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31st Tour Méditerranéen - 2.3
France, February 11-15, 2004
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Stage 5 - February 15: La Garde - Toulon (Mt. Faron) TTT, 26 km
Jaksche and CSC conquer Mont Faron
Peloton subdued by news of Pantani's death
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Team CSC rose to the occasion in Sunday's team time trial finale of the Tour Méditerranéen, fulfilling its plan of placing German Jörg Jaksche on the top step of the podium. Despite pre-race illness and a crash early in the race, Jaksche rode exceptionally throughout the five stage event, and together with teammates Ivan Basso, Jens Voigt stamped his authority on the climb of the Mont Faron. Double stage winner Baden Cooke took home the points jersey, while CSC wrapped up the team prize after its podium sweep.
"I was ill before the race and I actually had my doubts as to whether I'd be able to start," Jaksche explained. "But the form was there and the team has worked together perfectly all week for this to happen. Today we were very strong and I'm proud to win my first race ever at Team CSC where I feel that I fit in really well."
Jaksche has proven his talent as a support rider for former ONCE team leader Joseba Beloki, but today's win marks his first 'full' win as a professional, after taking the young rider's jersey at the 1998 Bayern Rundfahrt.
A minute of silence was observed at the finish of Sunday's stage (editor's note: being a time trial stage, the entire peloton was not present when the first team set off), a tribute to Italian Giro d'Italia and Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, found dead the previous afternoon at the age of 34. The news cast a dark cloud over the Tour Med finale, as riders tried to comprehend the news. Mario Cipollini, who claimed his first victory of the new season Saturday afternoon, was just one of the many riders devastated by Pantani's tragic death.
"It took a special kind of motivation to ride today on top of such tragic news about Pantani," CSC director Bjarne Riis commented. "I advised the riders to focus on the job at hand and use their frustration to go faster, out of respect for Pantani and the sport.
"We rode this stage to perfection," Riis added. "The riders followed the tactics down to the last detail and on the climb they were simply outstanding. This victory is an important one, which provides us with morale for the tasks ahead."
Photography
Images by Lars Rønbøg/www.picturesport.com
- Eventual winner Jorg Jaksche leads the CSC charge on the team time trial finale of the Tour Méditerranéen.
Images by AFP
- German Jorg Jaksche (CSC) claims the final victory bouquet.
Results
1 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 41.14 (37.83 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.41 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.02 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.05 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.14 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.15 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.19 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.25 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.30 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi 1.31 12 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.39 13 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.55 14 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.02 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.09 16 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 2.11 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.17 18 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 2.41 19 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 2.54 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.56 21 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 3.01 22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.09 23 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 3.13 24 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 3.14 25 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin 26 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26 27 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.36 28 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.42 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 3.43 30 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.52 31 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi 4.09 32 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 4.13 33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.23 34 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.26 35 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 4.39 36 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) Oktos-Saint Quentin 4.50 37 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.51 38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.59 39 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 5.00 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.01 41 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 5.03 42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.06 43 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 5.25 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.57 45 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 6.09 46 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin 6.16 47 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 6.25 48 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 49 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 6.36 50 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.00 51 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.06 52 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.07 53 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 7.09 54 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 7.13 55 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 7.25 56 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 7.29 57 Patrick Calcagni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.36 58 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.43 59 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 7.45 60 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 7.51 61 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 8.07 62 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 8.25 63 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.58 64 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com 9.25 65 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com 66 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com 67 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 68 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com 69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com 70 Matthew Wilson (Aus) fdjeux.com 71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9.46 72 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 73 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 9.47 74 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 75 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 76 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 77 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 78 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 9.59 79 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 10.00 80 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin 10.22 81 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.10 82 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 11.25 83 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.35 84 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.52 85 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 13.02 86 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.38 DNF Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio Bianchi DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio Bianchi DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio Bianchi DNF René Joergensen (Den) Alessio Bianchi DNF Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio Bianchi DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio Bianchi DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Paolo Longo Borhini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi Final general classification 1 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 12.16.31 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.33 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.05 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.07 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.12 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.17 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.18 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.25 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi 13 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.48 14 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.55 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.09 16 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.19 17 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 2.21 18 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.02 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.04 20 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.20 21 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 10.12 22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 10.35 23 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin 10.55 24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.07 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.20 26 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.43 27 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.04 28 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16.25 29 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 17.02 30 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 20.58 31 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com 34.10 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com 34.42 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 34.54 34 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 35.55 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 36.27 36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 36.40 37 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 36.56 38 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi 37.03 39 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 37.14 40 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 37.23 41 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) Oktos-Saint Quentin 37.44 42 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.53 43 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 37.54 44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 38.05 45 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 38.09 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38.48 47 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 38.55 49 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com 38.58 50 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin 39.00 51 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 39.03 52 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 39.39 53 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39.56 54 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.00 55 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.01 56 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 40.03 57 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 40.20 58 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 40.32 59 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 40.45 60 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 40.47 61 Patrick Calcagni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 41.38 62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41.42 63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 42.11 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 42.30 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 42.31 66 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 67 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com 42.39 68 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 42.40 69 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin 42.58 70 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43.05 71 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 43.06 73 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 43.09 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com 43.27 75 Matthew Wilson (Aus) fdjeux.com 43.30 76 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 43.52 77 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 44.05 78 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 45.19 79 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 45.23 80 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 45.34 81 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 46.07 82 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48.14 83 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48.42 84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 48.44 85 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 51.18 86 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 1.11.01 Points classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com 57 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 49 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 7 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 25 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 25 9 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20 11 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 20 12 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 20 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi 19 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 14 17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 18 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin 14 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 11 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 9 22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 9 23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 8 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 26 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 27 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 4 28 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 4 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 31 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains classification 1 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 54 pts 2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 33 3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 4 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 6 11 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com 5 14 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 4 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 17 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 2 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 21 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 22 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 1 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 1 Young rider classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.17.49 2 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.01 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin 1.03 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.02 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com 33.24 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 35.09 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 35.22 8 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi 35.45 9 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover 36.05 10 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 36.51 11 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com 37.40 12 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin 37.42 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.38 14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.43 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 38.45 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 40.53 17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 41.13 18 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com 41.21 19 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 42.34 20 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 44.01 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47.26 22 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf 1.09.43 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 36.49.58 2 Rabobank 3.39 3 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.30 4 Credit Agricole 17.50 5 Quick Step Davitamon 24.29 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 47.50 7 Phonack Hearing Systems 49.55 8 Oktos 50.07 9 Vini Caldirola 50.26 10 Ragt Semences-MG Rover 1.08.57 11 De Nardi 1.19.03 12 Chocolade Jacques Wincor Nixdorf 1.23.56 13 FDJeux.com 1.42.09 14 Domina Vacanze 2.07.37
