53rd Grand Prix du Midi-Libre - 2.1
France, May 22-27, 2001
Main page Results
Stage 1 - May
22: Gruissan - Saint-Cyprien, 181.5 km
Bernard scores first
ever win in remarkable break
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Jerome
Bernard
Photo: © AFP
Little known French rider, Jerome Bernard (Jean Delatour) has won
the first stage of the GP du Midi Libre, after he just managed to hold
off the peloton led home by Czech sprinter Jan Svorada (Lampre) and
Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole). Bernard had been away in a break for
92 kilometres with Dutchman Matthe Pronk (Rabobank), but managed to
keep 4 seconds spare at the finish.
The 183 kilometre stage from Gruissan-Plage (Aude) to Saint-Cyprien
(PO) started fairly calmly for the first hour, with things hotting up
for the first sprint at Durban-Corbières (km 54), won by Robert Hunter
(Lampre) in his first race back, with Fabrizio Guidi (Mercury) and Bradley
McGee (Française des Jeux) close behind.
At kilometre 64, the day's first climb, the Col d'Extreme saw Benoît
Salmon (Ag2R) pass over the top in the lead, followed by Alexei Sivakov
(BigMat) and Olivier Trastour (Jean Delatour).
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Bernard
and Pronk
Photo: © AFP
The move of the day came nearly 30 kilometres later from Jérome Bernard
and Matthe Pronk who crossed in that order over the col de la Bataille
(Cat. 2). At the top, they had 2'07 on the bunch, and this grew to 8'10
with 50 kilometres to go. On the last climb of the col de Llauro (Cat.
2), the pair caught the intrepid cycling journalist Fottorino just before
the summit. Bernard managed to fall twice on the descent, but neither
was serious and he was able to catch up with Pronk quite quickly again.
With 40 kilometres to go, Euskaltel and Cofidis led the peloton, which
was still 7 minutes behind. Unfortunately for Pronk, at five kilometres
to go he succumbed to severe cramps, and eventually finished 3'50 behind
the group. This left a battered Bernard to try and hang on for the win,
which he did - just.
"With 200 metres to go, I believed it but I had a lot of doubt," said
Bernard after his first pro win.
Results
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.30.11
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.04
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel
5 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
7 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos
8 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com
10 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
11 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
12 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans
13 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
14 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank
15 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel
16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
17 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi
20 David Clinger (USA) Festina
21 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans
22 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
23 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Michael Olejnik (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos
25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online
26 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
28 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com
29 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
31 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
33 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
34 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
36 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
37 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
38 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
39 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
40 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
41 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online
42 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
43 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
45 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
47 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
48 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
49 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
50 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
51 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
52 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
53 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans
56 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
57 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
58 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
60 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
61 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
62 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
63 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
64 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel
65 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
67 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
68 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
69 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
70 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel
71 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
72 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
73 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
74 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
76 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
77 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta
78 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux
79 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
81 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
82 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
83 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
84 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
85 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
86 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
87 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
89 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel
90 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
91 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
92 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
93 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
94 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
95 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
96 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux
97 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
98 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
99 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
100 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
101 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
102 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
103 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
104 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
106 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
107 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
108 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
109 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
110 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
111 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
112 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
113 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
114 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
115 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93
116 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
117 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
118 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
119 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online
120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour
121 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
122 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
123 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
124 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
125 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline
126 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 0.30
127 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 3.41
128 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.44
129 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
130 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
131 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline
132 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
133 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
134 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
135 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
136 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
137 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
138 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
139 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
140 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.03
141 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
142 Kodo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 23.03
DNF Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-WorldOnline
Points
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 pts
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 17
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel 17
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
5 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 10
7 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9
8 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 8
10 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 7
11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 6
12 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6
13 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 5
14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 4
15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3
16 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 2
17 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 2
18 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel 1
Mountains
Col D'Extreme - km 65.5
1 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 pts
2 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 3
3 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 1
Col De La Bataille - km 98.5
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 pts
2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6
3 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 4
Col De Llauro - km 133.5
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 pts
2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6
3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4
General classification after stage 1
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.29.59
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.10
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.12
4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel 0.14
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.15
6 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.16
7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
8 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos
9 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com
11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
12 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
13 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans
14 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
15 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank
16 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel
17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
18 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi
21 David Clinger (USA) Festina
22 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans
23 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
24 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Michael Olejnik (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos
26 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online
27 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
28 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
29 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com
30 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
32 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
34 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
35 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
37 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
38 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
39 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
40 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
41 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
42 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online
43 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
44 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
45 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
48 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
49 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
50 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
51 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
53 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
54 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans
57 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
58 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
59 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
61 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
62 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
63 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
64 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
65 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel
66 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
68 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
69 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
70 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
71 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel
72 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
73 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
74 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
75 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
76 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
77 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
78 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta
79 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux
80 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
82 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
83 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
84 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
86 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
87 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
88 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
90 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel
91 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
92 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
93 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
94 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
95 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
97 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
98 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
99 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
100 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
101 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
102 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
103 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
104 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
106 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
107 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
108 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
109 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
110 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
111 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
112 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
113 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
114 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
115 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93
116 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
117 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
118 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
119 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online
120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour
121 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
122 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
123 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
124 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
125 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline
126 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 0.38
127 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 3.50
128 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.56
129 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
130 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
131 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline
132 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
133 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
134 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
135 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
136 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
137 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
138 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
139 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
140 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.15
141 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
142 Kodo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 23.15
Points classification
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 pts
2 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 17
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel 17
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
5 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11
6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 10
7 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9
8 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 8
10 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 7
11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 6
12 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6
13 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 5
14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 4
15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3
16 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 2
17 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 2
18 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel 1
Mountains classification
1 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 pts
2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 12
3 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5
4 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4
5 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 4
6 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 3
7 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2
7 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 2
9 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 1
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