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35th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1
France, February 2-6, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - February 2: Marseille - Marseille Luminy, 126.2 km
- Stage 2 - February 3: Nîmes - Saint-Amour, 149.2 km
- Stage 3 - February 4: Branoux - La Grand'Combe, 143.3 km
- Stage 4 - February 5: Casino Les Fumades - Casino Les Fumades, 152.3 km
- Stage 5 - February 6: Gagnières - Bessèges, 148.5 km
French season opens
The traditional French season opening races GP de la Marseillaise (February 1) and the stage race Etoile de Bessèges (February 2-6) will count on the participation of 18 teams, half of which are French: Crédit Agricole, Bouygues Télécom, Bretagne-Jean Floc'h, La Française des Jeux, RAGT Semences, Ag2r Prévoyance, Cofidis, Auber 93 and Agritubel.
Making up the nine foreign squads are: Davitamon-Lottto, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Miche, MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech, Team CSC, Chocolade Jacques-T Interim, Flanders, Jartazi-Revor and Team LPR. The most prominent riders competing in the two events are: Jaan Kirsipuu, Brad McGee, Tom Steels, Peter Van Petegem, Christophe Moreau, Laurent Brochard, Sandy Casar, Thomas Lövkvist, Franck Vandenbroucke, Bobby Julich, Jens Voigt, Sylvain Chavanel, Cédric Vasseur, Pavel Tonkov and Dimitri Konyshev.
The GP de la Marseillaise will be held over 128 km from Six Fours-les-Plages to Gardanne. On the next day, the 35th edition of Etoile de Bessèges will start in Marseilles and finish in Bessèges four days later. The race course is as follows:
Start list
Credit Agricole Davitamon - Lotto 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) 11 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 12 Serge Baguet (Bel) 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 13 Bart Dockx (Bel) 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) 14 Henk Vogels (Aus) 5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 15 Tom Steels (Bel) 6 Sébastien Joly (Fra) 16 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) 7 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) 17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) 8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) 18 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Bouygues Telecom Bretagne - Jean Floc'h 21 Didier Rous (Fra) 31 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) 22 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) 32 Charles Guilbert (Fra) 23 Maryan Hary (Fra) 33 David Le Lay (Fra) 24 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) 34 Noan Lelarge (Fra) 25 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) 35 Carl Naibo (Fra) 26 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 36 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) 27 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 37 Yann Pivois (Fra) 28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) 38 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago La Francaise Des Jeux 41 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) 51 Ludovic Auger (Fra) 42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) 52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) 43 Tony Bracke (Bel) 53 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 44 Thierry De Groote (Bel) 54 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) 45 Glen D'hollander (Bel) 55 Lilian Jegou (Fra) 46 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) 56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) 47 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) 57 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 48 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) 58 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Team Miche RAGT Semences 61 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) 71 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 62 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) 72 Emilien Berges (Fra) 63 Fabio Borghesi (Ita) 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) 64 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) 74 Kevin Ista (Bel) 65 Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) 75 Olivier Kaisen (Fra) 66 Pasquale Muto (Ita) 76 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) 67 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) 77 Christophe Rinero (Fra) 68 Armando Rupa (Ita) 78 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Mr Bookmaker - Sportstech Ag2R Prevoyance 81 Johan Coenen (Bel) 91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 82 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) 92 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) 83 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 93 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) 84 Geert Omloop (Bel) 94 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) 85 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) 86 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) 96 Christophe Oriol (Fra) 87 Erwin Thijs (Bel) 97 Nicolas Portal (Fra) 88 Kristof Trouve (Bel) 98 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Team CSC Cofidis 101 Christian Muller (Ger) 111 Jimmy Casper (Fra) 102 Andy Schleck (Lux) 112 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 103 Bobby Julich (USA) 113 Stéphane Auge (Fra) 104 David Zabriskie (USA) 114 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) 105 Franck Schleck (Lux) 115 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) 106 Jens Voigt (Ger) 116 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) 117 Nicolas Roche (Irl) 108 Allan Johansen (Den) 118 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim Auber 93 121 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 131 William Bonnet (Fra) 122 Pieter Mertens (Bel) 132 David Breard (Fra) 123 Steven Kleynen (Bel) 133 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 124 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) 134 Saïd Haddou (Fra) 125 Jef Peeters (Bel) 135 John Nilsson (Swe) 126 Koen Barbe (Ned) 136 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 127 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) 137 Tristan Valentin (Fra) 128 Frederik Willems (Bel) 138 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Agritubel Flanders 141 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) 151 Grégory De Munster (Bel) 142 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) 152 Björn Cornelissen (Ned) 143 Marc Staelen (Fra) 153 Giovanni Denolf (Bel) 144 Alexandre Girout (Fra) 154 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) 145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) 155 Ludovic Draux (Bel) 146 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) 156 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) 147 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 157 Kenneth Mercken (Bel) 148 Florent Brard (Fra) 158 Alex Coutts (GBr) Jartazi-Revor Team LPR 161 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) 171 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 162 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) 172 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) 163 Michael Blanchy (Fra) 173 Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) 164 Steven Thys (Bel) 174 Luca Nardello (Ita) 165 Robby Meul (Bel) 175 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) 166 Claude Pauwels (Bel) 176 Daniele Masolino (Ita) 167 Peter Ronsse (Bel) 177 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) 168 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) 178 Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
Past winners
2004 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2003 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 2001 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 2000 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 1999 Daniel Lefevre (Fra) 1998 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 1997 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 1996 Jan Svorada (Cze) 1995 Sergej Outschakov (Ukr) 1994 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) 1993 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) 1992 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1991 Jan Wijnands (Ned) 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1989 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1988 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1987 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1986 Niki Ruttimann (Swi) 1985 Guy Nulens (Bel) 1984 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1983 Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) 1982 Cees Priem (Ned) 1981 Jan Raas (Ned) 1980 Franky De Gent (Bel) 1979 Jacques Michaud (Fra) 1978 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1977 Willy Planckaert (Bel) 1976 Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra) 1975 Patrick Beon (Fra) 1974 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) 1973 Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra) 1972 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) 1971 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
