53rd Grand Prix du Midi-Libre - 2.1

France, May 22-27, 2001

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Stage 2 - May 23: Saint-Cyprien - Pézenas, 190 km

Svorada goes one better in stage 2

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Jan Svorada
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Czech Jan Svorada became the new leader in the GP du Midi Libre after he won the second stage from Saint-Cyprien to Pézenas. The Lampre rider beat home Fassa Bortolo's Nicola Loda and Telekom's Alexandre Vinokourov in a bunch sprint.

The 197 kilometre stage contained only one small climb, the Côte des Treilles at the 48th kilometre. The rest of the stage was completely flat. The usual attacks got the stage started at a high pace, with things settling down after half an hour. Even the climb wasn't taken particularly hard, as Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) crossed in front of Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour) and Gregory Vollet (St-Quentin).
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Heavy rain
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After that, the pace became more lively, but Jerome Bernard's Jean Delatour team kept things under control. Credit Agricole took over after 100 kilometres, to try and launch Stuart O'Grady in a breakaway. The Australian responded with an attack at 112 km, joined by Alexei Sivakov (Bigmat Auber 93). They managed to gain a minute's advantage by km 141, when a storm burst over the pack.

In Cazouls-les-Béziers (km 156), the streets were under 20 cm of water, making things a little difficult. O'Grady and Sivakov were caught before the downpour started however, and after that the peleton remained together. In the sprint, Svorada clearly beat Loda and Vinokourov, gaining enough bonus seconds to move into the lead.

Results

1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                      4.43.43  
2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
4 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
7 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank
8 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
9 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
11 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
12 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
13 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
16 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
17 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online
18 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
19 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
21 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
23 Michael Olejnik (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos
24 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
25 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
26 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
27 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
29 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
30 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
31 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
32 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
35 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
36 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com
37 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online
39 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
42 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux
44 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
45 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
46 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
48 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel
49 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
50 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
51 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
53 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
54 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93
55 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
56 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
58 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                    0.29  
59 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
60 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos
61 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
62 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
63 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
64 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
67 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi
68 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
69 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
70 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online
71 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
72 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
73 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
74 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
76 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
77 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
78 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
79 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
81 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
82 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans
83 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
84 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
85 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
86 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
87 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta
88 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
89 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel
90 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
92 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
93 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
94 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
95 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux
96 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
97 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
98 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
99 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
100 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
101 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
102 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
103 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com
104 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
105 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel
105 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
107 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
108 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
109 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
110 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans
111 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
112 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
113 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel
114 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
116 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
117 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
118 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
120 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
121 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
122 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux            1.29  
124 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans                5.43  
125 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans           5.45  
126 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans           9.10  
127 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans
128 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
129 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline
130 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
131 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
132 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
133 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
134 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour                     10.37  
136 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline                   10.39  
137 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
138 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans              14.38  
139 David Clinger (USA) Festina
140 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Kodo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com
DNS Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
 
Points
 
1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         20    pts
2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         17  
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom        15  
4 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     13  
5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                     11  
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                         10  
7 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank                             9  
8 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux         8  
9 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                7  
10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom           6  
11 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina                             5  
12 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   4  
13 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                        3  
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    2  
15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                            1  
 
Mountains
 
Cote de Treilles - km 48
 
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                             5    pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           3  
3 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                 1  
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                      9.13.42  
2 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
3 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       0.10  
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom      0.12  
5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                   0.14  
6 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   0.16  
7 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank
8 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
10 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
10 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
13 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
14 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
15 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
16 Michael Olejnik (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos
17 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
18 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
22 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online
24 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com
25 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
26 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
27 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
28 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
29 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
31 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
32 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
34 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
36 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
36 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
38 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online
39 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel
40 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux
41 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
43 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
44 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
44 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
46 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel
47 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
48 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
49 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
50 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
51 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
52 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93
53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
54 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                 0.38  
55 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                 0.43  
56 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux
57 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos             0.45  
58 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
59 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi
60 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans
61 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
62 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel
64 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
66 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com
67 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
68 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
70 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
72 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
72 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
74 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
75 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
77 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
78 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
78 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
80 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
81 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
82 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
83 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
83 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
85 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta
86 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans
87 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
87 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
89 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
90 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
91 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
92 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
92 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel
94 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
95 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
96 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online
96 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
98 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
99 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
99 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
101 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
102 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel
103 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
104 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
105 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
106 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
107 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
109 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
110 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
111 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
112 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
113 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                   1.07  
114 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                         3.50  
115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                4.56  
116 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
117 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
118 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                5.25  
119 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
120 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
121 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans                5.59  
122 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans           6.01  
123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux            6.25  
124 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans                 9.26  
125 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
126 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
127 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
128 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
129 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
130 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
131 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour                     10.53  
132 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  10.55  
133 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline
134 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                12.44  
135 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
136 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline     14.06  
137 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
138 David Clinger (USA) Festina                        14.54  
139 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans              19.34  
140 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
 
Points classification
 
1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         37    pts
2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         28  
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                     28  
4 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      24  
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                    21  
6 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     21  
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom        15  
8 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank                            11  
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                         10  
10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93                      10  
11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                   10  
12 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos                9  
13 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux        8  
14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                       8  
15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                               7  
16 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com                       7  
17 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom           6  
18 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank                             6  
19 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina                             5  
20 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                             5  
21 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   4  
22 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans                      4  
23 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                            4  
24 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux               4  
25 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                        3  
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    2  
27 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  
3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                             5  
5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux             4  
6 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                     4  
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           3  
8 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93                     3  
9 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                     2  
10 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                    2  
11 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                1  
11 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                    1