50th Dauphine Libere, Cat HC

France, June 7-14, 1998


Other Stages     

Stage 7, Megève - Megève, 144 kms:

 1. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                 3.19.55
 2. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                   0.00
 3. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                                 0.00
 4. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                              0.28
 5. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               0.34
 6. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            0.34
 7. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         0.34
 8. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                           0.34
 9. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                        0.34
10. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.56
11. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              0.56
12. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         0.56
13. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                         0.56
14. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                         0.56
15. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                        2.02
16. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               2.02
17. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             2.02
18. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                      2.02
19. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            2.02
20. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                               2.02
21. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            2.02
22. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                2.02
23. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                               2.02
24. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                         2.02
25. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                     2.02
26. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         2.02
27. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                           3.42
28. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                           3.42
29. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                           3.42
30. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                     3.42
31. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                            3.42
32. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               3.42
33. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         3.42
34. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                     3.42
35. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                       3.42
36. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                             3.42
37. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                     3.42
38. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                      3.42
39. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          3.42
40. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                         3.42
41. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                3.42
42. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                       4.57
43. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                             5.28
44. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                  5.52
45. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                       8.22
46. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                    8.22
47. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             8.22
48. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                8.22
49. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         8.22
50. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               8.22
51. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          8.22
52. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            8.22
53. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               8.22
54. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            8.22
55. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                               8.22
56. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     8.22
57. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                      8.22
58. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                              8.22
59. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         8.22
60. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                       8.22
61. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                               8.22
62. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               8.22
63. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                         8.22
64. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                          8.22
65. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                            8.22
66. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                          8.22
67. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                         8.22
68. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne               8.22
69. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                            8.22
70. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                     8.22
71. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                        8.22
72. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                           14.21
73. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                    14.21
74. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                 14.21
75. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                      14.21
76. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               14.21
77. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                               14.21
78. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         14.21
79. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                          14.21
80. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                 14.21

Abandoned:

 Aitor  Osa (Spa) Banesto
 César Solaun (Spa) Banesto
 Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
 Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne
 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto
 Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus
 Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service
 Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino
 Una Osa (Spa) Banesto
 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service

Final GC

 1. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto                            28.08.56
 2. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                                   0.34
 3. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar                             2.17
 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service                        2.19
 5. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                                  2.41
 6. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              2.45
 7. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                              2.56
 8. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        4.13
 9. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                     4.35
10. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service                          4.36
11. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           5.54
12. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               5.54
13. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                    6.01
14. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        6.37
15. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                        7.20
16. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                              7.57
17. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                             8.14
18. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                    9.28
19. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom                      10.54
20. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           11.49
21. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                             12.23
22. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          13.08
23. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino                                14.10
24. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                         14.29
25. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne             14.46
26. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                    15.35
27. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          16.50
28. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             18.57
29. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                      19.00
30. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        20.30
31. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                   21.21
32. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                        22.00
33. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                        22.14
34. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                             22.20
35. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                     22.39
36. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                              23.24
37. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                             25.29
38. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis                                   29.46
39. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank                                    35.36
40. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                   35.59
41. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                             36.11
42. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                       36.33
43. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                  37.07
44. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                                37.24
45. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                         39.23
46. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          42.51
47. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux                          44.11
48. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis                                     44.17
49. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          44.56
50. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN                                          45.10
51. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       45.16
52. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   45.20
53. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            46.11
54. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       47.03
55. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                       47.18
56. François Simon (Fra) GAN                                         47.19
57. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                       49.16
58. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              49.30
59. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN                                     50.26
60. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        50.26
61. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                           51.28
62. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                        51.58
63. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          52.02
64. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                           52.32
65. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                       53.49
66. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           56.58
67. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros                       57.06
68. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne             57.49
69. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                      57.59
70. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar                                58.06
71. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              59.06
72. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                     59.40
73. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           1.00.34
74. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     1.04.59
75. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank                                   1.05.15
76. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne                 1.06.11
77. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.06.43
78. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.10.57
79. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN                                            1.17.21
80. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service                        1.44.55

Final Other Classifications:

Points:

  1. MOREAU Christophe                              65
  2. SCIANDRI Maximilian                            58
  3. VIRENQUE Richard                               49
  4. JIMENEZ Jose Maria                             47
  5. JALABERT Nicolas                               47
  6. VOIGT Jens                                     45
  7. BARANOWSKI Dariusz                             44
  8. SORENSEN Rolf                                  44
  9. BOARDMAN Christopher                           40
 10. PENA Miguel Angel                              39
 11. TETERIOUK Andrei                               33
 12. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand                           32
 13. BOURGUIGNON Thierry                            31
 14. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt                             30
 15. ROBIN Jean-Cyril                               28
 16. VERBRUGGHE Rik                                 25
 17. JONKER Patrick                                 24
 18. BOOGERD Michael                                23
 19. DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav                          21
 20. MADOUAS Laurent                                16
 21. LIVINGSTON Kevin                               15
 22. LAMOUR Claude                                  15
 23. MOERENHOUT Koos                                13
 24. TOTSCHNIG Georg                                12
 25. CONTRERAS Carlos Alberto                        9
 26. VAUGHTERS Jonathan                              9
 27. SIMON Francois                                  9
 28. BRUYNEEL Johan                                  8
 29. VERHEYEN Geert                                  8
 30. ZARRABEITIA Mikel                               8
 31. SALMON Benoit                                   8
 32. SERRANO Marcos                                  6
 33. TEYSSIER Francisque                             6
 34. AGNOLUTTO Christophe                            6
 35. VIERHOUTEN Aart                                 6
 36. JULICH Bobby                                    6
 37. CASERO Angel                                    6
 38. MASSI Rodolfo                                   6
 39. VINOKOUROV Alexandre                            4
 40. GOUVENOU Thierry                                4
 41. GENTY Laurent                                   4
 42. VASSEUR Cedric                                  4
 43. LEPROUX Denis                                   3
 44. BENITEZ Francisco                               3
 45. BROCHARD Laurent                                3
 46. ODRIOZOLA Jon                                   3
 47. JONASSON Danny                                  2
 48. VIDAL Jose                                      1

Mountains:

  1. JIMENEZ Jose Maria                             138
  2. MOREAU Christophe                               95
  3. LIVINGSTON Kevin                                76
  4. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand                            62
  5. PENA Miguel Angel                               57
  6. VASSEUR Cedric                                  56
  7. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt                              52
  8. PETILLEAU Stephane                              50
  9. CASERO Angel                                    40
 10. BOURGUIGNON Thierry                             33
 11. BOOGERD Michael                                 31
 12. ROBIN Jean-Cyril                                31
 13. VIRENQUE Richard                                30
 14. SCIANDRI Maximilian                             29
 15. VOIGT Jens                                      27
 16. JONKER Patrick                                  26
 17. BARANOWSKI Dariusz                              22
 18. TETERIOUK Andrei                                22
 19. SALMON Benoit                                   21
 20. TOTSCHNIG Georg                                 21
 21. MADOUAS Laurent                                 19
 22. VERBRUGGHE Rik                                  17
 23. SORENSEN Rolf                                   15
 24. SIMON Francois                                  14
 25. SAUGRAIN Cyril                                  14
 26. BOARDMAN Christopher                            12
 27. JAN Xavier                                      12
 28. GOUVENOU Thierry                                10
 29. ODRIOZOLA Jon                                    8
 30. AGNOLUTTO Christophe                             8
 31. VERHEYEN Geert                                   8
 32. MASSI Rodolfo                                    6
 33. JALABERT Nicolas                                 6
 34. TEYSSIER Francisque                              2
 35. SERRANO Marcos                                   1
 36. CONTRERAS Carlos Alberto                         1
 37. LEBRETON Lylian                                  1
 38. VINOKOUROV Alexandre                             1
 39. BENITEZ Francisco                                1
 40. STEINHAUSER Tobias                               1

Brief

30-year old Armand de las Cuevas, regained a new enthusiasm along the road of th 50th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, that culminated in a brilliant victory on GC at the end in Megève. The Frenchman from Banesto, the old team of Miguel Indurain (who won the race twice in 1996 and 1996), forged his victory on Mont Ventoux, on Wednesday, when he attacked and stayed away with his Spanish teammate Jose Maria Jimenez.

In winning the GC, he became the first French rider to take the race overall since Charly Mottet accomplished the feat in 1992. His win yesterday was not due to the last stage being without risk but rather because of the great work of his team.

On the climb of Ventoux, Banesto realised that they had a strong triple-act running - Jimenez, de las Cuevas and Miguel Angel Pena - and they arrived at Megève for the 7th and last stage, they repeated the act even if the order of places was different. As it happened Pena took the stage win in front of Jiminez and de las Cuevas, the latter holding on to the GC. It was a prestigious win for the Banesto team.

The Banesto riders, countered a number of tentative attacks from the start - from François Simon (GAN), then Laurent Brochard (Festina), and then Maximilian Sciandri (Française des Jeux), Rolf Sorensen (Rabobank) and Christophe Agnolutto (Casino). Banesto controlled each situation and then they made the last attack of the stage!

Jimenez made the first attack, alone, just before the last major difficulty. But he slowed and waited for Pena and de las Cuevas, who had made their own escape from a group that contained all the notable climbers like Richard Virenque (Festina) and Jean-Cyril Robin (US Postal) and the Colombien Carlos Contreras (Kelme).

The Banesto triumph was almost complete and the three rider arrived at the end together. De las Cuevas said at the end: "The success signifies that Banesto which will regain Abraham Olano will be strong in the Tour de France and has shown that we can counter difficult conditions in all weather."

But the veteran French champion, who has rediscovered his talents as a climber during this week, is not preoccupied with adding the Tour de France to his C.V.: "I am resting now and perhaps the form in the Dauphine was 15 days to early!"