30th Tour Méditerranéen - 2.3

France, February 12-16, 2003

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Stage 3 - February 14: Seillans - La Motte, 60 km

Good night sleep, good legs for Cooke

Baden Cooke
Photo: © Sirotti

It seems for Baden Cooke, listed after stage 2 as having abandoned the race until the race commissaires admitted their error, a good night's sleep was all he needed to find winning form. Cooke suffered from knee pain yesterday, the result of using new pedals, but as the Australian explained after his victory in this morning's stage, "I slept well last night and today I had good legs."

The first stage of a two-race day was a short test of 60km from Seillans to La Motte. The chilly temperatures and early morning start saw many riders bundled up with leg warmers and winter hats. Médéric Clain (Cofidis) went on the attack early, getting clear with Yuriy Krivtsov (Jean Delatour) after 15km before the two were joined later by several other riders, including Quick-Step's Frank Vandenbroucke.

Showing some promise from another fresh start, VDB kept on the attack, this time with another Jean Delatour rider, Stéphane Goubert. The two never managed too great an advantage, but stayed clear of the charging peloton for several kilometers before being reeled in. From that point on the bunch stayed together, with Vandenbroucke's Quick-Step team setting the pace and keeping Paolo Bettini in position for the finish. In a fast, technical descent to the line, FDJeux.com's Carlos da Cruz positioned Cooke at the head of the race, leaving the young Aussie to claim victory ahead of Bettini and Graziano Gasparre (De Nardi-Colpack).

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

The Lotto-Domo and Rabobank teams working hard during stage 3
Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) during stage 3
Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangere) riders during the third stage
Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) wins the uphill sprint for stage 3
Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) moments after crossing the finish line

Results

1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                    1.18.46 (45.705 km/h)
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
3 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
5 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service
8 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
9 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
13 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos
14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
15 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
17 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance
18 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco
19 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
22 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
27 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos
28 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
29 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
30 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
31 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com
32 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
33 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC
34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco
35 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco
36 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
38 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis
39 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
40 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
41 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis
42 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
43 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
46 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
48 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour
51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
52 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
54 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
55 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon
56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour
57 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
58 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
59 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
60 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
61 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole
62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prevoyance
63 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
64 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com
65 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com
66 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
67 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
69 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
70 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
71 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service
72 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
74 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC
75 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
77 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
78 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service
80 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast
81 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour
82 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
83 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
84 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC
85 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
86 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com
87 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC                         1.12
88 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                        1.45
89 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems       2.42
90 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
91 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
92 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
93 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast
94 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC
95 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93
96 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service
97 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
98 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze Elitron
99 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
100 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast
101 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MBK-Oktos
102 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
103 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
104 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
105 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
106 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
107 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK-Oktos
108 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                   5.28
109 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
110 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com
111 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
112 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole
113 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
114 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
115 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
116 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
117 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast
118 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank
119 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack
120 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast
121 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
122 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze Elitron
123 Francensco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elit
124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
125 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
126 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
127 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron     6.07
128 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
129 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo
130 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
131 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
132 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo
133 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo
134 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
135 Jay Sweet (Aus) MBK-Oktos
136 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
DNF Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                     6.35.18
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon            0.01
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                  0.07
4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance              0.11
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco
8 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere       1.25
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 1.29
10 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco                           1.31
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                   1.35
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
14 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
15 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com
16 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
17 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
19 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
21 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
23 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
24 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
25 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
26 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
27 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
28 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC
29 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
31 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
32 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
33 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
34 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
35 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Credit Agricole
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r Prevoyance
37 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
39 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour                 1.54
40 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack              2.04
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon       2.56
42 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems        4.17
43 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo              6.18
44 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack          20.25
45 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                    20.27
46 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
47 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour
49 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
50 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos
51 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
52 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
53 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
54 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
55 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
56 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour
57 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
58 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93
59 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
60 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC
61 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
62 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
63 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
64 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
65 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service
66 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
68 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
69 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com
70 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
72 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team CSC
73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com
74 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                          23.09
75 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
76 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
77 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis
78 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
79 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) MBK-Oktos
80 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                      24.15
81 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service          24.21
82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
83 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos
84 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
85 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance
86 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
87 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
88 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com
89 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service
90 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis
91 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo
92 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos
93 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance            24.31
94 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC                        25.33
95 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere      25.55
96 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze Elitron
97 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
98 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis                     26.34
99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
100 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems     27.03
101 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast
102 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze Elitron
103 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour
105 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service
106 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MBK-Oktos
107 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco                          27.37
108 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                      29.22
109 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                    29.49
110 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance
111 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
112 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com
113 Francensco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
114 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
115 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole
116 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
117 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93            30.19
118 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC
119 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
120 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo            30.28
121 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
122 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
123 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  33.05
124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack
125 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
126 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                  33.44
127 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast                 34.47
128 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast       34.50
129 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93
130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                   37.36
131 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast
132 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
133 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                38.15
134 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
135 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
136 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo
137 Jay Sweet (Aus) MBK-Oktos
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems          29 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                     24
3 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                10
4 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis                            7
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                        5
6 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service                   5
7 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                      4
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere             3
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere          3
10 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                  3
11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron         3
12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems          2
13 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                    1
14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC                       1
15 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems            1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere    6.35.29
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 1.18
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere          1.24
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
8 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
11 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Jean Delatour                 1.43
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack              1.53
13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick Step-Davitamon       2.45
14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo              6.07
15 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis                    20.16
16 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze Elitron
17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour
18 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                24.10
21 Eddy Lembo (Fra) MBK-Oktos
22 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere      25.44
23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour           26.52
24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                       29.11
25 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                     29.38
26 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast        34.39
27 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo                    38.04