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36th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1
France, February 1-5, 2006
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Stage 5 - February 5: Grand Prix de Bessèges: Gagnières - Bessèges, 148 km
Finale to Kirsipuu; Overall to Willems
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Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) has capped off a successful week by winning the final stage of the Etoile des Bessèges, a 148 km race between Gagnières and Bessèges. As he did in stage 2, Kirsipuu held off Stéphane Bonsergent (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h), with Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) taking third place. There were no changes to the overall classification, which was fairly well set following the first stage. Belgian Frederik Willems (Chocolade Jacques) took the biggest win of his career, keeping both Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) at 26 seconds behind him on the general classification.
The final stage was run at over 45 km/h, and saw one serious breakaway attempt. Stage 3 winner Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), attacked with Sébastien Duret (Bretagne Jean Floc'h), Nicolas Inaudi (Cofidis), Angel Castresana (Unibet.com), Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto) and Daniele Contrini (LPR) after 60 km, and managed to increase their lead to 2'14 by 80 km. But some hard chasing by the sprinters teams saw the advantage cut to 1'30 with 35 km to go, and the group was pulled back at 7 km to go.
The resultant sprint presented no problems for Kirsipuu, who won his second victory of the season.
Photography
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- Jan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) wins the final stage of the 36th Etoile de Bessèges
- Estonian Jan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) with his trophy for winning stage five
- Looking pretty pleased with himself after winning overall, Frederik Willems (Chocolade Jacques) holds his winner's trophy
- Frederik Willems (Chocolade Jacques) won the overall title in Bessèges
Results
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3.17.48 2 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 11 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 12 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Miche 13 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.Com 14 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 15 René Mandri (Est) Auber 93 16 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 17 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 19 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 20 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Miche 21 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.Com 23 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 24 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Flanders 25 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com 26 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 27 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 28 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 29 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 32 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 34 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 35 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 36 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 37 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 38 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 39 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 42 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 43 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Miche 44 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 45 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.Com 46 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93 47 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 49 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 50 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 51 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 52 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 53 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 55 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 56 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 57 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 58 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.Com 59 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 60 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 61 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 63 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 66 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com 67 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Killian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 72 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 73 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 74 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 75 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 76 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 78 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 80 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 81 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 82 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 83 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 84 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 86 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 88 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 89 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 90 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 91 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux 92 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 93 Andy Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 94 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 95 Dmitry Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 96 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 99 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 100 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.20 101 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.26 102 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 1.08 103 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 1.46 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.33 105 Antoniod'Aniello (Ita) Miche 2.36 106 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 107 Emilien Berges (Fra) Auber 93 3.49 108 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 11.13 DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.Com DNF Mathieu Criquelion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF D'HOLLANDER Glenn DNF Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen DNF HUYSMANS Aaron DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel DNF Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel DNF Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Flanders DNF Stijn Dedecker (Bel) Flanders DNF Denis Flahaut (Bel) Flanders DNF Gregory De Munster (Bel) Flanders DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto DNF Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile DNF Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile DNF Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Michael Lange (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA - CREF DNF Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA - CREF Final general classification 1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 17.46.12 2 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.26 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.32 5 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.36 6 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 0.43 8 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 2.30 9 Killian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.06 10 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 4.11 11 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 4.35 12 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5.20 13 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 5.37 14 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 5.40 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.43 16 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.47 17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6.49 18 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 6.51 19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.53 20 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 6.57 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 22 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 7.01 23 David Le Lay (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 7.03 24 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 7.37 25 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com 7.38 26 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.04 27 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.Com 9.18 28 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 10.00 29 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10.12 30 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 31 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 32 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com 35 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93 36 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 10.15 40 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux 10.17 41 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 43 Dmitry Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 10.24 44 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 10.31 45 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10.43 46 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 11.42 47 Andy Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 11.51 48 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 11.54 49 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.19 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12.22 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 52 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.23 53 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 54 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 55 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 56 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 57 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 13.28 58 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 13.53 59 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.51 60 Sébastien Duret (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 14.58 61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 15.05 62 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 16.04 63 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 16.13 64 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 65 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 16.16 66 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 67 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen 68 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 69 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 70 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 71 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 72 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 16.48 73 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 17.09 74 René Mandri (Est) Auber 93 17.22 75 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18.24 76 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 77 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 20.03 79 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Miche 22.17 80 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 81 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 82 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 83 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 84 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 87 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 88 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.37 89 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.Com 23.19 90 Antoniod'Aniello (Ita) Miche 23.26 91 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.48 92 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.Com 25.26 93 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel 26.03 94 Charles Guilbert (Fra) G.S.Bretagne-Jean Floc'H 26.07 95 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA - CREF 26.24 96 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis,Le Credit Par Tel 26.42 97 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 26.53 98 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.00 99 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 27.09 100 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 27.30 101 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.Com 28.06 102 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.31 103 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Team L.P.R. 32.32 104 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Miche 33.04 105 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 107 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Miche 108 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Flanders 35.10 110 Emilien Berges (Fra) Auber 93 41.34 Courtesy of velomania.net
