1997 Results
Past Winners
Preview:Organized from the daily paper Ouest France, the GP Plouay will be raced today in Plouay, a town in Brittany. It is a UCI Cat 1.1 race over a circuit of 13.9 kms. The riders have to do the circuit 15 times for a total of 209 kms. The same circuit will be used for the World Championships in 2000. As this is an important race, there will be 22 teams riding and noted performers include Telekom with Riis and Lombardi, Casino with Rodolfo Massi, Brescialat-Liquigas with Contrini, Festina with Virenque, Cofidis with Fondriest and Lelli, Riso Scotti with Minali and Baldato and Vitalicio Seguros with Ferrigato (who won in 1997).It will be the first time that Rodolfo Massi has raced since being allowed to race again while awaiting trial for drug charges. The race also marks the return to official competition in France for the Festina team after the Tour de France scandal. Race Report:Pascal Hervé (Festina) who is under judicial inquiry for drugs crimes after the Tour de France, attacked Ludo Dierickxsens on a climb 6 kms before the finish to set up the winning move in the G.P. Ouest-France. After 11 of the 15 laps the race was defined. A small group of 11 riders (Guidis, Secchiari, Ferrigato, Napolitano, Rinero, Berges, Heulot, Madouas, Barthe, Hervé, Dierickxsens), attacked and rode away from the main bunch. Dierickxsens subsequently attacked the group and took Hervé and Guidi with him. But the French rider was able to drop the Belgian and took 1.19 out of him at the end, most of it on the final climb . Guidi dropped out on the last lap after doing a lot of the work to set up the break.First of Italian riders who have been dominant in the post-Tour period was Francisco Secchiari (Scrigno-Gaerne), who came in joint fifth, followed by 1997 winner Andrea Ferrigato, in 8th place. The other development after the race came from Richard Virenque. Upon hearing the stipulation from the French Cycling Federatino that none of the riders under investigation for drug abuse would be selected in the French team for the World Championships, he said he would looking for another country to ride for. He intimated that fellow French Festina riders would do the same. Plouay, 15 laps for 209 kms:1. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 4.57.13 (42.196) 2. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto=Mobistar 1.19 3. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.30 4. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 3.38 5. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 3.50 6. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 3.52 7. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto=Mobistar 3.54 8. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 4.00 9. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 4.05 10. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics-CGA 5.02 11. Fabrizio Bontempi (Ita) Ros Mary 5.30 12. Bo Hamburger (Dan) Casino 13. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 14. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 15. Dirk Müller (Ger) Telekom 16. Christian Charrière (Sch) Riso Scotti 17. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno 18. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutelle de Seine-et-Marne 19. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 20. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto=Mobistar 5.30 Past Winners1931 Francois Fave (Fra) 1932 Philippe Bono (Fra) 1933 Philippe Bono (Fra) 1934 Lucien Tulot (Fra) 1935 Jean Le Dily (Fra) 1936 Pierre Cogan (Fra) 1937 Jean-Marie Goasmat (Fra) 1938 Pierre Cloarec (Fra) 1945 Eloi Tassin (Fra) 1946 Ange Le Strat (Fra) 1947 Raymond Louviot (Fra) 1948 Eloi Tassin (Fra) 1949 Armand Audaire (Fra) 1950 Armand Audaire (Fra) 1951 Emile Guerinel (Fra) 1952 Emile Guerinel (Fra) 1953 Serge Blusson (Fra) 1954 Ugo Anzile (Fra) 1955 Jean Petitjean (Fra) 1956 Valentin Huot (Fra) 1957 Isaak Vitre (Fra) 1958 Jean Gainche (Fra) 1959 Emmanuel Crenn (Fra) 1960 Hubert Ferrer (Fra) 1961 Fernand Picot (Fra) 1962 Jean Gainche (Fra) 1963 Fernand Picot (Fra) 1964 Jean Bourles (Fra) 1965 Francois Goasduff (Fra) 1966 Claude Mazeaud (Fra) 1967 Francois Hamon (Fra) 1968 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1969 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1970 Jean Marcarini (Fra) 1971 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) 1972 Robert Bouloux (Fra) 1973 Jean-Claude Largeau (Fra) 1974 Raymond Martin (Fra) 1975 Cyrille Guimard (Fra) 1976 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1977 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1978 Pierre-Raym. Villemiane (Fra) 1979 Fritz Pirard (Ned) 1980 Patrick Friou (Fra) 1981 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1982 Francis Castaing (Fra) 1983 Pierre Bazzo (Fra) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Eric Guyot (Fra) 1986 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1987 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1988 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 1989 Jean-Claude Colotti (Fra) 1990 Bruno Cornillet (Fra) 1991 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) 1992 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1993 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1994 Andrej Tchmil (Mol) 1995 Rolf Jaermann (Swi) 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1997 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin |