51st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Cat HC

France, June 6-13, 1999

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American Jonathan Vaughters (US Postal) turns 26 on Thursday and he will now wear the yellow and blue leader's jersey on his birthday after winning the 21.6 kms Stage 3 ITT. The ITT was notable because it involved the climb of the difficult Mont Ventoux in southern France.

The ride between Bédoin to the summit of the "giant of Provence", which stands at 1909 metres, saw Vaughters relegate Kazak rider Alexandre Vinokourov and te Italian Wladimir Belli at 0.43 and 0.44, respectively.

He said afterwards: "I am not really surprised by my performance. I am both a climber and a rouleur. It will be very nice to be wearing the leader's jersey tomorrow. Especially when it is my birthday."

The 15.9 climb to the Observatory with an average gradient of 8.7 per cent allowed the smooth pedalling of Vaughters, who is from Denver, Colorado, to shine through. He has been a professional since September 1994 and he has been a consistently good ITT performer, especially in North Amercian events.

Vaughters is also capable of coping with the tough climbs that are to come on Saturday during the 177 kms stage between Challes-les-Eaux and Passy Plaine-Joux which involves 4 climbs and a final 11 kms climb to the finish.

He will be challenged by Vinokourov though who is only 0.07 down on GC. Vaughters said afterwards: "I know that, but we have a very good team here." He knows that he can count on Lance Armstrong, Kevin Livingston and Tyler Hamilton, who are all in the top 10 overall at present.

Italian climber Wladimir Belli is in third place but 4.06 down on Vaughters.

The ITT showed how good the riders of today are in comparison with the champions of yesteryear. On the same parcours in 1958 during the Tour de France, Luxembourg's Charly Gaul came first with a time of 1.02.09. That would have given him 28th place today. But the bikes are a significant improvement these days.

Stage 3, Bédoin - Mont Ventoux, ITT, 21 kms:

  1. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                  56.50.9
  2. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino                              42.7
  3. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                             43.8
  4. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi               51.84
  5. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                      1.01.2
  6. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                     1.25.5
  7. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                1.40.6
  8. Unaï Osa (Spa) Banesto                                       2.01.1
  9. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                       2.18.1
 10. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                  2.18.2
 11. Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                2.45.4
 12. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                      2.53.1
 13. Frédéric Gabrel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  3.13.7
 14. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                   3.17.5
 15. Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                       3.35.4
 16. Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros              4.02.7
 17. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                   4.03.4
 18. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                                4.09.5
 19. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Casino                                   4.11.3
 20. Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi              4.12.3
 21. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                 4.21.3
 22. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                  4.29.5
 23. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                        4.29.8
 24. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                     5.03.6
 25. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Festina-Lotus                      5.07.6
 26. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                          5.08.6
 27. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                             5.13.3
 28. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi              5.19.4
 29. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         5.30.7
 30. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          5.32.1
 31. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                              5.39.7
 32. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi             6.08.8
 33. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                             6.17.8
 34. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                 6.39.1
 35. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                                  6.40.1
 36. David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                6.52.1
 37. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Festina-Lotus                           6.55.7
 38. David Delrieu (Fra) Casino                                   6.57.7
 39. Darius Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                              7.00.5
 40. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          7.11.3
 41. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    7.19.1
 42. Alberto Lopez De Munain Ruiz (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi          7.20.3
 43. Ernesto Manchon Sanchez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros              7.45.5
 44. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                   7.51.7
 45. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                          7.56.0
 46. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       8.05.5
 47. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux                  8.11.7
 48. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux               8.12.5
 49. Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                     8.13.4
 50. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                 8.13.4
 51. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          8.16.6
 52. Thierry Bourgignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    8.18.8
 53. Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                          8.22.6
 54. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                         8.26.1
 55. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino                                  8.33.6
 56. Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               8.33.8
 57. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux                   8.34.5
 58. Jérome Bernard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                   8.38.0
 59. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino                                  8.50.8
 60. David Millar (GB) Cofidis                                    9.08.7
 61. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    9.12.5
 62. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                       9.22.8
 63. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      9.34.0
 64. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                              9.34.6
 65. Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                          9.39.4
 66. Peter Farazin (Bel) Cofidis                                  9.39.8
 67. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            10.07.7
 68. Christophe Jenner (NZ) Crédit Agricole                      10.12.4
 69. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  10.13.2
 70. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole                         10.22.3
 71. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                              10.24.9
 72. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        10.26.9
 73. Christope Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    10.41.1
 74. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service                     10.54.2
 75. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                       10.56.8
 76. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service               10.58.6
 77. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto                       11.34.5
 78. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        11.40.2
 79. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal Service                       11.49.2
 80. Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                11.54.2
 81. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Banesto                          12.08.4
 82. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            12.52.9
 83. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                              13.26.6
 84. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    13.28.8
 85. David George (RSA) US Postal Service                        13.31.9
 86. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux                   13.47.5
 87. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                        13.50.1
 88. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                14.04.2
 89. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    14.17.3
 90. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  14.46.7
 91. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      14.51.3
 92. Ramon Medina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        17.07.7
 93. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi                 18.33.9
 94. Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros            18.33.9

GC after Stage 3 

  1. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                 10.19.59
  2. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino                              0.29
  3. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                             4.06
  4. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    4.11
  5. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                        4.13
  6. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                4.19
  7. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                       5.09
  8. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           5.25
  9. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                         5.39
 10. Unaï Osa (Spa) Banesto                                         5.42
 11. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                5.56
 12. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                    6.03
 13. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                        6.46
 14. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                     6.48
 15. Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                  6.51
 16. Frédéric Gabrel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    7.08
 17. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                                  7.31
 18. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                     7.42
 19. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Casino                                     7.43
 20. Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         7.45
 21. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          7.51
 22. Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                8.07
 23. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                   8.08
 24. Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                8.25
 25. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            8.30
 26. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         8.37
 27. Thierry Bourgignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      8.43
 28. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                               8.50
 29. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                       8.56
 30. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Festina-Lotus                        9.14
 31. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino                                    9.15
 32. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                9.17
 33. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              10.01
 34. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi              10.03
 35. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     10.26
 36. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  10.34
 37. Darius Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                               10.35
 38. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                                   10.49
 39. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Festina-Lotus                            10.51
 40. David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                 10.53
 41. David Delrieu (Fra) Casino                                    10.54
 42. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus                           10.59
 43. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                    11.20
 44. Ernesto Manchon Sanchez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               11.35
 45. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                     11.35
 46. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          11.41
 47. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux                   11.50
 48. Alberto Lopez De Munain Ruiz (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi           12.00
 49. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                  12.01
 50. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           12.04
 51. Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           12.06
 52. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux                12.09
 53. Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                      12.17
 54. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino                                   12.19
 55. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus                           12.21
 56. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          12.38
 57. Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                12.43
 58. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    13.02
 59. Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                           13.18
 60. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        13.21
 61. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       13.23
 62. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                               13.35
 63. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              13.58
 64. Christophe Jenner (NZ) Crédit Agricole                        14.00
 65. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          14.13
 66. Christope Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      14.24
 67. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service                       14.26
 68. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    14.29
 69. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                         15.17
 70. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                  15.50
 71. Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                  16.34
 72. Jérome Bernard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    17.30
 73. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                      18.24
 74. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus                           19.24
 75. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole                           23.16
 76. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                                24.52
 77. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto                         25.25
 78. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Banesto                            25.36
 79. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              27.06
 80. Peter Farazin (Bel) Cofidis                                   29.12
 81. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                          30.13
 82. David Millar (GB) Cofidis                                     30.20
 83. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                 31.40
 84. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                 32.32
 85. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal Service                         33.25
 86. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis                                33.57
 87. David George (RSA) US Postal Service                          35.29
 88. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux                     36.01

Overall Points:

  1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino                                77
  2. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                          37
  3. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                       36
  4. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                      36
  5. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                  26
  6. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                  26
  7. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             23
  8. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                               23
  9. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                                    20
 10. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                           18
 11. Christope Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         17
 12. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                             17
 13. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          14
 14. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                         11
 15. Unaï Osa (Spa) Banesto                                           11
 16. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           10
 17. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              10
 18. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                     9
 19. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                          9
 20. Thierry Bourgignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         9
 21. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                             9
 22. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service                           9
 23. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                      9
 24. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino                                       8
 25. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    8
 26. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               7
 27. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              7
 28. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         6
 29. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                       6
 30. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                  5
 31. Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                     5
 32. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                        4
 33. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           4
 34. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                        4
 35. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              3
 36. Frédéric Gabrel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                       3
 37. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                      3
 38. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                        2
 39. Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                            1
 40. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Casino                                        1

Overall Mountains:

  1. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                               45
  2. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                       40
  3. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                  30
  4. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                          26
  5. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                         22
  6. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                      18
  7. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino                                16
  8. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                    14
  9. Unaï Osa (Spa) Banesto                                           12
 10. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                           10
 11. Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                     8
 12. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    7
 13. Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                          7
 14. Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           6
 15. Thierry Bourgignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         5
 16. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service                           5
 17. Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi                   5
 18. Frédéric Gabrel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                       4
 19. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                  3
 20. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                              3
 21. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Banesto                                2
 22. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Festina-Lotus                                1
 23. Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              1
 24. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                             1
 25. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Festina-Lotus                               1
 26. Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                   1