Etoile de Besseges - 2.4France, February 7-11, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - February 9: Nîmes - Cora Alès, 142 kmNazon takes first French win
Damien Nazon (Bonjour) became the first French rider to win this season as he took out the third stage of the Etoile de Besseges, 142 kilometres from Nîmes to Cora Alès. Nazon won yet another bunch sprint ahead of Czech Jan Svorada (Lampre) and race leader Nico Eeckhout (Lotto). In placing third, Eeckhout extended his overall lead to 31 seconds. Despite a fairly flat parcours, there were plenty of attacks and 22 riders managed to escape after 20 kilometres. The group was driven by Paul Hyfte, Koen Beeckman, Benoit Poilevet, Arnaud Pretot and Cyril Dessel, and they gained time quite quickly. Most significant was the fact that Eeckhout was there and Kirsipuu and Chris Peers were not. Eeckhout was therfore in a perfect position to take advantage of the time gains. At one point, it was a massive 25 minutes back to the bunch who were split after a fall that sent Nicolas Jalabert and Stijin De Schomaecker to hospital. Several attacks came on a climb near the finish from Zbigniew Spruch, Laurent Brochard and Nicolaj Bo Larsen. Larsen got clear but was caught with 4 kilometres to go as cars obstructed the way. The ensuing sprint in Alès was taken by Damien Nazon who led for the last 200 metres. Nazon moved into second overall, and Svorada third with two days to go in the Etoile de Besseges. Results1 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 3.19.15 2 Jan Svorada (Svk) Lampre-Daikin 3 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC World Online 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC World Online 9 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 10 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 0.05 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 13 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17 Nicolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC World Online 0.14 18 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.15 19 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 0.25 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 0.59 21 Wesley Theunis (Fra) Vlaanderen T Interim 22 Stephane Auge (Fra) Festina 23 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 29.09 24 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Française des Jeux 25 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 26 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 27 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 28 Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 29 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Team Landbouwkrediet 30 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Française des Jeux 31 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 33 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 34 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 35 Patrick d'Hont (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 36 Gregory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin Oktos 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 38 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 39 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 40 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 41 Juris Silovs (Lat) Cofidis 42 Danny Van Cappellen (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 43 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 44 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 45 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 46 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 47 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 48 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 49 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 50 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 51 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 52 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 53 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 54 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 55 Frédéric Le Crosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 56 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) 57 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 58 Nicolas Coudray (Fra) Team Landbouwkrediet 59 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 60 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 61 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 62 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina 63 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 64 Andy Vidts (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 65 Peter Farazijn (Swi) Cofidis 66 Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus) Team Landbouwkrediet 67 Geoffroy Gremelpont (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 68 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 69 Rubens Bertogliati (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 70 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 71 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 72 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 73 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 74 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 75 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 76 Andy De Smet (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 77 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 78 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 79 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC World Online 80 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 81 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 82 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 83 David De Bremaeker (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 84 Steffen Radochla (Fra) Festina 85 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 86 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 87 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans 88 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 89 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 90 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 91 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 92 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 93 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC World Online 95 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 96 Mickael Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC World Online 97 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 98 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 99 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux 100 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 101 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 102 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 103 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 104 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 105 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 106 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 107 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 108 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour 109 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 110 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 111 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 112 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 113 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 114 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 115 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 116 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC World Online 117 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Team Landbouwkrediet 118 Sébastien Mattozza (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 119 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 120 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 121 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC World Online DNF Stijn De Schomaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim DNS Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance DNS Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour DNS Marc Chanoine (Fra) Ville de Charleroi General classification after stage 3 1 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10.14.34 2 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 0.31 3 Jan Svorada (Svk) Lampre-Daikin 0.38 4 Raphaël Jeune (Fra) CSC World Online 0.39 5 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 6 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC World Online 0.42 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.44 8 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.48 12 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 13 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.49 14 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) CSC World Online 0.58 16 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 1.29 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.30 19 Wesley Theunis (Fra) Vlaanderen T Interim 1.43 20 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 2.03 21 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 2.52 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 4.33 23 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC World Online 29.21 24 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 29.24 25 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 29.28 26 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 29.30 27 Steffen Radochla (Fra) Festina 29.43 28 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 29.47 29 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 29.50 30 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 29.53 31 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 32 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 33 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 34 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Française des Jeux 35 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 36 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 37 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 38 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 39 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 40 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 41 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 42 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 43 Peter Farazijn (Swi) Cofidis 44 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 46 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 48 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 49 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 50 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prévoyance 52 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Team Landbouwkrediet 53 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 54 Mickael Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC World Online 55 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 56 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 57 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 59 Christophe Trouve (Bel) Collstrop - Palmans 60 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 63 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 64 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 30.05 65 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 30.10 66 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 67 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 30.13 68 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 69 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 70 Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus) Team Landbouwkrediet 71 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 72 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 73 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina 74 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 75 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 76 Frédéric Le Crosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 77 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 78 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 79 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 80 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 81 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 82 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 30.36 83 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 84 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 85 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 86 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC World Online 30.45 87 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 30.46 88 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 89 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC World Online 90 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 91 Andy De Smet (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 92 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 93 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30.56 94 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 30.58 95 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 31.20 96 Rubens Bertogliati (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 97 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 31.25 98 Juris Silovs (Lat) Cofidis 31.58 99 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 32.01 100 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 101 Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 33.14 102 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 36.28 103 Patrick D'hont (Fra) La Française des Jeux 44.12 104 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 105 Grégory Faghel (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 106 Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 107 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans 108 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux 109 Andy Vidts (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 44.32 110 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 111 Sébastien Mattozza (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 45.05 112 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Française des Jeux 46.25 113 Nicolas Coudray (Fra) Team Landbouwkrediet 49.07 114 David De Bremaeker (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 50.44 115 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 50.47 116 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 53.34 117 Geoffroy Gremelpont (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 118 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Team Landbouwkrediet 53.43 119 Danny Van Cappellen (Bel) Vlaanderen T Inter 55.06 120 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Team Landbouwkrediet 55.33 121 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 1.00.48 Results courtesy of www.velomania.net |
