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58th Tour de Picardie - 2.2
France, May 14-16, 2004
Stage 1 - May 14: Hirson - Doullens, 189.5 km
Boonen comes back with a win
Young Belgian star Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) continues to demonstrate excellent form this year, coming back from a four week break to win the first stage of the Tour de Picardie. After receiving an excellent leadout from teammate Stefano Zanini, Boonen won the 190 km stage between Hirson to Doullens in a bunch sprint, beating Stefan Van Dijk (Lotto-Domo) and Sebastien Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) to take his sixth win of the season.
"I am very satisfied with my win," explained Boonen. "Once again I must say a big thank you to my teammates who always help to put me in a favourable position to win. Now I have the leader’s jersey. It'll be difficult keeping it until Sunday, but I'll try my best."
The stage was aggressive from the start with Erik Dekker and Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) being involved in the early moves. But by kilometre 37 it was Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Ludovic Auger (Auber 93) who managed to get clear, being chased by Ivailo Gabrovski (Oktos) who eventually caught them after 83 km. By this stage the peloton was 13'25 behind, and the trio lasted together until 20 km to go, when Gabrovski went solo.
With 15 km to go, the Bulgarian had 20 seconds to Auger and Tankink, with the peloton closing in at 2'05. Gabrovski wasn't caught until the final kilometre, as the bunch wound up for a massive sprint. Boonen's team benefited from some good tactics today with one of their men in the break and Boonen was perfectly set up by Zanini for the win.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.31.39 2 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos 8 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Auber 93 12 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Franck Pencole (Fra) Oktos 16 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 19 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 21 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 22 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 24 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 25 William Bonnet (Fra) French National Team 26 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 28 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 29 Jo Planckaert (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Auber 93 31 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Oktos 33 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 34 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 35 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 37 David Boucher (Fra) Oktos 38 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 39 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 40 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 41 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos 43 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93 44 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) French National Team 45 Mondory Lloyd (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 48 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 49 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos 51 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 52 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 54 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 55 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 56 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 58 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 59 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 60 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93 61 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 62 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 63 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 66 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 67 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 68 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 69 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 72 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 73 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 74 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Andy De Smet (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 76 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 77 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 80 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 81 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 82 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 84 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 85 Sebastien Duret (Fra) French National Team 86 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 87 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 89 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 91 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 92 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 94 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 95 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 96 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 97 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 99 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 100 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 101 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 102 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 103 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 104 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Wesley Van Der Linden (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 106 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Auber 93 107 Christophe Riblon (Fra) French National Team 108 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 112 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 113 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Oktos 0.53 114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.21 115 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos 116 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 117 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 118 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 119 Jean Zen (Fra) French National Team 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 121 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 122 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 123 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 125 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 126 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 127 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Auber 93 128 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 129 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.45 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.40 131 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 5.41 132 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 133 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 134 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 135 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11.00 136 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 137 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 138 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 139 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com Sprints Sequehart - 64.50 km 1 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93 3 pts 2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Oktos 1 Doullens - 1st finish line passage - 170.00 km 1 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93 3 pts 2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Oktos 1 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 13.34.57 2 Oktos - Saint-Quentin 3 Relax - Bodysol 4 Mrbookmaker.com - Palmans 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6 Rabobank 7 Auber 93 8 Brioches La Boulangere 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Vlaanderen - T Interim 11 FDJeux.com 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 13 Team CSC 14 French National Team 15 Lotto - Domo 16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor 17 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 18 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.21 General classification after stage 1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.31.29 2 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.04 3 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.06 5 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.10 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos 10 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 11 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 13 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Auber 93 14 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 15 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 Franck Pencole (Fra) Oktos 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 20 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 21 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 22 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 24 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 26 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 27 William Bonnet (Fra) French National Team 28 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 30 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 31 Jo Planckaert (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Auber 93 33 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Oktos 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 36 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 37 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 38 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 39 David Boucher (Fra) Oktos 40 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 41 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 42 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 43 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 44 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos 45 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93 46 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) French National Team 47 Mondory Lloyd (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 49 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 50 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 51 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 52 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos 53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 54 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 55 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 56 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 57 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 58 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 59 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 60 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 61 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 63 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 64 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 67 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 68 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 70 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 72 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 73 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 75 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Andy De Smet (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 77 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 78 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 80 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 81 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 82 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 84 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 85 Sebastien Duret (Fra) French National Team 86 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 87 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 89 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 91 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 92 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 94 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 95 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 96 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 97 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 99 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 100 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 101 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 102 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 103 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 104 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Wesley Van Der Linden (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim 106 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Auber 93 107 Christophe Riblon (Fra) French National Team 108 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 112 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 113 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Oktos 1.01 114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.31 115 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos 116 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 117 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 118 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 119 Jean Zen (Fra) French National Team 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 121 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 122 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 123 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 125 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 126 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 127 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Auber 93 128 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 129 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.55 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.50 131 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 5.51 132 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 133 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 134 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 135 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11.10 136 Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 137 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 138 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 139 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 pts 2 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 3 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 20 4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 7 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos 14 8 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 13 9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12 10 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11 11 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Auber 93 10 12 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 9 13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 15 Franck Pencole (Fra) Oktos 6 16 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93 6 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 20 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 3 21 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 22 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Oktos 2 23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 13.34.57 2 Oktos - Saint-Quentin 3 Relax - Bodysol 4 Mrbookmaker.com - Palmans 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6 Rabobank 7 Auber 93 8 Brioches La Boulangere 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Vlaanderen - T Interim 11 FDJeux.com 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 13 Team CSC 14 French National Team 15 Lotto - Domo 16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor 17 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 18 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.21
