40th Circuit des Mines - 2.5

France, April 26-May 1, 2001

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Schnider takes hilltop finish, Newton retains lead

Courtesy Alison Livesey, BCF

Chris Newton maintained his overall lead in the Circuit des Mines with a spirited performance in today's sixth stage. Newton came in third behind Daniel Schnider (Francaise Des Jeux ) and Jean-Michel Tessier (French Track Team), with Nathan O'Neill (Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo) fifth in a hill-top finish. Newton inherited the race lead when overnight leader Sergey Matveyev retired due to the injuries he sustained in yesterday's finish line crash.

The overall position, with tomorrow's time trial and 111km road stages to come, is that Newton leads the race from Schneider by 42 seconds, with O'Neil at 1.26 and Tessier at 1.43.

GB manager John Herety is confident that Newton will hang on to the lead in the time trial, but is more concerned that, with another hard day to come, his other riders are tired. Today was very hard for the whole team as they had to control the race to protect Newton's position. Tomorrow's road stage should prove decisive one way or the other.

Stage 6 - April 30: Trieux - Château de Malbrouck, 141 km

Results

1 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux          3.18.13
2 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) French Track Team          0.04
3 Chris Newton (GBr) British National Team             0.05
4 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team    0.09
5 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo        0.13
6 Antonio Palumbo (Ita) VC Sintofarm                   0.19
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                 0.31
8 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux             0.32
9 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo      0.56
10 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Malarenergi                 1.11
11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) British National Team         1.14
12 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek              1.18
13 Markus Ganser (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia       1.20
14 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) VC Sintofarm               1.23
15 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans             
16 Dominique Arnould (Fra) Lorraine                      
17 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour                   1.26
18 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise              1.29
19 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                 1.31
20 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                
21 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance              1.34
22 José Medina (Chi) A.V.C. Aix                        1.38
23 Johann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs    1.42
24 Robert Koj (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek                   1.45
25 Maurizio Varini (Ita) VC Sintofarm                    
26 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Cycling Team          1.50
27 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans                    
28 Jérome Rouyer (Fra) Lorraine                          
29 Anthony Guiriato (Fra) Lorraine                     1.54
30 Olivier Martinez (Fra) A.V.C. Aix                     
31 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise           
32 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim          1.57
33 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs            
34 Robert Sassone (Fra) French Track Team              2.00
35 Wolfram Wiese (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia         
36 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs       2.05
37 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise              2.09
38 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                 2.12
39 Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) A.V.C. Aix                     
40 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              2.18
41 Reto Lauper (Swi) Team Mita Medic                     
42 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                2.55
43 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                2.56
44 Alexei Bougrov (Rus) Russia-Lada                    2.58
45 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek                 3.00
46 Oscar Stenstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi              3.01
47 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Malarenergi            3.05
48 Damien Pommereau (Fra) French Track Team              
49 Erki Putsep (Est) EC St Etienne-Loire                 
50 Mariusz Mielcarek (Pol) Legia Bazylsiszek           3.11
51 Kacder Sowinski (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek                
52 Benjamin Minow (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia        
53 Karsten Vogel (Ger) Team Athleticum-Principia       3.15
54 France PoursuiteTTINI Davide                        3.18
55 Vasili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team      3.22
56 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Malarenergi                
57 Henrik Oldin (Swe) Team Malarenergi                   
58 Sébastien Fournier (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs      
59 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise              3.29
60 Laurent Przybyl (Fra) Lorraine                      3.35
61 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                   3.39
62 Marc Streel (Bel Collstrop-Palmans)                 3.45
63 Krzysztof Zasada (Pol) Legia Bazyliszek             3.49
64 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                 4.09
65 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim             4.17
66 Alexandre Efimkine (Rus) Russia-Lada                4.46
67 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu) Collstrop-Palmans           5.01
68 Pascal Perrin (Fra) Lorraine                        6.39
69 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team        7.50
70 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team        
71 Seth Angevine (Swi) Team Mita Medic                 7.57
72 Juerg Bannwart (Swi) Team Mita Medic                8.03
73 Matthieu Lamothe (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs      8.12
74 Julien Thollet (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire            8.31
75 Gregory Lapalud (Fra) Jean Delatour                 8.37
76 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim          8.44
77 Régis L.Huillier (Fra) Francaise des Jeux           8.47
78 Samuel Rouyer (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs           
79 Andréa Castelletti (Ita) VC Sintofarm               8.52
80 Jacky Durand (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               8.54
81 CHARRIER France Poursuitenck                          
82 Cyril Bos (Fra) French Track Team                   9.07
83 Paul Manning (GBr) British National Team           10.04
84 Carmelo Maurici (Ita) VC Sintofarm                 10.50
85 Stefan Schruff (Ger Team Athleticum-Principia)     18.10
86 Julien Tejada (Fra) French Track Team                 
87 Nicolas Moulard (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire             
88 Cyrille Noo (Fra) Lorraine                         18.17
89 Stéphane Meunier (Fra) EC St Etienne-Loire         18.19
90 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra) French Track Team           18.21
91 A. Massiaguine (Rus) Russia-Lada                   18.24
92 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans              18.27
93 Beat Anderegg (Swi) Team Mita Medic                18.30
94 Bryan Steel (GBr) British National Team            18.32
95 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo       19.04
96 Steve Cummings (GBr) British National Team         19.18
97 Phil West (GBr) British National Team              27.18
98 Andy Vidts (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim                 

General Classification after Stage 6

1 Chris Newton (GBr) British National Team         20.24.27
2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Francaise Des Jeux             0.42
3 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo        1.26
4 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) French Track Team          1.43
5 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team        
6 Robert Sassone (Fra) French Track Team               2.06
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                 2.09
8 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance               2.21
9 Joona Laukka (Fin) Team Malarenergi                  2.34
10 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                 2.43