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36th Tour du Limousin - 2.3
France, August 19-22, 2003
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Stage 2 - August 20: Saint-Junien - Guéret, 189 km
Vasseur wins stage 2 after long break
Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) has taken the second stage of the Tour du Limousin, raced between Saint-Junien and Guéret over 189 km. Vasseur dropped his two breakaway companions Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) and Christophe Mengin (FDJeux.com) on the final climb to solo to victory, with O'Grady claiming second in front of Mengin. Race leader Didier Rous (La Boulangere) finished 13th, 5'29 behind Vasseur, but comfortably held onto the lead.
The longest stage of the Tour du Limousin saw an attack by 10 riders after 15 kilometres, and with none of them posing a big threat on GC they were able to gain five minutes advantage. In addition to Vasseur, O'Grady and Mengin, the break contained Mikel Artetxe (Euskaltel), Samuel Plouhinec (French National Team), Régis Lhuiller (fdjeux.com), Angelo Lopeboselli (Cofidis) and Christopher Jenner (Credit Agricole).
The break had started to split by the first passage of the finish line in Guéret, and on the first category climb of the Col du Maupuy, Vasseur attacked and left the others for good. O'Grady and Mengin mounted a chase, but were only able to come within 49 seconds of the winner Vasseur at the finish.
Tomorrow's third stage takes the riders over four laps of a circuit around Aubusson.
Results
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 4.47.56 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.49 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) fdjeux.com 4 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team 6 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) fdjeux.com 2.15 7 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 2.56 8 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.57 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.26 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.29 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank (TT III) 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 16 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 17 Mickael Pichon (Fra) fdjeux.com 18 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos 19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 21 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 25 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) fdjeux.com 27 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 29 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 30 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 32 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 33 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK - Oktos 34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 35 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 36 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 5.40 38 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 39 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 6.08 40 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 6.21 41 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.43 42 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 43 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) fdjeux.com 44 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 45 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 49 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 51 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 53 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 55 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 57 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 58 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.51 59 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 60 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 6.54 61 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos 6.56 62 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Jacobus Odendaal (RSA) Team Barloworld 64 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.58 65 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com 67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Palmen Stoyanov (Bul) Bigmat.Auber 93 70 Sébastien Duret (Fra) French National Team 71 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.com 7.02 72 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld 6.58 73 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.52 74 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 8.01 75 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 9.51 76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 77 Inigo Chaurreau Bernar (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.05 78 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank (TT III) 10.11 80 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.22 81 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld 10.24 82 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 10.29 83 Julen Fernandez Bijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 11.14 85 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.43 88 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13.50 89 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13.52 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 91 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15.51 92 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour DNF Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Manu l'Hoir (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf Generalclassificationafterstage2 1 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8.38.59 2 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 0.43 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.45 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.30 5 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Mickael Pichon (Fra) fdjeux.com 1.35 8 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 2.14 9 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.39 10 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.44 11 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.49 12 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.57 13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.25 14 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK - Oktos 3.36 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank (TT III) 3.37 17 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK - Oktos 18 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) fdjeux.com 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) fdjeux.com 4.48 23 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.51 24 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 4.59 25 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 6.17 26 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.13 27 Inigo Chaurreau Bernar (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.24 28 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 8.38 29 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 8.57 30 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 9.19 31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 12.14 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 13.07 33 Christophe Mengin (Fra) fdjeux.com 13.09 34 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team 13.13 35 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com 13.31 37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 14.05 38 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) fdjeux.com 14.39 39 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 15.20 40 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.21 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.50 42 David Breard (Fra) French National Team 17.53 43 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 44 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Camille Bouquet (Fra) French National Team 46 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 47 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) French National Team 50 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 18.04 51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 52 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.07 53 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 54 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Team Barloworld 55 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 56 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 57 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 58 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 59 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 62 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Gilles Canouet (Fra) French National Team 19.15 64 Jacobus Odendaal (RSA) Team Barloworld 19.20 65 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK - Oktos 67 Sébastien Duret (Fra) French National Team 19.22 68 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Team Barloworld 69 Maxime Mederel (Fra) French National Team 70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank (TT III) 71 Palmen Stoyanov (Bul) Bigmat.Auber 93 72 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com 75 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) fdjeux.com 19.26 76 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.16 77 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 22.15 78 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank (TT III) 22.35 79 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 80 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 22.46 81 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Barloworld 22.48 82 Julen Fernandez Bijandi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.53 83 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor 84 Vincent Templier (Fra) MBK - Oktos 23.38 85 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 25.07 88 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.14 89 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.16 90 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 91 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28.15 92 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Mountains classification 1 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com Sprints classification 1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) French National Team 3 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com Best young rider classification 1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank Teams classification 1 Cofidis 2 Fdjeux.Com 3 Jean Delatour
