GP de Villafranca de Ordizia, Cat 1.2

Spain, July 25, 1998


1997 Results     Past Winners

Brief:

After all the drug scandals in the Tour of France over the last few weeks, life does go on - for bike racing and also for Festina. The Festina team were the main protagonists at the G.P. Villafranca to Ordizia, a Spanish race that is contested in the Basque region. The eventual winner was Belgian Franck Vandenbroucke (Mapei-Bricobì) from Italian Gianluca Bortolami (at 1.16). Third came Mirko Clestino (Polti Team), while Wladimir Belli (Festina) was fourth. Belli had attacked early with Vandenbroucke in the attack that was finally decisive. The Festina team did not include any of the riders expelled from the Tour. Of all the teams at the GP Villafranca, the Festina riders were the most applauded by the crowd. Neil Stephens who did not race is also married to a girl from the region. The Festina team was: Bortolami, Belli, Jeker, Lefevre, Kivilev, Garcia Casas, Wust, Uriarte, Hernandez and Medan.

Ordizia, 177 kms:

 1. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi	     	     4.18.38
 2. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina				1.16
 3. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti
 4. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 5. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 6. Marco Bellini (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 7. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto
 8. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
 9. Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Festina
10. Guidi Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo
11. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei
12. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
13. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino
14. Matias Cagigas (Spa) EBR
15. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
16. David Canada Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
17. Jose Maria Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto
18. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto				1.16
19. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina				1.19
20. F. Garcia-Casas
21. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino
22. Massimo Codol (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
23. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 			1.37
24. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
25. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
26. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina 				1.57
27. H. Bonilla (?)			  			2.16
28. Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Cantina Tollo 			3.12
29. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
30. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino
31. Francisco Leon (Spa) Telecom-Flavia
32. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) EBR
33. Jose Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina
34. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina
35. Jaime Javier Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina
36. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
37. Jose Del Olmo Zandegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
38. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo
39. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino
40. Dominique Rault (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
41. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto 			5.21
42. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 
43. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
44. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 		8.07
45. Ricardo Otxoa (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
46. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 			9.02
47. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
48. Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
49. Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
50. Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
51. Juan Carlos Dominguez Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
52. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
53. Alberto Leanizbarrutia Abaunza (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
54. Isaac Villanueva (Spa) EBR
55. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti
56. Candido Barbosa (Por) Banesto 			       10.06
57. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto
58. Stefano Colage (Ita) Cantina Tollo
59. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino
60. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
61. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino
62. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi
63. Ricardo Otxoa (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
64. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
65. Josue Barrigon Otero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
66. Federico Munoz Fernandez (Col) Telecom-Flavia
67. Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
68. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti

Starters: 113
Finishers: 68
Out time cut: 15
Abandoned: 30
Complete results from Stephane David, Paris

Past Winners

1922	Francisco Sarasola (Spa)
1923	Joaquim Lete (Spa)
1924	Cesareo Sarduy (Spa)
1925	Domingo Gutierrez (Spa)
1926	Lucas Jauregui (Spa)
1927	Sagundo Barruetabena (Spa)
1928	Miguel Valderrey (Spa)
1929	Miguel Mucio (Spa)
1930	Ricardo Montero (Spa)
1931	Lucas Jauregui
1932	Ricardo Montero (Spa)
1933	Salvador Cardona (Spa)
1934	Antonio Alvarez (Spa)
1936	Ricardo Montero (Spa)
1938	Federico Ezquerra (Spa)
1939	Francisco Goenaga (Spa)
1940	Federico Ezquerra (Spa)
1941	Martin Mancisidor (Spa)
1942	Felix Vidaurreta (Spa) 
1943	Martin Mancisidor (Spa)
1944	Ignacio Esnaola (Spa)
1945	Ignacio Esnaola (Spa)
1946	Juan-Cruz Ganzarain (Spa)
1947	Juan-Cruz Ganzarain (Spa)
1948	Francisco Exposito (Spa)
1949	Vicente Aramburu (Spa)
1950	José Orbegozo (Spa)
1951	Antonio Mendiburu (Spa)
1952	Manuel Aizpuru (Spa)
1953	Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa)
1954	Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa)
1955	José Perez-Frances (Spa)
1956	José Michelenna (Spa)
1957	José Michelena (Spa)
1958	Facundo Zabaleta (Spa)
1959	José-Luis Talamillo (Spa)
1960	Luis Goya (Fra)
1961	Roberto Morales (Spa)
1962	Sebastian Elorza (Spa)
1963	Antonio Barrutia (Spa)
1964	José Perez-Frances (Spa)
1965	Roberto Morales (Spa)
1966	Antonio Gomez Del Moral (Spa)
1967	Francisco-Javier Otaola (Spa)
1968	Gregorio San Miguel (Spa)
1969	Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa)
1970	Francisco Gabica (Spa)
1971	Domingo Perurena (Spa)
1972	Domingo Perurena (Spa)
1973	Santiago Lazcano (Spa)
1974	José Pesarrodona (Spa)
1976	DomingoPerurena (Spa)
1977	Vicente Lopez-Carril (Spa) KAS
1978	Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) Teka
1979	Faustino Ruperez (Spa) Moliner Verecq
1980	Ismael Lejarreta (Spa) Teka
1981	Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Teka
1982	Faustino Ruperez (Spa) Zor
1983	José Recio (Spa) Kelme
1984	Pedro Munoz (Spa) Teka
1985	Inaki Gaston (Spa) Reynolds
1986	Peter Hilse (Ger) Teka
1987	Claude Seguy (Fra) Fagor
1988	Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Caja Rural
1989	Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Caja Rural
1990	Miguel-A. Martinez-Torres (Spa) ONCE
1991	Neil Stephens (Aus) Paternina
1992	Abraham Olano (Spa) Lotus Festina
1993	Neil Stephens (Aus) ONCE
1994	Neil Stephens (Aus) ONCE
1995	Neil Stephens (Aus) ONCE
1996	Aitor Garmendia (Spa) ONCE
1997	Laurent Lefévre (Fra) Festina
Past winners from Mario Stiehl, Berlin