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23rd Tour de Normandie - 2.5
France, March 24-30, 2003
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Stage 1 - March 25: Lisieux - Forges-les-Eaux, 181 km
Rabobank in control
By Jean-Francois Quenet
Rabobank's Hans Dekkers won the first road stage of the Tour de Normandie, taking the sprint ahead of Czech Lubor Tesar. Dekker's teammate Joost Posthuma kept his leader's yellow jersey following his win in the opening prologue.
An early break was started by Christophe Cousinié, joined later by Victorino Sequeira, Lionel Lorgeou, and Gayloard Cumont. The group grew throughout the stage, as first the Dutch duo of Farenhout and Van Agtmaal bridged the gap, then as the race entered the finishing circuit in Forges-les-Eaux, Gabriel Rasch and Thomas Holmkvist hitched onto the train as well. Despite a maximum lead of up to eight minutes, the break was destined to be reeled in by the Quick-Step and Rabobank sqauds, the latter working for race leader Posthuma.
A final effort was made by Jurgen Vandenbroeck in the last 5 km, but the former junior world time trial champion came up 500 metres short. Once in position, Rabobank launched Dekkers to a convincing sprint victory, claiming the stage and maintaining the team's overall lead.
"I was perfectly prepared by my teammates," Dekkers said at the finish, "so I had no doubt about getting the win."
Results
1 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III 4.20.23 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 3 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 4 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 7 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Mixed Team 8 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 9 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 10 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 12 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 13 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia 14 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia 15 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Gaetan Marques (Fra) Normandie 17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 18 Pierrick Leclerc (Fra) VC Rouen 76 19 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 20 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 21 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russia 22 Herve Duclos-Lasalle (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 23 Said Haddou (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 25 Yvan Terenin (Rus) Russia 26 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 27 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia 28 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 29 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank TT III 30 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Team Ringerike 31 Mario Lourenco (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 32 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 34 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia 35 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike 36 Jean-Michel Delarue (Fra) Normandie 37 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia 38 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB 39 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 40 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 41 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Panorimmo 42 Vincent Socquin (Fra) USSAPB 43 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 44 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 45 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III 46 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 47 Mikhail Andreyev (Rus) Panorimmo 48 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 49 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Stephane Couge (Fra) Panorimmo 51 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa 52 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia 53 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 54 Sebastien Foucher (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 55 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 56 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike 57 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 58 Fabrice Dubost (Fra) Normandie 59 Jean-Francois Jegou (Fra) Panorimmo 60 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 61 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike 62 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia 63 Victorino Nelson Sequeira (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT III 65 Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76 66 Cyril Bos (Fra) USSAPB 67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 68 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie 69 Marc Feipeler (Fra) Panorimmo 70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III 71 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 72 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank TT III 73 Jacky Durand (Fra) Mixed Team 74 Florian Ludi (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 75 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 76 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 77 Yann Buiron (Fra) Normandie 78 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76 79 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 80 Helder Miranda (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 81 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 82 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h 83 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia 84 Tristan Valentin (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 85 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Mixed Team 87 Martial Locatelli (Fra) France Police 88 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia 89 Denis Flahaut (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 90 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 91 Cedrick Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76 92 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Mixed Team 94 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big.Mat-Auber 93 (Bul) Mixed Team 95 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 96 Frederic Delalande (Fra) France Police 97 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 98 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 99 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 100 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 101 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 102 Regis Yon (Fra) USSAPB 103 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike 104 Mart Louwers (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 105 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h 106 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 107 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police 108 Dominique Rault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 109 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 111 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 112 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 113 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h 0.26 114 Stefan Mischler (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 0.29 115 Frederic Mille (Fra) France Police 0.36 116 Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Normandie 117 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 1.00 118 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76 1.20 119 Danny Stam (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 1.23 120 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 1.44 121 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Mixed Team 122 Fabien Fleury (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 123 Nicolas Gand (Fra) France Police 124 Denis Robin (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 125 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 2.14 126 Jaroslaw Welniak (Pol) Legia 127 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 128 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 129 Mikael Segers·ll (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 130 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) France Police 2.27 131 Jean-Phillippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 2.30 132 David Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.45 133 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Jean Floc'h 134 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 5.59 135 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 136 Michal Kalenda (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 22.04 General classification after stage 1 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT III 4.27.16 2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.02 3 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank TT III 0.03 4 Martial Locatelli (Fra) France Police 0.04 5 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Mixed Team 0.05 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 0.06 7 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 0.08 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 0.09 9 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III 0.10 10 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 11 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III 0.11 13 Jacky Durand (Fra) Mixed Team 14 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 0.14 15 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 17 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 18 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia 0.15 19 Stephane Couge (Fra) Panorimmo 0.16 20 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank TT III 21 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 22 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike 23 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 24 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia 0.17 25 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 26 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 27 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike 28 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia 0.18 29 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 30 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia 0.19 31 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB 32 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III 33 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 34 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h 35 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike 0.20 36 Victorino Nelson Sequeira (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 0.21 37 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 38 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 39 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 40 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia 0.22 41 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia 42 Cedrick Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76 43 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 44 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 45 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 0.23 46 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.24 48 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 49 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 50 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 0.26 Climbing classification 1 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police 15 pts 2 Victorino Nelson Sequeira (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 6 3 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76 4 4 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 5 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 2 6 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 2 7 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1 Points classification 1 Victorino Nelson Sequeira (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 8 pts 2 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 5 3 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76 4 4 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 3 5 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police 2 Courtesy of velomania.net
