Clasica San Sebastian, World Cup Round 6

Spain, August 7, 1999

Preview:

American Lance Armstrong, recent winner of the Tour de France, will be a main attraction at the 19th edition of the Clasica Saint Sebastian, which is also the 6th race in the World Cup. It is a race over 230 kms through the Spanish Basque region. For personal and other reasons, Armstrong had suggested on the night of his triumph in Paris that he might take an early end to his road season. But the Texan has enjoyed a privileged relation with La Clasica and he assured the organisers in an interview with El Diario Vasco that he would be racing again this year. La Clasica was his first professional race after the 1992 Olympic Games and he finished in last place - his apprenticeship well and truly beginning.

By 1994 he won the world championship in Oslo and finished 10th in La Clasica to French rider Armand de las Cuevas in 1995.

It is unclear how much form Lance Armstrong will take into the race. Following the Tour there have been a whirl of engagements both in Europe and in the US and the press are saying it is evident that he has lost some form if we take his mediocre result in the Breitling Cup (with Kevin Livingston) as a guide.

The race is weakened however by the absence of 1997 and 1998 World Cup winner Italian Michele Bartoli and French rider Laurent Jalabert. Both are injured. With these absences, there are a number of riders who have a chance to shine over the 5 climbs today - the main difficulty being the côte de Jaizkibel which comes 30 kms before the finish.

There are a number of other riders coming back from injury or suspension - Jan Ullrich and Frank Vandenbroucke (the current leader of the World Cup) made their return at the Tour of Wallone Regions this week.

The Spanish climbers like Fernando Escartin (3rd in the Tour) and Joseba Beloki are also considered potential winners as are the two strong Italians at the moment - last year's winner Francesco Casagrande and David Rebellin. They are joined by a strong contingent of in form Italian riders - Leonardo Piepoli (3rd last year), Alberto Elli and Giuseppe Guerini, who filled the top podium places in the recently completed Tour of Castille and Leon.

Report:

Italian Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) repeated last year's success when he won in solo-faship the Clasica Saint-Sébastien over 230 kms. The race was the 6th in the World Cup series and Belgian Andrei Tchmil (4th today) took over the head of the rankings. Casagrande came in to the finish beside the sea with a lead of 0.43 over Belgian Rik Verbrugghe and fellow Italian Giuliano Figueras, They were the fastest finishers of the chasing group.

28-year old Casagrande attacked on the Cat 1 Côte de Jaizkibel, the major difficulty of the race. He went away with fellow Italians Leonardo Piepoli and Alberto Elli. He was soon too strong for them and reached the summit (which is 30 kms from the finish) with a 21 second gap on Elli, 1.01 on two riders Piepoli and French rider Jean-Cyril Robin, with the peloton in splinters behind. Casagrande then had to make the journey in Saint-Sébastien, across the autoroutes alone and managed to resist the chasing peloton which had reformed on the descent.

So, once more the race was decided by an attack on the Jaizkibel. Also as is usual an early break went away. A group of 13 riders attacked after the first hour and built a maximum lead of 5.50 by km 87, before being brought back into the peloton at the foot of the Jaizkibel.

In the World Cup rankings, it is Tchmil from Frank Vandenbroucke, with Dutch rider Michael Boogerd in third place.

For Complete World Cup Rankings after Round 6

San Sebastian-San Sebastian, 230 kms:

AVS: 43.742 km/h

  1. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola           5.15.29
  2. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                    0.43
  3. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               0.43
  4. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                     0.43
  5. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale              0.43
  6. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                        0.43
  7. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             0.43
  8. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) La Française des Jeux        0.43
  9. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         0.43
 10. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale               0.43
 11. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   0.43
 12. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                  0.43
 13. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom                             0.43
 14. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi              0.43
 15. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                  0.43
 16. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  0.43
 17. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi             0.43
 18. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                0.43
 19. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                       0.43
 20. Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus                 0.43
 21. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux            0.43
 22. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                                0.43
 23. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux           0.43
 24. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                    0.43
 25. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                 0.43
 26. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                0.43
 27. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                      0.43
 28. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 0.43
 29. Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola                    0.43
 30. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal                         3.11
 31. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia           3.11
 32. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                          3.11
 33. Alvar Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros        3.11
 34. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia          3.14
 35. Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi           3.14
 36. Ivan Basso (Ita) Riso Scotti                           3.14
 37. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM-Farm Frites                   3.14
 38. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                            3.14
 39. Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Riso Scotti                      3.14
 40. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   3.14
 41. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria      3.14
 42. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                              3.14
 43. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                 3.14
 44. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom                                3.14
 45. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      3.14
 46. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                     3.14
 47. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites               3.14
 48. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                    3.14
 49. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi            3.14
 50. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino                            3.14
 51. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                   3.14
 52. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                          3.14
 53. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                         3.14
 54. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux          3.14
 55. Cristophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                         3.14
 56. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Team Polti                       3.14
 57. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                     3.14
 58. Aleksandre Sheffr (Kaz) Riso Scotti                    3.14
 59. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  3.14
 60. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal                   3.14
 61. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                       3.14
 62. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus                       3.14
 63. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia               3.14
 64. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                               3.14
 65. Jose Miguel Elizburu (Spa) Fuenlabrada                 3.14
 66. David Delrieu (Fra) Casino                             3.14
 67. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                           3.14
 68. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                    3.14
 69. Daniel Atienza (Spa) Team Polti                        3.14
 70. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             3.14
 71. Daniele Nardelo (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 3.14
 72. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                              3.14
 73. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto                       3.14
 74. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank              3.14
 75. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                7.17
 76. Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal                         7.17
 77. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi          7.17
 78. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   7.17
 79. Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        7.17
 80. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal                          7.17
 81. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Crédit Agricole               7.17
 82. Alan Turicchia (Ita) Riso Scotti                       7.17
 83. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                   7.17
 84. Steve De wolf (Bel) Cofidis                            7.17
 85. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                   9.53
 86. Pedro Diaz (Spa) Fuenlabrada                           9.53
 87. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros         9.53
 88. José Ramon Uriarte (Spa) Festina-Lotus                 9.53
 89. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                9.53
 90. Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                  12.31
 91. Stefan Rutimann (Swi) Vini Caldirola                  12.31
 92. Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria      12.31
 93. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola                   12.31
 94. Marco Gili (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria            12.31
 95. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia              12.31
 96. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux             12.31
 97. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  12.31
 98. Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                    12.31
 99. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola                    12.31
100. Stefano Verziagi (Ita) Fuenlabrada                    12.31
101. Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole              12.31
102. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank            12.31
103. Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          12.31
104. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                   12.31
105. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino                                12.31
106. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Vini Caldirola                   12.31
107. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                 12.31
108. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino                           12.31
109. Carlo Marino Bianchi (Ita) Riso Scotti                12.31
110. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti                    12.31
111. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               12.31
112. Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                       12.31
113. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                    12.31
114. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 12.31
115. Iñigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                12.31
116. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria    12.31
117. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria        12.31
118. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                 12.31
119. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus                   12.31
120. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               12.31
121. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti                        12.31
122. Jose Manuel Uria (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             12.31
123. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             12.31
124. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino                     12.31
125. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros             12.31
126. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                           12.31
127. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                     12.31
128. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                      12.31
129. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal                        12.31
130. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia       12.31
131. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                       12.31
132. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia             12.31
133. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia             12.31
134. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi         12.31
135. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                  12.31
136. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi          12.31
137. Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Amica Chips-Costa Almeria         12.31
138. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros             12.31
139. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal                    12.31
140. Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                            12.31
141. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                    12.31
142. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                   12.31
143. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   12.31
144. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Team Polti                     15.39
145. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti                       15.39
146. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti                       15.41
147. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Festina-Lotus                    15.41
148. Isaac Villanueva (Spa) Fuenlabrada                    19.15

Started: 194
Abandoned: 45
Outside Time Limit: 1

Complete Starting List

Vini Caldirola-Sidermec              Mapei-Quick Step

1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)         11 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
2 Stefan Rütimann (Swi)              12 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
3 Massimo Donati (Ita)               13 Daniele Nardello (Ita)
4 Mauro Gianetti (Ita)               14 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)
5 Sergiy Honchar (Ita)               15 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)
6 Gianluca Sironi (Ita)              16 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
7 Matthew White (Aus)                17 Gianni Faresin (Ita)
8 Mauro Zanetti (Ita)                18 Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa)

Casino                               Rabobank

21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)        31 Michael Boogerd (Ned)
22 Gilles Maignan (Fra)              32 Erik Dekker (Ned)
23 David Delrieu (Fra)               33 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
24                                   34 Patrick Jonker (Ned)
25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)              35 Beat Zberg (Swi)
26 Lauri Aus (Est)                   36 Leon van Bon (Ned)
27 Christophe Oriol (Fra)            37 Marc Lotz (Ned)
28                                   38 Jan Boven (Ned)

Festina-Lotus                        Team Polti

41 Wladimir Belli (Ita)              51 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa)
42 Laurent Brochard (Fra)            52 Richard Virenque (Fra)
43 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa)          53 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
44 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa)     54 Enrico Cassani (Ita)
45 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)              55 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
46 Fabian Jeker (Swi)                56 Leonardo Guidi (Ita)
47 Christophe Moreau (Fra)           57 Gianluca Valoti (Ita)
48 José Uriarte Zubero (Spa)         58 Denis Zanette (Ita)

Banesto                              Riso Scotti-Vinavil

61 Alex Zülle (Swi)                  71 Mauro Bartoli (Ita)
62 José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa)      72 Ivan Basso (Ita)
63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)            73 Carlo M. Bianchi (Ita)
64 José Garcia-Acosta (Spa)          74 Mirko Lauria (Ita)
65 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa)         75 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita)
66 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa)       76 Alexandre Shefer (Kaz)
67 César Solaun Solana (Spa)         77 Alain Turicchia (Ita)
68 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa)     78 Flavio Zandarin (Ita)

ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   Team Deutsche Telekom

81 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa)        91 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
82 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa)       92 Udo Bölts (Ger)
83 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa)    93 Alberto Elli (Ita)
84 Andrea Peron (Ita)                94
85 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)           95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
86 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa)          96
87 Miguel A.Martin Perdiguero (Sp    97 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
88 David Cañada Garcia (Spa)         98 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)

Mercatone Uni-Bianchi                Cofidis

101 Sergio Barbero (Ita)             111 Frank Vanderbroucke (Bel)
102 Dimitri Konychev (Rus)           112 Christophe Rinero (Fra)
103 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)           113 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
104 Marco Velo (Ita)                 114 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
105 Marco Fincato (Ita)              115 Claude Lamour (Fra)
106 Massimo Podenzana (Ita)          116 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
107 Marcello Siboni (Ita)            117 Thierry Loder (Fra)
108 Simone Borgheresi (Ita)          118 Steve de Wolf (Bel)

Saeco-Cannondale                     Lotto-Mobistar

121 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)             131 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
122 Roberto Petito (Ita)             132 Mario Aerts (Bel)
123 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)         133 Paul van Hyfte (Bel)
124 Paolo Salvodelli (Ita)           134 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
125 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)          135 Koen Beeckman (Bel)
126 Armin Meier (Swi)                136 Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel)
127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)          137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
128 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)        138 Peter Wuyts (Bel)

TVM-Farm Frites                      US Postal Service

141 Peter van Petergen (Bel)         151 Lance Armstrong (USA)
142 Bart Voskamp (Ned)               152 Tyler Hamilton (USA)
143 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)             153 George Hincapie (USA)
144 Tristan Hofman (Ned)             154 Benoit Joachim (Lux)
145 Steven de Jongh (Ned)            155 Franky Andreu (USA)
146 Andreas Klier (Ger)              156 Marty Jemison (USA)
147 Servais Knaven (Ned)             157 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
148 Michel Lafis (Swe)               158 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)

Kelme-Costa Blanca                   Lampre-Daikin

161 Fernando Escartin Coti (Spa)     171 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
162 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa)    172 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
163 José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa)      173 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
164 José M. Uria Gonzalez (Spa)      174 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
165 José Gonzalez Pico (Col)         175 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
166 José A. Vidal Martinez (Spa)     176 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
167 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa)    177 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
168 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col   178 Simone Bertoletti (Ita)

Vitalicio Seguros                    Crédit Agricole

181 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa)        191 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
182 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa)   192 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
183 Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa)     193 Henk Vogels (Aus)
184 Elio Aggiano (Ita)               194 Jens Voigt (Ger)
185 Sergei Smetanine (Rus)           195 Christopher Jenner (NZl)
186 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus)          196 Anthony Langella (Fra)
187 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa)     197 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)
188 Inigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa)     198 Olivier Pereadeau (Fra)

La Française des Jeux                Cantina Tollo-Alexia

201 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)            211 Paolo Bossoni  (Ita)
202 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)           212 Alessandro Baronti (Ita)
203 Maximilian Sciandri (GB)         213 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)
204 Christophe Mengin (Fra)          214 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
205 Franck Perque (Fra)              215
206 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra)        216 Massimo Giunti (Ita)
207                                  217 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
208 Bradley McGee (Aus)              218 Germano Pierdomenico (Ita)

Costa Almeria-Amica Chips            Euskaltel-Euskadi

221 Eugeni Berzin (Rus)              231 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa)
222 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)         232 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa)
223 Stefano Casagranda (Ita)         233 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
224 Marco Gili (Ita)                 234 Unia Etxebarria Arana (Ven)
225 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa)      235 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa)
226 Fabio Roscioli (Ita)             236 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa)
227 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita)           237 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa)
228 Simone Mori (Ita)                238 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)

Fuenlabrada

241 Stefano Verziagi (Ita)
242 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa)
243 José Elizburu Artabe (Spa)
244 Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa)
245 Pedro Jimenez Villanueva (Spa)
246 Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa)
247 Saul Morales Corrales (Spa)
248 Isaac Villanueva Alcaniz (Spa)

Route

 San Sebastian              0
 Alto de Orio              21
 Zarautz                   24
 Meagas                    30
 Azpeitia                  50
 Azkarate                  58
 Bergara                   80
 Udana                    102
 Legazpia                 107
 Beasain                  124
 Legorreta                134
 Alegia                   140
 Tolosa                   145
 Anoeta                   149
 Astigarraga              171
 Oiartzun                 180
 Lezo                     192
 Jaizkibel                200
 Hondarribia              212
 Irun                     214
 Renteria                 224
 San Sebastian            232

Past Winners

Year First	      		      Second            Third

1981 Marino Lejarreta (Spa)           Jones             Ruperez
1982 Marino Lejarreta (Spa)           Rodriguez         Delgado
1983 Claude Criquielion (Bel)         Coll              Dietzen
1984 Niki Rüttimann (Swi)             Dietzen           Prieto
1985 Adrie Van der Poel (Ned)         Gaston            Fernandez
1986 Inaki Caston (Spa)               Lejarreta         Fernandez
1987 Marino Lejarreta (Spa)           Arroyo            Echave
1988 Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned)         Aja               Rooks
1989 Gerhard Zadrobilek (Aut)         Antequera         Rominger
1990 Miguel Indurain (Spa)            Jalabert          Kelly
1991 Gianni Bugno (Ita)               Delgado           Fondriest
1992 Raul Alcala (Mex)                Chiappucci        Bowmans
1993 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)         Farensin          Voupi
1994 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)       Amstrong          Della Santa
1995 Lance Armstrong (USA)            Della Santa       Museeuw
1996 Udo Bölts (Ger)                  Cattai            Podenzana
1997 Davide Rebellin (Ita)            Gontchenkov       Kolage
1998 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)       Merckx            Piepoli


1981  Lejarreta       230 kms in 6.09.24 at 37.357
1982  Lejarreta
1983  Criquelion
1984  Ruttiman        244 kms in 6.11.10
1985  Der Poel        244 kms in 5.52.32
1986  Gaston          244 kms in 5.53.53
1987  Lejarreta       244 kms in 6.19.19
1988  Theunisse       244 kms in 6.09.36 at 39.6
1989  Zadrobilek      244 kms in 6.24.10 at 38.1
1990  Indurain        248 kms in 6.19.59 at 39.16
1991  Bugno           238 kms in 6.04.28 at 39.2
1992  Alcala          234 kms in 5.58.17 at 39.2
1993  Chiappucci      238 kms in 5.47.51 at 41.1
1994  Las Cuevas      238 kms in 5.24.44 at 45.3
1995  Amstrong        234 kms in 5.31.17 at 44.0
1996  Bolts           227 kms in 5.45.55
1997  Rebellin        234 kms in 5.47.22 at 39.73
1998  Casagrande      232 kms in 5.43.35