11th A Travers le Morbihan - 1.4

France, May 27, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

Halgand two in succession

Winner of this race last year, Jean Delatour's Patrice Halgand did it again in the 1.4 A Travers Morbihan, the 10th of 16 rounds of the Coupe de France. He also won the Trophee des Grimpeurs earlier in the month and today beat Kazakh Serguei Iakovlev (Besson Chasseurs) and Belgian Dave Bruylandts (Palmans).

A tough 181 km, 13 lap course involving 13 ascensions of the Cote de Cadoual (1.9 km at 7%) saw many attacks. Cyril Dessel (Jean Delatour), Olivier Asmaker (Festina), and Swede Magnus Backstedt (Credit Agricole) escaped on the first lap, and had a lead of 4 minutes by the end. Halgand, Robin (Bonjour), Hinault & Voigt (Credit Agricole), Madouas (Festina), and the Russian Botcharov (Ag2r) reacted and caught the leaders with 70 kilometres to go.

Halgand then attacked with 2 two go and held the others off to win by 1:25. With this and the Grimpeurs victory, he and team director Michel Gros are hoping that J-Delatour will get a Tour Wildcard spot.

Results, Bignan - Plumelec, 181km

1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                4.31.01 (40.07 km/h)
2 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures              1.25
3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole
5 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                           1.34
6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance             1.39
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole               2.09
8 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                         2.14
9 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    2.21
10 Cyril Robin Jean-(Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel-Toupar     2.30
11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                 3.50
12 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel-Touparge     3.56
15 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop
16 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
18 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole
19 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
20 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel             4.06
21 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour
22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 4.15
..
24 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures                4.26
..
26 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                5.03
..
28 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                5.38
29 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux
30 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
..
32 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance           5.43
..
35 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
36 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux         5.49
37 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
..
39 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                    5.52
40 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures          8.15
...
44 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
45 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel-Toupargel
46 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Besson Chaussures
47 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
48 Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel-Toupargel
56 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
57 Stéphane Krafft (Fra) Cofidis
58 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
59 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis

129 starters 
59 fnishers

Coupe de France standings after 10 rounds:

1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                    118 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                       113
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    110
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                   101
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                           55
6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                    53
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 52
8 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                               51
9 Serguey Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                49
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                     38
11 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2r-Prevoyance                   35
11 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat - Auber 93                     35
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                        35
14 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint-Quentin-Oktos               33
15 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                  30
16 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel               25
16 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                     25
18 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis                            23
19 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    22
20 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Française des Jeux              20
21 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance             18
21 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                   18
21 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                            18
21 Lars Michaelsen (Dan) La Française des Jeux            18
25 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux           17
26 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    16
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance              16
28 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                             13
28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Française des Jeux             13
30 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                       12
31 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                          12
32 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel            11
33 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux            11
34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    9
34 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      9
36 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                   8
36 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel               8
36 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                 8
36 Yoan Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                         8
40 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    6
41 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93                3
41 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93              3
41 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93                3
41 Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis                            3
41 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole                3
41 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux            3
41 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux              3

Results courtesy of Velomania

Past Winners

A Travers de Morbihan, a UCI Cat 1.4 event began in 1990. It was 
Previously known as the G.P. de Plumelec (1982-89).

1982    Fabien De Vooght (Fra) Wolber
1983    Laurent Fignon (Fra) Renault Gitane
1984    Pierre Bazzo (Fra) Coop Hoonved
1985    Marc Madiot (Fra) Renault Elf Gitane
1986    Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot
1987    Johnny Weltz (Den) Fagor
1988    Frédéric Brun (Fra) Z Peugeot
1989    no event
1990    Johan Museeuw (Bel) Lotto               223 kms in 5.33.57
1991    Bruno Cornillet (Fra) Z Peugeot         208 kms in 5.46.00
1992    Peter De Clercq (Bel) Lotto             200 kms in 4.56.25
1993    Marcel Wüst (Ger) Novemail Histor       190 kms in 4.24.00
1994    Peter De Clercq (Bel) Lotto             199 kms in 4.38.01
1995    Francis Moreau (Fra) GAN                205 kms in 4.41.42
1996    Johan Capiot (Fra) Collstrop Lystex     210 kms in 4.49.26
1997    Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino       200 kms in 4.46.37
1998	Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis          205 kms in 5.10.26
1999	Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina 		200 kms in 4.50.00
Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin