50th Dauphine Libere, Cat HC

France, June 7-14, 1998


Other Stages     

Stage 6, Challes-les-Eaux - Megève Cote 2000, 178 kms:

 1. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus			    4.47.34
 2. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                           0.01
 3. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                0.01
 4. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                     0.01
 5. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         0.10
 6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              0.14
 7. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            1.09
 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                   1.09
 9. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                         1.09
10. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            1.09
11. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                        1.09
12. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                    1.09
13. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               1.09
14. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                               1.09
15. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         1.09
16. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                                 1.13
17. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             1.15
18. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                              1.17
19. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                               1.19
20. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         1.23
21. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                          1.28
22. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                      1.35
23. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                         1.37
24. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            1.40
25. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                           1.42
26. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               1.44
27. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                    1.46
28. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               2.14
29. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               2.23
30. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.25
31. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                     2.27
32. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                  2.58
33. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                     3.16
34. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                      3.16
35. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          4.05
36. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                          4.19
37. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto                                 4.19
38. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         6.03
39. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                6.17
40. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               6.29
41. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                        6.59
42. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                          7.08
43. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                     9.58
44. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                     11.10
45. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              11.10
46. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                  11.1
47. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                      11.10
48. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                      18.26
49. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                    18.26
50. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           18.26
51. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           18.26
52. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                        18.26
53. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                            18.26
54. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                          20.03
55. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                        21.09
56. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                      28.41
57. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne              28.41
58. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service                             28.41
59. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            28.41
60. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           28.41
61. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             28.41
62. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         28.41
63. Aitor  Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          28.41
64. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               28.41
65. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             28.41
66. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                           28.41
67. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               28.41
68. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           28.41
69. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              28.41
70. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                    28.41
71. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        28.41
72. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                        28.41
73. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                          28.41
74. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        28.41
75. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                   28.41
76. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                            28.41
77. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                       28.41
78. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    28.41
79. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                 28.41
80. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                        28.41
81. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                     28.41
82. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                      28.41
83. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                        28.41
84. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                      28.41
85. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                          28.41
86. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus                                 28.41
87. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                        28.41
88. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    28.41
89. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                      28.41
90. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              28.41
91. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         28.41
92. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                           28.41
93. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                               28.41
94. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                           28.41

Abandoned:

Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN
Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus
Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN
Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar

GC after Stage 6

 1. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                             24.49.01
 2. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                    0.34
 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                               0.54
 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                         1.23
 5. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                              1.49
 6. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               2.11
 7. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                      2.33
 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                   2.41
 9. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         3.17
10. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                3.52
11. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                           4.02
12. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         4.35
13. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     5.05
14. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            5.20
15. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                               5.55
16. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               6.24
17. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                         6.24
18. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              7.18
19. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                     7.26
20. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                  8.18
21. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               8.41
22. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             9.47
23. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                       10.20
24. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                          10.47
25. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           11.06
26. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                     11.53
27. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                         13.38
28. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                         13.52
29. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              13.58
30. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           14.48
31. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         16.48
32. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              16.55
33. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                       16.58
34. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              17.07
35. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    17.39
36. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                      17.42
37. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                               19.42
38. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto                                21.38
39. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                 23.03
40. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                    26.04
41. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                     27.14
42. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              27.49
43. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                        28.03
44. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                   28.45
45. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                    32.17
46. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           34.29
47. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                        34.31
48. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                          35.41
49. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                           35.49
50. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           36.34
51. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    36.58
52. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         37.37
53. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             37.49
54. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                    38.41
55. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                      40.35
56. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                        40.54
57. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               41.08
58. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                           41.28
59. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                   41.47
60. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                      42.04
61. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         42.04
62. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        43.21
63. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                        43.36
64. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                          43.37
65. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           43.40
66. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                 43.45
67. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        44.42
68. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               44.45
69. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                         45.01
70. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        45.27
71. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                      45.56
72. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                            46.00
73. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           46.34
74. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            48.36
75. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                        48.44
76. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                            48.50
77. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne              49.27
78. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                       49.37
79. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto                                             50.09
80. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                        50.35
81. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                      50.54
82. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service                             51.14
83. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                      51.18
84. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              51.33
85. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              52.12
86. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                          52.22
87. Aitor  Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          53.02
88. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom                     56.31
89. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                    56.36
90. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        56.37
91. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                    57.49
92. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus                                 59.21
93. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                             1.03.00
94. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                         1.30.34

Other Classifications:

Points:

  1. MOREAU Christophe                                      58
  2. SCIANDRI Maximilian                                    50
  3. JALABERT Nicolas                                       47
  4. LOMBARDI Giovanni                                      45
  5. VOIGT Jens                                             45
  6. BARTHE Stephane                                        42
  7. BARANOWSKI Dariusz                                     41
  8. BOARDMAN Christopher                                   40
  9. VIRENQUE Richard                                       38
 10. SORENSEN Rolf                                          38
 11. JIMENEZ Jose Maria                                     30
 12. *VERBRUGGHE Rik                                        25
 13. BOURGUIGNON Thierry                                    25
 14. EKIMOV Viatceslav                                      24
 15. JONKER Patrick                                         24
 16. DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav                                  21
 17. ROBIN Jean-Cyril                                       20
 18. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt                                     20
 19. TETERIOUK Andrei                                       20
 20. PENA Miguel Angel                                      19
 21. MAIGNAN Gilles                                         17
 22. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand                                   17
 23. BOOGERD Michael                                        17
 24. MADOUAS Laurent                                        16
 25. LIVINGSTON Kevin                                       15
 26. LAMOUR Claude                                          15
 27. VAUGHTERS Jonathan                                      9
 28. SIMON Francois                                          9
 29. BRUYNEEL Johan                                          8
 30. VERHEYEN Geert                                          8
 31. ZARRABEITIA Mikel                                       8
 32. MOERENHOUT Koos                                         7
 33. SERRANO Marcos                                          6
 34. TEYSSIER Francisque                                     6
 35. SALMON Benoit                                           6
 36. AGNOLUTTO Christophe                                    6
 37. VIERHOUTEN Aart                                         6
 38. JULICH Bobby                                            6
 39. CASERO Angel                                            6
 40. MASSI Rodolfo                                           6
 41. DERAME Pascal                                           6
 42. TOTSCHNIG Georg                                         5
 43. FRATTINI Francesco                                      5
 44. VINOKOUROV Alexandre                                    4
 45. GOUVENOU Thierry                                        4
 46. GENTY Laurent                                           4
 47. VASSEUR Cedric                                          4
 48. LEPROUX Denis                                           3
 49. BENITEZ Francisco                                       3
 50. BROCHARD Laurent                                        3
 51. HENN Christian                                          2
 52. ODRIOZOLA Jon                                           2
 53. JONASSON Danny                                          2
 54. VIDAL Jose                                              1

Brief

Richard Virenque (Festina) emerged from the anonymity of the peloton today to win the 6th stage from Challes-les-Eaux to Megève. It was a grand occasion for the climber who has won the last four KOM jerseys in the Tour de France. The stage today required 7 climbs over cols or côtes.

Virenque won in front of a sprint between French rider Jean-Cyril Robin (US Postal), Belgian Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto) and the American Kevin Livingston (Cofidis). The small group had gone away after attacking on the climb of Revard. On the descent of the Col des Aravis the action increased.

Virenque said: "I wasn't sure about the escape. There was a lot of wind. But Banesto was controlling well (for de las Cuevas) and Christophe Moreau was off the front."

After parting company with Thierry Bourguignon (BigMat Auber) on the torturous descent (Virenque: "I am very pleased that I still had the legs for attacking on the mountains"), he joined his French teammate.

Moreau: "It helped to share the work. But I gave everything for Richard and only dropped off in the last 300 metres."

While he is using the Dauphine to prepare for the Tour de France, he assessed his chances of winning. "The stage on Sunday is tough, interesting and suits me. But it will be difficult to take more than two minutes out of de las Cuevas. I don't truly know if I have the form to do it."

Armand de las Cuevas retained his GC by 34 seconds on Miguel Angel Pena (Banesto) and 54 to Jens Voigt (GAN). He said at the end: "If I win this it will be a credit to the work of the team. If I cannot push through tomorrow, then Miguel is in the ideal place to take the GC."

It is true that there are only 144 kms tomorrow to ride. But there are 5 cols or côtes to climb and that could bring some surprises.