Tour de France, Grand Tour

July 11-August 2, 1998

1997 Results Tour Database Starting List

The Stages

July 11 - Prologue - Dublin - 5.7 kms:
July 12 - Stage 1 - Dublin - Dublin - 180 kms:
July 13 - Stage 2 - Enniscorthy - Cork - 200 kms:
July 14 - Stage 3 - Roscoff - Lorient - 171 kms:
July 15 - Stage 4 - Plouay - Cholet - 248 kms:
July 16 - Stage 5 - Cholet - Chateauroux - 227 kms:
July 17 - Stage 6 - La Chatre - Brive-la-Gaillarde - 210 kms:
July 18 - Stage 7 - Meyrignac l'Eglise - Correze ITT - 58 kms:
July 19 - Stage 8 - Brive - Montauban - 189 kms:
July 20 - Stage 9 - Montauban - Pau - 224 kms:
July 21 - Stage 10 - Pau - Luchon - 197 kms:
July 22 - Stage 11 - Luchon - Plateau de Beille - 170 kms:
July 23 - Rest Day - 0 kms:
July 24 - Stage 12 - Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Le Cap d'Agde - 221 kms:
July 25 - Stage 13 - Frontignan La Peyrade - Carpentras - 191 kms:
July 26 - Stage 14 - Valréas - Grenoble - 185 kms:
July 27 - Stage 15 - Grenoble - Les Deux Alpes - 189 kms:
July 28 - Stage 16 - Vizille - Albertville - 204 kms:
July 29 - Stage 17 - Albertville - Aix-les-Bains - 149 kms:
July 30 - Stage 18 - Aix-les-Bains - Neuchâtel (Swi) - 218 kms:
July 31 - Stage 19 - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Autun - 238 kms:
August 1 - Stage 20 - Montceau-les-Mines - Le Creusot ITT - 53 kms:
August 2 - Stage 21 - Melun - Paris Champs Elysees - 147 kms:
Total Distance: - 3870 kms:

Complete Official Starting List

TELEKOM					FESTINA
Manager: Walter Godefroot (Bel)		Manager: Bruno Roussel (Fra)

1. Jan Ullrich (Ger)			11. Richard Virenque (Fra)
2. Rolf Aldag (Ger)			12. Laurent Brochard (Fra)
3. Udo Bölts (Ger)			13. Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
4. Francesco Frattini (Ita)		14. Pascal Hervé (Fra)
5. Christian Henn (Ger)			15. Armin Meier (Swi)
6. Jens Heppner (Ger)			16. Christophe Moreau (Fra)
7. Bjarne Riis (Den)			17. Didier Rous (Fra)
8. Georg Totschnig (Oos)		18. Neil Stephens (Aus)
9. Erik Zabel (Ger)			19. Alex Zülle (Swi)

MERCATONE UNO				MAPEI
Manager: Giuseppe Martinelli (Ita)	Manager: Patrick Lefevere (Bel)

21. Marco Pantani (Ita)			31. Franco Ballerini (Ita)
22. Sergio Barbero (Ita)		32. Giuseppe di Grande (Ita)
23. Simone Borgheresi (Ita)		33. Bart Leysen (Bel)
24. Roberto Conti (Ita)			34. Daniele Nardello (Ita)
25. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)		35. Wilfried Peeters (Bel)
26. Riccardo Forconi (Ita)		36. Tom Steels (Bel)
27. Dimitri Konisjev (Rus)		37. Jan Svorada (Tsj)
28. Massimo Podenzana (Ita)		38. Andrea Tafi (Ita)
29. Mario Traversoni (Ita)		39. Stefano Zanini (Ita)

ONCE					RABOBANK
Manager: Manolo Saiz (Spa)		Manager: Theo de Rooij (Ned)

41. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)		51. Michael Boogerd (Ned)
42. Johan Bruyneel (Bel)		52. Erik Dekker (Ned)
43. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa)		53. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
44. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa)		54. Patrick Jonker (Ned)
45. Marcelino Garcia (Spa)		55. Robbie McEwen (Aus)
46. Javier Mauleon (Spa)		56. Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
47. Melchor Mauri (Spa)			57. Leon Van Bon (Ned)
48. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa)		58. Aart Vierhouten (Ned)
49. Roberto Sierra (Spa)		59. Beat Zberg (Swi)

CASINO					BANESTO
Manager: Vincent Lavenu (Fra)		Manager: Eusebio Unzue (Spa)

61. Bo Hamburger (Den)			71. Abraham Olano (Spa)
62. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)		72. Marino Alonso (Spa)
63. Stéphane Barthe (Fra)		73. José-Luis Arrieta (Spa)
64. Pascal Chanteur (Fra)		74. Manuel Beltran (Spa)
65. Jacky Durand (Fra)			75. Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa)
66. Alberto Elli (Ita)			76. José-Maria Jimenez (Spa)
67. Jan Kirsipuu (Est)			77. Miguel-Angel Pena (Spa)
68. Rodolfo Massi (Ita)			78. Orlando Rodrigues (Por)
69. Benoït Salmon (Fra)			79. Cesar Solaun (Spa)

GAN					LOTTO
Manager: Roger Legeay (Fra)		Manager: Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel)

81. Chris Boardman (GBr)		91. Laurent Madouas (Fra)
82. Magnus Backstedt (Zwe)		92. Peter Farazijn (Bel)
83. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)		93. Joona Laukka (Fin)
84. Stuart O'Grady (Aus)		94. Andrei Tsjmil (Bel)
85. Eros Poli (Ita)			95. Andrei Teterioek (Kaz)
86. Eddy Seigneur (Fra)			96. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel)
87. François Simon (Fra)		97. Paul van Hyfte (Bel)
88. Cédric Vasseur (Fra)		98. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
89. Jens Voigt (Ger)			99. Geert Verheyen (Bel)

TVM					SAECO
Manager: Cees Priem (Ned)		Manager: Antonio Salutini (Ita)

101. Laurent Roux (Fra)			111. Mario Cipollini (Ita)
102. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned)		112. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita)
103. Steven De Jongh (Ned)		113. Massimo Donati (Ita)
104. Sergei Ivanov (Rus)		114. Gian-Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
105. Servais Knaven (Ned)		115. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
106. Lars Michaelsen (Den)		116. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)
107. Sergei Oetsjakov (Oek)		117. Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
108. Peter van Petegem (Bel)		118. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)
109. Bart Voskamp (Ned)			119. Mario Scirea (Ita)

LA FRANÇAISE DES JEUX			COFIDIS
Manager: Marc Madiot (Fra)		Manager: Bernard Quilfen (Fra)

121. Evgeni Berzin (Rus)		131. Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
122. Frank Bouyer (Fra)			132. Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
123. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)		133. Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
124. Stéphane Heulot (Fra)		134. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
125. Xavier Jan (Fra)			135. Bobby Julich (USA)
126. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)		136. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
127. Christophe Mengin (Fra)		137. Kevin Livingston (USA)
128. Damien Nazon (Fra)			138. Roland Meier (Swi)
129. Maximilian Sciandri (GBr)		139. Christophe Rinero (Fra)

POLTI					ASICS
Manager: Gianluigi Stanga (Ita)		Manager: Serge Parsani (Ita)

141. Luc Leblanc (Fra)			151. Carlo-Marino Bianchi (Ita)
142. Rossano Brasi (Ita)		152. Alessio Bongioni (Ita)
143. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita)		153. Diego Ferrari (Ita)
144. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)		154. Oscar Pozzi (Ita)
145. Leonardo Guidi (Ita)		155. Fabio Roscioli (Ita)
146. Jörg Jaksche (Ger)			156. Samuele Schiavina (Ita)
147. Silvio Martinello (Ita)		157. Aleksander Shefer (Kaz)
148. Axel Merckx (Bel)			158. Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
149. Fabio Sacchi (Ita)			159. Alain Turicchia (Ita)

VITALICIO SEGUROS			KELME
Manager: Javier Minguez (Spa)		Manager: Alvaro Pino (Spa)

161. Santiago Blanco (Spa)		171. Fernando Escartin (Spa)
162. Francisco Benitez (Spa)		172. Francisco Cabello (Spa)
163. Hernan Buenahora (Col)		173. Carlos Contreras (Col)
164. Angel Casero (Spa)			174. Juan-José de los Angeles (Spa)
165. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)		175. José-Javier Gomez (Spa)
166. David Garcia (Spa)			176. Santos Gonzalez (Spa)
167. Francesco G. Rodriguez (Spa)	177. José Rodriguez (Spa)
168. Prudencio Indurain (Spa)		178. Marcos Serrano (Spa)
169. Oliverio Rincon (Col)		179. José-Angel Vidal (Spa)

US POSTAL				RISO SCOTTI
Manager: Mark Gorski (USA)		Manager: Emmanuele Bombini (Ita)

181. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)		191. Fabio Baldato (Ita)
182. Frankie Andreu (USA)		192. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus)
183. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)		193. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)
184. Pascal Deramé (Fra)		194. Roberto Caruso (Ita)
185. Vjatsjeslav Ekimov (Rus)		195. Stefano Casagranda (Ita)
186. Tyler Hamilton (USA)		196. Federico de Beni (Ita)
187. George Hincapie (USA)		197. Nicola Minali (Ita)
188. Marty Jemison (USA)		198. Roberto Pistore (Ita)
189. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den)	199. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)

BIG MAT
Manager: Stéphane Javalet (Fra)

201. Pascal Lino (Fra)
202. Ludovic Auger (Fra)
203. Philippe Bordenave (Fra)
204. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra)
205. Vjatsjeslav Djavanian (Rus)
206. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)
207. Lylian Lebreton (Fra)
208. Denis Leproux (Fra)
209. Aleksei Sivakov (Rus)