53rd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HC

France, June 10-17, 2001

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Stage 3 - June 13: Guilherand-Granges - Carpentras, 184 km

Merckx takes over on the Ventoux

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Axel Merckx
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Belgian champion Axel Merckx is the new leader in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré after he finished 10th in toady's stage that went over the mighty Mont Ventoux. The stage was won by Venezuelan Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel) who broke away and won by three seconds, with a group of 13 following. Merckx pulled on the yellow and blue jersey 30 years after his father Eddy had worn (and won) it in the 1971 edition.

The race winning move in today's 184 kilometre stage from Guilherand-Granges to Carpentras came with 8 kilometres to go from the summit of Mont Ventoux (1909m). It was then that Etxebarria attacked, gaining 48 seconds on small lead group, and 1'20 on a group containing Merckx, and David Millar amongst others. Merckx and Millar chased hard down the other side to regain those in front, but Etxebarria still held a 40 second lead in Bedoin.
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Unai Etxebarria
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This was reduced to 3 seconds by the finish in Carpentras, but the adopted Basque held firm and won the stage.

Merckx now holds a 1'32 advantage on Cofidis' David Millar, but this may be substantially reduced in tomorrow's 43 kilometre time trial from Beaumes-de-Venise to Valréas. In addition, Christophe Moreau (Festina), Pavel Tonkov (Mercury) and Jonathan Vaughters (Credit Agricole) are poised to strike in this stage, as all are less than 2 minutes behind Merckx.

"With 10 kilometres to go to the top of Ventoux, I had problems. Fortunately, I found Moreau and Millar. We descended into an open tomb. We caught up with the leaders."

"The time trial is not my specialty. I will try and give my all. Moreau, Millar and Vaughters will be difficult to beat."

Etxebarria (4th overall) hopes to ride well on Saturday's mountainous stage, and is looking for support from his teammates. "I sacrificed myself for Iban Mayo in the Midi Libre. I will now wait to see if the others do the same for me," he said.

Results

1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi              4.57.12
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                        0.03
3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
4 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
5 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
7 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
8 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux
10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
11 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
13 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com
15 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                  2.25
16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
17 Txema Del Omo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance
20 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                   4.40
22 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                   5.44
24 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance              5.48
26 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina
27 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
28 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole               7.11
29 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
30 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
33 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
34 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco
35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
36 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
39 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
40 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
41 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
42 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
43 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                  13.26
44 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                         13.41
45 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
46 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
47 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
48 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
49 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
50 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel
51 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
52 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
53 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
54 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
55 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
56 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel
57 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
58 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
59 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  17.09
60 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
61 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
62 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
63 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
64 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
65 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux
66 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
67 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
68 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                  21.50
69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
70 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
71 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                           23.13
72 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Domo-Farm Frites
74 Fabian Dewaele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
75 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
76 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
77 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
78 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
79 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
80 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
81 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com
83 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com
84 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
85 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
86 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
88 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
89 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
90 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel
91 Plamen Stainov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel
92 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
93 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
94 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
95 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
96 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
97 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
98 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
99 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
100 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour                         23.21
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                  15.13.47
2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                              1.32
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                         1.37
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                         1.43
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                           1.44
7 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel                       1.46
8 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     1.48
9 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                            1.54
10 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux            1.55
11 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole               1.56
12 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 1.59
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                    2.08
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                       2.12
15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                              3.50
16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3.59
17 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                  4.09
18 Txema Del Omo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4.22
19 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance              4.25
20 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4.31
21 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux            6.25
22 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                   6.44
23 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                       7.01
24 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                 7.30
25 Chann McRae (USA) Mercury-Viatel                       7.33
26 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Festina                       7.40
27 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                   7.41
28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance              7.47
29 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco                  8.48
30 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole               8.53
31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                   8.54
32 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    8.58
33 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                     8.59
34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                          9.01
35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                    9.02
36 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                  9.03
37 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel                  9.07
38 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                              9.12
39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                       9.13
40 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                            9.17
41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                            9.23
42 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel                  15.27
42 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
44 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                  15.31
45 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel                     15.32
46 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                 15.33
46 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
48 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                           15.34
48 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
48 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
48 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
52 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                 15.35
53 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                  15.36
54 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                  15.39
55 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      16.10
56 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                         16.14
57 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux      17.10
58 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux             18.35
59 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  18.42
60 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com                    18.45
61 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                  18.47
62 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com            18.52
63 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com              19.01
64 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                      19.12
65 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                19.40
66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                      20.13
67 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com                      23.51
68 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                  24.01
69 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                         24.10
70 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Domo-Farm Frites                24.34
71 Fabian Dewaele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     24.49
72 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              24.53
73 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites               24.55
74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       24.56
75 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                            24.58
76 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93              25.00
77 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com                     25.04
78 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel                     25.06
79 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux               25.07
80 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    25.10
81 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     25.11
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com                 25.17
83 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      25.20
84 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    25.23
85 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           25.41
86 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                         25.44
87 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                25.49
88 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                25.52
89 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                           26.24
90 Plamen Stainov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel                   26.30
91 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance              34.14
92 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina                           36.31
93 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance            36.32
94 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                   36.33
95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              37.07
96 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                          37.24
97 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole                  43.05
98 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour                          43.16
99 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                        43.20
100 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  45.08
 
Points classification
 
1 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Domo-Farm Frites                    52 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux                 39
3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                32
4 Fabian Dewaele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                         31
5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   31
6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      26
7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                 25
8 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                                25
9 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                        23
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                          23
11 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                             22
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                 22
13 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                 21
13 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com                       21
15 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                         20
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                         17
17 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                     15
18 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                         12
19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            12
20 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel                        11
21 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                          10
22 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                     10
23 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         9
23 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                  9
25 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    8
26 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                  7
26 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux               7
28 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina                               6
29 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       6
30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                          6
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                       6
32 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                   5
33 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com                4
34 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          4
35 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco                     3
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                 3
35 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                           3
38 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                     3
39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                       2
40 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2
40 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour                            2
42 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   40 pts
2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux               35
3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel                         30
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                          26
5 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                              22
6 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    18
7 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                  16
8 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       14
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                       12
10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                       11
11 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance               11
12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            10
13 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                           8
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                           8
15 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                          6
16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6
17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                 5
18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                  5
19 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour                            5
20 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                   4
21 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                      3
22 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                       3
23 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          2
24 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2
25 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com                  1
26 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                1
27 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                 1
28 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                               1
29 Txema Del Omo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   94 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                        64
3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                60
4 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel                         58
5 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                              57
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                           56
7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux               53
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                          50
9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                             41
10 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      35
11 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole                 35
12 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   35
13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                32
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                 27
15 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                         26
16 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                          24
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                      22
18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        20
19 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                          18
20 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                     13
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                 8
22 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93                     7
23 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          6
24 Txema Del Omo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     4
25 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   3