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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC

France, March 7-14, 2004

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Stage 1 - March 7: Chaville - Issy-les-Moulineaux / Vanves, 13.2 km

Jaksche fastest!

By Chris Henry

Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) on his way to victory
Photo ©: Luc Claessen

Jörg Jaksche of Team CSC picked up where he left off in the Tour Méditerranéen, winning the opening time trial of Paris-Nice Sunday with a four second advantage over Italy's Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner). Despite feeling a bit sick on the eve of the season's first hors catégorie race, Jaksche was relaxed and ready for the 13 kilometre test from Chaville to Vanves on the southwestern edge of Paris. Rounding out the first stage was Erik Dekker of Rabobank, rediscovering his old ways against the clock.

On a day of on and off drizzle and chilly temperatures, practice runs of the parcours proved essential for riders to learn the twists and turns of the technical route. With an opening rise out of Chaville and a tough power climb in the closing kilometres, judging one's effort was also critical. For Jaksche, the experience of his teammates and director Bjarne Riis proved invaluable.

"I was happy that I was the last one, so Bjarne knew after seven riders how to do the course and he helped me a lot," Jaksche said as he modeled his yellow jersey.

Jaksche's teammate Bobby Julich also had a strong ride, finishing seventh and confirming his own preparation and motivation for the race, while Jens Voigt offered a third top-ten result. It was almost a repeat of the Tour Med, where Jaksche, Voigt, Julich, and Ivan Basso all rode superbly against the clock. With teammates that strong, Jaksche was quick to downplay his own leadership status.

"We have a strong team, and almost all of our riders can win Paris-Nice, so we're in a very convenient situation," he said.

Rebellin was the early pace setter, clocking 17'23 and staying atop the leader board for an hour and a half before Jaksche toppled his time. Rebellin won the road stage to Saint-Etienne in last year's race, but is not often ranked among the top time trial riders. His performance Sunday certainly confirms his role as a contender for the overall title this year.

Hamilton in Phonak colours
Photo ©: Luc Claessen

Another strong ride came from David Millar (Cofidis), who finally had a chance to wear his world champion's jersey in a time trial. Although by no means in his best form, targeting the Tour de France prologue and the Olympics later this year, Millar still did well to finish fourth and lose only 13 seconds to Jaksche. Spain's Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) rounded out the top five in the same time as Millar, and took the young rider's jersey as a reward.

Tyler Hamilton, beginning his first race in Phonak colours under the watchful eye of his team directors and Phonak president Andy Rihs, put in a modest time to finish 29th. It was not a bad performance for the American considering as late as Friday he was unsure he would even start after being hit with a flu this week.

The sprinters will likely get their chances in stage 2 from Chaville to Montargis, but Jaksche knows that he and CSC will have to remain vigilant the entire week, as the time gaps are small and the challengers are many.

Photography

Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com

Images by Luc Claessen/Cyclingnews/www.actiefotos.be

Images by AFP Photo

Images by Alain Quenderf

Results

1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                           17.19 (45.74 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     0.04
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
4 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    0.13
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
6 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                0.14
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            0.16
8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        0.22
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
11 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                               0.23
12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
13 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                0.24
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          0.25
15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                              0.26
17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.28
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       0.29
19 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             0.30
21 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                    0.31
22 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                          0.32
23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                     
24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             0.34
25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor      0.35
26 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         0.36
27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                             0.37
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           0.38
29 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                      0.39
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    
32 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
33 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 
34 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                        0.40
36 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 0.41
37 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor      0.43
38 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       
39 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo    
40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               0.44
41 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
42 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          
43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      
44 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
45 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                0.45
46 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
47 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                
48 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               0.46
50 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  0.47
51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               0.48
52 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
53 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
54 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
55 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                             0.49
56 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       
57 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      
58 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              0.50
59 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 
60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                
61 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                0.51
62 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        
63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 
64 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                           
65 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                        0.52
66 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             
67 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              0.53
68 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
69 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                       0.54
70 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.56
71 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
72 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                       
73 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         
74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           0.57
75 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                              0.58
76 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
77 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
78 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       
79 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      
80 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor    0.59
81 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                1.00
82 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              
83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 1.01
84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      
85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                         
86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               1.02
87 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
88 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 
89 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                         1.03
90 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
91 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                                   
92 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.04
93 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
95 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    1.05
96 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor       1.07
97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              
98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
99 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                            1.08
100 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        
101 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           1.09
102 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                            1.10
103 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    
104 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                          
105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           
106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                1.11
107 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                            
109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                         1.12
110 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1.13
111 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           1.14
112 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                   
113 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.16
114 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                    
115 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                                      1.17
116 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
117 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                               
118 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       
119 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
120 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
121 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                1.18
122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                    1.19
123 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                             
124 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.20
125 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              
126 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                
127 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            
128 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                            
129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 1.21
130 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
131 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                    1.22
132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                         
133 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                         
134 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.23
135 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   1.24
136 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       1.27
137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             
138 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1.28
139 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
140 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1.29
141 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                     1.33
141 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                          
143 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               1.34
144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                         1.36
145 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                      1.37
146 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                1.39
147 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   1.40
148 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1.43
149 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                1.44
150 René Jřrgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1.45
151 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
152 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                1.47
153 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                             1.48
154 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         1.50
155 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       1.55
156 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      1.57
157 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                             
158 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.58
159 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  2.13
160 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 2.15
 
Points
 
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                              25 pts
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       22
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               20
4 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      18
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   16
6 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  15
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              14
8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          13
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                12
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  11
11 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                 10
12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           9
13 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   8
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                             7
15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  6
16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 5
17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             4
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                          3
19 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor            2
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                1
 
Best Young Rider
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                17.32
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           0.12
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              0.17
4 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                     0.18
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                           0.19
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                      
7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            0.25
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                       0.26
9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
10 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor      0.30
11 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo    
12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  0.31
13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               0.33
14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                            0.37
15 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.43
16 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          0.47
18 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 0.48
19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                         
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                         0.50
22 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    0.52
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                               0.54
24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            0.56
25 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 0.58
26 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                             
27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            1.01
28 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.03
29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                     
30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                                       1.04
31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
32 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 1.05
33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                           1.07
34 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                             
35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1.08
36 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                     1.09
37 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.10
38 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    1.11
39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                          1.14
40 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       1.24
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                              52.35
2 Rabobank                                                               0.16
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 0.36
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                          0.45
5 Gerolsteiner                                                           0.50
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      0.55
7 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                       0.57
8 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                  1.02
9 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                             1.09
10 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                      
11 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                       1.13
12 T-Mobile Team                                                         1.18
13 Liberty Seguros                                                           
14 FDJeux.com                                                            1.27
15 Credit Agricole                                                       1.38
16 Brioches La Boulangere                                                1.50
17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                      1.52
18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                            2.05
19 Alessio-Bianchi                                                       2.11
20 Lotto-Domo                                                            3.26