36th Tour de l'Avenir, Cat 2.5

1998 Results     Past Winners     Riders The Stages: September 2 - Stage 1 - Plumelec, 10 laps, 138 kms: September 3 - Stage 2 - Plumelec - Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, 149.5 kms: September 4 - Stage 3 - Saint-Brevin-les-Pins - Pornic, ITT, 19.5 kms: September 5 - Stage 4 - Pornic - Chantonnay, 154.5 kms: September 6 - Stage 5 - Saint-Prouant - Montbron, 203.5 kms: September 7 - Stage 6 - Montbron - Castelsarrasin, 250 kms: September 8 - Stage 7 - Castelsarrasin - Bagneres de Bigorre, 167 kms: September 9 - Stage 8 - Bagneres de Bigorre - Cauterets, 141.5 kms: September 10 - Stage 9 - Pierrefitte-Nestalas - Argeles-Gazost, 155.5 kms: September 11 - Stage 10 - Sauveterre de Bearn - Saint-Jean-de-Luz, 132 kms: Preview: The 36th Tour de l'Avenir which is only open to riders who are under-25 years of age begins in Plumelec with 132 riders representing 22 teams. The race will be over 10 stages starting in Plumelec and finishing on the south at Saint-Jean-de-Luz for a total of 1511 kms. The peloton contains 7 national teams - France, Austria, USA, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland, and 3 French teams - Bretagne, Vendée-Pays-de-la-Loire and Normandie. More than 15 nationalities are riding. Christophe Rinero won decisively in 1998 but this year's race looks very open on paper. The first stage involves 10 climbs of the difficult Côte de Cadoudal, and will be very important. The climbers who will get their chance in the Pyrenees later in the race will be able to judge their form from the outset. The Festina climber Patrice Halgand, won A travers le Morbihan on the same route and will be one to watch on Stage 1. The two local riders David Berthou (Bretagne team) and Christophe Guillome (Cofidis) will also want to be putting on a big display for their public. The other teams are Banesto (Spa), Crédit Agricole (Fra), La Française des jeux (Fra), Cofidis (Fra), Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa), Big Mat-Auber 93 (Fra), Team Gerolsteiner (Ger), Post Swiss Team (Swi), Vlaanderen 2002 (Bel), Mercury Cycling Team (USA), Saint-Quentin-Oktos-MBK (Fra), Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo (Fra), and Rabobank (Ned). Complete Starting List: Cofidis Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Thierry Loder (Fra) 11 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) 2 Steve De Wolf (Bel) 12 Iker Flores (Spa) 3 Jérome Delbove (Fra) 13 Alberto Martinez (Spa) 4 Christophe Guillome (Fra) 14 Mikel Pradera (Spa) 5 Stéphane Krafft (Fra) 15 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) 6 Janeck Tombak (Est) 16 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) France Banesto 21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 31 Unai Osa (Spa) 22 Stéphane Auge (Fra) 32 Candido Barbosa (Por) 23 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) 33 Alberto Benito (Spa) 24 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) 34 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 25 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) 35 David Latasa (Spa) 26 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Crédit Agricole La Française des Jeux 41 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 51 Anthony Morin (Fra) 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 52 Franck Bouyer (Fra) 43 Marcel Gono (Aus) 53 Bradley McGee (Aus) 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 54 Damien Nazon (Fra) 45 Christopher Jenner (NZ) 55 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 46 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) 56 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 Team Gerolsteiner 61 Stéphane Berges (Fra) 71 Branko Filip (Slo) 62 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 72 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) 63 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) 73 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) 64 Oleg Joukov (Rus) 74 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) 65 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) 75 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) 66 Jay Sweet (Aus) 76 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Post Swiss Team Vlaanderen 2002 81 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 91 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) 82 Christian Charriere (Swi) 92 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) 83 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 93 Davy Daniels (Bel) 84 Yvan Haymoz (Swi) 94 Jurgen Guns (Bel) 85 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 95 Tom Stremersch (Bel) 86 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) 96 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Mercury Cycling Team Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK 101 David Clinger (USA) 111 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 102 Floyd Landis (USA) 112 Linas Balcunias (Lit) 103 Pablo Soler (Spa) 113 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) 104 Justin Spinelli (USA) 114 Cédric Celarier (Fra) 105 Jesus Zarate (Mex) 115 Saulius Ruskis (Lit) 106 116 Franck Trotel (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo Switzerland 121 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) 122 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 132 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) 123 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) 133 Michel Klinger (Swi) 124 Mickaël Leveau (Fra) 134 Marco Roth (Swi) 125 Benoit Luminet (Fra) 135 Uwe Straumann (Swi) 126 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) 136 Benoit Volery (Swi) Rabobank United States Team 141 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 151 Matt De Canio (USA) 142 Coen Boerman (Ned) 152 Robert Dapice (USA) 143 Marcel Duijn (Ned) 153 Donny Lopez (USA) 144 Addy Engels (Ned) 154 Aaron Olson (USA) 145 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) 155 Danny Pate (USA) 146 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) 156 Joshua Thornton (USA) Austria Norway 161 Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) 171 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 162 Martin Moser (Aut) 172 Morten Hegreberg (Nor) 163 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) 173 Rune Jogert (Nor) 164 Ralph Scherzer (Aut) 174 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) 165 Kurt Schwarzlmuller (Aut) 175 Bjornar Vestol (Nor) 166 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) 176 Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) Luxembourg Bretagne 181 Max Becker (Lux) 191 David Berthou (Fra) 182 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) 192 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 183 Tom Flammang (Lux) 193 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) 184 Kim Kirchen (Lux) 194 Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra) 185 Christian Poos (Lux) 195 Denis Salmon (Fra) 186 Marc Vanacker (Lux) 196 Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) Normandie Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire 201 Sylvain Anquetil (Fra) 211 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) 202 Tony Cavet (Fra) 212 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 203 Stéphane Couge (Fra) 213 Sébastien Joly (Fra) 204 Stéphane Delimauges (Fra) 214 Franck Renier (Fra) 205 Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) 215 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) 206 Cyrille Prise (Fra) 216 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Past Winners The history is divided into four phases. Between 1961 and 1969, the race was known as the Tour de l'Avenir. Then it became the Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers), then to mark the change in political systems in the East of Europe, the race became the Tour of the European Community (1986-90). It resumed as the Tour de l'Avenir in 1991. Year Winner Best Team Distance Stages Tour de l'Avenir: 1961 De Rosso (Ita) Spain 2209 km 14 1962 Gomez Del Moral (Spa) Netherlands 2120 km 14 1963 Zimmermann (Fra) Spain 2060 km 14 1964 Gimondi (Ita) Spain 2021 km 13 1965 Diaz (Spa) Spain 2167 km 12 1966 Denti (Ita) Italy 1955 km 12 1967 Robini (Fra) France 1560 km 10 1968 Boulard (Fra) France 1567 km 12 1969 Zoetemelk (Ned) Netherlands 1846 km 10 Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers): 1970 Duchemin (Fra) France 779 km 4 1971 Ovion (Fra) France 1638 km 11 1972 Den Hertog (Ned) Netherlands 1618 km 13 1973 Baronchelli (Ita) Switzerland 1480 km 11 1974 Martinez (Spa) Poland 1296 km 11 1976 Nilsson (Swe) Spain 1017 km 9 1977 Schepers (Bel) Belgium 1597 km 12 1978 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1577 km 12 1979 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1643 km 12 1980 Florez (Col) USSR 1629 km 12 1981 Simon (Fra) USSR 1514 km 14 1982 Lemond (USA) East Germany 1382 km 11 1983 Ludwig (DDR) East Germany 1959 km 15 1984 Mottet (Fra) Renault 1620 km 12 1985 Ramirez (Col) Cafe de Colombia 1612 km 13 Tour of the European Community: 1986 Indurain (Spa) System U 1712 km 14 1987 Madiot (Fra) France 1719 km 12 1988 Fignon (Fra) France 1846 km 12 1989 Lino (Fra) RMO 1440 km 9 1990 Bruyneel (Bel) Toshiba 1370 km 10 Tour de l'Avenir: 1992 Garel (Fra) RMO 1528 km 12 1993 Davy (Fra) Castorama 1543 km 12 1994 Casero (Spa) Banesto 1591 km 11 1995 Magnien (Fra) Castorama 1614 km 11 1996 Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 1858 km 11 1997 Roux (Fra) TVM 1344 km 9 1998 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Casino 1471 km 12 Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin