Prix de l'Amitie/Tour de l'Ain, Cat 2.5

France, August 12-16, 1998

1997 Results     Past Winners    

Stage 1     Stage 2     Stage 3     Stage 4     Stage 5a     Stage 5b

Brief:

Nicolas Leroy reports that the teams starting in the Prix de l'Amitie/Tour de l'Ain, a four day Cat 2.5 race comprise the French teams of Cofidis, Casino, Credit Agricole, Big Mat-Auber 93, Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne, the Italian Amore e Vita team, Home Market-Charleroi from Belgium, the Swiss teams of Post Swiss and Ericsson Villiger, and a number of amateur teams (Elite without contract). They are the national teams of Germany, Kazakhstand, Norway, and the elite teams of Saeco-Suisse, Pintural-Banaca (Spa), Jean-Floc'H-Mantes (Fra), VCL Vaulx-en-Velin (Fra), AC Bourg-en-Bresse (Fra).

Stage 1, Bourg-en-Bresse - Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne, 166.5 kms:

 1. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne  	     3.43.41 (44.661)
 2. Cyrille Prise (Fra) Elite
 3. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Elite
 4. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson Villiger
 5. Christian de Marbaix (Bel)

GC after Stage 1 (and bonuses): 

 1. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne        3.43.28
 2. Cyrille Prise (Fra) Elite          				0.07
 3. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Elite         			0.09
 4. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis   			0.10
 5. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson Villiger      		0.13

Stage 2, Thoissey - Arbent, 160 kms:

  1. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita		     3.47.30 (42.04)
  2. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
  3. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis
  4. Alessio Galetti (Ita) Amore e Vita
 5. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi		s.t.

GC after Stage 2: 

 1. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 	     7.30.52
 2. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita			0.09
 3. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 				0.12
 4. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino               			0.18
 5. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi		0.19

Stage 3, Arbent - Saint-Genis-Pouilly, 129.5 kms:

 1. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Amore e Vita      		      3.24.36
 2. Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita
 3. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne            2.44
 4. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita
 5. Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Crédit Agricole

GC after Stage 3: 

 1. Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita  		    10.55.29
 2. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Amore e Vita        			0.05
 3. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne           2.29
 4. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi      	3.01
 5. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino					3.01

Stage 4, Saint-Genis-Pouilly - Saint-Vulbas, 154 kms:

 1. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis        		     4.14.18
 2. Franck Ramel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi             	1.04
 3. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
 4. Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) Elite
 5. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis

GC after Stage 4: 

 1. Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita  		    15.10.51
 2. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Amore e Vita        			0.05
 3. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 		0.05         
 4. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi      	3.01

Stage 5a, Lagnieu - Bourg-en-Bresse, 108 kms:

 1. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino              		     2.26.50
 2. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Elite
 3. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
 4. Noan Lelarge (Fra) Elite
 5. Jérôme Laveur-Pedoux (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi		s.t.

Stage 5b, Jasseron - Bourg-en-Bresse, ITT 18.2 kms:

 1. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole      		       20.36
 2. David Millar (GB) Cofidis               			0.09
 3. Jens Lehmann (Ger) Elite                  			0.29
 4. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino                			0.41
 5. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis         			0.45

Final GC: 

 1. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita  		    18.01.55
 2. Alessio Galletti (Ita) Amore e Vita       			0.06
 3. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino                 			2.11
 4. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne           2.28
 5. Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Crédit Agricole  			2.49
 6. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Elite-Etupes          		2.49
 7. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi        	3.01
 8. Timothy Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita             		3.48
 9. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita            		4.59
10. Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis            		5.55
11. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Elite-Etupes           	       10.00
12. Franck Ramel (Fra) Home Market Home Market-Charleroi       11.53
13. Cyril Prise (Fra) Elite-Etupes              	       12.40
14. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger                    12.57
15. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis              	       13.26

73 riders classified in final GC
Past Winners 
1996:

 1. David Delrieu (Fra) Amateur		    18.38.30
 2. Jean-Luc Masdupuy (Fra) 			0.33
 3. Christophe Rinero (Fra)
 4. Marc Thévenin (Fra) Amateur
 5. Pierre Bourgquenoud (Swi)

1997:

 1. Bobby Julich (USA)			     19.44.27
 2. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 			0.44
 3. Yvon Ledanois (Fra)
 4. Maurizio Di Pasquale (Ita)
 4. Richard Chassot (Swi)
Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin