47th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1

France, May 8-13, 2001

Stage 1 - May 8: Dunkerque - Steenvoorde, 164.8 km

Kirsipuu quickest in stage 1

Jan Kirsipuu
Photo: © AFP

Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) has won the first stage of the 4 Days of Dunkirk, a 164.8 kilometre race from Dunkirk to Steenvoorde (Bel). Kirsipuu was the fastest of a group of 12 men, beating Mercury's Baden Cooke and Big Mat's Christophe Capelle. In fourth place was Laurent Jalabert (CSC).

The start of the stage saw an attack by Jean Delatour's Christophe Bassons, but he was quickly brought back. More successful was Cofidis' David Lefevre, who managed to put in a solo escape that gave him a 2'20 lead after 100 kilometres. However, the peloton increased the tempo and he was recaptured shortly afterwards.

Laurent Jalabert
Photo: © AFP

Eddy Seigneur and Pascal Lino were next to try, but they couldn't keep abreast of the high speed that marked the stage. Finally, with 24 kilometres to go, Laurent Jalabert (CSC) attacked and split the bunch into several sections. The result was a group of 12 riders, including Jaan Kirsipuu, Baden Cooke, Christophe Capelle, Didier Rous, Stuart O'Grady, David Millar, Christophe Moreau, Paolo Valoti and Bert Hiemstra.

Lotto-Adecco had missed it, and were chasing hard but couldn't get closer than 29 seconds by the finish, where Kirsipuu sprinted home for his 7th win of the season.

There was an accident in the second group as they crossed the finish line, when US Postal's Dylan Casey hit a French TV soundman. He was taken to hospital in Hazebroucke, and a preliminary diagnosis revealed a fractured collarbone.

Results

1 Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                    3.46.10 (43.720 km/h)
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
3 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
6 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alessio
7 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
8 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
9 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
12 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service
13 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         0.24
14 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
15 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
16 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
17 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
18 Jo Planchaert (Bel) Cofidis
19 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
20 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
21 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
22 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
23 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
25 Tom Desmet (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
26 Carlos da Cruz (Fra) Festina
27 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
29 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
30 Lenalc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
31 Glancario Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
32 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
33 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
34 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
35 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
36 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
37 Ciaran Power (Irl) Saint Quentin-Oktos
38 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Worldonline
39 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
40 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-Worldonline
41 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
42 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
43 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
44 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
45 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
46 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
47 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
48 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
49 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
50 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
51 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-Worldonline
52 Stephano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
54 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
55 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
56 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
57 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
58 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
59 Frederic Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
60 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
61 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
62 Ralvis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
63 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
64 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
65 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
66 Danielo Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
67 Hans de Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
68 Mirco Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
69 Jerven Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
70 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
71 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
72 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
73 Stephane Barthe (Fra) US Postal Service
74 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance
75 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
76 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
77 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
78 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
80 Jeremy Hunt (Ger) Big Mat-Auber 93
81 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina
82 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) Saint Quentin-Oktos
83 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos
84 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
85 Stephane Auge (Fra) Festina
86 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
88 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
89 Fabien de Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
90 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
91 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service                     0.58
92 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
93 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
94 Fulco van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
95 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
96 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
97 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
98 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                  1.08
99 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank
100 Franck Corvers (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
101 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
102 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank
103 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
104 Darlo Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                  1.35
105 Jerome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole
106 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
107 Gregory Barbier (Fra) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
108 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel
109 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
110 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
111 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
112 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
113 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola   
114 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola      1.59
115 Marco Battiston (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                  2.17
116 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                       2.19
117 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Aluminio     
118 Sergei Outchakov (Ukr) Alexia Aluminio  
119 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
120 Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis
121 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
122 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
123 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
124 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
125 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service
126 Andy Desmet (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
127 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
128 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
129 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
130 Aleksand Nikacevich (Yug) Alessio
131 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
132 Janek Tomback (Est) Cofidis
133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
134 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
135 W van Speybrouck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
136 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Bakgiroloterij-Batavus
137 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
138 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline
139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
140 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
141 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
142 Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
143 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
144 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance
145 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
146 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service
147 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
148 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
149 Gregory Faghel (Fra) Sain Quentin-Oktos
150 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux
151 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
152 Marco Oili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
153 Alexej Sikavov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
154 David Debremaeker (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems 
155 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 
156 Therwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
157 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                12.21
158 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems 
159 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
160 Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus            15.50

General classification after stage 1:

1 Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                    3.46.10
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel                         0.04
3 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                0.06
4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline                   0.09
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                     0.10
6 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alessio               
7 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus                
8 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel                
9 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina               
11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline                
12 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service                
13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux            0.31
14 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       0.32
15 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos          
16 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-Worldonline                  0.33
17 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         0.34
18 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
19 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
20 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
22 Jo Planchaert (Bel) Cofidis
23 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
24 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
25 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
26 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
27 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
28 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
29 Tom Desmet (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
30 Carlos da Cruz (Fra) Festina
31 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
34 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
35 Glancario Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
36 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
37 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
38 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
39 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
40 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
41 Ciaran Power (Irl) Saint Quentin-Oktos
42 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Worldonline
43 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
44 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-Worldonline
45 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
46 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
47 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
48 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
49 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
50 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
51 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
52 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
53 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
54 Stephano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
56 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
57 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
58 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
59 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
60 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
61 Frederic Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
62 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
63 Ralvis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
64 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
65 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
66 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
67 Danielo Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
68 Hans de Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
69 Mirco Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
70 Jerven Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
71 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
72 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
73 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
74 Stephane Barthe (Fra) US Postal Service
75 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance
76 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
77 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
78 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
80 Jeremy Hunt (Ger) Big Mat-Auber 93
81 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina
82 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu)  Saint Quentin-Oktos
83 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos
84 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
85 Stephane Auge (Fra) Festina
86 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
88 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
89 Fabien de Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
90 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
91 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service                     1.08
92 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
93 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
94 Fulco van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
95 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
96 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
97 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
98 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                  1.12
99 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank
100 Franck Corvers (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
101 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
102 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank
103 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
104 Darlo Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                  1.45
105 Jerome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole
106 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Worldonline
107 Gregory Barbier (Fra) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
108 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel
109 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
110 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
111 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Aluminio
112 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
113 Mass Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 
114 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola      2.09
115 Marco Battiston (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                  2.27
116 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Aluminio                       2.29
117 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Aluminio 
118 Segrei Outchakov (Ukr) Alexia Aluminio 
119 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
120.Rob Hayles (GBr) Cofidis
121 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
122 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
123 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
124 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
125 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service
126 Andy Desmet (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
127 Christophe MMorel (Fra) Saint Quentin-Oktos
128 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
129 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
130 Aleksandr Nikacevich (Yug) Alessio
131 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
132 Janek Tomback (Est) Cofidis
133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
134 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
135 Wesley van Speybrouck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
136 Remco van der Ven 
137 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
138 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC-Worldonline
139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
140 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
141 Sebastie Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
142 Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
143 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
144 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance
145 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
146 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service
147 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
148 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
149 Gregory Faghel (Fra) Sain Quentin-Oktos
150 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux
151 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
152 Marco Oili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
153 Alexej Sikavov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
154 David Debremaeker (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems 
155 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 
156 Therwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
157 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                   12.31
158 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville de Charleroi-New Systems 
159 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
160 Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus               16.00