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2001 results Results Past winners
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Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu has triumphed in the ninth edition of the Classic Haribo, his second win after taking it in 2000. The Ag2r sprinter finished just ahead of US Postal's George Hincapie, with Domo's Enrico Cassani taking third, with all the leading riders being part of a five man breakaway.
The 203 kilometre race took place between Uzès and Marseilles in fine conditions. After only 10 kilometres, a group of 40 detached itself from the peloton and rode away. The race deciding move came at 127 kilometres, when Kirsipuu, Hincapie, Cassani, Johan Museeuw (Domo) and Ludo Dierckxsens (Lampre) escaped. It was an interesting move given the composition of the break, and these riders should feature in the early season classics.
The five could not be brought back over the next 75 km and finished with nearly a six minute lead. Cassani put in an attack with 19 kilometres to go, but was quickly recaptured by the others. The break stayed together after that which suited Kirsipuu, who was the favourite to take the sprint. He was pushed right to the line by Hincapie, but managed to hold off the American to take the win.
Together with Tour du Haut Var winner Laurent Jalabert, Kirsipuu is now the joint leader of the season long Coupe du France series with both riders on 50 points.
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r 4.33.46 2 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 3 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 4 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal 5.49 7 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep 5.53 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 9 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 11 Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Goryk Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13 Saulius Rauskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 14 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Française des Jeux 17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 18 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 19 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 20 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 21 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 22 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 23 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00 24 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.06 25 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.21 27 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 29 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 30 Pavela Brutt (Rus) Itera 31 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 32 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 8.29 33 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 34 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 8.37 35 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quickstep 36 Eddy Serri (Fra) Index-Alexia 8.43 37 Michael Reihs (Ger) Phonak 38 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 8.57 39 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r 10.40 40 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r 12.20 41 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 43 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r 44 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep 45 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 14.36 Coupe de France standings after round 2 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 50 pts 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 50 3 Alexandre Botcharov Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 4 David Mancoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 12 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 10 Results courtesy of velomania.net
2001 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2000 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance 1999 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 1998 Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 1997 Frédréric Guesdon (Fra) 1996 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1995 Giuseppe Citterio (Ita) 1994 Erik Zabel (Ger) Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin