23rd Tour de Normandie - 2.5

France, March 24-30, 2003

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Stage 2 - March 26: Forges-les-Eaux - Elbeuf-sur-Seine, 151 km

Gicquel goes one better than last year

By Jean-Francois Quenet

The grip of the Dutch Rabobank team was loosened today, thanks to the stage victory of Samuel Gicquel (Jean Floc'h). The French resurgence was consolidated by Jean Delatour's Frédéric Finot who built on his second place in the prologue and assumed the overall lead.

The principal break of the day was headed by Jérôme Bernard (Jean Delatour), Frédéric Lecrosnier (Jean Floc'h), and Mickael Leveau (VC Rouen). The quartet stayed clear for 61 km, caught by the peloton with just 11 km to race. After a general regrouping, four more men jumped clear in the final 5 km, including Gicquel, Arthur Farenhout (AXA), Simon Gerrans (Team Ringerike), and Bruno Thibout (Jean Delatour).

Gicquel, who finished second in this stage last year, started his powerful sprint early. Australian Simon Gerrans came close to denying Gicquel victory once again, but the width of a tire was enough to give the Frenchman his win. "I made a mistake by starting my sprint on the right when [Gicquel] went on the left," explained Gerrans. "I should have jumped on his wheel and then I could have passed him."

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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Samuel Gicquel couldn't come second twice in a row in Elbeuf
Stage winner Samuel Gicquel, hot spot leader Vitorino, best climber Christophe Cousinié and best young rider and second in stage 2 Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans is the best young rider

Results

1 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h                      3.17.34
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike
3 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                  0.01
4 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
5 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco         0.03
6 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big.Mat-Auber 93 (Bul) Mixed Team
7 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
8 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
9 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
10 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie
11 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ
12 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
13 Said Haddou (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
14 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
15 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
16 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
17 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
18 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h
19 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
20 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76
21 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB
22 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russia
23 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour
25 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Panorimmo
26 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Team Ringerike
27 Tristan Valentin (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
28 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
29 Mikhail Andreyev (Rus) Panorimmo
30 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III
31 Vincent Socquin (Fra) USSAPB
32 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike
33 Yann Buiron (Fra) Normandie
34 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
35 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
36 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia
37 Helder Miranda (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
38 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike
39 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia
40 Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76
41 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
42 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76
43 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
44 ?
45 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ
46 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour
47 Cyril Bos (Fra) USSAPB
48 ?
49 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
50 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia
51 Fabrice Dubost (Fra) Normandie
52 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III
53 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour
54 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
55 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
56 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia
57 Mart Louwers (Ned) Axa Cycling Team
58 Florian Ludi (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
59 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
60 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia
61 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Jean Floc'h
62 Marc Feipeler (Fra) Panorimmo
63 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia
64 Martial Locatelli (Fra) France Police
65 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ
66 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
67 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
68 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ
69 David Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour
70 Jaroslaw Welsiak (Pol) Legia
71 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
72 Ricardo Silva Felgueiras (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
73 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
74 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
75 Frederic Mille (Fra) France Police
76 Frederic Delalande (Fra) France Police
77 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia
78 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police
79 Dominique Rault (Fra) Jean Floc'h
80 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76
81 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h
82 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
83 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
85 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
86 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h
87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Mixed Team
88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike
89 Cedrick Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76
90 Jean-Francois Jegou (Fra) Panorimmo
91 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
92 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Mixed Team
93 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike
94 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
95 Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Normandie
96 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) France Police                 2.36
97 Jacky Durand (Fra) Mixed Team
98 Yvan Terenin (Rus) Russia
99 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
100 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
101 Stephane Couge (Fra) Panorimmo
102 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank TT III          3.45
103 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
104 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Mixed Team
105 Pierrick Leclerc (Fra) VC Rouen 76
106 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT III
107 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
108 Jean-Michel Delarue (Fra) Normandie
109 Fabien Fleury (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
110 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
111 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
112 Denis Robin (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
113 Jonas Olsson (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
114 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
115 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia
116 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
117 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank TT III
118 Danny Stam (Ned) Axa Cycling Team
119 Gaetan Marques (Fra) Normandie
120 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team
121 Regis Yon (Fra) USSAPB
122 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Mixed Team
123 Jean-Phillippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76
124 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
125 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III
126 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise
127 Sebastien Foucher (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
128 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ                       4.31
129 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo
130 Nicolas Gand (Fra) France Police
131 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
132 Stefan Mischler (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon           9.35
133 Mario Lourenco (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira          11.07
134 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia            14.42
135 Denis Flahaut (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
136 Michal Kalenda (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ                   18.53
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour                    7.44.55
2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ                         0.01
3 Martial Locatelli (Fra) France Police                    0.02
4 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h                         0.04
5 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco    0.06
6 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs          0.07
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
8 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III                    0.08
9 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
10 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III                      0.09
11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike                      0.10
12 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco         0.12
13 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour
15 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h
16 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia                         0.13
17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia               0.14
18 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike
19 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon
20 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia                           0.15
21 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco     0.16
22 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike
23 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia                                0.17
24 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ
25 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
26 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB                            0.18
27 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia
28 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike                      0.19
29 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ
30 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira
31 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour
32 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
33 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco
34 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia                        0.20
35 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia
36 Cedrick Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76
37 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
38 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      0.22
39 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
40 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis
41 Florian Ludi (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon               0.23
42 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76                      0.24
43 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia
44 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76
45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour
46 Tristan Valentin (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
47 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                     0.25
48 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia                                0.26
49 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie                           0.27
50 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor
 
Points classification
 
1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ                           30 pts
2 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs            26
3 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h                           25
4 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III                         25
5 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco           22
6 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                    21
7 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis       21
8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike                         20
9 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour                          15
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                       12
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police                    10 pts
2 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira                  7
3 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira               6
4 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                          6
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour                         5
6 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76                            5
7 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team                         5
8 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76                            4
9 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia                   3
10 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h                      2

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