25th Route du Sud - 2.3France, June 23-26, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - June 26: Saint-Gaudens - Plateau de Beille, 181 kmFinal victory to KivilevCofidis' Andrei Kivilev has won the overall classification in the Route du Sud which finished today on top of the Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees. The Khazakh placed second in the stage won by Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo) who showed his first signs of form after crashing out of the Giro in May. Former leader Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole) put in a good ride but could only finish 8th, 2'48 behind Casagrande. This was plenty of time for Kivilev to take the overall classification. The last stage was again marked by a lot of aggression from the outset, with 7 riders escaping at the 26 kilometre mark. They weren't caught again until kilometre 105, and although there was a counter-attack by five riders on the Col de Cazenave, it was all back together for the brutal 16 km Plateau de Beille. At the base of this climb, Cofidis set a hard tempo to put their leader Kivilev at the front. Only Casagrande could follow him, and the Italian managed to beat him by two seconds at the finish. Voigt, after leading the race from the first day, dropped down one place, while Raimondas Rumsas (Fassa Bortolo) finished third overall.
Results1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.47.45 (37.74 km/h) 2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 0.02 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.53 4 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 5 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.13 6 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.22 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.48 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 9 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.58 11 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 3.17 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.23 13 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 4.57 14 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 4.58 15 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.18 16 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 6.21 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6.36 18 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 6.48 19 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 8.06 21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8.36 22 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.01 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.03 24 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel 9.18 25 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 10.16 26 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 10.44 27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online 11.03 28 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.36 29 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 31 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.08 32 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Juan José De Los Angeles 34 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 12.14 35 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.08 36 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 14.07 37 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 15.10 38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.13 39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 42 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 15.55 43 Gorka Arrizabalanga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.11 44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.26 45 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.12 46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18.12 47 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 36.56 48 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 49 Javier Gomez (Arg) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 52 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 53 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 57 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 58 Nicolay-Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 59 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 60 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 61 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 63 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 65 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 66 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 67 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 68 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-WorldOnline 42.29 69 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 70 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 44.19 DNF Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com DNF Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Patrick D'hondt (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux DNF Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis DNF David Millar (GBr) Cofidis DNF Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Mercury-Viatel DNF Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour DNF Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour DNF Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Andre Korff (Swi) Festina DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina DNF Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina DNF Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel DNF Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel DNF Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online DNF René Jorgensen (Den) CSC-WorldOnline DNS Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNS Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel Final general classification 1 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 16.37.02 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.14 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 1.56 4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30 5 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.38 6 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.47 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 5.22 8 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 6.15 9 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.31 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.06 11 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 7.58 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 8.21 13 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 8.25 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.28 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9.34 16 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.34 17 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.06 18 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.04 19 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 14.06 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.11 21 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 14.44 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.39 23 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 15.44 24 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 15.59 25 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.35 26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16.41 27 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.09 28 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.10 29 Juan José De Los Angeles 18.16 30 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18.34 31 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.15 32 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.18 33 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 22.01 34 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.06 35 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 22.47 36 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel 24.03 37 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online 24.17 38 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 25.34 39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.40 40 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 26.50 41 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 29.10 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 29.44 43 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 30.53 44 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32.13 45 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.50 46 Gorka Arrizabalanga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.31 47 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 42.20 48 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 42.34 49 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 42.35 50 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 44.02 51 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 46.38 52 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-WorldOnline 46.46 53 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 48.20 54 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 48.31 55 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 48.56 56 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49.59 57 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 51.13 58 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 51.36 59 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 51.44 60 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 52.03 61 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 52.21 62 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 52.27 63 Javier Gomez (Arg) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.49 64 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.57 65 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 53.05 66 Nicolay-Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 53.38 67 David Munoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56.44 68 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.23 69 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 1.04.04 70 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.14.04 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