Trophee Conseil General Du Gard
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1997 Results
The Stages:
Stage 1, Ciotat - Aubagne, 117 kms:
1. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 2.59.00 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 3. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 4. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 5. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 6. Brian Holm (Den) Jack and Jones 7. Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 8. Sebastien Hatton (Fra) Aubervilliers 93 9. Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Palmans 10. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino all s.t. 11. Geert Van Bondt (Bel) TVM Farm-Frites 12. René Jorgensen (Den) Jack and Jones 13. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 14. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 15. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 16. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 17. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 18. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto 19. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 20. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 21. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 22. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino 23. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 24. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 25. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto 26. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans ... 29. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto ... 32. Laurent Genty (Fra) BigMat 33. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Casino all s.t. 34. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto 0.27 35. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 7.44 ... 42. Christ Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop 46. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 47. Kristof Trouvé (Bel) Kristof 50. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 51. Jürgen Debuysschere (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 52. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto 53. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 54. Frank Corvers (Bel) Palmans 55. Tim Lenaers (Bel) Collstrop 56. Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans 59. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 62. Jarno Vanfrachem (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 68. Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM 70. Carlo Bomans (Bel) Palmans 77. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 80. Ronny Assez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 83. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans 88. Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 90. Steven De Neef (Bel) Collstrop 94. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop 102. Roméo Hernandez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 103. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 104. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 106. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 110. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 120. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto 125. Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 133. Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Cofidis 24.33 134. Dany Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop s.t. The main peloton at 16.43. 134 classified. GC after Stage 1 (with bonuses):
1. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 2.58.50 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 0.02 3. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.06 4. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.07 5. Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 0.07 6. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.08 7. Jens Voigt (Germany) GAN 0.09 8. Chris Peers (Belgium) Lotto 0.09 9. Brian Holm (Den) Jack and Jones 0.10 10. Sebastien Hatton (Fra) Aubervilliers 93 0.10 Brief Brian Holm and Danny Nelissen were in a breakaway group with 12 other riders for the most of the day, but approx 30 riders caught them just before the last lap of 22km. With 10 kms to go, Philippe Gaumont (Cofidis) and Enrico Cassani (Polti) attacked and were run down 200 metres from the finishing line. Unfortunately Jack and Jones rider Marc Strange Jakobsen crashed and broke his arm, he also has concussion. French Team Casino is in great form. After taking the first victory of the season with Marco Saligari at the GP La Marsigliese, the team directed by Vincent Lavenu was the animator on the first stage of the Etoile de Bessèges between Ciotat and Aubagne. But for all of that they had to be content with second place when Alberto Elli, who was beaten in the sprint by Dutch Knaven. This first stage was very active from the start with numerous attacks and attempts. After only 20kms a small group developed in front guided by Elli, Tchmil, Knaven, Leblanc, Cassani and some helpers from Team Polti. With 50kms from the finish they opened a gap of a few minutes from the peloton which was riding at cyclo-tourist speed. At this point there was an attack by Enrico Cassani, with Frenchman Gaumont, both of whom opened a gap of 45 seconds. Thanks to the efforts of Luc Leblanc the break was not successful. Leblanc was also the victim of an error in the course and he was swallowed in the final circuit with less than two kilometers to go. In the final straightaway Elli took off rapidly, followed by Knaven, who passed him only meters from the finish. Stage 2, Nimes - La Grande Combe, 138 kms:
1. Christian Andersen (Den) Jack et Jones 3.35.41 2. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 3. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 4. Marcel Gono (Aus) GAN s.t. 5. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 0.07 6. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 7. Brian Holm (Den) Jack et Jones 8. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio 9. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto 10. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis all s.t. 11. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 0.12 12. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto 12. Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 14. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM all s.t. 15. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 0.17 Abandon: Salmon (Fra) Casino 133 riders classified. GC after Stage 2 (with bonuses):
1. Alberto Elli (Italy) Casino 6.34.41 2. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis s.t. 3. Servais Knaven (Netherlands) TVM 0.02 4. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.05 5. Brian Holm (Den) Jack et Jones 0.07 6. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 0.07 7. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio 0.07 8. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto 0.07 9. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.07 10. Alexandre Vinokurov (Kaz) Casino 0.07 Brief The great move of the day came from Alberto Elli, riding for Team Casino, who took the lead on GC from the Dutch TVM rider Servais Knaven after the second stage, which was won by Danish Christian Andersen. Yesterday's stage didn't offer many emotions. The peloton of 132 riders rolled along at a fairly pedestrian pace for three quarters of the race and this peace was only disturbed around 30kms to the finish when Gilles Maignan (France), Marcel Gono (Australia), Peter Wuyts (Belgium) and Christian Andersen took off. After 7kms the four had opened a 45 second gap over the peloton which only reacted in the last kilometers. Andersen was able to dispose very easily of Magnien and Wuyts in the sprint and at 31 years of age it is his first win as a pro. Andersen: "I'm extremely happy. To tell the truth, I didn't expect that our escape would last more than to the entrance to the city, but when I saw that the peloton was at a good distance, I did everything possible to put in line my breakaway companions". Also happy was Alberto Elli: "I'm in good form, I hope to reach Bessèges with the leader's jersey. After the second stage, with Gaumont equal in points with Elli, and before the start of the third stage, the organisers, following complaints made by certain riders, decided to recognise that a fall which happened in the last 500 metres of the second stage race had provoked a break in the head of the peloton and thus favoured Gaumont. They decided therefore to modify the rankings of that stage race and to put everybody at the same time. Stage 3, St-Florent-sur-Auzonnet - Les Fumades, 143 kms:
1. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 3.26.29 2. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3. Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM 4. Danny Nelissen (Ned) Jack & Jones 5. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlandeeren 2000 6. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 7. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Jack & Jones 8. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 9. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 10. Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 11. D. Nazon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 12. Philipe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 13. Steven Van Van Malderghem (Bel) Palmans 14. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 15. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne all s.t. The rest of the peloton at the same time. Abandon: Morelle Francaise des Jeux 132 riders classified. GC after Stage 3 (with bonuses):
1. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 10.01.13 2. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 0.04 3. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 0.04 4. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.06 5. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.10 6. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 0.11 7. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.12 8. Jens Voigt (Ger) Gan 0.13 9. Brian Holm (Den) Jack et Jones 0.14 10. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.14 Brief The victory of Planckaert in the third stage placed him closer to realising something special - that is to follow in the footsteps of his father Willy, and uncle Eddy, both of whom are previous winners of the Etoile de Besseges. Stage 4, Grand Prix de la Ville D'Aramon, 139 kms:
1. Steven De Jongh (Netherlands) TVM 3.21.52 2. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 3. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Francaise des jeux 4. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 5. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 6. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans 7. Jimmy Casper (Fra) Francaise des jeux 8. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 9. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 10. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Aubervilliers 93 all s.t. GC after Stage 4 (with bonuses):
1. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 13.23.00 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 0.04 3. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 0.09 4. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.11 5. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.14 6. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.15 7. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 0.16 8. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 0.18 9. Brian Holm (Den) Jack et Jones 0.19 10. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto Stage 5, Grand Prix de la Ville De Besseges (Moliere to Besseges), 135.8 kms.
1. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 3.13.50 2. Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM 3. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 4. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 5. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 6. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop mt 7. Danny Nelissen (Ned) Jack and Jones 8. Olivier Pereaudeau (Fra) Gan 9. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlandeeren 2000 10. Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Palmans all s.t. Final GC:
1. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 16.36.49 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 0.05 3. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.08 4. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 0.10 5. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.15 6. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 0.16 7. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) 0.17 8. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 0.19 9. Brian Holm (Den) Jack and Jones 0.20 10. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto 0.20 Brief 27-year old sprinter Jo Planckaert from Belgium won the first major European stage race for the year the Etoile de Besseges in France when he came in 5th in the final stage around the southern French village of Besseges. It was something of a family tradition that Planckaert had to maintain and did. In 1977 Willy Planckaert (his father) won this race and then in 1984 Eddy Planckaert (his uncle), presumably prior to his EPO days, also won the race. Planckaert himself was second in Paris-Roubaix last year and looks to be in fine form for this year's classic. The Etoile de Besseges is the lead up to rider for the major race which starts on Wednesday in this region - the 5-day Tour of the Mediterranean. Previous Winners1971 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) 1972 Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) 1973 Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra) 1974 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) 1975 Patrick Beon (Fra) 1976 Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra) 1977 Willy Planckaert (Bel) 1978 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1979 Jacques Michaud (Fra) 1980 Franky De Gent (Bel 1981 Jan Raas (Ned) 1982 Cees Priem (Ned) 1983 Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) 1984 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1985 Guy Nulens (Bel) 1986 Niki Ruttimann (Swi) 1987 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1988 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1989 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1991 Jan Wijnands (Ned) 1992 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1993 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) 1994 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) 1995 Sergej Outschakov (Rus) 1996 Jan Svorada (Slo) 1997 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
The Start ListThanks to Stephane (for the list) and Daniel Schamps (for the latest updates).
Casino C'est Votre Equipe Director Sportif - Vincent LAVENU 1. Vincent CALI (Fra) 2. Lauri AUS (Est) 3. Frédéric BESSY (Fra) 4. Gilles BOUVARD (Fra) 5. Fabrice GOUGOT (Fra) 6. Bo HAMBURGER (Den) 7. Rolf JAERMANN (Swi) 8. Marco SALIGARI (Ita) GAN Director Sportif - Roger Legeay 11. Christopher BOARDMAN (GB) 12. Magnus BACKSTEDT (Swe) 13. Sébastien HINAULT (Fra) 14. Stuart O'GRADY (Aus) 15. Olivier PERRAUDEAU (Fra) 16. Eros POLI (Ita) 17. Arnaud PRETOT (Fra) 18. Jens VOIGT (Ger) Team Home Jack and Jones Director Sportif - Alex Pederson 21. Brian HOLM (Den) 22. Arvis PIZIKS (Lat) 23. Juris SILOVS (Est) 24. Christian ANDERSEN (Den) 25. Mikael KYNEB (Den) 26. Marc Strange JACOBSEN (Den) 27. Mickael ROSBORG (Den) 28. Danny NELISSEN (Ned) Mutuelle Seine et Marne Director Sportif - Yvon Sanquer 31. Stéphane CUEFF (Fra) 32. Frédéric GABRIEL (Fra) 33. Charles GUILBERT (Fra) 34. Jérôme BERNARD (Fra) 35. Gilles MAIGNAN (Fra) 36. Laurent PILLON (Fra) 37. Steve ROVER (Can) Cofidis Director Sportif - Alain Deloeuil 41. Christophe CAPELLE (Fra) 42. Laurent DESBIENS (Fra) 43. Nicolas JALABERT (Fra) 44. Francis MOREAU (Fra) 45. Christophe RINERO (Fra) 46. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) 47. David MILLAR (GB) 48. Samuel PLOUHINEC (Fra) Lotto Director Sportif - Jean Luc Van Den Broucke 51. Mario AERTS (Bel) 52. Ludo DIERCKXENS (Bel) 53. Peter FARAZIJN (Bel) 54. Wim FEYS (Bel) 55. Chris PEERS (Bel) 56. Jo PLANCKAERT (Bel) 57. Andrei TCHMIL (Bel) 58. Ludwig WILLEMS (Bel) Team Polti Director Sportif - Gianluigi Stanga Only seven riders will take place due to Leblanc being ill. 61. Luc LEBLANC (Fra) - ill 62. Rossano BRASI (Ita) 63. Enrico CASSANI (Ita) 64. Mirco CREPALDI (Ita) 65. Fabrizio GUIDI (Ita) 66. Leonardo GUIDI (Ita) 67. Fabio SACCHI (Ita) 68. Mauro ZINETTI (Ita) Contintale Olympia Director Sportif - Bernt Grone 71. Nick GATES (Aus) 72. Bastien BUFFEL (Ger) 73. Klaus MUTSCHLER (Ger) 74. Grischa NIERMANN (Ger) 75. Jason PHILIPS (Aus) 76. Andreas SAUERBORN (Ger) 77. Timo SCHOLTZ (Ger) 78. Rico SCHMIDT (Ger) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93 Director Sportif - Stephane Javalet 81. Guillaume AUGER (Fra) 82. Ludovic AUGER (Fra) 83. Stéphane BERGES (Fra) 84. Laurent GENTY (Fra) 85. Thierry GOUVENOU (Fra) 86. Sébastien HATTON (Fra) 87. Jean-Jacques HENRY (Fra) 88. Stephan RAVALEU (Rus) Post Swiss Team Director Sportif - Jacques Michaud 91. Roger BEUCHAT (Swi) 92. Yvan HAYMOZ (Swi) 93. Sven MONTGOMERY (Swi) 94. Marcel (Swi) (Swi) 95. Patrick VETSCH (Swi) 96. Frédéric VIFIAN (Fra) 97. Guido WIRZ (Swi) 98. Pietro ZUCCONI (Swi L'Echappe La Francaise des Jeux Director Sportif - Marc Madiot 101. Evgueni BERZIN (Rus) 102. Jimmy CASPER (Fra) 103. Franck MORELLE (Fra) 104. Bradley McGEE (Aus) 105. Damien NAZON (Fra) 106. Jean-Patrick NAZON (Fra) 107. Franck PERCQUE (Fra) 108. Nicolas VOGONDY (Fra) Collstrop Director Sportif - Hilaire Van Der Schueren 111. Danny BAEYENS (Bel) 112. Tony BRACKE (Bel) 113. Danny DAELMAN (Bel) 114. Eric DE CLERCQ (Bel) 115. Steven DE NEEF (Bel) 116. Tom DESMET (Bel) 117. Christ HENDRYCKX (BEL) 118. Tim LENAERS (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 Eddy Merckx Director Sportif - Roger Swerts 121. Wilfried CRETSKENS (Bel) 122. Leif HOSTE (Bel) 123. Nico RENDERS (Bel) 124. Johan VERSTREPEN (Bel) 125. Peter WUYTS (Bel) 126. Kristof TROUVE (Bel) 127. Jarno VANFRACHEM (Bel) 128. Karel VEREECKE (Bel) TVM Director Sportif - Walter Verlee 131. Davy DUBBLEDAM (Fra) 132. Olivier ASMAKER (Fra) 133. Tristan HOFFMAN (Ned) 134. Servais KNAVEN (Ned) 135. Johan CAPIOT (Bel) 136. Steven DE JONGH (Ned) 137. Pieter VRIES (Ned) 138. Geert VAN BONDT (Ned) Palmans NV Cicli Fondriest Director Sportif - Walter Planckaert 141. Steven VAN MALDERGHEM (Bel) 142. Carlo BOMANS (Bel) 143. Scott SUNDERLAND (Aus) 144. Gert VANDERAERDEN (Bel) 145. Jürgen VERMEERSCH (Bel) 146. Johan DE GEYTER (Bel) 147. Roger HAMMOND (GB) 148. Frank CORVERS (Bel) Vitalicio Seguros Director Sportif - Domingo Cavallo 151. Daniel CLAVERO SEBASTIAN (Spa) 152. Juan Carlos DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ (Spa) 153. Serguei SMETANINE (Rus) 154. Ernesto MANCHON (Spa) 155. Iñigo GONZALEZ HEREDIA (Spa) 156. David GARCIA MARKINA (Spa) 157. Andrei ZINTCHENKO (Rus) 158. Gines SALMERON MARTINEZ (Spa) Home Market Ville De Charleroi RDM Director Sportif - Didier Paindaveine 161. Bart BRENTJENS (Ned) 162. Ronny ASSEZ (Bel) 163. Romeo HERNANDEZ (Bel) 163. Ludovic CAPELLE (Bel) 164. Sebastien DE MARBAIX (Bel) 165. Jean-Pierre HEYNDERICKX (Bel) 166. Filip MEIRHAEGHE (Bel) 167. Jurgen DEBUYSSCHERE (Bel) |