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36th Tour du Limousin - 2.3
France, August 19-22, 2003
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The Stages
- Stage 1 - August 19: Limoges - Saint-Junien, 157 km
- Stage 2 - August 20: Saint-Junien - Guéret, 189 km
- Stage 3 - August 21: Aubusson - Vassivière-en-Limousin, 171 km
- Stage 4 - August 22: Brive - Limoges, 178 km
Rich history brings peloton back to Limousin
Following the Tour de l'Ain last week, the Tour du Limousin carries on the stage race calendar in France with a typically challenging parcours. The 36th edition of the race begins Tuesday Limoges with a 157km road stage to Saint-Junien. Although the race does not feature an individual time trial, the topography of the Limousin region should prompt the necessary selections to shape the general classification.
"Around the Saint-Pardoux and Vassivière lakes, the routes for the four stages are truly unique to the region," race director Michel Conchon noted. "There is hardly a flat section, and the riders will always be at 100%."
French riders have won four of the last five editions of the race, however defending champion Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) will not be lining up in search of a third win after his victories in 2000 and 2002.
Start list
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1 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 11 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
2 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) 12 Médéric Clain (Fra)
3 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) 13 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
4 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) 14 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) 15 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
6 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 16 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita)
7 Christophe Laurent (Fra) 17 Nico Mattan (Bel)
8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
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21 Lilian Jegou (Fra) 31 Mikel Astarloza (Spa)
22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
23 Christopher Jenner (Fra) 33 Inigo Chaurreau Bernar (Spa)
24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) 34 Andy Flickinger (Fra)
25 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) 35 Julien Laidoun (Fra)
26 Anthony Morin (Fra) 36 Thierry Loder (Fra)
27 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 37 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
28 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
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41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) 51 Walter Beneteau (Fra)
42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 52 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
43 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) 53 Anthony Charteau (Fra)
44 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) 54 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
45 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) 55 Christophe Kern (Fra)
46 Denis Menchov (Rus) 56 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)
47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) 57 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)
58 Didier Rous (Fra)
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61 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) 71 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa)
62 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) 72 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa)
63 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) 73 Julen Fernandez Bijandi (Spa)
64 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) 74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa)
65 Vincent Templier (Fra) 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa)
66 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) 76 David Herrero Llorente (Spa)
67 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) 77 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa)
68 Laurent Paumier (Fra) 78 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
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81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) 91 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
82 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 92 Johan Coenen (Bel)
83 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 93 Charles Guilbert (Fra)
84 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) 94 Guillaume Girout (Fra)
85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 95 Manu l'Hoir (Bel)
86 Mickael Pichon (Fra) 96 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)
87 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 97 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel)
88 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) 98 Christian Poos (Lux)
Bigmat.Auber 93 Team Barloworld
101 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 111 Eric Berthou (Fra)
102 Ludovic Auger (Fra) 112 Freddy Bichot (Fra)
103 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) 113 Sylvain Calzati (Fra)
104 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 114 Ryan Cox (RSA)
105 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) 115 David George (RSA)
106 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) 116 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)
107 Palmen Stoyanov (Bul) 117 Jacobus Odendaal (RSA)
108 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) 118 Jacques Le Roux (RSA)
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121 Pieter Weening (Ned) 131 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn)
122 Rory Sutherland (Aus) 132 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn)
123 Joost Posthuma (Ned) 133 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn)
124 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) 134 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn)
125 Hans Dekkers (Ned) 135 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn)
126 Jens Mouris (Ned) 136 Keisuke Miyazaki (Jpn)
127 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 137 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn)
128 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) 138 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn)
French National Team
141 Camille Bouquet (Fra)
142 David Breard (Fra)
143 Gilles Canouet (Fra)
144 Cédric Coutouly (Fra)
145 Sébastien Duret (Fra)
146 David Lelay (Fra)
147 Maxime Mederel (Fra)
148 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra)
Past winners
2002 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 2001 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 2000 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1999 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 1998 Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 1997 Lauri Aus (Est) 1996 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 1995 Andrej Tchmil (Mol) 1994 Jens Heppner (Ger) 1993 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1992 Eric Boyer (Fra) 1991 Michel Vermote (Bel) 1990 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1989 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1988 Jean-Marc Manfrin (Fra) 1987 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1986 Domenique Gaigne (Fra) 1985 Thierry Marie (Fra) 1984 Kim Andersen (Den) 1983 Domenique Arnaud (Fra) 1982 Eric Salomon (Fra) 1981 Patrick Bonnet (Fra) 1980 René Bittinger (Fra) 1979 Bernard Vallet (Fra) 1978 Gilbert Chaumaz (Fra) 1977 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1976 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1975 Francis Campaner (Fra) 1974 Ryszard Szurkowski (Pol) 1973 Dubreuil (Fra) 1972 Dimitriev (Rus) 1971 Francis Duteil (Fra) 1970 Francis Duteil (Fra) 1969 Paul Gutty (Fra) 1968 Pierre Martelozzo (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
