50th Dauphine Libere, Cat HC

France, June 7-14, 1998


Other Stages     

Stage 5, Crest - Grenoble, 160 kms:

  1. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                         4.12.00
  2. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                      1.26
  3. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                     1.26
  4. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                       1.27
  5. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                              2.27
  6. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               2.27
  7. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                               2.27
  8. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.27
  9. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         2.27
 10. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         2.27
 11. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                     3.12
 12. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                  3.12
 13. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                         3.12
 14. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                   3.12
 15. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                3.12
 16. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            3.12
 17. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                         3.12
 18. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                       3.12
 19. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             3.12
 20. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                        3.12
 21. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                                 3.12
 22. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                         3.12
 23. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                    3.12
 24. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              3.12
 25. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto                                 3.12
 26. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                        3.12
 27. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                      3.12
 28. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                           3.12
 30. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                          3.12
 31. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         3.12
 32. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                               3.12
 33. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               3.40
 34. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               3.40
 35. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                     4.47
 36. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               4.47
 37. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                           4.47
 38. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                           4.47
 39. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                              4.47
 39. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               4.47
 40. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                    4.47
 41. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     4.47
 42. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                          4.47
 43. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         4.47
 44. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         4.47
 45. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                      4.47
 46. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            4.47
 47. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                4.47
 48. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus                                  4.47
 49. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                4.47
 50. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                4.47
 51. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            4.47
 52. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                             4.47
 53. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                         4.47
 54. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                            4.47
 55. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                         4.47
 56. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               4.47
 57. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          4.47
 58. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                     4.47
 59. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          4.47
 60. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               4.47
 61. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                  4.47
 62. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            4.47
 63. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            4.47
 64. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                      4.47
 65. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                         4.47
 66. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                       6.00
 67. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                     6.00
 68. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    6.00
 69. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                           6.00
 70. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               6.00
 71. Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN                                        7.33
 72. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                           7.33
 73. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                     7.33
 74. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                          7.33
 75. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                          7.33
 76. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            7.33
 77. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                     7.33
 78. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                  7.33
 79. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                            7.33
 80. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                         7.33
 81. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             8.01
 82. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                       9.33
 83. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                         9.33
 84. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                                9.33
 85. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                             9.33
 86. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                       9.33
 87. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service                              9.33
 88. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                        9.33
 89. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               9.33
 90. Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                             9.33
 91. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                      11.42
 92. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN                                      11.42
 93. Aitor  Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          11.56
 94. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                11.56
 95. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             11.56
 96. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        13.00
 97. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              13.00
 98. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          13.19
 99. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                           13.58
100. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               16.01

Abandoned:

Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis
Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis
Dominique Rault (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne
Flavio Vanzella (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux
Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino
Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne
José Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina-Lotus
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus
Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux

GC after Stage 5

  1. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                             20.00.14
  2. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                    0.38
  3. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                               0.48
  4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                         1.27
  5. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                              1.45
  6. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                      2.11
  7. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                   2.45
  8. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               3.24
  9. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     3.53
 10. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         4.20
 11. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         4.39
 12. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                5.04
 13. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                           5.14
 14. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            5.24
 15. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               5.53
 16. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                               5.59
 17. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                         6.00
 18. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                  6.33
 19. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                         7.03
 20. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               7.40
 21. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                         8.07
 22. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              8.17
 23. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                            8.21
 24. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                     8.38
 25. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     9.30
 26. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             9.45
 27. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                      9.50
 28. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         10.09
 29. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                          10.18
 30. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             10.21
 31. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                       10.24
 32. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           10.39
 33. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                         10.46
 34. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                       11.12
 35. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                      11.47
 36. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              11.51
 37. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              12.48
 38. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                 13.06
 39. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                         13.23
 40. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                        13.26
 41. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               13.40
 42. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         13.56
 43. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                           14.00
 44. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                   14.19
 45. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         14.36
 46. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                               14.38
 47. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           14.52
 48. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                    15.04
 49. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        15.53
 50. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                        16.08
 51. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                          16.09
 52. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           16.12
 53. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                 16.17
 54. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    16.25
 55. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                          16.51
 56. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              16.59
 57. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           17.16
 58. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               17.17
 59. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                     17.17
 60. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                         17.33
 61. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              17.52
 62. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        17.59
 63. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                      18.28
 64. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto                                18.32
 65. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           19.06
 66. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           19.21
 67. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            21.08
 68. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                        21.16
 69. Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            21.17
 70. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                            21.22
 71. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne              21.59
 72. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                       22.09
 73. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             22.41
 74. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                      23.22
 75. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                      23.26
 76. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service                             23.46
 77. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                      23.50
 78. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                    24.01
 79. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              24.05
 80. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              24.44
 81. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                          24.54
 82. Aitor  Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          25.34
 83. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                   28.12
 84. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                            28.47
 85. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                     29.03
 86. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                    29.08
 87. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                    29.56
 88. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    30.21
 89. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          31.29
 90. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus                                 31.53
 91. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                      32.07
 92. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                        33.22
 93. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                               35.32
 94. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                39.56
 95. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               40.16
 96. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        44.32
 97. Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN                                       45.12
 98. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN                                      49.47
 99. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        51.47
100. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                         1.03.06

Other Classifications:

Points:

  1. SCIANDRI Maximilian                           50
  2. JALABERT Nicolas                              47
  3. LOMBARDI Giovanni                             45
  4. VOIGT Jens                                    45
  5. BARTHE Stephane                               42
  6. BOARDMAN Christopher                          40
  7. MOREAU Christophe                             38
  8. SORENSEN Rolf                                 38
  9. BARANOWSKI Dariusz                            34
 10. EKIMOV Viatceslav                             24
 11. JONKER Patrick                                24
 12. JIMENEZ Jose Maria                            22
 13. DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav                         21
 14. TETERIOUK Andrei                              20
 15. MAIGNAN Gilles                                17
 16. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand                          17
 17. BOOGERD Michael                               17
 18. PENA Miguel Angel                             15
 19. LAMOUR Claude                                 15
 20. VIRENQUE Richard                              14
 21. MADOUAS Laurent                               14
 22. BOURGUIGNON Thierry                           14
 23. HINAULT Sebastien                             12
 24. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt                            11
 25. VAUGHTERS Jonathan                             9
 26. SIMON Francois                                 9
 27. BRUYNEEL Johan                                 8
 28. VERHEYEN Geert                                 8
 29. VERBRUGGHE Rik                                 8
 30. ZARRABEITIA Mikel                              7
 31. MOERENHOUT Koos                                7
 32. TEYSSIER Francisque                            6
 33. SALMON Benoit                                  6
 34. AGNOLUTTO Christophe                           6
 35. VIERHOUTEN Aart                                6
 36. JULICH Bobby                                   6
 37. MASSI Rodolfo                                  6
 38. DERAME Pascal                                  6
 39. FRATTINI Francesco                             5
 40. VINOKOUROV Alexandre                           4
 41. GOUVENOU Thierry                               4
 42. GENTY Laurent                                  4
 43. VASSEUR Cedric                                 4
 44. ROBIN Jean-Cyril                               3
 45. BENITEZ Francisco                              3
 46. BROCHARD Laurent                               3
 47. HENN Christian                                 2
 48. MONCASSIN Frederic                             2
 49. ODRIOZOLA Jon                                  2
 50. JONASSON Danny                                 2
 51. VIDAL Jose                                     1

Brief

This time, Maximilian Sciandri (La Française des Jeux) is clearly reassured. The Italian with the British passport, who won the first stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, confirmed on Friday that his accident last November is now just a bad memory.

Winning the first stage to Charvieu-Chavagneux after an 80 kms escape with German Jens Voigt, he won this won alone up to the ski village of the winter Olympics (1968) after being away for more than 100 kms with Frenchman Nicolas Jalabert (Cofidis), Rolf Sorensen (Rabobank), and the Italians Giovanni Lombardi (Telekom) and Rodolfo Massi (Casino).

He said after the race: "I saw that the riders became tired on the first col. And when Sorensen, Jalabert and Lombardi were on the summit, I followed Lombardi."

There lead on the relatively resigned peloton - with only Banesto and GAN doing any chasing, because they wanted to defend the yellow and blue jerseys of Frenchan Armand de las Cuevas (Banesto) and the GAN riders wanting to preserve Jens Voigts second place - stayed around 5 minutes. It is true that it was very cold and it rained incessantly which made the route very dangerous.

De las Cuevas said: "It was so dangerous today, that for the riders who were behind in the GC, it was not worth the risk."

On the very steep la Côte des 4 Seigneurs, which was 10 kms from the finish, Sciandri realised that his companions were struggling with his tempo. "I did not have a plan, but I attacked. And soon I realised I had a 30 gap but I decided not to take any risks on the descent." At the bottom, he had a lead of one minute to play with.

De las Cuevas saw Voigt try to take some time back off him. "In this last descent, Voigt was about 100 metres ahead and attacking. But I decided to play it safe. He fell in the bad conditions, happily without bad consequences for him."

Voigt lost 28 seconds in the fall and also conceded second place on the GC to Miguel Angel Pena (Banesto). He has a chance to atone on Saturday, when the stage will go from Challes-les-Eaux à Megève. 160 kms which include the Cols du Revard, de Leschaux, de la Forclaz, de la Croix-Fry and the final climb of la Côte 2000 to Megève. This will be a time for the climbers like Richard Virenque (Festina), who up until now has been very discreet. At the start in Crest, a minute's silence was observed in the memory of the republican guard motor bike rider who was killed at the age of 27 years in an accident the day before. jusqu'à maintenant très discret.