40th Circuit des Mines - 2.5France, April 26-May 1, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 5 - April 29: Ste Marie aux Chênes - Metz, 169 kmFinish line crash gives race to NewtonBy Ed Beamon of the Navigators Pro Cycling team The day began poorly with a 7:30am call from the States informing me that Navigator Kirk O'Bee had suffered a broken collar bone in the Athens Twilight Criterium just hours before. O'Bee, who was scheduled to join his team-mates in Europe on Monday, will be seriously missed at the team's Belgium debut. Stage 5 of France's Circuit des Mines looked to bring more promising news. For the first day of the race, the temperature was warming slightly, and the sun was struggling to assert it's presence, and the starting town of St-Marie-Aux-Chenes was dry. Viola! No rain! After yesterday's aggression, most of the riders expected a gentle start, especially since the previous day's aggressors, Francaise des Jeux and Jean Delatour, had suffered the greatest losses. The stage was to finish with three climbs in succession. A cat 1 followed by two cat 2s and a 12 km run into the region's largest city, Metz, would certainly be the deciding points of the race. Someone forgot to tell Collstrop. An opening attack had the peloton in the gutter for the first 10km, and when Delatour's Eddy Seigneur counter attacked and gained 30 seconds, the field stretched out even further. Already guys were dropping when Seigneur was caught at 35km. The pace finally slowed, and Collstrop's Erwin Thijs went clear with Vlaaderen's Kris Gertitis and A.V.C.Aixois's Nicolas Boulenger. The defending Panaria team liked this as Gertitis was the closest challenger at 4:48. The Italian team went to the front and rode a moderate tempo assisted by the Italian Sintofarm Team, and third-placed Chris Newton's Great Britain team. The gap was held at two minutes for the next 100km as the group prepared for the inevitable assaults on the finishing climbs which began at 140km. As the group approached the first climb, Boulenger was coming back and Gertitis was in trouble. Panaria controlled the pace and discouraged any attacks, and as the crested the KOM, Thijs was alone at 1:30. A quick decent proved the chase was on in earnest, and the gap was closing rapidly. As the peloton reached the steepest section of the second climb, the attacks began. Immediately the field was whittled, as second-placed Sassone fired a hard attack covered by Panaria's KOM leader O'Neil. Navigator's Chris Baldwin bridged with three others and the break was six. With Newton and Matveyev behind, the chasers kept the gap close, and regrouped on the decent. Continued volleys on the third and final climb had the race leader in trouble, but he would not surrender, and the group was 35 as it sped down the hill into Metz. At 5km to go, Delatour's Seigneur finished where he began with a ferocious attack that gained 10 seconds, but the gradually sloping approach of the last three kilometres slowed the escape, and the French team leader was absorbed. A field sprint was inevitable and Navigator's Chris Baldwin positioned team-mate Davidenko and then moved aside to protect his GC position and stay out of trouble. As the group passed three hundred meters at over 40mph, a race official stepped into the road clipping race leader Matveyev who crashed violently taking Baldwin with him. Davidenko's sprint was interrupted, but he recovered as Newton took the stage with Italian sprinter Antonio Palumbo second and Davidenko third. Matveyev and Baldwin received same time although Chris's top ten stage finish was aborted. GC was again affected dramatically today as Newton moved into second followed by Sassone,Kasputis and Schnider. Baldwin moved up a spot to 11th. If post race reports are true, Matveyev suffered a broken collarbone will not start Monday's 6th stage, moving Newton into the lead, and Baldwin into the top ten. Results1 Chris Newton (GBr) British National Team 4.07.30 2 Antonio Palumbo (Ita) VC Sintofarm 3 Vasili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 4 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) French Track Team 5 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) British National Team 7 Erki Putsep (Est) EC St Etienne-Loire 8 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 9 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 10 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 11 Dominique Arnould (Fra) Lorraine 12 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 13 José Medina (Chi) A.V.C. Aix 14 Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 15 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Malarenergi 16 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 17 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 18 Régis L'Huillier (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 19 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 20 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux 21 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 22 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 23 Jérome Rouyer (Fra) Lorraine 24 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Alexei Bougrov (Rus) Russia-Lada 28 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance 29 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 30 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 31 Robert Sassone (Fra) French Track Team 32 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Johann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 34 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 35 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team 36 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) VC Sintofarm 37 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 38 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs ? Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team ? Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 39 Damien Pommereau (Fra) French Track Team 3.32 40 Laurent Przybyl (Fra) Lorraine 41 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 42 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 43 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 44 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi 45 Kacder Sowinski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 46 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 47 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 48 Mariusz Mielcarek (Pol) Legia Bazylsiszek 49 Julien Thollet (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 50 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 51 Robert Koj (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 52 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 53 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 54 Reto Lauper (Swi) Team Mita Medic 55 Seth Angevine (Swi) Team Mita Medic 56 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Malarenergi 57 Alexandre Efimkine (Rus) Russia-Lada 58 Oscar Stenstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi 59 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 60 Sébastien Fournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 61 Samuel Rouyer (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 62 Pascal Perrin (Fra) Lorraine 63 Gregory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 64 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 65 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 66 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 67 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team 68 Matthieu Lamothe (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 69 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 70 Christophe Marcoux (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 71 Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 72 Maurizio Varini (Ita) VC Sintofarm 73 Marc Streel (Bel Collstrop-Palmans) 74 Olivier Martinez (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 75 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Team Malarenergi 76 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux 4.26 77 Jacky Durand (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5.10 78 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 6.03 79 Geert Vanderaerden (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 7.17 80 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 7.21 81 Cyrille Noo (Fra) Lorraine 7.42 82 Stefan Schruff (Ger Team Athleticum-Principia) 83 Beat Anderegg (Swi) Team Mita Medic 84 Andréa Castelletti (Ita) VC Sintofarm 85 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 86 A. Massiaguine (Rus) Russia-Lada 87 Anthony Guiriato (Fra) Lorraine 88 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu) Collstrop-Palmans 89 Davide Frattini (Ita) VC Sintofarm 90 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 10.19 91 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 92 Bryan Steel (GBr) British National Team 13.00 93 Nicolas Moulard (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 94 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 95 Carmelo Maurici (Ita) VC Sintofarm 96 Julien Tejada (Fra) French Track Team 97 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) French Track Team 98 Steve Cummings (GBr) British National Team 99 Cyril Bos (Fra) French Track Team 100 Stéphane Meunier (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 101 Juerg Bannwart (Swi) Team Mita Medic 102 Phil West (GBr) British National Team 103 Nicolas Boulenger (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 104 Andy Vidts (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim General classification after stage 5 1 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 17.06.05 2 Chris Newton (GBr) British National Team 0.08 3 Robert Sassone (Fra) French Track Team 0.15 4 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance 0.56 5 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux 1.01 6 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.21 7 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 1.22 8 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.23 9 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Malarenergi 1.32 10 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 11 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 1.43 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.50 13 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) French Track Team 1.54 14 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 2.20 15 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) British National Team 2.46 17 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) VC Sintofarm 5.30 18 Samuel Rouyer (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 6.07 19 Erki Putsep (Est) EC St Etienne-Loire 6.28 20 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 6.30 21 Jacky Durand (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6.34 22 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 6.54 24 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 6.59 25 Damien Pommereau (Fra) French Track Team 6.05 26 Olivier Martinez (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 27 Reto Lauper (Swi) Team Mita Medic 6.26 28 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 6.39 29 Marc Streel (Bel Collstrop-Palmans) 12.00 30 Christophe Marcoux (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 12.08 31 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu) Collstrop-Palmans 12.31 32 Régis L'Huillier (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14.03 33 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 12.05 34 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team 14.20 35 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 15.05 36 Oscar Stenstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi 15.27 37 Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 15.38 38 Anthony Guiriato (Fra) Lorraine 19.41 39 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 20.35 40 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 21.06 41 Phil West (GBr) British National Team 24.45 42 Mariusz Mielcarek (Pol) Legia Bazylsiszek 25.12 43 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team 28.06 44 Jérome Rouyer (Fra) Lorraine 29.01 45 Dominique Arnould (Fra) Lorraine 29.51 46 Johann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 47 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 30.11 48 Cyril Bos (Fra) French Track Team 30.29 49 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 30.43 50 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux 32.39 51 Antonio Palumbo (Ita) VC Sintofarm 33.05 52 Vasili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team 33.11 53 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 33.17 54 Maurizio Varini (Ita) VC Sintofarm 33.23 55 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 33.39 56 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 57 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 59 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 60 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 61 Alexei Bougrov (Rus) Russia-Lada 62 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 63 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team 64 José Medina (Chi) A.V.C. Aix 35.07 65 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) French Track Team 36.02 66 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 37.11 67 Alexandre Efimkine (Rus) Russia-Lada 68 Laurent Przybyl (Fra) Lorraine 69 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 70 Robert Koj (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 71 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 72 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 73 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Malarenergi 74 Matthieu Lamothe (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 75 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 37.16 76 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 37.45 77 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 37.50 78 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 38.00 79 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 39.42 80 Geert Vanderaerden (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 40.51 81 Davide Frattini (Ita) VC Sintofarm 41.21 82 Sébastien Fournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 43.11 83 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi 44.14 84 Gregory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour 45.51 85 Seth Angevine (Swi) Team Mita Medic 46.10 86 Kacder Sowinski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek 87 Julien Thollet (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 88 Pascal Perrin (Fra) Lorraine 89 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Team Malarenergi 90 Stefan Schruff (Ger Team Athleticum-Principia) 46.59 91 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia 92 Steve Cummings (GBr) British National Team 47.23 93 Andréa Castelletti (Ita) VC Sintofarm 48.06 94 Bryan Steel (GBr) British National Team 49.28 95 Cyrille Noo (Fra) Lorraine 50.15 96 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 53.09 97 A. Massiaguine (Rus) Russia-Lada 53.58 98 Andy Vidts (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 54.48 99 Nicolas Boulenger (Fra) A.V.C. Aix 55.56 100 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo 55.57 101 Julien Tejada (Fra) French Track Team 102 Beat Anderegg (Swi) Team Mita Medic 57.28 103 Nicolas Moulard (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 1.02.02 104 Carmelo Maurici (Ita) VC Sintofarm 1.02.46 105 Juerg Bannwart (Swi) Team Mita Medic 1.09.56 106 Stéphane Meunier (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire 1.12.35 Courtesy of velomania.net |