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56th Tour de Picardie - 2.2
France, May 17-19, 2002
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Stage 2 - May 18: Saint-Quentin - Beauvais, 183.5 km
Clerc wins in redemption sprint
Aurélien Clerc of Mapei has won the second stage of the Tour de Picardie. The 22 year old Swiss beat Tom Boonen (US Postal) and Franois Simon (Bonjour )in the final sprint to take his ninth professional victory and eighth of the year after five stage wins in the Tour of Cuba.
Afterwards, Clerc sadi he was inspired to redeem the team's reputation after its troubles at the Giro d'Italia. "I was tense at the start. I was thinking about the business at the Giro. That gave me an extra source of motivation.
"I wanted to show that it was not the end of the world."
The stage was a mostly quiet one, with the action coming in the closing kilometres after the peloton swept up an early 'suicide break' by Damien Nazon (Bonjour), Eddy Lembo (Saint-Quentin Oktos) and Ivailo Gabrovski (Jean Delatour).
Nazon missed the previous day's break and was determined not to miss anything today, so he went up the road in the first kilometre, putting his energy down to "early morning good feelings." The trio forged a lead of eight and a half minutes before the peloton motivated to chase, and they were caught 8km from the line.
Results
1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 4.25.35 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 3 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 7 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 9 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 12 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 15 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 18 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 23 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 29 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 30 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 31 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 32 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 33 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 34 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 36 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 37 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 38 Roman Peter (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 39 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei-Quick Step 42 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 43 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 46 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 47 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 49 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 50 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 52 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 53 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 54 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 55 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 56 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 58 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 59 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 60 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 61 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 63 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 65 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.17 67 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.32 68 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 71 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 72 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 74 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 75 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 76 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 77 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 78 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 79 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.40 80 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 0.43 81 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 82 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.48 83 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 86 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 0.00 87 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 1.18 88 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 89 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 90 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.26 91 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 93 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 95 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 96 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 97 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 98 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 99 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 101 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 102 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 105 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 106 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 108 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 109 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 110 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 111 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) EDS-fakta 112 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 113 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) EDS-fakta 114 Lars Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 115 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 117 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 119 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) Team CSC Tiscali 120 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 121 Manu Lhoir (Bel) EDS-fakta 122 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 123 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 1.36 124 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.45 125 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.28 126 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 5.16 128 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 129 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 130 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 131 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 5.35 132 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 5.51 133 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 134 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 135 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 136 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour DNF Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis Points 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 22 3 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 20 4 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 16 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15 7 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 14 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 13 9 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 10 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 11 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 10 12 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 12 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9 14 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 8 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 16 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 6 18 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 5 19 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 4 20 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 20 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 3 22 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 23 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Teams 1 Bonjour 13.16.45 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Mapei - Quick Step 4 Jean Delatour 5 Domo - Farm Frites 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7 Team Csc Tiscali 8 Us Postal Service 9 La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 11 Palmans - Collstrop 12 Lotto - Adecco 13 Saint-Quentin Oktos 14 Team Coast 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Credit Agricole 0.17 17 Eds - Fakta 1.26 18 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 3.24 General classification after stage 2 1 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 8.54.59 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 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 0.17 8 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 12 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 15 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.23 16 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.49 17 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.00 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 1.50 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 1.54 20 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1.56 21 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.59 23 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.00 25 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 29 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) EDS-fakta 31 Roman Peter (Swi) Saint-Quentin Oktos 32 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 33 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 34 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 35 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 36 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 39 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 42 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 44 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 45 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 46 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 47 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 48 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 49 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 51 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 52 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 53 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 54 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 55 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 57 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour 59 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 60 Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 61 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 62 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 64 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei-Quick Step 66 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Bonjour 67 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 68 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 69 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.17 70 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.32 71 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 73 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 74 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 75 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 76 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 77 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 78 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 79 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 80 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 2.37 81 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.40 82 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.48 83 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 3.18 86 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 87 Cédric Loue (Fra) Cofidis 88 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) EDS-fakta 3.26 89 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) EDS-fakta 90 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 91 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 92 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 93 Arvis Piziks (Ltu) Team CSC Tiscali 94 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 95 Lars Bak (Den) EDS-fakta 96 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 97 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 98 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) EDS-fakta 99 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 101 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 102 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 103 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 104 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 105 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 109 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) EDS-fakta 111 Manu Lhoir (Bel) EDS-fakta 112 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 113 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 115 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 116 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step 117 Jérome Neuville (Fra) Cofidis 118 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 119 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 3.36 120 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.45 121 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.03 122 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 5.28 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 124 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC Tiscali 7.16 125 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 126 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 7.29 127 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 7.41 128 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 7.42 129 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 7.48 130 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 7.51 131 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 132 Anton Chantyr (Rus) Team Coast 133 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.00 134 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 9.38 135 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.28 136 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.12 Points classification 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step 28 pts 2 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 25 3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour 24 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service 22 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 21 7 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 20 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 20 9 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 10 Allan Johansen (Den) EDS-fakta 19 11 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 16 13 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 15 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 15 15 Jans Koerts (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 14 16 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13 17 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 13 18 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 12 19 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 20 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 21 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 10 22 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 10 23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 24 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 25 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos 9 26 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 27 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 8 28 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 29 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 30 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 31 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 6 32 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) Saint-Quentin Oktos 6 33 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 34 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 35 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 36 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 4 37 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 38 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) Jean Delatour 3 39 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 1 Teams classification 1 Team Csc Tiscali 26.45.34 2 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.50 3 Jean Delatour 1.57 4 Bonjour 3.40 5 Mapei - Quick Step 6 Us Postal Service 7 Lotto - Adecco 8 Palmans - Collstrop 9 Saint-Quentin Oktos 10 Team Coast 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.46 12 Credit Agricole 3.57 13 Eds - Fakta 5.06 14 Domo - Farm Frites 5.23 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 8.47
