54th Tour de l'Oise et de Picardie - 2.2

France, May 12-14, 2000

The Stages

• Stage 1 - May 12: Creil - Le Crotoy, 170 km
• Stage 2 - May 13: Crécy-en-Ponthieu - Soissons, 204 km
• Stage 3 - May 14: Soissons - Verneuil, 94 km
• Stage 4 - May 14: Nogent-sur-Oise ITT, 5.6 km

Preview

This northern French 2.2 category race is just three days and four stages long, commencing from Creil and finishing on Sunday May 14 in Nogent-sur-Oise with a 5.8 km individual time trial. It is traditionally a sprinter's race, as there are large bonuses allocated for the finish as well as the intermediate sprints.

This year, the 54th edition will take in the department of Picardie including roads around the Somme and Aisne. Next year, the transformation will be completed and it will be known as the Tour de Picardie. As well as professionals, the race is open to under-21 riders.

The most likely contenders for this year's event will be Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu, Marcel Wust (Festina), Jo Planckaert (Cofidis), Maarten den Bakker (Rabobank), Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole), and Jeremy Hunt, Jay Sweet or Carlos da Cruz (Big Mat). It also marks the return of Cofidis' Frank Vandenbroucke to competition, although he is unlikely to be competitive just yet.

Start List

AG2R PREVOYANCE                 RABOBANK
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)           11 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
2 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)    12 Jan Boven (Ned)
3 Lauri Aus (Est)               13 Bram De Groot (Ned)
4 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)         14 Gerben De Knegt (Ned)
5 Laurent Estadieu (Fra)        15 Richard Groenendaal (Ned)
6 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu)        16 Mathew Hayman (Aus)
7 Innar Mandoja (Est)           17 Marc Lotz (Ned)
8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)          18 Sven Nijs (Bel)

COFIDIS, CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE   LOTTO-ADECCO
21 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel)   31 Jacky Durand (Fra)
22 Peter Farazijn (Bel)         32 Koen Beeckman (Bel)
23 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)       33 Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
24 Nico Mattan (Bel)            34 Wim Heselmans (Bel)
25 Francis Moreau (Fra)         35 Manu Lhoir (Bel)
26 Chris Peers (Bel)            36 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
27 Jo Planckaert (Bel)          37 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel)
28 Janeck Tombak (Est)          38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)

MEMORYCARD-JACK & JONES         LIQUIGAS-PATA
41 Michaël Blaudzun (Den)       51 Fausto Dotti (Ita)
42 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)        52 Alexandre Fedenko (Ukr)
43 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den)  53 Fabio Marchesin (Ita)
44 Jakob Piil (Den)             54 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)
45 Arvis Piziks (Lat)           55 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
46 Martin Rittsel (Swe)         56 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
47 Michael Sandstod (Den)       57 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz)
48 Jesper Skibby (Den)

FRANCAISE DES JEUX              FESTINA Watches
61 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)       71 Marcel Wust (Ger)
62 Sandy Casar (Fra)            72 Stéphane Auge (Fra)
63 Patrick D'Hont (Bel)         73 Florent Brard (Fra)
64 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)        74 Angel Casero (Spa)
65 Sven Montgomery (Swi)        75 Angel De La Maza (Spa)
66 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)     76 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)
67 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)         77 Sascha Henrix (Ger)
                                78 Pascal Lino (Fra)
                                79 Laurent Madouas (Fra)

CREDIT AGRICOLE                 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
81 Jonathan Vaughters (Usa)     91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven)
82 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)       92 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa)
83 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)         93 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)
84 Thor Hushovd (Nor)           94 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa)
85 Christopher Jenner (Nzl)     95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)
86 Jérome Neuville (Fra)        96 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa)
87 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)         97 Josu Silloniz (Spa)
88 Franck Pencole (Fra)
89 Marcel Gono (Aus)

JEAN DELATOUR                   BONJOUR
101 Eddy Seigneur (Fra)         111 Damien Nazon (Fra)
102 Jérome Bernard (Fra)        112 Pascal Derame (Fra)
103 Cyril Dessel (Fra)          113 Christophe Faudot (Fra)
104 Grégory Lapalud (Fra)       114 Sébastien Joly (Fra)
105 Eddy Lembo (Fra)            115 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra)
106 Francisque Teyssier (Fra)   116 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra)
107 Bruno Thibout (Fra)         117 Franck Renier (Fra)
108 Olivier Trastour (Fra)      118 Fabrice Salanson (Fra)

TEAM GEROLSTEINER               BIG MAT-AUBER 93
121 Michael Rich (Ger)          131 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra)
122 Uwe Hardter (Ger)           132 Guillaume Auger (Fra)
123 Sveln Gaute Holestol (Nor)  133 Ludovic Auger (Fra)
124 Scott Mc Grory (Aus)        134 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
125 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)       135 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra)
126 Sven Teutenberg (Ger)       136 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)
127 Andreas Walzer (Ger)        137 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)
130 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger)     138 Jay Sweet (Aus)

VILLE CHARLEROI-NEW SYSTEMS     VLAANDEREN 2002-Eddy MERCKX
141 Marc Streel (Bel)           151 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel)
142 Grégory Barbier (Fra)       152 Wesley Huvaere (Bel)
143 Renaud Boxus (Bel)          153 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel)
144 Vincent Cali (Fra)          154 Tom Stremersch (Bel)
145 Ludovic Capelle (Bel)       155 Erwin Thijs (Bel)
146 Geoffrey Gremelpont (Bel)   156 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel)
147 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den)    157 Karel Vereecke (Bel)
148 Laurent Pillon (Fra)        158 Andy Vidt (Bel)

BESSON CHAUSSURES               SAINT-QUENTIN-OKTOS
161 Sergey Belousov (Kaz)       171 Linas Balciunas (Ltu)
162 Médéric Clair (Fra)         172 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu)
163 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita)  173 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz)
164 Nicolas Dumont (Fra)        174 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra)
165 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)       175 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)
166 Christophe Gauthier (Fra)   176 Ole Simensen (Nor)
167 Sébastien Laroche (Fra)     177 Vincent Templier (Fra)
168 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)      178 Jean Michel Thilloy (Fra)
169 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn)