1997 Results
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BriefFrench rider Anthony Langella (Crédit Agricole) took a solo victory after a long escape in the 209 kms stage from Salbris to Château-Chinon. Peter Wuyts (Vlaanderen 2000) retained the GC leadership but is now under serious challenge from Langella in second place.The difficult route today was particularly open to attacks especially in the last kms of the stage where there were a number of tough hills to climb. The first 100 kms was very relaxed and the peloton rode as a group. The serious action commenced after the climb of Varzy, as the race entered Nièvre, when a group of 17 riders rode away from the peloton. It was driven by Janeck Tombak, Daniel Schnider, Frank Bouyer, Damien Nazon and Anthony Langella. With 20 kms to go, Langella and Schnider attacked and soon had a 30 second gap on their breakaway companions. With 10 kms to go, Langella then put the hammer down and dropped Schnider. He finally finished 40 seconds ahead of Frank Bouyer. Stage 4, Salbris - Chateau-Chinon, 209 kms:1. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.04.11 (41.225) 2. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.40 3. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 0.46 4. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 0.48 5. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.48 6. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 0.50 7. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.52 8. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 0.53 9. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.53 10. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 0.59 11. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 1.06 12. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 1.39 13. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.07 14. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.06 15. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.38 16. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 5.27 17. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.04 18. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.06 19. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 6.09 20. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 6.13 21. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.13 22. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.14 23. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.17 24. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.17 25. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 6.17 26. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 6.17 27. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 6.23 28. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.23 29. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.23 30. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 6.26 31. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 6.26 32. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.27 33. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 6.27 34. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 6.27 35. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 6.27 36. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 6.27 37. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 6.27 38. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 6.27 39. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 6.37 40. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.37 41. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 6.37 42. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 6.37 43. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 6.37 44. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 6.37 45. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 6.47 46. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 6.50 47. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.54 48. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 6.54 49. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 6.56 50. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 6.56 51. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 6.59 52. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 7.01 53. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 7.01 54. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.02 55. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 7.03 56. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 7.05 57. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 7.09 58. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 7.13 59. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 7.17 60. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 7.26 61. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 7.26 62. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 7.29 63. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 7.35 64. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 7.37 65. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.40 66. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 7.40 67. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 9.04 68. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 9.25 69. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 9.25 70. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 9.42 71. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 9.47 72. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 9.47 73. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 9.47 74. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 9.47 75. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 9.47 76. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.54 77. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 11.20 78. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 11.20 79. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 11.20 80. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.20 81. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 11.26 82. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 12.07 83. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 13.35 84. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 13.35 85. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 16.31 86. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 16.31 87. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16.31 88. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.31 89. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 16.31 90. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.31 91. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 20.39 92. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 21.36 93. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 21.36 94. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 30.28 95. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 30.28 96. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 30.28 97. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.28 98. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 30.28 99. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.28 GC after Stage 4
1. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 17.28.31 2. Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 3. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.19 4. Mirco Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.52 5. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.55 6. Steve Rover (Can) Mercury Cycling team 1.56 7. Thierry Loder (Fra) France 2.03 8. Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Austria 2.04 9. Tim Christopher (Aus) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 2.04 10. Ludovic Turpin (Fra) CC Etupes 2.05 11. Janeck Tombak (Est) Cofidis 2.35 12. David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling team 2.41 13. Leif Hoste (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 6.19 14. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 6.28 15. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 6.52 16. Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Austria 7.08 17. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7.12 18. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.13 19. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Post Swiss Team 7.14 20. Marcel Renggli (Swi) Post Swiss Team 7.15 21. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 7.18 22. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) CC Etupes 7.21 23. Nicolas Dumont (Fra) CC Etupes 7.25 24. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.25 25. Christian Poos (Lux) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 7.26 26. Marcel Gono (Aus) Credit Agricole 7.30 27. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.32 28. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7.32 29. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Netherlands 7.34 30. Noan Lelarge (Fra) CC Etupes 7.37 31. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.38 32. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 7.45 33. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 7.47 34. Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) France 7.49 35. Benoît Luminet (Fra) France 7.56 36. Pierre Elias (Fra) France 7.58 37. Bram De Groot (Ned) Netherlands 7.59 38. Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 8.02 39. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bretagne 8.07 40. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.09 41. Mickaël Pichon (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 8.10 42. Christophe Gauthier (Fra) France 8.11 43. Addy Engels (Ned) Netherlands 8.17 44. Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.18 45. Sébastien Laroche (Fra) France 8.21 46. Cyrille Prise (Fra) CC Etupes 8.22 47. Charly Wegelius (GB) Great Britain 8.22 48. Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 8.36 49. Karsteen Kroon (Ned) Netherlands 8.37 50. Kiril Pospeyev (Ukr) Urkaine 8.41 51. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Bretagne 8.46 52. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 8.47 53. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.52 54. Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Austria 8.52 55. Christophe Guillome (Fra) Bretagne 8.52 56. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Austria 8.54 57. Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Luxembourg 9.03 58. Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 9.09 59. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 9.17 60. Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays de la Loire 9.22 61. Seth Pelusi (USA) Mercury Cycling team 10.19 62. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Luxembourg 10.22 63. Alexandre Rotar (Ukr) Urkaine 10.34 64. Cédric Flasse (Bel) Belgium 10.39 65. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 10.40 66. Renaud Boxus (Bel) Belgium 10.44 67. David Berthou (Fra) Bretagne 10.49 68. Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Netherlands 11.16 69. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg 11.27 70. Darren Barclay (GB) Great Britain 11.32 71. Uwe Hardter (Ger) Luxembourg 11.45 72. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 11.56 73. Sylvain Desbois (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 12.12 74. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) Urkaine 12.17 75. Kevin Livingston (Usa) Cofidis 12.28 76. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.42 77. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team 13.15 78. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Austria 13.18 79. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis 14.09 80. Patrick D'Hont (Bel) La Francaise des Jeux 14.15 81. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling team 16.48 82. Olivier Genicot (Bel) Belgium 16.57 83. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 17.19 84. François Urien (Fra) Bretagne 17.38 85. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.51 86. Gaël Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 18.14 87. Richard Hobby (GB) Great Britain 18.41 88. Jérome Delbove (Fra) Cofidis 23.27 89. Yuri Krivtsov (Ukr) Urkaine 26.19 90. James Griffith (GB) Great Britain 27.41 91. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team 29.29 92. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.40 93. Dimitri Pavi-Degl'Innocenti (Ita) Amore e Vita 31.48 94. Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 32.00 95. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 32.23 96. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Netherlands 33.58 97. Marco Cannone (Ita) Amore e Vita 36.19 98. Russel Downing (GB) Great Britain 40.09 99. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.38 |