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36th Tour du Limousin - 2.3

France, August 19-22, 2003

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Stage 1 - August 19: Limoges - Saint-Junien, 157 km

National champion Rous takes first jersey

French national champion Didier Rous (Brioches La Boulangère) carried the good form he showed Sunday in Zurich into the Tour du Limousin, grabbing the opening stage win and taking the first leader's jersey of the four day tour. Rous arrived in Saint-Junien as part of a four man leading group which dangled out front of a splintered main field. Not waiting to test his legs in a sprint, Rous attacked and won alone, 39" ahead of Cofidis' Italian veteran Massimiliano Lelli and Jean Delatour's Laurent Lefèvre.

The undulating terrain of the Limousin region caused plenty of pain on the first day of racing, with time gaps opening throughout the field by the end of the first stage. Sixteen riders finished outside the time delay, while a further six did not complete the stage. The Japanese Bridgestone squad was decimated, as six of its riders finished outside the delay. A notable casualty was Tour de France stage winner Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto.com), who took an early exit on the road to Saint-Junien.

With race favourites and previous winners Patrice Halgand and Laurent Brochard declaring forfeit before the Tour began, Rous could prove a likely candidate for victory, though his lead is far from secure.

Results

1 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    3.45.44  (41.917 km/h)
2 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone       0.39
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour
4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          1.20
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
6 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour                             1.25
9 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld
10 Mickael Pichon (Fra) fdjeux.com
11 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  2.29
12 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3.15
14 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
15 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) fdjeux.com                             3.24
16 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK - Oktos                             3.26
17 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour                        3.27
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) fdjeux.com
21 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos
22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank (TT III)
24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole
25 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf                    3.35
26 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
27 Inigo Chaurreau Bernar (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                  3.38
28 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                              7.03
29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                         7.55
30 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
32 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                              12.07
33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                             13.55
34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team                  17.43
35 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
36 David Breard (Fra) French National Team
37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
38 Jacobus Odendaal (RSA) Team Barloworld
39 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
41 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
42 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team
43 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
45 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Sébastien Duret (Fra) French National Team
47 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld
48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld
49 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
50 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
51 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
52 Christophe Mengin (Fra) fdjeux.com
53 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld
54 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
55 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld
56 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) fdjeux.com
57 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team
58 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
59 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank (TT III)
60 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93
61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
62 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos
64 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK - Oktos
65 Julen Fernandez Bijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Palmen Stoyanov (Bul) Bigmat.Auber 93
67 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
70 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team
71 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
72 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com
74 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.com
77 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
78 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour
79 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
80 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
81 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
82 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
83 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
84 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team
85 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole
86 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
87 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
88 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
89 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
90 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
91 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
92 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld
94 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos
95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com
96 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere

Eliminated

HD Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) MBK - Oktos                         28.06
HD Keisuke Miyazaki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
HD José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com
HD Guillaume Girout (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
HD Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
HD David Lelay (Fra) French National Team
HD Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
HD Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
HD Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com
HD Thijs Verhagen (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
HD Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) MBK - Oktos
HD Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
HD Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
HD Jacques Le Roux (RSA) Team Barloworld
HD Linas Balciunas (Ltu) MBK - Oktos
HD Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor                   58.17

DNF Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com
DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNF Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
DNF Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    3.45.34
2 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone       0.43
3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour                            0.45
4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          1.30
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
6 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour                             1.35
9 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld
10 Mickael Pichon (Fra) fdjeux.com
11 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  2.39
12 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                            2.49
13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3.25
14 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
15 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) fdjeux.com                             3.34
16 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK - Oktos                             3.36
17 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour                        3.37
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) fdjeux.com
21 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos
22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank (TT III)
24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole
25 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf                    3.45
26 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
27 Inigo Chaurreau Bernar (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                  3.48
28 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                              7.13
29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                         8.05
30 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
32 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                              12.17
33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com                             14.05
34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team                  17.53
35 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
36 David Breard (Fra) French National Team
37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
38 Jacobus Odendaal (RSA) Team Barloworld
39 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
41 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
42 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team
43 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole
45 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Sébastien Duret (Fra) French National Team
47 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld
48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld
49 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
50 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
51 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
52 Christophe Mengin (Fra) fdjeux.com
53 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld
54 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
55 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld
56 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) fdjeux.com
57 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team
58 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
59 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank (TT III)
60 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93
61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank (TT III)
62 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos
64 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK - Oktos
65 Julen Fernandez Bijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Palmen Stoyanov (Bul) Bigmat.Auber 93
67 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
70 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team
71 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
72 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com
74 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.com
77 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
78 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour
79 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance
80 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
81 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
82 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
83 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
84 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team
85 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole
86 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
87 Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
88 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
89 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
90 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
91 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
92 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld
94 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos
95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com
96 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour
2 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.Com
3 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.Com
2 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit par Telephone
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour
2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
3 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
 
Teams classification
 
1 Cofidis-Le Credit par Telephone
2 Jean Delatour
3 Ag2r Prevoyance