10th Tour de l'Ain - 2.5

France, August 14-17, 2001

Stage 1 - August 14: Miribel - Bourg-en-Bresse, 162.1 km

Samuel Dumoulin wins stage 1

The opening stage of the Tour de l'Ain, disputed over a 159.4 km parcours between Miribel and Bourg-en-Bresse has been won by amateur cyclist, Samuel Dumoulin (Rhône-Alpes). He beat compatriots Grégory Faghel and Frédéric Gabriel in a bunch sprint, and will wear the jersey of race leader tomorrow.

The primarily flat stage saw an 80 kilometre breakaway by Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour) and Christophe Edaleine (Jean Delatour). The pair gained a maximum of 5 minutes before they were caught at km 120. 10 kilometres later, Franck Renier (Bonjour) and Jérôme Bernard (Jean Delatour) tried their luck and got to within 3 killometres of the finish before they were caught.

Results

1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Rhône-Alpes               3.37.04
2 Grégory Faghel (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos
3 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
4 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
5 Ciaran Power (Irl) St-Quentin-Oktos
6 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
7 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
8 François Norce (Fra) CR4C Roanne
9 Cédric Herve (Fra) Jean Floc'h
10 Rune Jogert (Fra) Norway
11 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
12 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
13 Stéphane Couge (Fra) Jean Floc'h
14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
15 Eddy Lamoureux (Fra) CC Etupes
16 Yoann Boissy (Fra) Rhône-Alpes
17 Julien Laidoun (Fra) CC Etupes
18 Bruno Nella (Fra) Kia Suisse
19 Laurent Marcon (Fra) Rhône-Alpes
20 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Kia Suisse
21 Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
22 Olivier Maignan (Fra) Rhône-Alpes
23 Franck Champeymont (Fra) AVC Aix
24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux
25 David Martinez (Fra) AVC Aix
26 Bertrand Bourguet (Fra) Kia Suisse
27 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h
28 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
29 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) CC Etupes
30 Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) Norway
31 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
32 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
33 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
34 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
35 Olivier Martinez (Fra) AVC Aix
36 Eddy Ratti (Fra) Mapei
37 Andy Cappelle (Bel) St-Quentin-Oktos
38 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei
39 Karl Zoetemelk (Ned) CR4C Roanne
40 Dominique Perras (Can) Ficonseils
41 Laurent Paumier (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos
42 Benoît Luminet (Fra) CR4C Roanne
43 Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) AVC Aix
44 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis
45 Christophe Morel (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos
46 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
47 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norway
48 Erik Saunders (USA) Ficonseils
49 David Chassot (Swi) Ficonseils
50 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Kia Suisse
51 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole
52 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei
53 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
54 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
56 Filippo Baldo (Swi) Kia Suisse
57 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
58 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h
59 Franck Pencole (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
60 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
61 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
62 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
63 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat-Auber 93
64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
65 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux
66 Cédrick Loue (Fra) Cofidis
67 Régis Decotte (Fra) AVC Aix
68 David Lelay (Fra) Jean Floc'h
69 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
70 Pascal Pofilet (Fra) CC Etupes
71 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei
72 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
73 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Crédit Agricole
74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole
75 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
76 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Rhône-Alpes
77 Mickaël Olejnik (Pol) St-Quentin-Oktos
78 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Jean Floc'h
79 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
80 Florian Germain (Fra) Rhône-Alpes
81 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei
82 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Kia Suisse
83 Marc Thevenin (Fra) CR4C Roanne
84 Julien Vergeres (Fra) Ficonseils
85 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Mapei                         6.04
86 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis
87 Jérôme Ossedat (Fra) CR4C Roanne
88 Christophe Marcoux (Fra) AVC Aix
89 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole
90 Erlend Engelsvoll (Nor) Norway
91 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway
92 Morten Christiansen (Nor) Norway
93 Gaël Perry (Fra) CC Etupes
94 Patrick d'Hondt (Bel) La Française des Jeux
95 Jérôme Gannat (Fra) CC Etupes
96 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
97 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour           14.51
TC Cyril Bertino (Fra) Ficonseils                    32.27

DNF Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Française des Jeux
DNF Nicolas Kocianski (Fra) CR4C Roanne
DNF Stéphane Gremaud (Swi) Ficonseils
 
General classification after stage 1

1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Rhône-Alpes               3.36.54
2 Grégory Faghel (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos               0.04
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                      0.06
5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                      0.09
6 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole
7 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                    0.10
8 Ciaran Power (Irl) St-Quentin-Oktos
9 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
10 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour

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