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35th Etoile de Bessèges - 2.1

France, February 2-6, 2005

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Stage 4 - February 5: Casino Les Fumades - Casino Les Fumades, 152.3 km

Second stage for Steels

Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto)
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Belgian champion Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) has won his second stage of this year's Etoile de Bessèges, beating Saulius Ruskys (Agritubel) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Crédit Agricole) to the line in a bunch sprint finale to the 152km circuit stage in Allègre-les-Fumades. Freddy Bichot (La Française des Jeux) retained the leader jersey after strong support from his team.

Once again the day started with a flurry of attacks, but Bichot's team-mates shut them down and the only escape that looked remotely serious formed at the halfway mark. Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto), Matthé Pronk (MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech), Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis), Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Jussi Veikkanen (La Française des Jeux) enjoyed a spell in the limelight as they managed to build a gap on the peloton, but as the finish approached the sprinters' teams began to set up for a finale and the escape was caught with 11km to go.

Davitamon-Lotto and Crédit Agricole moved to the front in the last few kilometres to get their sprinters Tom Steels and Jaan Kirsipuu in position. Kirsipuu went a shade too early and his hopes of grabbing his first win of the year were dashed as Steels and Saulius Ruskys overhauled him on the line.

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Results

1 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                   3.35.59
2 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                            
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                       
4 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           
5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                                
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                          
7 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                        
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                 
9 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech           
10 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech           
11 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Française des Jeux                 
12 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                      
13 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                              
14 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            
15 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h              
16 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech             
17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech             
18 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux            
19 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis                             
20 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                
21 Björn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders                         
22 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        
23 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                           
24 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance                       
25 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 
26 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                               
27 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                            
28 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                              
29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
31 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                  
32 Guillaume Auger (Fra) RAGT Semences                      
33 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Française des Jeux             
34 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team Miche                           
35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  
36 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                              
37 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            
38 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Team Miche                        
39 Kevin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                           
40 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi-Revor                 
41 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                           
42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences                        
43 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech          
44 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       
45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                     
46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       
47 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom               
48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis                             
49 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                     
50 Claude Pauwels (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                       
51 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                            
52 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              
53 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93                            
54 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    
56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                         
57 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                    
58 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                     
59 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Team Miche                           
60 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
61 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech            
62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                      
63 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  
64 Ludovic Auger (Fra) La Française des Jeux                
65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                     
66 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                              
67 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93                              
68 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders                         
69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Française des Jeux            
70 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
71 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR                       
72 Glen D'Hollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           
73 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                            
74 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis                           
75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  
76 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h              
77 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
78 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Team Miche                          
79 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            
80 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                           
81 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                           
83 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93                            
84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences                    
85 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
86 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences                       
87 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
88 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
89 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
90 Christian Muller (Ger) Team CSC                          
91 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team LPR                              
92 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team LPR                           
93 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          
94 Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR                          
95 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR                             
96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         
97 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis                        
98 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) La Française des Jeux              
99 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel                             
100 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux            
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  
102 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                  
103 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h           
104 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                             
105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences                       
106 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 
107 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                 
108 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                   
109 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders                              
110 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                           
111 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Team Miche                      
112 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Team Miche                          
113 Armando Rupa (Ita) Team Miche                           
114 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               
115 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi-Revor                    
116 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech           
117 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech           
118 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                   
119 Steven Thys (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                         
120 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                  
121 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                         
122 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                       
123 Alexandre Girout (Fra) Agritubel                    1.04
124 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                        
125 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR                     1.34
126 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto              1.55
DNF Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 
DNF Olivier Kaisen (Bel) RAGT Semences                      
DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93                         
DNF Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders                      
DNF Kenneth Mercken (Bel) Flanders                          
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux         14.35.59
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          0.08
3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                           1.39
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                             4.18
5 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech       5.15
6 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis                          5.17
7 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                         5.19
8 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech             
9 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech             
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                5.20
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                       5.22
12 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        5.23
13 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                              
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                     
16 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       
17 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  
18 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                  
19 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
20 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Team Miche                       5.40
21 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Française des Jeux             6.22
22 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance                   6.23
23 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 6.24
24 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93                          6.25
25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) RAGT Semences                        
26 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                    
27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux            
28 Christophe Rinero (Fra) RAGT Semences                    
29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                     
30 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
31 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR                             
32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                    
34 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
35 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                           
36 Yann Pivois (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                   
37 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                    
38 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto               8.20
39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                 8.50
40 Guillaume Auger (Fra) RAGT Semences                  9.39
41 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech          
42 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team Miche                       9.52
43 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis                           
44 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
45 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim    12.46
46 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago     13.06
47 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team LPR                              
48 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h              
49 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi-Revor                     
50 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences                   15.19
51 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                       15.57
52 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders                               
53 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech      16.16
54 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis                             
55 Glen D'Hollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           
56 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Française des Jeux        18.57
57 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                         19.09
58 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim     19.24
59 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
60 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) La Française des Jeux         19.41
61 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech        19.42
62 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                               
63 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              
64 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         
65 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Team Miche                          
66 Antonio D'Aniello (Ita) Team Miche                  20.04
67 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance               21.42
68 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                           
69 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                    22.49
70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole             23.09
71 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago        
72 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                         
73 Claude Pauwels (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                       
74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                            
75 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                          
76 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 23.27
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                 25.09
78 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR                       
79 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h       25.12
80 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team LPR                      25.55
81 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis                   27.21
82 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom          27.46
83 Armando Rupa (Ita) Team Miche                            
84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Française des Jeux       28.55
85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux        28.56
86 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance            29.05
87 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                       29.17
88 Ludovic Auger (Fra) La Française des Jeux           29.22
89 Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR                          
90 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                  
91 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech            
92 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim    29.25
93 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h         29.34
94 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           29.40
95 Christian Muller (Ger) Team CSC                     29.46
96 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93                            
97 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom             32.03
98 Marc Staelen (Fra) Agritubel                             
99 Alexandre Girout (Fra) Agritubel                    33.01
100 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                     33.34
101 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders                   34.23
102 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech       35.17
103 David Breard (Fra) Auber 93                             
104 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR                    35.20
105 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                35.24
106 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                   35.25
107 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel               35.30
108 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                 35.34
109 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                       
110 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                         35.42
111 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi-Revor           36.26
112 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences                 36.48
113 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                        38.03
114 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance             38.36
115 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Auber 93                      39.09
116 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                     40.02
117 Björn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders                   40.11
118 Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bul) Team Miche                       
119 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                   41.15
120 David Le Lay (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h            41.32
121 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                41.42
122 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           
123 Steven Thys (Bel) Jartazi-Revor                         
124 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago      43.13
125 Kevin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                     44.51
126 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Team Miche                     45.01
 
Points classification
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                               64 pts
2 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        50
3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech         49
4 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                     36
5 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux               33
6 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         26
7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                        24
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Française des Jeux                23
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            23
10 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                         23
11 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis                           20
12 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                            20
13 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                          16
14 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech         16
15 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance               16
16 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech          15
17 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                14
18 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                             14
19 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech          13
20 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                     13
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech           26 pts
2 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93                             18
3 Serguey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago           16
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                               12
5 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) RAGT Semences                       12
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux               12
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              8
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             8
9 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech            6
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   6
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                          6
12 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis                            4
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                             4
14 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    4
15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                   4
16 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                  4
17 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                             4
18 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences                      4
19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                   2
 
Under 23 classification
 
1 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago      14.36.07
2 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 6.17
3 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                8.12
4 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders                           15.49
5 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) La Française des Jeux         18.49
6 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                           19.34
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                               
8 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  23.19
9 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team LPR                       25.47
10 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom          27.38
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Française des Jeux       28.47
12 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                       29.09
13 Christian Muller (Ger) Team CSC                     29.38
14 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom             31.55
15 Alexandre Girout (Fra) Agritubel                    32.53
16 Emilien Berges (Fra) RAGT Semences                  36.40
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis                         37.55
18 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago       41.34
19 Kevin Ista (Bel) RAGT Semences                      44.43
 
Teams classification
 
1 La Française des Jeux                             44.01.00
2 Team CSC                                              2.15
3 MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech                            3.06
4 Crédit Agricole                                           
5 Davitamon-Lotto                                           
6 Cofidis                                               4.08
7 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                           5.10
8 Bouygues Telecom                                          
9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                               5.41
10 Ag2r Prévoyance                                      6.12
11 Team Miche                                           7.52
12 RAGT Semences                                        9.26
13 Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                                 9.39
14 Auber 93                                            14.49
15 Team LPR                                            26.10
16 Agritubel                                           40.33
17 Jartazi-Revor                                       58.37
18 Flanders                                          1.08.22
 
Results courtesy velomania.net