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1997 Results
Past Winners
Riders
Stage 5, Gravelines - Loon-Plage, 187.3 kms:1. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Polti 4.12.22 2. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Ballan 3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 4. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei-Bricobi 5. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola 6. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan 7. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino 8. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 9. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 10. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Française des Jeux 11. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 12. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones 13. Vyacheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 14. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 15. Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 16. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 17. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 18. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 19. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 20. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 21. Evgueni Berzine (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 22. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 23. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 24. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 25. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 26. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 27. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 28. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Cantina Tollo 29. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei 30. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 31. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 32. Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Cantina Tollo 33. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Ballan 34. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 35. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 36. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 37. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti s.t. 38. Claus Michael Möller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 0.12 39. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 40. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 41. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 42. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 43. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 44. Marco Bellini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 45. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis 46. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 47. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 48. Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 49. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 0.46 50. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.58 51. Frank Hoj (Den) Palmans-Ideal 52. Cyril Bos (Fra) GAN 53. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 1.06 54. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.58 55. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.45 56. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino 57. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 58. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 59. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 60. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 61. Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Cantina Tollo 62. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 63. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 64. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 65. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 66. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 67. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 68. Marco Villa (Ita) Cantina Tollo 69. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 70. Thierry Laurent (Fra) Festina 71. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 72. Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola 73. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Vini Caldirola 74. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 75. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 76. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 77. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 78. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 79. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 80. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 81. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 82. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 83. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 84. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei 85. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 86. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 87. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 88. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 89. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 90. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 91. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 4.43 92. Adrie Van Der Poel (Ned) Rabobank 9.13 93. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 94. Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 95. Christian Andersen (Den) Team Home Jack and Jones 96. Denis Zanette (Ita) Vini Caldirola 97. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 98. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal Service 99. Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 100. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 101. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 102. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan 103. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 104. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan 105. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festin 106. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 107. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 108. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 109. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 110. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 111. Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 112. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Ballan 113. Geert Van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 114. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 115. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 116. Michael Rosborg (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 117. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 118. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 119. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 120. Mirko Rossato (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 121. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 16.13 122. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 123. Jerome Laveur-Pedoux (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi 124. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina 125. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 126. Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 127. Johan Bruinsma (Ned) Rabobank 128. Jorgen Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 129. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 16.13 Abandons: Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne Endrio Leoni (Ita) Ballan Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne Dario Pieri (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Team Home Jack and Jones Ronny Assez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi GC after Stage 5 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 16.07.36 2. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 0.34 3. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Française des Jeux 0.52 4. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.42 5. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.53 6. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 2.11 7. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 2.23 8. Arvis Piziks (Let) Team Home Jack and Jones 2.47 9. Alexel Sivakov (Rus) Big Ma-Auber 93 3.13 10. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 3.21 11. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan 3.35 12. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 4.14 13. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 4.56 14. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei-Bricobi 5.57 15. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 6.26 16. Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Cantina Tollo 6.46 17. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 9.03 18. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei 9.08 19. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 9.32 20. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 9.40 21. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 9.42 22. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 9.50 23. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 9.51 24. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 10.20 25. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 10.32 26. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Cantina-Tollo 10.36 27. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Ballan 10.41 28. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.53 29. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 11.53 30. Cyril Bos (Fra) GAN 11.57Brief Mario Aerts (Lotto) has a broken hip after falling. He has had an operation in hospital. The Lotto-team had been plagued by injury this season. Jo Planckaert has had knee problems, Ludo Dierckxsens sustained a broken wrist during the classics, and Fabien de Waele had a knee operation last week. Stage 6, Cappelle la Grande - Westroute (Belgium), 186 kms:1. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan 4.32.46 2. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat 0.01 3. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 0.10 4. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.16 5. Dariusz Baranowski (Poland) US Postal 0.28 6. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.28 7. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 0.32 8. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 9. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones 0.32 10. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 0.32 GC after Stage 6 1. Alexander Vinokurov (Kaz) Casino 20.39.05 2. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 0.34 3. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) Francaise des Jeux 0.52 4. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.42 5. Vyacheslav Yekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.53 6. Magnus Backstedt (Swed) GAN 2.11 7. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 2.23 8. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones 2.47 9. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.13 10. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 3.21Brief Kazak roder Alexandre Vinokourov (Casino) retained the "maillot rose" - the leader's jersey in the Four Days of Dunkirk after the 6th stage, which was reputed to be the most difficult between Cappelle-la-Grande and Mont-Rouge (186 km). Under the sun, and with a number of difficult climbs in front of the riders, the Italian Gabriele Colombo (Ballan) made the stage his own by finishing clearly in front of his compatriot Roberto Sgambelluri (Brescialat) and the French rider Laurent Desbiens (Cofidis). In the first kms, Mariano Piccoli and Daniele Contrini, both from the Brescialat team, attacked from the peloton and built up a lead of 3.30. But their "beautiful adventure" ended at the 110 km mark. With 50 kms to go before the end, 11 riders including the local riders from the Nord region where the stage was being raced, Laurent Desbiens and Cédric Vasseur (Gan), looked to have made the winning move. As they approached the last km, Gabriele Colombo, Roberto Sgambelluri, Laurent Desbiens, Nicolay Larsen (TVM), Nicolas Vogondy (FDJ) left the group and finished in that order at the end. Alexandre Vinokourov is now certain, barring any incidents in the last stage, to take the GC. The last stage on Sunday is the 183.8 kms journey between Leffrincoucke and Dunkerque. Stage 7, Leffrinckoucke-Dunkerque, 183 kms:1. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 4.13.24 2. Stuart O.Grady (Aus) GAN 3. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Ballan 4. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 5. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina-Tollo 6. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 7. Arvis Piziks (Let) Team Home Jack and Jones 8. Geert Van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 9. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola 10. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 11. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 12. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 13. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 14. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 15. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 16. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 17. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 18. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 19. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 20. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 21. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 22. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 23. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 24. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan 25. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 26. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 27. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 28. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 29. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti all s.t 30. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.08 Final GC 1. Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 24.52.29 2. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 0.34 3. Evgueny Berzin (Rus) La Française des Jeux 1.00 4. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 1.42 5. Vyacheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 2.01 6. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 2.11 7. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 2.31 8. Arvis Piziks (Let) Team Home Jack and Jones 2.47 9. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.13 10. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 3.15 11. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan 3.35 12. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 5.03 13. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 6.34 14. Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Cantina Tollo 6.54 15. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei 9.31 16. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 9.40 17. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 9.42 18. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 9.48 19. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 9.51 20. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 9.53 21. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 10.20 22. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 10.30 23. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Ballan 10.37 24. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.53 25. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 11.58 26. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 12.01 27. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Mobista 12.54 28. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 12.56 29. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 13.00 30. Thierry Laurent (Fra) Festin 13.29 31. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 13.50 32. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 13.53 33. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 13.56 34. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 14.07 35. Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 14.16 36. Cyril Bos (Fra) GAN 15.50 37. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 16.48 38. Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 17.09 39. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 18.09 40. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola 18.46 41. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 19.46 42. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan 20.29 43. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 20.31 44. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 23.17 45. Angelo Canzonieri (Ita) Ballan 23.18 46. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 23.34 47. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 25.43 48. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 26.26 49. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 27.35 50. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 27.47 51. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 28.37 52. Marco Milesi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 29.03 53. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 30.28 54. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 30.43 55. Denis Zanette (Ita) Vini Caldirola 34.33 56. Claus Michael Möller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 34.40 57. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 34.56 58. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 35.19 59. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 35.28 60. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 36.11 61. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 37.12 62. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Ballan 37.26 63. Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 39.10 64 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 39.17 65. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 39.40 66. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis 41.16 67. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina 41.17 68. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41.44 69. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Toll 41.51 70. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 43.02 71. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 43.47 72. Geert Van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 45.44 73. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Vini Caldirola 45.50 74. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 46.32 75. Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 47.53 76. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 49.00 77. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 49.54 78. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 50.42 79. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 50.58 80. Michael Rosborg (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 1.04.14 81. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.05.13 82. Christian Andersen (Den) Team Home-Jack and Jones 1.14.26 83. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 1.17.15 84. Stephane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.17.28 84 classified Mountains Classification:
1. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 12 pts 2. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 9 pts 3. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 7 pts 4. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 7 pts 5. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 5 ptsTeams Classification:
1. Casino 74.40.25 2. GAN 11.37 3. Cofidis 12.32 4. Cantina Tollo 18.18 5. La Francaise des Jeux 18.26 Brief The Kazak rider Alexandre Vinokourov confirmed the domination of the Casino team to win the 44th edition of the 4 Days of Dunkirk (which actually went over 5 days, never mind the detail). The 7th stage, between Leffrincoucke (Nord) and Dunkerque, over 183.8 Km, was won in a mass sprint by the Italian Fabrizio Guidi (Polti), but nothing significant changed as a result. With the premature withdrawal from the race by young Belgian Franck Vandenbroucke and Frenchman Frédéric Moncassin, and the incapacity of the Russian Evgueni Berzin to match the control imposed by the Casino riders, the race did not live up to its promises. In addition, a number of Italian riders quit the race on Sundary to take a flight (for the Giro) and then the World Champion Laurent Brochard abandoned because he had to attend the marriage of his brother. Alexandre Vinokourov made his debut during the 1997 Tour of Malaysia and then was given his first professional contract after the Tour de France. He is considered a good sprinter and a good climber. Complete Results from my friend Stephane David, Paris |