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1997 Results
The French racing season kicks off with the traditional opener in the South of France - the one-day Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, which is followed immediately by the five-stage Etoile de Besseges (February 4-8). Both races will be contested all the French squads. The GP d'Ouverture follows a new route between Seyne-sur-Mer to Gardonne. Thanks to Stephane David and Daniel Schamps you can all enjoy the official starting list. Brief World Champion, Frenchman Laurent Brochard from Team Festina, who was due to make his first appearance of the season at this race dropped out because of a bout of gastroenteritis. Brochard will come back to racing at Mallorca on February 8th or at the Tour of the Mediterranaean on Feburary 11. Italian Marco Saligari from the French team Casino C'est Votre Equipe outsprinted Festina's Richard Virenque and Russian Viatcheslav Djavanian from Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93 to win the 142 kms Grand Prix La Marseillaise. The three riders were the fastest of a breakaway group of 7 riders at the end. After one and a half hour's of racing, at the summit of the Espigoulier Virenque, Jens Voigt (GAN) and Gougot (Casino) broke away. During the descent the three were soon joined and became a group of 18 riders far in front of the peloton. In the front group were Virenque and three Festina teammates (Rous, Kivilev and Bassons) as well as Gougot and three Casino teammates (Bouvard, Bessy and Saligari). The rest of the group included Teyssier et Rault (Mutuelle de Seine et Marne) Holm, Jacobsen, Nelisson, Rosborg (Jack and Jones) , Guidi (Polti), Farazjin (Lotto), Djavanian (BigMat). The fierce competetion in the group mostly profited Casino which, in an ultimate selection at the approach to Gardanne, was still three riders against Virenque, de Voigt, Djavanian, Farazjin et Rosberg. And Saligari of course passed Virenque, last year's winner, at the line. Saligari's Sport's Director noted after the race that " in arriving in the team last year, Marco had not really got over his fracture of the femure which stopped him riding for about 6 months after the Tour de France of 1996. Today's victory should help him forget all that and give great confidence to the team". Seyne-sur-Mer to Gardonne, 142 kms:
1. Marco Saligari (Ita) Casino C'est Votre Equipe 3.14.50 (43.576 km/h) 2. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina s.t. 3. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) BigMat s.t. 4. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto 5. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino C'est Votre Equipe 6. Mickael Rosborg (Den) Team Home Jack and Jones 7. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN s.t. 8. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino C'est Votre Equipe 0.07 9. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino C'est Votre Equipe 1.29 10. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 1.35 11. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina 12. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 2.38 13. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Festina 14. Rene Jorgensen (Den) Jack and Jones 15. Francis Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 3.24 16. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto 3.43 17. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 18. Laurie Aus (Est) Casino 19. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto 20. Iñigo Gonzalez de Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio 21. David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 22. Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Vitalicio 23. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio 24. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 25. Brian Holm (Den) Jack and Jones 3.52 26. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina 5.08 27. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 9.4327 riders classified with the peloton at 24 minutes and outside the time limit.
Previous Winners
1986 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1987 Johnny Weltz (Den) 1989 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1990 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) 1992 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) 1993 Didier Rous (Fra) 1994 Gilles Delion (Fra) 1995 Stephane Hennebert (Fra) 1996 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) 1997 Richard Virenque (Fra)
Festina Watches
Director Sportif - Michel Gros
1. Richard VIRENQUE (Fra)
2. Laurent BROCHARD (Fra) (to be replaced by Thierry LAURENT)
3. Christophe MOREAU (Fra)
4. Didier ROUS (Fra)
5. Andrei KIVILEV (Kaz)
6. André KORFF (Ger)
7. Sébastien MEDAN (Fra)
8. Christophe BASSONS (Fra)
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. Rene JORGENSEN (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. Roland MEIER (Swi)
44. Francis MOREAU (Fra)
45. Christophe RINERO (Fra)
46. David MONCOUTIE (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
61. Luc LEBLANC (Fra)
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. Scott McGRORY (Aus)
73. Klaus MUTSCHLER (Ger)
74. Grischa NIERMANN (Ger)
75. Jason PHILIPS (Aus)
76. Andreas SAUERBOM (Ger)
77. Timo SCHOLTZ (Ger)
78. Andreas WALZER (Ger)
Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93
Director Sportif - Stephane Javalet
81. Philippe BORDENAVE (Fra)
82. Thierry BOURGUIGNON (Fra)
83. Carlos DACRUZ (Fra)
84. Viatcheslav DJAVANIAN (Rus)
85. Lylian LEBRETON (Fra)
86. Pascal LINO (Fra)
87. Alexei SIVAKOV (Rus)
88. Jay Sweet (Aus)
Post Swiss Team
Director Sportif - Jacques Michaud
91. Roger BELCHAT (Swi)
92. Yvan HAYMOZ (Swi)
93. Sven MONTGOMERY (Swi)
94. Marcel RENGGLI (Swi)
95. Patrick VETSCH (Swi)
96. Frédéric VIFIAN (Fra)
97. Marcus ZBERG (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. Bert ROESEMS (Bel)
125. Tom STREMERSCH (Bel)
126. Kristof TROUVE (Bel)
127. Jarno VANFRACHEM (Bel)
128. Karel VEREESCKE (Bel)
TVM
Director Sportif - Walter Verlee
131. Laurent ROUX (Fra)
132. Olivier ASMAKER (Fra)
133. Tristan HOFFMAN (Ned)
134. Servais KNAVEN (Ned)
135. Johan CAPIOT (Bel)
136. Steven DE JONGH (Ned)
137. Nicolay Bo LARSEN (Den)
138. Geert VAN BONDT (Ned)
Palmans NV Cicli Fondriest
Director Sportif - Walter Planckaert
141. Wilfried NELISSEN (Bel)
142. Carlo BOMANS (Bel)
143. Scott SUNDERLAND (Aus)
144. Frank HOJ (Den)
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. Franck RAMEL (Fra)
Casino C'est Votre Equipe
Director Sportif - Vincent LAVENU
171. Vincent CALI (Fra)
172. Lauri AUS (Est)
173. Frédéric BESSY (Fra)
174. Gilles BOUVARD (Fra)
175. Fabrice GOUGOT (Fra)
176. Bo HAMBURGER (Den)
177. Rolf JAERMANN (Swi)
178. Marco SALIGARI (Ita)
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