Tour du Vaucluse, Cat 2.5

France, April 15-19, 1998


Teams     Past Winners

The Stages

  • April 15, Stage 1, L’Isle sur la Sorgue-L’Isle sur la Sorgue, 155 kms: via Col of Fontaine du Vaucluse, Col du Pointu and Col of Fontaine du Vaucluse once more 11km far from the finish.
  • April 16, Stage 2, Vacqueyras-Aubignan, 173 kms: including the climb of La Roque sur Pernes, the Col de Murs, the Col de la Ligne, the Col du Paty and the climb of Suzette.
  • April 17, Stage 3, Gargas-Apt, 170 kms: including the Col de la Combe du Pommier (twice) and the climbs of Viens and Saignon.
  • April 18, Stage 4, Avignon-Vaison la Romaine, 176 kms: the hardest stage on paper via the climb of Brantes, the Col de Propiac and the Col du Débat.
  • April 19, Stage 5, Monteux-Monteux, 155 km: Flat final stage.

Stage 1, L’Isle sur la Sorgue-L’Isle sur la Sorgue, 155 kms:

 1. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 	             4.11.01
 2. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Casino 			s.t.
 3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita 		0.51
 4. Dainis Ozols (Lat) Mroz
 5. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team
 6. Carlo Meneghetti (Ita) VC Roubaix-La Redoute
 7. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team
 8. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
 9. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team
10. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 

GC after Stage 1

  1. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 	             4.10.59
  2. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Casino 			0.03
  3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita 		0.59
  4. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		1.01
  5. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz 				1.02
  6. Dainis Ozols (Lat) Mroz 				1.03
  7. Carlo Meneghetti (Ita) VC Roubaix-La Redoute	1.03
  8. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team		1.03
  9. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino				1.03
 10. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		1.03
 11. Roberto Bianchini					0.51
 ..
 13. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross 			0.51
 14. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita
 15. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 		0.51
 16. Olivier Martinez (Fra) Equipe de Provence		1.05
 17. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 				1.07
 18. Saso Sviben (Slo) KRKA 				1.07
 19. Luigi Della Bianca (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 	1.07

Stage 2, Vacqueyras-Aubignan, 173 kms:

 1. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita           4.24.51
 2. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross
 3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita
 4. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 5. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team
 6. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz
 7. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team
 8. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 9. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
10. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita

GC after Stage 2

 1. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Casino 		     8.36.20
 2. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita		0.23
 3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore & Vita 		0.25
 4. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross 				0.27
 5. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz 				0.27
 6. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		0.31
 7. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 		0.33
 8. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino				0.33
 9. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			0.33
10. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita			0.33

Stage 3, Gargas ­ Apt, 170.5 kms:

 1. Frédéric Vifian (Fra) Post-Swiss                 4.34.21
 2. Daniel Schnider (Sch) Post Swiss               	1.11
 3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita            	1.19
 4. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita
 5. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz

GC after Stage 3

 1. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino                   13.13.50
 2. Daniel Schnider (Sch) Post Swiss              	0.19
 3. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita          	0.23
 4. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita      	0.25
 5. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross                   	0.27
 6. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz

Stage 4, Avignon - Vaison la Romaine, 176 kms:

 1. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                       4.44.09
 2. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross                  	0.36
 3. Daniel Schnider (Sch) Post Swiss
 4. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz
 5. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita
 6. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mroz

GC after Stage 4

 1. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                      17.57.29
 2. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino               	0.16
 3. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss            	0.31
 4. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross                  	0.32
 5. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita          	0.37
 6. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz                       	0.38

Stage 5, Monteux ­ Monteux, 155 kms:

 1. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz                      3.51.31
 2. Dalla Valle (Ita) 
 3. Christophe Faudot (Fra)
 4. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra)
 5. P. Santoro (Ita)

Final GC

 1. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                      21.50.30
 2. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino              		0.16
 3. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss           		0.31
 4. Marco Vergnani (Ita) Kross                  	0.32
 5. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita        		0.37
 6. Uwe Ampler (Ger) Mroz                       	0.38
 7. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita
 8. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss
 9. Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita
10. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta 

Complete Start List

Amore & Vita			MROZ				VC Roubaix-La Redoute

1-Cannone Marco			61 Ampler Uwe			121 Dedoncker Cedric (Fra)
2-De Pasquale Maurizioo		62 Wadecki Piotr		122 Jourdan Cedric (Fra)
3-Jones Tim			63 Brozyna Tomasz		123 Meneghetti Carlo (Ita)
4-Leporatti Simone		64 Ozols Dainis			124 Moreels Vincent (Fra)
5-Scopsi Manuel			65 Rumsas Raimondas		125 Rasmussen Jacob (Den)
6 Castaldo Nicola		66 Mickiewicz Jacek		126 Vasseur Loic (Fra)

Post Swiss Team			Horten Omegns Cykle Klub 	Kross Selle Italia
				(Norway)
11 Schnider Daniel		71 Ambjorndalen Marius		131 Citracca Angelo
12 Chassot Richard		72 Klund Even			132 Frigo Fulvio
13 Wirz Guido			73 Anderson Allen (Swe)		133 Pulnikov Vladimir (Ukr)
14 Paradis Daniel		74 Holmvik Bjorn (Nor)		134 Mori Simone (Ita)
15 Renggli Marcel		75 Vethe Bjarte (Nor)		135 Vergnani Marco (Ita)
16 Vifian Frederic		76 Svenson Filip (Swe)		136 Gobbini Simone (Ita)

BigMat Aubervilliers		Mobilvetta Northwave		Equipe de Provence

21 Lino Pascal			81 Chiurato Andrea		141 Trastour Olivier (Fra)
22 Bordenave Philippe		82 Dalla Valle Gabriele		142 Bozzi Dominique (Fra)
23 Bourguignon Thierry		83 Trombetta Guido		143 Martinez Olivier (Fra)
24 Hatton Sebastien		84 Della Bianca Luigi		144 Tognini Franck (Fra)
25 Lebreton Lylian		85 Tebaldi Valerio		145 Mercier Bertrand (Fra)
26 Ravaleu  Stéphane		86 Tomi Maurizio		146 Guillaume Emmanuel (Fra)

Casino				United States Cycling Fed.	ICT Baardegem

31 Bessy Frederic		91 Copeland Dirk		151 Laplasse Goswin (Bel)
32 Cali Vincent			92 Conrad Zack			152 Demaeseneer Steve (Bel)
33 Gougot Fabrice		93 Jones Brice			153 Smits Nicolas (Bel)
34 Kasputis Arturas		94 Wilkerson Derek		154 Van Hulle Frederik (Bel)
35 Oriol Christophe		95 O’Bee Kirk			155 Diependaele Jürgen (Bel)
36 Salmon Benoit		96 Mulkey Tommie		156 Lambert Peter (SAf)

Vellutex-Colnago		VC Jean Floc’H-Mantes

41 Danielsson Andreas (Swe)	101 Delalande Frederic (Fra)
42 Martinozzi Marco (Ita)	102 Guest Lionel (Fra)
43 Guerrini Stefano (Ita)	103 Hacques Mickaël (Fra)
44 Siviero Edoardo (Ita)	104 Desbois Sylvain (Fra)
45 Camil Siddharta (Mex)	105 Templier Vincent (Fra)
46 Lucchini Claudio (Ita)	106 Ravaleu Freddy (Fra)

Vendée U			KRKA Telekom Slovenije

51 Beneteau Walter (Fra)	111 Ainardi Claudio
52 Blanchard Christian (Fra)	112 Bianchini Roberto
53 Faudot Christophe (Fra)	113 Beggi Marino
54 Guiberteau Christian (Fra)	114 Santoro Pasquale
55 Pichon Mickaël (Fra)		115 Sviben Saso
56 Wegelius Charly (GBR)	116 Quaranta Ivan
Thanks to Daniel Schamps for the starting list

Past Winners

1923. Bellanger (Fra)
1924. Ville (Fra)

1925 to 1930 not run

1930. L.Gras (Fra)
1931. Calamel (Fra)
1932. Calamel (Fra)
1933. Speicher (Fra)
1934. Jean Bidot (Fra)
1935. Jean Bidot (Fra)
1936. Molinaro (Fra)
1937. Gassin (Fra)
1938. Nello Toggi (Ita)
1939. Gianello (Ita)

1940 to 1950 not run

1951. Raoul Rémy (Fra)
1952. Perez (Fra)
1953. A.Canavese (Fra)
1954. R.Elena (Fra)
1955. Mockridge
1956. Fliffel (Fra)
1957. Jean Dotto (Fra)
1958.  not run
1959. Max Cohen (Fra)
1960. R.Fournier (Fra)

1961 to 1963 not run

1964. G.Salvador (Fra)
1965. Marcel Ferri (Fra)
1966. Francis Ducreux (Fra)
1967. Paul Gutty (Fra)
1968. Pierre Martelozzo (Fra)
1969. Pierre Martelozzo (Fra)
1970. Corti (Ita)
1971. Maffeis (Ita)
1972. Berthillot (Fra)
1973. Szozda (Pol)
1974. Brzezny (Pol)
1975. P.Marette (Fra)
1976. Hartnik (East Ger)
1977. Bernd Drogan (East Ger)
1978. Michel Laurent (Fra)
1979. Czeslaw Lang (Pol)
1980. Michel Laurent (Fra)
1981. Michel Laurent (Fra)
1982. Eric Caritoux (Fra)
1983. Denis Roux (Fra)
1984. Philippe Chevallier (Fra)
1985. Jean-Jacques Philippe (Fra)
1986. Jerome Simon (Fra)
1987. Pascal Simon (Fra)
1988. Charly Mottet (Fra)
1989. Steven Rooks (Ned)
1990. Atle Kvalsvoll (Nor)
1991. Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1992. Robert Forest (Fra)
1993. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra)
1994. Blaise Chauvière (Fra)
1995. fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
1996. fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
1997. not run