News for August 14, 1999

Croatia, Zagreb, 2nd Military World Games

AVS: 43.353 km/h

 1. Cristian Pfannberger (Aut)           3.40.03
 2. Andris Nauduå®s (Lat)
 3. Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr)
 4. Nico Ruyloft (Bel)
 5. David Derepas (Fra)
 6. Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol)
 7. Daniele Pietropolli (Ita)
 8. Grzegorz Mrozinski (Pol)
 9. Matthias Buxhofer (Aus)
10. Werner Riebenbauer (Aut)
11. Cristian Tosoni (Ita)
12. Max Becker (Lux)
13. Oleksandr Fedenko (Ukr)
14. Marcin Leijandowski (Pol)
15. Julien Thollet (Fra)
16. Steffen Weigold (Ger)
17. Radovan Husar (Slo)
18. Kim Kirchen (Lux)
19. Tomislav Elkasovic (Cro)
20. Tom Flammang (Lux)
21. Holger Loew (Ger)
22. Alessandro Bertuola (Ita)
23. Laurent Chotard (Fra)
24. Martin Ludovic (Fra)
25. Armands Baranovskis (Lat)
26. Radoslav Rogina (Cro)
27. Steve Fogen (Lux)
28. Viliam Liptak (Slo)
29. Alessandro Maserati (Ita)
30. Steven Mlujeak (USA)
31. Branimir Stimec (Cro)
32. Tomas Cerepan (Slo)
33. Herold Dat (Net)
34. Canouet Gilles (Fra)
35. Wolfgang Murer (Aus)
36. Robert Koj (Pol)
37. Dino Zuban (Cro)
38. Hans Ardeel (Bel)
39. Vasileios Anastopoulos (Gre)
40. Sigvard Kukk (Est)
41. Hrvoje Bosnjak (Cro)
42. Robert Karsnicki (Pol)
43. Lane Packwood (USA)
44. Edijs Reimanis (Lat)
45. George Maniatis (Gre)
46. Chris Pot (Bel)
47. Eric Van den Heuvel (Net)
48. Valerii Kobzarenko (Ukr)
49. Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro)
50. Oskari Kargu (Est)
51. Roland Krajci (Slo)
52. Thortsten Nitsche (Ger)
53. Luca Solari (Ita)
54. Stefano Brunelli (Ita)
55. Joseph Otero (USA)
56. Miroslav Liptak (Slo)
57. Jian Shi Luo (Chi)
58. Guijun Shi (Chi)
59. Tomislav Danculovic (Cro)
60. Andris Reiss (Lat)
61. Christian Werner (Ger)
62. Fabrice Chabauty (Fra)
63. Gerry Werckx (Bel)                      0.19
64. Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukr)                0.19
65. Dmytro Schipak (Ukr)                    0.58
66. Guo Zhang Wang (Chi)                    1.53
67. Simon Zupancic (Slo)                    3.24

20th South East Asian Games Update

Melvin Choo from Malaysia has been providing updates for the cycling events at the SE Asian Games. In the 70 kms criterium event, Herryjanto Setiawan of Indonesia collected 31 points to take the gold. He won despite receving 2 warnings for irregular sprinting - both times swerving into the path of eventual silver medallist Faizul Izuan Abd Rahman of Malaysia. The victory was considered controversial victory. The Malaysian settled for the silver with 28 points, followed by Noberto O'Conner of the Philippines taking the bronze medal with 26 points.

Friday's 160 kms road race took place over a generally flat route. It started at the Brunei Youth Centre and took the the cyclists to the Muara-Tutong highway 20 kms away before returning to the start/finish line. The race won by Shahrulneeza Razali of Malaysia, who also produced gold in the 41 kms individual time trial. More later.

Germany, Nacht von Hannover, Criterium, 100 laps by 600 metres

 1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 2. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
 3. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank

Thanks to Klaus Ditze, Germany

Mercury adds to team list

The Mercury Cycling Team has added three new riders as stagiaires for the remainder of the 1999 season. They will begin on September 1 and race the Tour l'Avenir and the World Championships. The riders are:

Derek Wilkerson (USA) - 2nd place in the US National Road Race. He has been racing as an amateur for the Mercury Cycling Team and was the 1998 US Criterium National Champion.

Pablo Soler (Spa) - Winner of the Classic Colombino and took the King of the Mountain Jersey. Also won the Championship of Malaga. He currently rides for the #1 ranked amateur team in Spain. Will be counted on in the Mountains at the Tour l'Avenir.

Justin Spinelli (USA) - Member of the 1998 US World's team. Member of the 1999 US National team. He is among the best up and coming stage race riders in the US.

Patrick Jonker to marry

Australian Patrick Jonker (Rabobank) will marry his friend Natascha on Saturday, 14 August in Maastricht. You can send them well-wishes at: Natascha and Patrick Jonker, Zwentibod Straat 51, 6226 AK Maastricht, Netherlands

USA, National Track Championships, Trexlertown, Day 4

1996 Olympic silver medallist Marty Nothstein continued to dominate the cycling world Friday, as in front of his hometown fans won his 18th national track cycling championship in the fourth day of the EDS Elite National Track Cycling Championships in Trexlertown, Pa.

Nothstein, who swept the match sprint, Olympic Sprint and Keirin gold medals at last month's Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Canada, defeated Marcelo Arrue (Woodland Hills, Calif.) in the best two-of-three finals, 2-0. This was a rematch of the Pan Am gold medal match sprint finals, where Nothstein also swept Arrue. On Tuesday, Nothstein won his fourth consecutive Keirin national crown.

"I continue my momentum from the Pan AM Games, and feel extremely strong with my cycling talents," said Nothstein, who won a silver medal at the '96 Olympics in the match sprint. "My objective was to accomplish the same feat I achieve at the Pan AM Games?. win three gold medals. Now I can concentrate on the Olympic Sprint. It is always great to perform well at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome, and I feel confident about our chances Saturday.

Jeff Labauve (Plano, Texas) defeated Johnny Barios (Redlands, Calif.) to win the men's match sprint bronze medal in two successive races.

Meanwhile, Colby Pearce (Boulder, Colo.) utilized his powerful Shaklee teammates to win the men's 40-kilometer points race for his first-ever elite national championships. Pearce, who missed much of the past two months due to tendonitis in his knee, posted 30 points and was one of six cyclists to finish a lap ahead of the majority of the field. Adam Laurent, who won the team pursuit gold medal Thursday, finished in second place with 21 points, while John Walrod ()

"The key to the race was edging Laurent in the sprint with 60 laps to go," said Pearce, who figures to represent the United States at the World Cup track cycling event in Italy later this month. "I felt better Thursday in the team Pursuit (finished second), and I was getting tired about halfway through the race. If it was not for my teammates like Jame and Jonas Carney, and Kent Bostick, I know I would not have won the race."

His tendonitis occurred during the Tour of Ireland road stage race in May. He finished third in the 10-day stage race.

Meanwhile, in the 26.67-kilometer women's points race, Marjon Marik (Stuart, Fla.) surprised the talented field to win her initial national cycling championship. Marik, along with teenager Sarah Uhl (Perkasie, Pa.) and Megan Troxell (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Dan Walton (Hamstead, Md.) finished a lap ahead of the rest of the field after breaking away from the group with less than 20 laps remaining.. The field included a pair of past national champions from Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Erin Veenstra (1998), Karen Dunne (1997) -- and world individual pursuit champion Lucy Tyler (Miami, Fla.).

"I am shocked and totally surprised to win this event," said Marik. "There were the best point racers in the United States, and I knew the only way I could contend was to try to break away. I did not have the speed to win the sprint, but received some support from the other three riders who left with me."

Uhl, 16, was too young according to international federation rules to compete at the Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Athens, Greece, earlier this month, while Troxell is a past national collegiate champ.

The final of five days of competition is slated for Saturday, and includes finals in the men's Madison and Olympic Sprint, and tandem sprint, along with the women's 500-meter time trial.

Men, Match Sprint:

 1. Marty Nothstein (USA) Autoconnect.com
 2. Marcelo Arrue (USA) IKON-Lexus
 3. Jeff LaBauve (USA) superdrome.com
 4. Johnny Barios (USA) IKON-Lexus
 5. Garth Blackburn (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo
 6. Bill Clay (USA) Mongoose
 7. Nathan Rogut (USA) superdome.com
 8. Giddeon Massie (USA) Tri-State Velo
 9. James Wong, (USA) LRT-Schwabb
10. Kirk Whiteman (USA) Axis

Women, Points Race:

 1. Marjon Marik (USA) Cox Atlanta Velo 6 points
 2. Sarah Uhl (USA) Tri-State Velo 5
 3. Megan Troxell (USA) Shaklee 3
 4. Dana Walton (USA) VCB/Race Pace 2
 5. Lucy Tyler (Aus) 24 (-1)
 6. Becky Quinn (USA) Shaklee 19 (-1)
 7. Erin Veenstra (USA) Shaklee 14 (-1)
 8. Karen Dunne (USA) Celestial Seasonings 8 (-1)
 9. Ashley Kimmet (USA) Tri State Velo 5 (-1)
10. Emily Thurston (USA) Multnomah AC 5 (-1)

Men, Points Race:

 1. Colby Pearce (USA) Shaklee 30 points
 2. Adam Laurent (USA) Teva 21
 3. John Walrod (USA) Shaklee 16
 4. Brian Whitcomb (USA) IKON-Lexus 7
 5. Dan Larson (USA) Chain Reaction 0
 6. Jon Resteck (USA) Tri-State Velo 0
 7. Jonas Carney (USA) Shaklee 17 pts. (-1)
 8. Ryan Oelkers (USA) Breakaway Couriers 14 (-1)
 9. Jason Snow (USA) Fuji Racing Team 13 (-1)
10. Mike Tillman (USA) Teva 7 (-1)