38th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5France, September 6-15, 2001Main Page Results Previous stage Stage 4 - September 9: Châlette-sur-Loing - Epernay , 170 km
Back on the bike, Wilson forgets the kebabsBy Jean-Francois Quenet Matt Wilson gave a very impressive showing at the end of stage 4 of Tour de l'Avenir in Epernay in the middle of the Champagne area. He was a member of a 10 man breakaway that escaped with 43 km to go. "Everyone worked well together, except the Bonjour rider (Fabrice Salanson) who attacked us with one kilometre to go but we caught him," Matt explained. "I knew the finish was uphill but I went out 150 meters before the line, a bit far but I made it." This is Wilson's fourth win this year. He also took the GP Roger de Vlaeminck in Belgium and a stage of the Tour de Liege at the top of the Mur de Huy, where the Fleche Wallonne finishes, but it is by far the best of his career. Aged 23 (24 next month), Matt Wilson is still a very fresh rider, considering that he quit cycling for a year and half due to a cancer. This is his personal story: "When I was 15, I was into surfing," he recalls. "But my friends I went surfing with moved to another state. My grandfather used to race. He suggested that I try cycling and I did. I hated it. After my first race, I didn't want to do it anymore, but I tried once more, on the track, and I won 50 dollars, then I thought cycling was the best thing to do." "For my last year as a junior, I won the state championship in Victoria, Baden (Cooke) was there, and I came 2nd in the time trial. By riding the Sun Tour in 1996, I joined the U23 national program, 1997 was my first year in Europe, in 1998 I came 3rd in a stage in Le Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, in January 1999 I came 6th at the Nationals, then I quit cycling between mid 1999 and September 2000. I suffered from Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system. After treatment, I planned to come back on the bike." When he was not racing, in 1999 and 2000, Matt Wilson was making kebabs in Frankstown, and it obviously did him good: "This year, I came 3rd at the Nationals." Thanks to his big friend Baden Cooke, he got a position as stagiaire for Mercury and had a good start in the GP Ouest-France in Plouay last week. He came 32rd and best young rider after going in an early move. Matt Wilson is definitely an Aussie to watch for the future.
Results1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury 4.05.46 2 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina 3 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.02 4 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 5 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.06 9 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 0.09 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury 0.38 11 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos 12 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team 14 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 18 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 22 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 25 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 26 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 27 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 29 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 31 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro 33 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 35 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 37 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 38 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16 39 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.17 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Festina 41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Post Swiss Team 43 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 46 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 47 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 48 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 49 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 50 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos 51 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 53 Iva Lo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 54 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 55 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.44 56 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) St Quentin-Oktos 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 58 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis 1.47 59 Nicolas Meret (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 60 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 62 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 63 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 65 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team 66 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 67 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 68 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 71 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 72 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 73 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 74 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 75 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 76 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 77 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) Cofidis 80 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.02 81 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.21 82 Jeff Louder (USA) US National Team 2.49 83 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 84 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury 1.17 85 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 3.11 86 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 87 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 88 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 89 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 9.18 90 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 91 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 9.38 92 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 93 Johnny Leal (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 94 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 95 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 96 Florian Germain (Fra) Jean Delatour 97 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 99 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 100 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 101 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 102 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Danny Pate (USA) US National Team 9.43 104 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 105 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 10.08 106 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team 107 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 108 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.30 109 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 29.45 110 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.07 111 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 112 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) Norwegian National Team DNF Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Mercury DNF Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro DNF Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems Sprints Jouy - 25.5 km 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 3 pts 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Villiers-Saint-Georges - 97.5 km 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 3 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury 2 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Montmirail - 129.5 km 1 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 pts 2 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 2 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1 Mountains Côte de Provins - 86.5 km 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 5 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 3 3 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Côte de Montbayen - 161 km 1 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina 5 pts 2 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 3 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 1 Teams 1 Festina Watches 12.18.34 2 Big.Mat - Auber 93 0.02 3 iBanesto.com 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.06 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.38 6 Mercury 0.39 7 Jean Delatour 0.41 8 Bonjour 9 Credit Agricole 1.11 10 Team Colpack - Astro 1.15 11 Mapei - Quick Step 1.17 12 Cofidis 1.44 13 Norwegian National Team 1.47 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.55 15 Saint - Quentin Oktos 2.23 16 Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.26 17 Post Swiss Team 3.05 18 Czech Republic National Team 5.07 19 Francaise Des Jeux 11.26 20 USA National Team 11.54 21 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 17.58 General classification after stage 4 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17.50.04 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury 0.05 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.09 4 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina 6 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.13 7 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.14 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 0.21 11 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 0.24 12 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.25 13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 14 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury 0.36 15 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 0.37 16 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.41 17 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 18 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team 0.45 19 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 23 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 24 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro 25 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.50 26 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 0.51 27 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.53 28 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team 29 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 30 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 31 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team 33 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 35 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour 1.17 37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.24 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 39 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 40 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Post Swiss Team 42 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 1.30 43 Iva Lo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 1.32 44 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 46 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury 1.42 47 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.50 48 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.52 49 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.54 50 Nicolas Meret (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 51 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 52 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) St Quentin-Oktos 1.59 53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.02 54 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Frank Schleck (Lux) Festina 2.04 58 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.09 59 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.29 60 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 3.18 61 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.52 62 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos 6.59 63 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 64 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis 8.02 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 66 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 8.05 67 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 8.08 68 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) Cofidis 69 Jeff Louder (USA) US National Team 9.04 70 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 9.10 71 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.44 72 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.45 73 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 9.52 74 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 9.53 75 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 10.05 76 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 12.01 77 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.37 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 13.15 79 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.16 80 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 81 Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury 82 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13.46 83 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 84 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team 85 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 87 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 14.20 88 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 15.10 89 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 90 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 15.37 91 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.45 92 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 15.53 93 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 94 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 15.59 95 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 96 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 97 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.37 98 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team 22.07 99 Danny Pate (USA) US National Team 23.52 100 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 29.06 101 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 102 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 36.29 103 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Fl 36.37 104 Johnny Leal (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 37.16 105 Florian Germain (Fra) Jean Delatour 37.46 106 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 38.28 107 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 41.44 108 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42.28 109 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.16 110 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 51.04 111 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 52.04 112 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.14.42 Points classification 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 75 pts 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury 64 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 4 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 52 5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team 50 6 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 46 7 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 8 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour 37 9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 10 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 34 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 32 12 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos 31 13 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury 30 14 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28 15 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina 27 16 Damon Kluck (USA) US National Team 27 17 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 25 18 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 24 21 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 23 22 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour 23 23 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team 23 24 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 22 25 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 26 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 19 27 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 19 28 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 29 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos 17 30 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team 17 31 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 32 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 13 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 34 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 35 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team 10 36 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 10 37 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 10 38 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 39 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6 40 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 6 41 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 6 42 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 43 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina 4 44 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 45 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 46 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 47 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2 49 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina 2 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 1 51 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 52 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 16 pts 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 9 3 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 4 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 6 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 6 6 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina 5 7 David Zabriskie (USA) US National Team 5 8 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 9 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 10 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 1 11 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Teams classification 1 iBanesto.com 53.31.51 2 Big.Mat - Auber 93 0.08 3 Festina Watches 0.14 4 Team Colpack - Astro 0.15 5 Bonjour 0.19 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.20 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.23 8 Jean Delatour 0.40 9 Mapei - Quick Step 1.02 10 Mercury 1.03 11 Credit Agricole 1.18 12 Cofidis 1.50 13 Norwegian National Team 2.01 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09 15 Saint - Quentin Oktos 2.29 16 Post Swiss Team 3.11 17 Vlaanderen-T Interim 14.16 18 Francaise Des Jeux 16.34 19 Czech Republic National Team 17.33 20 USA National Team 18.08 21 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor 45.08 |