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23rd Tour de Normandie - 2.5
France, March 24-30, 2003
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Stage 3 - March 27: Elbeuf-sur-Seine - Flers, 208 km
Vasiliev takes stage as Muravyev moves into lead
By Jean-Francois Quenet
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Bulgarian Krassimir Vasiliev (Porta da Ravessa) has won the third and longest stage of the Tour of Normandy, 208 km between Elbeuf-sur-Seine and Flers. Vasiliev finished alone, 17 seconds in front of Dmitriy Muravyev (Quick.Step), who took over the race leadership from Frederic Finot, who lost 15 minutes today. In third place was Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour), who also moved into third on GC.
The longest stage was raced flat out from the start, with Breton amateur team Jean Floc'h being particularly aggressive, placing three riders in an 11 man breakaway in the early part of the race. The peloton regrouped before the feed zone, but then the bunch split into four groups. Credit Agricole and Team Ringerike both missed the split, and were forced to chase for the rest of the day.
On the final circuit, there were five men away: Vasiliev (the first man to attack on Sunday in Cholet), Dumoulin (still chasing Jean Delatour's first win this year), Thébault (Jean Floc'h's leader for that race, highly motivated), Joukov and Muravyev, who became the new leader. Vasiliev attacked his companions to take the stage, although he needed another 14 seconds to move into the lead.
Tomorrow, it's expected that there will be a lot of cross winds, as the race goes to the western part of Normandy.
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- The Tour of Normandy isn't fun every day for neo-pro Simon Gerrans
- Samuel Dumoulin (Jean Delatour) is now in contention for the GC
- Stage winner Kassimir Vasiliev (Porta de Ravessa) on the podium
- Tour of Normandy leader Dimitri Muravyev (Quick.Step) on the podium after stage 3
Results
1 Krassimir Vasiliev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 4.38.29 2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 0.17 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.25 4 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia 5 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 0.29 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT III 1.24 7 Yvan Terenin (Rus) Russia 1.29 8 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 9 Marc Feipeler (Fra) Panorimmo 10 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 11 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 12 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia 13 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 14 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB 15 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 16 Dominique Rault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 17 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 18 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h 20 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia 21 Yann Buiron (Fra) Normandie 22 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 23 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 25 Helder Miranda (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 27 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Panorimmo 28 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia 29 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 1.41 30 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 1.50 31 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III 3.43 32 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 33 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 34 Mart Louwers (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 35 Mikhail Andreyev (Rus) Panorimmo 36 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III 37 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big.Mat-Auber 93 (Bul) Mixed Team 38 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h 39 Ricardo Silva Felgueiras (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 40 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike 41 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 42 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 43 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank TT III 11.14 44 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia 15.16 45 Jaroslaw Welsiak (Pol) Legia 46 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia 47 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Panorimmo 48 Vincent Socquin (Fra) USSAPB 49 Florian Ludi (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 50 Tristan Valentin (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 51 Jean-Francois Jegou (Fra) Panorimmo 52 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 53 David Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 54 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Mixed Team 55 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 56 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 57 Cyril Bos (Fra) USSAPB 58 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 59 Hubert Nowak (Pol) Legia 60 Fabrice Dubost (Fra) Normandie 61 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 63 Cedrick Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76 64 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 65 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 19.51 66 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police 67 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia 68 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 69 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h 70 Per Martin Lund (Nor) Team Ringerike 71 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 72 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 73 Gaetan Marques (Fra) Normandie 74 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 75 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Jean Floc'h 76 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 77 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Russia 78 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia 79 Nicolas Paris (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 80 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 81 Frederic Mille (Fra) France Police 82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Mixed Team 83 Peter Oeschger (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 84 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 85 Stephane Couge (Fra) Panorimmo 86 Christian Lademann (Ger) eD'system-ZVVZ 87 Regis Yon (Fra) USSAPB 88 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 89 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 90 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank TT III 91 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 92 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 93 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 94 Said Haddou (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 96 Jacky Durand (Fra) Mixed Team 97 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III 98 Franck Charrier (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 99 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 100 Martial Locatelli (Fra) France Police 101 Stefan Mischler (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 102 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 103 Pierrick Leclerc (Fra) VC Rouen 76 104 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 105 Stephane Bonsergent (Fra) France Police 106 Denis Robin (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 107 Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Normandie 108 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 109 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Ringerike 110 Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 111 Jonathan Dayus (GBr) Team Ringerike 112 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie 113 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 114 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76 115 Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 116 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 117 Sebastien Foucher (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 20.39 118 Mattias Carlsson (Swe) Team Ringerike 24.41 119 Jean-Michel Delarue (Fra) Normandie 120 Fabien Fleury (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 121 Michal Kalenda (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 122 Taichi Suzuki (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 123 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 124 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 125 Mikael Segersäll (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia DNF Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Mixed Team DNF Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Mixed Team DNF Mario Lourenco (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira DNF Jonas Olsson (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia DNF Danny Stam (Ned) Axa Cycling Team DNF Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76 DNF Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76 DNF Jean-Phillippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 DNF Nicolas Gand (Fra) France Police DNF Denis Flahaut (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 DNF Frederic Delalande (Fra) France Police General classification after stage 3 1 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 12.23.43 2 Krassimir Vasiliev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 0.07 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.14 4 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 0.21 5 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Russia 0.22 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 1.11 7 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h 1.14 8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 1.16 9 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 10 Vladisvlav Borisov (Rus) Russia 1.23 11 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 1.24 12 Andrei Ptchelkin (Rus) Russia 1.25 13 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB 1.27 14 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.29 15 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 16 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 1.30 17 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 1.32 18 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.34 19 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 1.35 20 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 1.39 21 Yves Delarue (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 1.41 22 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 1.42 23 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Panorimmo 24 Yann Buiron (Fra) Normandie 1.46 25 Marc Feipeler (Fra) Panorimmo 1.48 26 Helder Miranda (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 1.54 27 Dominique Rault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 1.58 28 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank TT III 3.32 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III 3.33 30 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Ringerike 3.38 31 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 3.51 32 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 3.56 33 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big.Mat-Auber 93 (Bul) Mixed T 3.58 34 Mart Louwers (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 4.01 35 Mikhail Andreyev (Rus) Panorimmo 4.07 36 Yvan Terenin (Rus) Russia 37 Stefan Felder (Swi) Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 4.11 38 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h 4.12 39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank TT III 4.45 40 Maxim Karpatchev (Rus) Russia 5.33 41 Ricardo Silva Felgueiras (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavi 6.04 42 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 7.21 43 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Rabobank TT III 14.51 44 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 14.57 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Ringerike 15.07 46 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 15.09 47 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 15.12 48 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia 15.14 49 Petter Renang (Swe) Bianchi Scandinavia 50 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia 15.17 Points classification 1 Krassimir Vasiliev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 30 pts 2 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank TT III 30 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ 30 4 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 30 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 28 6 Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs 27 7 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h 26 8 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 21 9 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon-Latexco 21 10 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 21 Sprints classification 1 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 14 pts 2 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 13 3 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 6 4 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h 5 5 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) VC Rouen 76 4 6 Stephane Breard (Fra) USSAPB 3 7 Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 3 8 Krassimir Vasiliev (Bul) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 2 9 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 2 10 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie 2 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Cousinie (Fra) France Police 26 pts 2 David Blanco (Spa) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 14 3 Dominique Rault (Fra) Jean Floc'h 8 4 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Tavira 6 7 Mickael Leveau (Fra) VC Rouen 76 5 8 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 5 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota dos Móveis 5 10 Gregorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia 5 Courtesy of velomania.net
