Tour de France, Grand Tour

July 11-August 2, 1998


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Stage 14 Brief:

The climbing comes relatively early in the stage today with the first Cat 3 La Montagne de la Série (4.6 km climb at 4.3%) coming at 16 kms, followed by the Cat 4 Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin (3.8 km climb at 4.9%) at 38.5 kms, and finally at 106.5 kms, the Cat 2 Col de Rousset (14 km climb at 5%).

After a long breakaway (145 kms) with 6 riders (Leon Van Bon, Laurent Desbiens, Peter Meinert-Nielsen, Stuart O'Grady, Guiseppe Calcaterra, and Orlando Rodrigues), Australian Stuart O'Grady timed his move to perfection to edge out Saeco's Giuseppe Calcaterra on the line, although the Italian was risking disqualification by moving on his line. The peloton was just on 10 minutes further back. Telekom had watched the break but there was no threat to Jan Ullrich so the gap was allowed to build. Two riders (Guesdon and an ONCE) tried (too late) to bridge the gap but were some 9.30 behind at the end. Erik Zabel won the peloton sprint.

Tomorrow is the first of three days in the Alps and Marco Pantani has said: "My main goal now is to win in Les Deux-Alpes." He also has said he is tired overall from the Giro victory. The climb of Les Deux Alpes is long and steady and this is the sort of hill that power climbers like Jan Ullrich favour. Pantani may have to escape earlier on the classic climb of Galibier (2645m).

Late news (19.30) is that Calcaterra was disqualified and was put back to 6th place for moving off his sprinting line in the last 200 metres.

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Stage Profile    

Stage 14, Valréas - Grenoble, 185 kms:

  1. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                 4.30.53 (41.309)
  2. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
  3. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
  4. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal
  5. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
  6. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco (disqualified from 2nd)
  7. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                  8.27
  8. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE
  9. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                     10.05
 10. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei
 11. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank
 12. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN
 13. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal
 14. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics
 15. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti
 16. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM
 17. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
 18. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom
 19. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN
 20. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 21. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino
 22. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 23. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto
 24. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN
 25. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei
 26. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros
 27. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal
 28. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto
 29. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto
 30. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics
 31. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
 32. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti
 33. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 34. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 35. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 36. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
 37. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal
 38. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
 39. Andrei Teteriuk (Kaz) Lotto
 40. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
 41. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
 42. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis
 43. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei
 44. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 45. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
 46. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 47. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
 48. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto
 49. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
 50. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti
 51. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
 52. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 53. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics
 54. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM
 55. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
 56. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme
 57. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
 58. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE
 59. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei
 60. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal
 61. Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN
 62. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 63. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto
 64. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme
 65. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 66. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 67. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux
 68. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 69. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei
 70. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme
 71. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino
 72. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto
 73. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
 74. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
 75. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti
 76. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal
 77. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti
 78. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme
 79. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics
 80. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei
 81. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei
 82. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics
 83. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
 84. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme
 85. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN
 86. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto
 87. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE
 88. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti
 89. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco
 90. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
 91. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN
 92. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom
 93. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
 94. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM
 95. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 96. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
 97. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal
 98. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto
 99. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
100. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno
101. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
102. Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE
103. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti
104. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti
105. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco
106. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Riso Scotti
107. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE
108. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto
109. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE
110. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom
111. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme
112. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei
113. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
114. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal
115. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
116. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
117. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
118. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
119. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis
120. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno
121. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE
122. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco
123. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
124. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino
125. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme
126. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme
127. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto
128. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco
129. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
130. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino
131. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto
132. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
133. Vicent Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto
134. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
135. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti
136. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei
137. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom
138. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino
139. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
140. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux
141. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                             10.05
142. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                              15.54
143. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                                       16.21
144. Sergei Utschakov (Ukr) TVM
145. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM
146. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino
147. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                                  16.21

GC after Stage 14

  1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                66.11.51
  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 Teteriuk (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. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal                               28.00
 50. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                  28.42
 51. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno                       28.44
 52. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      31.23
 53. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   32.11
 54. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal                           33.26
 55. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                               33.38
 56. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM                                    35.21
 57. Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme                               35.23
 58. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal                               35.42
 59. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        35.51
 60. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme                               35.53
 61. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                   36.45
 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. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE                                41.03
 67. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti                                    41.48
 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. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                              46.15
 75. Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE                                    46.26
 76. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Riso Scotti                    46.44
 77. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE                                 47.53
 78. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                    48.14
 79. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                    49.12
 80. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                 49.19
 81. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                              50.08
 82. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto                                 50.11
 83. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto                                  50.29
 84. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                    51.03
 85. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                                  51.05
 86. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto                                  52.21
 87. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     53.06
 88. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics                                 54.09
 89. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto                                   56.34
 90. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE                             56.52
 91. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux             57.03
 92. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                    58.17
 93. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei                                58.28
 94. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux               58.54
 95. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                59.23
 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. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                          1.04.35
105. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                                       1.04.53
106. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics                                1.05.39
107. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei                                1.05.54
108. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN                                1.05.58
109. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        1.06.28
110. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal                            1.06.36
111. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei                              1.06.53
112. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN                                      1.07.58
113. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                    1.08.36
114. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics                               1.09.42
115. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                1.09.43
115. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino                                 1.09.54
117. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto                           1.09.59
118. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux              1.09.59
119. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco                           1.10.02
120. Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme                           1.10.14
121. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93               1.10.25
122. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti                                 1.11.42
123. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom                              1.11.57
124. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom                          1.12.33
125. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti                           1.12.58
126. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                   1.14.24
127. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal                             1.14.44
128. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Polti                                1.15.51
129. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                            1.15.54
130. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco                             1.17.24
131. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti                                1.17.43
132. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei                                   1.18.10
133. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                              1.20.04
134. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM                                  1.21.24
135. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                               1.22.02
136. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                               1.22.32
137. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                     1.22.56
138. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                 1.23.22
139. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                                    1.24.05
140. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank                              1.24.36
141. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                      1.25.35
142. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno                        1.26.14
143. Sergei Utschakov (Ukr) TVM                                1.26.14
144. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                           1.28.01
145. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM                                 1.28.58
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                                       264
  2. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei                                        168
  3. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei                                         161
  4. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                                       151
  5. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank                                   144
  6. Nicola Minali (Ita) Riso Scotti                                134
  7. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                                120
  8. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN                                       109
  9. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                                     75
 10. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                        75

Mountains Jersey:

  1. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                                     195
  2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino                                      165
  3. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                                       126
  4. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                                 96
  5. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                      78
  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                                                  198.20.21
  2. Banesto                                                      19.54
  3. Casino                                                       28.42
  4. Polti                                                        33.10
  5. Telekom                                                      34.27
  6. Rabobank                                                     36.40
  7. Lotto                                                        36.43
  8. US Postal                                                    41.36
  9. ONCE                                                         43.40
 10. Mapei                                                        48.52
 11. Vitalicio Seguros                                            49.39
 12. Kelme                                                        49.43
 13. La Francaise des Jeux                                      1.09.12
 14. Mercatone Uno                                              1.10.25
 15. Big Mat Auber                                              1.17.49
 16. Saeco                                                      1.28.17
 17. Asics                                                      1.43.23
 18. GAN                                                        1.47.24
 19. Riso Scotti                                                2.57.22
 20. TVM                                                        3.06.24