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27th Route du Sud - 2.3
France, June 21-24, 2003
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Stage 4 - June 24: Montrejeau - Barousse (Port De Balès), 156.3 km
Rogers takes his fifth, Moncoutié steals the stage
Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) claimed his fifth victory of the season with the overall title of the Route du Sud stage race. Rogers once again set the stage for victory with a winning time trial performance, and defended his lead in a challenging mountain stage, thanks to his all around capabilities and the help of a strong team. The final road stage, which finished atop the climb of the Port de Balès, was won by Cofidis' David Moncoutié, just ahead of Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio).
With the climbs of the Col du Val Louron and the Col de Peyresourde to tackle first, the favourites for the general classification played the waiting game until the Port de Balès. Rogers was content to ride defensively, making the rivals that mattered most.
"It was a difficult day but today my teammates were fantastic," Rogers explained. "The last uphill section was really very hard. When David Moncoutié and Caucchioli launched themselves at the beginning of the climb I preferred not to go chasing after them immediately and decided to carry on the climb at my own pace, keeping an eye on the most dangerous GC rider, Nicolas Vogondy."
Caucchioli's strength on the final mountain helped him jump past Vogondy in the overall standings, claiming second on the final podium ahead of the French national champion. Rogers also claimed the points competition, and looks set to enter his first Tour de France in peak form, and with sights set on a possible challenge for the first yellow jersey at the Paris prologue.
Results
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.35.52 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 0.08 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.14 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.15 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.19 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.00 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 3.15 8 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 10 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.29 11 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 3.35 12 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.47 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3.51 14 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.53 15 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.56 16 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 4.14 17 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 5.18 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 5.32 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.40 20 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5.49 21 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 5.52 22 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.09 23 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 7.27 25 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 7.32 26 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8.30 28 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 8.32 29 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 8.53 30 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9.40 31 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 9.42 32 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 33 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 9.56 34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11.23 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 12.10 36 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14.13 39 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.08 40 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.39 41 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 18.31 42 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 43 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 44 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 45 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.30 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.42 48 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Bianchi 23.50 49 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.20 50 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 51 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 52 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 24.44 53 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 24.46 DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNF LoÔc Lamouller (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNF Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNF Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNF Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom DNF David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Team Telekom DNF Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC DNF Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Bianchi DNF Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Team Bianchi DNF Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF Stéphane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF IvaÔlo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNF Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK-Oktos-Saint-Quentin DNS Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNS Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big.Mat-Auber 93 DNS Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone Final general classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.38.20 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1.03 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.46 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.04 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.58 6 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5.26 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 5.36 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 6.08 9 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 7.22 10 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 7.41 11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.00 12 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 8.32 14 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.41 15 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.48 16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 11.53 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 15.28 18 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 23.34 19 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 25.28 20 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25.53 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 28.52 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 28.56 23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 29.39 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.45 25 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 30.00 26 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 30.59 27 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 31.28 28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big.Mat-Auber 93 32.11 29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 33.10 30 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.52 32 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 34.40 33 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 34.49 34 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 35.25 35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 35.49 36 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.45 37 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 36.50 38 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 37.07 39 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 37.33 40 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.00 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 41.40 42 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 44.10 43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.19 44 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 44.36 45 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.20 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47.06 47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48.10 48 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 49.38 49 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Jean Delatour 51.19 50 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 53.20 51 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53.50 52 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Bianchi 55.10 53 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 55.36 Points classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 42 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 37 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 5 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 16 10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 13 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 13 13 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 9 15 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 16 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 7 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 20 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 5 21 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 5 22 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 5 23 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 3 24 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 27 Rafael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 12 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 8 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 6 9 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 12 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 15 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 16 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 17 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 1 18 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sprints classification 1 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 Pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 6 3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 4 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 5 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 9 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 2 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Teams classification 1 Ag2R-Prevoyance 41.16.39 2 FDJeux.com 6.36 3 Alessio 14.57 4 Team Bianchi 16.22 5 Credit Agricole 19.45 6 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 20.34 7 Rabobank 26.15 8 Brioches La Boulangere 38.06 9 Jean Delatour 42.38 10 Quick.Step-Davitamon 49.07 11 Lotto-Domo 52.30
