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14th Classique des Alpes - 1.1/1.8
France, June 5, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Phonak en force
Spaniards dominate as Pereiro conquers the Classique
By Chris Henry
Phonak's Oscar Pereiro sprinted to victory ahead of a small group to take the 14th edition of the Classique des Alpes, part of the year-long Coupe de France series. Pereiro led home a group dominated by Spaniards and two teams in particular, Phonak and Euskaltel-Euskadi. After a long break by teammate José Enrique Gutierrez, who still managed to sprint for third place, Pereiro outmuscled an in-form Iban Mayo on the eve of the Dauphiné Libéré stage race at the end of 165 kilometres and six categorised climbs between Chambéry and Aix-les-Bains.
"This morning the team tactics were clear," Pereiro commented after his victory. "Gutierrez was very strong, and in the end there were a lot of attacks... Mayo was strong but our team worked really well."
Pereiro hopes to find more success on the roads of the Tour de France, but he knows that his Phonak team is entering new terrain as it embarks on its first ever Tour participation with American Tyler Hamilton as team leader. Pereiro's victory capped an impressive day of racing for the Phonak team, which placed four riders in the top ten and two on the podium.
"This race was an objective for me," he added with a smile. "Tomorrow [at the Dauphiné] starts a whole other race. Now we work for Tyler and the Tour, which will be very hard."
In the Coupe de France standings, Thor Hushovd maintains his lead ahead of Crédit Agricole teammate Pierrick Fédrigo, while young Brioches La Boulangère rider Thomas Voeckler moves into third place after his strong ride today.
How it unfolded
Blue skies and sunshine provided the riders of this year's Classique des Alpes a perfect day for racing, which has not always been the case in the difficult climber's classic. Early in the race, on the first first categorised climb of the Côte de Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, it was Gutierrez who got the Phonak party started, moving clear with Euskaltel's Iñigo Landaluze and CSC's Jörg Jaksche for company. The trio quickly began to put time on the main field as a counter attack led by Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) followed suit. By the second summit, the Col de Cucheron, Laurent Lefèvre (La Boulangère) had bridged the gap to the three leaders while Halgand's group continued to chase.
The lead quartet continued its effort, crossing the summit of the Col du Granier with a modest 50" ahead of the chase group and 1'25 ahead of the main field, led by Euskaltel-Euskadi despite the presence of Landaluze in the break. Gutierrez fought for the points at every summit he could, with an eventual mountains classification prize as his reward.
The steady chase of Halgand's chase group, which also featured the likes of Yaroslav Popovych (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Filippo Simeone (Domina Vacanze), David Moncoutié and Matt White (Cofidis), Walter Beneteau (La Boulangère), and Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r-Prévoyance), brought back the leaders by the feed zone at the 80km mark with just over a minute in hand over the peloton, which is unwilling to let either of the moves gain too great an advantage on the challenging parcours.
On the Col des Prés, Gutierrez was at it again, sprinting for the climber's points and sparking a new escape. This time Halgand made the split, along with Euskaltel's Egoi Martinez and Landbouwkrediet's Ruslan Gryschenko. Halgand dug deep to hang on, but Gryschenko soon found the pace to be beyond him and steadily drifted backwards. Meanwhile, Cofidis' Frédéric Bessy tried to escape the clutches of the new chase group and bridge to the leaders, but found himself spending too much time in no-man's land, unable to make up any real ground as Gutierrez pressed on with his day's adventure.
By the 100km mark, Gutierrez couldn't be stopped and set off on his own, holding off any chasers for more than 40 kilometres. At this point Phonak was sitting pretty, as the peloton reeled in the remnants of the various early breaks and the true favourites began to distinguish themselves at the front. Euskaltel's leader, Iban Mayo, began to up the tempo along with his teammate Landaluze, while Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), Carlos Sastre (CSC), Thomas Voeckler (La Boulangère), and Phonak's Oscars, Sevilla and Pereiro, tagged onto the move. Popovych, fifth overall in the recent Giro d'Italia, led a relentless chase in the third group on the road, but would never reach the leaders over the final two climbs.
Gutierrez finally began to feel the strain of his long effort on the final climb of the day, the Col du Revard. He had only to hang on until the summit, situated at an altitude of 1,483 metres, to assure Phonak a majority share in what would almost certainly form the winning break of the race. Gutierrez did just that, sealing his mountains trophy by mere seconds over the Euskaltel-led chase. The 20km plunge to the base of the mountain began as the eight leaders flew toward Aix-les-Bains with just over a minute on Popovych's chase group and more than four minutes on the next groups from the splintering peloton.
The leaders stayed together on the descent before beginning an endless series of attacks in the final flat five kilometres into the finishing town. Sastre kept himself tucked on the back of the group, wisely letting Phonak and Euskaltel duel amongst themselves, while the energetic Voeckler decided his odds might be better alone. The Frenchman attacked three or four times as the finish drew near, but each time was marked by Landaluze, Mayo, or Pereiro. With Voeckler's final attempt to foil a sprint, Sastre joined in the mix and pulled back the Frenchman under the 1km to go banner.
With a sprint inevitable, the group of select climbers found themselves somewhat awkwardly jostling for position through a series of traffic circles and urban obstacles, before turning onto the final finishing straight. Mayo was ready for a good turn of speed but found himself boxed in the group as Phonak's Gutierrez and Pereiro began their blast to the line. Pereiro was clearly the strongest of the group and never looked back as he crossed the line and emphatically punched the air as Mayo managed to force himself into the Phonak sandwich for second place ahead of the impressive Gutierrez.
Results
Elite - 165 km 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.32.23 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère 6 Oscar Sevill (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.07 10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 12 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 14 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 4.55 20 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.56 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 8.42 26 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover 28 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 29 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.44 30 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11.43 31 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 33 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11.48 34 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 13.15 35 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze Outside time limit (Hors Delai) HD Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC HD John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf HD Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère HD Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover HD Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC HD Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère HD Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole HD Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover DNF Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère DNF Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère DNF Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf DNF David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC DNF Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC DNF Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover DNF Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover DNF Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover Mountains 1 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 3 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère 5 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 7 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 10 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 11 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 12 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Juniors - 86 km 1 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.30.23 2 Maxime Bouet (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 2.10 3 Julien Guay (Fra) Sarthe 4 Damien Branaa (Fra) Haute Garonne 5 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bretagne 6 Antoine Mazeau (Fra) Bretagne 7 Matthieu Beal (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 8 Alexandre Binet (Fra) Manche 9 Guillaume Perrot (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 10 Aurélien Stehly (Fra) SCO Dijon 11 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.40 12 Sebastien Hamard (Fra) Sarthe 2.44 13 Cornelius Van Ooijen (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.49 14 Pawel Cieslik (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Orleanais 16 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 17 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C 18 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 19 Julien Berard (Fra) Rhone 20 Anthony Vales (Fra) Haute Garonne 21 Romain Enjalbert (Fra) Haute Garonne 22 Florent Reboul (Fra) Haute Garonne 2.53 23 Florian Milesi (Fra) Rhone-Alpes 3.40 24 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 4.39 25 Jerome Coppel (Fra) V.C. Annemasse 4.43 26 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Orleanais 27 Jan Vleugels (Bel) Belgian National Team 28 Marco Corti (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco 29 Cyril David (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie 30 Kevin Steeldraeyers (Bel) Belgian National Team 4.46 31 Rob Krijnen (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 5.05 32 Tangi Le Morvan (Fra) Bretagne 33 Steven Le Hyaric (Fra) Ile de France 34 Nicolas Perrin (Fra) Auvergne 35 (Fra) Ile de France 36 (Fra) Ile de France 5.11 37 Etienne Germain (Fra) Auvergne 6.02 38 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 7.16 39 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Dutch National Team 40 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Dutch National Team 41 Clement Cid (Fra) Limousin 42 Antoine Muffat (Fra) Savoie 7.21 43 Florian Chabbal (Fra) Haute Garonne 8.50 44 Sylvain Cogne (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition 8.53 45 Yoann David (Fra) Bretagne 8.59 46 Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Rhone-Alpes 9.15 47 Eric Pean (Fra) Manche 48 Jordy Carlisi (Fra) OCCV Draguignan 49 Benjamin Degros (Bel) V.C. Ardennes 50 Andre Moreno (Fra) OCCV Draguignan 51 Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 52 Nicolas Suzanne (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie 53 Julien Beaufort (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 54 Vincent Miguel (Fra) Rhone-Alpes 9.17 55 Damien Mazzariol (Fra) Haute Garonne 9.49 56 Anthony Faurand (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 57 William Dupuis (Fra) Auvergne 58 Maxime Martin (Fra) Manche 10.16 59 Alexandre Nouhaud (Fra) Limousin 10.44 60 Alexandre Dubest (Fra) Rhone-Alpes 10.51 61 Claude Cinque (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 62 Sebastien Ivars (Fra) Rhone-Alpes 10.56 63 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition 11.06 64 Tony Hurel (Fra) Sarthe 11.26 65 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 11.41 66 Johan Nothnagel (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel 13.12 67 Julien L'helguen (Fra) Bretagne 13.29 68 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Belgian National Team 69 Emmanuel Leclerc (Fra) Savoie 70 Morgan Taffaneau (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition 71 Christophe Goutille (Fra) Loire 72 Julien Pion (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition 13.36 73 Romain Sauve (Fra) Manche 13.54 74 Rémi Cusin (Fra) V.C. Annemasse 14.05 75 Jean-Philippe Massot (Fra) V.C. Annemasse 14.39 76 Corentin Chambe (Fra) Rhone 14.56 77 Romain Laudy (Fra) Limousin 15.19 78 Maxime Mayencon (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 15.22 79 Emmanuel De Saint Jore (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie 80 Bram Deprez (Bel) Belgian National Team 15.31 81 Gerald Laurent (Bel) V.C. Ardennes 16.35 82 Steve Houanard (Fra) Ile de France 83 Seppe Heyns (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 16.38 84 Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 16.42 85 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) V.C. Ardennes 17.27 86 Julien Malet (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie 17.28 87 Alexis Richard (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie 17.34 88 Robert Schmitt (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 89 Arnaud Lacroix (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie 90 Cedric Begonin (Fra) Loire 91 Anthony Lebourg (Fra) Limousin 17.57 92 Sebastien Rodrigues (Fra) OCCV Draguignan 18.13 93 Julien Anger (Fra) Auvergne 18.23 94 Nicolas Bertrand (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre 18.33 95 Stephane Liogier (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 18.49 96 Jean-Michel Schweyen (Bel) V.C. Ardennes 19.48 97 Maxime Brion (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C 98 Jerome Mainard (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 99 Guillaume Vaudon (Fra) Limousin 100 George Schoonraad (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel 20.12 101 Sylvain Pradet (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 20.22 102 Kim Wirtz (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 20.37 103 Christopher Young (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C 20.50 104 Colas Ipcar (Fra) Orleanais 20.53 105 Kevin Denis (Fra) Sarthe 20.55 106 Petri Cook (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel 21.17 107 Sam Kaude (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 21.39 108 Tom Kaude (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 22.13 109 Nicolas Loth (Fra) OCCV Draguignan 23.10 110 Gregory Frison (Fra) Savoie 23.25 111 Quentin Bacon (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie 23.41 112 Massimo Pezzotti (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco 113 Augustin Protte (Fra) E.C. Ecsel 114 Boris Chauveau (Fra) Orleanais 115 Eric Mas (Fra) Auvergne 23.49 116 Fabien Auclair (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 23.53 117 Florent Teghillo (Fra) Rhone 118 François Matignon (Fra) Sarthe 25.47 119 Jonathan Godfroid (Bel) V.C. Ardennes 26.49 120 Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 121 Bertrand Chereau (Fra) Orleanais 27.20 122 Romain Chaudoy (Fra) Orleanais 123 Laurent Bourgeois (Fra) Rhone 27.42 124 Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team 125 Adrien Vedrenne (Fra) SCO Dijon 28.31 126 Vianney Grenier (Fra) Ile de France 28.41 127 Cyr Dudouet (Fra) SCO Dijon 28.42 128 David Chazallet (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C 31.53 129 François Letouze (Fra) Manche 130 Thomas Dufaud (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition 131 Benoit Chambon (Fra) Rhone-Alpes Outside time limit (Hors Delai) HD Florian Chabbal (Fra) Haute Garonne HD Sylvain Cogne (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition HD Yoann David (Fra) Bretagne HD Pierre-Luc Perrichon (Fra) Rhone-Alpes HD Eric Pean (Fra) Manche HD Jordy Carlisi (Fra) OCCV Draguignan HD Benjamin Degros (Bel) V.C. Ardennes HD Andre Moreno (Fra) OCCV Draguignan HD Ben Gastauer (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Nicolas Suzanne (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie HD Julien Beaufort (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille HD Vincent Miguel (Fra) Rhone-Alpes HD Damien Mazzariol (Fra) Haute Garonne HD Anthony Faurand (Fra) E.C. Ecsel HD William Dupuis (Fra) Auvergne HD Maxime Martin (Fra) Manche HD Alexandre Nouhaud (Fra) Limousin HD Alexandre Dubest (Fra) Rhone-Alpes HD Claude Cinque (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille HD Sebastien Ivars (Fra) Rhone-Alpes HD Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition HD Tony Hurel (Fra) Sarthe HD Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille HD Johan Nothnagel (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel HD Julien L'helguen (Fra) Bretagne HD Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Belgian National Team HD Emmanuel Leclerc (Fra) Savoie HD Morgan Taffaneau (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition HD Christophe Goutille (Fra) Loire HD Julien Pion (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition HD Romain Sauve (Fra) Manche HD Rémi Cusin (Fra) V.C. Annemasse HD Jean-Philippe Massot (Fra) V.C. Annemasse HD Corentin Chambe (Fra) Rhone HD Romain Laudy (Fra) Limousin HD Maxime Mayencon (Fra) E.C. Ecsel HD Emmanuel De Saint Jore (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie HD Bram Deprez (Bel) Belgian National Team HD Gerald Laurent (Bel) V.C. Ardennes HD Steve Houanard (Fra) Ile de France HD Seppe Heyns (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland HD Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland HD Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) V.C. Ardennes HD Julien Malet (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie HD Alexis Richard (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie HD Robert Schmitt (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Arnaud Lacroix (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie HD Cedric Begonin (Fra) Loire HD Anthony Lebourg (Fra) Limousin HD Sebastien Rodrigues (Fra) OCCV Draguignan HD Julien Anger (Fra) Auvergne HD Nicolas Bertrand (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre HD Stephane Liogier (Fra) E.C. Ecsel HD Jean-Michel Schweyen (Bel) V.C. Ardennes HD Maxime Brion (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C HD Jerome Mainard (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme HD Guillaume Vaudon (Fra) Limousin HD George Schoonraad (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel HD Sylvain Pradet (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme HD Kim Wirtz (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Christopher Young (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C HD Colas Ipcar (Fra) Orleanais HD Kevin Denis (Fra) Sarthe HD Petri Cook (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel HD Sam Kaude (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Tom Kaude (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Nicolas Loth (Fra) OCCV Draguignan HD Gregory Frison (Fra) Savoie HD Quentin Bacon (Fra) Pole Espoirs Normandie HD Massimo Pezzotti (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco HD Augustin Protte (Fra) E.C. Ecsel HD Boris Chauveau (Fra) Orleanais HD Eric Mas (Fra) Auvergne HD Fabien Auclair (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme HD Florent Teghillo (Fra) Rhone HD François Matignon (Fra) Sarthe HD Jonathan Godfroid (Bel) V.C. Ardennes HD Tom Wecker (Lux) Luxembourg National Team HD Bertrand Chereau (Fra) Orleanais HD Romain Chaudoy (Fra) Orleanais HD Laurent Bourgeois (Fra) Rhone HD Michel Kreder (Ned) Dutch National Team HD Adrien Vedrenne (Fra) SCO Dijon HD Vianney Grenier (Fra) Ile de France HD Cyr Dudouet (Fra) SCO Dijon HD David Chazallet (Fra) Le Cheylard F.C HD François Letouze (Fra) Manche HD Thomas Dufaud (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition HD Benoit Chambon (Fra) Rhone-Alpes DNF Mike Van Der Putten (Ned) Dutch National Team DNF Ben Hermans (Bel) Belgian National Team DNF Antoine Gorichon (Fra) Ile de France DNF Yves Rouault (Fra) Limousin DNF Guillaume Conti (Fra) Haute (Fra) Savoieoie DNF Mickael Bruyas (Fra) Loire DNF Xavier Cottancin (Fra) Loire DNF Loic Ducros (Fra) Loire DNF Steve Merle (Fra) Loire DNF Gregory Dumoulin (Fra) Rhone DNF Clement Dutour (Fra) Rhone DNF Anthony Dubuisson (Fra) Sarthe DNF Romain Chassefeyre (Fra) Savoie DNF Nicolas Bernardo (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme DNF Gwenael Conte (Fra) V.C. Annemasse DNF Kevin Moraux (Bel) V.C. Ardennes DNF Dario Agosti (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco DNF Ioris Campana (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco DNF Dario Galli (Ita) Capriolo - Saeco DNF Mickael Toussaint (Fra) Chambery Cyclisme Competition DNF Alexis Jacqueson (Fra) SCO Dijon DNF Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel DNF Marco Rodrigues (RSA) Minolta/Sure Youth Travel DNF Romain Timbert (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre DNF Guillaume Asselin (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre DNF Julien Garcia (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre DNF Pierre Tarallo (Fra) U.S. Nemours St Pierre Mountains 1 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Belgian National Team 16 pts 2 Maxime Bouet (Fra) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 10 3 Julien Guay (Fra) Sarthe 7 4 Alexandre Binet (Fra) Manche 4 5 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bretagne 3 6 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 1
Past winners
2003 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2002 1 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) EDS-fakta 2001 1 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel 2000 1 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 2 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1999 1 Unai Osa (Spa) 2 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) 1998 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 3 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 1997 1 Laurent Roux (Fra) 2 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 1996 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) 1995 1 Ramón Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa) 2 Gerard Rué (Fra) 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1994 1 Oliverio Rincon (Col) 2 Laurent Roux (Fra) 3 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1993 1 Eddy Bouwmans (Ned) 2 Thierry Clavyrolat (Fra) 3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 1992 1 Gilles Delion (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Dante Rezze (Fra) 1991 1 Charly Mottet (Fra) 2 Robert Millar (GBr) 3 Luc Leblanc (Fra) Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
