Tour de l'Ain - 2.3

France, August 12-15, 2003

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Stage 4 - August 15: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine - Culoz, 125 km

Merckx wins Tour de l'Ain

Belgian cyclist Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) has won the overall classification of the Tour de l'Ain, which finished today in Culoz after a 125 km stage. Merckx, who took over the leader's jersey yesterday, finished 53 seconds in front of Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour) and 1'03 ahead of stage 1 winner Jérôme Pineau (Brioches la Boulangere). The final stage was won in a bunch sprint by Dutchman Max van Heeswijk (US Postal-Berry Floor), beating Jean Delatour's Dumoulin and Yuriy Krivstov.
Results

1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service - Berry Floor    2.44.57
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                              
3 Yuriy Krivstov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                               
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                
5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     
6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
7 Plamen Stoyanov (Bul) BigMat Auber                               
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                         
9 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step - Davitamon                    
10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
11 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                                      
12 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  
13 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                  
14 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com                               
15 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                                     
16 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
17 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Barloworld                             
18 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
19 José Ivan Guttierez (Spa) iBanesto.com                          
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                          
21 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                   
22 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
23 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank GS III                            
25 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
26 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service - Berry Floor            
27 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 
28 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credite Agricole                            
29 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld                              
30 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
31 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis                                       
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      
33 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service - Berry Floor              
34 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                               
35 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon               
36 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                  
37 Jacobus De Witt (RSA) Team Barloworld                           
38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                                    
39 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) BigMat Auber                               
40 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber                         
41 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld                           
42 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service - Berry Floor             
43 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                              
44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank GS III                            
45 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank GS III                             
46 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld                                  
47 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credite Agricole                           
48 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                                    
49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                            
50 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credite Agricole                             
51 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        
52 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                         
53 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          
54 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                                
55 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com                               
56 Ludovic Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber                                
57 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credite Agricole                         
58 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon                 
59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
60 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère               0.15
62 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
63 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon                  
64 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber                           
65 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                     
67 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                         
68 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
69 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               
70 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                               
71 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                             0.33
72 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon                     
73 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      
74 Dimitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                              1.32
75 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Jean Delatour                          1.36
76 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Barloworld                       6.58
77 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service - Berry Floor               
78 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team             19.46
DNF Nicolas Meunier (Fra) BigMat Auber                             
DNF Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
DNF Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
DNF Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank GS III                          
DNF Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank GS III                         
DNF Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld                            
DNF Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     
DNF Mikhail Andreyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                    
 
Final general classification
 
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             14.04.16
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                          0.53
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   1.03
4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         1.05
5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step - Davitamon                2.01
6 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com                                
7 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                   
8 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           
9 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld                               
10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                               
11 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                                     
12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                   
13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                          
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                           3.14
15 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service - Berry Floor        3.17
16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service - Berry Floor              
17 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credite Agricole                           
18 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    3.48
19 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                5.34
20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                        6.25
21 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  6.40
22 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credite Agricole                    11.17
23 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                   11.18
24 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    
25 José Ivan Guttierez (Spa) iBanesto.com                          
26 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                                    
27 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
28 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                  
29 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                     
30 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                11.33
31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                            13.30
32 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com                            13.41
33 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service - Berry Floor     15.33
34 Yuriy Krivstov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                         15.39
35 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       15.42
36 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                               15.43
37 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service - Berry Floor             
38 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld                                  
39 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
40 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com                               
41 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon                 
42 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld                           
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère              15.55
44 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          15.58
45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       16.57
46 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon          20.53
47 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) BigMat Auber                               
48 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber                      21.08
49 Dimitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                             26.29
50 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                          27.15
51 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credite Agricole                       30.24
52 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                            30.56
53 Plamen Stoyanov (Bul) BigMat Auber                         32.23
54 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                             32.27
55 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                                      
56 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Team Barloworld                             
57 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                         
58 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank GS III                             
59 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis                                       
60 Ludovic Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber                                
61 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour                    32.33
62 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                 32.58
63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon                33.00
64 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Jean Delatour                         34.03
65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                       36.37
66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                41.11
67 Jacobus De Witt (RSA) Team Barloworld                           
68 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credite Agricole                        43.49
69 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                         46.50
70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank GS III                       47.23
71 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                                
72 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) BigMat Auber                         
73 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Team Barloworld                      54.21
74 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        55.23
75 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          
76 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon             55.38
77 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Kazakh National Team           1.07.09
78 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal Service - Berry Floor        1.09.50
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                            68 pts
2 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step - Davitamon                  37
3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           35
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     33
5 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service - Berry Floor         32
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                              27
7 Yuriy Krivstov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                             27
8 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       26
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakh National Team                       25
10 Plamen Stoyanov (Bul) BigMat Auber                            25
11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  24
12 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com                             22
13 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                               22
14 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis                                    19
15 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credite Agricole                          17
16 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld                            17
17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                        16
18 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        12
19 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  12
20 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                11
21 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                 10
22 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                                    8
23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank GS III                           6
24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                    6
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  5
26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                              5
27 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service - Berry Floor           5
28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                           4
29 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 4
30 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com                                   3
31 Dimitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                                 3
32 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     3
33 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon                    3
34 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credite Agricole                          2
35 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credite Agricole                        1
36 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  27 pts
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       23
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credite Agricole                        23
4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                              22
5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                   18
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                  15
7 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) BigMat Auber                              15
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                           15
9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                    14
10 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          13
11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          11
12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                            9
13 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                 9
14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com                         8
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                              8
16 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   7
17 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com                              6
18 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                6
19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   5
20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld                          5
21 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credite Agricole                          4
22 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step - Davitamon                  3
23 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         3
24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service - Berry Floor           3
25 Yuriy Krivstov (Ukr) Jean Delatour                             3
26 Dimitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                                 3
27 Ludovic Auger (Fra) BigMat Auber                               2
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     1
29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step - Davitamon                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Ibanesto.Com                                             42.18.51
2 Lotto-Domo                                                   8.57
3 Cofidis                                                      9.17
4 Brioches La Boulangere                                      10.26
5 Ag2R Prevoyance                                             10.44
6 US Postal - Berry Floor                                     16.14
7 Jean Delatour                                               17.18
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      21.39
9 Fdjeux.Com                                                  24.38
10 Team Barloworld                                            27.24
11 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          
12 Credit Agricole                                            27.25
13 Kazakhstan                                                 27.51
14 Rabobank                                                   59.04
15 Bigmat.Auber 93                                          1.08.10