1997 Results
Past Winners
Complete Starting List
BriefAustralian Jay Sweet (Big Mat-Auber 93) won the sprint into Salbris after a 156 kms stage from Bonneval. There was no change on the GC after the stage. 14 riders went clear at the second intermediate sprint at the 88 kms mark and with 25 kms to go they had a lead of 1.20. Jay Sweet was in that bunch. But on the finishing circuit they quickly lost the advantage as the main bunch started to work.Jay won from teammate Carlos Da Cruz and French rider Jean-Patrick Nazon (La Française des Jeux). It was the 23-year old Australian's second win in the Tour de l'Avenir after taking the stage to Pontchâteau in 1996. He grew up in Adelaide and started on two wheels in BMX. He turned professional in 1997 with the now defunct Giant-AIS team. He has two wins this year (the other being at the Tour of Britain. Expect a longer than usual diary entry!!! Stage 3, Bonneval - Salbris, 156 kms:1. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.37.31 (43.031) 2. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 4. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 5. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 6. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 7. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 8. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 9. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 11. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 12. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 13. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 14. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 16. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 17. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 18. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 19. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 20. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 21. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 22. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 23. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 24. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 25. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 26. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 27. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 28. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 29. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 30. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 31. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 32. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 33. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 34. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 35. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 36. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 37. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 38. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 39. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 40. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 41. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 43. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 44. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 45. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 46. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 47. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 48. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 49. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 50. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 51. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 52. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 53. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 54. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 55. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 56. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 58. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 59. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 60. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 61. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 62. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 63. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 64. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 65. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 66. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 67. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 68. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 69. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 70. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 71. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 72. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 73. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 74. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 76. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 77. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 78. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 79. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 80. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 81. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 82. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 83. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 84. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 86. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 87. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 89. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 90. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 91. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 92. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 93. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 94. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 95. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 96. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 97. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 98. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 99. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 100. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 101. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 102. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 103. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.47 104. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 1.50 105. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 4.45 GC after Stage 3
1. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 12.23.32 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. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.34 9. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.36 10. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 1.39 11. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.39 12. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.43 13. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.43 14. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 1.45 15. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 1.46 16. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 1.46 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. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.50 21. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.50 22. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.50 23. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 1.50 24. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.51 25. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 1.52 26. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.52 27. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 1.53 28. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.53 29. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 1.55 30. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 1.55 31. Markus Salumets (Est) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 1.55 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. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.57 36. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 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. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.08 50. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 2.08 51. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.10 52. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.10 53. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 2.11 54. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 2.11 55. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 2.12 56. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 2.12 57. Gilles Berret (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 2.13 58. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 2.14 59. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 2.18 60. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 2.18 61. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 2.19 62. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 2.19 63. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 2.20 64. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.20 65. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 2.23 66. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.25 67. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 2.28 68. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 2.28 69. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 2.29 70. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2.30 71. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 2.33 72. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 2.33 73. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 2.39 74. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 2.40 75. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.40 76. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 2.40 77. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.43 78. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 2.43 79. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 2.46 80. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 2.56 81. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 2.58 82. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 3.09 83. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 3.13 84. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 3.13 85. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 3.23 86. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 4.07 87. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 4.08 88. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 4.15 89. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 4.18 90. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 4.24 91. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.20 92. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 5.27 93. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.02 94. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 6.16 95. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 6.28 96. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 6.39 97. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 8.41 98. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 9.24 99. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 10.19 100. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 11.58 101. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.52 102. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.57 103. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.58 104. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 26.10 105. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 34.01 |