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65th Circuit Franco-Belge - 2.1
Belgium, September 29-October 2, 2005
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Stage 2 - September 30: Leffrinckoucke-Poperinge, 155,6 km
Hinault with final kilometre attack
Sebastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) surprised the peloton to win the second stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge in Poperinge. After a damp, 156 km stage, Hinault attacked in the final kilometre to finish ahead of his teammate and designated sprinter Jaan Kirsipuu, and race leader Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques). Thanks to some more bonus seconds, Eeckhout kept the lead with Hinault slotting into second place.
"Actually I wanted to lead out the sprint for my captain, Jaan Kirsipuu," said Hinault after his first professional victory. "He is much faster than me. But suddenly a gap opened up behind me and I got a gap. I went full gas, the peloton came close in the final metres, but I just held them off. My first win is in the bag."
Eeckhout was happy to keep the lead. "My team controlled the race," he said. "Not easy in this field with eleven ProTour teams. When Hinault jumped away, there was no point in taking unnecessary risks."
Two French riders, Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Cédric Coutouly (Ag2R) escaped for much of the stage, and were chased by Frank Vandenbroucke (MrBookmaker) and Wim De Vocht (Davitamon-Lotto), without success. The leading pair were caught by the peloton when they reached the final lap of the finishing circuit.
Results
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.53.06 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 0.02 3 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 4 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quickstep 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 11 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep 12 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep 18 Steve Schets (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 19 Stephan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 20 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 22 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 24 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep 28 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 29 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 38 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 39 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 41 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 42 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 43 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 45 Davy Tuytens (Bel) Belgian National Team 46 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 48 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 49 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 50 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 51 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 52 Tim Mertens (Bel) Belgian National Team 53 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 54 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 55 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 56 Michael Muck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 58 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 59 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 60 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 61 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 62 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 64 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 65 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 66 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 67 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 68 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 69 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 70 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 72 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 73 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 74 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 75 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 76 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.04 77 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 78 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credite Agricole 0.06 79 Chris Meschenmoser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 81 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 82 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 83 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 85 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 86 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 87 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 88 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 91 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 92 Wim Van Sevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 93 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 94 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 96 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 97 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 98 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 99 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 100 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 101 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 102 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 103 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 105 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Belgian National Team 106 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 107 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 108 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.36 109 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 1.31 110 Vygantas Kaminskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 2.00 111 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Stefan Wynands (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 114 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgian National Team 115 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Belgian National Team 116 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 117 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 119 Kevin Ista (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences 120 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 121 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 122 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 124 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 125 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credite Agricole 130 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 131 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 132 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 134 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 135 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 136 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 137 LE BOULANGER Yoann RAG 138 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 6.29 139 Tim Roels (Bel) Belgian National Team 140 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgian National Team 9.18 General classification after stage 2 1 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 8.41.53 2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.02 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.05 4 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 0.08 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.09 8 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.10 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.11 10 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 0.12 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.13 13 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.14 14 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 15 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 16 Stephan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française des Jeux 18 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep 19 Steve Schets (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 21 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 22 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 25 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quickstep 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 29 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 31 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 32 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 33 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 34 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 35 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 37 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 38 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 39 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 40 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 41 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep 42 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 43 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 44 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Davy Tuytens (Bel) Belgian National Team 46 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep 47 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 49 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 51 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 53 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep 56 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 58 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 59 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Tim Mertens (Bel) Belgian National Team 61 Michael Muck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 63 Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 64 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 66 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 68 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 69 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 71 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 72 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 73 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 74 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 75 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 76 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 0.16 77 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 0.18 79 Chris Meschenmoser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 81 Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 82 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 83 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 84 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 85 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 86 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 87 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Belgian National Team 88 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 90 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 91 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 92 Wim Van Sevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 93 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 95 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep 96 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 97 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 99 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 100 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credite Agricole 101 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 102 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 103 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 104 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 105 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 107 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2r Prévoyance 0.24 108 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 109 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 1.43 110 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2.08 111 Kevin Ista (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences 2.12 112 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Vygantas Kaminskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 114 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 115 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) Belgian National Team 116 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 118 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Stefan Wynands (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 121 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 123 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 124 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 126 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 127 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 128 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Belgian National Team 129 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 132 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 133 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 134 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credite Agricole 135 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 136 LE BOULANGER Yoann RAG 137 Tim Roels (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.41 138 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 139 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgian National Team 17.30 140 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 23.21
