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39th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1
France, February 4-8, 2009
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Stage 4 - February 7: Allègre-les-Fumades - Allègre-les-Fumades, 150km
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- Voeckler sprinted opened the sprint and distanced Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux, behind Voeckler), but had no response to Leukemans.
- Leukemans sprints for the line to take the stage.
- After a difficult year Björn Leukemans is back in the action.
- The Belgian won the fourth stage ahead of Thomas Voeckler.
- Voeckler took over the lead in the overall classification.
- Leukemans on the podium with his trophy.
- It is fun to put on the leader's jersey.
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Voeckler leads the escape group
- A smiling Voeckler in the leader's jersey on the podium after stage 4.
Results
1 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 3.29.59 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.04 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.41 4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33 5 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 9 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 10 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 11 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 14 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel 15 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro-A-Style 16 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 18 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 19 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 20 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.40 21 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil Shimano 1.56 22 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 2.11 23 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.31 24 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.50 25 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Willems Veranda 26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 27 Stefan Hristov (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 28 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 29 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Veranda Willems 30 Rob Worstenborghs (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 31 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 32 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 33 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Veranda Willems 34 Koen Barbé (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 35 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 36 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 37 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 38 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 39 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Cycling Team Bourgas 40 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis 41 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 42 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 43 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 44 Nicolas Baïolet (Bel) Veranda Willems 45 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 47 Gil Suray (Bel) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 48 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 49 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 52 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 53 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 54 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 55 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 57 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano 58 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 59 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 60 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 61 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 62 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 63 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 64 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil 65 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis 66 Borut Božic (Slo) Vacansoleil 67 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 69 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 70 Jonathan Thiré (Fra) Auber 93 71 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 74 René Mandri (Est) AG2R-La Mondiale 75 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 76 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 77 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda Willems 78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 79 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 80 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 81 Romain Matheou (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 82 Sébastien Fournet-Fayart (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 83 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 84 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 85 Vladimir Koev (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 86 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 87 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 88 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 89 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 90 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 91 Aleksandr Jefimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 92 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 93 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A-Style 94 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 95 Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 96 Mart Ojavee (Est) Cycling Team Bourgas 97 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil 98 Matt Brammeier (GBr) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 99 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 100 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 101 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A-Style 102 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Team Bourgas 103 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 104 Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil 105 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 106 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 107 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 108 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 109 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 110 Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 111 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 112 Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 113 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 114 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 115 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 116 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 117 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 118 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 119 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 120 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 10.31 122 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Carmiooro-A-Style 123 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Veranda Willems General classification after stage 4 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro-A-Style 1.07 3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 1.08 4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 1.20 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.32 6 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 1.34 8 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 1.35 9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 2.26 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 3.17 13 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil Shimano 4.09 14 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 4.21 15 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 4.31 16 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 6.33 17 Christophe Lauren (Fra) Agritubel 6.52 18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 19 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil Shimano 7.15 20 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis 7.18 21 Jonathan Thiré (Fra) Auber 93 7.19 22 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil Shimano 7.22 24 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 25 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 26 Johan Mombaerts (Bel) Auber 93 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 8.15 29 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 8.28 31 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 8.34 32 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 33 René Mandri (Est) AG2R-La Mondiale 34 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 8.55 35 Stefan Histrov (Fra) Bourgas 36 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 9.03 38 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 39 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 40 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil 41 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Auber 93 42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 43 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Veranda Willems 9.38 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 45 Koen Barbé (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 46 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly Team 47 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 48 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Veranda Willems 9.48 49 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 50 Romain Mathéou (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 51 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 53 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 54 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 55 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 9.54 56 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 10.10 57 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel 58 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.17 59 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 10.19 60 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 10.48 61 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis 11.02 62 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 63 David Boucher (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 11.14 64 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 13.23 65 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13.35 67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13.38 68 Reinier Honig (Bel) Vacansoleil 14.31 69 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.42 70 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française dess Jeux 14.50 71 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 14.56 72 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil 73 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 74 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Team Bourgas 76 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 77 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 78 Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 15.25 79 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15.27 80 Bert de Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 81 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 82 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 83 Gil Suray (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 84 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 87 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 88 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A-Style 89 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 90 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Cycling Team Bourgas 91 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 92 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 93 Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 94 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 Mart Ojavee (Est) Cycling Team Bourgas 96 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 97 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 98 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 30.19 99 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda Willems 31.33 100 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34.58 101 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 35.17 102 Sébastien Fournet-Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 35.46 103 Vladimir Koev (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 36.31 104 Steven Van Vooren (Ned) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 37.12 105 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 37.57 106 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Carmiooro-A-Style 38.08 107 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 38.26 108 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 41.39 109 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 42.10 110 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence-Lotto 111 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 112 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Veranda Willems 113 Rob Worstenborghs (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 114 Pieter Ghybellert (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 115 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 116 Nicolas Baïolet (Fra) Veranda Willems 117 Matthew Brammeier (Wal) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 118 Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 119 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 120 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 42.30 121 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Carmiooro-A-Style 45.51 122 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 123 Olivier Pardini (Spa) Veranda Willems
