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30th Tour Méditerranéen - 2.3France, February 12-16, 2003Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4 - February 14: La Motte - Toulon Mont Faron, 110 kmBettini into the lead on Mont FaronA fifth place in today's tough fourth stage of the Tour Méditerranéen saw Quick Step's Paolo Bettini finally claim the overall leader's jersey. Bettini finished 11 seconds behind winner David Moncoutie (Cofidis), who beat mountains leader Miguel Martinez (Phonak) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) for the honours. The race's early break came from stage 2 winner Emmanuel Magnien (Brioches La Boulangère) and US Postal's Benoit Joachim. The pair gained an advantage of over five minutes with 30km to race, but neither was a serious contender for the climb of the Mont Faron. Magnien dropped Joachim as the peloton began to close in, and was joined by eventual winner Moncoutié, who bridged across in the first of several attacks he would launch en route to the stage victory. As the race hit the Mont Faron, Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) made his own effort to get clear, brought back into the fold by Bettini's Quick-Step teammates Frank Vandenbroucke and Richard Virenque. Moncoutié attacked several times, pulled back by the diminishing lead group. Brochard kept the pace high while others tried their hand, including Moncoutié's teammate Andreï Kivilev, until a final jump by Moncoutié snapped the elastic. "The Mont Faron has been a good course for me," Moncoutié commented after his victory. "I'm very happy to have won, on what is a somewhat mythic climb. I attacked two or three times, and in the last kilometre I got away." Taking fifth place on the stage, Paolo Bettini assumed the overall race lead. "Today my aim was to get to the top of the general classification," said Bettini. "My teammates were fantastic in helping me throughout the stage. At about 3.5 kilometres from the finish line, when the leader's group was made up of just six riders, Brochard started attacking me; I thought about the climb and remembered that it was gentler towards the end. I ground my teeth and started using my head, and this is how I managed to catch up with him during the easier section of the climb." "That said, the race still isn't won. In fact, the Tour Méditerranéen winner will be decided on Sunday during the difficult team time trial over 42 kilometres between Gemonos to Marsiglia. Both myself and my teammates will still have to give our very all." Bettini started the 110 km stage with just a 1 second deficit to Bram De Groot, who had worn the leader's jersey since winning stage 1. However the slopes of Mont Faron proved to be too tough for the 28 year old Dutchman, and he finished in 30th place, 1'35 down. That means that Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) is now into second overall behind Bettini, with Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) moving up to third place. The fifth stage takes place tomorrow over 114 km between La Garde and Berre l'Etang. PhotographyImages by AFP Photo/Eric Estrade
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Results1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.35.34 (42.426 km/h) 2 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.14 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.23 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 0.31 9 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.37 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.42 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 0.45 12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 14 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 15 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.53 16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.59 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.03 18 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 1.07 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.11 20 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 22 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 23 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 27 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 28 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 30 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.35 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.40 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prevoyance 33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.42 34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45 35 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.51 36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.56 37 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis 38 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 39 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.07 40 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2.20 41 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 2.28 42 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.40 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 2.50 44 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 45 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 46 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 48 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.21 49 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 50 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 3.23 51 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 3.28 52 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 53 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 54 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 56 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 57 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 58 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 60 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 61 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service 62 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze Elitron 3.46 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 3.50 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 4.06 66 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.09 67 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 4.12 68 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 4.22 69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.25 70 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 4.54 71 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.18 72 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 79 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 81 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 83 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 84 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 85 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 86 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 5.42 87 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 5.45 88 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 89 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 90 Francensco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 5.54 91 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 6.00 92 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.03 95 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 96 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 97 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 98 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 99 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 100 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 101 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 102 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.08 103 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK-Oktos 104 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos 6.15 105 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 6.21 106 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6.41 107 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.01 108 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 109 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.13 110 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 7.23 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 7.26 112 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze Elitron 7.32 113 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.36 114 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.37 115 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 116 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.40 117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 118 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8.16 119 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 120 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 121 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 8.34 122 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.46 123 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 9.32 124 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MBK-Oktos 125 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 10.27 126 Jay Sweet (Aus) MBK-Oktos 12.03 127 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 128 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 129 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 130 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 131 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 132 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 133 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 12.27 134 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 135 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 136 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12.52 137 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 17.43 General classification after stage 4 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 9.11.04 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.13 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.22 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.37 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.58 6 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 1.10 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.23 8 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.28 9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.32 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.34 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.54 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 2.08 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.10 14 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.26 16 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 2.30 17 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.34 19 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 22 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 23 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.02 25 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.03 26 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prevoyance 28 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.14 29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.24 30 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3.43 31 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 3.51 32 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.03 33 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 4.13 34 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 35 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.44 36 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 37 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole 4.51 38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.12 39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.41 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 41 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast 7.26 42 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.23 43 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 13.46 44 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 20.09 45 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.52 46 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.08 47 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 21.26 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 49 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 22.11 50 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 51 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 22.22 52 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 23.05 53 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 54 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 23.43 55 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 56 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 57 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 58 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC 60 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 23.44 61 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 24.24 62 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 24.40 63 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 25.33 64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25.37 66 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 26.00 67 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis 26.05 68 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 26.15 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.18 70 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 71 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 26.23 72 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27.16 73 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 27.32 74 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service 27.37 75 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 27.38 76 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 27.55 77 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 28.15 78 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 28.21 79 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 28.29 80 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 28.31 81 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 28.49 82 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 28.57 83 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK-Oktos 29.05 84 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.27 85 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 86 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze Elitron 29.29 87 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 30.12 88 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos 30.24 89 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 30.37 90 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 30.42 91 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 31.20 92 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 31.24 93 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 31.29 94 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 31.46 95 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 32.09 96 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.51 97 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 33.05 98 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 99 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 33.10 100 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze Elitron 34.23 101 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.27 102 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 34.28 103 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 104 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34.29 105 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.55 106 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 35.24 107 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 35.25 108 Francensco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 35.31 109 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 35.34 110 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 111 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 35.40 112 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 35.49 113 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 36.10 114 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 36.12 115 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 36.23 116 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MBK-Oktos 117 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.11 118 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 119 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 38.25 120 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 38.32 121 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38.35 122 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 39.14 123 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 39.29 124 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 39.35 125 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 40.41 126 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 41.40 127 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 128 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 41.51 129 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 42.04 130 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43.48 131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 44.05 132 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 45.40 133 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 49.27 134 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 50.06 135 Jay Sweet (Aus) MBK-Oktos 136 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 50.30 137 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 55.46 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole Mountains classification 1 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 24 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 10 4 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 10 5 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 7 6 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 5 7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5 9 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 5 10 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 12 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 14 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 15 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 3 17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 18 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 1 20 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Young rider classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9.11.26 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.36 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 1.46 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.04 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.12 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.40 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2.41 9 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.02 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.22 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.50 12 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.19 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 13.24 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 22.43 16 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 23.21 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 25.56 18 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.54 19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron 27.16 20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 27.33 21 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos 30.02 22 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 32.43 23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 34.06 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38.13 26 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 40.19 27 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43.26 |
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