1997 Results
Past Winners
Complete Starting List
BriefBelgian rider Leif Hoste (Vlaanderen 2000) went to the top of the GC today with a win in Stage 1 from Argentré-du-Plessis (Ille-et-Vilaine) to Vimoutiers (Orne), over 189.5 kms. He attacked with his teammate Peter Wuyts and maintained a 55 second gap at the end. Wuyts is now 25 seconds down on GC with the Scottish rider David Millar (Cofidis) in third place at 38 seconds. Millar held the jersey after the Prologue.However, the most aggressive rider for the day was definitely Stéphane Bergès. The young Espoir from Big Mat-Auber made a solo flight which lasted 166 kms. He took off at the 8 kms makr and was only caught by the two attacking Belgians with 15 kms to go before the finish. At one stage he had built up a lead of 9.45 (at Mayenne). He was incapable of staying with the two Vlaanderen 2000 riders and he finished in 112th place (out of 115 riders classified) some 5.30 down on the stage winner. The other major event of the day was a fall in the peloton just as the sprint for third started. Among the riders who hit the deck was Christophe Rinero (Cofidis), who is the hot favourite to win the 35th Tour de l'Avenir. While the accident hurt Rinero, it was worse for Nicolas Vogondy (La Française des Jeux). After being taking to hospital, a medical bulletin announced that he would take no further part in the race. Stage 1, Argentré-du-Plessis - Vimoutiers, 189.5 kms:1. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 4.53.49 (38.698) 2. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.55 4. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.55 5. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 0.55 6. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 0.55 7. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 0.55 8. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 0.55 9. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.55 10. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.55 11. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.55 12. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 0.55 13. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 0.55 14. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 15. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 0.55 16. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 0.55 17. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 0.55 18. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 0.55 19. Raphael Jeune (Fra) CC Etupes 0.55 20. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 0.55 21. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 22. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.55 23. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.55 24. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.55 25. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 26. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.55 27. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 0.55 28. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.55 29. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 0.55 30. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 0.55 31. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.55 32. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 0.55 33. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.55 34. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.55 35. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 0.55 36. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.55 37. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.55 38. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 39. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.55 40. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 0.55 41. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 42. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.55 43. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.55 44. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 0.55 45. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.55 46. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 0.55 47. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.55 48. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 0.55 49. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 0.55 50. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 0.55 51. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 0.55 52. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.55 53. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.55 54. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.55 55. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 0.55 56. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 0.55 57. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 0.55 58. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 0.55 59. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 0.55 60. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.55 61. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.55 62. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 0.55 63. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 0.55 64. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.55 65. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 0.55 66. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 0.55 67. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.55 68. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 0.55 69. Max Becker (Lux) Luxembourg 1.31 70. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.31 71. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.31 72. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 1.31 73. Vladymir Nanayenko (Ukr) Urkaine 1.31 74. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 1.31 75. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.31 76. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 1.31 77. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 1.31 78. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 1.31 79. Franck Trotel (Fra) Bretagne 1.31 80. Bart Vrancken (Bel) Belgium 1.31 81. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 1.31 82. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 1.31 83. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.31 84. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.31 85. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 1.31 86. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 1.31 87. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 1.38 88. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.38 89. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.38 90. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38 91. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 1.59 92. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.59 93. Manu Lhoir (Bel) Belgium 2.22 94. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 2.22 95. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.22 96. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 2.22 97. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 2.22 98. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 2.22 99. Mark Walters (Can) Mercury Cycling team 2.38 100. Carwin Nott (GB) Great Britain 2.38 101. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 2.38 102. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.38 103. Ernesto Lechuga (USA) Mercury Cycling team 2.44 104. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 2.44 105. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 2.44 106. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 2.58 107. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4.25 108. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 4.25 109. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 4.25 110. Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Urkaine 4.25 111. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 4.25 112. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.30 113. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 5.30 114. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 5.30 115. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 5.30 GC after Stage 1
1. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 5.03.47 2. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.25 3. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 0.38 4. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.44 5. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 0.50 6. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.52 7. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 0.55 8. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.55 9. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.56 10. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 11. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.59 12. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.59 13. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 1.01 14. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 1.02 15. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 1.02 16. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.03 17. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.04 18. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.04 19. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 1.04 20. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.06 21. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.06 22. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 1.06 23. Franck Trotel (Fra) Bretagne 1.06 24. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.07 25. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 1.08 26. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.08 27. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.09 28. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 1.11 29. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 1.11 30. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.11 31. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.12 32. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 1.12 33. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 1.12 34. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 1.12 35. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 36. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 1.13 37. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.13 38. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 1.13 39. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 40. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 1.15 41. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.15 42. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.16 43. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 44. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 45. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.16 46. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 1.16 47. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.17 48. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 1.18 49. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.18 50. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 1.18 51. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 1.19 52. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.20 53. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.21 54. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 1.23 55. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 1.23 56. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 1.24 57. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 58. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.26 59. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.26 60. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.26 61. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 1.27 62. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 1.27 63. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 1.28 64. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 1.28 65. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.28 66. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 1.30 67. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.30 68. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.31 69. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 1.31 70. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 1.32 71. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 1.34 72. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 1.34 73. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.35 74. Raphael Jeune (Fra) CC Etupes 1.35 75. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.36 76. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 1.36 77. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.36 78. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.36 79. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 1.38 80. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.39 81. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.42 82. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 1.44 83. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 1.44 84. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 1.45 85. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.46 86. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 1.49 87. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 1.49 88. Vladymir Nanayenko (Ukr) Urkaine 1.50 89. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 1.55 90. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 1.55 91. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 1.56 92. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 1.56 93. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.59 94. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.59 95. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 2.02 96. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 2.12 97. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 2.14 98. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 2.16 99. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 2.29 100. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 2.30 101. Max Becker (Lux) Luxembourg 2.37 102. Bart Vrancken (Bel) Belgium 2.39 103. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 2.43 104. Mark Walters (Can) Mercury Cycling team 2.56 105. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 3.10 106. Ernesto Lechuga (USA) Mercury Cycling team 3.20 107. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 3.24 108. Manu Lhoir (Bel) Belgium 3.24 109. Carwin Nott (GB) Great Britain 4.07 110. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 4.43 111. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5.09 112. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5.12 113. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.18 114. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 5.22 115. Mikhail Khalilov (Ukr) Urkaine 5.48 |