46th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 2-7, 2000Main Page Results Previous day's stageStage 2 - May 3: St Pol - Boulogne, 166.2 kmKasputis succeeds in a long breakLithuanian Arturas Kasputis, who rides for Jaan Kirsipuu's Ag2r-Prevoyance team managed to win the second stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk (i'll stop calling it six) run over 183 kilometres between Saint-Pol-sur-Mer and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Kasputis did so in solo fashion, crossing the line with 35 seconds to spare on a group of five, meaning that he also took over the leader's pink jersey with four days to go. The attack came early on in the day as at kilometre 10, a group of three escaped: Frenchman, Damien Nazon (Bonjour), Italian Daniele Contrini (Liquigas), and Kasputis. The trio had nearly four minutes at the top of Mont Alembon, the first climb of the day however they lost Nazon a little later at the Mont du Haut Pichot (km 100). This did not deter them, and they continued leading until Mont Lambert (36 km to go), where Kasputis wound up the pace to drop Contrini. He continued to time trial until the finish, despite being chased hard by a group of five: Christophe Moreau (Festina), Cédric Vasseur (US Postal), Didier Rous (Bonjour), Cristian Moreni (Liquigas) and Andrei Tchmil (Lotto). These five could only get to within 35 seconds of Kasputis by the finish, and the Lithuanian was a well deserved winner. In second was Tchmil, followed closely by Moreau, Vasseur, Moreni, and Rous with the bunch led home by Rinaldo Nocentini of Mapei. However, the race has seen a few falls and the abandonments of several of the favourites, including Johan Museeuw (Mapei) and Philippe Gaumont (Cofidis). These two did not start today as a result of injuries sustained in yesterday's stage. Tomorrow's stage is another flat one, between Boulogne and Bethune (186 km). Results1. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.16.43 2. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.35 3. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 5. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 6. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 0.37 7. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8. Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9. David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 10. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 11. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 12. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 13. François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 1.19 14. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 15. Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 16. Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 17. Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 18. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 19. Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 20. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 21. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 22. Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 23. Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 24. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 25. Carlosdacruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 26. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 27. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 29. Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 30. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 31. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32. Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 33. Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 34. Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 35. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 36. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 37. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 38. Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 39. Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 40. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 41. Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 42. Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 43. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 44. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 45. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 46. Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 47. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 48. Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 49. Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 50. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 51. Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 52. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 53. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 54. Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 55. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 56. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 57. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 58. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 59. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 60. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 61. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 62. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 63. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 64. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 65. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 66. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 67. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 68. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 69. Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 70. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 71. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 72. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 73. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 74. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 75. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 76. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 77. Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 78. Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 79. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 80. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 81. Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 82. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83. Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 84. Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 85. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 86. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 87. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 88. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 89. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 90. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 91. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 92. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 93. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 94. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 95. Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 1.54 96. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 97. Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 1.59 98. Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 2.02 99. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.09 100. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.11 101. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.44 102. Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6.12 103. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 104. Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 105. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 106. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 107. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio 8.58 108. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 109. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.23 110. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 111. René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 112. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 113. Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 114. Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 115. Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 116. Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 117. Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 118. Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 119. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 120. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 121. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 122. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 123. Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 124. Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 125. Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 126. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 127. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 128. Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 129. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 130. Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Allumino 131. Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 100 132. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 133. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 134. Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 135. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 136. Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 137. Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 138. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 98 139. Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 140. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 12.49 141. Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 13.29 142. Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 143. Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 20.05 144. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour 20.06 145. Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 146. Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 147. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux General classification: 1. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.33.30 2. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.18 3. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.34 4. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.36 5. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 6. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.42 7. Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 0.43 8. Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 9. Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 10. Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 11. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.44 12. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.46 13. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 0.50 14. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 15. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 0.51 16. Carlosdacruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.29 17. Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.31 18. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 19. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 20. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 1.32 22. Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 23. François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 24. Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 25. Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 26. Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 27. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 28. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 29. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 30. Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 30. Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 32. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 33. Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 34. Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 35. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 36. Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 36. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 38. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 38. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 40. Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 40. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 42. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 42. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 44. Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 45. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 45. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 45. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 48. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 49. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 50. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 51. Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 52. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 53. Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 54. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55. Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 57. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 58. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 59. Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 60. Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 61. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 62. Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 63. Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 64. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 65. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 66. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 66. Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 68. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 69. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 69. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 69. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 72. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 73. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 73. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 73. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 76. Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 77. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 78. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 79. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 80. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 81. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 81. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 83. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 84. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 84. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 86. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 87. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 88. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 2.09 89. Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 2.17 90. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.24 91. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.26 92. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.59 93. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 3.56 94. Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6.27 95. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 96. Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 6.53 97. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 8.49 98. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 9.13 99. Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 11.06 100. David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 11.16 101. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.19 102. Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 103. Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 104. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 105. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 106. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.38 107. Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 108. Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 109. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 110. René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 110. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 110. Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 113. Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 114. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 115. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 116. Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 117. Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 118. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 118. Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 120. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 121. Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 122. Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 123. Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 124. Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 125. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 126. Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 127. Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Alexia Allumino 128. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 129. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 130. Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 131. Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 132. Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 11.54 133. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 13.01 134. Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 14.00 135. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 136. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 137. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 16.12 138. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio 18.58 139. Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 20.21 140. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 21.23 141. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 142. Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 22.39 143. Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 23.29 144. Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 145. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux 25.00 146. Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 30.06 |