21st Cholet-Pays De Loire, Cat 1.2

France, March 22, 1998


Race distance - 202 kms:

 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 	                     5.09.20 (39.181)
 2. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			0.04
 3. Mario Manzani (Ita) 				1.04
 4. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti				1.04
 5. Juris Silovs (Lat) Home Jack and Jones		1.04
 6. Pascal Hervé (Fra) Festina				1.04
 7. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar			1.07
 8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)				1.47
 9. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans-Ideal		1.47
10. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar			1.47
11. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 			1.47
12. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 		1.47
13. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina   			1.53
14. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino  				2.08
15. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 			2.08
16. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack and Jones 	2.08
17. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina 				2.08
18. Frank Corvers (Bel) Palmans-Ideal   		2.26
19. Armin Meier (Swi) Festina 				2.26
20. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 
21. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 
22. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop 
23. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 
24. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) GAN 
25. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 
26. Richard Faltus (Cze) ZVVZ
27. Renzo Ragnetti (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 
28. Roman Stoffel (Ger) Team Nurnberger 
29. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) ZVVZ
30. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
31. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 
32. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 
33. Cristiano Colleoni (Ita) Polti 
34. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 
35. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 
36. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 
37. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 
38. Rene Joergensen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 
39. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 
40. Jerome Bernard (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 
41. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino 
42. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 
43. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 
44. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 
45. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 
46. Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 
47. Paolo Alberati (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 
48. Miloslav Kejval (Cze) ZVVZ
49. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino 
50. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 
51. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 
52. Milos Pejcea (Cze) ZVVZ
53. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 
54. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 
55. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino 
56. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 
57. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino
58. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 
59. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 
60. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 
61. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN
62. Jan Hruska (Cze) ZVVZ
63. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita
64. Emanuele Lupi (Ita) Amore e Vita
65. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
66. Carlo Bomans (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
67. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN
68. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis
69. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
70. Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
71. Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Polti
72. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Polti
73. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
74. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti				2.26
The complete results are sent by my friend Stephane David in Paris

Complete Starting List

CASINO				MROZ

1. Jann Kirsipuu (Est)		11. Osamu Kurimura (Jpn)
2. Frederic Bessy (Fra)		12. Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol)
3. David Lefevre (Fra)		13. Piotr Wadecki (Pol)
4. Jacky Durand (Fra)		14. Marcin Gebka (Pol)
5. Roger Beuchat (Swi) 		15. Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol)
6. Benoit Salmon (Fra)		16. Grzegorz Rosolinski (Pol)
7. Marc Streel (Bel)		17. Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)	18. Pawel Rychkicji (Pol)

HOME JACK and JONES		VLAANDEREN 2002

21. Brian Holm (Den)		31. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel)
22. Jesper Skibby (Den)		32. Kris Gerits (Bel)
23. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)	33. Erwin Thijs (Bel)
24. Rene Joergensen (Den)	34. Kristof Trouve (Bel)
25. Peter Meinert-nielsen (Den)	35. Leif Hoste (Bel)
26. Danny Nelissen (Ned)	36. Steve Vermaut (Bel)
27. Juris Silvos (Lat)		37. Karel Vereecke (Bel)
28. Arvis Piziks (Lat)		38. Wim Vansevenant (Bel)

PALMANS-IDEAL			NÛRNBERGER

41. Mario de Clercq (Bel)	51. Gerd Audehm (Ger)
42. Carlo Bomans (Bel)		52. Klaus Diewald (Ger)
43. Frank Corvers (Bel)		53. Andreas Klier (Ger)
44. Hans de Clercq (Bel)	54. Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger)
45. Frank Hoj (Den)		55. Roman Stoffel (Ger)
46. Karl Pauwels (Bel) 		56. Frank Schinck (Ger)
47. Roger Hammond (GB) 		57. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger)
48. Scott Sunderland (Aus)	58. Mike Weissmann (Ger)

GAN				COFIDIS

61. Chris Boardman(GB)		71. Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
62. Eddy Seigneur (Fra)		72. Christophe Rinero (Fra)
63. Marcel Gono(Aus)		73. Stephane Goubert (Fra)
64. Sebastien Hinault (Fra)	74. Bruno Thibout (Fra)
65. Anthony Langella (Fra)	75. Cyril Saugrain (Fra)
66. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra)	76. Roland Meier (Swi)
67. Stephane Petilleau (Fra)	77. David Millar(GB)
68. Arnaud Pretot (Fra)		78. David Moncoutie (Fra)

BIG MAT-AUBER 93		MUTUELLE DE SEINE ET MARNE

81. Ludovic Auger (Fra)		91. Jerome Bernard (Fra)
82. Philippe Bordenave (Fra)	92. Frederic Gabriel (Fra)
83. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra)	93. Charles Guilbert (Fra)
84. Carlos Dacruz (Fra)		94. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra)
85. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus)	95. Gilles Maignan (Fra)
86. Lylian Lebreton (Fra)	96. Laurent Pillon (Fra)
87. Pascal Lino (Fra)		97. Gilles Talmant (Fra)
88. Alexei Sivakov(Rus)		98. Francisque Teyssier (Fra)

LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX		FESTINA

101. Franck Bouyer (Fra)	111. Christophe Bassons (Fra)
102. Christopher Horner (USA)	112. Pascal Herve (Fra)
103. Xavier Jan (Fra)		113. Patrice Halgand (Fra)
104. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)	114. Christophe Moreau (Fra) DNS
105. Franck Morelle (Fra)	115. Didier Rous (Fra)
106. Anthony Morin (Fra)	116. Armin Meier  (Swi)
107. Damien Nazon (Fra)		
108. Bradley McGee(Aus)

ZVVZ				LOTTO-MOBISTAR

121. Artour Babaitsev(Rus)	131. Fabian De Waele (Bel)
122. Jaroslav Bilek (Cze)	132. Geert Verheyen (Bel)
123. Slavomir Heger (Cze)	133. Wim Feys (Bel)
124. Jan Hruska (Cze)		134. Jo Planckaert (Bel)
125. Richard Faltus (Cze)	135. Chris Peers (Bel)
126. Miloslav Kejval (Cze)	136. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel)
127. Tomas Konecny (Cze)	137. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)
128. Miloz Pejcea (Cze)		138. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)

POST SWISS			HOME MARKET-CHARLEROI

141. Roger Beuchat (Swi)	151. Marc Bouillon (Bel) DNS
142. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)	152. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel)
143. Richard Chassot (Swi)	153. Ludovic Capelle (Bel)
144. Rolf Huser (Swi)		154. Jurgen De Buysschere (Bel) DNS
145. Daniel Paradis (Swi)	155. Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel)
146. Daniel Schnider (Swi)	156. Jerome Laveur-pedoux (Fra)
147. Patrick Vetsch (Swi)	157. Franck Ramel (Fra)
148. Guido Wirz (Swi)		158. Ronny Assez (Bel)

AMORE E VITA			MOBILVETTA

161. Tim Jones (Zim)		171. Paolo Alberati (Ita)
162. Emanuele Lupi (Ita) 	172. Gabriele Dalla Valle (Ita)
163. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) 	173. Maurizio Tomi (Ita)
164. Simone Leporatti (Ita)	174. Marco Giroletti (Ita)
165. Michele Ferti (Ita)	175. Mario Manzoni (Ita)
166. Frederico Profeti (Ita) 	176. Andrea Paluan (Ita)
167. Manuel Scopsi(Ita		177. Renzo Ragnetti (Ita)
168. Michele Massa (Ita)	178. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita)

COLLSTROP			POLTI

181. Danny Baeyens (Bel)	191. Cristiano Colleoni (Ita) Polti
182. Tony Bracke (Bel)		192. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
183. Danny Daelman (Bel)	193. Mirko Gualdi (Ita)
184. Eric De Clercq (Bel)	194. Jorg Jaksche (Ger)
185. Steven De Neef (Bel)	195. Anthony Rokia (Fra)
186. Tom Desmet (Bel)		196. Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
187. Christ Heyndryckx (Bel)	197. Gianluca Valoti (Ita)
188. Philip Vereecke (Bel)	198. Mauro Zinetti (Ita)
Complete starting list from my friend Stephane David in Paris and help from Daniel Schamps

Past Winners and History

Between 1982-86 and 1988 the race was known as Mauleon - Moulins. For 1987 and 1989 it was called GP Cholet-Mauleon. From 1990, it took the name of GP Cholet-Pays de Loire

1978	Jacques Bossis (Fra)
1979	Pierre Bazzo (Fra)
1980	Roger Legeay (Fra)
1981	Roger Legeay (Fra)
1982	Pierre Bazzo (Fra)		220.0 km in 5.24.37 
1983	Eric Dall'Armellina (Fra)	
1984	Pascal Poisson (Fra)		233.0 km in 5.55.10 
1985	Marc Madiot (Fra)		236.0 km in 6.28.36
1986	Domenique Lecrocq (Fra)		237.0 km in 6.17.44
1987	Frédéric Garnier (Fra) 		239.0 km in 6.23.33
1988	Patrick Onnockx (Bel)		241.0 km in 6.33.46
1989	Frank Boucanville (Fra)		238.0 km in 6.24.53
1990	Kim Andersen (Den)		200.0 km in 5.03.59
1991 	Sammie Moreels (Bel)		205.0 km in 5.12.03
1992	Laurent Desbiens (Fra)		205.0 km in 5.19.16
1993	Marc Bouillon (Fra)		209.0 km in 5.16.31
1994	Laurent Madouas (Fra)		207.0 km in 5.26.59
1995	Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel)	207.0 km in 5.08.45
1996	Stéphan Heulot (Fra)		207.0 km in 4.59.43
1997	Jann Kirsipuu (Est)		202.0 km in 4.56.25
1998	?
Past winners from my friend Mario Stiehl in Berlin