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50th Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe - 2.3
France, April 9-12, 2002
Stage 1 - April 9: Noirmoutier - St Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, 191.4 km
Capelle against the odds
Belgian champion Ludovic Capelle (AG2R) stepped up from his usual role as 2inC to Jaan Kirsipuu to win the first stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe today.
As the stage moved into its closing kilometres, Capelle was canny enough to catch on to a five-man attack by Bonjour as the French team took advantage of a split in the peloton to chase and catch Kirsipuu's team-mate Arturas Kaspustis. By this time, Kaspustis was the only survivor of an earlier three-man break that had included Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour) and Eddy Seigneur (Jean Delatour).
As they approached the finish it looked like Bonjour's sheer numbers would hand the win to their man Francois Simon. Simon made the first move, but Capelle was given a fine lead-out by Kaspustis and catapulted across the line ahead of the Frenchman.
Bonjour's attack earned the eight riders who benefited from it a 12 second advantage as they go into stage two.
Results
1 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 7 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 0.12 10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 12 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 13 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 15 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 18 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 23 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.26 27 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 28 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 30 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 33 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 34 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean-Delatour 36 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Index-Alexia 37 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme 38 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 40 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 41 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme 42 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 43 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) US Postal Service 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 46 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) US Postal Service 47 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-Tiscali 49 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 50 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 51 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 52 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 3.05 53 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 56 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 57 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 58 Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez (Spa) Kelme 59 Jimmi Madsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 5.27 61 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 65 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 66 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 67 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 68 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 70 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 71 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 72 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme 73 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 75 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 76 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme 77 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) US Postal Service 78 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 79 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 83 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 84 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Andrea Peron (Ita) CSC-Tiscali 87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 88 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 90 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 91 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 92 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 93 Cédric Loué (Fra) Cofidis 94 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Tiscali 95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 98 Joseba Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 100 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 101 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 8.47 102 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 103 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean-Delatour 104 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems General classification after stage 1 1 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 7 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 0.12 10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 12 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 13 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 15 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 16 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean-Delatour 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour 18 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour 23 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.26 27 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 28 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 30 David Navas Chica (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 33 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 34 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean-Delatour 36 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Index-Alexia 37 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme 38 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 40 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 41 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme 42 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Domo-Farm Frites 43 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) US Postal Service 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 46 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) US Postal Service 47 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-Tiscali 49 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 50 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 51 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 52 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 3.05 53 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 56 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 57 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 58 Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez (Spa) Kelme 59 Jimmi Madsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 5.27 61 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 65 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 66 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 67 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 68 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 70 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 71 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 72 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme 73 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme 75 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 76 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme 77 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) US Postal Service 78 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 79 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 83 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 84 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Andrea Peron (Ita) CSC-Tiscali 87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 88 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour 90 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 91 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 92 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 93 Cédric Loué (Fra) Cofidis 94 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC-Tiscali 95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 98 Joseba Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 100 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 101 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 8.47 102 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 103 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean-Delatour 104 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems Mountains classification 1 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 22 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 14 3 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean-Delatour 12 4 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4 5 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 6 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 7 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1 8 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1 Sprints classification 1 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 8 3 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 4 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 3 5 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean-Delatour 2 6 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 1
