34th Tour du Limousin - 2.3

France, August 21-24, 2001

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Stage 3 - August 23: Ussel - La Souterraine, 193.2 km

Franck Laurance wins third stage

French 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).

Results

1 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

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