28th Tour Méditerranéen - 2.3France, February 14-18, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 6 - February 18: Miramas - Marseille, 134 kmKirsipuu strikes again, Rebellin's finale
Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin (Liquigas) finally brought to a halt a series of second and third place finishes by winning the 28th edition of the Tour Méditerranéen today. The final stage from Miramas to Marseille (134 km) was another sprinter's affair, with Jaan Kirsipuu clinching his second stage win in a row. Rebellin's joy came partly from his compatriot Ivan Basso's misfortune. The Fassa Bortolo rider had fallen at the conclusion of stage 4 yesterday, and was forced to retire while still in the leader's yellow jersey. Had Basso stayed upright, it was quite likely that he would win overall, but cycling is known for its mixed fortunes. The stage was a typical sprinter's stage, despite the punctuation of a few short climbs. After three kilometres, Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour), Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux) and Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei) escaped, and were eventually joined by Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour), Salvatore Commesso (Saeco), Franck Renier (Bonjour) and Pascal Chanteur (Festina). Casar and Chavanel were dropped, and five riders made it to the finishing circuit with just 21 seconds advantage.
Clearly this wasn't going to be enough, as first Tacconi Sport led the chase to try and set up Balducci for another win. However it wasn't to be as Jaan Kirsipuu led out strongly in the final few hundred metres for the win. Unfortunately for stage 3 winner Jimmy Casper, the plucky Frenchman tried to move up on the inside of Kirsipuu with 100 m to go. The result was another crash as Casper touched a wheel in front of him. He crossed the finish line, and fainted due to shock before being examined by the race doctors. Rebellin's win comes after his success in 1999, and he commented afterwards: "Obviously, it is always a little unfortunate to win thus, but I was the only one to accompany Basso on the first day, and I had shown that I was at the same level". In second overall was Cofidis' David Moncoutié while third place went to Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour), both of whom held their positions since the first decisive stage.
Results1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.02.36 (44.03 km/h) 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 7 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 10 David Clinger (USA) Festina 11 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 12 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 13 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 Ivailo Gabrowski (Rus) Jean Delatour 15 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 16 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 17 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 Michael Steen Neilsen (Den) CSC-World Online 19 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 20 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 21 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 22 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 23 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 24 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 27 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 Christian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas Pata 29 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 31 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 34 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 36 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 37 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 38 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack 41 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 42 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 43 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 44 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 45 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 47 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 48 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack 49 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 53 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 54 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 56 Rolf Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 57 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 58 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 59 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 60 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 61 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 63 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 66 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 69 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 70 Tom Stremeersch (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 71 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 72 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 73 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 74 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 75 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 76 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 77 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 78 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 79 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack 81 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 83 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 84 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 85 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 86 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 87 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 88 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 89 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 90 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 91 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 94 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 95 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 96 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 97 Miguel Angel Meza Flores (Mex) Team Colpack 98 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 0.17 99 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 100 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 101 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 102 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 103 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 104 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 105 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 106 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 108 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour 109 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 110 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 111 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 112 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 113 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 114 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 115 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 116 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 117 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 118 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 119 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack 120 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 121 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 122 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Colpack 123 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 124 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 126 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.36 127 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.39 128 Justin Spinelli (USA) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 129 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 130 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 1.00 131 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 1.02 132 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 1.11 133 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 135 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 1.46 136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50 137 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 138 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 139 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 2.00 140 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 141 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.10 142 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2.13 143 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour DNF Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole DNF Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites DNF David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata DNF Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe DNF Frank Corvers (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems DNF Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville de Charleroi DNF Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim DNS Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance DNS Tomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com Final general classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 17.20.55 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.08 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.23 4 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.26 5 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 0.36 6 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 0.39 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.49 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.52 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 1.03 10 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.11 11 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.13 12 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 1.26 13 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 1.27 14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.39 18 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 1.43 19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 2.01 20 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 2.12 21 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2.15 22 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack 2.23 23 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.26 24 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.43 25 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.44 26 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.50 27 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2.53 28 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.56 29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack 3.00 30 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3.07 31 David Clinger (USA) Festina 3.23 32 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 3.24 33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.25 34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.44 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 3.45 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4.04 37 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4.07 38 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.09 39 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.15 40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.17 41 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 4.24 42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.42 43 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 4.45 44 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.46 45 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 46 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.51 47 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.06 48 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5.07 49 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.14 50 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5.22 51 Ivailo Gabrovski (Rus) Jean Delatour 5.25 52 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Team Colpack 5.59 53 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 6.04 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 6.09 55 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 6.35 56 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 6.40 57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 58 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.06 59 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.13 60 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 61 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 7.19 62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 7.23 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7.25 64 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 7.30 65 Rolf Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 7.31 66 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 67 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 7.37 68 Fabio Malberti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 7.42 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.47 70 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.48 71 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 7.55 72 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 8.04 73 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8.10 74 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 8.23 75 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 8.52 76 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 9.17 77 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.53 78 Miguel Angel Meza Flores (Mex) Team Colpack 10.00 79 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10.05 80 CAPELLE Ludovic 10.08 81 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 10.15 82 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 10.17 84 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 10.23 85 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 10.31 86 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10.38 87 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.41 88 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 10.45 89 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.12 90 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11.24 91 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 11.47 92 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 12.01 93 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12.05 94 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12.14 95 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 12.23 96 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 12.30 97 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.41 98 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.44 99 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 12.45 100 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.07 101 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 13.11 102 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 13.33 103 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 13.42 104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 14.03 105 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 14.29 106 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 14.39 107 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour 14.46 108 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.51 109 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 14.58 110 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 15.14 111 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 15.26 112 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 15.32 113 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 114 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 17.00 115 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldir 17.43 116 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 18.10 117 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 18.18 118 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 18.57 119 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 19.00 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 19.40 121 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 19.43 122 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.44 123 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 19.45 124 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 20.05 125 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 20.46 126 Tom Stremeersch (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 21.00 127 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.08 128 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21.33 129 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.39 130 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 21.58 131 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Colpack 22.08 132 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 22.13 133 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 22.15 134 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 22.23 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.25 136 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack 22.50 137 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 23.03 138 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 24.21 139 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 24.43 140 Justin Spinelli (USA) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 24.44 141 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 26.09 142 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 26.53 143 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 31.37 144 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 41.08 Points classification 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 84 pts 2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 47 3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 4 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 33 5 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 30 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 30 7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 28 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 25 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 23 10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 20 Mountains classification 1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 21 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 4 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12 5 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 8 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 7 7 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 5 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 11 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 12 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4 13 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-World Online 4 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 4 15 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 17 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 18 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 20 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 1 Results courtesy of www.velomania.net |
