38th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5

France, September 6-15, 2001

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Stage 9 - September 14: Belfort - Montbenoît, 175.5 km

Graziano Gasparre gets first pro win

23 years old neo-pro Graziano Gasparre (Mapei) today won the 9th stage of the Tour de l'Avenir, from Belfort to Montbenoit. The winner of the 2000 U23 European Championships, finished 6 seconds in front of stage 6 winner Baden Cooke (Mercury) and Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel).

"My team raced hard from the beginning with Hulsmans' and Bodrogi's escapes. 35 km before the finish, I started a sprint so that I was able to begin the last climb with a small advantage. 3 km before the finish line, the best riders in the final classification caught me, but I surprised them with a sharp sprint and I was able to win the race. I dedicate my victory to my team and to all my fans."

Festina's Florent Brard maintained the leader's jersey, with one stage to go.

Results

1 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    4.41.15
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                      0.06
3 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         0.09
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
6 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         0.11
7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                                 0.13
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                          0.15
11 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step
12 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
13 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                          0.41
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.53
15 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                       0.54
16 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
17 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
18 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
19 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                0.59
20 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.01
21 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
22 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1.10
23 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com                     1.12
24 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                         1.37
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        1.41
26 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
27 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
28 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team                  1.50
29 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
30 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
31 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina
32 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour
33 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
35 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos
36 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor
37 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
38 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor              1.54
39 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
40 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  1.57
41 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                2.37
42 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                   2.57
43 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                    3.14
44 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                 3.20
45 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  3.38
46 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                    3.46
47 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                    4.10
48 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    4.17
49 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team
50 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team                4.22
51 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                4.24
52 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor              6.26
53 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    7.57
54 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com                      9.39
56 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                        12.23
57 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                       12.26
58 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                               12.34
59 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com                           15.47
60 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               16.29
61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
62 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
63 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole
64 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
65 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
66 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour
67 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com
68 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury
69 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team
70 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team
71 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
72 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
73 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team
74 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux               16.39
75 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis                                  23.51
76 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina
77 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
79 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
DNF Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
DNF Phil Zajicek (USA) Mercury
DNF Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) Mercury
DNF Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Colpack-Astro
DNF Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour
DNF Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
DNF Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim

Sprints

Ornans - 107.5 km

1 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                                    3 pts
2 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             2
3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                             1

Arc-Sous-Cicon - 135.5 km

1 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                                    3 pts
2 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                        2
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                             1

Mountains

Côte De Pont-Les-Moulins - 66.5 km

1 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             5 pts
2 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina                                      3
3 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            1

Côte De Mouthier-Haute-Pierre - 128.5 km

1 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Jean Delatour                                    7 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                             5
3 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             3
4 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                        2
5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                             1

Côte Du Crêt Monniot - 142.5 km

1 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           10 pts
2 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                       8
3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                              6
4 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                       5
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                                  4
6 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       3
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                              2
8 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                           1

Côte De Montflovin - 163 km

1 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                              5 pts
2 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          3
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1

Montbenoit - 175.5 km

1 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         15 pts
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                        12
3 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       10
4 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            8
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                                  6
6 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            5
7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       4
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                                    3
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                           2
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                             1

Teams

1 Mapei - Quick Step                                         14.04.15
2 iBanesto.com                                                   1.04
3 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                           1.47
4 Big.Mat - Auber 93                                             1.59
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            3.25
6 Credit Agricole                                                3.31
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                         3.54
8 Cofidis                                                        4.09
9 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                                         5.04
10 Team Colpack - Astro                                         16.10
11 Francaise Des Jeux                                           20.07
12 Vlaanderen-T Interim                                         20.13
13 Norwegian National Team                                      22.11
14 Czech Republic National Team                                 23.55
15 Festina                                                      25.26
16 Bonjour                                                      28.46

General classification after stage 9

1 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                 35.13.16
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                                  0.08
3 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     0.27
4 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          0.32
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                                0.52
6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                            0.59
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                       1.38
8 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.02
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                         2.03
10 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                          2.17
11 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2.33
12 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2.36
13 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.37
14 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com                      2.56
15 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina                                   3.42
16 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                   4.10
17 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                           4.20
18 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                          4.36
19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5.15
20 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                          5.39
21 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                     5.48
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
23 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                 6.12
24 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                      6.50
25 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team                   6.51
26 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor               8.44
27 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 8.55
28 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                11.34
29 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos                           12.06
30 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                    12.33
31 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      13.26
32 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                    13.30
33 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                        16.30
34 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     17.59
35 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step                       18.00
36 Vincent Bader (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    18.19
37 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    18.53
38 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    19.56
39 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  20.18
40 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                   22.12
41 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                 22.44
42 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                          23.01
43 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour                        24.18
44 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                   24.59
45 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury                                  26.32
46 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Norwegian National Team                   29.05
47 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                         30.03
48 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                    31.05
49 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                                   32.40
50 Gregory Rast (Swi) Post Swiss Team                            32.50
51 Oscar Borlini (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                        33.48
52 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis                                  34.20
53 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                 35.00
54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour                                 35.10
55 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team                          39.02
56 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) iBanesto.com                      39.22
57 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                         41.11
58 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                45.03
59 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina                                 47.44
60 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                   50.42
61 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                                50.58
62 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor              53.01
63 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) Norwegian National Team                53.47
64 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team                     54.54
65 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                                 55.08
66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                                  57.10
67 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                  1.00.12
68 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                1.03.02
69 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Cofidis                                 1.04.45
70 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 1.05.27
71 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  1.07.01
72 Jan Chrobak (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                  1.07.16
73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour                               1.08.52
74 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                      1.09.04
75 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.13.09
76 Radek Dite (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                   1.20.30
77 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com                       1.21.27
78 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com                          1.43.48
79 Radek Becka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                  1.44.12
80 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              2.10.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                        150 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                                    93
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                       91
4 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          87
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                    75
6 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                       71
7 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        70
8 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Post Swiss Team                              69
9 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            68
10 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      67
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                                 58
12 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                       57
13 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                   52
14 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                            51
15 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com                        48
16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                             48
17 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                           46
18 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           46
19 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Mercury                                     43
20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                          43
21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                                     36
22 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina                                     35
23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                          35
24 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                     34
25 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             33
26 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             31
27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     30
28 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                            30
29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                        28
30 Ciaran Power (Irl) St Quentin-Oktos                              27
31 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour                                   25
32 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                            25
33 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                 25
34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                           24
35 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bonjour                                    23
36 David Kupka (Cze) Czech Rep. National Team                       23
37 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                   22
38 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        21
39 Rune Jogert (Nor) Norwegian National Team                        17
40 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                            15
41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                      11
42 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                                      11
43 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                            10
44 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step                          10
45 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                                    10
46 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      9
47 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                     8
48 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                     7
49 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                        5
50 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4
51 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina                                     4
52 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                              2
53 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team                      2
54 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jesus Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            60 pts
2 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          24
3 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       24
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                                    24
5 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                       23
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Mercury                                         22
7 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                             22
8 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole                              21
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                                  21
10 Franck Pencole (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             20
11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           15
12 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com                        14
13 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                             13
14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       11
15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina                                     9
16 Francisco Lara (Spa) Festina                                      8
17 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                             8
18 Florian Ludi (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
19 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com                           8
20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour                                      7
21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norwegian National Team                      7
22 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux                       5
23 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina                                     3
24 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         3
25 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos                        3
26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1
27 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93                        1
28 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro                             1
29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step                             1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Mapei - Quick Step                                         105.45.44
2 iBanesto.com                                                    0.10
3 Kelme - Costa Blanca                                            0.59
4 Big.Mat - Auber 93                                              5.40
5 Credit Agricole                                                 9.11
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                         12.56
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            14.03
8 Team Colpack - Astro                                           21.16
9 Festina                                                        42.18
10 Vlaanderen-T Interim                                          48.51
11 Bonjour                                                       56.56
12 Cofidis                                                     1.01.13
13 Norwegian National Team                                     1.07.35
14 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor                                      1.11.14
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                          1.26.14
16 Czech Repbulic National Team                                1.29.19