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73rd Critérium International - 2.1France, March 27-28, 2004Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 2 - March 28: Les Vieilles Forges - Monthermé, 98.5 kmVoigt back in yellowTeam CSC takes control once moreBy Chris Henry in Charleville-Mézières Germany's Jens Voigt (Team CSC) is a man for the Critérium International. A winner of the event in 1999, he also claimed the closing time trial in last year's race. This morning in the second stage, a hilly 98 kilometre test between Les Vielles Forges and Monthermé, Voigt powered to the stage win in a three man uphill sprint, beating teammate Frank Schleck and David Moncoutié of Cofidis. The CSC one-two punch showed that the Danish team of Bjarne Riis hasn't lost its edge since the dominant performance in Paris-Nice, won by Voigt's compatriot Jörg Jaksche. Hardly major mountains, the nine climbs of the second stage represent nonetheless a collective challenge for the peloton, and judging one's effort proved paramount to a high finish in Monthermé. Regardless, there is no time for relaxation in a three stage weekend and the attacks began with the day's first climb, the Côte des Vielles Forges, just two kilometres after the drop of the flag. Igor Abakoumov (Chocolade Jacques) was the first over the opening summit, followed by king of the mountains Guillaume Auger (RAGT Semences). They failed to get a gap, but a counter attack on the descent by Benoît Poilvet (Crédit Agricole) and Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) gained a small advantage by the top of the second climb. Team CSC's young Luxembourgeois Frank Schleck showed his cards early, leading the chase of the first escape of the day. The lead duo was strong enough to pursue their effort, steadily widening the gap to 1'30 by the 35km mark. CSC continued to chase, but more conservatively to keep the break in check. By the summit of the Côte de Meillier-Fontaine (km 56), the gap was down to 40". By the foot of the Mont Malgré, the duo was reeled in as the peloton churned toward the finish. The next move would come from David Canada (Saunier Duval), who moved 10 seconds clear on the Mont Malgré as US Postal's Chechu Rubiera led the chase. As Canada was caught, Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), and Schleck jumped clear, marked by Lance Armstrong's lieutenant Ruberia. The trio prompted a sharp reaction behind, one which split the field as the heavy favourites fought to keep their positions up front. Schleck was on a super day, as once this move was caught he was again on the attack on the final ascension of the Côte de la Roche aux 7 Villages, this time taking only Voigt and Moncoutié with him. This was the decisive move, and as the summit drew near Voigt powered his large frame ahead, winning the sprint by two bike lengths. Moncoutié was beaten by Schleck at the line but still moved into second place overall. A consistent performer against the clock, Voigt is now in with a strong chance of overall victory. Key rivals such as Vinokourov, Armstrong and Hamilton sit between 10 and 12 seconds behind before the afternoon's short 8.3km time trial in Charleville-Mézières. PhotographyImages by AFP Photo/Franck Fife
Results1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2.32.19 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.06 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.09 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 13 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 16 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 18 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 23 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 24 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 26 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 27 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.17 28 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.18 29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.30 31 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.00 32 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.49 33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 34 Michaël Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.51 36 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.53 37 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 1.55 38 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 43 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 49 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 50 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.08 54 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.00 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.24 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.35 57 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Gustavo Domingez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 59 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 61 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 62 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 63 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 65 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 66 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 67 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 68 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 69 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 71 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 72 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 73 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 74 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 77 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 80 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 82 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 83 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 84 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 85 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 87 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 88 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 91 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 92 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 95 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 96 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 97 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 98 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 99 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 103 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 104 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 105 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 106 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 107 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 108 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 109 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 111 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 112 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com Points 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 10 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 Mountains Côte des Vieilles Forges, 2.00 km 1 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 pts 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1 Côte du Mont Malgré Tout, 13.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 Côte de Blossette, 34.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts Col du Loup, 39.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 Côte des Perrières, 49.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 Côte de Meillier-Fontaine, 56.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 Côte du Bois de l'Or, 61.00 km 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 3 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 Côte du Mont Malgré Tout, 77.00 km 1 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 3 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 Montherme (Côte de la Roche aux 7 Villages), 98.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 7.37.06 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.18 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 5 Credit Agricole 2.01 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.04 7 Saeco 2.17 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.25 9 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.35 10 T-Mobile Team 3.50 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.58 12 Liberty Seguros 11.16 13 Illes Balears-Banesto 15.10 14 Relax-Bodysol 15 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 FDJeux.com 17 Brioches La Boulangere 18 Lotto-Domo 15.19 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.50 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.52 General classification after stage 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7.30.31 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.03 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.06 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.09 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.10 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 0.11 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 9 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.12 10 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 14 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 23 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 27 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.20 28 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21 29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.33 31 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.03 32 Michaël Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.52 33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 34 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.54 36 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56 37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.58 38 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 41 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 43 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 52 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.08 53 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.11 54 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.03 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.27 56 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.36 57 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.38 58 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 59 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 60 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 61 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 62 Gustavo Domingez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 65 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 71 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 72 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 75 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 81 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 82 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 85 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 86 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 87 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 89 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 90 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 91 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 92 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 93 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 94 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 95 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 96 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 97 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 98 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 99 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 101 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 103 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 106 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 107 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 108 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 110 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 9.01 112 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24.02 Points classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 23 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 4 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 14 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 3 9 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 10 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 14 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 15 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 22.31.51 2 Gerolsteiner 0.18 3 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 5 Credit Agricole 2.01 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.04 7 Saeco 2.17 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.25 9 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.35 10 T-Mobile Team 3.50 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.38 12 Liberty Seguros 11.16 13 Illes Balears-Banesto 15.10 14 Relax-Bodysol 15 FDJeux.com 16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 17 Brioches La Boulangere 18 Lotto-Domo 15.19 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.50 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.52 |
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