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56th Tour de Picardie - 2.2
France, May 17-19, 2002
Stage 1 - May 17: Abbeville - Saint-Quentin, 174 km
Sandstød wins first stage sprint
The winner of the Tour de Picardie in 2000, Michael Sandstød (CSC-Tiscali) has taken the first stage and the leader's jersey in this year's Tour de Picardie. Sandstød won today's 174 km leg from Abbeville to Saint-Quentin, beating Frenchman Jacky Durand (Française des Jeux) and last year's winner Olivier Asmaker (also CSC-Tiscali). It was a perfect start for the pressured Danish team, also placing Nicolas Jalabert in the next group of 14 riders, who finished 7 seconds back.
The race started slowly for most of the peloton, save for Sergey Kruszhevskiy from the local St Quentin team, and Leonardo Zanotti (Mapei-Quick Step) who attacked after 17 kilometres and built up a massive 17'15 lead at the 50 km mark. Kruszhevskiy attacked Zanotti at the feed zone, and continued on his own while the Italian went back to the bunch.
After 138 kilometres in the lead, the Uzbek was finally caught as a 19 strong group of riders with CSC's Jalabert, Asmaker and Sandstød, Christophe Brandt (Lotto), Sacha Henrix (Team Coast), David Zabriskie (US Postal), Allan Johansen (EDS-fakta), Durand and Frank Perque (FdJ), Arturas Kasputis (Ag2r), Anthony Geslin (Bonjour), Geert Omloop (Palmans), Cédric Hervé and Jan Tournier (Credit Agricole), Eddy Seigneur and Stéphane Augé (Jean Delatour), Christophe Rinero (St Quentin) and Gian Paolo Cheula (Mapei) attacked from the peloton.
Despite a strong chase from the bunch, the group worked well together and built up a lead of nearly 2 minutes by the finish. With one lap to go, Jalabert, Perque, Johansen, Geslin, Seigneur and Durand had a small gap to the rest of the group, but were caught up again before the sprint. Sandstød won it comfortably ahead of Asmaker and Durand, but Asmaker was later relegated to third place by the jury.
Results
1 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 4.29.34 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 4 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.07 5 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 6 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 8 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 9 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 11 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 12 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 13 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.13 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 1.50 19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 21 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) Team CSC Tiscali 22 Roman Peter (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 23 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 24 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 25 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 28 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 29 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 31 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 32 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 34 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 36 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 37 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 38 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 39 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 40 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 41 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 42 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 44 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 46 Lars Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 48 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 50 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 51 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 52 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 53 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 55 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 56 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 59 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 60 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) EDS-fakta 61 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 62 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 63 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 64 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 65 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 66 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 67 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 68 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 69 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 70 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 71 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 72 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 73 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 74 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 75 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 79 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 81 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 84 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 85 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 86 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 87 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 88 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 89 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 91 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 92 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 94 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 95 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 97 Manu Lhoir (Bel) EDS-fakta 98 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 100 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 101 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 102 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 103 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 105 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) EDS-fakta 106 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 108 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 109 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 113 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 115 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 117 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 118 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 119 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 120 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 121 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei-Quick Step 122 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 123 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 124 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 125 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step 126 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 128 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 129 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 130 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 131 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.15 133 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.27 134 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 8.02 135 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.46 137 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Raphael Jeune (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali Points 1 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 25 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 3 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 20 4 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 19 5 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 16 7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 15 8 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13 9 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 12 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 11 11 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 10 11 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 13 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 14 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 15 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 15 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6 17 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 18 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 18 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 20 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 3 21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 1 22 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 22 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Teams 1 Team Csc Tiscali 13.28.49 2 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.50 3 Jean Delatour 1.57 4 EDS-fakta 3.40 5 US Postal Service 6 Mapei-Quick Step 7 Lotto-Adecco 8 Bonjour 9 Palmans-Collstrop 10 Saint-Quentin Oktos 11 Team Coast 12 Credit Agricole 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.46 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.23 15 Domo-Farm Frites 16 Cofidis 17 Bigmat.Auber 93 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi General classification after stage 1 1 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 4.29.24 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.04 3 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 0.06 4 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 0.14 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 0.15 6 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.16 7 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.17 8 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 9 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 11 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 12 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 13 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.23 18 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.54 19 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.56 20 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.59 21 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.59 22 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 2.00 23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 25 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) Team CSC Tiscali 26 Roman Peter (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 27 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 28 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 33 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 35 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 36 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 38 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 40 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 41 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 42 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 43 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 44 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 45 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 46 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 48 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 50 Lars Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 52 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 53 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 54 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 55 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 58 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 59 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 61 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 63 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) EDS-fakta 64 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 65 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 66 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 67 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 68 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 69 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 70 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 71 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 72 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 73 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 74 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 75 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 77 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 81 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 82 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 83 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 85 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 86 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 87 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 88 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 89 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 90 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 92 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 93 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 94 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 95 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 96 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 97 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 98 Manu Lhoir (Bel) EDS-fakta 99 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 101 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 102 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 104 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) EDS-fakta 107 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 108 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 109 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 113 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 115 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 117 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 118 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 119 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 120 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 121 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei-Quick Step 122 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 123 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 124 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 125 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step 126 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 128 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 129 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 130 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 131 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 133 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.37 134 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 8.12 135 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.56 137 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Points classification 1 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 25 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 3 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 20 4 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 19 5 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 16 7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 15 8 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13 9 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 12 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 11 11 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 10 11 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 13 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 14 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 15 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 15 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6 17 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 18 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 18 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 20 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 3 21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 1 22 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 22 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Teams classification 1 Team Csc Tiscali 13.28.49 2 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.50 3 Jean Delatour 1.57 4 EDS-fakta 3.40 5 US Postal Service 6 Mapei-Quick Step 7 Lotto-Adecco 8 Bonjour 9 Palmans-Collstrop 10 Saint-Quentin Oktos 11 Team Coast 12 Credit Agricole 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.46 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.23 15 Domo-Farm Frites 16 Cofidis 17 Bigmat.Auber 93 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi
