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41st Circuit des Mines - 2.5
France, April 26-May 1, 2002
Stage 1 - April 26: Thionville - Herserange 165 km
Gian Paolo Cheula gains Mapei-Quick step's 600th win
Gian Paolo Cheula (Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs) won the first stage of the Circuit des Mines, bringing the team's total amount of wins up to 600; the team's first victory dates back to the Melinda Trophy of 1993. Cheula attacked from the group along with seven other riders shortly after the start of the race, battling the strong rain and wind that made the 163 kilometres of the race particularly difficult. The small group of 'attackers' started to break up as the race continued leaving just Cheula and Jørgen Bo Petersen of the EDS-fakta team at the head of the race.
These two riders collaborated with each other right up until the final sprint when Cheula launched himself to the line at 200m to go, to take his first ever pro win.
"I am very proud to have had the honour of reaching this important goal for the team," said Cheula. "I have been riding well since the beginning of the season; I had been waiting for a win for some time".
Results
1 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 4.06.55 2 Jørgen Bo Petersen (Den) EDS-fakta 0.01 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.19 4 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 5 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.21 6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.49 7 Morten Sonne (Den) EDS-fakta 8 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.03 11 Erki Putsep (Est) EC St Etienne Loire 12 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 13 Cedric Celarier (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire 14 Evgeni Petrov (Russia) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 15 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 17 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 19 Christophe Mermer (Lux) Luxembourg 4.20 20 Max Becker (Lux) Palmans-Collstrop 6.12 21 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 22 Luigi Giambelli (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 23 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Wiesenhof Cologne 24 Lars Boyson (Lux) Luxembourg 25 Petr Herman (Cze) Czech Republic 26 Danny Baeyens (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 27 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 28 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 29 Olivier Maignan (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 30 Antony Guiriato (Fra) Lorraine 31 Jan Deutschmann (Lux) Luxembourg 32 A Ptcheulkin (Rus) Russia 33 Phil West (GBr) Great Britain 34 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russia 35 Laurent Przybyl (Fra) Lorraine 36 Petr Sestak (Cze) Czech Republic 37 Beat Anderegg (Swi) Mita Medic 38 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 39 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 40 Andrew Jackson (GBr) EC St-Etienne-Loire 41 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 42 Bryan Steel (GBr) Great Britain 43 Jerome Desjardins (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 45 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 46 Mickaël Malle (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 47 Davide Bemminati (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 48 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 49 Dany Caprais (Fra) VC Rouen 76 50 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 51 Thomas Pezzoli (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 52 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 53 Ivan Terenine (Rus) Russia 54 Sergey Poluklin (Rus) Russia 55 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 56 Matteo Benedetti (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 57 Russiasel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 58 Tim Buckle (GBr) Great Britain 59 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 60 Renaud Dion (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 61 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 62 Frederik Willems (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs 63 Mathieu Sprick (Fra) Lorraine 64 Christian Grob (Swi) Mita Medic 65 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 66 Alexei Sivakov (Russia) Big Mat-Auber 93 67 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 68 Ludovic Collingnon (Fra) Lorraine 69 Regis L'hullier (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 70 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 71 Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76 72 Rodolphe Parent (Fra) VC Rouen 76 73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) EDS-fakta 74 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 75 Rudy Gerard (Fra) VC Rouen 76 76 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ireland 77 Alexei Garanine (Rus) Russia 78 Yauheni Seniushkin (Blr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 79 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 80 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 81 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 82 Jerome Rouyer (Fra) Lorraine 83 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Great Britain 84 Fabrice Billard (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 85 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 86 David Mckenzie (Aus) iTeamNova.com 87 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 88 Alan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 89 Jamie Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 9.49 90 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 91 Pascal Perrin (Fra) Lorraine 92 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 93 Gregor Gut (Swi) Mita Medic 10.37 94 Giovanni Turchetti (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 15.07 95 Martin O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 96 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 97 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 98 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 99 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Team Cologne 100 Nathan O'neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15.48 101 Giovanni Becagli (Ita) Vellutex-Zoccorinese 17.34 102 Lionel Lorrainegeou (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 103 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise des Jeux 18.44 104 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 18.51 105 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 18.57 106 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76 107 Jörn Reuss (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 108 Dirk Muller (Ger) Team Wisenhof 109 Holger Loew (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 110 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 111 Markus Zingen (Lux) Luxembourg 112 Julien Mazet (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 113 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) Luxembourg 18.57 114 Cameron Lamont (Swi) Mita Medic 21.05 115 Mirco Jaisli (Swi) Mita Medic 116 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Ireland 27.21 117 Karel Kopr (Cze) Czech Republic 27.47 118 Tomas Fleissner (Cze) Czech Republic 119 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs Courtesy of velomania.net
