1997 Results
Past Winners
Complete Starting List
BriefBelgian Peter Wuyts (Vlaanderen-2002) won the sprint finish at Bonneval after a 162.5 kms trek from Vimoutiers and took the GC leadership from compatriat and teammate Leif Hoste. The Belgian had attacked in the company of Laurent Paumier, from the French elite team Jean Floc'h Mantes, after 25 kms. Their maximum lead came arond the 110 kms mark (6 minutes) whereupon the peloton and especially Cofidis (with Christophe Rinero) and la Française des Jeux, started to reel them in. The understanding between Wuyts and Paumier lasted until around 5 kms from the finish. At that moment, the Vlaanderen-2002 manager demanded that Wuyts stop working, to preserve the GC standing of teammate Leif Hoste.At the end, assured that they would not be caught by the chasing riders, the small climber from Jean Floc'h Mantes launched a sprint some 300 metres before the line. But he was passed with 100 metres to go by the Belgian who took the double - the stage and the GC. His other victory this year was a stage win in the Ronde van Nederland. Stage 2, Vimoutiers Bonneval, 162.5 kms:1. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3.42.08 (43.893) 2. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 3. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 0.43 4. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.43 5. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 0.43 6. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.43 7. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 0.50 8. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 9. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 0.50 10. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.50 11. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.50 12. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 0.50 13. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 0.50 14. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 0.50 15. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 0.50 16. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 0.50 17. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 0.50 18. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 0.50 19. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.50 20. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 0.50 21. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 0.50 22. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 0.50 23. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 0.50 24. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 0.50 25. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.50 26. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.50 27. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 28. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.50 29. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 30. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 0.50 31. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 0.50 32. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 0.50 33. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 0.50 34. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 0.50 35. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.50 36. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 0.50 37. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 38. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.50 39. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 0.50 40. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.50 41. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.50 42. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 43. Mark Walters (Can) Mercury Cycling team 0.50 44. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.50 45. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 0.50 46. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.50 47. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.50 48. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 0.50 49. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.50 50. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.50 51. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 0.50 52. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.50 53. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.50 54. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.50 55. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 0.50 56. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.50 57. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 0.50 58. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 0.50 59. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 0.50 60. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.50 61. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 0.50 62. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.50 63. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 0.50 64. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 65. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 0.50 66. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 0.50 67. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 0.50 68. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 0.50 69. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 0.50 70. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 0.50 71. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 72. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 0.50 73. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 0.50 74. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 0.50 75. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 0.50 76. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 0.50 77. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 78. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 0.50 79. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 0.50 80. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 0.50 81. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 0.50 82. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 83. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.50 84. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.50 85. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 0.50 86. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 0.50 87. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.50 88. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.50 89. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.51 90. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.57 91. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 3.01 92. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 3.01 93. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 3.12 94. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 3.12 95. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.35 96. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.35 97. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.13 98. Ernesto Lechuga (USA) Mercury Cycling team 4.14 99. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 5.03 100. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 5.03 101. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 5.03 102. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 5.03 103. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.27 104. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.27 105. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 24.48 106. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.48 107. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 32.33 GC after Stage 2
1. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 8.46.01 2. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.44 3. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.59 4. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 1.22 5. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 1.27 6. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 1.28 7. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.33 8. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.36 9. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 1.39 10. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.39 11. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.43 12. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.43 13. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 1.45 14. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 1.46 15. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 1.46 16. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.47 17. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.48 18. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 1.48 19. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.48 20. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.50 21. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.50 22. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 1.50 23. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.51 24. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 1.52 25. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.52 26. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.53 27. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.53 28. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 1.55 29. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.55 30. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 1.55 31. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.56 32. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 1.56 33. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 1.57 34. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 1.57 35. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 36. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.57 37. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 1.59 38. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.59 39. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00 40. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 2.00 41. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 2.00 42. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 2.02 43. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 2.02 44. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 2.03 45. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.04 46. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 2.07 47. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 2.07 48. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08 49. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 2.08 50. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.10 51. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.10 52. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.10 53. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 2.11 54. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 2.11 55. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 2.12 56. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 2.12 57. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 2.14 58. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 2.14 59. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 2.18 60. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 2.19 61. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 2.20 62. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 2.20 63. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.20 64. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 2.22 65. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 2.23 66. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.25 67. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 2.28 68. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 2.28 69. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 2.28 70. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 2.29 71. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.30 72. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 2.33 73. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 2.33 74. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 2.39 75. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 2.40 76. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 2.40 77. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.41 78. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.43 79. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.43 80. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 2.46 81. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 2.56 82. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 2.58 83. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 3.09 84. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 3.13 85. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 3.13 86. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 3.27 87. Mark Walters (Can) Mercury Cycling team 3.40 88. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 4.07 89. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 4.08 90. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 4.18 91. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 4.27 92. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.20 93. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 5.27 94. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.02 95. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 6.16 96. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 6.28 97. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 6.39 98. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 7.13 99. Ernesto Lechuga (USA) Mercury Cycling team 7.28 100. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 8.37 101. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 8.41 102. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 10.19 103. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.52 104. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.57 105. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.58 106. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 26.10 107. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 34.01 |