1997 Results
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Race ReportDaniel Schamps, a Parisien cycling photographer, who regularly contributes to www.cyclingnews.com, has sent me this report on the 66th GP de Fourmies. It was bad weather over the north of France for this 66th GP de Fourmies. The rain had been falling since the previous evening, the wind was blowing a gale and to warm themselves the riders started the races at full speed. 46km in the first hour. The circuit was a big loop around Fourmies (153km) and then five 11km local circuits with each time the hard slope of Feron to climb.After a attempt a the very beginning of the race by Trouvé (Vlaanderen), the only breakaway of the day moved free at the 30th km. There were two Mutuelle riders Guilbert and Teyssier, one Collstrop (the stagiaire of Kazakstan Dmitry Fofonov wearing a Collstrop jersey and an Asics helmet - before the start he also was wearing a Vlaanderen 2002 rain jacket!), two Cantina Tollo (Colagè and Mazzanti), Hiemstra (Rabobank), Elli (Casino) , Vandenwouwer (Lotto), Van Lancker (Vlaanderen 2002), Roscioli (Asics) and Langella (Crédit Agricole who was still riding in the Tour de l’Avenir on the previous day). The eleven riders worked well together and were 4 minutes free rather quickly. They were still 2.30 clear at the end of the 155km loop. But the bunch was very nervous behind them with the Ros Mary’s and Mapei’s forcing the pace (Steels was one of the great favourites of the day). Ahead, Fofonov, Hiemstra and Colagè were the first to drop back when the bunch was just one minute back. Then Van Lancker, Van de Wouwer, Teyssier, Guilbert, Elli, Mazzanti, Langella, Pellicioli and Roscioli were dropped one by one. With a bit more than three 11kms laps to go only Langella, Mazzanti and Pellicioli carried on - the tall Langella and the two diminutive Italians. Behind them Desbiens tried to close the gap. Desbiens is the leader of the Coupe de France at the present time, a points event like the World Cup, which includes several French races throughout the road season and confined to French riders only. Fourmies was one of these events. But Desbiens was on his own and gave up the chase quickly. The next counter-attack came with 15 kms to go. Chiappucci, Barbero, Peeters, Dewaele and Hamburger were looking a lot more serious but it was too late. During the last ascent of Feron, Mazzanti attacked strongly and Pellicioli was dropped, Langella courageously closed the gap but he was too exhausted to sprint with Mazzanti, who finally won the race, both having cramps in the last hundred metres. Fourmies, 208 kms:1. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 4.51.11 2. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.01 3. Oscar Domenico Pellicioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 0.19 4. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 0.42 5. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno 0.42 6. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 0.42 7. Fabian Dewaele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.42 8. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) Ros Mary 0.42 9. Stéphane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 0.42 10. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.46 11. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.50 12. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Polti 0.50 13. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 0.50 14. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole 0.50 15. Stéfano Checchin (Ita) Mercatone Uno 0.50 16. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 17. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti 18. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 19. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 20. Massi Napolitano (Ita) Mercatone Uno 21. David Lefevre (Fra) Casino 22. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Asics 0.53 23. Aleksandr Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan 24. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 0.55 25. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 26. Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 27. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 28. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank 29. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno 30. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 31. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 32. Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 33. André Korff (Fra) Festina 34. Jarno Van Frachem (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 35. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino 36. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37. Giorgio Feliziani (Ita) Cantina Tollo * 38. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 39. Jerome Neuville (Fra) Crédit Agricole * 40. Luca Gelfi (Ita) Ros Mary 41. Frank Corvers (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 42. Adri Van der Poel (Ned) Rabobank 43. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 44. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 45. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 46. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 47. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 48. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 49. Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 50. Steven De Neef (Bel) Collstrop 51. Bart Everaert (Bel) Collstrop 52. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) La Française des Jeux 53. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 55. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 56. Stéphane Augé (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 58. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 59. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 60. Wesley Huvaere (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 61. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 62. Igor Pugaci (Ita) Saeco * 63. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina 64. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 65. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 66. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 67. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 68. David Tani (Ita) Asics 69. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 70. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 71. Stefano Colage (Ita) Cantina Tollo 72. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Casin0 73. Pascal Richard (Swi) Casino 74. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 75. Marc Strange Jacobsen (Den) Team Home Jack and Jones 76. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack and Jones 77. Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 78. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 79. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti 80. Luca Scinto (Ita) Asics 81. Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 82. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno s.t 83. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 3.41 Started: 188 Abandoned: 105 Finished: 83 Complete Starting ListFestina Asics Mutuelle Seine-et-Marne 1-Laurent Lefevre 11-Bartoli Michele 21-Maignan Gilles 2-Belli Wladimir 12-Bettini Paolo 22-Bernard Jerôme 3-Boscardin Bruno 13-Scinto Luca 23-Cueff Stéphane 4-Halgand Patrice 14-Tani David 24-Gabriel Frédéric 5-Korff André 15-Roscioli Fabio 25-Delrieu David 6-Meier Armin 16-Simeoni Filippo 26-Lamour Claude 7-did not start 17-did not start 27-Teyssier Francisque 8-Hernandez Jaime 18-did not start 28-Pillon Laurent 9-Jeker Fabien 19-Shefer Aleksandr 29-Guilbert Charles 10-did not start 20-Arvesen Kurt-Asle * 30-Talmant Gilles Lotto-Mobistar Mercatone Uno-Bianchi Rabobank 31-Planckaert Jo 41-Konyshev Dmitri 51-Boven jan 32-Vandenbroucke J.D. 42-Traversoni Mario 52-Groenendaal Richard 33-Dewaele Fabian 43-did not start 53-Hiemstra Bert 34-Eeckhout Nico 44-Artunghi Marco 54-Jonasson Danny 35-Farazijn Peter 45-Velo Marco 55-Jonker Patrick 36-Feys Wim 46-Barbero Sergio 56-Koerts Jan 37-Verheyen Gert 47-Checchin Stefano 57-did not start 38-Vande Wouwer Kurt 48-Pellicioli Oscar-Dom 58-Van der Poel Adri 39-Van Hyfte Paul 49-Napolitano Massi 59-did not start 40-Verbrugghe Rik 50-did not start 60-did not start Palmans-Ideal Casino Mapei-Bricobi 61-Hoj Frank 71-Hamburger Bo 81-Steels Tom 62-Vermeersch Jurgen 72-Barthe Stephane 82-Leysen Bart 63-Corvers Frank 73-Bouvard Gilles 83-Faresin Gianni 64-Declercq Mario 74-Elli Alberto 84-did not start 65-Declercq Hans 75-Jaermann Rolf 85-Huvaere Wesley * 66-Janssens Marc 76-Lefevre David 86-Van Nueten Johan * 67-Pauwels Karl 77-Richard Pascal 87-Peeters Wilfried 68-Bomans Carlo 78-Salmon Benoit 88-did not start 69-De Geyter Johan 79-Pencole Franck * 89-did not start 70-Hammond Roger 80-Streel Marc 90-did not start La Française des Jeux Team Home Jack & Jones Saeco-Cannondale 91-Jan Xavier 101-did not start 111-Piepoli Leonardo 92-Ledanois Yvon 102-Nelissen Danny 112-Donati Massimo 93-Berzin Yevgeniy 103-Silovs Yuris 113-Fagnini Gian Matteo 94-Horner Christopher 104-Piziks Arvis 114-Mazzoleni Eddy 95-Magnien Emmanuel 105-did not start 115-Mori Massimiliano 96-Mengin Christophe 106-Jacobsen Marc Strange 116-Calcaterra Giuseppe 97-Guesdon Fréderic 107-Nielsen Mickael Steen 117-Scirea Mario 98-Perque Franck 108-did not start 118-Pugaci Igor * 99-Tessier Jean-Michel * 109-Rosborg Mickaël 119-did not start 100-Gianetti Mauro 110-Jorgensen René 120-Fornaciari Paolo Crédit Agricole Vlaanderen 2002 Riso Scotti 121-did not start 131-Gerits Kris 141-Minali Nicola 122-Simon François 132-did not start 142-Baldato Fabio 123-Poli Eros 133-Thijs Erwin 143-Brignoli Ermanno 124-Neuville Jerome * 134-Van Frachem Jarno 144-Brognara Andrea 125-Gono Marcel 135-Van Lancker Kurt 145-Cenghialta Bruno 126-Hinault Sébastien 136-did not start 146-Di Biase Moreno 127-Langella Anthony 137-Vereecke Karel 147-Spezialetti Alessandro 128-Voigt Jens 138-Verstrepen Johan 148-Sosenka Ondrej (Cze) * 129-Augé Stéphane * 139-Trouvé Kristof 149-did not start 130-did not start 140-Renders Nico 150-did not start Collstrop Cofidis Ballan 151-Bracke Tony 161-did not start 171-Colombo Gabriele 152-Fofonov Dimitri (Kaz) * 162-Desbiens Laurent 172-did not start 153-Chanoine Marc 163-Delbove Jerome 173-Cattai Stefano 154-Everaert Bart * 164-did not start 174-Baffi Adriano 155-De Clercq Eric 165-Lelli Massimiliano 175-Gontchenkov Aleksandr 156-De Neef Steven 166-Moreau Francis 176-Loda Nicola 157-Vereecke Filip 167-Tomback Janek * 177-did not start 158-Desmet Tom 168-did not start 178-Tosatto Matteo 159-Hendrickx Christ 169-Moreau Gaël * 179-Ongarato Alberto 160-Lenaers Tim 170-did not start 180-Leoni Endrio Big Mat-Auber 93 Brescialat-Liquigas Team Polti 181-Auger Guillaume 191-Bertoletti Simone 201-Leblanc Luc 182-Hatton Sébastien 192-Bruseghin Marzio 202-Rebellin Davide 183-Dacruz Carlos 193-did not start 203-Brasi Rossano 184-Genty Laurent 194-Camin Claudio 204-Celestino Mirko 185-Chouffe Alexandre * 195-Rastelli Ellis 205-Martinello Silvio 186-Leproux Denis 196-Banfi Mauro 206-Guidi Leonardo 187-Lino Pascal 197-did not start 207-Sacchi Fabio 188-did not start 198-did not start 208-did not start 189-Auger Ludovic 199-Zaina Enrico 209-Cassani Enrico 190-did not start 200-Della Vedova Marco 210-did not start Ros Mary-Amica Chips Cantina Tollo 211-Chiappucci Claudio 221-Baronti Alessandro 212-did not start 222-Feliziani Giorgio * 213-Bontempi Fabrizio 223-Colage Stefano 214-Puttini Felice 224-Mazzanti Luca 215-Molinari Maurizio 225-Pierdomenico Germano 216-Gelfi Luca 226-Valoti Paolo 217-did not start 227-did not start 218-Balzi Fabio 228-did not start 219-Calzolari Alessandro 229-did not start 220-Di Silvestro Lorenzo 230-did not start Notes: * Stagiaires Complete starting list from Daniel Schamps, Paris Past Winners1928 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1929 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1930 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1931 André Vanderdonckt (Fra) 1932 Georges Christians (Bel) 1933 F. Mintkiewicz (Fra) 1934 Maurice Leleu (Fra) 1935 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel) 1936 Leon Lebon (Bel) 1937 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1938 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1939 E. Laplanche (Bel) 1941 Maurice Demuer (Fra) 1943 Camille Blanckaert (Fra) 1946 René Lafosse (Fra) 1947 Fernard Patte (Fra) 1948 Georges Hubatz (Fra) 1949 Eugene Dubois (Fra) 1950 Edmond Klabinski (Fra) 1951 Francis Delepierre (Fra) 1952 Michel Muylsteke (Bel) 1953 Gilbert Petry (Fra) 1954 Orphee Meneghetti (Fra) 1955 Pierre Pardoen (Fra) 1956 Elio Cerussi (Fra) 1957 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1958 Pierre Machiels (Bel) 1959 André Noyelle (Fra) 1960 Michel Vermeulin (Fra) 1961 Joseph Wasko (Fra) 1962 Guy Ignolin (Fra) 1963 Benoni Beheyt (Fra) 1964 Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) 1965 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel) 1967 Willy Van Neste (Bel) 1968 Gerben Karstens (Ned) 1969 Ronald De Witte (Bel) 1970 Noél Vantyghem (Bel) 1971 Barry Hoban (GB) 1972 René Pijnen (Ned) 1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1974 Willy Teirlinck (Bel) 1975 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1976 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1977 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1978 Yves Hezard (Fra) 1979 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1980 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1981 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1982 Rudy Mathijs (Bel) 1983 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1984 Ferdi Van den Haute (Bel) 1985 Jean Habets (Ned) 1986 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1988 Edwin Bafcop (Bel) 1989 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1991 Vincent Lacressoniere (Fra) 1992 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1993 Maximilian Sciandri (Ita) 1994 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1995 Maximilian Sciandri (GB) 1996 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1997 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1928 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1929 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1930 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1931 André Vanderdonckt (Fra) 1932 Georges Christians (Bel) 1933 F. Mintkiewicz (Fra) 1934 Maurice Leleu (Fra) 1935 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel) 1936 Leon Lebon (Bel) 1937 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1938 Gaby Dubois (Fra) 1939 E. Laplanche (Bel) 1941 Maurice Demuer (Fra) 1943 Camille Blanckaert (Fra) 1946 René Lafosse (Fra) 1947 Fernard Patte (Fra) 1948 Georges Hubatz (Fra) 1949 Eugene Dubois (Fra) 1950 Edmond Klabinski (Fra) 1951 Francis Delepierre (Fra) 1952 Michel Muylsteke (Bel) 1953 Gilbert Petry (Fra) 1954 Orphee Meneghetti (Fra) 1955 Pierre Pardoen (Fra) 1956 Elio Cerussi (Fra) 1957 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1958 Pierre Machiels (Bel) 1959 André Noyelle (Fra) 1960 Michel Vermeulin (Fra) 1961 Joseph Wasko (Fra) 1962 Guy Ignolin (Fra) 1963 Benoni Beheyt (Fra) 1964 Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) 1965 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel) 1967 Willy Van Neste (Bel) 1968 Gerben Karstens (Ned) 1969 Ronald De Witte (Bel) 1970 Noél Vantyghem (Bel) 1971 Barry Hoban (GB) 1972 René Pijnen (Ned) 1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1974 Willy Teirlinck (Bel) 1975 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1976 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1977 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1978 Yves Hezard (Fra) 1979 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1980 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1981 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1982 Rudy Mathijs (Bel) 1983 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1984 Ferdi Van den Haute (Bel) 1985 Jean Habets (Ned) 1986 Josef Lieckens (Bel) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1988 Edwin Bafcop (Bel) 1989 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1991 Vincent Lacressoniere (Fra) 1992 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1993 Maximilian Sciandri (Ita) 1994 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1995 Maximilian Sciandri (GB) 1996 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1997 Andrea Tafi (Ita)Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |