53rd Grand Prix du Midi-Libre - 2.1France, May 22-27, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 6 - May 27: Florac-Sète, 208.5 kmIban Mayo gains Midi Libre after superb two day effort
Basque rider Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has won the overall classification of the 53rd GP du Midi Libre, after two superb rides in the final two days. He finished second in today's hilly stage behind Benoit Salmon (Ag2r), who moved into second overall. Not only were there plenty more climbs on today's stage from Florac to Sète (208.5 km), it was also 32 degrees, which caused 72 of the 120 riders left in the race to abandon. Yesterday's leader Sven Montgomery (FdJ) became today's Lanterne Rouge as the Swiss rider wilted in the heat and the pressure put on by a group of 8 dangerous riders. As the flag dropped, the pace was on and the peloton was shattered by constant attacks. Montgomery was one of the early casualties, and eventually finished last in the grupetto over 31 minutes behind.
In the leading group, Laurent Jalabert (CSC) went on the attack with Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Olivier Trastour (Jean Delatour) and Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) with 100 kilometres to go. However, Euskaltel didn't give up and "sacrificed" Unai Etxebarria on the front with the rest of the team to try and pull the escape back. With 40 kilometres to go, the five riders still had 3'47. It worked, and Ibano Mayo's group was just 54 seconds behind the leaders at the foot of the final climb of Mont St Clair. Laurent Jalabert immediately attacked in front, but did not have the strength to hold off the charging peloton, which broke up on the climb. Iban Mayo and Benoit Salmon were the strongest, and caught Jalabert before the top on the first lap with 5 km to go.
On the descent, Salmon, Jalabert and Mayo were chased and recaptured by the peloton, but the second time up the climb proved who was the strongest. 1999 Midi Libre winner, Benoit Salmon accelerated, and Iban Mayo couldn't quite hold him, eventually finishing 6 seconds behind the Frenchman. It was more than enough to give him the overall GC, with Salmon second and Moreau third. It was Mayo's first victory as a pro, and a good one too, coming in a 2.1 class stage race as prestigious as the Midi Libre. It bodes well for the Euskaltel team in the Tour, and this race was a good trial for them.
Results1 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.51.15 (42.953 km/h) 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.06 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.21 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 0.30 6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 0.32 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 8 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 0.42 9 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.42 10 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 0.44 11 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 0.53 13 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 1.11 14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 15 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1.18 17 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.27 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.43 19 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.00 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19 21 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 2.29 22 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 23 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.58 24 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 3.02 25 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 26 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.12 27 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.25 28 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.54 29 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.07 30 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 4.37 31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.51 32 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 5.48 34 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 6.03 35 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 6.50 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 10.08 37 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 10.23 38 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 14.45 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31.45 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 42 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 43 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 48 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour DNF Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour DNF Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour DNF Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank DNF Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank DNF Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank DNF Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank DNF Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fillipo Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis DNF Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis DNF Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Jamie Drew (Aus) Mercury-Viatel DNF Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury-Viatel DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel DNF William Frischkorn (USA) Mercury-Viatel DNF Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury-Viatel DNF Rafael Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Eusktaltel-Euskadi DNF Jose Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) CSC-World Online DNF Marcellino Garcia Alonso (Spa) CSC-WorldOnline DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online DNF Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lampre-Daikin DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin DNF Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin DNF Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin DNF Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin DNF Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com DNF Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole DNF Angel Casero (Spa) Festina DNF Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina DNF Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Festina DNF Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina DNF Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Phillip Bordenave (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Thomas Bodo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux DNF Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Patrick Jonker (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 DNF Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans DNF Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans DNF Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans DNF Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNF Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNF Gregory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos DNF Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos Final general classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.06.35 2 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.35 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 1.02 4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 1.34 5 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 1.55 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.17 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 2.39 8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 2.45 9 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.05 10 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3.10 11 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 3.24 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 3.56 13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.28 14 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.31 15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.49 16 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 5.01 17 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 5.13 18 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 5.25 19 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 5.38 20 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 5.49 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.10 22 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 7.25 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 8.00 24 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.03 25 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.11 26 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.28 27 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.30 28 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 8.51 29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 9.57 30 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.36 31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.46 32 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.17 33 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 13.28 34 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 13.28 35 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 17.12 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21.35 37 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 21.42 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.53 39 Xavier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 28.08 40 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 31.35 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 33.39 42 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 34.18 43 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 34.48 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 35.03 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35.46 46 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 36.30 47 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 36.30 48 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 37.11 Points classification 1 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telek 43 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 36 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 5 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 26 7 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 8 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 21 9 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 21 10 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 11 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 12 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel 18 13 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 18 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 17 15 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 15 16 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 17 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 18 Bram De groot (Ned) Rabobank 13 19 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 11 20 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 21 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 9 22 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 8 23 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 25 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 4 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2 29 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 2 30 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 2 Mountains classification 1 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 85 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 59 4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 57 5 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 52 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telek 45 7 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-World Online 38 8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 33 9 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 10 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 11 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 12 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 25 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 20 14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 15 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta 14 16 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 17 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 18 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 19 Uani Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 20 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 11 21 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-WorldOnline 6 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 5 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 24 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 25 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1 26 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 27 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 |
