22nd Tour de Normandie - 2.5

France, March 25-31, 2002

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Stage 5 - March 30: Cherbourg-Octeville - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, 201 km

Frenchman Pineau takes over in Normandy

By Jean-Francois Quenet in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne

Pozzato again
Photo ©: Jean-Francois Quenet

The Tour of Normandy has a new leader with one day to go: French neo-pro Jérôme Pineau of Bonjour. He was clever taking the first bonus sprint, which allowed him to overtake Fakta's Jorgen Bo Petersen on the virtual GC. Then he had his team-mate Anthony Geslin away together with Laurent Paumier of St-Quentin and Frédéric Delalande from Jean Floc'h at the time of the second bonus sprint.

In the finale, there was no danger for him as Filippo Pozzato showed up like a "fuoriclasse": in the hill located eight kilometers before the finish, he attacked, dropped off his wheel his former team-mate Philippe Koehler now racing for St-Quentin, and overtook the riders already away, Alejsander Klimienko of MROZ, Cédric Coutouly from Credit Agricole and Porta da Ravessa's Francisco Perez.

"I surprised everyone because they still think I'm a sprinter but I'm not!" Pozzato declared.

With seven victories this year, he is near the top of the world's wins tally. Not bad for a 20 and half years old rider!

The new leader of the Tour of Normandy is also a young one: Jérôme Pineau, 23, was the best U23 in France last year. "I've not won yet but I'm in the best position", he said. There are 146 kilometers left and some tensions are expected in the bunch...

Photography

Photo's courtesy of Jean-Francois Quenet

Filippo Pozzato (Mapei) - smiles on the podium with his flowers after winning stage 5
Filippo Pozzato - congratulated by a teammate after winning yet another
Filippo Pozzato - not surprisingly in the green jersey
Jerome Pineau (Bonjour) - took over the leader's jersey after stage 5

Results

1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs     4.58.22
2 Dominique Pere (Fra) Panorimmo-23
3 Mark Vlijm (Ned) Axa-VVZ
4 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie
5 Marc Vanacker (Lux) Marlux
6 Tony Mace (Fra) Normandie
7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bonjour
8 Yanto Barker (GBr) VC Roubaix
9 Pedro Martins (Por) Porta da Ravessa
10 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom
11 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone
12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
13 Bogdan Bondriew (Ukr) Mroz
14 David Breard (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
15 Giuseppe Ribolzi (Ita) Team Jura Suisse
16 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
17 Oliver Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
18 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei Quick-Step
19 Kasper Sowinski (Pol) Legia
20 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin
21 David Chassot (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
22 Marcel Luppes (Ned) Axa-VVZ
23 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
24 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nürnberger
25 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
26 Jacek Walczak (Pol) Legia
27 Serguey Polukhin (Rus) Moscou CS
28 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bonjour
29 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta
30 Mitje Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
31 Ludovic Lanceleur (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
32 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux
33 Andrey Pchtelkine (Fra) Moscou CS
34 Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie
35 Domingo Segado (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
36 Helder Lopes (Por) Porta da Ravessa
37 Rene Jorgensen (Den) Team fakta
38 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h
39 Camille Bouquet (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
40 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta
41 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
42 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa-VVZ
43 Thomas Buchacek (Cze) Joko-Velamos
44 Arkadius Wojtas (Pol) Nurnberger
45 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h
46 Nicolas Andre (Fra) Panorimmo-23
47 Mariusz Kaminski (Pol) Legia
48 Nicolas Meret (Fra) VC Rouen 76
49 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone
50 Jerome Riglet (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
51 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
52 Frederic Lecrosnier (Fra) Jean Floc'h
53 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Mapei Quick-Step
54 Jose Sousa (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
55 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix
56 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Nürnberger
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
58 Wojtech Muchka (Cze) Joko-Velamos
59 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone
60 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux
61 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom
62 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep
63 Aidan Duff (Ire) Panorimmo-23
64 Helder Miranda (Por) Porta da Ravessa
65 Alexandre Kozlov (Blr) VC Roubaix
66 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour
67 Florian Ludi (Fra) Team Jura Suisse
68 Vladimir Sidorenkov (Rus) Moscou CS
69 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Mroz
70 Damien Pommereau (Fra) VC Rouen 76
71 Jan Faltynek (Cze) Joko-Velamos
72 Frederic Lubach (Fra) VC Roubaix
73 Jure Golser (Ger) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom)
74 Dany Caprais (Fra) VC Rouen 76
75 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Team fakta
76 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin)
77 Michel Klinger (Swi) Team Jura Suissa
78 Sebastian Skiba (Pol) Legia
79 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz
80 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone
81 Frederic Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h
82 Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Mroz
83 Kjetil Loitegaard (Nor) Team Krone
84 Walter Bonca (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
85 Radek Blahut (Cze) Joko-Velamos
86 Stephane Petilleau (Fra) VC Roubaix
87 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta
88 Aleksander Klimienko (Kaz) Mroz
89 Stephane Ravaleu (Fra) VC Rouen 76
90 Marc Chanoine (Bel) Marlux
91 Jacques Chapatte (Swi) Team Jura Suisse
92 Jean-Philippe Yon (Fra) VC Rouen 76                   0.43
93 Credic Coutouly (Fra) Credit Agricole Espoirs
94 Francisco Perez (Spa) Porta da Ravessa
95 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin               0.48
96 Tomas Hanauer (Cze) Joko-Velamos                      1.13
97 Pavel Zugaj (Pol) Mroz                                1.16
98 Alexei Garanine (Rus) Moscou CS                       1.29
99 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Nurnberger                          2.20
100 Vincent Greneche (Fra) Panorimmo-23                  2.40
101 Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h
102 Nicolas L'hote (Fra) VC Roubaix
103 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) VC Rouen 76
104 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) Axa-VVZ                       3.04
105 Cyril Bos (Fra) Normandie                            3.20
106 Fabien Merciris (Fra) Normandie
107 Armin Kroniger (Ger) Nurnberger
108 Cedric Jourdan (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
DNF Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Oktis-ST-Quentin
DNF Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
DNF Marek Blazej (Pol) Legia
DNF David Lelay (Fra) Jean Floc'h
DNF Philippe Gascon (Fra) Panorimmo-23
DNF Niels Brouzes (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
DNF Serguei Koudentsov (Rus) Moscou CS

General classification after stage 5

1 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bonjour                        22.00.43
2 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                    0.01
3 Branko Filip (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj-KRKA Telekom
4 Arkadius Wojtas (Pol) Nurnberger                       0.02
5 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Jean Floc'h                  0.06
6 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj-Krka Telekom      0.20
7 Helder Lopes (Por) Porta da Ravessa                    0.36
8 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Mroz                        0.52
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs         1.06
10 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour                    1.16
11 Benoit Legrix (Fra) Normandie                         1.23
12 Rune Jogert (Nor) Team Krone                          1.26
13 Oliver Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                       1.33
14 Andrey Pchtelkine (Fra) Moscou CS                     1.40
15 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) Team Jura Suisse               1.43
16 Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                     1.45
17 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) Jean Floc'h                      1.46
18 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta                    1.47
19 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour                        1.54
20 Frederic Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h

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