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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
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Stage 4 - March 10: Roanne - Le Puy-en-Velay, 179 km
Paris-Nice stage 4 cancelled
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The fourth stage of Paris-Nice has been cancelled due to the inclement weather. The decision was made to shorten the stage this morning, starting after the first two third category climbs, but the situation wasn't getting any better further along the parcours.
"On the Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort, it was -4 degrees, the road was wet, and the snow was still falling," explained race director Jean-Marie Leblanc. After discussing the conditions with race officials, Leblanc decided it best to call it a day.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) keeps his face warm
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) clearly enjoying the horizontal sleet
- The peloton facing a snowy prospect
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) rides in the snow during the cancelled fourth stage of Paris-Nice
- It's going to take a while to clear the roads like this
- Michele Bartoli, Ivan Basso and David Millar discuss the cancellation with race director Jean-Marie Leblanc
Results
General classification after stage 3 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 9.43.55 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.06 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18 4 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 0.22 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.31 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.32 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.34 11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.37 12 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 13 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry 0.45 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.47 15 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.50 16 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.51 18 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.54 19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.55 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 21 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1.01 23 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02 25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.05 27 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.10 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.52 29 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.47 30 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.00 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.05 32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.19 33 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.31 34 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.37 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.39 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.41 38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.42 39 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5.43 41 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.45 42 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 5.46 43 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.49 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.54 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.55 47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.56 48 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5.57 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 50 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 51 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.00 52 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.01 53 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 55 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.02 56 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 57 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.05 59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.06 60 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.07 61 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 62 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6.08 63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 65 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.15 66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.19 68 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.20 69 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.21 71 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.24 72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.25 74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.26 75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 76 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6.27 77 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 6.28 79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6.29 80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.31 81 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.33 83 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.34 84 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 88 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6.36 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.37 90 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.39 91 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.40 92 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 93 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.41 94 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 6.43 95 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.45 96 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.02 97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.14 98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.17 100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.20 101 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.39 102 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.43 103 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7.47 104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 7.53 105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.00 106 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 8.02 107 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.04 108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 8.08 109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.10 111 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8.11 112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.12 113 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.14 114 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8.38 115 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.58 116 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.01 117 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.17 118 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 9.19 119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.36 120 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9.51 121 René J–rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 10.14 122 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10.16 123 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10.21 124 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11.36 125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14.29 126 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14.31 127 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.35 128 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 14.40 129 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.45 130 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.00 132 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 15.02 133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15.17 134 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15.41 135 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.42 136 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.51 137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.59 138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 16.14 139 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 16.16 140 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.17 141 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.24 142 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.30 143 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16.32 145 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.33 146 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.34 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 16.52 148 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 17.42 149 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.10 150 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.49 151 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 22.59 152 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.33 153 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.55 154 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25.05 155 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.25 156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 31.10 157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 31.22 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31.27 159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 40.18 Points classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 40 Pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 33 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 30 6 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 22 10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 11 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 20 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 20 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 15 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 17 18 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16 19 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 16 21 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 23 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 26 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 31 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 9 33 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 34 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 36 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 39 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 41 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 42 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 43 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 44 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3 45 René J–rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 46 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 48 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Pts 2 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4 4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 5 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 6 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 7 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 8 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Young rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.44.27 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.02 3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.09 4 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry F 0.13 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 0.29 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.30 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.33 8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.33 9 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.05 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.10 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.17 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.29 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.35 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5.48 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.52 17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.54 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5.56 19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.59 20 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.01 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.02 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.07 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.08 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.09 26 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 6.11 27 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7.15 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.04 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11.04 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.13 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.30 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14.45 34 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 15.42 35 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15.45 36 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.02 37 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.01 38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.23 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30.55 40 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 39.46 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 29.12.29 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09 3 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 Credit Agricole 1.55 5 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.39 6 Rabobank 5.31 7 Gerolsteiner 5.40 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.51 9 Fassa Bortolo 6.00 10 T-Mobile Team 11.48 11 FDJeux.com 11.57 12 Brioches La Boulangere 12.20 13 Alessio-Bianchi 12.41 14 Lotto-Domo 15.18 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.40 16 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.42 17 Illes Balears-Banesto 16.47 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.58 19 Liberty Seguros 17.03 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 19.37
