35th Tour du Limousin - 2.3

France, August 20-23, 2002

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Stage 4 - August 23: Rochechouart-Limoges, 176.8 km

Halgand wins Limousin for the second time

Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) has claimed the overall victory in the Tour du Limousin for the second time in his career, the first being in 2000. The talented French climber beat Guido Trentin (Cofidis) and Pierrick Fedrigo (Credit Agricole) on GC, with the latter also winning the final stage.
Halgand's success came after his strong performance in the first stage, where he beat Trentin after the pair had escaped on the final climb. he was able to defend his lead in each of the three stages that followed, finishing with a winning margin of 2 seconds.
"I felt good the whole week and I had a super team with me," said Halgand after today's stage finished in a bunch sprint, won by the strong Fedrigo from Baden Cooke (FDJ) and Stuart O'Grady (CA).
Results

1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                 4.08.01
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
4 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour
7 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
9 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
10 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
11 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
12 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
13 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis
14 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
15 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour
17 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) iBanesto.com
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
19 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme
20 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com
21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis
23 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
24 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis
25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com
26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
28 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
30 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
31 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
32 Frederik Willems (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs           0.09
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour
34 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
35 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis
36 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
37 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) France
38 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme
39 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
41 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
42 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                          0.17
43 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    0.23
44 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             0.26
45 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.31
46 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme                        0.36
47 Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
48 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         0.40
49 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean-Delatour                        0.50
50 François Simon (Fra) Bonjou
r                              0.57
51 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       1.40
52 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                2.04
53 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com
54 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                     2.36
55 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    3.09
56 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme                             4.12
57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos
58 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com
59 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                          4.51
60 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) France                               5.02
61 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger Versicherung       5.50
62 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
63 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com                            6.26
64 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                          6.35
66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
67 Lilian Jegou (Fra) France
68 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) France
69 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            10.53
 
Final general classification
 
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour                    16.48.57
2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                0.02
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                     0.31
4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       0.35
5 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis                          0.37
6 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) iBanesto.com                       0.37
7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs            0.49
8 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour                             1.30
9 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                            1.33
10 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                               1.49
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems               2.09
12 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                      2.29
13 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    2.37
14 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis                              3.32
15 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour                             4.41
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean-Delatour                      4.41
17 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                4.41
18 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             4.55
19 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                               5.03
20 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems             5.03
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com                       5.13
22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour                      5.53
23 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                      5.58
24 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme                        6.14
25 Frederik Willems (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs           6.45
26 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                          6.52
27 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       6.54
28 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean-Delatour                        6.55
29 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs              6.56
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                              6.58
31 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs           7.07
32 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com                         8.40
33 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                             10.12
34 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                    10.24
35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                         10.38
36 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems               11.10
37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                  11.13
38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         12.07
39 Lilian Jegou (Fra) France                                12.44
40 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com                           12.50
41 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                         14.44
42 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme                       17.19
43 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung           17.36
44 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                   21.05
45 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                             21.48
46 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Team Nürnberger Versicherung      22.46
47 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               24.10
48 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                           24.34
49 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems           24.44
50 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems             25.09
51 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) France                              25.15
52 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance               25.18
53 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme                   25.31
54 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems              25.37
55 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                   25.45
56 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        26.05
57 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                              26.06
58 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis                         26.31
59 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               26.49
60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos              28.24
61 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme                            29.38
62 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com                   31.04
63 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) France                       31.40
64 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                         35.52
65 Christian Charrière (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems         36.32
66 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            37.25
67 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) France                              40.54
68 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung        41.56
69 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              43.27
 
Climbs classification
 
1 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                  32 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                             14
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  12
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                         12
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour                          10
6 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis                                  8
7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                   8
8 Roberto Lozano Montero (Spa) Kelme                            6
9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                                6
10 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                       6
11 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme                           4
12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      4
13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                         4
14 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                              4
15 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          2
16 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  2
17 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com                               2
18 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                                 2
19 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       2
20 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com                            2
21 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis                            2
22 Lilian Jegou (Fra) France                                    1
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean-Delatour                         1
24 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                         1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                         15 pts
2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      11
3 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis                                  8
4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                   6
5 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs               5
6 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 5
7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean-Delatour                           5
8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                                  5
9 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   5
10 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          3
11 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Kelme                           3
12 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour                                3
13 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos                   3
14 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) France                                  2
15 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                         2
16 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis                             2
17 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                              2
18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                             2
19 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       1
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  1
21 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                                  1
22 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole                 16.49.28
2 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs            0.18
3 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com                            1.02
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                1.38
5 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis                               3.01
6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs            6.14
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                           6.21
8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs               6.25
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                               6.27
10 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs           6.36
11 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         11.36
12 Rubén Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com                           12.19
13 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com                         14.13
14 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                             21.17
15 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                           24.03
16 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) France                              24.44
17 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme                            29.07
18 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) France                       31.09
19 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) France                              40.23
20 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung        41.25
 
Teams classification
 
1 Cofidis                                                50.29.48
2 Bonjour                                                    2.22
3 Crédit Agricole                                            4.24
4 Mapei-Quickstep                                            5.07
5 Ag2R Prévoyance                                            5.08
6 Jean Delatour                                              7.43
7 Ibanesto.Com                                               7.53
8 Fdjeux.Com                                                 8.52
9 Phonak                                                    15.27
10 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                       16.49
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        28.27
12 Equipe De France                                       1.04.48
13 Team Nürnberger                                        1.05.49

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