69th GP Fourmies - 1.1France, September 16, 20012000 Results Results Past winners
Biggest career win for Scott Sunderland in Fourmies
By Jeff Jones Australian Scott Sunderland (Team Fakta) has continued his solid 2001 season, winning the 69th edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies. On a wet day in northern France, Sunderland out sprinted breakaway companions Fred Rodriguez (Domo) and Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole), with Alessio's Nicklas Axelsson and Lotto's Glenn D'Hollander taking fourth and fifth respectively. The 210 kilometre race was held in wet autumn conditions, with temperatures around 15 degrees. The first part of the race was a 155 kilometre loop, followed by five laps of 11 kilometres. The first breakaway came from Bobby Julich (Crédit Agricole) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), and they gained up to eight minutes before being joined by three others. However, by the time they came back into Fourmies with 55 km to go, they only had two minutes on the peloton, driven by Mapei-Quick Step. Jean Nuttli (Phonak) tried a solo move, but could only reach a 1'30 lead before he was caught by the still large peloton. With just over two laps to go, the final and decisive move came from five riders: Scott Sunderland (Team Fakta), Fred Rodriguez (Domo-Farm Frites), Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole), Nicklas Axelsson (Alessio) and Glenn D'Hollander (Lotto). They had 40 seconds with two laps (22 km) to go, and the win was by no means assured. Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) and Nico Mattan (Cofidis) tried to bridge the gap on the second last lap, but they fell back to the peloton. With one lap to go, the Bonjour team was working on the front, while the break had just 30 seconds. Fred Rodriguez wasn't doing a great deal of work, as his teammate and race favourite Romans Vainsteins was back in the bunch. Rodriguez is no mean sprinter himself, and he was well placed to win.
Kirsipuu tried to bridge again in the closing kilometres, but the breakaways were simply too strong, and they had enough in hand to contest the sprint amongst themselves. The sprint was strongly led out into the last corner by Jens Voigt, who wanted an advantage on the rest into the final straight. Sunderland was having none of it, and quickly moved up and passed Voigt with 200 metres to go. Rodriguez wound things up too late, and had to settle for second behind Sunderland who took a rare but very satisfying win in the rain. The bunch sprint that followed was marred by a fall which brought down Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi) and Roger Beuchat (Phonak). Bortolami unfortunately broke his left collarbone and his season is over.
Results - 210 km1 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta 5.11.11 (40.49 km/h) 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Alessio 5 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.02 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) BigMat Auber 93 0.12 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 8 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 10 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 11 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 14 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 15 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 16 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 17 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 18 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-Tiscali 19 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 20 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 21 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 24 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Alessio 26 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 28 Arturas Trumpaukskas 29 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 30 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 35 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 36 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 37 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 38 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 40 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 41 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Telekom 42 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 43 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 46 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 47 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 48 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 49 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 50 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 51 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 52 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 0.19 54 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank 57 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 58 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 59 Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast 60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 63 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 64 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.23 65 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 66 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Festina 0.26 67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 68 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 69 Christophe Morel (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 70 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 71 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 72 Guillaume Laloux (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 73 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 74 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 75 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 76 Roberto Savoldi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 77 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux 78 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Ludovic Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 80 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 82 Patrick Jonker (Ned) BigMat Auber 93 0.31 83 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.37 84 Balazs Rohtmer (Hun) Saeco Macchine per Caffe 0.58 85 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 1.32 86 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.50 87 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola DNF Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola DNF Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola DNF Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast DNF Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast DNF Jérôme Desjardins (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos DNF Ciaran Power (Irl) Saint-Quentin-Oktos DNF Philippe Koehler (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio DNF Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis DNF David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis DNF Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Macchine per Caffe DNF Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Mercury DNF Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV DNF Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV DNF Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV DNF Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Stream TV DNF Niels Brouzes (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 DNF Loïc Lamouller (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 DNF Benjamin Levecot (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 DNF Alexei Sivakov (Rus) BigMat Auber 93 DNF René Joergensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali DNF Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali DNF Jakob Storm Piil (Den) CSC-Tiscali DNF Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour DNF Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour DNF Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour DNF Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo DNF Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole DNF Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole DNF Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Marcus Ljungvist (Swe) Team Fakta DNF Trent Wilson (Aus) Team Fakta DNF Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team Fakta DNF Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta DNF Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team Fakta DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin DNF Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre-Daikin DNF Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina DNF Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina DNF Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina DNF André Korff (Ger) Festina DNF Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux DNF Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux Past winners2000 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 1999 Dimitry Konyshev (Rus) 1998 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) 1997 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1996 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1995 Maximilian Sciandri (GB) 1994 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1993 Maximilian Sciandri (Ita) 1992 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1991 Vincent Lacressoniere (Fra) 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1989 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1988 Edwin Bafcop (Bel) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1986 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1985 Jean Habets (Ned) 1984 Ferdi Van den Haute (Bel) 1983 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1982 Rudy Mathijs (Bel) 1981 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1980 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1979 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1978 Yves Hezard (Fra) 1977 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1976 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1975 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1974 Willy Teirlinck (Bel) 1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1972 René Pijnen (Ned) 1971 Barry Hoban (GB) 1970 Noél Vantyghem (Bel) 1969 Ronald De Witte (Bel) 1968 Gerben Karstens (Ned) 1967 Willy Van Neste (Bel) 1965 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel) 1964 Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) 1963 Benoni Beheyt (Fra) 1962 Guy Ignolin (Fra) 1961 Joseph Wasko (Fra) 1960 Michel Vermeulin (Fra) 1959 André Noyelle (Fra) 1958 Pierre Machiels (Bel) 1957 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1956 Elio Cerussi (Fra) 1955 Pierre Pardoen (Fra) 1954 Orphee Meneghetti (Fra) 1953 Gilbert Petry (Fra) 1952 Michel Muylsteke (Bel) 1951 Francis Delepierre (Fra) 1950 Edmond Klabinski (Fra) 1949 Eugene Dubois (Fra) 1948 Georges Hubatz (Fra) 1947 Fernard Patte (Fra) 1946 René Lafosse (Fra) 1943 Camille Blanckaert (Fra) 1941 Maurice Demuer (Fra) 1939 E. Laplanche (Bel) 1938 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1937 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1936 Leon Lebon (Bel) 1935 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel) 1934 Maurice Leleu (Fra) 1933 F. Mintkiewicz (Fra) 1932 Georges Christians (Bel) 1931 André Vanderdonckt (Fra) 1930 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1929 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1928 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |
