46th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 2-7, 2000Main Page ResultsStage 1 - May 2: Duinkerken - Oostende, 172.2 kmLatvian Arvis Piziks (Memorycard-Jack & Jones) won the first stage of Four Days of Dunkirk and carries the pink leader's jersey. He had an eleven second gap to eight riders with Magnus Bäckstedt coming in second, his comeback to the top after one and a half years of knee injuries. The peloton was more than a minute behind. The race started with the habitual early solo break, this time by Philip Vereecke who passed the only mountain prime and thus carries the climber's jersey. After he was caught the race started on the finishing three laps in Oostende, where Stephan Barthe attacked to gain the bonus the second time across the finishing line. He took eight riders with him and they managed to build a half a minute gap quite fast. It then grew to about one minute approaching the sprint. All rounder Arvis Piziks did what he had to do in this company. He attacked 500 meters to go, no one answered, and got the gap he needed to win the stage with eleven seconds. The 31 year-old Latvian is one of those riders that seldom wins but always is around, ranked 168th on the UCI list, and he seems to have a fair chance to win the race. Results1 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 4.16.00 (40.359 km/h) 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.11 3 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 5 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 6 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 7 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 8 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 9 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 0.57 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.02 12 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 14 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 15 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 16 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 17 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 18 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 19 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 21 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 22 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 23 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 24 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 25 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 26 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 27 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 28 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 29 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 30 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 31 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 32 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 33 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 34 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 36 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 37 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 38 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 39 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 40 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 41 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 43 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 45 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 47 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 48 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 49 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 50 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 51 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 52 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 53 Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 54 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 55 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 56 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 57 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 59 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 60 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 61 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 62 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 63 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 64 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 65 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 66 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 67 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 68 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 70 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 71 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 72 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 73 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 74 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 75 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 76 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 77 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 78 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 79 Leonard Guidi (Ita) Alessio 80 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 81 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 82 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 84 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 85 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 86 Rafaël Casero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 87 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 88 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 89 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 90 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 91 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 92 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 93 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 94 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 96 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 98 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 99 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 100 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 101 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 102 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 103 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Allumino 104 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 105 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 106 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 107 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 108 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 109 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 110 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 111 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 112 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 113 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 114 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 115 Philippe Vereecke (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 117 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 118 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 119 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 121 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 122 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 123 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 124 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 125 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 126 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 127 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 128 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 129 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 130 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 131 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 3.24 134 Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 135 Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 136 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 137 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 138 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 139 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 140 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 141 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 142 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 5.41 144 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 145 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux 146 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 10.47 147 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 148 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 149 Fédérico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 150 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 151 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 152 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 153 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 154 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 155 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 156 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 157 Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio 158 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 159 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 160 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 161 Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Liquigas Pata 162 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus General classification after stage 1: 1 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 4.15.49 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.13 3 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.15 4 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.20 5 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.21 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 0.22 7 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 8 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 9 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 10 Carlos da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.08 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 1.11 12 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.13 13 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 17 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 18 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 19 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 20 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 22 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 23 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 25 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 26 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 27 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 28 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 30 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 31 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 32 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 33 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 34 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 35 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 37 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 38 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 39 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 40 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 41 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 44 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 45 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 46 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 47 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 48 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 49 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 50 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 51 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 52 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 53 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 54 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 55 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 56 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 57 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 58 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 59 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 61 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 62 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 63 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 64 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 65 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 66 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 67 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 68 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 70 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 71 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 72 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 73 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 74 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 75 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 76 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 77 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 78 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 79 Leonard Guidi (Ita) Alessio 80 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 81 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 82 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 84 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 85 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 86 Rafaël Casero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 87 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 88 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 89 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 90 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 91 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 92 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 93 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 94 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 96 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 98 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 99 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 100 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 101 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 102 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 103 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Allumino 104 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 105 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 106 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 107 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 108 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 109 Ludovicturpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 110 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 111 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 112 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 113 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 114 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 115 Philippe Vereecke (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 117 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 118 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 119 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 121 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 122 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 123 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 124 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 125 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 126 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 127 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 128 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 129 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 130 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 131 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 3.35 134 Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 135 Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 136 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 137 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 138 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 139 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 140 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 141 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 142 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 5.52 144 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 145 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux 146 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 10.58 147 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 148 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 149 Fédérico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 150 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 151 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 152 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 153 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 154 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 155 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 156 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 157 Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio 158 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 159 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 160 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 161 Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Liquigas Pata 162 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus |