38th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5

France, September 6-15, 2001

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Stage 2 - September 7: Rénazé - Orgères-en-Beauce, 220 km

Nazon wins stage, takes lead

Francaise des Jeux sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon has become the third sprinter this week (after Kirsipuu and Petacchi in Poland) to win a stage in a breakaway. Nazon easily accounted for Colpack's Alessandro Cortinovis at the end of the 220 kilometre stage 2 from Rénazé to Orgères-en-Beauce, and took over the leader's jersey in the process.

The first attacker of today's long stage was BigMat's Benjamin Levecot, who went after 34 kilometres, quickly building a 3'15 lead by kilometre 45. However, his directeur sportif told him to sit up as it was a suicidal break, and he was caught at kilometre 68.

Shortly afterwards, Jean Patrick Nazon took the first of the sprint bonifications at Parcé-sur-Sarthe (km 71), giving him the virtual lead in the race after he finished third in yesterday's stage. After this, things settled down for the next 100 kilometres, with the only climb of the day (Côte de Saint-Calais at 157.50 km) being won by Graziano Gasparre (Mapei-Quick Step) with teammate and mountains leader Kevin Hulsmans taking second.

Over the top of this climb, the peloton separated with a group of 27 riders, but yellow jersey Alexandre Usov told his Phonak team to chase, and they closed it down by kilometre 167. Festina's Florent Brard was next to attack, and he took Médéric Clain (Cofidis), Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour) and Ivailo Gabrowski (Jean Delatour) with him. The five were considered dangerous, and stayed away until kilometre 190.

Then came the decisive attack of the day, with Nazon and Cortinovis going clear at kilometre 196. Usov attempted to chase, but he was too late and the gap grew to a minute at the finish. In the sprint, Nazon was far too quick for Cortinovis, and took the stage easily, with Eddy Lembo (Jean Delatour) coming in solo for third sport.

Results

1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux     5.52.21 (37.46 km/h)
2 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro        0.05
3 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                        0.43
4 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour                         0.51
5 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole
6 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos            0.58
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
9 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
10 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team
11 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team
12 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
13 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
14 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team
16 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
17 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis
18 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team
19 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
21 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina
22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
25 David Rucksthul (Swi) Post Swiss Team
26 Jeff Louder (USA) US National Team
27 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
28 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
29 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com
30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
31 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com
32 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
34 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
35 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
36 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
37 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
38 Nicolas Meret (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
39 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
40 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro
42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
43 Iva Lo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
44 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina
45 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
46 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com
47 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team
48 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
49 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
50 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
51 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
52 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team
53 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team
56 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
57 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team
58 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
59 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
60 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
61 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
62 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
63 Svein Tuft (Can) Mercury
64 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis
65 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
66 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
67 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
68 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
69 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury
70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Post Swiss Team
71 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
72 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour
74 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
75 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
76 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury
77 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems
78 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
79 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury
80 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
81 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
83 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
84 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team
86 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
87 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
88 Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team
89 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
90 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
91 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
92 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
93 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
94 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team
95 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina
96 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour
97 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole
98 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) Cofidis
99 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
100 Matthew Decanio (USA) US National Team
101 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis
102 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
103 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
104 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) St Quentin-Oktos
105 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
106 Danny Pate (USA) US National Team
107 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com
108 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
109 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
110 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
111 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team
112 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
113 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux             1.25
114 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step
115 Johnny Leal (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
116 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
117 Frank Schleck (Lux) Festina                         1.30
118 Florian Germain (Fra) Jean Delatour                 1.47
119 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor    2.29
120 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team         15.35
121 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole                 22.56
122 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca     27.04
123 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
DNF Will Frischkorn (USA) Mercury
 
Sprints
 
Parce-Sur-Sarthe  - 71 km
 
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux           3 pts
2 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                   2
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                1
 
Droue - 189.5 km
 
1 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                              3 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           2
3 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                              1
 
Bonneval - 224 km
 
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux           3 pts
2 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro           2
3 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                           1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Saint-Calais - 157.50 km
1 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 5 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                    3
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Francaise Des Jeux                                17.38.59
2 Team Colpack - Astro                                  0.05
3 Jean Delatour                                         0.43
4 Bonjour                                               0.51
5 Credit Agricole
6 Vlaanderen-T Interim                                  0.58
7 Saint - Quentin Oktos
8 Festina Watches
9 Norwegian National Team
10 Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi
12 Post Swiss Team
13 iBanesto.com
14 Mapei - Quick Step
15 Cofidis
16 Big.Mat - Auber 93
17 US National Team
18 Mercury
19 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
20 Czech Republic National Team
21 Kelme - Costa Blanca
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux     9.58.42
2 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro        0.20
3 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                        1.01
4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems           1.11
5 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
6 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour                         1.14
7 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                             1.17
9 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              1.18
10 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
11 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                        1.19
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
14 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             1.20
15 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com
16 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team                 1.21
18 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
19 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team
20 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
21 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos
22 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team
23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
24 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
25 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
26 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team
27 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
28 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
29 David Rucksthul (Swi) Post Swiss Team
30 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina
32 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
33 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis
35 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
36 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
38 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com
39 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Jeff Louder (USA) US National Team
41 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
42 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team
43 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina
44 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team
45 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
46 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour
47 Nicolas Meret (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos
48 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
49 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
50 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
51 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
52 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos
53 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
54 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis
55 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
56 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
57 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team
58 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Post Swiss Team
59 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Svein Tuft (Can) Mercury
61 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
62 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
63 Iva Lo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour
64 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
65 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
66 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina
67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
68 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro
69 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
70 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
71 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
72 Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team
73 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
74 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
75 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
76 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com
77 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
78 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury
79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
80 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team
81 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
82 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems
83 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour
85 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
86 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team
88 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
89 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
90 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
91 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
92 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole
93 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team
94 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
95 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
96 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
97 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury
98 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
99 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
100 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour
101 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury
102 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour
103 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team
104 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
105 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com
106 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) Cofidis
107 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis
108 Matthew Decanio (USA) US National Team
109 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) St Quentin-Oktos
110 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team
111 Danny Pate (USA) US National Team
112 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro
113 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim          1.48
114 Johnny Leal (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
115 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
116 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step
117 Frank Schleck (Lux) Festina                         1.53
118 Florian Germain (Fra) Jean Delatour                 2.10
119 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor    2.52
120 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team         15.58
121 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole                 23.19
122 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          27.27
123 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 
Points classification
 
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux          64 pts
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems             45
3 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                          35
4 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                  31
5 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro          29
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team                    29
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                               27
8 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                27
9 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim           24
10 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour                          23
11 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team             23
12 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                 21
13 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos             21
14 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                 19
15 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team                     19
16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                  17
17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux            11
18 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team            10
19 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                   10
20 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                          10
21 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team               8
22 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor        7
23 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              7
24 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour                      5
25 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                          4
26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         4
27 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                3
28 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                             3
29 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                 3
30 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                3
31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                          2
32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                            1
33 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim           1
34 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                 1
35 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                   13 pts
2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                            9
3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                             6
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           6
5 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 5
6 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 4
7 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux              1
8 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Francaise Des Jeux                                29.59.11
2 Team Colpack - Astro                                  0.05
3 Jean Delatour                                         0.43
4 Bonjour                                               0.51
5 Credit Agricole
6 Vlaanderen-T Interim                                  0.58
7 Czech Republic National Team
8 Post Swiss Team
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi
10 Big.Mat - Auber 93
11 Phonak Hearing Systems
12 Saint - Quentin Oktos
13 Norwegian National Team
14 Festina Watches
15 Mapei - Quick Step
16 Cofidis
17 iBanesto.com
18 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
19 US National Team
20 Kelme - Costa Blanca