta 16 4. Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 13 5. Linas Balciunas (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 9 6. Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 8 7. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Roubaix 6 Rafael Schweda. (All) Team Nurnberger 6 9. Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 5 Daniel Schnider. (Swi) La Française des Jeux 5 Jay Sweet. (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 5 Danny Jonasson. (Den) Team Fakta 5 Jérôme Neuville. (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Dariusz Kapidura. (Pol) Legia Siemens 5 Cyrille Prise. (Fra) VC Rouen 76 5 Sprints, GC: 1. Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 15 Pts 2. Cyrille Prise (Fra) VC Rouen 76 7 3. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta 6 4. Fabrice Salasnon (Fra) Bonjour 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Lokosphinx 5 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 5 Rafael Schweda (All) Team Nurnberger 5 Linas Balciunas (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 5 9. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei 4 10. Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 3 Espoirs: . 1. Linas Balciunas (Lit) St-Quentin-Oktos 2. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 3. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Lokosphink 4. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx |