34th Tour du Limousin - 2.3France, August 21-24, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - August 24: La Souterraine - Limoges, 173.0 kmBouyer wins LimousinBonjour rider Franck Bouyer has claimed the overall victory in the Tour du Limousin, which finished today with a 173 kilometre stage from La Souterraine to Limoges. The stage was won by Jean Delatour's Gilles Bouvard, who soloed in in front of Mercury's Chris Wherry and Plamen Stoianov. At the end, just 4 seconds separated Bouyer from BigMat's Patrick Jonker, with Sebastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) finishing another 15 seconds back. It was Bouyer's third pro win in his seven year career, and his first since 1996. Once again, very hot conditions marked the passage of the stage. Six riders attacked in the opening kilometres: Laurent Paumier, Pierrick Fedrigo, Christophe Mengin, Stéphane Goubert, Eddy Seigneur and Juan Manuel Cuenca. The group got up to 3 minutes lead by kilometre 62, giving Cuenca the virtual lead. At this point, Bonjour put the hammer down and recaptured the break at the start of the finishing circuits in Limoges. Gilles Bouvard attacked with 5 kilometres to go, and got clear to win the stage by 33 seconds. 36 riders abandoned the final stage, due to the heat.
Results1 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.08.52 2 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury 0.33 3 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 8 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) French National Team 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 10 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 11 Koldo Gil-Perez (Spa) Ibanesto.com 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 13 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 14 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 15 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 16 Christophe Laurent (Fra) French National Team 17 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 18 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 19 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Ibanesto.com 20 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 21 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury 22 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak 23 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 24 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 25 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 26 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 27 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 28 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 29 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Ibanesto.com 31 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 32 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 0.32 33 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.39 35 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.44 36 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger 1.40 37 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.56 38 Francisco-Javier Vila (Spa) Ibanesto.com 4.38 39 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 42 Martial Locatelli (Fra) French National Team 43 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 44 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 4.43 45 David Navas (Spa) Ibanesto.com 6.07 46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 48 Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger 49 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 50 David Latasa (Spa) Ibanesto.com 51 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 53 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 54 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 12.10 55 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 56 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 57 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 58 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 59 Juan-Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 60 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Ibanesto.com Final general classification 1 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 17.08.46 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 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury 6 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.22 7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.23 8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 10 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Nurnberger 11 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak 12 Christophe Laurent (Fra) French National Team 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance 14 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 15 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Ibanesto.com 16 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 19 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger 20 Koldo Gil-Perez (Spa) Ibanesto.com 21 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Ibanesto.com 22 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.38 23 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.01 24 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1.58 25 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 4.31 26 Francisco-Javier Vila (Spa) Ibanesto.com 27 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 5.40 28 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury 6.02 29 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) French National Team 6.04 30 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 32 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.14 33 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger 7.07 34 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.52 35 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 9.03 36 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.30 37 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 11.49 38 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint Quentin - Oktos 39 Juan-Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 12.02 40 David Navas (Spa) Ibanesto.com 12.03 41 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme - Costa Blanca 12.35 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 12.38 43 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) French National Team 13.23 44 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 13.48 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 16.56 46 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 17.41 47 Martial Locatelli (Fra) French National Team 18.05 48 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 18.47 49 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.52 50 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 19.23 51 Christian Werner (Ger) Nurnberger 19.34 52 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury 22.31 53 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Ibanesto.com 25.00 54 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 25.24 55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.48 56 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 26.27 57 David Latasa (Spa) Ibanesto.com 26.56 58 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 28.37 59 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.49 60 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 43.56 61 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 44.58 Courtesy of velomania.net |