47th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1

France, May 8-13, 2001

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Stage 2 - May 9: Roost Warendin - Haisnes-les-la-Bassée, 192.2 km

Kirspuu again after day of failed attacks

Jaan Kirspuu (AG2R Prévoyance) scored a remarkable second successive victory in the Four Days of Dunkirk and consolidated his lead by outsprinting Stuart O'Grady (Crédit Agricole) andJan Koerts (Mercury-Viatel).

Jacky Durand (la Française des Jeux), made the day's early action with a breakaway at the fifth kilometre that eventually put him 5 minutes 30 seconds ahead of the peloton. But Durand was unable to stay away when the race hit pave and was caught after 70km.

As the bunch swept up Durand, Christophe Moreau (Festina) and David Millar (Cofidis) attacked, with Moreau soon dropping the Englishman. Millar's Cofidis team organised the chase and closed the gap to Moreau.

Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi) led the next attack, taking with him Frederic Bessy (Crédit Agricole), Eddy Lembo (Jean Delatour), David Zabriskie (US Postal) and Stefano Casagranda. This group stayed away until 15km from the finish when the peloton once again regrouped, making a sprint inevitable.

Results

1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance               4.22.13 (43.979 km/h)
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
3 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
4 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
5 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
7 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
9 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
10 Tom Desmet (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
12 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
14 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online
15 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis
16 Olivier Perredeau (Fra) Bonjour
17 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
18 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
19 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service
20 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service
21 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
22 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
23 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
24 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance
25 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
26 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
27 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
29 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole
30 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel
31 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
32 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
33 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
34 Frank Corvers (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems
35 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
36 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
37 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
38 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
40 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service
42 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
43 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
44 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
45 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
47 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
48 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
49 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
50 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
51 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos
52 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
53 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos
54 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
55 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
56 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
57 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online
58 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
59 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
60 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
61 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
62 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
64 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
65 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
66 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
67 Levi Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service
68 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
69 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-World Online
70 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
71 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
72 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
73 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
74 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
75 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
76 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
77 Mirco Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
78 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
79 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
80 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
81 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
82 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
83 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
84 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
85 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
86 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
88 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos
89 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
90 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
91 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina
92 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank
93 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
94 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
95 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina
96 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
97 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
98 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
99 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
100 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
101 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
102 Alexandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio
103 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
104 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
105 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
106 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
107 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
108 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
109 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
111 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
112 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
113 Christophe Morel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
114 Olivier Asmaker (Swi) CSC-World Online
115 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
116 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
117 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
118 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) U.S. Postal Service
119 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service
120 Serguei Outchakov (Ukr) Alexia Alluminio
121 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
122 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
123 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
124 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
125 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
126 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata          3.20
127 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                     7.00
128 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems
129 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems
130 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis
131 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online
132 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
134 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
135 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
136 Marco Battiston (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
137 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
138 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service
139 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
140 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
141 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) Ville de Charleroi      17.04
142 Grégory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
143 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville de Charleroi
144 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
145 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
146 Patrick D'hondt (Fra) Fancaise des Jeux
147 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems
148 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
149 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
150 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance             18.01
151 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux        20.18
152 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour                    21.43

DNF Michael-Steen Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online
DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Régis Lhuillier (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
DNF Andy Desmet (Bel) Ville de Charleroi
DNF David Debremaeker (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems
DNF Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alessio
DNF Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
DNS Dylan Casey (USA) U.S. Postal Service

General classification after stage 2:

1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est/AG2R Prévoyance),       8.08.03
2. Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel              0.13
3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole          0.14
4. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93     0.16
5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline        0.19
6. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel           0.20
7. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline               
8. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina        
9. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bakgiroloterij-Batavus          
10. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis