Tour de France, Grand Tour

July 11-August 2, 1998


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Stage 13 Brief:

The only real difficulty, apart from the hot weather, came at 173.5 kms when the riders crossed the Cat 2 Col de Murs (11.2 km climb at 3.7%). 5 riders left the peloton at the 55 kms mark and another 5 joined them. This bunch had a lead of over 5 minutes just prior to climbing the Col. As the lead came down, the breakaway bunch split into 3. There were 6 leaders (Tafi, Nardello, Morenhout, Garcia-Acosta, Jemison and Heulot), followed by Russian Sergei Ivanov, then 3 others (Den Bakker among them), and the peloton. Luc Leblanc attacked out of the peloton on the climb but never bridged the gap.

As the 6 leaders came into Carpentras, they knew the gap would not be closed and the finesse started. Heulot eventually had to lead out the sprint after a failed attack by Nardello with about 2 kms to go. Nardello went to the left, Banesto's Vicente Garcia-Acosta down the centre and Tafi nearly came through on the right. But it was Daniele Nardello (Mapei) who won the stage.

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Stage Profile    

Stage 13, Frontignan La Peyrade - Carpentras, 191 kms:

  1. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei                              4.32.46 (43.113)
  2. Vicent Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto
  3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei
  4. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
  5. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal
  6. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
  7. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM                                      2.27
  8. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics                                    2.43
  9. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                      2.43
 10. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                             2.43
 11. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                      2.51
 12. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino
 13. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN
 14. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics
 15. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN
 16. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti
 17. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal
 18. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto
 19. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto
 20. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino
 21. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros
 22. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti
 23. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis
 24. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto
 25. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 26. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal
 27. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE
 28. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto
 29. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
 30. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto
 31. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
 32. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
 33. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 34. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
 35. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti
 36. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
 37. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
 38. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme
 39. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
 40. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
 41. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme
 42. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 43. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto
 44. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme
 45. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
 46. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 47. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal
 48. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino
 49. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics
 50. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
 51. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
 52. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux
 53. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme
 54. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN
 55. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
 56. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino
 57. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 58. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 59. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN
 60. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE
 61. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 62. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal
 63. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto
 64. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei
 65. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 66. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE
 67. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 68. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE
 69. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom
 70. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 71. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 72. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 73. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti
 74. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 75. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal
 76. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco
 77. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto
 78. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco
 79. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei
 80. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme
 81. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto
 82. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti
 83. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
 84. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto
 85. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis
 86. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
 87. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN
 88. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco
 89. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme
 90. Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE
 91. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino
 92. Andrei Teteriuk (Kaz) Lotto
 93. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
 94. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
 95. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti                                      2.51
 96. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics                                     7.12
 97. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                 11.56
 98. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 99. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank
100. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics
101. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom
102. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
103. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
104. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
105. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino
106. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto
107. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei
108. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti
109. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
110. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei
111. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei
112. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE
113. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme
114. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme
115. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
116. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
117. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco
118. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
119. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom
120. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux
121. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti
122. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
123. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
124. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
125. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
126. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                             11.56
127. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei                                      14.06
128. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti
129. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM
130. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
131. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN
132. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM
133. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno
134. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE
135. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco
136. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei
137. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti
138. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM
139. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM
140. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti
141. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM
142. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM
143. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
144. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal
145. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
146. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal
147. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                     14.06

Did not start:

Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto

GC after Stage 13

  1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                 61.30.53
  2. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                    1.11
  2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE                                   3.01
  4. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno                             3.01
  5. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                3.29
  6. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti                                       4.16
  7. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino                                     4.44
  8. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                   5.05
  9. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme                                 5.16
 10. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                    5.18
 11. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei                                  5.35
 12. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          5.53
 13. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis                                5.59
 14. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                               6.16
 15. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto                                  6.19
 16. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal                            6.55
 17. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                     7.00
 18. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei                                7.12
 19. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal                              7.12
 20. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco                                  7.17
 21. Vicent Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                            7.30
 22. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux                     7.55
 23. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                    9.00
 24. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme                                    9.02
 25. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto                               10.28
 26. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino                                    10.29
 27. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto                                  10.43
 28. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti                                      10.47
 29. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti                                     10.50
 30. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                      11.48
 31. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                     12.12
 32. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                14.00
 33. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                    15.15
 34. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE                              15.36
 35. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto                                   16.31
 36. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto                                   17.03
 37. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                 20.06
 38. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                               20.50
 39. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                   20.51
 40. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto                                 20.52
 41. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei                                      21.18
 42. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                   21.26
 43. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                              21.42
 44. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom                                      23.01
 45. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme                                  23.43
 46. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino                            25.40
 47. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics                                      26.25
 48. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   26.31
 49. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                   28.42
 50. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno                        28.44
 51. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                       31.23
 52. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                    32.11
 53. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal                            33.26
 54. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                33.38
 55. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM                                     35.21
 56. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme                                35.23
 57. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal                                35.42
 58. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         35.51
 59. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme                                35.53
 60. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    36.45
 61. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal                                38.05
 62. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                             38.34
 63. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                            40.05
 64. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco                                   40.13
 65. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE                                    40.23
 66. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti                                     41.48
 67. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE                                 42.41
 68. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno                        43.15
 69. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                     44.41
 70. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                              45.03
 71. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                              45.17
 72. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno                         45.26
 73. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno                            45.45
 74. Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE                                     46.26
 75. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti                     46.44
 76. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE                                  47.53
 77. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                     49.12
 78. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                               50.08
 79. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto                                  50.11
 80. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto                                   50.29
 81. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                     51.03
 82. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                                   51.05
 83. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto                                   52.21
 84. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      53.06
 85. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics                                  54.09
 86. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                               56.20
 87. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto                                    56.34
 88. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE                              56.52
 89. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux              57.03
 90. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                     58.17
 91. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                     58.19
 92. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei                                 58.28
 93. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                58.54
 94. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                 59.23
 95. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                  59.24
 96. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                     1.00.39
 97. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE                                  1.01.19
 98. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                     1.01.57
 99. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti                         1.02.03
100. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme                               1.02.27
101. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal                             1.02.47
102. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme                                 1.02.51
103. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics                                  1.03.05
104. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino                                  1.03.38
105. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                           1.04.35
106. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                                        1.04.53
107. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics                                 1.05.39
108. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei                                 1.05.54
109. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN                                 1.05.58
110. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         1.06.28
111. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal                             1.06.36
112. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei                               1.06.53
113. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                            1.07.09
114. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                       1.07.58
115. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                     1.08.36
115. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics                                1.09.42
117. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                 1.09.43
118. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme                            1.10.14
119. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                1.10.25
120. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux               1.11.37
121. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti                                  1.11.42
122. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom                               1.11.57
123. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom                           1.12.33
124. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                    1.14.24
125. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal                              1.14.44
126. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                                1.15.46
127. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti                                 1.15.51
128. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                             1.15.54
129. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco                              1.17.24
130. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti                                 1.17.43
131. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                                     1.17.49
132. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei                                    1.18.10
133. Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM                                1.19.58
134. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto                            1.20.04
135. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                               1.20.04
136. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco                            1.20.07
137. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM                                   1.21.24
138. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                                1.22.32
139. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM                                  1.22.42
140. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                      1.22.56
141. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                  1.23.22
142. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank                               1.24.36
143. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                       1.25.35
144. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno                         1.26.14
145. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                            1.28.01
146. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN                                    1.32.08
147. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                   1.45.53

Green Jersey:

  1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                       252
  2. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                         161
  3. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                        157
  4. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                                134
  5. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank                                   134
  6. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                       122
  7. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                                112
  8. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                       107
  9. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                                     75
 10. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                        75

Mountains Jersey:

  1. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                     181
  2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino                                      160
  3. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                       126
  4. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                                 96
  5. Roland Meier (Sui) Cofidis                                      75
  6. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno                               66
  7. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                       66
  8. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                       58
  9. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                      49
 10. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco                                    46

Teams:

  1. Cofidis                                                  184.27.32
  2. Casino                                                       18.37
  3. Banesto                                                      19.54
  4. Polti                                                        23.05
  5. Telekom                                                      24.22
  6. Lotto                                                        26.38
  7. ONCE                                                         35.13
  8. Rabobank                                                     36.40
  9. Mapei                                                        38.47
 10. Vitalicio Seguros                                            39.34
 11. Kelme                                                        39.38
 12. US Postal                                                    41.36
 13. Mercatone Uno                                              1.00.20
 14. La Francaise des Jeux                                      1.00.45
 15. Big Mat Auber                                              1.07.44
 16. Saeco                                                      1.28.17
 17. Asics                                                      1.33.18
 18. GAN                                                        1.47.24
 19. Riso Scotti                                                2.47.17
 20. TVM                                                        2.56.19