34th Tour du Limousin - 2.3France, August 21-24, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - August 23: Ussel - La Souterraine, 193.2 kmFranck Laurance wins third stageFrench rider Franck Laurance (National Team) has won the third stage of the Tour du Limousin, held over a 193.2 kilometre parcours between Ussel and La Souterraine. The stage finished in a bunch sprint, and Laurence beat Werner Riebenbauer (Nurnberger) and Nico Mattan (Cofidis). The overall lead remained with Franck Bouyer (Bonjour), who leads Patrick Jonker (BigMat) by 6 seconds. After 25 kilometres on the côte de la Croix de la Mission, an eight man break got away containing Guillaume Auger, Bruno Thibout, Ludovic Martin, Stéphane Bergès and David Munoz amongst others. They only reached a maximum lead of 4'20 before Bonjour started to chase, catching the break with 10 kilometres to go. Franck Laurance won the subsequent sprint from Ribenbauer and Mattan. Tomorrow's final stage is from La Souterraine to Limoges (173 km).
Results1 Franck Laurance (Fra) French National Team 4.40.43 2 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger 3 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 4 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 6 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 7 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 8 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 11 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 14 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury 15 Christophe Laurent (Fra) French National Team 16 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 17 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux 19 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) French National Team 20 David Navas (Spa) Ibanesto.com 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 24 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 25 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 26 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Ibanesto.com 27 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 29 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury 30 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 33 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 34 Chris Jenner (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35 Juan-Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 36 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 37 Francisco-Javier Vila (Spa) Ibanesto.com 38 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 39 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Ibanesto.com 40 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Ibanesto.com 41 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 42 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 43 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 44 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 46 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 47 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 48 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak 0.10 49 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 51 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 52 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 53 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 54 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury 55 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 56 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 59 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 60 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 61 Guillaume Lejeune (Fra) French National Team 62 David Latasa (Spa) Ibanesto.com 0.14 63 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.48 64 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.56 65 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 66 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 67 Koldo Gil-Perez (Spa) Ibanesto.com 68 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.23 69 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 2.48 70 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin - Oktos 71 Linas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint Quentin - Oktos 72 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 73 Martial Locatelli (Fra) French National Team 74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeux 76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 77 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 78 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 79 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 81 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 82 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 83 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 84 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury 86 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nurnberger 87 Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger 88 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 89 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 15.27 91 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 19.17 92 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 34.41 General classification after stage 3 1 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 12.59.21 2 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 0.06 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.18 4 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 0.21 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.23 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.25 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 9 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 10 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak 11 Christophe Laurent (Fra) French National Team 12 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 13 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 15 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Ibanesto.com 16 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 17 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 18 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 19 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux 21 Francisco-Javier Vila (Spa) Ibanesto.com 22 Juan-Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 23 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Ibanesto.com 24 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 25 Koldo Gil-Perez (Spa) Ibanesto.com 0.35 26 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 27 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.38 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1.01 29 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 31 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 32 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 5.40 33 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger 6.00 34 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 6.04 35 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury 36 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 39 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 40 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 41 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 6.14 42 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 43 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 44 Guillaume Lejeune (Fra) French National Team 45 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.24 46 David Navas (Spa) Ibanesto.com 6.29 47 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 7.00 48 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 8.52 49 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 51 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 52 Chris Jenner (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.11 53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.21 54 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) French National Team 13.23 55 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Ibanesto.com 56 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.33 57 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak 58 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 13.48 59 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.58 60 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 61 Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger 13.59 62 Martial Locatelli (Fra) French National Team 63 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.46 64 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.34 65 Linas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint Quentin - Oktos 16.36 66 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 67 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 68 Holger Sievers (Ger) Nurnberger 18.12 69 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 18.20 70 Franck Laurance (Fra) French National Team 18.24 71 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 18.41 72 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.13 73 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 21.18 74 David Latasa (Spa) Ibanesto.com 21.21 75 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 22.21 76 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury 22.31 77 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury 23.55 78 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 24.59 79 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 26.16 80 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.24 81 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 28.14 82 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.12 83 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeux 32.18 84 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 85 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 86 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 32.24 87 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 33.21 88 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.37 89 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin - Oktos 39.25 90 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 40.24 91 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 41.04 92 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 45.04 93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 1.02.13 Courtesy of velomania.net |