46th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 2-7, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 5 - May 6: Lillers - Westouter, 188.0 kmRodriguez in stage 5Today was the hilliest of the Four Days of Dunkirk, although it still ended in victory for a sprinter, with Mapei's Fred Rodriguez recording another win for the year into Westouter. He beat Belgian Jo Planckaert (Cofidis) who has been out of the limelight for a little since crashing injuring himself earlier this year. In third was Swede Martin Rittsel (MCJ&J) who took over the leader's jersey from Ag2r's Arturas Kasputis after these three were part of a break that escaped the clutches of the peloton. Rittsel is now in a good position to take the overall win, but he only leads Kasputis by 2 seconds going into tomorrow's split day time trial-road race. Kasputis did well today to almost keep his lead, after he was attacked non-stop during the 10 ascents of Mont Rouge and Mont Noir. He couldn't prevent a six man breakway containing Rittsel, Rodriguez, Planckaert, Contrini, Sandstød, and Dellitoux escaping with 30 kilometres to go. Last year's winner, Michael Sandstød (MC J&J) worked with teammate Rittsel to give the break a minute gap on the bunch. This was reduced to 43 seconds by the finish but it was enough to give Rittsel the overall lead. Results1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.20.12 (43.35 km/h) 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 3 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.03 4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 0.05 5 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 0.07 6 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.43 8 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 10 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 13 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 15 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 16 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 17 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 21 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 22 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 23 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 24 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 27 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 28 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 29 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 30 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 31 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 32 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 33 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 34 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 37 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 38 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 39 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 40 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 41 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 42 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 43 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 44 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 47 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 48 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 49 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 51 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 52 Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 53 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 54 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 55 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 56 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.07 57 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 1.11 58 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 1.14 59 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 60 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.16 61 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 62 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.23 63 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 64 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 2.01 65 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2.02 66 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 4.03 67 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 5.21 68 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5.22 69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 8.33 70 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 8.56 71 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 72 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 73 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 74 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 76 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 78 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 9.01 79 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 80 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 81 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 9.04 82 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.40 83 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 84 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 85 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 86 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 88 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 9.18 89 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 12.12 90 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 12.51 91 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 92 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 93 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 94 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 95 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 96 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 97 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 98 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 99 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 12.57 100 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 12.58 101 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 13.00 102 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 104 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 105 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 106 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 107 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 108 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 109 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 110 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 111 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 112 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 114 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 115 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 116 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 117 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 118 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 119 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 120 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 123 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 125 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 126 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 34.07 127 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 43.25 General classification after stage 5: 1 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 20.22.29 2 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.20 3 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.33 5 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.36 6 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 0.41 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 8 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 9 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 0.45 10 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.46 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.47 12 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas Pata 0.52 13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 0.53 14 Michael Standstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.00 15 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 16 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 1.23 17 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.29 18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.31 19 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 1.33 20 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville De Charleroi 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.36 24 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 1.36 25 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.36 26 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.36 27 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 28 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 28 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Allumino 30 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 31 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 32 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Ludovicauger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 34 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 35 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 36 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 37 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 38 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 39 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 40 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 41 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin Oktos 42 Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 43 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 48 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus 49 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 50 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 51 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.00 52 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 2.04 53 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.09 54 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio 2.52 55 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.06 56 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6.14 57 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 6.15 58 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 9.06 59 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.26 60 Daniele Righi (Ita) Alexia Allumino 9.28 61 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 9.48 62 Laurent Pillon (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 9.49 63 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 64 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 65 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 66 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Adecco 9.54 67 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 10.11 68 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 11.21 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 70 René Jorgensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 11.40 71 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites 12.11 72 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 12.11 73 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 12.16 74 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 12.20 75 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 12.25 76 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 12.28 77 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 12.58 78 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 12.59 79 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 13.07 80 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 13.42 81 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 13.44 82 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 83 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 84 Chris Boardman (GBr) Credit Agricole 85 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 86 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.47 87 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.53 88 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 89 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 90 Folrent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 91 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 92 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 94 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 14.28 95 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 14.31 96 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto Adecco 17.06 97 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 17.58 98 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18.37 99 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Allumino 19.47 100 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto Adecco 19.53 101 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 20.00 102 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20.01 103 Kirk O'Bee (USA) US Postal Service 104 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 20.15 105 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 21.32 106 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 22.15 107 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Allumino 23.48 108 Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 23.54 109 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 23.57 110 Franck Corvers (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 23.57 111 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 24.11 112 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 24.23 113 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 25.04 114 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Allumino 115 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.03 116 Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 26.08 117 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 28.44 118 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 29.38 119 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville De Charleroi 29.40 120 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Allumino 30.38 121 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 31.41 122 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi 34.49 123 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 35.53 124 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 36.23 125 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 37.33 |