Preview
Italian Franco Ballerini (Lampre-Daikin) has two things going for him today when
he starts in Compiegne. He has won this race twice before (1995 and 1998) and he
is no longer riding for Mapei-Quick Step, where he has to contend with the
winning aspirations of Belgian Johan Museeuw and to a lesser extent Andrea Tafi.
He is aiming to become only the 7th rider to win the "Hell of the North" 3 times.
So in one sense he is free from the Mapei squad to win it himself and in another
sense he no longer has the power that being a leading member of that team brought
to him.
Readers will remember him as being part of the famous 1-2-3 Mapei result in 1997
when manager Patrick Lefevere "fixed" the finale and gave the race to Johan
Museeuw and degraded the classic in the process.
Museeuw has now said he will race after expressing fear of the route after
crashing badly in the Arenberg forest last year. The race organisers have reversed
the direction that the race comes through the cobbled forest to avoid the fast
downhill section which caused crashes regularly. He trained on the cobbles
this week with teammates.
The weather is not looking good and Museeuw could avoid all risks and help
Andrea Tafi (3rd in 1997 in the fix, and 2nd last year).
The other former Mapei rider who now has said he has designs on the race is
Franck Vandenbroucke who went to his manager earlier this week and requested
that he be allowed to race. Initially, he was going to race the Waalse Pijl
on Wednesday and LBL on Sunday week. Bernard Quilfen, Cofidis team manager
has given him his wish. He is still smarting from his defeat last Sunday in
the Ronde van Vlaanderen and aims to go well today
Milan-San Remo winner, Belgian Andrei Tchmil (who won here in 1994) is another
rider on a mission. He knows how to ride the cobbles and how to win in the Velodrome
at Roubaix. He lives in the region and trains around the roads regularly.
The other riders who may threaten include the ever-present Dane Rolf Sorensen
and perhaps Emmanuel Magnien.
Paris-Roubaix in numbers
1 cm: the closest winning advantage (Planckaert beat Bauer in 1990)
4: the record number of wins by Belgian Roger De Vlaeminck (who finished
9 times among the top 3)
5 min 21 sec: The biggest winning advantage after 1945 between first
(Merckx) and second (De Vlaeminck) in 1970
12 hours (and 15 minutes): the time it took Henri Pélissier, who won in
1919, through the devastated routes after WWI.
16: The amounts of Paris-Roubaix finished by Belgian Belge Raymond
Impanis between 1947 and 1963 (15 for Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle)
25: the teams starting
26: the pavé sectors
30: the French victories
38 years and 8 months: Duclos' age, the oldest winner (1993)
38.505 km/h: the average speed for Franco Ballerini's last year win
45.129 km/h: the highest average speed recorded (Peter Post, 1964)
47: Belgian victories
51.5: the kilometers of pave in 1999
96: the number of editions of Paris-Roubaix so far.
222 kms: the distance of the breakaway victory by Belgian Dirk De Mol (1988)
273 kms: the length of the race between Compiègne and the Roubaix velodrome
1000 francs: the prize won by the winner of the first edition in 1896,
German Josef Fischer (that was the equivalent of the salary of a month
for a miner of the time.
1968: the year when the route was changed and the start from Compiègne
was established.
2400 metres: the length of the Arenberg section.
Complete Starting List
Lampre-Daikin: Mapei-Quick Step:
1. Franco Ballerini (Ita) 11. Johan Museeuw (Bel)
2. Matteo Algeri (Ita) 12. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
3. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) 13. Bart Leysen (Bel)
4. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) 14. Daniele Nardello (Ita)
5. Matteo Frutti (Ita) 15. Wilfried Peeters (Bel)
6. Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) 16. Tom Steels (Bel)
7. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) 17. Andrea Tafi (Ita)
8. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) 18. Stefano Zanini (Ita)
Rabobank: Lotto-Mobistar:
21. Rolf Sorensen (Den) 31. Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
22. Jan Boven (Ned) 32. Koen Beeckman (Bel)
23. Erik Dekker (Ned) 33. Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
24. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) 34. Wim Feys (Bel)
25. Karsten Kroon (Ned) 35. Thierry Marichal (Bel)
26. Marc Lotz (Ned) 36. Chris Peers (Bel)
27. Leon van Bon (Ned) 37. Jo Planckaert (Bel)
28. Marc Wauters (Bel) 38. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)
TVM-Farm Frites: Casino:
41. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 51. Jan Kirsipuu (Est)
42. not starting 52. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
43. Steven De Jongh (Ned) 53. Lauri Aus (Est)
44. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) 54. Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
45. Andreas Klier (Ger) 55. Andy Flickinger (Fra)
46. Servais Knaven(Ned) 56. Arturus Kasputis (Lit)
47. Geert Van Bondt (Bel) 57. David Lefèvre (Fra)
48. Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) 58. not starting
49. Johan Capiot (Bel)
Crédit Agricole: Team Polti:
61. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) 71. Fabrizio. Guidi (Ita)
62. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 72. Rossano Brasi (Ita)
63. Jérôme Neuville (Fra) 73. Enrico Cassani (Ita)
64. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 74. Mirko Crepaldi (Ita)
65. Franck Pencolé (Fra) 75. Leonardo Guidi (Ita)
66. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) 76. Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
67. Eros Poli (Ita) 77. Denis Zanette (Ita)
68. Henk Vogels (Aus) 78. Mauro Zinetti (Ita)
Cofidis: Kelme-Costa Blanca:
81. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) 91. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa)
82. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 92. Ruben Galvan Manchon (Spa)
83. Peter Farazijn (Bel) 93. José Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa)
84. Not starting 94. Francisco Leon Mane (Spa)
85. Claude Lamour (Fra) 95. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
86. Francis Moreau (Fra) 96. José Angel Vidal Martinez (Spa)
87. Arnaud Prêtot (Fra) 97.
88. Anthony Rokia (Fra) 98.
90. Janek Tombak (Est)
Saeco-Cannondale: Mercatone Uno-Bianchi:
101. Not starting 111. Dimitry Konyshev (Rus)
102. Valentino China (Ita) 112. Sergio Barbero (Ita)
103. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 113. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)
104. Alessio Galletti (Ita) 114. Fabio Fontanelli (Ita)
105. Alessandro Guerra (Ita) 115. Massimiliano Napolitano (Ita)
106. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 116. Gianmario Ortenzi (Ita)
107. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 117.
108. Mario Traversoni (Ita) 118.
Vitalicio Seguros: Festina Lotus:
121. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) 131. Marcel Wust (Ger)
122. Oscar Freire (Spa) 132. Florent Brard (Fra)
123. Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) 133. Andrea Dolci (Ita)
124. David Garcia (Spa) 134. Franz Hotz (Swi)
125. Pedro Horillo (Spa) 135. André Korff (Ger)
126. Ernesto Manchon (Spa) 136. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra)
127. Ramón Medina (Spa) 137.
128. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) 138.
La Française des Jeux: Cantina Tollo-Alexia:
141. Emmanuele Magnien (Fra) 151. Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
142. Christophe Bassons (Fra) 152. Andrea Brognara (Ita)
143. Not starting 153. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita)
144. Christophe Mengin (Fra) 154. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
145. Lars Michaelsen (Den) 155. Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
146. Damien Nazon (Fra) 156. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)
147. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 157. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita)
148. Max Sciandri (GB) 158. Guido Trenti (USA)
149. Jimmy Casper (Fra)
Telekom: Vini Caldirola:
161. Rolf Aldag (Ger) 171. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)
162. Christian Henn (Ger) 172. Massimo Apollonio (Ita)
163. Daniele Hondo (Ger) 173. Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
164. Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) 174. Zoran Klemencic (Slo)
165. Andreas Kloden (Ger) 175. Mauro Radaelli (Ita)
166. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 176. Gianluca Sironi (Ita)
167. Stefan Wesemann (Ger) 177. Mathew White (Aus)
168. Erik Zabel (Ger)
US Postal: Riso Scotti-Vinavil:
181. Frankie Andreu (USA) 191. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
182. Julian Dean (NZ) 192. Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita)
183. Pascal Deramé (Fra) 193. Cristian Bianchini (Ita)
184. George Hincapie (USA) 194. Diego Ferrari (Ita)
185. Frank Hoj (Den) 195. Not starting
186. Marty Jemison (USA) 196. Arnoldas Saprykinas (Lit)
187. Benoît Joachim (Lux) 197. Samuele Schiavina (Ita)
188. Christian Vandevelde (USA) 198. Flavio Zandarin (Ita)
Team Home-Jack & Jones: Ballan-Alessio:
201. Jesper Skibby (Den) 211. Luca Finco (Ita)
202. Not starting 212. Filippo Baldo (Ita)
203. Not starting 213. Oleg Grichkine (Rus)
204. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) 214. Nicola Loda (Ita)
205. Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) 215. Maxim Smirnov (Rus)
206. Arvis Piziks (Lat) 216. Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
207. Michael Sandstod (Den) 217.
208. Juris Silovs (Lat) 218.
209. Michael Blaudzan (Den)
210. Marc Streel (Bel)
Big Mat-Auber 93: Liquigas:
221. Ludovic Auger (Fra) 231. Endrio Leoni (Ita)
222. Guillaume Auger (Fra) 232. Mauro Banfi (Ita)
223. Stéphane Berges (Fra) 233. Biagio Conte (Ita)
224. Christophe Capelle (Fra) 234. Daniele Contrini (Ita)
225. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) 235. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus)
226. Laurie Genty (Fra) 236. Marco Milesi (Ita)
227. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) 237. Cristian Moreni (Ita)
228. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 238. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)
Team Gerolsteiner:
241. Uwe Peschel (Ger)
242. Anton Chantyr (Rus)
243. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus)
244. René Haselbacher (Aut)
245. Michael Rich (Ger)
246. Sven Teutenberg (Ger)
247. Andreas Walzer (Ger)
248. Peter Wrolich (Aut)
The Route
50.2 kms of cobbles (pave) over 27 sections have to be
crossed in the race.
The Route - Compiegne-Roubaix, 266.5 kms:
COMPIEGNE start Place du Palais 0 10.25
Official Start (Compiègne-Clairoux) 0 10.30
Janville 3 10.34
Longeuil-Anne 4 10.36
Thourotte 7 10.40
Cambronne-les-Ribecourt 10 10.44
Ribecourt 12 10.47
Chiry-Ourscamp 16 10.53
Noyon 21 11.00
Guiscard 30 11.13
Golancourt 36 11.21
Muille-Villette 39 11.24
Ham 41 11.27
Roupy 53 11.44
L'Epine de Dallon 57 11.50
Saint-Quentin 58 11.52
Lesdins 68 12.06
Bellecour 70 12.08
Mericourt 75 12.15
Fresnoy-le-Grand 76 12.17
Bohain-en-Vermandois 83 12.26
Busigny 87 12.32
Honnechy 92 12.38
Maurois 93 12.40
Troisvilles 97 12.46
Troisvilles to Valenciennes - 8 sections of pave
a total of 15.4 kms beginning at 100.5 kms:
Zone 23 Rue de la Sucrerie 2.2 kms
end of pave 100 12.50
Inchy 101 12.52
Viesly 104 12.56
Zone 22 Rue de la Chapelle 1.8 kms
end of pave 105 12.57
Quievy 107 13.00
Zone 21 Rue de Valenciennes 3.7 kms
end of pave 112 13.07
Zone 20 Saint-Python 1.5 kms
Saint-Python 114 13.09
Solesmes
Feed Station 115 13.11
Zone 19 Haussy 0.9 km 120 13.18
Haussy 121 13.20
Montrecourt 125 13.24
Saulzoir 126 13.26
Zone 18 Saulzoir 1.2 kms 127 13.28
Verchain-Maugre 130 13.31
Zone 17 Verchain 1.6 kms 132 13.34
Querenaing 134 13.37
Zone 16 Maing 2.5 kms 135 13.38
Maing (end of pave) 137 13.41
Famars 140 13.45
Aulnoy-les-Valenciennes 141 13.47
Valenciennes - Roubaix - 19 sections of pave
a total of 34.8 kms beginning at 156 kms:
Valenciennes - Marly 143 13.50
Petite-Forêt 148 13.57
Bellaing 152 14.02
Herin 153 14.03
Wallers-Arenberg
Zone 15 Forêt d'Arenberg 2.4 kms 155 14.06
Wallers 159 14.13
Zone 14 Wallers 1.6 kms 161 14.15
end of pave 163 14.18
Helesmes 164 14.19
Hornaing 167 14.23
Zone 13 Wandignies 3.7 kms 167 14.24
end of pave 171 14.29
Wandignies
Wacheuse 173 14.32
Warlaing 174 14.33
Zone 12 Warlaing 2.7 kms 175 14.34
Brillon (end of pave) 177 14.38
Tilloy-les-Marchiennes
Zone 12 Tilloy 2.4 kms 178 14.39
Sars-et-Rosières 181 14.43
Beuvry-la-Forêt 183 14.46
Orchies 185 14.50
Les Novalès 189 14.54
Zone 11 Chemin des Prières 1.7 kms 189 14.54
end of pave 190 14.56
Auchy-les-Orchies 193 14.59
Zone 10 Rue de Wattines 1.8 kms
end of pave 198 15.06
Bersée 199 15.08
Mons-en-Pévèle 201 15.11
Zone 9 Rue du Cimitière 0.3 km 202 15.12
Zone 9 Mons-en-Pévèle 3.0 kms 203 15.14
end of pave 206 15.18
Nouveaux-Deux
Feed Station 207 15.19
Mérignies 208 15.20
Zone 8 Mérignies 0.5 km 210 15.23
Tourmignies 212 15.26
Attiches 213 15.27
Zone 7 Attiches 1.8 kms 215 15.30
end of pave 217 15.33
Martinsart
Zone 7 Martinsart 0.7 km 218 15.35
Près Avelin 219 15.36
Hameau d'Has 221 15.39
Zone 6 Has 1.4 kms 222 15.40
end of pave 224 15.43
Zone 6 Ennetières 0.5 km
Le Pont Thibaut-Ennevelin 227 15.47
Zone 5 d'Ennevelin 1.4 kms 228 15.48
end of pave 229 15.50
Templeuve 233 15.54
Zone 5 Templeuve 0.2 km 233 15.56
Wachemy 235 15.58
Louvil 236 16.00
Cysoing 238 16.03
Zone 4 Cysoing 1.0 km 240 16.06
end of pave 241 16.07
Bourghelles 242 16.08
Zone 4 Bourghelles 0.4 km
Wannehain 244 16.10
Le Bureau 245 16.13
Camphin-en-Pévèle 246 16.14
Zone 3 Rue de Bouvines 1.8 kms 247 16.15
Zone 2 l'Arbre 2.1 kms 249 16.18
L'Arbre 251 16.21
Zone 2 Gruson 1.1 kms 252 16.22
Chéreng 254 16.25
Zone 1 Hem 1.4 kms 258 16.31
Hem 261 16.34
Roubaix - Town Centre 263 16.38
Zone 1 Espace C. Crupelandt 3 kms
Roubaix (entrance track) 265 16.40
FINISH 266 16.42
ROUBAIX - FINISH 266.5
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