36th Tour de l'Avenir, Cat 2.5

France, September 2-11, 1999

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Stage 9, Pierrefitte-Nestalas - Argeles-Gazost, 155.5 kms


Russian Alexandre Botcharov (TEAM Besson) won the tough 9th stage of 
the Tour de l'Avenir from Argeles to Gazost in the Pyrenees, while 
Spaniard Unai Osa (Banesto) maintained a slim lead in the GC.
After the first sprint at Doors, Stéphane Ravaleu and Sylvain 
Chavanel broke away and built up a lead of 1.40.
On the climb of the Col du Aubisque, however, they were caught by 
Spanish rider Iker Flores who crossed the Aubisque in the lead.
The Euskaltel rider stayed away over the second difficult climb 
of the stage, the Soulor, with a lead of over 1 minute over the 
Russion Botcharov and the yellow jersey group of Osa some 15 
seconds further back.
Flores stayed clear until he reached the Spandelles when he was 
caught with only 4 kilometres to go by Botcharov who pulled 
away on the Argelès to finish over two minutes in front of the 
yellow jersey group, brought home by Australian rider Bradley McGee 
of Francaise De Jeux.

AVS: 32KPH

1    Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo    4.16.33
2    Flores Iker (Esp) Euskatel-Euskadi                             .01
3    Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux                     2.14
4    Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austria                               2.14  
5    Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.14  
6    Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                        2.14  
7    Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    2.14  
8    Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                           2.14  
9    Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank                                    2.14  
10   Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                          2.14  
11   David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                    2.18
12   Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        2.18  
13   Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                 2.18  
14   Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra) Bretagne                               2.18  
15   Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                       2.18  
16   Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.18  
17   Cédric Celarier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                 2.18  
18   Pablo Soler (Spa) Mercury Cycling Team                        2.29
19   Patrice Halgand (Fra) France                                  2.52
20   Candido Barbosa (Por) Banesto                                 3.05
21   Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.50
22   Danny Pate (USA) US Team                                      4.58
23   Uwe Straumann (Swi) Switzerland                               5.02
24   Stéphane Krafft (Fra) Cofidis                                 5.06
25   Christian Poos (Lux) Luxembourg                               5.52
26   Benoît Luminet (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo            7.12
27   Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire                 7.12  
28   Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              7.12  
29   Stéphane Auroux (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo           7.12  
30   Ludovic Turpin (Fra) France                                   7.20
31   Ludovic Martin (Fra) Bretagne                                10.07
32   Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         10.07  
33   Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                           10.07  
34   Marco Roth (Swi) Switzerland                                 10.07  
35   Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team                            10.07  
36   Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        10.07  
37   Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo         10.07  
38   Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                                  10.07  
39   Kim Kirchen (Lux) Luxembourg                                 10.07  
40   Filip Branko (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner                         10.07  
41   Justin Spinelli (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                   10.07  
42   Christophe Guillome (Fra) Cofidis                            10.39
43   David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                     12.40
44   Laurent Estadieu (Fra) France                                12.53
45   Laszlo Bodrogi (Rus) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                 13.45
46   Thor Hushovd (Nor) Norway                                    13.45  
47   Matthew Hayman (Ned) Rabobank                                13.45  
48   Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     13.45  
49   Cyrille Prise (Fra) Normandie                                14.44
50   Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                     17.57
51   Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole                     17.57  
52   Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Austria                           17.57  
53   Martin Moser (Aut) Austria                                   17.57  
54   Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Française des Jeux              17.57  
55   Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Switzerland                           17.57  
56   Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norway                                17.57  
57   Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                       17.57  
58   Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                  17.57  
59   Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire             17.57  
60   Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                    17.57  
61   Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury Cycling Team                      17.57  
62   Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                        17.57  
63   Danis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                                  17.57  
64   Aaron Olson (USA) US Team                                    17.57  
65   Denis Salmon (Fra) Bretagne                                  19.54
66   Gisle Vihoyr (Nor) Norway                                    22.10
67   Michel Klinder (Swi) Switzerland                             22.10  
68   Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie                                   22.10  
69   Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) France                              22.12
70   Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                       28.27
71   Stéphane Delimauges (Fra) Normandie                          28.34
72   Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Bretagne                                28.34  
73   Kurt Schwarzlmuller (Aut) Austria                            28.43
74   Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Norway                                  31.20
75   Saulius Ruskis (Rus) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                 33.34
76   Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Switzerland                           34.48
77   Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     34.48  
78   Joshua Thornton (USA) US Team                                34.48  
79   Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux               34.48  
80   Max Becker (Lux) Luxembourg                                  34.48  
81   Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team                         34.48  
82   Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                           34.48  
83   Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg                               34.48  
84   Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      34.48  
85   Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo           34.48  
86   Stéphane Couge (Fra) Normandie                               34.48  
87   Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire         34.48  
88   Rune Jogert (Nor) Norway                                     34.48  
89   Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) France                                  34.48  
90   Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway                                  34.48  
91   Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Rabobank                               34.48  
92   Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                            34.48  
93   Stéphane Auge (Fra) France                                   34.48  
94   Marcel Duyn (Ned) Rabobank                                   34.48  
95   Christian Charriere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                    34.48  
96   Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Normandie                          34.48  
97   Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank                                  34.48  
98   Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire              34.48  

GC after Stage 9 


1         Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                     34.33.27
2         David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                      .35
3         Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                        3.10
4         Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Austria                                4.45
5         Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       4.55
6         Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     6.48
7         Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra) Bretagne                                6.57
8         Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner                           7.21
9         Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo        7.44
10        Steve Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                            7.45
11        Stéphane Berges (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         8.44
12        Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                  9.49
13        Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank                                    11.41
14        Bradley McGee (Aus) La Française des Jeux                     15.21
15        Cédric Celarier (Fra) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                 15.37
16        Danny Pate (USA) US Team                                      16.52
17        Pablo Soler (Spa) Mercury Cycling Team                        19.15
18        Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              20.04
19        Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        20.16
20        Uwe Straumann (Swi) Switzerland                               21.12
21        Franck Renier (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire                 21.14
22        Christian Poos (Lux) Luxembourg                               21.24
23        Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                            21.32
24        Benoît Luminet (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo            23.41
25        Stéphane Auroux (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo           23.59
26        Laurent Estadieu (Fra) France                                 24.34
27        Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole                      25.54
28        Thor Hushovd (Nor) Norway                                     26.07
29        Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          26.37
30        Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto                                   26.46
31        Christophe Guillome (Fra) Cofidis                             28.09
32        Ludovic Martin (Fra) Bretagne                                 28.36
33        Patrice Halgand (Fra) France                                  30.28
34        Candido Barbosa (Por) Banesto                                 30.46
35        Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         31.12
36        Kim Kirchen (Lux) Luxembourg                                  31.24
37        David Clinger (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                      31.48
38        Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Gerolsteiner                      31.58
39        Marco Roth (Swi) Switzerland                                  33.21
40        Cyrille Prise (Fra) Normandie                                 34.31
41        Yvan Haymoz (Swi) Post Swiss Team                             37.04
42        Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                         38.17
43        Filip Branko (Slo) Team Gerolsteiner                          38.53
44        Justin Spinelli (USA) Mercury Cycling Team                    39.54
45        FLORES Iker                                                   41.18
46        Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) France                               42.15
47        Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) La Française des Jeux               44.02
48        Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        45.28
49        Martin Moser (Aut) Austria                                    45.54
50        Matthew Hayman (Ned) Rabobank                                 46.25
51        Ludovic Turpin (Fra) France                                   46.28
52        Stéphane Krafft (Fra) Cofidis                                 46.44
53        Morten Hegreberg (Nor) Norway                                 48.36
54        Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) France                                   50.21
55        Martin Fischerlehner (Aut) Austria                            51.04
56        Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         53.08
57        Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire              55.56
58        Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo          56.52
59        Sandro Guttinger (Swi) Switzerland                            56.52
60        Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                     57.31
61        Danis Menchov (Rus) Banesto                                   57.40
62        Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       58.58
63        Jesus Zarate (Mex) Mercury Cycling Team                       59.36
64        Michel Klinder (Swi) Switzerland                            1.01.28
65        Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner                    1.04.04
66        Tony Cavet (Fra) Normandie                                  1.04.09
67        Denis Salmon (Fra) Bretagne                                 1.04.18
68        Saulius Ruskis (Rus) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                1.06.47
69        Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                 1.07.47
70        Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Switzerland                          1.07.48
71        Laszlo Bodrogi (Rus) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK                1.08.49
72        Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      1.08.55
73        Gisle Vihoyr (Nor) Norway                                   1.09.57
74        Christian Charriere (Swi) Post Swiss Team                   1.10.20
75        Bjornar Vestol (Nor) Norway                                 1.11.33
76        Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002                           1.13.50
77        Marcel Duyn (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.14.18
78        Marc Vanacker (Lux) Luxembourg                              1.14.38
79        Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) Normandie                         1.14.57
80        Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Bretagne                               1.15.28
81        Kurt Schwarzlmuller (Aut) Austria                           1.16.44
82        Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    1.16.56
83        Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Rabobank                              1.18.15
84        Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team                        1.20.13
85        Mickaël Leveau (Fra) Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo          1.22.17
86        Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire        1.22.21
87        Joshua Thornton (USA) US Team                               1.24.09
88        Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                          1.25.03
89        Stéphane Couge (Fra) Normandie                              1.27.38
90        Stéphane Delimauges (Fra) Normandie                         1.29.30
91        Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux              1.30.13
92        Stéphane Auge (Fra) France                                  1.32.09
93        Max Becker (Lux) Luxembourg                                 1.36.20
94        Aaron Olson (USA) US Team                                   1.37.55
95        Rune Jogert (Nor) Norway                                    1.41.50
96        Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Norway                                 1.43.36
97        Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire             1.46.25
98        Coen Boerman (Ned) Rabobank                                 2.01.51