49th Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe - 2.4

France, April 10-13, 2001

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Stage 2 - April 11: Evron - Tiercé, 192.1 km

Kirsipuu wins stage 2

Ag2r's Jaan Kirispuu scored another win in France with a victory in the second stage of the Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe, between Evron and Tiercé (192.1 km). Kirsipuu outsprinted German Steffen Radochla (Festina) and Australian Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) in 4.33.46 (42.102 km/h), while Jean Delatour's Laurent Brochard held onto his leader's jersey by finishing in the peloton.

Brochard faced a number of attacks en route to the finish, starting with David Navas (iBanesto) who attacked at kilometre 65. He was caught by the peloton and a new break went with Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) and Alexi Sivakov (Bigmat). They were caught with over 50 kilometres to go.

There were constant attacks on the finishing circuits, with the most threatening from Linas Balciunas (Ag2R), Bert Grabsch (Phonak), José-Luis Rubeira (USPS), and Jacky Durand (FdJ). However, it all came back together for Jaan Kirsipuu to take his fourth victory of the season.

Laurent Brochard increased his lead in the GC to 13 seconds over Anthony Morin, due to several bonuses that he picked up.

Tomorrow will see two stages contested: Tiercé - Angers (100 km) in the morning, followed by a time trial in Angers (9 km) in the afternoon.

Results

1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance             4.33.46 (42.102 km/h)
2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Festina
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux
4 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step
6 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
7 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
9 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online
13 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
14 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta
15 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
16 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast
17 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
19 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
20 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
21 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E
22 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
24 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
25 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
26 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
27 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
28 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
29 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
30 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
32 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
33 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta
34 Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online
35 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
36 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
37 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
38 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E
39 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online
40 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta
41 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast
42 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
43 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina
44 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
45 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
48 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
49 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) U.S. Postal Service
50 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
51 Tyler Hamilton (USA) U.S. Postal Service
52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com
53 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
54 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole
56 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
57 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
58 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
59 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service
60 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service
61 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
62 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
63 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour
64 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
65 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
66 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E
67 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta
68 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
69 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) U.S. Postal Service
70 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
71 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
72 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
73 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta
74 Christophe Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast
75 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
76 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
78 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
80 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
81 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
82 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
83 Olivier Asmaker (Swi) CSC-World Online
84 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
85 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
86 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93
87 Scott Mcgrory (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step               0.34
88 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour               0.45
89 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour                  7.05
90 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E
92 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 9.59
93 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
94 Bjornar Vestol (Den) Fakta
95 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      11.34
96 David Arroyo (Spa) O.N.C.E
97 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
99 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com
100 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online
101 Santos Gonzales (Spa) O.N.C.E
102 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) U.S. Postal Service
 
DNF Jason Philips (Aus) Team Coast
DNS Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
DNS Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour             9.54.53
2 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 0.13
3 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                         0.14
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux           0.15
5 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance          0.17
6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 0.18
8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online             0.19
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                     0.42
10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service     0.43
11 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                          0.44
12 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
14 Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online
15 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
16 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                0.49
17 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Festina                     0.53
18 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                 0.56
19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) U.S. Postal Service
20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93              0.57
 
Climbers classification
 
1 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   28 pts
2 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                    17
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                       13
4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online                9
5 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     7
6 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com                   6
7 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance             6
8 Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online                    4
9 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems             4
10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                            4
11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                   3
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                    2
13 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                 2
14 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems              2
15 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast                      1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  14 pts
2 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                          6
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) U.S. Postal Service               5
4 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com                   5
5 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     5
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                        3
7 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                   3
8 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance             3
9 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                             3
10 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                 3
11 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                           1
12 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service        1
13 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                   1
14 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              1

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