55th Tour de Picardie - 2.2France, May 18-20, 2001Main page Results Previous stage Stage 2 - May 19: Mers-Les-Bains - Creil, 171 kmKirsipuu does it againEstonian Jaan Kirsipuu is having a great year in France with his Ag2R-Prevoyance team. He has had wins in Coupe de France races, the Tour de Mediterranean, Circuit de la Sarthe, and the Four Days of Dunkirk, and now he has taken the second stage of the Tour de Picardie, 171 kilometres from Mers-Les-Bains to Creil, in a bunch sprint. 122 riders started the second stage, with Pascal Simon the only non-starter. A tailwind at the beginning assisted an attack by Grzegorz Gwiazdowski and Jacky Durand (FdJ), and Benjamin Levecot (BigMat). The three built up a lead of 3'50 by the 90th kilometre, but were not allowed to ride away any further. Eddy Seigneur (Jean Delatour) counter attacked on the côte de l'Escargot, getting to within 1'50 of the leaders at kilometre 133. But on the first time through the finish in Creil, Seigneur was swallowed by the peloton which had lifted the pace considerably. Durand managed to win the "most combative" rider of the stage, before he and his two companions were caught with over one lap to go. Race leader Olivier Asmaker (CSC) nullified an attack of David Millar (Cofidis) with 10 kilometres to go, and after that it was down to the sprinters. Jaan Kirsipuu notched up his 11th season win in front of Wesley van Speybrouck (Lotto) and Jay Sweet (Big Mat). Asmaker kept his lead.
Results1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.45.24 2 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 5 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Post Swiss Team 6 Ivalo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 7 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 12 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 13 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 14 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service 15 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 16 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 18 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 21 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 22 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 25 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) CSC-World Online 26 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 28 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 34 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 35 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 36 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 39 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Vincent Templier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 42 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 43 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 46 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 47 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 48 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 49 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 50 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St Quentin-Oktos 51 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 53 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Christophe Morel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 55 Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team 56 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 57 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 58 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 59 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 60 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 61 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 64 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 65 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online 66 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 68 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 69 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 70 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 71 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 73 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 74 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 75 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online 76 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 77 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 78 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 79 Laurent Paumier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 80 James Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service 81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 83 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 85 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 86 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 87 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 88 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 90 Plamen Stainov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 91 Mickael Olejnik (Pol) St Quentin-Oktos 92 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 94 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 96 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 97 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 98 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 99 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 102 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 103 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 104 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 105 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 106 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 107 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 108 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 109 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 110 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 111 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 112 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 113 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 114 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 115 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 116 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 117 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.29 118 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 120 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6.10 DNF Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel DNS François Simon (Fra) Bonjour General classification after stage 2 1 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 8.53.13 2 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) CSC-World Online 0.07 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.12 4 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.15 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 6 Ivalo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 0.17 7 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 11 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 13 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 14 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online 2.18 15 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.22 16 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.24 17 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.30 18 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 2.32 19 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.33 20 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 2.34 21 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 22 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 25 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 27 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service 28 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 29 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 30 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 33 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St Quentin-Oktos 36 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 37 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 38 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online 39 Vincent Templier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 40 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 41 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-World Online 42 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Christophe Morel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 45 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 46 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 47 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 48 Laurent Paumier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 49 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 50 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 51 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 52 Plamen Stainov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 53 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 55 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 56 Mickael Olejnik (Pol) St Quentin-Oktos 57 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 58 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 59 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 60 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.39 61 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.40 62 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Post Swiss Team 4.45 63 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 64 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 67 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 69 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 70 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 71 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 72 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 73 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 75 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites 76 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 77 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 78 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 79 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 80 Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team 81 James Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service 82 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 86 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 87 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 90 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 92 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 94 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 96 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 98 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 99 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 100 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 103 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 104 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 106 Christian Heule (Swi) Post Swiss Team 107 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 110 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 111 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 113 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 114 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 115 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour 116 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 117 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.58 118 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.10 119 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.14 120 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 121 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8.44 Points classification 1 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-World Online 23 pts 2 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) CSC-World Online 21 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 4 Ivalo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 20 5 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17 6 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 17 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 8 Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat.Auber 93 15 9 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 13 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 13 11 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Post Swiss Team 12 12 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12 13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 14 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 9 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9 16 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 17 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 18 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7 19 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 20 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 6 21 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 6 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 5 23 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 24 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 25 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 26 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 27 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service 3 28 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service 2 29 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online 2 30 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 1 31 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 32 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Young riders classification 1 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.53.25 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.03 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 4 Ivalo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 0.05 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury-Viatel 6 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.21 8 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.22 9 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 14 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 15 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 16 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 17 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Mickael Olejnik (Pol) St Quentin-Oktos 19 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 21 Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 22 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.27 23 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Post Swiss Team 4.33 24 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 28 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss Team 29 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30 Mathias Braun (Swi) Post Swiss Team 31 James Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service 32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online 35 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 38 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 39 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 40 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 41 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.58 42 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.02 43 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8.32 Teams classification 1 CSC-World Online 26.42.27 2 Credit Agricole 0.20 3 US Postal Service 4 Bigmat.Auber 93 2.37 5 Jean Delatour 6 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Mercury-Viatel 9 Bonjour 4.48 10 Vlaanderen-T Interim 4.54 11 La Francaise Des Jeux 12 St Quentin-Oktos 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.54 14 Lotto-Adecco 7.05 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Domo-Farm Frites 17 Team Coast 18 Post Swiss Team 11.27 |