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35th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1

France, February 2-6, 2005

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Stage 1 - February 2: Marseille - Marseille Luminy, 126.2 km

Bichot has good legs

Freddy Bichot (La Francaise des Jeux)
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Freddy Bichot (La Française des Jeux) has won the first stage of the Etoile de Bessèges, which finished in Marseille. After 126 km, he was too strong for Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), with Arnaud Labbe (Auber 93) finishing third, another 30 seconds back. The main peloton, led by Jens Voigt, came in five minutes down.

The three man breakaway was formed after only 15 km, when Bichot, Monfort and Labbe chased down an attack by Christophe Agnolutto (Agritubel) and rode clear on the montée de Belle Fille. The trio reached a maximum lead of nine minutes at the foot of the col de l'Espigoulier, and the peloton had no chance of reaching them. A counter attack by Eddy Seigneur (RAGT), Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) and Alessandro Maserati (LPR) failed, as did a subsequent one by Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r), and the three leaders still had seven minutes by the time they reached Marseille for the last 15 km.

Labbe cracked on the Gineste, leaving Bichot and Monfort to fight it out for the stage honours. Bichot was far superior in the sprint for the young Belgian, and took the stage and the first leader's jersey together.

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Results

1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux         3.25.31
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         0.02
3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                          0.30
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                            5.10
5 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
6 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
7 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Française des Jeux
9 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93
10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
11 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
12 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team LPR
13 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
14 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
16 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
17 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences
19 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR
20 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance
22 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences
24 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel
25 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
26 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Française des Jeux
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Française des Jeux
29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance
30 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
33 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) La Française des Jeux
35 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
38 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel
39 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
40 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
41 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
42 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance
43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
45 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
46 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
47 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
48 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Team Miche
49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
50 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Guillaume Auger (Fra) RAGT Semences
52 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
54 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders
56 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
58 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences
59 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel
60 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
62 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
63 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Team Miche                      5.27
64 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                     8.37
65 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
66 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
67 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR
68 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
69 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences
70 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders
71 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
72 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93
73 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
76 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93
77 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences
78 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
79 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
80 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team LPR
82 Armando Rupa (Ita) Team Miche
83 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
84 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team Miche
85 Claude Pauwels (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
86 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi-Revor
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
88 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
89 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
90 Christian Muller (Ger) Team CSC
91 Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
93 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93
94 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
95 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
98 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR
99 Ludovic Auger (Fra) La Française des Jeux
100 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel
101 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
103 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
104 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
105 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
106 Glen D'Hollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
107 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
108 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
109 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
110 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         13.08
111 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel
112 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
113 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                    14.53
114 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
115 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR
116 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago     15.02
117 Björn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders
118 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
119 Alexandre Girout (Fra) Agritubel
120 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel
121 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi-Revor
122 Kevin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences
123 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
124 Steven Thys (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
125 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93
126 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
127 Kenneth Mercken (Bel) Flanders
128 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93
129 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
130 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders
131 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
132 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
134 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
135 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
136 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Team Miche
137 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Team Miche
138 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Team Miche
139 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences
140 Giovanni Denolf (Bel) Flanders                    22.57
DNS Fabio Borghesi (Ita) Team Miche
DNF Christophe Thebault (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
DNF Grégory De Munster (Bel) Flanders
DNF Ludovic Draux (Bel) Flanders
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux         3.25.18
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         0.08
3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                          0.37
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                            5.23
5 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
6 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
7 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Française des Jeux
9 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93
10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
11 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
12 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team LPR
13 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
14 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
16 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
17 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences
19 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR
20 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance
22 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences
24 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel
25 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
26 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Française des Jeux
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Française des Jeux
29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance
30 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
33 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) La Française des Jeux
35 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
38 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel
39 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
40 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
41 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
42 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance
43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
45 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
46 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
47 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
48 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Team Miche
49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
50 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Guillaume Auger (Fra) RAGT Semences
52 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
54 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders
56 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
58 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences
59 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel
60 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
62 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
63 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Team Miche                      5.40
64 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                     8.50
65 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
66 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
67 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR
68 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
69 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences
70 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders
71 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
72 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93
73 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
76 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93
77 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences
78 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
79 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
80 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team LPR
82 Armando Rupa (Ita) Team Miche
83 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
84 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team Miche
85 Claude Pauwels (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
86 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi-Revor
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
88 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
89 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
90 Christian Muller (Ger) Team CSC
91 Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
93 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93
94 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
95 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
98 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR
99 Ludovic Auger (Fra) La Française des Jeux
100 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel
101 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
103 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
104 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
105 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
106 Glen D'Hollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
107 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
108 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
109 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
110 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         13.21
111 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel
112 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
113 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                    15.06
114 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
115 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR
116 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago     15.15
117 Björn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders
118 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
119 Alexandre Girout (Fra) Agritubel
120 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel
121 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi-Revor
122 Kevin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences
123 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
124 Steven Thys (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
125 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93
126 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
127 Kenneth Mercken (Bel) Flanders
128 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93
129 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
130 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders
131 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
132 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-Revor
134 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
135 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
136 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Team Miche
137 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Team Miche
138 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Team Miche
139 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) RAGT Semences
140 Giovanni Denolf (Bel) Flanders                    23.10
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                            16 pts
2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux              12
3 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           8
4 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                   4
5 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis                            2

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