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1997 Results
Complete Starting List
From Stephane David, our on-the-spot reporterThe Trophee des Grimpeurs was raced in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil Sannois (25 kms north-west of Paris and involved 16 laps of 7.9 kms plus a 5.9 kms from the start (the Townhall of Argenteuil) to the main circuit. There was a climb on the finish line which is around 400 metres long. The weather was not bad by very windy. 73 riders were at the start. The Mroz team from Poland was scheduled to start but did not turn up.Lap 1: Compact peloton lead by Emmanuel Magnien (Fra), Gilles Bouvard (Fra) and Patrice Halgand (Fra). Lotto-Mobistar's Jo Planckaert (Bel) is already struggling at the end and is not suited to this type of race. Lap 2: Peloton still grouped. Lead by Claude Maignan (Fra), Mario Aerts (Bel) and Emmanuel Magnien (Fra). Fabrice Gougot (Fra) is dropped by the peloton. Lap Time: 12.18 (avs: 39.5 km/h). Lap 3: Yvon Ledanois (Fra) attacks just before the climb, but the peloton does not let him go far away. Chasing at the head of the peloton: Sebastion Hatton, Gilles Bouvard, Emmanuel Magnien and Cyril Saugrain. Lap Time: 10.45 (avs: 44.09 kms/h). Lap 4: Pascal Herve, Mario Aerts and Nicolas Jalabert are at the head of the peloton (with a gap of 5 seconds). Nicolas Jalabert is rejoined just after the climb, then Mario Aerts is replaced by Laurent Desbiens at the head of the race. The two of them, Pascal Herve and Laurent Desbiens now have a 28 seconds advantage. The pursuit is not efficient in the peloton. Coming at the back of the peloton is Jo Planckaert (Bel) and Juan Llaneras (Spa). Lap Time: 11.03 (avs: 42.89 kms/h). Lap 5: Laurent Desbiens and Pascal Herve now have a 10 seconds advantage on the peloton lead by Nicolas Vogondy and Pascal Derame. There are already some abandons: Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke and Jérôme Delbove. Lap Time: 10.40 (avs: 44.43 kms/h!!!). Lap 6: Pascal Herve and Laurent Desbiens still leading with an advantage of 37 seconds on 10 riders: Mauro Gianetti (Swi), Patrice Halgand, Laurent Lefevre (Fra), Chistophe Agnolutto, Cedric Vasseur (Fra), Francois Simon (Fra), Benoit Salmon (Fra), David Lefevre (Fra), Lylian Lebreton (Fra) and Yvon Ledanois (Fra). The peloton is 1 min down. Lap Time: 11.02 (avs: 43.63 kms/h). Lap 7: Nothing has changed. Lap Time: 11.00 (avs: 43.69 kms/h). Lap 8: The gap is now at 1.14 min on the first peloton (around 25 riders) 1.50 on Charles Guilbert (Fra) and Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) and 2 mins on the second part of the peloton. Lap time: 11.01 (avs: 43.65 kms/h). Lap 9: Gap 1.23 on 22 riders then 7 riders at 1.59 and the rest at 4.30 Lap Time: 11.08 (avs: 43.05 kms/h). Lap 10: Laurent Desbiens and Pascal Herve look to be "easily" leading the race. First chasing group includes 5 Casino: Chistophe Agnolutto, Gilles Bouvard, Frédéric Bessy (Fra), David Lefevre (Fra) and Benoit Salmon (Fra); 3 GAN: Cedric Vasseur (Fra), Francois Simon (Fra) and Arnaud Pretot (Fra); 3 FDJ: Evgeny Berzin (Rus), Mauro Gianetti (Swi) and Anthony Morin (Fra); 2 Festina: Laurent Brochard (Fra) and Patrice Halgand; 3 Cofidis: Nicolas Jalabert (Fra), Bernard Thibout (Fra) and Cyril Saugrain (Fra); 2 Big Mat: Laurent Genty (Fra) and Vyaceslav Djavanian (Rus); 2 Mutuelle: David Delrieu (Fra) and Claude Lamour (Fra); 1 US Postal: J.C Jean Cyril Robin (Fra); and 1 Home Market: Sebastian Demarbaix (Bel). The gap is now 1.56. Then 6 riders at about 2.30 and Jérôme Laveur Pedoux (Fra) alone 5.17. The rest of the riders have stopped. Lap Time: 11.10 (avs: 42.44 kms/h). Lap 11: The gap is still around 2 mins. Lap Time: 11.12 Lap 12: Jean Cyril Robin (Fra), Chistophe Agnolutto (Fra), Anthony Morin (Fra) and Arnaud Pretot (Fra) are at 1.54. The main group is at 2.06. Maignan, Charles Guilbert are at 2.24, Cyril Saugrain at 2.32 (he stops soon after this). Lap Time: 11.16 Lap 13: Laurent Desbiens and Pascal Herve leading, then 8 riders at 2.09. Then the rest of the first group at 2.17. Lap Time: 11.25 Lap 14: Laurent Desbiens and Pascal Herve still leading. Advantage: 2.15 on Patrice Halgand and Chistophe Agnolutto. Lap Time: 11.37 Lap 15: Roughly the same situation. Lap Time: 11.32 Lap 16: and the final lap. On the final climb Pascal Pascal Herve attacks at 300 meters from the finish line. Laurent Desbiens cannot resist and lets him win. A fine breakaway of more than 110 kms. Argenteuil Sannois, Paris, 132.3 kms:1. Pascal Hervé (Fra) Festina 3.14.03 2. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 0.20 3. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 2.00 4. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina 5. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 6. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 7. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 8. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 9. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 10. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 11. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 12. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 13. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux 14. Sébastien Hatton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 15. François Simon (Fra) GAN 16. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 2.00 17. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 5.00 18. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino 5.06 19. Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) GAN 5.13 20. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.04 21. Bruno Thibout (Fra) Cofidis 7.04 22. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 7.04 23. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 7.04 24. Vyaceslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.04 25. Thierry Laurent (Fra) Festina 7.04 26. Emmanuel Maignan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 7.04 27. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 7.04 28. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 5.13 29. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Casino 7.11 J. Laveur-Pedoux (Fra) was not classified as he was at 1 lap.Complete results from our Paris reporter Sebastian David Complete Start ListLA FRANCAISE DES JEUX FESTINA 1 Gianetti Mauro 11 Bassons Christophe 2 Berzin Evgeny 12 Brochard Laurent 3 Ledanois Yvon 13 Halgand Patrice 4 Morin Anthony 14 Herve Pascal 5 Bouyer Franck 15 Laurent Thierry 6 Vogondy Nicolas 16 Lefevre Laurent 7 McGee Bradley 17 Rous Didier 8 Magnien Emmanuel GAN CASINO 21 Gono Marcel 31 Agnolutto Christophe 22 Hinault Sébastien 32 Bessy Frédéric 23 Jenner Chrsitopher 33 Bouvard Gilles 24 Petilleau Stéphane 35 Gougot Fabrice 25 Pretot Arnaud 36 Lefevre David 26 Seigneur Eddy 37 Massi Rodolfo 27 Simon François 38 Salmon Benoît 28 Vasseur Cédric LOTTO MOBISTAR US POSTAL SERVICE 41 Aerts Mario 51 Andreu Frankie 44 Feys Wim 52 Deramé Pascal 45 Marichal Thierry 53 Ekimov Vyaceslav 46 Planckaert Jo 54 Hamilton Tyler 47 VandenBroucke Jean Denis 55 Llaneras Juan 48 Willems Ludwig 56 Meinert Peter 57 Robin Jean Cyril 58 Teutenberg Sven COFIDIS BIGMAT AUBER93 LORENOVE 61 Desbiens Laurent 81 Leproux Denis 62 Delbove Jérôme 82 Berges Stéphane 64 Gwiazdowski Grzegorz 83 Hatton Sébastien 65 Jalabert Nicolas 84 Bourguignon Thierry 67 Saugrain Cyril 85 Dacruz Carlos 68 Thibout Bruno 86 Djavanian Vyaceslav 87 Genty Laurent 88 Lebreton Lylian MUTUELLE DE SEINE & MARNE HOME MARKET CHARLEROI/TROIAMARISCO 91 Delrieu David 101 Assez Ronny 92 Dojwa Jean Philippe 102 De Buysschere Jürgen 93 Guilbert Charles 103 Demarbaix Sébastien 94 Lamour Claude 106 Laveur Pedoux Jérôme 95 Maignan Gilles 107 Fernandes Philippe (Fra) Troiamarisco 96 Pillon Laurent 108 Schoelens Grégory 97 Talmant Gilles 98 Teyssier FrancisqueMy friend Daniel Schamps from Paris compiled the complete starting list |