Circuit de la Sarthe, France 2.4

France, April 7-10, 1998

1997 Results      Complete Starting List

Stage 1      Stage 2      Stage 3      Stage 4      Stage 5

Stage 1, Le Grand Luce - Le Grand Luce, 155 kms:

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino                             4.05.02 (37.954)
 2. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino
 3. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina
 4. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
 5. Pedro Horillo-Munoz (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros
 6. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto
 7. Gino Paolini (Ita) Amore e Vita
 8. Oscar Gomez (Spa)
 9. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina
10. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio-Seguros

GC after Stage 1 

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino               	             4.05.02
 2. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino				0.07
 3. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina					0.07
 4. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino 					0.07
 5. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 			0.09
 6. Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE 				0.12
 7. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 			0.12
 8. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 					0.12
 9. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 			0.13
10. Pedro Munoz Horrillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 		0.13

Stage 2, Le Grand Luce - La Ferte Bernard, 238 kms:

 1. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina				     6.33.24
 2. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino
 3. Gino Paolini (ita) Amore e Vita
 5. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 6. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 7. Manuel Scopsi (Ita) Amore e Vita 
 8. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
 9. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
10. Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 			    all s.t.

GC after Stage 2 

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino				    10.38.01
 2. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina					0.09
 3. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino				0.17
 4. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino 					0.07
 5. Gino Paolini (Ita) Amore e Vita				0.21
 6. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 			0.21
 7. Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE 				0.22
 8. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 			0.22
 9. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 			0.23
10. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 					0.25

Stage 3, La Ferte Bernard-Mamers, 200.3 kms:

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino			             5.18.08
 2. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina
 3. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
 4. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
 5. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio-Seguros
 6. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 7. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto
 8. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 9. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguro
10. Wim van Sevenant (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002		      all s.t.

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino				    15.55.56
 2. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina					0.16
 3. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites			0.30
 4. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino					0.30
 5. Gino Paolini (Ita) Amore e Vita				0.34
 6. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux			0.35
 7. Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE 				0.35
 8. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			0.35
 9. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 			0.35
10. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino					0.35

Stage 4, Allonnes - Allonnes, ITT, 15.6 kms:

  1. Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE			       19.31 (47.993)
  2. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino					0.17
  3. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 			0.29
  4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 		0.29
  5. Jonothan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 		0.32
  6. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis					0.36 
  7. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 			0.36
  8. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros			0.37
  9. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93				0.38
 10. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites			0.41
 ..
 ?? Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino					0.47

Stage 5, Allonnes - Coulaines, 96.6 kms:

  1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino	                             2.16.39
  2. Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina
  3. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto
  4. Sergei Outschakov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
  5. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
  6. Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne
  7. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
  8. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
  9. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne
 10. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites		     all s.t

Final GC 

 1. Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE		            18.32.41
 2. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino					0.12
 3. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino					0.12
 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 			0.29
 5. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 			0.31
 6. Jonothan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 			0.35
 7. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites			0.36
 8. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis					0.37
 9. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 			0.39
10. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros			0.41
..
16. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina				0.53

Complete Starting List 

ONCE-Deutsche Bank	FESTINA			BANESTO

1-Mauri Melchor		11-Brochard Laurent	21-Alonso Marino
2-Diaz Justo Rafael	12-Wust Marcel		22-Navas David
3-Canada david		13-Garcia Felix		23-De las Cuevas Armand
4-Diaz Zabala Herminio	14-Stephens A.Neil	24-Garcia Jose Vicente
5-Perez Luis		15-Moreau Christophe	25-Hunt Jeremy
6-Sastre Carlos		16-Uriarte Ramon	26-Rodrigues Orlando

CASINO			TVM-FARM FRITES		FRANCAISE DES JEUX

31-Kirsipuu Jann	41-Roux Laurent		51-Bouyer Franck
32-Barthe Stéphane	42-Voskamp bart		52-Horner Chris
33-Aus Lauri		43-Outcjakov Sergey	53-Ledanois Yvon
34-Durand Jacky		44-Moller Claus		54-Nazon Damien
35-Lefevre david	45-Lafis Michael	55-Morelle Franck
36-Streel Marc		46-Ivanov Sergey	56-Nazon Jean-Patrick

VITALICIO		US POSTAL SERVICE	SCRIGNO

61-Indurain Prudencio	71-Meinert-N Peter	81-Cei Luca
62-Casero Angel		72-Baranowski Dariusz	82-Laddomada Michele
63-Aggiano Elio		73-Hamilton Tyler	83-Zanetti Aldo
64-Ferrigato Andrea	74-Jemison Marty	84-Douma Vladimir
65-Freire Oscar		75-Robin Jean-Cyrille	85-Secchiari Francesco
66-Horillo Pedro	76-Vaughters Jonathan	86-Vatteroni Andrea

BIGMAT			AMORE & VITA		SATURN

91-Djavanian Vyaceslav	101-Jones Tim		111-Bowen Bart
92-Lino Pascal		102-Leporatti Simone	112-Leipheimer Levi
93-Auger Ludovic	103-Paolini Gino	113-McCormack Frank
94-Bourguignon Thierry	104-Patuelli Andrea	114-McRae Chann
95-Gouvenou Thierry	105-Scopsi manuel	115-Rodriguez Fred
96-Sivakov Aleksey	106-Zattoni Gilberto	116-Walton Brian

MUTUELLE 77		VLAANDEREN 2002		COFIDIS

121-Dojwa Jean-Philippe	131-D’Hollander Glenn	141-Millard David
122-Teyssier Francisque	132-Wuyts Peter		142-Moncoutie David
123-Maignan Gilles	133-Van Lancker Kurt	143-Meier Roland
124-Delrieu David	134-Vansevenant Wim	144-Livingston Kevin
125-Lamour Claude	135-Hoste Leif		145-Plaza David
126-Talmant Gilles	136-Vermaut Stive	146-Delbove Jerome
Complete Starting List from my friend Daniel Schamps, Paris