53rd Grand Prix du Midi-Libre - 2.1France, May 22-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - May 25: Pont-du-Gard - Laissac, 209 kmBradley McGee wins in a sprint(!)
Bradley McGee's road apprenticeship with La Francaise des Jeux has slowly but surely been bearing fruit for the young Australian who made his mark on the track. Always a noted time trialist (especially over short distances), he overcame the entire peloton today to win the bunch sprint into Laissac at the end of the fourth stage. Meanwhile, Khazakh Andrei Teteriuk (Mercury) finished safely in the bunch to keep hold of the yellow leader's jersey. McGee's second place in yesterday's Montpellier time trial did not seem to tire him, and he climbed both first category mountains today with the leaders. The day's primary attacker was Anthony Langella (Credit Agricole), who left the peloton after 27 kilometres to gain a maximum advantage of 15'14 by the foot of the Col de Jalcreste (km 90). This was reduced to 4'02 at the summit of the Col de Cabrunas (km 147) under the impetus of Euskaltel, but the peloton remained intact.
With 44 kilometres to go, Langella was caught after 138 kilometres by himself. Already by this stage, McGee had shown himself to be one of the strongest in the group, going for the intermediate sprints whenever they were on offer. At 25 kilometres to go, Benoît Salmon attacked, gaining 43 seconds over the next 15 kilometres. With 5 km to go, he was caught by three others, and the rest of the peloton followed soon after. 98 riders arrived to contest the sprint, and McGee was the quickest of them all on the uphill sprint, beating Nicola Loda (Fassa Bortolo, now points leader) and Robert Hunter (Lampre), who is finding his legs again after his early season was written off. "I who am a specialist against the clock, did not win on Thursday in Montpellier," he said. "On the other hand, today where I was not, I won it." "Marc Madiot said to me that if I felt good, I could have a go. I would have liked to have taken the leader's jersey, but it is not so bad. Loda attacked too early, and I could squeeze around him in the last 100 metres."
Results1 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 5.29.05 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 4 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 9 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi 11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 12 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 14 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 18 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 20 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 21 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 23 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 25 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 27 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 29 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 32 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 33 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 37 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) CSC-World Online 0.08 38 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 41 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 42 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 43 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 44 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 46 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 47 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 48 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 49 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 51 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 52 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 54 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 56 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 59 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 60 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 61 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 62 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 64 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 70 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 71 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 72 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 73 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 74 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 75 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 77 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 80 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 81 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 82 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 83 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 84 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 85 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 86 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 87 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 88 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 90 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 91 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 92 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 93 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 94 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel 95 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 97 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 12.11 99 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 100 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 13.13 101 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 102 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 103 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 104 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 105 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 106 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 107 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 108 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans 110 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 111 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 112 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 113 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 114 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 115 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 116 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel 117 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline 118 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 119 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 120 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 122 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 123 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 125 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 126 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 127 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 128 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel 129 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 130 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.42 DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis DNF David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis DNF Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans DNF Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNF Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNS Michael Olejnik (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNS Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 pts 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 15 4 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 13 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 11 6 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 8 9 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 7 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 5 12 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 3 14 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans 2 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 1 Mountains Col De Jalcreste - km 89.5 1 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 pts 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 3 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Col De Cabrunas - km 147 1 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 pts 2 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 12 General classification after stage 4 1 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 15.05.37 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 0.21 3 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.22 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36 7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.41 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.45 9 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 0.52 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 0.55 11 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 0.56 12 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 0.58 13 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 0.59 14 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.00 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 1.01 16 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 1.06 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 1.09 20 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 1.11 21 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14 22 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 1.15 23 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 24 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.16 25 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 27 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1.20 28 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.22 29 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.24 30 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.26 31 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.28 32 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi 1.29 33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 1.41 34 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 35 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1.45 36 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.47 37 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.48 39 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 1.50 40 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.51 41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 1.53 42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.57 43 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57 44 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.59 45 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel 2.02 46 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina 2.03 47 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.06 48 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 49 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 50 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.09 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.10 52 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.17 53 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.18 54 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.19 55 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.20 56 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 57 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.21 58 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.27 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.30 60 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.32 61 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.33 62 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 63 Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.35 64 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 2.36 65 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 2.37 66 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 2.50 67 Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.51 68 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.54 69 Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57 70 Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World On 2.59 71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.03 72 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 3.05 73 Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3.10 74 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11 75 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.13 76 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 3.16 77 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 3.18 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.21 79 Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.26 80 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 3.33 81 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 3.48 82 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 4.04 83 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 5.31 84 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.20 85 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.46 86 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.33 87 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans 7.43 88 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.06 89 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10.49 90 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 11.03 91 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.31 92 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans 11.33 93 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 12.03 94 Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.25 95 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 13.25 96 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 14.20 97 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 14.26 98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 14.37 99 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 14.54 100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.55 101 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.57 102 William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel 15.08 103 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.13 104 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 15.13 105 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel 15.23 106 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.25 107 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 15.42 108 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.52 109 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel 15.54 110 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15.58 111 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 16.00 112 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 16.07 113 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 16.08 114 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16.09 115 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 16.10 116 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 16.11 117 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 16.15 118 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans 16.16 119 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 16.33 120 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 16.39 121 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 16.52 122 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16.54 123 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 17.01 124 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 20.50 125 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21.45 126 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22.49 127 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23.58 128 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 24.50 129 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 24.53 130 Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline 30.43 Points classification 1 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 44 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 41 4 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 5 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin 23 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 21 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 19 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 17 10 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 15 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 15 12 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 15 13 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 13 14 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 12 15 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93 10 18 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 19 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9 20 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 21 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 8 22 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 8 23 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 7 24 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 7 25 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 26 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi 6 27 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 28 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 29 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6 30 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina 5 31 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 5 32 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 4 33 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 34 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 4 35 Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 3 36 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 37 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 3 38 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans 2 39 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 2 40 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 41 Laurent Chotard (Fra) Mercury-Viatel 1 Mountains classification 1 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 pts 2 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 20 4 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 12 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 12 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 9 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 9 9 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 10 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 12 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 13 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 14 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 15 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 3 17 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 3 18 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 19 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 20 Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1 |
