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22nd Tour de Normandie - 2.5

France, March 25-31, 2002

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Stage 4 - March 29: Flers - Cherbourg-Octeville, 191 km

God didn't bless the Polish winner!

By Jean-Francois Quenet in Cherbourg-Octeville
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Arkadius Wojtas
Photo ©: Jean-Francois Quenet
 

Poland's Arkadius Wojtas was maybe too young when Gianluca Bortolami missed the yellow jersey in the 1994 Tour de France at the end of the stage from Cherbourg to Rennes coming back from England. The Italian world cup winner that year took time to celebrate his victory which allowed Sean Yates to take the leadership.

Wojtas, 24, a member of the Nürnberger German team for the second year after his debut as a pro with MROZ in 1998, took part in a breakaway that lasted for 180 kilometres and made the final move on the climb preceding the finish line.

He was so happy that he thanked God with the usual cross sign and lost more than one second doing it. The race officials had to calculate the new gaps between the best riders on GC. After half an hour, they were able to designate Jĝrgen Bo Petersen as the yellow jersey, still. The fakta rider can thank his team-mates and Wojtas' old partners from the MROZ squad for the long chase as the leaders advantage had gone up to 11 minutes.

"I'm not disappointed missing the yellow jersey," Wojtas commented. "I'm so happy to win a stage. I think I wouldn't have been able to defend the lead anyway."

It will be an interesting battle during the last two stages as five riders are now ranked within the same five seconds!

Results

1 Arkadius Wojtas (Pol) Nurnberger                       4.21.51
2 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom            0.06
3 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h
4 Credic Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
5 Helder Lopes (Por) Porta da Ravessa                       0.10
6 Vincent Greneche (Fra) Panorimmo-23                       0.26
7 Damien Pommereau (Fra) VC Rouen 76                        0.38
8 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei Quick-Step                   2.43
9 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger
10 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bonjour
11 Mitje Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
12 Andrey Pchtelkine (Fra) Moscou CS
13 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie
14 Domingo Segado (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
15 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta
16 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta
17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93             2.46
18 Walter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
19 Yanto Barker (GBr) VC Roubaix
20 Michel Klinger (Swi) Team Jura Suissa
21 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa-VVZ
22 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz
23 Pedro Martins (Por) Porta da Ravessa
24 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
25 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix
26 Camille Bouquet (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
27 Oliver Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
28 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h
29 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin)
30 Jure Golser (Ger) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom)
31 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux
32 Florian Ludi (Fra) Team Jura Suisse
33 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour
34 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom
35 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
36 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
37 Niels Brouzes (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
38 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin
39 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h
40 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
41 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone                           2.54
42 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone
43 David Breard (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
44 Aidan Duff (Ire) Panorimmo-23
45 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom
46 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
47 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux                                3.00
48 Frederic Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h                     3.05
49 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia
50 Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76
51 Dany Caprais (Fra) VC Rouen 76
52 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
53 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep
54 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Legia
55 Serguey Polukhin (Rus) Moscou CS
56 Helder Miranda (Por) Porta da Ravessa
57 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin
58 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
59 Francisco Perez (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
60 Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76                      3.09
61 Aleksander Klimienko (Kaz) Mroz
62 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Marlux
63 Kjetil Loitegaard (Nor) Team Krone
64 Alexandre Kozlov (Blr) VC Roubaix
65 David Chassot (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
66 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Nürnberger
67 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie                               3.17
68 Philippe Gascon (Fra) Panorimmo-23                       3.20
69 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone                           3.23
70 Giuseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Team Jura Suisse                  3.27
71 Tony Mace (Fra) Normandie                                3.29
72 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Team fakta                          3.40
73 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz
74 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta
75 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h
76 Francisco Perez (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
77 Stephane Ravaleu (Fra) VC Rouen 76                       3.46
78 Fabien Merciris (Fra) Normandie
79 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Team fakta                          4.15
80 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone                          4.33
81 Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko-Velamos
82 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs              4.36
83 Vladimir Sidorenkov (Rus) Moscou CS                      4.41
84 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Panorimmo-23
85 Jan Faltynek (Cze) Joko-Velamos                          4.44
86 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia
87 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76
88 Marcel Luppes (Ned) Axa-VVZ                              5.03
89 Frederic Lubach (Fra) VC Roubaix
90 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Nurnberger
91 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
92 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
93 Stephane Petilleau (Fra) VC Roubaix
94 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux
95 Tomas Hanauer (Cze) Joko-Velamos
96 Pavel Zugaj (Pol) Mroz
97 Bogdan Bondriew (Ukr) Mroz
98 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nurnberger
99 Wojtech Muchka (Cze) Joko-Velamos
100 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz
101 Jerome Riglet (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93                 5.15
102 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VVZ                                5.35
103 Thomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko-Velamos
104 Jacques Chapatte (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
105 Cyril Bos (Fra) Normandie                               5.40
106 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Oktis-ST-Quentin                    5.47
107 Cedric Jourdan (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
108 David Lelay (Fra) Jean Floc'h                           9.13
109 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) Moscou CS
110 Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
111 Mariusz Kaminski (Pol) Legia
112 Jose Sousa (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
113 Alexei Garanine (Rus) Moscou CS
114 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) Axa-VVZ                         11.08
115 Nicolas L'hote (Fra) VC Roubaix                        11.14
DNF Gaetan Marques (Fra) Marlux
DNF Mathieu Lamothe (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
DNF Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Legia
DNF Denis Flahaut (Fra) Panorimmo-23
DNF Alexandre Sergueev (Rus) Moscou CS

General classification after stage 4

1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                   17.02.13
2 Arkadius Wojtas (Pol) Nurnberger                          0.01
3 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bonjour                               0.02
4 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
5 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h                     0.05
6 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom         0.19
7 Helder Lopes (Por) Porta da Ravessa                       0.35
8 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz                           0.51
9 Niels Brouzes (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93                   1.12
10 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                       1.15
11 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie                            1.22
12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs           1.24
13 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone                             1.25
14 Andrey Pchtelkine (Fra) Moscou CS                        1.29
15 Oliver Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                          1.32
16 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Jura Suisse                  1.42
17 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                        1.44
18 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h                         1.45
19 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta                       1.46
20 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs         1.47

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