14th Les Boucles de l'Artois - 1.6

France, April 5, 2003

2002 Results Results Past winners

Results - 173 km

1 Koen Das (Bel) Prik & Tik                                4.22.40
2 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Macandina                        0.25
3 Frédéric Mille (Fra) France Police
4 Aleksei Levdanski (Blr) Uv Aube
5 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Uv Aube
6 Raphaël Devienne (Fra) Pôle France Wasquehal                0.39
7 Michel Lelievre (Fra) EC Raismes-PF                         0.42
8 Jorg Strauss (Ger) Team Macandina                           1.00
9 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Russie                              1.40
10 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole Espoirs            1.58

Courtesy of velomania.net

Photography

Images by Nicolas Leroy/velophotos.free.fr

Team Macandina lines up at the pre-race presentation
Team Prik&Tik looking very orange
Koen Das (Prik & Tik) makes the solo bid for freedom that was to win him the race
The peloton rides through the streets of Arras
The chasing group was unable to quite close the gap
Koen Das celebrates as he crosses the line in first place
Koen Das rolls across the line
The final moment of victory
Renzo Mazzoleni outsprints Frédéric Mille for second place
Koen Das on the podium
Koen Das looks down from the podium
The podium - (L to R) Frédéric Mille (France Police), Koen Das (Prik & Tik), and Renzo Mazzoleni (Team Macandina)
Koen Das looking relaxed after the race

Past winners

2002 Noan Lelarge (Fra) UV Aube
2001 Christophe Laurent (Fra) 
2000 Lénaîc Olivier (Fra)
1999 (3) Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra)
1998 (2) Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra)
1997 Christophe Detilloux (Fra)
1996 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra)
1995 Jean-Francois Laffilé (Fra)
1994 DannyIn 't Ven (Bel)
1993 Didier Faivre-Pierret (Fra)
1992 Laurent Davion (Fra)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com