47th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 8-13, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - May 11: Fontaine-au-Pire - Saint-Venant, 206.4 kmThree-peat for Kirsipuu
The rest of the field must be beginning to feel that they should just pack up and go home after Jaan Kirsipuu today took another stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk in another sprint. Kirsipuu again showed he possesses the race's fastest-twitching set of quads by out-accelerating Daniele Galli (Alexia) and Jans Koerts (Mercury) on the line. And if Yet Another Kirsipuu Victory wasn't enough, today's stage also saw Yet Another Durand Breakaway. Jackie Durand says his solo escapes work one time in twenty, so he tries them every chance he gets. Over 200 days of racing a year, those aren't bad odds. This time, though, he took Nico Eeckhout along for company after seven kilometres and the two stayed away from the peloton for 190km, building up a maximum lead of 11:35 after 65km of racing.
The sprint started 500m from the finish and as a large group of sprinters and lead-out riders hammered for the line, a fall brought down ten of them, including OJ Planckaert, Jeroen Blijlevens, Stéphane Barthe (US Postal), and Ciaran Power. Barthe and Power were the most seriously injured, with Barthe sustaining a broken forearm and head injuries and Power breaking his collarbone. Both were taken to Béthune Hospital for treatment. Results1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.55.14 (41.946 km/h) 2 Daniele Galli (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 3 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 4 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 5 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 8 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 9 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 13 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 14 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 15 Gregory Faghel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 16 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 17 Tom Desmet (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 20 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 21 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 23 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 24 Patrick D'hont (Bel) La Francaise Des Jeux 25 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 27 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 28 Grégory Barbier (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 29 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 30 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 31 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos 32 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 33 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 35 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 36 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 37 Marco Gili (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 38 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 39 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 40 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 41 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 42 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 43 Wesley Van Speybrouck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 45 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 46 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 47 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 48 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 49 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 50 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 53 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 54 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 57 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 58 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 59 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 60 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 61 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 63 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 65 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 66 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 68 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 69 Frank Corvers (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 70 Christophe Morel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 71 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 72 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 73 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 74 Mirco Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 75 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 76 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 77 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 78 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Aluminio 79 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-World Online 82 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 83 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 85 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online 86 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 87 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 88 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 89 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 90 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 91 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 92 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 93 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 94 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 95 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 96 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Marco Battiston (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 98 Julian Dean (NZl) U.S. Postal Service 99 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 100 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 101 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 103 Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 104 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 105 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 106 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 107 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 108 Aleksandr Nikacevich (Kaz) Alessio 109 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina 110 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 111 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 112 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 113 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 115 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 116 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 117 Marco Villa (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 118 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 119 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 120 Eddy Serri (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 121 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 122 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 123 Sebastien Laroche (Fra) Ville de Charleroi 124 Serguei Outchakov (Ukr) Alexia Aluminio 125 Janek Tomback (Est) Cofidis 126 Olivier Asmaker (Swi) CSC-World Online 127 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 128 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 129 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 130 David Zabriskie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 131 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 132 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 133 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 134 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 135 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 136 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 137 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 138 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.38 139 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 140 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 4.39 141 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.41 142 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos 143 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 144 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 11.36 145 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 18.24 DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Nico Indekeu (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems DNF Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel General Classification after stage 4 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.38.17 (42.638 km/h) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 0.23 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.24 4 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 0.25 5 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 0.29 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 0.30 7 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij - Batavus 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 9 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis |
