65th Paris-Nice, Hors Category

France, March 8-15, 1998


The Stages

  • Stage 1 - Suresnes - Paris, ITT 10.2 kms.
  • Stage 2 - Montereau - Sens, 170.2 kms.
  • Stage 3 - Sens - Nevers, 195.8 kms.
  • Stage 4 - Nevers - Vichy, 194.5 kms.
  • Stage 5 - Cusset - Col de la Repubique, 151.5 kms.
  • Stage 6 - Montelimar - Sisteron, 188.7 kms.
  • Stage 7 - Sisteron - Cannes, 223.0 kms.
  • Stage 8 - Nice - Nice, 161.4 kms.


Past Winners

1933    Alfons Schepers (Bel)
1934    Gaston Rebry (Bel)
1935    René Vietto (Fra)
1936    Maurice Archambaud (Fra)
1937    Roger Lapebie (Fra)
1938    Jules Lowie (Bel)
1939    Maurice Archambaud (Fra)
1946    Fermo Camellini (Ita)
1948    Alfred De Bruyne (Bel)
1951    Roger Decock (Bel)
1952    Louis Bobet (Fra)
1953    Jean-Pierre Munch (Fra)
1954    Raymond Impanis (Bel)
1955    Jean Bobet (Fra)
1956    Alfred De Bruyne (Bel)
1957    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1958    Alfred De Bruyne (Bel)
1959    Jean Graczyk (Fra)
1960    Raymond Impanis (Bel)
1961    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1962    Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1963    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1964    Jan Janssen (Ned)
1965    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1966    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1967    Tom Simpson (GB)
1968    Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger)
1969    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1970    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1971    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1972    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1973    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1974    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1975    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1976    Michel Laurent (Fra)
1977    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1978    Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1979    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1980    Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
1981    Stephen Roche (Ire)
1982    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1983    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1984    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1985    Sean Kelly (Ire) 
1986    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1987    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1988    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1989    Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1990    Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1991    Tony Rominger (Swi)
1992    Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra)
1993    Alex Zülle (Swi)
1994    Tony Rominger (Swi)
1995    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1996    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1997    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1998    ?
Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the winner's lists

Complete Starting List

ONCE (DS: Manolo Saiz)                  SAECO MACCHINE DA CAFFE (DS: A. Salutini)

1. JALABERT Laurent                     71. MOOS Alexandre
2. CUESTA Inigo                         72. CALCATERRA Giuseppe
3. DIAZ Rafael                          73. FAGNINI Gian. Matteo
4. ETXEBARRIA David                     74. FORNACIARI Paolo
5. GARCIAMarcelino                      75. SAVOLDELLI Paolo
6. PEREZ Luis                           76. FAVERIO Riccardo
7. SIERRA Roberto                       77. KOKORINE Vitaliy
8. ZARRABEITIA Mikel                    78. MORI Massimiliano

FESTINA (DS: Bruno Roussel)             US POSTAL SERVICE (DS: Johnny Weltz)

11. ZÜLLE Alex                          81. ARMSTRONG Lance
12. BOSCARDIN Bruno                     82. ANDREU Frankie
13. DUFAUX Laurent                      83. HINCAPIE George
14. HERVE Pascal                        84. JEMISON Marty
15. BASSONS Christophe                  85. EKIMOV Vyaceslav
16. MOREAU Christophe                   86. TEUTENBERG Sven
17. KORFF André                         87. MEINERT NIELSEN Peter
18. VIRENQUE Richard                    88. ROBIN Jean. Cyril

MAPEI-BRICOBI (DS: Patrick Lefevere)    CASINO (DS: Vincent Lavenu)

21. MUSEEUW Johan                       91. BARTHE Stéphane
22. LEYSEN Bart                         92. AUS Lauri
23. MATTAN Nico                         93. BESSY Frederic
24. PEETERS Wilfried                    94. CHANTEUR Pascal
25. STEELS Tom                          95. MASSI Rodolfo
26. BRAMATI Davide                      96. SALMON Benoit
27. VANDENBROUCKE Franck                97. BOUVARD Gilles
28. ZANINI Stefano                      98. KASPUTIS Arturas

GAN (DS: Roger Legeay)                  RABOBANK (DS: Theo de Rooy)

31. VASSEUR Cedric                      101. LÜTTENBERGER Peter
32. BACKSTEDT Magnus                    102. KOERTS Jans
33. MONCASSIN Frederic                  103. DEKKER Erik
34. O’GRADY Stuart                      104. HIEMSTRA Bert
35. POLI Eros                           105. JONKER Patrick
36. VOIGT Jens                          106. MCEWEN Robbie
37. SIMON François                      107. VAN BON Leon
38. VOGELS Henk                         108. ZBERG Beat

TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM (DS: F Van Looy)  TEAM POLTI (DS: Gianluigi Stanga)

41. BLAUDZUN Michael                    111. MERCKX Axel
42. ALDAG Rolf                          112. BRASI Rossano
43. BALDINGER Dirk                      113. CASSANI Enrico
44. BOLTS Udo                           114. GUIDI Fabrizio
45. HENN Christian                      115. ATIENZA Daniel
46. MÜLLER Dirk                         116. JAKSCHE Jörg
47. DIETZ Bert                          117. LEBLANC Luc
48. TOTSCHNIG Georg                     118. ROKIA Anthony

LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX (DS: M.Madiot)    COFIDIS (DS: Bernard Quilfen)

51. BERZIN Evgeniy                      121. MOREAU Francis
52. GUESDON Fréderic                    122. CAPELLE Christophe
53. MCGEE Bradley                       123. GAUMONT Philippe
54. MAGNIEN Emmanuel                    124. GOUBERT Stéphane
55. MENGIN Christophe                   125. JALABERT Nicolas
56. MORIN Anthony                       126. JULICH Bobby
57. VOGONDY Nicolas                     127. MEIER Roland
58. PERON Andrea                        128. RINERO Christophe

BANESTO (DS: Eusebio Unzue)             LOTTO MOBISTAR (DS: J L V.d.broucke)

61. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand                131. TCHMIL Andrei
62. ARRIETA Jose Luis                   132. AERTS Mario
63. HUNT Jeremy                         133. FARAZIJN Peter
64. LATASA david                        134. LAUKKA Joona
65. ODRIOZOLA Jon                       135. MADOUAS Laurent
66. OSA Aitor                           136. PEERS Chris
67. OSA Unaï                            137. DIERCKXSENS Ludo
68. MANCEBO Francisco                   138. WILLEMS Ludwig

KELME-COSTA BLANCA (DS: José Labarta Barrera)

141. CABELLO Francisco
142. SEVILLA Oscar 
143. GOMEZ Jose Javier
144. GONZALEZ Arsenio
145. HERAS Roberto
146. MARTIN PERDIGUERO
147. RODRIGUEZ GARCIA
148. RUBIERA Jose Luis

RISO SCOTTI-AIWA (DS: Emmanuele Bombini)

151. BOBRIK Vladislav
152. BALDATO Fabio
153. CASAGRANDA Stefano
154. CENGHIALTA Bruno
155. CHARRIERE Christian
156. FERRARI Riccardo
157. REZZANI Michele
158. MICELI Nicola

BIGMAT AUBER 93 (DS: Stéphane Javalet)

161. LINO Pascal
162. AUGER Ludovic
163. BOURGUIGNON Thierry
164. DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav 
165. SWEET Jay
166. GOUVENOU Thierry
167. LEBRETON Lylian
168. SIVAKOV Aleksey

MUTUELLE DE SEINE-ET-MARNE (DS: Yvon Sanquer)

171. TEYSSIER Francisque
172. DELRIEU David
173. DOJWA Jean. Philippe
174. GUILBERT Charles
175. CUEFF Stéphane
176. MAIGNAN Gilles
177. PILLON Laurent
178. TALMANT Gilles
Thanks to Daniel Schamps and Race Organisation for the complete start list