59th Paris - Nice - 2.HCFrance, March 11-18, 2001Main page Course Profile Results Previous stage Next stage Stage 1 - March 12: Saint-Amand-Montrond - Clermont-Ferrand, 189.2 kmBelgians to the fore as De Waele wins
Belgian Fabian De Waele (Lotto-Adecco) has won the first road stage of Paris-Nice, a 189 kilometre journey from Saint-Amand-Montrond to Clermont-Ferrand. De Waele beat Australian Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) and German Danilo Hondo (Telekom) in the expected bunch sprint. Yesterday's prologue winner, Nico Mattan (Cofidis), finished 7th and had no problems maintaining his white leader's jersey. Unfortunately, a bad fall at just over two kilometres to go marred the finish, as a rider near the front of the bunch slipped on some oil when traversing a roundabout, causing havoc in the field behind. Belgian champion Axel Merckx (Domo) was taken to hospital with a suspected broken collarbone, but an X-ray revealed that there was no break. He abandoned, along with Angel Casero (Festina) and Joseba Beloki (O.N.C.E), who had fallen earlier in the day and broken his rib. Others to suffer included Jean Delatour's Laurent Brochard (2nd last year) who finished in the second group, 17 seconds behind a 54 rider leading group. So too were last year's winner, Andreas Klöden, his teammate Alexandre Vinokourov, and Alex Zülle, Michele Bartolo, Phillippe Gaumont, Patrice Halgand, and Jonathan Vaughters.
Other than that, the stage was once again held in wet conditions, with the principal escape being made by Italian Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) and Lithuanian Marius Sabakiauskas (Saeco). The pair attacked in the early stages of the race, but Tosatto left Sabakiauskas behind to gain a maximum lead of 2'15. He was caught with 15 kilometres to go, in time for the mass sprint. De Waele was surprised and delighted with his win, another important one for Lotto-Adecco. "We have not been selected for the Tour de France and we all are very motivated," he said. Nico Mattan hopes that he can keep his leader's jersey for "a few days...at the beginning, I had it in mind to finish in the top 10." Tomorrow's second stage from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne is over 195.4 kilometres, with the last climb of Mont Forez with 10.2 kilometres from the finish. Results1 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.20.53 (35.377 km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 4 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 6 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 9 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 11 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 12 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E 16 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 18 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 19 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 23 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 25 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 26 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 29 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 30 Tomas Konecny (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 31 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 32 Federico Morini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 34 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 36 David Canada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 37 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 38 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 41 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) O.N.C.E 42 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 43 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 49 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E 50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 54 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 55 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 0.17 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 57 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 58 Patxi Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E. 60 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E 61 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 64 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 66 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 68 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 69 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 70 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 71 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 72 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 74 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 75 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 76 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto Adecco 77 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 78 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 79 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 80 Alex Zulle (Swi) Team Coast 81 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 83 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 84 Udo Bölts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 85 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 87 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 88 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 89 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 90 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 91 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 92 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-World Online 93 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online 94 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 95 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 98 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel 99 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 100 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 101 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 102 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 103 René Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E 104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 105 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 106 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 107 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 0.30 108 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.32 109 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.46 111 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.59 114 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 115 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 116 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 117 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 121 Inaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 123 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 125 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 126 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 127 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 128 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Coast 129 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 130 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel 131 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 132 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.48 133 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caff 2.15 134 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 135 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 136 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 139 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 140 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Saulius Ruskis (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 142 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 143 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 144 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 146 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.30 147 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 148 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.08 149 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel 3.13 150 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 3.31 151 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 152 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-World Online 153 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.38 154 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 3.44 155 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 3.54 156 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.09 157 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 4.13 158 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.15 159 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.18 160 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 161 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 4.36 162 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 5.28 163 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 164 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 5.38 165 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6.33 166 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites 167 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 10.02 168 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.11 169 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 170 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 171 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 172 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 173 Nicolas Dumont (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 174 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-World Online 12.13 175 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 176 Partrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 TC Hanskurt Brand (Swi) Team Coast DNF Angel Casero (Spa) Festina DNF Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) O.N.C.E DNF Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites DNS Francisco Leon Mane (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca General classification after stage 1 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 5.28.41 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.07 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 0.08 4 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 0.09 5 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 0.11 6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E 0.12 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.15 8 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 0.16 9 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 0.19 10 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.20 11 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.21 12 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 13 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.26 15 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.27 16 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 0.28 17 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.29 19 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole ... 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 0.34 41 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom0.40 43 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.41 57 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.46 59 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 0.49 63 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 0.51 82 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.00 90 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.04 173 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13.01 Course Profile
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