Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Cat 2.4

France, August 24-28, 1998

1997 Results     Past Winners    

Stage 1     Stage 2     Stage 3     Stage 4     Stage 5

Stage 1, Vouillé - Châtelaillon, 178 kms:

  1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino
  2. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne		0.02
  3. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz
  4. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux
  5. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole

Brief:

Estonian rider Laurie Aus won the first stage of the Tour of Poitou-Charente. Aus was in a top group of 13 riders who attacked out of the peloton with 5 kms to go. By the end the group had 27 seconds on the rest of the peloton. With 800 metres from the end, Aus and 6 others attacked from the top group and finally held Frenchman Frederic Gabriel off by 2 seconds. The Polish rider Jacek Mickiewicz came third from Christopher Horner and Anthony Langella.

Stage 2, Châtelaillon - Jarnac, 177 kms:

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino             		     4.46.08
 2. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 3. Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi
 4. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole
 5. Jurgen De Buysschere (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi		s.t.

GC after Stage 2 

 1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino                 	     	     8.37.30
 2. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne		0.06
 3. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz 				0.08
 4. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.12
 5. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux		0.12

Stage 3, Jarnac - Chauvigny, 182 kms:

 1. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
 2. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
 3. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Team Post Swiss

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino                		    13.30.08
 2. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne      	0.06
 3. Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz             			0.08
 4. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole  			0.12
 5. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux		0.12

Stage 4, Saint-Germain - Saint-Savin, 21.5 kms:

 1. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino                 		       26.20
 2. David Millar (GB) Cofidis              			0.17
 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole        			0.21
 4. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole  			0.27
 5. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino                  			0.29

Stage 5, Saint-Savin - Poitiers, 108 kms:

 1. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole   		     2.35.46
 2. Steffe Kjargaard (Nor) Elite
 3. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino
 4. Urs Graf (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger
 5. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis

Final GC 

 1. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino               		    16.32.41
 2. David Millar (GB) Cofidis               			0.27
 3. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino              			0.33
 4. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 			0.35
 5. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole   			0.36
 6. Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole  				0.54
 7. Christopher Horner (USA) La Francaise des Jeux  		0.55
 8. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino  				0.57
 9. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Die Continentale  			1.01
10. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis  			1.14
11. Franck Ramel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi  			1.30
12. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Credit Agricole 			1.33
13. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 			1.34
14. Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne  		1.52
15. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner  			2.08
16. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team  			2.13
17. Jerome Laveur-pedoux (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi  		2.20
18. Christian Van Dartel (Ned) Team Nurnberger  		2.21
19. Stephan Ravaleu (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93  			2.22
20. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne  		2.29
21. Jerome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis  				2.30
22. Urs Graf (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  				2.31
23. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux  		2.33
24. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World  			2.36
25. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 			2.37
26. Svein Grote Holestol (Nor) Chicky World 	 		2.43
27. Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner  			2.51
28. Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Chicky World  			2.55
29. Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) Mroz 				3.35
30. Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) Mroz  				3.36
31. Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi  		3.39
32. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi  		3.46
33. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Credit Agricole  			3.49
34. Raymond Meijs (Ned)  Team Gerolsteiner  			4.00
35. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger    			4.06
36. Marc-Tune Madsen (Den) Chicky World   			4.10
37. Scott McGrory (Aus) Die Continentale  			4.13
38. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole  			4.18
39. Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93  			4.20
40. Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Mroz  					4.30
41. Christoph Gohring (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  			4.31
42. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team  			5.10
43. Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen  		5.14
44. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 			5.42
45. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nurnberger  		6.04
46. Jurgen De Buysschere (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi  		6.48
47. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World  			7.08
48. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team  			7.19
49. Steve Rover (Can) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne   		7.36
50. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93  			9.54
51. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne  	       12.27
52. Michael Schlickau (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner  		       12.32
53. Jens Zemke (Ger) Team Nurnberger  			       14.32
54. Brendan Vesty (NZ) Team Nurnberger  		       16.15
55. Michael Themann (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger  		       17.12
56. Chris Barnsley (NZ) Ericsson-Villiger  		       22.12
57. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Team Nurnberger  		       32.01

Finished: 57

Past Winners

1987 	Jean-Louis Conan (Fra) Amateur
1988 	Pascal Peyramaure (Fra)
1989 	Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Amateur
1990 	Youri Manouilov (Rus) Amateur
1991 	Kim Andersen (Den)
1992 	Pascal Lance (Fra)
1993 	Thierry Marie (Fra)
1994 	Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
1995 	Nicolas Aubier (Fra)
1996 	Eddy Seigneur (Fra)
1997 	Joaquim Andrade (Por)
Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin