33rd Etoile des Bessèges - 2.3

France, February 5-9, 2003

2002 Results Stage List Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - February 5: Saint-Cannat - Sainte-Tulie, 153.5 km
Stage 2 - February 6: Marseilles - Marseilles, 154 km
Stage 3 - February 7: Nimes - Les Fumades, 160 km
Stage 4 - February 8: Alès - La Grand'Combe, 150.5 km
Stage 5 - February 9: Brannoux-les-Taillades, 148 km

Preview

The 33rd edition of the Etoile de Bessèges (UCI 2.3) starts on February 5 in Saint-Cannat. The race will feature the same teams that contested the GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, including Landbouwkrediet's Ludo Dierckxsens, who won the first race of the French season. The five stage event will conclude on Sunday in Brannoux-les-Taillades.

Start list

Lotto-Domo                            Alessio

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus)                 11 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
2 Niko Eeckhout (Bel)                 12 Andrea Brognara (Ita)
3 Nick Gates (Aus)                    13 Stefano Casagranda (Ita)
4 Serge Baguet (Bel)                  14 Enrico Cassani (Ita)
5 Kevin Van Impe (Bel)                15 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
8 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)             18 Angelo Furlan (Ita)
7 Vim Van Sevenant (Bel)              17 Cristian Moreni (Ita)
8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned)               18 Alberto Vinale (Ita)

Team fakta                            Credit Agricole

21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)            31 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)
22 Allan Johansen (Den)               32 Cédric Fragniere (Swi)
23 Frank Høj (Den)                    33 Cédric Herve (Fra)
24 Magnus Bäckstedt (Swe)             34 Lilian Jegou (Fra)
25 Scott Sunderland (Aus)             35 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
28 Michael Skelde (Den)               36 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
27 Martin Rittsel (Swe)               37 Jens Voigt (Ger)
28 Verner Riebenbauer Team fakta

Jean Delatour                         Ag2R

41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra)              51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
42 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)           52 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
43 Frédéric Finot (Fra)               53 Lauri Aus (Est)
44 David Lefevre (Fra)                54 Stéphane Berges (Fra)
45 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)           55 Olivier Trastour (Fra)
48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)              56 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra)
47 Jérôme Bernard (Fra)               57 Julien Laidoun (Fra)
48 Mickael Buffaz (Fra)               58 Erki Putsep (Est)

BigMat-Auber                          Cofidis

61 Guillaume Auger (Fra)              71 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
62 Ludovic Auger (Fra)                72 Tom Flammang (Lux)
63 Niels Brouzes (Fra)                73 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
64 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra)             74 Nico Mattan (Bel)
65 Nicolas Meunier (Fra)              75 Chris Peers (Bel)
66 Alexei Sivakov (Rus)               78 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
67 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra)         77 Robert Sassone (Fra)
68 Plamen Stoianov (Bul)              78 Janek Tombak (Est)

Vlaanderen T-Interim                  Fdjeux.com

81 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel)            91 Jimmy Casper (Fra)
82 Steven Kleynen (Bel)               92 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
83 Jef Peeters (Bel)                  93 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)
84 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel)           94 Régis Lhuiller (Fra)
85 Nico Sijmens (Bel)                 95 Philippe Gilbert (Fra)
86 Jurgen Vandevalle (Bel)            98 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra)
87 Vim Vanhuffel (Bel)                97 Mickael Pichon (Fra)
88 Frederik Villems Bel)              98 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)

Brioches La Boulangère                Marlux - Wincor Nixdorf

101 Walter Bénéteau (Fra)             111 Andy Capelle (Bel)
102 Franck Bouyer (Fra)               112 Johan Coenen (Bel)
103 Anthony Charteau (Fra)            113 Johan Dekkers (Bel)
104 Maryan Hary (Fra)                 114 Dimitri Konishev (Rus)
105 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)               115 Christian Poos (Lux)
108 Franck Renier (Fra)               118 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)
107 Didier Rous (Fra)                 117 Christophe Stevens (Bel)
108 Fabrice Salanson (Fra)            118 Geert Verheyen (Bel)

Collstrop-Palmans                     Landbouwkrediet-Colnago

121 Andy De Smet (Bel)                131 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita)
122 Fabin De Vaele (Bel)              132 Mihkail Timochine (Rus)
123 Steve De Volf (Bel)               133 Marc Streel (Bel)
124 Roger Hammond (GBr)               134 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
125 Björn Leukemans (Bel)             135 Ludovic Capelle (Bel)
128 Geert Omloop (Bel)                138 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
127 Bert Roesems (Bel)                137 Bert De Waele (Bel)
128 Frederik Penne (Bel)              138 Tom Steels (Bel)

MBK-Oktos                             Flanders-IteamNova

141 Eddy Lembo (Fra)                  151 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned)
142 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra)            152 Youri Deliens (Bel)
143 Philippe Koelher MBK-Oktos        153 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)
144 Christophe Rinero (Fra)           154 Stal Scheirlinckx (Bel)
145 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)             155 Geoffrey Gremelpont (Bel)
148 Jay Sweet (Aus)                   158 Jerome Lepron (Fra)
147 Vincent Templier (Fra)            157 Dominique Perras (Can)
148 Franck Pencole (Fra)              158 Gordon McCauley (NZl)

Past winners

2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco
2001 Nico Eeckhout (Bel)
2000 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
1999 Daniel Lefevre (Fra)
1998 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
1997 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
1996 Jan Svorada (Cze)
1995 Sergej Outschakov (Ukr)
1994 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned)
1993 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)
1992 Beat Zberg (Swi)
1991 Jan Wijnands (Ned)
1990 Frans Maassen (Ned)
1989 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)
1988 Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1987 Ronan Pensec (Fra)
1986 Niki Ruttimann (Swi)
1985 Guy Nulens (Bel)
1984 Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
1983 Bert Oosterbosch (Ned)
1982 Cees Priem (Ned)
1981 Jan Raas (Ned)
1980 Franky De Gent (Bel)
1979 Jacques Michaud (Fra)
1978 Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
1977 Willy Planckaert (Bel)
1976 Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra)
1975 Patrick Beon (Fra)
1974 Jacques Esclassan (Fra)
1973 Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra)
1972 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra)
1971 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra)

 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com