Results and Reports
Complete Results
1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 6.37.29 (40.077 km/h)
2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1.13
3. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 1.21
4. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis 1.21
5. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.21
6. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.35
7. Andrea Peron (Ita) Francaise des Jeux 1.44
8. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Francaise des Jeux 1.47
9. Martin Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.47
10. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 2.04
11. Jewgeni Berzin (Rus) Francaise des Jeux 2.15
12. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 3.16
13. Paolo Lanfranchi (Italy) Mapei-Bricobi 3.24
14. Vladislav Bobrik (Russia) Riso Scotti 3.24
15. Christophe Moreau (France) Festina 3.24
16. Pascal Hervé (Fra) Festina 3.54
17. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
18. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
19. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans
20. Andrej Tchmil (Bel) Lotto
21. Alberto Elli (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
22. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti
23. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan
24. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto
25. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
26. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
27. Andrea Noe (Ita) Asics all s.t.
28. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone-Uno 4.00
29. Peter Van Peteghem (Bel) TVM 4.02
30. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Team Polti
31. Stephane Heulot (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
32. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
33. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom
34. David Etxebarria (Esp) ONCE all s.t.
35. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros 4.07
36. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan
37. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi all s.t.
38. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 4.15
39. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannndale 4.22
40. Axel Merckx (Bel) Team Polti
41. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM all s.t.
42. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto 4.48
43. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto
44. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN
45. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service
46. Darusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service
47. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Mercatone-Uno
48. Seregio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno
49. Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team Polti
50. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo
51. Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Asics all s.t.
52. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso 4.55
53. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat
54. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Esp) ONCE
55. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Vitalicio Seguros
56. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros all s.t.
57. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Team Polti 5.31
58. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan 5.47
59. Christoph Mengin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 5.57
60. Rik Verbrughe (Bel) Lotto 6.02
61. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN
62. Marcellino Garcia (Esp) ONCE all s.t.
63. Santiago Botero (Esp) Keleme 6.09
64. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Riso Scotti 9.26
65. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 10.33
66. Chrisophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 11.46
67. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom 12.12
68. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank
69. Patrick Jonker (Ned) Rabobank
70. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Ballan
71. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom-ARD
72. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) GAN
73. Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
74. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom-ARD
75. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno
76. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
77. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto
78. Carlo Bomans (Bel) Palmans
79. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino
80. Christopher Boardman (Gbr) GAN
81. Davide Tani (Ita) Asics
82. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
83. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis
84. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom-ARD
85. Stefano Colage (Ita) Cantina Tollo
86. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Team Polti
87. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN
88. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto
89. Luis Perez (Esp) ONCE
90. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Asics
91. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casino
92. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Asics
93. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
94. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan
95. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone-Uno
96. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti all s.t
97. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm 13.12
98. François Simon (Fra) GAN 15.52
99. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone
100. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis
101. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Brescialat all s.t.
102. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 16.47
Started: 193
Classified: 102
Winner Profile: Michele Bartoli
Age: 27 Team: Asics since 98 Professional debut: 1992 Quick facts: Born on May 27th 1970 in Pisa, Toscany. Started his career with the Mercantone-Uno team on August 92. Moved to MG-Technogym in 96. Won his first race in 1993. Won bronze medal in 1996 world championship behind Belgian Johan Museeuw and Swiss Mauro Gianetti. Is the winner of the Worldcup 1997. Leading victories: Tour of Flanders 1996, Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1997 and 1998. Short Report from Race
Michele Bartoli wins in a fantastic way for the second time Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Italian rider forced his victory by an attack at about 15 kms from the arrival. At this moment the Russian Jewgeni Berzin was in front of the race since over 50 kms with more than one minute of time delay on the following seven cracks: Jalabert, Vandenbroucke, Casagrande, Boogerd, Massi, Dufaux and of course Bartoli. Bartoli caught Berzin in the climb of Tilman. "Jaja" tried in vain to join Bartoli in a second phase. Neither "VDB" nor the other chasers were able to decrease the time delay. Bartoli was in fact the strongest rider of the day and nobody could prevent him from winning consecutively one of the most important Classic. World Cup Standing (points after 4 races)
1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 156 (+ 100)
2. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 124 (+ 9)
3. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 124
4. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 118 (+ 8)
5. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto 105 (+ 6)
6. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 100
7. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100
8. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 86
9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 81 (+ 70)
10. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM 73
11. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 70
12. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 66
13. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 50 (+ 50)
14. Leon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 45
15. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina 40
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