Tour de la Région Wallonne/Ronde van het Waalse Gewest - 2.3

Belgium, August 3-8, 2001

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Stage 2 - August 4: Mouscron - Clabecq, 174.4 km

Grabsch grabs second stage

German rider Bert Grabsch (Phonak) has won the second stage of the Tour de la Region Wallonne from Mouscron to Clabecq (174.4 km). Grabsch won the stage in a bunch sprint ahead of a pair of Domo riders, Koos Moerenhout and Robbie McEwen.

McEwen took over the leader's jersey from Fabrizio Guidi (Mercury), with Grabsch and Moerenhout moving up to second and third respectively.

Tomorrow's third stage is from Charleroi to Couvin (173.2 km).

Results

1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems       4.11.02
2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites               0.05
4 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
6 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
7 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet
9 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
11 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole              0.09
12 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
13 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco              0.13
14 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) Francaise des Jeux           0.27
15 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
16 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
17 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance
18 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
19 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
20 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis

General classification after stage 2

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites            8.29.09
2 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems          0.02
3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites             0.03
4 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                         0.16
5 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
6 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel                  0.17
7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet
9 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
11 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole              0.19
12 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim            0.21
13 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco              0.25
14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel               0.28
15 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis                       0.33
16 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux       0.35
17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
18 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance             0.36
19 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans
20 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco               0.38