54th GP Isbergues - 1.2

France, September 17, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

Results

1. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites         4.42.56 (44.321 km/h)

2. Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis

3. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
4. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r
5. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal            0.02
6. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco               0.38
7. Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) Festina
8. Lars Michaelsen (Dan) Francaise des Jeux
9. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
10. Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
11. Sergey Yacovlev (Kaz) Besson-Chasseures
12. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
13. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
14. Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites                 1.07
15. Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Charleroi
16. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             
17. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis             
18. Saulius Ruskis (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos             
19. Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour             
20. François Simon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             
21. Masahiro Mifune (Jap) Tönissteiner             
22. Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Tönissteiner             
23. Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Mixte             
24. Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal             
25. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93             
26. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans             
27. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis             
28. Mindaugas Goncaras (Ltu) St-Quentin-Oktos             
29. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina             
30. Didier Deceuninck (Bel) Mixte             
31. Jacob Gram Nielsen (Den) Team Fakta             
32. Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures             
33. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93             
34. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop             
35. Peter Vries (Bel) Farm Frites             
36. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole             
37. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal             
38. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour             
39. Danny Jonasson (Den) Team Fakta             
40. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole             
41. Tim Meeusen (Bel) Tönissteiner             
42. Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop             
43. Christopher Jenner (NZl) Crédit Agricole             
44. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites             
45. Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             
46. Andy Capelle (Bel) Collstrop             
47. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour             
48. Julien Thollet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             
49. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux             
50. Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole             
51. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             
52. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) St-Quentin-Oktos             
53. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93             
54. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93             
55. Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop             
56. Marc Chanoine (Bel) Tönissteiner             
57. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole             
58. Kurt Van De Wouver (Bel) Lotto-Adecco         1.11
59. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures             
60. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis             
61. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Bel) Team Fakta             
62. Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures             
63. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel             
64. Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville de Charleroi             
65. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis             
66. Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina             
67. Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel             
68. Florent Brard (Fra) Festina             
69. Anthony Testa (Fra) St-Quentin-Oktos             
70. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco             
71. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2r Prévoyance             
72. Steven De Neef (Bel) Mixte                    1.16
73. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel             
74. Claus Holm (Dan) Team Fakta                   1.26
75. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        1.46
76. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi             
77. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance          2.01
78. Loïc Herbreteau (Fra) Besson Chaussures       4.44
79. Levi Leipheimer (USA) US Postal               4.59

Overall Coupe de France standings:

1. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour           153 pts
2. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r-Prrevoyance          122
3. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole              113
4. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour          111
5. Damien Nazon (Fra)  Bonjour-Toupargel          80

Preview

This race is sometimes called the "mini Tour of Flanders" so maybe it suites Belgians like Andrej Tchmil (Lotto) or Peter van Petegem (Farm Frites), the last two winner in the real thing. Two earlier winners will take the start: Title defender Lauri Aus and Swedish Magnus Bäckstedt who won in 1997 at age 22. Farm Frites has a strong team where van Petegem is accompanied by Russian Champion Ivanov and German Andreas Klier. Other strong outfits: Cofidis with Farazijn and Mattan, Palmans with Bruylandts and van Dyck, US postal with Hincapie , Vasseur and Andreu.

The parcours offer sixteen climbs, the final difficulty is the d'Estrée Blanche as far as 39 kilometres from the finish in Isbergues.

Teams:

Ag2R (Aus, Agnolutto, Barthe)

Besson Chaussures (Yacovlev, Beluosov, Clain, Leveau)

Big Mat-Auber (Auger, Auger, Da Cruz, Sivakov, Sweet)

Bonjour (Nazon, Robin, Simon, Geslin)

Cofidis (Desbiens, Farazijn, Mattan, Planckaert, Silovs)

Credit Agricole (Bäckstedt, Gougot, Hinault, Voigt)
Festina (Lino, Madouas, Augé, Klinger)
Jean Delatour (Teyssier, Trastour, Plouhinec, Lembo, Olivier)
La Francaise Des Jeux (Guesdon, Mengin, Nazon, Tessier, Bodo)
St-Quentin (Balciunas, Ruskis, Desjardins, Testa)
US Postal (Andreu, Vasseur, Hincapie, Jonker)
Lotto (Aerts, Tchmil, Verbrugghe, d'Hollander)
Palmans (De Clercq H, Eeckhout, Van Dyck, Bruylandts)
Collstrop (De Clercq E, Hammond, Pankov)
Ville De Charleroi (Capelle, Pillon, Barbier, Cali)
Tönissteiner (Vanhaecke, Roesems, Chanoine, Meeusen)
Flanders Mixte (Assez, De Neef, Lenaers, Selin, Salermo)
Farm Frites (Ivanov, Klier, Van Petegem, De Jong)
Team Fakta (Meinert, Sørensen, Kristensen)

         

Past Winners

1947	Eugéne Dupuis (Fra)
1948	Eugene Dupuis (Fra)
1949	Paul Detrue (Fra)
1950	José Beyaert (Fra)
1951	Henri Duhamel (Fra)
1952	Cesare Marcelak (Fra)
1953	Paul Taeldeman (Bel)
1954	Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1955	Alfred Kain (Aut)
1956	Seamus Elliott (Ire)
1957	Willy Truye (Bel)
1958	Maurice Meuleman (Bel)
1959	Jaen-Claude Annaert (Fra)
1960	Joseph Schils (Bel)
1961	Johannes De Haan (Ned)
1962	Laurent Christians (Bel)
1963	Clement Roman (Bel)
1964	Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel)
1965	Willy Bocklant (Bel)
1966	Jean Stablinski (Fra)
1967	Paul In 't' Ven (Bel)
1968	Willy In 't' Ven (Bel)
1969	Jan Janssen (Ned)
1970	Jean Jourdan (Fra)
1971	Daniel Van Rijckeghem (Bel)
1972	Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1973	Roger Rosiers (Bel)
1974	Bernard Bourreau (Fra)
1975	Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1976	Yvon Bertin (Fra)
1977	Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1978	Daniel Gisiger (Swi)
1979	Serge Perin (Fra)
1980	Etienne De Wilde (Bel)
1981	André Chalmel (Fra)1982	Sven-Ake Nilsson (Swe)
1983	Sean Kelly (Ire)
1984	Kim Andersen (Den)
1985	Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1986	Teun Van Vliet (Ned)
1987	Alain Peiper (Aus)
1988	Jan Goessens (Bel)
1989	Sammie Moreels (Bel)
1990	Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)
1991	Jacky Durand (Fra)
1992	Phil Anderson (Aus)
1993	Jann Kirsipuu (Est)
1994	Wilfried Nelissen (Bel)
1995	Frank Corvers (Bel)
1996	Mario Aerts (Bel)
1997	Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe)
1988	Stéphane Cueff (Fra)
1999	Lauri Aus (Est)

Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin