Tour de France, Grand Tour

July 11-August 2, 1998


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Stage 10 Brief:

Today the Tour goes up: at 54 kms the "Hors Categorie" Col d'Aubisque (16.5 km climb at 7%), then at 120 kms the "Hors Categorie" Col du Tourmalet (18.4 km climb at 7.7%), then at the 150 kms mark, the Cat 1 Col d'Aspin (a 12.4 km climb at 5.1%) and finally just before the end the Cat 1 Col de Peyresourde (9.7 km climb at 6.7%) comes at 181 kms.

Jan Ullrich stamped his climbing authority on the Tour to regain the yellow jersey. The stage was held in rain and increasing fog and even Ullrich said it "was a very hard day." The overnight yellow jersey holder, Laurent Desbiens was dropped early and when Ullrich was being installed as the new maillot jeune he was still 15 kms from the line.

The attacks came early as Ullrich's major competitors tried to close down the gap prior to the final ITT. Pantani, believing his own press (pirates wear bandanas!) was somewhat subdued until the last climb (Peyresourde), whereupon he went out after eventual stage winner, 32-year old Italian Rodolfo Massi. While failing to catch him, Pantani did take 23 seconds off Ullrich.

Laurent Jalabert attacked earlier but eventually cracked on the last climb and lost 1.14 to Ullrich. Only American Bobby Julich, Bjarne Riis and Fernando Escartin maintained parity with Ullrich. Other riders lost ground and the Tour is looking almost over already: Hamburger (59 seconds), Olano (0.59), and Francesco Casagrande (abandoned after crashing).

Massi, a long-time hopeful but usually playing the role of the domestique, attacked early in the stage with Alberto Elli and Cedric Vasseur. They led the race over the 5 climbs (with Massi securing the KOM jersey as he won the sprints over Soulor and Tourmalet). Only Massi could stay away.

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Stage Profile    

Stage 10, Pau - Luchon, 196.5 kms:

  1. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                 5.49.40 (33.717)
  2. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno                             0.36
  3. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                0.59
  4. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
  5. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei
  6. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
  7. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme
  8. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
  9. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal
 10. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco
 11. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti
 12. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                     0.59
 13. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei                                  1.58
 14. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis
 15. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme
 16. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal
 17. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
 18. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino
 19. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 20. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto
 21. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux
 22. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto                                  1.58
 23. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE                                   2.13
 24. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                   2.13
 25. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto                                   2.28
 26. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto
 27. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto
 28. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN
 29. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
 30. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics
 31. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
 32. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     2.28
 33. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                    2.36
 34. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE                                   2.45
 35. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto                                    3.18
 36. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 37. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE                               3.39
 38. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti
 39. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino
 40. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti                                       4.41
 41. Vicent Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                            6.08
 42. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
 43. Andrei Teteriuk (Kaz) Lotto                                   6.41
 44. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                  7.13
 45. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme                                   8.06
 46. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom
 47. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 48. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme                                10.57
 49. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      12.27
 50. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 51. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 52. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics
 53. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 54. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
 55. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto
 56. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme
 57. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 58. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
 59. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                            12.27
 60. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco                                   13.25
 61. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                              18.28
 62. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 63. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto
 64. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         18.28
 65. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                     21.43
 66. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                     22.40
 67. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei                                      22.41
 68. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti
 69. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 70. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal
 71. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal
 72. Sergei Ivanov (Rus) TVM
 73. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
 74. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE
 75. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE
 76. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE
 77. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto
 78. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal
 79. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme
 80. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
 81. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
 82. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto
 83. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 84. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom
 85. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux
 86. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                       22.41
 87. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                      25.31
 88. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                     26.07
 89. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 90. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto
 91. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti
 92. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei
 93. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei
 94. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics
 95. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti
 96. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal
 97. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis
 98. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal
 99. Viacheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
100. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
101. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
102. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei
103. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN
104. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
105. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
106. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
107. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE
108. Melchior Mauri (Spa) ONCE
109. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno
110. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme
111. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme
112. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM
113. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei
114. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco
115. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN
116. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                               26.07
117. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                   31.25
118. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                                          31.43
119. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
120. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN
121. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM
122. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti
123. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti
124. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM
125. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM
126. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal
127. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics
128. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei
129. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti
130. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino
131. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti
132. Viacheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
133. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM
134. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM
135. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM
136. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN
137. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
138. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN
139. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
140. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
141. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto
142. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics
143. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
144. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti
145. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco
146. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino
147. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
148. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
149. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank
150. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
151. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                              31.43

Did not finish:

Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco
Roberto Caruso (Ita) Riso Scotti
Carlos Contreras (Col) Kelme
David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
Hernan Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
Aleksandre Shefer (Kaz) Asics
Carlo Bianchi (Ita) Asics
Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis
Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Cofidis
Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco
Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM
Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN
Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino
Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE
Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Mercatone Uno
Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti
Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux

GC after Stage 10

  1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                 47.25.18
  2. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                    1.18
  2. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                     2.17
  4. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE                                   2.38
  5. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti                                       3.03
  6. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto                                   3.11
  7. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                3.36
  8. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                     3.39
  9. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                   3.40
 10. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                     3.51
 11. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno                             4.41
 12. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                    4.44
 13. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal                              4.45
 14. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei                                  5.17
 15. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme                                 5.23
 16. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          5.30
 17. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                    5.32
 18. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                5.38
 19. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal                            5.42
 20. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei                                5.54
 21. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto                                  5.56
 22. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                     5.57
 23. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                               6.23
 24. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                    6.41
 25. Vicent Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                            6.59
 26. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE                               7.17
 27. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto                                7.19
 28. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino                                     7.20
 29. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco                                  7.24
 30. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti                                      7.41
 31. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme                                    7.49
 32. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                      8.00
 33. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                              8.20
 34. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics                                   8.55
 35. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                 8.56
 36. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto                                    9.00
 37. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti                                       9.11
 38. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto                                   9.25
 39. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                       9.53
 40. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme                                  11.43
 41. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto                                 11.55
 42. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto                                   12.15
 43. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    13.25
 44. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                 13.28
 45. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE                                  13.32
 46. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme                                13.41
 47. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom                                      14.04
 48. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno                        15.42
 49. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno                        15.51
 50. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                               17.30
 51. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                            17.58
 52. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno                         18.02
 53. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                              18.33
 54. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei                                      18.35
 55. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                   18.59
 56. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      19.06
 57. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme                                19.18
 58. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto                                     21.15
 59. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   21.27
 60. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics                                      21.40
 61. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                               21.47
 62. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                   22.29
 63. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                                   23.59
 64. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                              24.06
 65. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                       24.45
 66. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                25.29
 67. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto                                   25.45
 68. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco                                   26.45
 69. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal                            26.54
 70. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal                                26.59
 71. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM                                     27.00
 72. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                     27.00
 73. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                       27.12
 74. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         27.31
 75. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme                                   28.04
 76. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal                                28.05
 77. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino                                    28.06
 78. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal                               28.14
 79. Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE                                     28.19
 80. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE                                    28.23
 81. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                     28.25
 82. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti                                     28.45
 83. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE                                    29.01
 84. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                              29.01
 85. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                            29.23
 86. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                    29.32
 87. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                         29.37
 88. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                               30.06
 89. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                             30.17
 90. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno                           30.23
 91. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                     30.53
 92. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto                                  31.30
 93. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom                             31.40
 94. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno                            31.41
 95. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux              31.42
 96. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti                           32.22
 97. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto                                   32.27
 98. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                     32.37
 99. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei                                      32.41
100. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto                              32.50
101. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme                                 32.52
102. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei                                   32.54
103. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics                                    33.02
104. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei                                 33.07
105. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                33.12
106. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom                                 33.17
107. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE                                 33.44
108. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                       34.03
109. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme                              34.03
110. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           34.10
111. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                  35.26
112. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal                                36.23
113. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                                       36.30
114. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                       36.47
115. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                 36.50
115. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto                                    38.15
117. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank                                38.24
118. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti                     38.27
119. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE                              38.45
120. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                                          39.11
121. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                     39.11
122. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti                                    39.24
123. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                              39.45
124. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics                                   40.05
125. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM                                    40.07
126. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN                                   40.16
127. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                                  40.18
128. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics                                  40.37
129. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                               41.07
130. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei                                 41.11
131. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                 41.16
132. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti                                   41.23
133. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM                                    41.32
134. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco                              41.46
135. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                         41.59
136. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti                                   42.01
137. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                      42.06
138. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                   42.19
139. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM                                     43.27
140. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM                                  44.05
141. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                  44.43
142. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                                  44.53
143. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN                                      46.28
144. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti                           47.53
145. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                        48.09
146. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                    48.35
147. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                     49.00
148. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal                               50.20
149. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                              51.04
150. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                 52.40
151. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco                                54.11

Green Jersey:

  1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                       201
  2. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                        157
  3. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank                                  134
  4. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                         126
  5. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                                106
  6. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                                 87
  7. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                        85
  8. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                                     75
  9. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                            67
 10. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                        60

Mountains Jersey:

  1. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                     131
  2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino                                      107
  3. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                       104
  4. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                                 62
  5. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto                                      38
  6. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                            36
  7. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                               36
  8. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                       35
  9. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei                                      26
 10. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno                               26

Teams:

  1. Cofidis                                                  142.11.15
  2. Casino                                                       10.06
  3. Banesto                                                      15.23
  4. Telekom                                                      15.41
  5. Polti                                                        16.39
  6. Lotto                                                        17.27
  7. ONCE                                                         19.25
  8. Kelme                                                        26.04
  9. Rabobank                                                     28.51
 10. US Postal                                                    33.47
 11. Mapei                                                        34.00
 12. Vitalicio Seguros                                            34.09
 13. Mercatone Uno                                                38.19
 14. La Francaise des Jeux                                        38.20
 15. Big Mat Auber                                                49.29
 16. Saeco                                                        59.10
 17. Asics                                                      1.00.47
 18. GAN                                                        1.07.39
 19. TVM                                                        1.36.52
 20. Riso Scotti                                                1.45.26