19th Tour of Normandy, Cat 2.5France, March 22-28, 1999 |
1998 Results
Starting List
The Stages
Prologue, Mondeville, 5.6 kms:1. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux 6.56 2. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.02 3. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.03 4. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Chicky World 0.05 5. Linas Balciunas (Lit) VC St-Quentin 0.06 6. Stéphane Cougé (Fra) Normandie 0.09 7. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World 0.09 8. Daniel Aeschlimann (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger 0.09 9. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.10 10. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 0.10 Stage 1, Mondeville - Forges-les-Eaux, 210 kms:1. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 4.37.10 (45.460 km/h) 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 0.01 3. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Batavus 0.32 4. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.32 5. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.32 6. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.35 7. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.36 8. Benoît Legrix (Fra) Normandie 1.36 9. Michael Leveau (Fra) CC Nogent/Oise 1.36 GC after Stage 1
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 4.44.10 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.09 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.39 4. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.40 5. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Batavus 0.41 6. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.58 7. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux 1.32 8. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux 1.34 9. Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.35 10. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Chicky World 1.37 Stage 2, Forges-les-Eaux - Elboeuf, 151 kms:1. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 3.44.09 2. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 3. Rudy Kemma (Ned) Batavus 4. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 5. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger s.t. GC after Stage 2
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 8.28.19 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.09 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.39 4. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.40 5. Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Batavus 0.53 Stage 3, Elboeuf - Flers, 208 kms:1. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.27.25 2. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 3. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Okto 4. Christian Wegmann (Ger) Die Continentale 0.03 5. Laurent Chotard (Fra) 0.03 GC after Stage 3
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 13.55.47 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.02 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.39 4. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.40 5. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.58 Stage 4, Flers - Tourlaville, 187 kms:1. Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) 4.44.27 (39.445 km/h) 2. Sander Olijve (Ned) Agu Sportteam 0.01 3. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 0.03 4. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.09 5. Uros Murn (Slo) Krka Telekom Slovenia 0.09 GC after Stage 4
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 18.40.13 2. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.12 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.49 4. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.50 5. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint Quentin-Oktos 1.08 Stage 5, Tourlaville - Avranches, 177 kms:1. Pasquale Santoro (Ita) Krka Telekom Slovenia 4.06.54 (43.13 km/h) 2. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.02 3. Saulius Ruskis (Lit) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 0.02 4. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.02 5. Uros Murn (Slo) Krka Telekom Slovenia 0.02 GC after Stage 5
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 22.47.08 2. Sauliius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.06 3. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) V.C. Roubaix 0.50 4. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.51 5. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 1.09 Stage 6a, Vire - Vire (Team Time Trial), 29 kms:1. Chicky World (Den) 34.44 (50.077 km/h) 2. Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93 (Fra) 0.26 3. Team Gerolsteiner (Ger) 0.38 4. Saint-Quentin-Oktos (Fra) 0.40 5. La Française des Jeux (Fra) 0.54 Stage 6b, Vire - Caen, 97 kms:1. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 2.10.29 (44.603 km/h) 2. Mike Weissmann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 4. Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5. Christian Heule (Swi) Ericsson-Villiger s.t. Final GC after Stage 6b
1. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World 25.32.21 (41.680 km/h) 2. Sauliius Ruskis (Lit) Saint Quentin-Oktos 0.46 3. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.17 4. Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 1.49 5. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.52 Teams:Team Chicky World La Française des Jeux 1 Torsten Schmidt 11 Jimmy Casper 2 Martin Rittsel 12 Patrick D'Hont 3 Steffen Kjaergaard 13 Brad McGee 4 Svein-Gaute Holestol 14 Damien Nazon 5 Allan Johanssen 15 Jean-Michel Tessier 6 Bjarke Nielsen 16 Nicolas Vogondy Big Mat-Auber 93 Amore e Vita 21 Guillaume Auger 31 Artur Krzeszowiec 22 Denis Leproux 32 Giuseppe Baldoni 23 Jay Sweet 33 Marco Cannone 24 Laurent Genty 34 Matthew Rogers 25 Thierry Gouvenou 35 Grant Bayton 26 Oleg Joukov 36 Manuel Scopsi Mroz Krka Telekom Slovenia 41 Andrzej Sypytkowski 51 Uros Murn 42 Arkadiusz Wojtas 52 Giacomo Battistel 43 Grzegorz Wajs 53 Pasquale Santoro 44 Raimondas Rumsas 54 Robert Pintaric 45 nobody 55 Bostjan Mervar 46 Dariusz Wojciechowski 56 Milan Erzen Team Nürnberger Team Gerolsteiner 61 Thomas Liese 71 Anton Chantyr 62 Dirk Ronellenfitsch 72 Branko Filip 63 Schink Frank 73 Volker Ordowski 64 Christian Van Dartel 74 Sascha Henrix 65 Mike Weissmann 75 Uwe Peschel 66 Jürgen Werner 76 Andreas Walzer Die Continentale Ericsson-Villiger 81 Artour Babaitsev 91 Pierre Ackermann 82 Richard Chassot 92 Daniel Aeschlimann 83 Ronny Lauke 93 Christian Heule 84 Daniel Paradis 94 Christoph Göhring 85 Nick Gates 95 Urs Graf 86 Christian Wegmann 96 Christian Sidler Batavus Comite de Normandie 101 Kees Jeurissen 111 Sylvain Anquetil 102 John Talen 112 James Canevet 103 Michel Cerneus 113 Tony Cavet 104 Paul Van Schalen 114 Stéphane Cougé 105 Rudy Kemna 115 Cyrille Prisé 106 Rik Reinerink 116 Benoît Legrix Saint Quentin-Oktos AXA Cycling Team 121 Eddy Seigneur 131 Marcel Luppes 122 Oleg Kozlitine 132 Edward Dunning 123 Linas Balciunas 133 Angelo Van Melis 124 Jean-Michel Thilloy 134 Erwin Gijsbers 125 Saulius Ruskys 135 Danny Stam 126 Grégory Barbier 136 Robert Slippens Lokosphinx AGU Sportteam 141 Aleksey Markov 151 Wally Buurstede 142 Vladislav Borisov 152 Thomas Van Gorp 143 Sergey Klimov 153 Jürgen De Jong 144 Vladimir Karpets 154 Sander Olijve 145 Dmitriy Koudriavtsev 155 Peter Rinkel 146 Denis Smyslov 156 Bart Boom Poland (Legia Warszawa) Norway (National Team) 161 Krzysztof Jezowski 171 Erlend Engelsvoll 162 Jaroslaw Rebiewski 172 Frode Flesja 163 Marcin Lewandowski 173 Kenneth Flesja 164 Grzegorz Mrozinski 174 Morten Hegreberg 165 Sebastian Sikora 175 Robertino Ivanov 166 Robert Karsnicki 176 Öyvind Karlbom Team Greese C.C. Nogent-sur-Oise 181 nobody 191 Eric Beaune 182 Michael Giebelmann 192 David Dumont 183 Sabino Cannone 193 Mickaël Fouliard 184 Jan Richter 194 Noan Lelarge 185 Enrico Nikolai 195 Mickaël Leveau 186 Torsten Carrier 196 Franck Morelle V.C. Rouen V.C. Roubaix 201 Jean-Philippe Yon 211 Stéphane Augé 202 Frédéric Le Crosnier 212 Marc Chanoine 203 Arturas Trumpauskas 213 De Doncker Cédric 204 Jerôme Desjardins 214 Sylvain Lajoie 205 Sébastien Fouré 215 Carlo Meneghetti 206 Stéphane Delimauge 216 Jean-Claude ThilloyThanks to Daniel Schamps, Paris for the starting list |