GP des Kantons Aargau/GP Gippingen, Cat 1.1

Switzerland, May 3, 1998


1997 Results

Brief

Jan Ullrich finished around 1 minute from the leaders. He said at the end: "I'm coming. The last week the sharpness has started to come back. I have earned a rest period now." Dane Bjarne Riis abandoned. Michele Bartoli won a sprint from 24 riders.

Gippingen, 196 kms:

 1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics              		   4.49.26                    
 2. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
 3. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei
 4. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 5. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team
 6. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne
 7. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei
 8. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto
 9. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti
10. Pascal Richard (Swi) Casino
11. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom-ARD
12. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis
13. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team
14. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
15. Andrea Noe' (Ita) Asics
16. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites                              
17. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
18. Felice Puttini (Swi) Ros Mary
19. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
20. Massimo Codol (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi
21. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank
22. Nicolai Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites
23. Marco Velo (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas			s.t.
24. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank              			0.23 
25. Patrick Vetsch (Swi) Post Swiss Team			0.37
26. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team			0.38
..
29. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Bricobi
56. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom              			1.40
71. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina					1.40

Started: 131
Classified: 82