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The Stages:
Preview This year's Tour Mediterranean, organised by 1966 Tour de France winner Lucien Aimar, takes no hostages, hitting the riders in the first stage with a summit finish on the testing Mont Faron above Toulon. A small group of contenders for the overall looks likely to emerge from this challenge. The race also finishes with a sharp summit, the cote de Notre-Dame-de-la Garde in Marseilles. Among the starters are Virenque, Brochard, Michele Bartoli (Asics), Mario Cipollini (Saeco), Leblanc, Roux, Frederic Moncassin (GAN), Stephane Barthe (Casino), Frederic Gesdon (La Francaise des Jeux), Gianni Bugno and Jan Svorada (Mapei) and Armand De Las Cuevas (Banesto).
Mario from Berlin usually provides me with the Winner's List. 1974 Charly Rouxel (Fra) 1975 Joseph Bruyere (Bel) 1976 Roy Schuiten (Ned) 1977 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1978 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 1979 Michel Laurent (Fra) 198 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 1981 Stefan Mutter (Swi) 1982 Michel Laurent (Fra) 1983 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 1984 Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra) 1985 Phil Anderson (Australia) 1986 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra) 1987 Gerrit Solleveld (Ned) 1988 Jan Nevens (Bel) 1989 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1990 Gerard Rué (Fra) 1991 Phil Anderson (Australia) 1992 Rolf Goelz (Ger) 1993 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1994 Davide Cassani (Ita) 1995 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1997 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 1998 ? Daniel Schamps kindly sent me the starting list. La Française des Jeux 1. Magnien Emmanuel (Fra) 2. Guesdon Frederic (Fra) 3. Mengin Christophe (Fra) 4. Morelle Franck (Fra) 5. Nazon Damien (Fra) 6. Nazon Jean-Patrick (Fra) 7. Perque Franck (Fra) 8. Ledanois Yvon (Fra) Festina 11. Virenque Richard (Fra) 12. Brochard Laurent (Fra) 13. Dufaux laurent (Swi) 14. Korff André (Ger) 15. Moreau Christophe (Fra) 16. Rous Didier (Fra) 17. Stephens Neil (Aus) 18. Kivilev Andrei (Rus) Asics - CGA 21. Bartoli Michele (Ita) 22. Coppolillo Michele (Ita) 23. Bianchi Carlo Marino (Ita) 24. Bettini Paolo (Ita) 25. Roscioli Fabio (Ita) 26. Schiavina Samuele (Ita) 27. Scinto Luca (Ita) 28. Tani David (Ita) Cofidis 31. Casagrande Francesco 32. Goubert Stéphane (Fra) 33. Lelli Massimiliano (Ita) 34. Meier Roland (Swi) 35. Moncoutié David (Fra) 36. Saugrain Cyrille (Fra) 37. Jalabert Nicolas (Fra) 38. Thibout Bruno (Fra) Rabobank 41. Zberg Beat (Swi) 42. Luttenberger Peter (Aut) 43. Boogerd Michael (Ned) 44. Koerts Jans (Ned) 45. Boven Jan (Ned) 46. Moerenhout Koos (Ned) 47. Jonker Patrick (Aus) 48. Jonasson Danny (Ned) Saeco-Macchine da Càffé 51. Cipollini Mario (Ita) 52. Petito Roberto (Ita) 53. Fagnini Gian Matteo (Ita) 54. Fornaciari Paolo (Ita) 55. Mazzoleni Eddy (Ita) 56. Padrnos Pavel (Pol) 57. Calcaterra Giuseppe (Ita) 58. Scirea Mario (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 61. Bugno Gianni (Ita) 62. Svorada Jan (Cze) 63. Ballerini Franco (Ita) 64. Codol Massimo (Ita) 65. Faresin Gianni (Ita) 66. Frutti Matteo (Ita) 67. Pianegonda Gianluca (Ita) 68. Camenzind Oscar (Swi) Ballan 71. Gonchenkov Alexandre (Rus) 72. Canzonieri Angelo (Ita) 73. Ugrumov Piotr (Rus) 74. Leoni Endrio (Ita) 75. Loda Nicola (Ita) 76. Ongarato Rodolfo (Ita) 77. Tosatto Matteo (Ita) 78. Colombo Gabriele (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 81. Bolts Udo (Ger) 82. Lombardi Giovanni (Ita) Did not start 83. Henn Christian (Ger) 84. Frattini Francesco (Ita) 85. Blaudzun Michael (Den) 86. Baldinger Dirk (Ger) 87. Müller Dirk (Ger) 88. Totschnig Georg (Aut) TVM-Farm frites 91. Roux Laurent (Fra) 92. Capiot Johan (Bel) 93. Hoffman Tristan (Ned) 94. Knaven Servais (Ned) 95. De Jongh Steven (Ned) 96. Van Bondt Geert (Ned) 97. Asmaker Olivier (Fra) 98. Larsen Nicolai-Bo (Den) GAN 101. Moncassin Frederic (Fra) 102. Backstedt Magnus (Swe) 103. O'Grady Stuart (Aus) 104. Petilleau Stephane (Fra) 105. Seigneur Eddy (Fra) 106. Simon Francois (Fra) 107. Vasseur Cedric (Fra) 108. Vogels Henk (Aus) Casino 111. Hamburger Bo (Den) 112. Barthe Stéphane (Fra) 113. Aus Lauri (Est) 114. Bouvard Gilles (Fra) 115. Chanteur Pascal (Fra) 116. Gougot Fabrice (Fra) 117. Kirsipuu Jaan (Est) 118. Massi Rodolf (Ita) Team Polti 121. Leblanc Luc (Fra) 122. Merckx Axel (Bel) 123. Cassani Enrico (Ita) 124. Gualdi Mirco (Ita) 125. Atienza Daniele (Spa) 126. Brasi Rossano (Ita) 127. Celestino Mirko (Ita) 128. Sacchi Fabio (Ita) Banesto 131. De las Cuevas Armand (Fra) 132. Barbosa Candido (Por) 133. Arrieta Jose Luis (Spa) 134. Latasa David (Spa) 135. Mancebo Francisco (Spa) 136. Navas David (Spa) 137. Odriozola Jon (Spa) 138. Solaun Cesar (Spa) Riso Scotti 141. Baldato Fabio (Ita) 142. Minali Nicola (Ita) 143. Brognara Andrea (Ita) 144. Casagranda Stefano (Ita) 145. Cenghialta Bruno (Ita) 146. De Beni Frederico (Ita) 147. Palumbo Guiseppe (Ita) 148. Brignoli Ermanno (Ita) Lotto-Mobistar 151. Madouas Laurent (Bel) 152. Detilloux Christophe (Bel) 153. Van De Wouwer Kurt (Bel) 154. Eeckhout Nico (Bel) 155. Feys Wim (Bel) 156. Aerts Mario (Bel) 157. Marichal Thierry (Bel) 158. Verheyen Geert (Bel) BigMat Aubervilliers 93 161. Lino Pascal (Fra) 162. Bourguignon Thierry (Fra) 163. Dacruz Carlos (Fra) 164. Djavanian Vyatceslav (Rus) 165. Sweet Jay (Aus) 166. Lebreton Lylian (Fra) 167. Bordenave Philippe (Fra) 168. Sivakov Aleksey (Rus) Post Swiss Team 171. Aebersold Niki (Swi) 172. Bourquenoud Pierre (Swi) 173. Zberg Marcus (Swi) 174. Huser Rolf (Swi) 175. Paradis Daniel (Swi) 176. Schnider Daniel (Swi) 177. Vifian Frederic (Fra) 178. Wirz Guido (Swi) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 181. Teyssier Francisque (Fra) 182. Maignan Gilles (Fra) 183. Pillon Laurent (Fra) 184. Guilbert Charles (Fra) 185. Delrieu David (Fra) 186. Cueff Stephane (Fra) 187. Gabriel Frederic (Fra) 188. Talmant Gilles (Fra) Vlaanderen 2002 191. D’Hollander Glenn (Bel) 192. Gerits Kris (Bel) 193. Thijs Erwin (Bel) 194. Van Lancker Kurt (Bel) 195. Vansevenant Wim (Bel) 196. Vermaut Stive (Bel) 197. Stremeersch Tom (Bel) 198. Roesems Bert (Bel) Home Market-RDM-Charleroi 201. Brentjens Bart (Ned) 202. Bouillon Marc (Bel) Did not start 203. Assez Ronny (Bel) 204. Demarbaix Sébastien (Bel) 205. Schoelens Gregory (Bel) 206. Laveur-Pedoux Jérôme (Bel) 207. Ramel Franck (Bel) 208. Meirhaeghe Filip (Bel) Team Home Jack & Jones 211. Michael Rosborg (Den) 212. Skibby Jesper (Den) 213. Nelissen Danny (Ned) 214. Piziks Arvis (Lat) 215. Silovs Juris (Est) 216. Andersen Christian (Den) Did not start 217. Steen Nielsen Michael (Den) 218. Kyneb Mikael (Den) |