51st Paris-Bourges - 1.3

France, October 4, 2001

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Brard wins Paris-Bourges

Time trial specialist Florent Brard (Festina) has won the 51st edition of Paris-Bourges (1.3). Brard had a two second lead on a small group when he crossed the finish line after 207 kms. Nico Mattan (Cofidis) won the sprint for second place; Scott Sunderland (Team fakta) crossed the line in third position in front of Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour), the latter finally claiming the overall win in the Coupe de France classification.

Brard had taken the other riders in the group of seven by surprise when he attacked in the last kilometre. In front of his home crowd he enjoyed his victory.

"I know these roads by heart" Brard said "I really wanted to win badly, because Nathalie (his girlfriend) lives here and it's her birthday tomorrow." Brard is riding the time-trial as well as the road race in the World Championships in Lisbon mid-October.

Results - 207 km

1 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                         4.37.56 (44.039 km/h)
2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                              0.02
3 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
5 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
6 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis                      0.06
7 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                         0.18
8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole Espoir       0.20
9 Filippo Pozzatto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                1.28
10 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta
11 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux
12 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance
13 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis
14 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
15 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) BigMat Auber 93
16 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-Tiscali
17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
18 Arturas Trumpauskas (Ltu) St Quentin-Oktos
19 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance
20 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
21 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
23 Cédric Herve (Fra) France Espoirs
24 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
25 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
27 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) France Espoirs
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta
30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) France Espoirs
31 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
32 David Breard (Fra) France Espoirs
33 Cédric Vanoverschelde (Bel) Cofidis
34 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
35 John Nilsson (Swe) St Quentin-Oktos
36 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
37 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe) Team Fakta
38 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali
39 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina
40 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
41 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux
42 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
43 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
44 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Jean Delatour
45 Guillaume Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
46 Jorgen-Bo Petersen (Den) Team Fakta
47 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos
48 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta
49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
50 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
51 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) St Quentin-Oktos
52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
53 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
54 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
56 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
57 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
58 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
59 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole
60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
61 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC-Tiscali
62 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
63 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
64 Xavier Jan (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
65 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
66 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) BigMat Auber 93
67 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
68 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos
69 Patrick Jonker (Ned) BigMat Auber 93
70 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step

Final Coupe de France standings

1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    239 pts
2 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                             131
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance                     126
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                     116
5 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93                   114
6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                               112
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                     70
8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                                60
9 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance               56
9 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                              56
11 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                       55
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                 54
13 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                           51
14 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    50
14 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                          50
16 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                     47
17 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance                   46
18 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux           38
18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux             38
20 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                              35
20 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis                               35
22 Christophe Capelle (Fra) BigMat Auber 93                34
22 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                              34
24 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux            33
25 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                             28
26 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux            26
27 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                           25
28 Patrick Jonker (Ned) BigMat Auber 93                    20
28 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                            20
28 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux               20
31 Carlos DaCruz (Fra) Festina                             19
32 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                           16
32 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis                       16
32 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                              16
35 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                          14
35 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                      14
35 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina                             14
35 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      14
39 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                      13
40 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Credit Agricole                    12
40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole Espoir        12
40 Jérôme Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos             12
43 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber 93               8
43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) BigMat Auber 93                        8
43 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                   8
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                     8
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                   8
48 Ludovic Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber 93                      6
48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           6
48 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                            6
48 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                              6
52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                            5
53 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour                             3
53 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis                         3
53 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                              3
53 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                      3
53 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                          3
53 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                     3
53 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                3
53 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos                3

Teams

1 Jean Delatour                                           104 pts
2 Bonjour                                                  81
3 La Française des Jeux                                    79
4 Cofidis                                                  79
5 Big Mat-Auber 93                                         76
6 Festina                                                  73
7 Ag2r Prévoyance                                          69
8 Crédit Agricole                                          65
9 St-Quentin-Oktos                                         30

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Past winners

2000 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
1999 Daniele Nardello (Ita)  
1998 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
1997 Laurent Roux (Fra)
1996 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)
1995 Daniele Nardello (Ita)
1994 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
1993 Bruno Cornillet (Fra)
1991 Andrej Tchmil (Rus)
1990 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1988 Patrice Esnault (Fra)
1987 Kim Andersen (Den)
1986 Domenique Lecrocq (Fra)
1985 Niki Rüttimann (Swi)
1983 Stephen Roche (Ire)
1982 Didier Vanoverschelde (Fra)
1981 Francis Castaing (Fra)
1980 Yves Hézard (Fra)
1979 Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fra)
1978 Regis Ovion (Fra)
1977 R. Delepine (Fra)
1976 Jean-Paul Molineris (Fra)
1975 Jean-Paul Danguilaume (Fra)
1974 Barry Hoban (GB)
1973 A. Berland (Fra)
1972 Cyril Guimard (Fra)
1971 Ricci (Fra)
1957 Raymond Guegan (Fra)
1956 Joseph Morvan (Fra)
1955 Jean-Marie Cieleska (Fra)
1954 Jean Stablinski (Fra)
1953 Robert Varnajo (Fra)
1952 Stanislas Bober (Fra)
1951 Jean-Marie Goasmat (Fra)
1950 Armand Audaire (Fra)
1949 Marcel Dussault (Fra)
1948 Marcel Dussault (Fra)
1947 Albert Bourlon (Fra)
1925 Deschamps (Fra)
1924 Marcel Bidot (Fra)
1923 Jean Brunier (Fra)
1922 Godart (Fra)
1917 Charles Juseret (Bel)
1913 Marceau Narcy (Fra)

Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin