Circuit de la Sarthe, France 2.4

France, April 7-10, 1999

1998 Results     Teams    

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - Sille le Guillaume - Sille le Guillaume, 147.4 kms:
  • Stage 2 - Sille le Guillaume - Chateau du Loir, 204.8 kms:
  • Stage 3 - Chateau du Loir - Montfort-le-Gesnois, 209.7 kms:
  • Stage 4 - Mulsanne - Mulsanne, ITT, 16.8 kms:
  • Stage 5 - Mulsanne - Coulaines, 99.7 kms:

Stage 1, Sillé-Le-Guillaume - Sillé-Le-Guillaume, 147.4 kms:

 1. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole 		     3.50.27 (38.377 km/h)
 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World
 3. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.02
 4. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002			0.04
 5. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 				0.10
 6. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.33
 7. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux			0.34
 8. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.34
 9. Michael Rosborg (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.34
10. Sergei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 			0.34

GC after Stage 1 

 1. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole 		     3.50.15
 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World			0.06
 3. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.09
 4. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002			0.16
 5. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino					0.22
 6. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93				0.41
 7. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.43
 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones			0.43
 9. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.44
10. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux			0.46

Stage 2, Sillé-le-Guillaume - Château-du-Loir, 204.7 kms:

Russian Sergueï Ivanov (TVM-Farm Frites) won Stage 2 of the Circuit de la Sarthe between Sillé-le-Guillaume and Château-du-Loir over 204.7 kms in front of his breakaway companion Laurent Roux (Casino). The attack came on the last climb of the côte du Coteau, the major difficulty of this stage and situated only 3 kms from the end. Earlier there had been a major move from French rider Dominique Rault (Big Mat-Auber 93) who stayed away for more than 50 kms and was caught only 20 kms from the end. The young protege of the Crédit Agricole, Cédric Vasseur retained his leadership overall. 

 1. Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites		     5.19.43 (38.434 km/h)
 2. Laurent Roux (Fra) Casino 					0.01
 3. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 			0.08
 4. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.08
 5. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002			0.08
 6. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites				0.08
 7. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux			0.08
 8. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.08
 9. Lance Amstrong (USA) US Postal Service 			0.08
10. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux			0.08

GC after Stage 2 

 1. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		     9.10.05
 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 			0.07
 3. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 		0.10
 4. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 			0.17
 5. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 				0.23
 6. Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 			0.27
 7. Laurent Roux (Fra) Casino 					0.34
 8. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 			0.43
 9. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 			0.43
10. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones 			0.44

Stage 3, Chateau-du-Loir - Montfort-le-Gesnois, 209.7 kms:

 1. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux		     5.19.44
 2. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 3. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil
 4. Candido Barbosa (Por) Banesto
 5. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 6. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones
 7. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil			s.t.

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		    14.29.46
 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 			0.10
 3. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 		0.13
 4. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 			0.20
 5. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 				0.26
 6. Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites 			0.27
 8. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 			0.46

Stage 3, Chateau-du-Loir - Montfort, 209.7 kms:

 1. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 		     5.09.44 (39.352 km/h)
 2. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 3. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti
 4. Candido Barbosa (Por) Banesto
 5. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 6. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones
 7. Samuele Schiavina (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil			s.t.

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole 		    14.29.46
 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World  		0.10
 3. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 		0.13
 4. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen  				0.20
 5. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino					0.26
 6. Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites			0.27
 7. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole			0.46

Stage 4, Mulsanne - Mulsanne, ITT 16.8 kms:

 
 1. Lance Armstrong (Usa) US Postal 			       20.14 (49.800 km/h)
 2. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino  				0.01
 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole				0.03
 4. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal			0.10
 5. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole				0.21
 6. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux			0.22
 7. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal				0.23
 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones			0.25
 9. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Chicky World			0.26
10. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World			0.32
 ...
34. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole			1.11

Stage 5, Mulsanne - Coulaines, 96.9 kms:

 1. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 		     2.20.24 (41.410 km/h)
 2. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 3. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones
 4. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia			0.37
 5. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites
 6. Orlando Gomes-Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 7. Martin Van Steen (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
 8. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 9. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino
10. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		s.t.

Final GC after Stage 5 

 1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World 		    17.11.06
 2. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino  				0.09
 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole  				0.11
 4. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal  			0.16
 5. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal  				0.27
 6. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones			0.28
 7. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole  			0.29
 8. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole				0.29
 9. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World  				0.34
10. Sergei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites				0.35

Teams:

The teams competing with the principal riders are: Crédit Agricole (Chris Boardman, Jens Voigt), La Française des Jeux (Stéphane Heulot, Nicolas Vogondy), Casino (Laurent Roux, Alexandre Vinokourov), Big Mat-Auber 93 (Alexei Sivakov, Jay Sweet), TVM-Farm Frites (Sergueï Ivanov), Banesto, US Postal Service (Lance Armstrong), Riso Scotti-Vinavil, Vlaanderen 2002 (Kurt Van Lancker), Cantina Tollo-Alexia, Team Post Swiss, Team Home-Jack & Jones (Michael Blaudzun), Team Chicky World (Steffen Kjaergaard), Agro Adler Brandenburg, and the Linda McCartney Team.