47th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 8-13, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 3 - May 10: Douvrin - Landrecies, 189 kmSvorada sprints, Seigneur solosThe third stage of the Four days of Dunkirk ended in another sprint finish with Jan Svorada (Lampre-Daikin) beating out Endrio Léoni (Alessio) and Zoran Klemencic (Tacconi). The early stage action was frantic from the beginning with numerous unsuccessful attacks until Eddy Seigneur (Jean Delatour) escaped and was allowed to go on a 78km sojourn, eventually building up a 9 minute 46 second lead over the peloton with 46km to go. Had he stayed away, that large a margin would have made Seigneur - who won the Four Days in 1994 - a GC threat, but the threat was quickly negated by Cofidia and Festina who led the chase and closed down Seigneur's gap with thirty kilometres to go. Laurent Lefevre launched the next attack, wanting to make a show of his arrival in his home town of Landrecies the finish line was practically in front of his house. He was caught with two kilometres to go, and once again a sprint finish was on the cards. Svorada was the fastest at the end of the long finishing strait. Jan Kirspuu remains the overall leader, but was clearly struggling to stay in control. Tomorrow's fourth stage between Fontaine-au-Pire (Nord) and Saint-Venant (Pas de Calais) will be the longest of the race at 206.4km Results1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 4.35.10 (41.211 km/h) 2 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 3 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 4 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 5 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 6 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 7 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 9 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 10 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 12 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos 13 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 14 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 15 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 17 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 18 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 19 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 20 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 21 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 22 Tom Desmet (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 24 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 27 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 28 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 29 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 30 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 31 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 32 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 33 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 35 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 37 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 38 Gregory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 39 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 40 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 41 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 42 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 46 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 47 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 48 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 49 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 50 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 51 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 52 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 53 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 54 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 55 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 57 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Janek Tomback (Est) Cofidis 59 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 60 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 61 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 62 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 63 Wesley Van Speybrouck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 64 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 66 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 67 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 68 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 69 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 70 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 71 Christophe Morel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 72 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 73 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 74 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 75 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 76 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 77 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 78 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 79 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-World Online 80 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 81 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 82 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 83 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 84 Levi Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 85 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 86 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 87 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 88 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 89 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 93 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 95 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 96 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online 97 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 98 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 99 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 100 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 101 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 102 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 103 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 104 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 105 Mirco Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 106 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 107 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 108 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 109 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 110 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 111 Serguei Outchakov (Ukr) Alexia Alluminio 112 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 113 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 114 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 115 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 116 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 117 Frank Corvers (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 118 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 120 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 121 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 122 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 123 Aleksandr Nikacevich (Kaz) Alessio 124 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 125 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 126 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 127 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 128 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 129 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 130 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 131 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 132 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 133 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 134 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 135 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 136 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 137 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 138 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 139 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 140 Olivier Asmaker (Swi) CSC-World Online 141 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 142 Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 143 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 144 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 145 M Battiston (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 2.00 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6.31 147 Patrick D'hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux 148 Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 149 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 150 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 6.33 151 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.51 DNF Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance General classification after stage 3 1 Kirsipuu Jean (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 12.43.13 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 0.15 5 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline 0.19 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 0.20 7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Worldonline 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Batavus 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis |