Other Stages
Stage 1, Pétange-Diekirch, 190 kms:1. ARMSTRONG Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 4.33.09 2. AUS Lauri EST CASINO 3. PERRAUDEAU Olivier FRA GAN 4.05 4. SKIBBY Jesper DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 5. KJARGAARD Steffen NOR CHICKY WORLD 6. DURAND Jacky FRA CASINO 7. MICHAELSEN Lars DEN TVM - FARM FRITES 8. KIRSIPUU Jann EST CASINO 4.08 9. KOERTS Jans NED RABOBANK 10. VANDERAERDEN Gert BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 11. VAN BONDT Gert BEL TVM - FARM FRITES 12. VAN DER POEL Adri NED RABOBANK 13. O'GRADY Stuart AUS GAN 14. PRETOT Arnaud FRA GAN 15. KLIER Andreas GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 16. KYNEB Mikael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 17. PLANCKAERT Jo BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 18. TEIXEIRA Carlos POR RECER BOAVISTA 19. SCHMIDT Torsten GER CHICKY WORLD 20. IVANOV Serguei RUS TVM - FARM FRITES 21. CAPIOT Johan BEL TVM - FARM FRITES 22. TRIEBEL Pascal LUX LUXEMBOURG 23. NIELSEN Michael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 24. JENNER Christopher NZL GAN 25. VAN DYCK Hendrik NED TVM - FARM FRITES 26. JOHANSEN Allan DEN CHICKY WORLD 27. NIELSEN Bjarke DEN CHICKY WORLD 28. HAMILTON Tyler USA US POSTAL SERVICE 29. DEKKER Erik NED RABOBANK 30. FEYS Wim BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 31. ANDERSEN Christian DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 32. BLAUDZUN Michael DEN TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 33. HUSER Rolf SUI POST SWISS TEAM 34. REBOLLO Jose ESP RECER BOAVISTA 35. HINCAPIE George USA US POSTAL SERVICE 36. KASPUTIS Arturas LTU CASINO 37. DETILLOUX Christophe BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 38. ELLI Alberto ITA CASINO 39. HOLESTOL Svein-Gaute NOE CHICKY WORLD 40. DI GRANDE Guiseppe ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI 41. JEMISON Marty USA US POSTAL SERVICE 42. ZANINI Stefano ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI 43. VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 44. ANDREU Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 45. RODRIGUEZ Quintino POR RECER BOAVISTA 46. PEERS Chris BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 47. WEISSMANN Mike GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 48. LELLI Massimiliano ITA COFIDIS 49. TCHMIL Andrej BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 50. HOJ Frank DEN PALMANS - IDEAL 51. BOMANS Carlo BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 52. CENTRONE Vincenzo LUX LUXEMBOURG 53. VAN PETEGEM Peter BEL TVM - FARM FRITES 54. VAN STEEN Martin NED TEAM NUERNBERGER 55. HOTZ Frank SUI POST SWISS TEAM 56. JOERGENSEN Rene DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 57. SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN 58. POOS Christian LUX LUXEMBOURG 59. LANGELLA Anthony FRA GAN 60. BOS Cyril FRA GAN 61. LEFEVRE David FRA CASINO 62. DIETZ Bert GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 63. PEREIRA Delmino POR RECER BOAVISTA 64. TAFI Andrea ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI 65. RICHARD Pascal SUI CASINO 66. HOFFMAN Tristan NED TVM - FARM FRITES 67. ZEMKE Jens GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 68. MEZZAPESA Enzo LUX LUXEMBOURG 69. ZABEL Erik GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 70. VANDENBROUCKE Frank BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 71. MC EWEN Robbie AUS RABOBANK 72. DEN BAKKER Marten NED RABOBANK 73. RASMUSSEN Dennis DEN CHICKY WORLD 74. STOFFEL Roman GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 75. BALDINGER Dirk GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 76. CEPELE Arunas LTU RECER BOAVISTA 77. PEETERS Wilfried BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 78. VETSCH Patrick SUI POST SWISS TEAM 79. STEELS Tom BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 80. BERTOLINI Allessandro ITA COFIDIS 81. VANDENBROUCKE J.-Denis BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 82. PLAZA David ESP COFIDIS 83. KLOEDEN Andreas GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 84. CASAGRANDA Francesco ITA COFIDIS 85. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 86. MATTAN Nico BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 87. KASTENHUBER Alex GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 88. SCHAFFRATH Jan GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 89. LEYSEN Bart BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 90. MUELLER Dirk GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 91. BRUINSMA Johan NED RABOBANK 92. SCHINCK Frank GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 93. MOREAU Francis FRA COFIDIS 94. ORIOL Christophe FRA CASINO 95. VANDEVELDE Christian USA US POSTAL SERVICE 96. WIRZ Guido SUI POST SWISS TEAM 97. LERCHE Ronny DEN CHICKY WORLD 98. KIRCHEN Kim LUX LUXEMBOURG 99. WESEMANN Steffen GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 100. VAN BON Leon NED RABOBANK 101. JACOBSEN Marco DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 102. NELISSEN Danny NED TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 103. SARKAUSUS Saulius LTU RECER BOAVISTA 104. SILOVS Juris LAT TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 105. JOACHIM Benoit LUX LUXEMBOURG 106. BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POST SWISS TEAM 107. CHASSOT Richard SUI POST SWISS TEAM 108. AEBERSOLD Niki SUI POST SWISS TEAM 109. DE CLERQ Hans BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 110. ZBERG Marcus SUI POST SWISS TEAM 111. PAUWELS Karel BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 112. HAMMOND Roger GBR PALMANS - IDEAL 113. GAUMONT Phillipe FRA COFIDIS 114. DIEWALD Klaus GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 115. HIEMSTRA Bert NED RABOBANK 116. DELBOVE Jerome FRA COFIDIS 117. FLAMMANG Tom LUX LUXEMBOURG 118. DE CLERCQ Mario BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 119. SILVA Pedro POR RECER BOAVISTA 120. WILLEMS Ludwig BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 121. GONO Marcel AUS GAN 122. DUBBELDAM Davy NED TVM - FARM FRITES 123. BINTZ Daniel LUX LUXEMBOURG 124. MADSEN Mark Tune DEN CHICKY WORLD Abandoned VERMEERSCH Juergen BEL PALMANS - IDEAL VILLATORO Anton GUA US POSTAL SERVICE TEUTENBERG Sven GER POSTAL SERVICE Other Classifications
Points: 1. ARMSTRONG Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 20 2. AUS Lauri EST CASINO 19 3. PERRAUDEAU Olivier FRA GAN 18 4. SKIBBY Jesper DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 17 5. KJARGAARD Steffen NOR CHICKY WORLD 16 6. DURAND Jacky FRA CASINO 15 7. MICHAELSEN Lars DEN TVM - FARM FRITES 14 8. KIRSIPUU Jann EST CASINO 13 9. KOERTS Jans NED RABOBANK 12 10. VANDERAERDEN Gert BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 11 11. VAN BONDT Gert BEL TVM - FARM FRITES 10 12. VAN DER POEL Adri NED RABOBANK 9 13. O'GRADY Stuart AUS GAN 8 14. PRETOT Arnaud FRA GAN 7 15. KLIER Andreas GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 6 16. KYNEB Mikael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 5 17. PLANCKAERT Jo BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 4 18. TEIXEIRA Carlos POR RECER BOAVISTA 3 19. SCHMIDT Torsten GER CHICKY WORLD 2 20. IVANOV Serguei RUS TVM - FARM FRITES 1 Teams: 1. CASINO 13.47.22 16 Points 2. US POSTAL SERVICE 13.47.25 64 3. GAN 13.51.21 30 4. TVM - FARM FRITES 13.51.21 38 5. TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 13.51.21 43 6. CHICKY WORLD 13.51.21 50 7. RABOBANK 13.51.24 50 8. LOTTO - MOBISTAR 13.51.24 84 9. RECER BOAVISTA 13.51.24 97 10. PALMANS - IDEAL 13.51.24 111 11. TEAM NUERNBERGER 13.51.24 116 12. LUXEMBOURG 13.51.24 132 13. MAPEI - BRICOBI 13.51.24 146 14. TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 13.51.24 163 15. POST SWISS TEAM 13.51.24 166 16. COFIDIS 13.51.24 210 Under 23: 1. KLIER Andreas GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 2. IVANOV Serguei RUS TVM - FARM FRITES 3. NIELSEN Michael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 4. JENNER Christopher NZL GAN 5. NIELSEN Bjarke DEN CHICKY WORLD 6. CENTRONE Vincenzo LUX LUXEMBOURG 7. JOERGENSEN Rene DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 8. POOS Christian LUX LUXEMBOURG 9. VANDENBROUCKE Frank BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 10. STOFFEL Roman GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 11. VANDENBROUCKE J.-Denis BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 12. KLOEDEN Andreas GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 13. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 14. BRUINSMA Johan NED RABOBANK 15. VANDEVELDE Christian USA US POSTAL SERVICE 16. KIRCHEN Kim LUX LUXEMBOURG 17. JOACHIM Benoit LUX LUXEMBOURG 18. ZBERG Marcus SUI POST SWISS TEAM 19. DELBOVE Jerome FRA COFIDIS 20. FLAMMANG Tom LUX LUXEMBOURG 21. GONO Marcel AUS GAN Mountains: Wormeldange-Haut Km 72 1. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz 5 Points 2. SCHMIDT Torsten 3 3. TEIXEIRA Carlos 2 4. ARMSTRONG Lance 1 Senningerberg Km 108 1. ARMSTRONG Lance 5 Points 2. AUS Lauri 3 3. GAUMONT Phillipe 2 4. SCHMIDT Torsten Montee de Steinsel Km 128 1. ARMSTRONG Lance 5 Points 2. AUS Lauri 3 3. SCHMIDT Torsten 2 4. ELLI Alberto 1 Quatre Vents Km 137 1. ARMSTRONG Lance 5 Points 2. AUS Lauri 3 3. TEIXEIRA Carlos 2 4. TAFI Andrea 1 Overall Mountains: 1. ARMSTRONG Lance 16 Points 2. AUS Lauri 9 3. SCHMIDT Torsten 6 4. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz 5 5. TEIXEIRA Carlos 4 6. GAUMONT Phillipe 2 7. TAFI Andrea 1 8. ELLI Alberto 1 Brief The United States Postal Service Pro Cycling Team's Lance Armstrong won his first international race since recovering from testicular cancer today when he won the 190 kilometer opening stage of the Tour of Luxembourg. Armstrong won the stage from Petange to Diekirch following a long breakaway with Lauri Aus of the Casino team. Today's victory was Armstrong's first European win since he became the first American cyclist to win the Fleche Wallonne classic in 1996. The victory was Armstrong's second this season, his first since recovering from cancer. In late May, Armstrong won the Sprint 56K Criterium in his hometown of Austin, TX. Armstrong entered the Tour of Luxembourg following an impressive performance at the USPRO Championships this past Sunday in Philadelphia, playing a key role in helping teammate George Hincapie win the race. From Kristin Armstrong
I am SCREAMING, CRYING AND DANCING all over the house!!!!! I just found out that Lance won today's stage of the Tour of Luxembourg. I just spoke to him briefly after he got off the podium, so I only have a little information right now. I know that Lance and a guy from a French team broke away from the Peloton. They rode for a while by themselves and in the end Lance took the victory in a sprint. He won ALL FOUR jerseys today - the yellow jersey, the sprinter's jersey, the climber's jersey, and the combat jersey! This is such huge news. Lance's first International victory since his diagnosis! No matter where you are, please join me in a moment of celebration! Drop a note to him on the guestbook, he always checks in. I asked him if he was thrilled beyond belief (because I sure was!). He said that he felt different after winning than he used to feel. He said that in the past he would be so excited that he couldn't settle down, or sleep well, for days afterwards. Now has seen higher highs and lower lows, so while this is a great moment - he takes it all in stride now. He has better perspective than I - I doubt I'll be sleeping tonight! I'll keep you posted this week, Kristin... ©1998 Kristin Armstrong. Please visit the LAF Web Site and get involved with the effort. Go to http://www.laf.org |