46th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 2-7, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 4 - May 5: St Amand les Eaux - St Amand les Eaux, 138 kmLiquigas pull one out of the bag
Day four of the Four Days of Dunkirk (still two to go) ended in a bunch sprint again, this time with Liquigas having success with Giancarlo Raimondi prevailing over Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu. South Africa's Robbie Hunter (Lampre) came in third in a run on a circuit around St Amand-les-Eaux. The stage was shortened to 138 kilometres and got going from the gun. Ag2r had their work cut out to try and set up Kirispuu for the sprint, as well as keeping Arturas Kasputis in Pink. They almost succeeded, with Kirsipuu second and Kasputis will wear the jersey for another day. The stage also contained a couple of cobblestone sections as featured in this year's Paris-Roubaix, where two riders (Wilfried Peeters and Frederic Guesdon) used their experience to attack. However, with the bunch travelling fairly quickly, they could not manage more than a small gap and were brought back. Another attack came from Jean Delatour's Jerôme Bernard, who was more successful, gaining nearly two miutes with 38 kilometres to go. The sprinters teams started to work, and he was inevitably brought back. The win went to Raimondi over Kirsipuu, despite the latter's penchant for wins. Tomorrow's stage 5 between Lillers and Westouter will be the race's main climbing stage, with 10 monts and bergs to be tackled. Although there was a fear that hunters protesting would disrupt the stage today (one came third), this did not occur as the organiser allowed them to present a statement on the podium. Results1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 3.08.57 (43.82 km/h) 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 4 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 5 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 9 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 12 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 13 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 14 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 15 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 17 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 18 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 19 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 21 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 25 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 26 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 27 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 28 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 30 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 31 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 32 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 33 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 34 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 35 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 36 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 37 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 38 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 39 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 40 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 43 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 44 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 45 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 47 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 48 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 49 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 50 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 51 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 52 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 53 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 54 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 56 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 57 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 59 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 60 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 61 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 62 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 63 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 64 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 65 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 66 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 67 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 68 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 69 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 70 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 72 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 73 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 74 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 75 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 76 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 77 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 78 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 79 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 80 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 81 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 82 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 83 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 84 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 85 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 86 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 87 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 88 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 89 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 90 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 92 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 93 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 95 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 96 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 97 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 98 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 100 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 101 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 103 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 104 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 105 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 106 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 107 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 108 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 109 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 110 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 111 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 112 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 113 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 114 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 115 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 116 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 118 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 119 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 120 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 121 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 122 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 123 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 125 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 126 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 127 Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.25 128 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 0.32 129 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.35 130 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.38 131 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 132 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 133 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 134 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 0.48 135 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 1.11 136 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.27 137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 2.15 138 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 3.08 139 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 12.02 140 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel General classification after stage 4: 1 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.01.36 2 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.18 3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.31 4 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.34 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 0.39 6 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 7 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.42 8 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service 9 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 0.43 10 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 11 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.44 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.45 13 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 0.48 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 0.50 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 0.51 16 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 1.21 17 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.27 18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.28 19 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 1.28 20 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.29 21 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 1.31 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.31 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 1.32 24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.34 25 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 26 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 27 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 29 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 30 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 31 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 33 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 34 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 35 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 36 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 37 Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 38 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 39 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 40 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 41 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 43 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 43 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 45 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 45 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 48 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 49 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 50 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 51 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 52 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 52 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 54 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 55 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 57 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 57 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 60 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 61 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 62 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 63 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 64 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 65 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 65 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 67 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 69 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 70 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 71 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 72 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 73 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 73 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 75 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 76 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 77 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 78 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 79 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 80 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 81 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 82 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 84 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 2.09 85 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.12 86 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 2.17 87 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.24 88 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.26 89 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.58 90 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 3.56 91 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 6.27 92 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6.27 93 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 7.28 94 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina-Lotus 8.49 95 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 9.13 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 9.26 97 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 11.16 98 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.19 99 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 100 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.28 101 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 11.38 102 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 103 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 104 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 105 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 106 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 107 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 108 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 109 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 110 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 111 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 112 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 113 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 114 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 115 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 116 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 11.54 117 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 118 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 12.13 119 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 12.26 120 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 121 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.45 122 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 123 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 13.01 124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.44 125 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 126 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 13.49 127 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 13.56 128 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 14.00 129 Federico Giabecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 15.32 130 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 17.21 131 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 18.19 132 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 20.21 133 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 21.23 134 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 22.30 135 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 23.21 136 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 23.34 137 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 24.04 138 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 24.56 139 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 25.14 140 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Allumino 32.32 |
