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39th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1
France, February 4-8, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 6: Branoux Les Taillades - La Grande Combe, 51.5km
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- Jure Kocjan wins the stage in bad conditions.
- Kocjan outsprinted Yury Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) in the rain.
- Kocjan celebrated a great win on the uphill finish.
- The Slovenian won the trophy for the stage win.
- Kocjan also took th eleader's jersey and is now two seconds ahead of Trofimov.
Results
1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro-A-Style 1.24.08 2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 0.07 4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.18 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 6 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 10 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis 0.48 13 Jonathan Thiré (Fra) Auber 93 14 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 17 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 18 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 19 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 1.29 21 Jens Mouris (Ned) (Vacansoleil 1.41 22 Borut Božic (Slo) Vacansoleil 23 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 2.00 25 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 27 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 29 René Mandri (Est) AG2R-La Mondiale) 30 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 31 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 32 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 33 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 2.21 34 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 35 Stefan Hristov (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 36 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 2.29 37 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 38 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil 40 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 42 Sébastien Fournet-Fayart (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 43 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Veranda Willems 3.04 44 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly Team 45 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 46 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 47 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 48 Koen Barbé (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 49 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 3.14 50 Romain Matheou (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 51 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 52 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Veranda Willems 54 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) mt 55 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 56 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 58 Vladimir Koev (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 59 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 3.20 60 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 3.45 61 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.28 62 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis 63 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 4.40 64 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 65 Romain Lebreton (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 5.09 66 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 5.16 67 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 6.49 68 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 69 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.04 70 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.56 72 Reinier Honig (Ned) VacanSoleil 7.57 73 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.22 74 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 76 Aleksandr Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 77 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) VacanSoleil 78 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 79 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 80 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 81 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Team Bourgas 82 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 8.53 83 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 84 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 85 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Veranda Willems 86 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Gil Suray (Bel) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 88 Maxim Gurov (Kaz) Carmiooro-A-Style 89 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 90 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 91 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 92 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Silence-Lotto 93 Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 94 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 95 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 96 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Skil-Shimano 97 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 98 Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 100 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 101 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 102 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Veranda Willems 103 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 104 Nicolas Baïolet (Bel) Veranda Willems 105 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel 106 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 107 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 108 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 109 Rob Worstenborghs (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 110 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 111 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Matt Brammeier Wales An Post–Sean Kelly Team 113 Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 114 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 115 Ronan McLaughlin Ierland An Post–Sean Kelly Team 116 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Cycling Team Bourgas 117 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 118 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 119 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A-Style 120 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 121 Mart Ojavee (Est) Cycling Team Bourgas 122 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Sergio Pardilla Spanje Carmiooro-A-Style 9.49 DNF Morgan Chedhomme (Fra) Auber 93 DNF Paidi O'Brien Ierland An Post-Sean Kelly Team DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto General classification after stage four 1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Carmiooro-A-Style 7.41.06 2 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.02 3 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 0.13 4 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 0.27 5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.28 6 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 7 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 8 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 11 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis 0.54 13 Jonathan Thiré (Fra) Auber 93 0.55 14 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.58 15 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 16 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 17 Eric Berthou (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 18 Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Auber 93 19 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 1.19 21 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 1.51 22 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 2.04 23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 24 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 2.10 25 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2R-La Mondiale 27 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 28 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 2.31 31 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 32 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 33 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 2.39 34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 37 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil 38 Maxime Médérel (Fra) Auber 93 39 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Veranda Willems 3.14 40 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 41 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 42 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly Team 43 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 44 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 45 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Veranda Willems 3.24 46 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 47 Romain Mathéou (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 48 Julien Simon (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 49 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 51 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 53 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 3.30 54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 3.55 55 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis 56 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.38 57 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 4.50 58 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 5.26 59 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 6.59 60 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 61 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 62 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.14 63 Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil 8.07 64 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française dess Jeux 8.26 65 Clément Lhotelleri (Fra) Vacansoleil 8.32 66 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 67 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 68 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Team Bourgas 69 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 70 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 72 Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 9.01 73 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9.03 74 Nadir Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 75 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 76 Bert de Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 77 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 78 Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 79 Gil Suray (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 80 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 82 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 8.53 83 Daniele Colli (Ita) Carmiooro-A-Style 84 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 86 Nicolas Jouanno (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 87 Benny de Schrooder (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Cycling Team Bourgas 90 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel 91 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 92 Mart Ojavee (Est) Cycling Team Bourgas 93 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 94 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 95 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 96 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 97 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.35 98 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 23.55 99 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda Willems 25.09 100 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28.34 101 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Auber 93 28.53 102 Sébastien Fournet-Fayard (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 29.22 103 Vladimir Koev (Bul) Cycling Team Bourgas 30.07 104 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post–Sean Kelly Team 30.48 108 Paul Brousse (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 35.15 109 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet 35.46 110 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Auber 93 111 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Skil-Shimano 112 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Carmiooro-A-Style 113 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence-Lotto 114 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Veranda Willems 115 Matthew Brammeier Wales An Post–Sean Kelly Team 116 Florian Morizot (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 117 Rob Worstenborghs (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 118 Ronan Mc Laughlin Ierland An Post–Sean Kelly Team 119 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Carmiooro-A-Style 120 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix-Lille Métropole 121 Pieter Ghybellert (Bel) Cycling Team Bourgas 122 Nicolas Baïolet (Fra) Veranda Willems 123 Olivier Pardini (Spa) Veranda Willems
