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26th Route du Sud - 2.3
France, June 22-25, 2002
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Stage 3 - June 24: Aston - Plateau de Beille ITT, 18.1 km
Leipheimer to the fore in mountain time trial
Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) has taken both the stage and the overall lead in the Route du Sud, winning today's mountain time trial from Aston to the Plateau de Beille. The American showed excellent form to average 23 km/h over the 18 kilometres, including the 1200 metre ascent to the Plateau. In second place was Spaniard Aitor Kintana (BigMat) who came in 48 seconds down, while David Millar and Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis) came in at 55 seconds and 1'05 respectively. The general classification is almost identical, although Leipheimer has an extra two seconds lead on the rest after picking up bonuses in the first two stages.
"I wanted to win here," said Leipheimer, who is using the race as preparation for the Tour. "Not just to give me more confidence for the Tour, but also because my teammates have done an enormous amount of work in the past couple of days."
Leipheimer started his ride steadily, but turned on the gas halfway up the climb. "In my experience I know that you can't start a time trial at 100 percent. I even had problems in the middle section, but in the last part of the climb it went really well."
The Route du Sud finishes tomorrow with a tough mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines. The final climb is 1440 metres, and Leipheimer expects Andrei Kivilev in particular to go on the attack to try and win overall.
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 47.08 (23.04 km/h) 2 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.48 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 0.55 4 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 1.05 5 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 1.16 6 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 1.30 7 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.34 8 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.05 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.14 10 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.17 11 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 2.18 12 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 2.31 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.42 14 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2.43 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.45 17 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.46 18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.53 19 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.03 20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.13 21 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.31 23 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.32 24 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 3.34 25 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.39 26 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.43 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.48 28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.02 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.03 31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4.05 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 33 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.10 34 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.17 35 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 4.19 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4.20 37 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.24 38 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 4.31 39 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4.36 40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 4.42 41 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.44 42 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.48 43 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 4.49 44 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 45 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.59 46 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5.04 47 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 5.06 48 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.10 49 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.22 50 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 5.23 51 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 5.24 52 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 5.39 53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 5.51 54 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5.53 55 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 5.59 56 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.10 57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.19 58 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6.20 59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.31 60 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-Tiscali 6.36 61 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.39 62 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 6.42 63 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 6.43 64 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 6.49 65 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 6.55 66 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.58 67 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.07 68 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.14 69 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 7.15 70 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 7.34 71 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.35 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.36 73 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.40 74 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 7.42 75 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean-Delatour 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7.43 77 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Telekom 7.44 78 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 7.49 79 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 7.50 80 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 7.53 81 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean-Delatour 8.08 82 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 8.13 83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 8.17 84 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise des Jeux 8.20 85 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8.22 86 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 8.23 87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 8.25 88 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.38 89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 8.42 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 8.44 91 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 8.55 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 9.07 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.20 94 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 9.41 95 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 9.44 96 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 10.08 97 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 10.36 98 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10.44 99 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10.49 100 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 11.04 101 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 11.58 102 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 12.02 103 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.14 104 Régis Lhullier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 14.09 General classification after stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 9.29.29 2 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 0.57 4 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 1.07 5 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 1.18 6 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 1.32 7 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.36 8 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.07 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.16 10 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.19 11 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 2.20 12 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 2.32 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.44 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2.45 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.47 16 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.48 17 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.50 18 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.05 19 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.06 20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.15 21 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.33 23 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 3.36 24 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.50 25 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4.04 26 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.07 28 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.12 29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.19 30 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.20 31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 4.21 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4.22 33 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.26 34 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.27 35 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.31 36 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 4.33 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.36 38 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 4.44 39 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.50 40 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean-Delatour 4.51 41 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour 5.08 42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.12 43 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 5.13 44 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 5.26 45 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 5.31 46 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.32 47 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5.43 48 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5.44 49 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.52 50 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 6.00 51 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.21 52 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6.22 53 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.26 54 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-Tiscali 6.38 55 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.41 56 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 6.45 57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7.00 58 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 7.11 59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7.21 60 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.30 61 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 7.33 62 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 7.36 63 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 7.38 64 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.39 65 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean-Delatour 7.44 66 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Telekom 7.46 67 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.57 68 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 8.15 69 David Kopp (Ger) Team Telekom 8.25 70 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.30 71 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.37 72 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 9.01 73 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.02 74 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Telekom 9.06 75 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 9.07 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 9.08 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 9.09 78 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 9.18 79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.22 80 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean-Delatour 9.38 81 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.52 82 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 10.08 83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 10.33 84 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 10.38 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10.44 86 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10.46 87 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.02 88 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 11.35 89 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 11.58 90 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.19 91 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise des Jeux 12.23 92 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Team Telekom 12.24 93 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 12.39 94 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 13.37 95 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 14.33 96 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 15.16 97 Régis Lhullier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 15.54 98 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 16.20 99 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 17.37 100 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17.44 101 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 18.31 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.13 103 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 19.27 104 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bonjour 22.30 Courtesy of velomania.net
