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Tour de l'Oudon Tour de l'Oudon - 1.13Normandie, France, April 16, 2000 Complete results - Espoirs 124 km: 1. Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 3.11.00 2. Mickael Olejnik (Pol) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 3. Lionel Lubin (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 0.05 4. David Dheruelle (Fra) UC Sablé 0.15 5. Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 6. Aurélien Esteves (Fra) Sélection Orléanais 7. Romain Simon (Fra) VC Rouen 76 8. Dany Caprais (Fra) DIVPA 9. Rodolphe Parent (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 10. Laurent Pichot (Fra) VC Evreux 11. Yvan Sartis (Fra) Sélection Orléanais 12. Franck Petit (Fra) VC Rouen 76 13. Pascal Moisseron (Fra) VC Avranches 14. Cédric Fontbonnat (Fra) Sélection Orléanais 15. Emmanuel Michot (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 16. Franck Emmanuel Mascot (Fra) VC Rouen 76 17. Freddy Fournier (Fra) DIVPA 18. Jérôme Morier (Fra) Sélection Orléanais 19. Alexis Breteau (Fra) DIVPA 20. Vincent Marie (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 21. Romuald Senechal (Fra) Sélection Orléanais 22. Antoine Destrees (Fra) Sélection Manche 23. Mathieu Michel (Fra) Sélection Manche 24. Anthony Gaucher (Fra) EC Changé 25. Fabien Harasse (Fra) Sélection Manche 26. Benoît Egasse (Fra) VC Evreux 27. Emmanuel Personnat (Fra) CS Andelys 28. Franck Petit (Fra) AL Maromme 29. Manuel Lebarbier (Fra) VC St-Lô - Pont-Hébert 30. Hugues Gousset (Fra) VC St-Lô - Pont-Hébert 31. Cyril Bouhoux (Fra) EC Changé 32. Jérôme Gadbled (Fra) DIVPA 33. Philippe Da Silva (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 34. Yohan Pottier (Fra) EC Mayenne 35. Vincent Lebesle (Fra) UC Sablé 36. Willy Aubert (Fra) EC Changé 37. Charly Loisel (Fra) VS Trun Results thanks to Velomania GP de Cenac Et St. Julien - 1.12.4Aquitaine, France, April 17, 2000 Results 102 km: 1. Gilles Zech (Fra) 23 La Creuse 2.41.54 2. Sébastien Bordes (Fra) AC Chatellerault 0.31 3. Laurent Peudpiece (Fra) GSC Blagnac 4. Bertrand Mercier (Fra) CC Lamberet Chatillon 5. Lionel Chatelas (Fra) GSC Blagnac 6. Henrik Sobinski (Fra) GSC Blagnac 7. Tomaz Kaszuba (Pol) CC Marmande 8. Pascal Peyramaure (Fra) CC Lamberet Chatillon Ain 9. Guillaume Destang (Fra) Mérignac VC 10. Jérôme Bonnace (Fra) 23 La Creuse 11. Laurent Marty (Fra) CA Castelsarrasin 12. Jacques Bogdanski (Fra) CC Lamberet Chatillon Ain 1.29 13. Robert Krajewski (Pol) CC Marmande 14. Thomas Knecht (Fra) US Montauban 15. Alain Saillour (Fra) 23 La Creuse 16. Serguei Startchenkov (Rus) US Montauban 17. Thibault Salban (Fra) US Montauban 18. Julien Mazet (Fra) Guidon Agenais (Espoir) 19. Laurent Bessieres (Fra) EC Lac Vert Catus 20. Ludovic Roudier (Fra) UV Limoges Results thanks to Velomania Tour du Canton de Dun-Le-Palestel - 1.12.1Limousin, France, April 15, 2000 Complete results: 1. Jérôme Bonnace (Fra) 23 La Creuse 3.33.14 2. Loïc Herbreteau (Fra) 23 La Creuse 3. Stéphane Bellicaud (Fra) 23 La Creuse 1.02 4. Gérald Marot (Fra) UC Chateauroux 5. John Owsnworth (Nzl) 23 La Creuse 1.44 6. Tony Mann (Aus) ASPTT-AV Tours 1.51 7. Arnaud Chauveau (Fra) UC Chateauroux 2.09 8. Olivier Maignan (Fra) CG Orléans 2.45 9. Fabrice Vigier (Fra) C.Poitvein 2.50 10. Jacek Morajka (Pol) AC Chatellerault 2.55 11. Alexandre Adalbert (Fra) AC Chatellerault 4.45 12. Christophe Barbier (Fra) PSF Niort 4.47 13. Krzystof Szczawinski (Pol) UC Chateauroux 6.36 14. Noël Richet (Fra) ASPTT-AV Tours 6.56 15. Adrian Gagala (Pol) VS Chartres 16. Mariusz Witecki (Pol) PSF Niort 17. Brett Harwood (Gbr) 23 La Creuse 7.04 18. Geoffrey Lequatre (Fra) CG Orléans 11.42 19. Sébastien Bourgeois (Fra) UC Orléans Sprints: 1. Jérôme Bonnace (Fra) 23 La Creuse 2. Stéphane Bellicaud (Fra) 23 La Creuse 3. Olivier Ouvrard (Fra) C.Poitevin 4. Sébastien Bordes (Fra) AC Chatellerault Mountains: 1. John Owsnworth (Nzl) 23 La Creuse 2. Gérald Marot (Fra) 23 La Creuse 3. Jérôme Bonnace (Fra) 23 La Creuse 4. Tony Mann (Aus) ASPTT-AV Tours Results thanks to Velomania Primevere Montoise - 1.12.4Pays de la Loire, France, April 16, 2000 Results - 142 km 1. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) SCO Dijon 3.21.44 2. Cyrille Delias (Fra) CC Marmande 0.39 3. Julien Costedoat (Fra) VC Oloron 4. Malfati (Fra) G.St Martin 5. Mathieu Lamothe (Fra) US Montauban 82 6. Laurent Marty (Fra) CA Castelsarrasin 7. Christophe Dupebe (Fra) G.St Martin 8. Eric Philipp (Fra) G.St Martin 9. Cédric Blanc (Fra) VC Oloron 10. Alain Lagiere (Fra) G.St Martin 11. David Marie (Fra) 23 la Creuse 12. Mathieu Remy (Fra) GSC Blagnac 13. Mickaël Juignet (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 14. Vincent Vierge (Fra) US Dax 1.30 15. Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) CC Marmande 16. Mathieu Plessis (Fra) VC Montois 17. Hervé Duclos-Lasalle (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 18. Pierre Elias (Fra) US Montauban 82 19. Laurent Four (Fra) GSC Blagnac 20. Nicolas Rouillard (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 21. Johan Nyman (Swe) Cahors VS 22. Thomas Knecht (Fra) US Montauban 82 23. Stéphane Speelers (Fra) CC Marmande 24. Fabrice Anastaze (Fra) CC Marmande 25. Sébastien Morvan (Fra) CC Marmande 26. Stéphane Daudigeos (Fra) Stade Montois 27. Jean Zen (Fra) Lavaur VC 28. Eric Jean-Jacques (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 29. Guillaume Barbe (Fra) VC Nayais 30. Benoît Cabos (Fra) GSC Blagnac 31. Loïc Herbreteau (Fra) 23 La Creuse 32. Stéphane Giral (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 33. Ramuntxo Garmendia (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 34. Frédéric Fernandez (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 35. Patrick Hourdebaigt (Fra) G.St-Martin 36. Gil Jean-Jacques (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 37. Stéphane Reimherr (Fra) CC Périgourdin 38. Patrice Sanchou (Fra) VC Nayais 39. Thierry Raboin (Fra) US Dax 40. Baptiste Cazaux (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 41. Fredrik Modin (Swe) Cahors VS 42. David Poloni (Fra) Cahors VS 43. Stéphane Meynier (Fra) CC Marmande 44. Pascal Insausti (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 1.49 45. Nicolas Darmaillacq (Fra) VC Oloron-Haut Béarn 2.31 46. Sébastien Dejean (Fra) Cahors VS 2.57 47. Didier Menoux (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 4.55 48. Alexandre Aubies (Fra) Tarbes Cycliste 5.16 49. Guillaume Portal (Fra) CA Castelsarrasin GP De Nogent-Sur-Oise - 1.12.1Picardie, France, April 16, 2000 Results - 140 km 1. Sébastien Six (Fra) Dunkerque DF 3.23.43 (41,234 kph) 2. Cédric Loue (Fra) VC Rouen 76 0.07 3. Sinishi Fukushima (Jap) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 4. Anthony Testa (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 0.10 5. Ludovic Vanhee (Fra) VC Roubaix 6. Laurent Genty (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 7. Benoît Legrix (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 8. Rik Claeys (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 9. Vincent Socquin (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 0.46 10. Arnaud Coyot (Fra) UC Liancourt 11. Pascal Carlot (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 0.48 12. Loïc Vasseur (Fra) VC Roubaix 13. Mickaël Fouliard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 0.54 14. Jérôme Onesime (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 15. Andrew Vancoillie (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 16. Jérôme Lefoul (Fra) VS St-Lô 17. Court Geysen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 18. Lionel Lorgeou (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 19. Yasutaka Tashimo (Jap) EC Rantigny 20. Gérard Aviegne (Fra) EC Rantigny 21. Frédéric Lubach (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 22. Grégory Vollet (Fra) GREC Boucles de la Marne 23. Julien Guiborel (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 24. Eric Trokimo (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 25. Gaëtan Marques (Fra) AS Corbeil-Essonnes 26. Laurent Chotard (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 27. David Brunet (Fra) UC Liancourt 28. Régis Marechaux (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 29. Gaël Moreau (Fra) US Montauban 82 30. Cédric Vanoverschelde (Fra) VC Roubaix 31. Fabien Merciris (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB 32. Koji Fukushima (Jap) ES Aumale 33. Philippe Ermenault (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 34. Fabrice Paumier (Fra) Dunkerque DF 35. Eric Beaune (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 36. Th. Van Gouberghen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 37. Xavier Nesi (Fra) EC Rantigny 38. Ivan Segers (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 39. Kevin Degezelle (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 40. David Dewulf (Bel) VC Roubaix 41. Steve Fogen (Lux) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 42. Philippe Palmiste (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 43. Laurent Pascal (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 44. Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Guidon Chaletois 45. Fabrice Parent (Fra) VC Rouen 76 46. Grégory Faghel (Fra) CC Nogent-sur-Oise 47. Yann Buiron (Fra) US Ste-Austreberthe PB GP Des Meubles Rapp-Atlas - 1.12.2Alsace, France, April 16, 2000 Results - 150 km 1. Urs Steinmann (Ger) RSV Ebnet 3.44.30 2. Michael Haas (Ger) RSV Ebnet 3. Samuel Rouyer (Fra) EC Toul 4. Eric Steinbrucker (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse 5. Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) CC Etupes 6. Emmanuel Bonnot (Fra) VCC Morteau-Montbenoît 7. Beat Ritter (Swi) Hegendorf 8. Régis Lhuiller (Fra) EC Toul 2.23 9. Jérôme Rouyer (Fra) EC Toul 2.30 10. Alexandre Rognon (Fra) VCC Morteau-Montbenoît 2.36 11. Jürgen Rothmund (Ger) RSV Ebnet 4.15 12. Sasch Van Arx (Swi) Suisse 4.56 13. Thomas Meyer (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse 5.01 14. Gaël Perry (Fra) CC Etupes 15. Fabrice Hertel (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse 16. Sébastien Guerard (Fra) EC Toul 17. Tobias Joos (Swi) Rothaus 18. Yvan Boos (Fra) AC Thann 19. Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Pédale de l.Est Haguenau 20. Matthieu Sonntag (Fra) Pédale de l.Est Haguenau 21. Stefan Meyer (Ger) ESV Ebnet 22. Yann Vaillant (Fra) Belfort-Miotte 5.23 23. Christophe Danaj (Pol) ASPTT Mulhouse 5.45 24. Eric Gehin (Fra) AC Thann 25. David Zucchero (Fra) AC Thann 26. Yannick Meyer (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse 27. Joram Kardoch (Swi) Rothaus 28. Philippe Parisel (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse 10.53 29. Raphaël Berger (Swi) Rothaus 30. Markus Schott (Ger) RSV Ebnet GP Point P - 1.12.1France, April 16, 2000 Results - 148 km
1. Laurent Paumier (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 3.40.28
2. Stéphane Conan (Fra) P.Plouvien 0.04
3. Frédéric Lecrosnier (Fra) VC Rouen 76
4. Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 1.59
5. Stéphane Simon (Fra) P.Plouvien 2.03
6. Frédéric Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes
7. Ryan Russel (Nzl) Bressuire AC
8. Franck Charrier (Fra) Nantes 44 Cyclisme
9. Michel Lallouet (Fra) VC Rouen 76
10. Wilfrid Jolly (Fra) US Pontchateau
11. Camille Bouquet (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes
12. Cyrille Prise (Fra) VC Rouen 76
13. Christophe Thebault (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan
14. Anthony Bode (Fra) DIVPA 4.50
15. David Mahoudo (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan 8.13
16. Cédric Herve (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes
17. Yannick Flochlay (Fra) P.Plouvien
18. Cyrille Noel (Fra) VC Avranchinais
19. Denis Salmon (Fra) UCL Hennebont
20. Marc Feipeler (Fra) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan
21. Anthony Supiot (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes
22. Pascal Lemarechal (Fra) CC Briquebec
23. Marc Vanacker (Lux) Team Seat Sport VC Dinan
24. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bressuire AC
25. Jean-Luc Campagnola (Fra) VC Pontivy
26. Christophe Giroult (Fra) VC Avranchinais
27. Franck Boudet (Fra) VC Avranchinais 9.54
28. Sébastien Briouze (Fra) VC Avranchinais
Circuit Des Vins Du Blayais - NEFrance, April 16, 2000 Results - 135 km 1. Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) Pôle Espoirs Poitiers 3.13.38 2. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) C.Poitevin 0.01 3. Gaylord Tourneur (Fra) VCCO La Rochelle 4. Vincent Dedieu (Fra) CC Périgourdin 5. Allin (Fra) UVA St-Jean d.Angély 6. Adenot (Fra) Bressuire AC 1.03 7. Ludovic Guionie (Fra) CC Marmande 8. Marius Witecki (Pol) PSF Niort 9. Patrick Rousseau (Fra) US Bouscat 2.02 10. Fabien Fernandez (Fra) Pôle Espoirs Poitiers Circuit de Saone-et-Loire - 2.12.1France, April 16, 2000 Stages 1 Eric Drubay (Fra) CC Etupes 2 Grégory Page (Fra) EC Mayenne 3 Julien Thollet (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 4 José Medina (Chi) AVC Aix General Classification 1. Eric Drubay (Fra) CC Etupes 11.53.10 2. Marc Thevenin (Fra) CR4C Roanne 1.06 3. Alexandre Grux (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 1.09 4. Jérémie Derangere (Fra) SCO Dijon 1.35 5. Benoît Farama (Fra) UV Aube 1.54 6. Pascal Pofilet (Fra) CC Etupes 2.00 7. Stéphane Auroux (Fra) CR4C Roanne 2.03 8. Olivier Grammaire (Fra) SCO Dijon 9. Julien Thollet (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 2.28 10. Franck Brucci (Fra) CC Lamberet-Chatillon-Ain 2.37 Bourg-Hauteville-Bourg - 1.12.1France, April 16, 2000 Results: 1. Frédéric Ruberti (Fra) Martigues SC 4.00.38 2. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) VC Lyon-Vaulx-en-Velin 4.21 3. Benoît Luminet (Fra) CR4C Roanne 4.25 4. Franck Havidic (Fra) CG Orléans 4.36 5. Olivier Martinez (Fra) AVC Aix 4.55 6. Florian Germain (Fra) VC Lyon-Vaulx-en-Velin 7. John Ownsworth (Nzl) 23 La Creuse 6.49 8. David Krupa (Pol) AVC Aix 6.59 9. Samuel Berger (Fra) AC Bourg-en-Bresse 7.11 10. Julien Guerin (Fra) VC Lyon-Vaulx-en-Velin 11. Thierry Benier (Fra) VC Bressan 12. Frédéric Rayot (Fra) Comité Dauphiné-Savoie 7.17 13. Gaël Bouvet (Fra) AVC Aix 7.21 14. Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) AVC Aix 7.29 15. Karl Zoetemelk (Fra) CR4C Roanne 7.42 16. Christophe Edaleine (Fra) VC Lyon-Vaulx-en-Velin 7.47 17. Martial Ricci-Poggi (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 8.00 18. Jean-Vincent Colin (Fra) VC Lyon-Vaulx-en-Velin 8.16 19. Christophe Putin (Fra) VC Bressan 20. Denis Lamberti (Fra) Comité Dauphiné-Savoie 8.21 21. Jérôme Martineau (Fra) AVC Aix 22. Greg Sieniewicz (Fra) Charvieu-Chavagneux IC 23. Christophe Cabon (Fra) Charvieu-Chavagneux IC 24. Grégory Salgado (Fra) AVC Aix 25. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) VC Roubaix 8.27 26. Alain Saillour (Fra) 23 La Creuse 27. Ivailo Gabrowski (Bul) Martigues SC 28. Jean-Marc Maurin (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 17.18 29. Franck Carlet (Fra) VC Bressan 30. Sean Vancourt (Fra) Comité Dauphiné-Savoie 31. Stéphane Celle (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 32. Nicolas Rowe (Fra) Charvieu-Chavagneux IC 33. Franck Tognini (Fra) AVC Aix 34. Anthony Cheytion (Fra) EC St-Etienne-Loire 35. Nicolas Vayr (Fra) Comité Dauphiné-Savoie 36. Cédric Waymel (Fra) AVC Aix 37. Yann Knepper (Fra) AC Bourg-en-Bresse 38. Sylvain Lavergne (Fra) AVC Aix 39. Nicolas Kocianski (Fra) CR4C Roanne 40. Jérôme Ossedat (Fra) CR4C Roanne 41. Denis Montard (Fra) CR4C Roanne 42. Julien Philibert (Fra) Charvieu-Chavagneux IC 43. Xavier Berthon (Fra) VC Bressan 21.22 44. Sébastien Volpi (Fra) CR4C Roanne 45. Jean-Sébastien Poletti (Fra) Martigues SC 46. Oran Locatelli (Fra) AC Bourg-en-Bresse 47. Yvan Griffond (Fra) AC Bourg-en-Bresse Orvault-St Nazaire-Orvault - 1.12.4France, April 15, 2000 Results: 1. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Vendée U 3.30.07 2. Frédéric Delalande (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 3. Denis Robin (Fra) CC Chateaubriant 4. Vincent Marchais (Fra) Nantes 44 Cyclisme 5. Guillaume Judas (Fra) Jean Floc'h-Mantes 6. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Vendée U 0.23 7. Stéphane Conan (Fra) P.Plouvien 8. Jonathan Dayus (Gbr) Bressuire AC 9. Marian Hary (Fra) Vendée U 10. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Vendée U 0.38 11. Christophe Guillome (Fra) VC Roubaix 12. Aidan Duff (Irl) Vendée U 0.52 13. Anthony Riviere (Fra) UC Nantes-Atlantique 14. Thomas Chaillou (Fra) Nantes 44 Cyclisme 1.23 15. Cyrille Prise (Fra) VC Rouen 76 16. Jean-François Jegou (Fra) Nantes 44 Cyclisme 17. Johan Jaquet (Fra) Nantes 44 Cyclisme 18. Romain Brochet (Fra) POC Côte de Lumière 19. Steve Echevarria (Fra) US St-Herblain 20. Jérôme Chiotti (Fra) VS Chartres 2.38 21. Yohann Poirier (Fra) CG Orléans 1 lap 23. Edgar Dolu (Fra) UC Nantes-Atlantique 24. Thomas Leroux (Fra) UC Nantes-Atlantique 25. Jan Korzyniewski (Pol) POC Côte de Lumière All French results thanks to Velomania 53rd Grand Prix des MartyrsKoerich, Luxembourg, April 16, 2000 Results - 118 km 1. Enzo Mezzapesa (Lux) CCI Differdange 2.57.08 2. Jan Ostergaard (Den) CCI Differdange 3. Pascal Triebel (Lux) CCI Differdange 4. Claude Degano (Lux) LC Tetingen 4.09 5. Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CCI Differdange 9.48 6. Vadim Koniakhine (Rus) CCI Differdange 11.25 7. Constantino Fernandez (Spa) CCI Differdange 8. Gérard Schalk (Lux) LC Kayl 14.20 9. Daniel Bintz (Lux) LC Tetingen 10. Christian Weyland (Lux) US Montauban Courtesy of Gerard and Sven Schiltz The Lancaster Grand PrixWelwyn Garden City, UK, April 16 2000 Jon Clay wins the Lancaster Grand Prix in style
The race winning break was started by Mike Jones (Robert Grinsell Travel) and Paul Mills (Edwardes) on the first lap and they were away on their own for a few miles before being joined by a small groups of riders that would eventually form the race winning break. Behind, the peloton was holding the breaks lead to around a minute and half despite the riders in the lead working well together. The race was being held in ideal conditions with only a little wind and the sun shining brightly, a contrast to the days before when there was constant heavy rain in Hertfordshire. The ideal conditions helped keep the race together and although the small climbs helped cause a number of splits at the end, despite the speed, the difference between the front break and the main peloton was only around 3 minutes. With 3 laps to go of the small circuit, the break, full of class riders including former world junior pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins, last years Premier Calendar winner Gordon McCauley and fresh from a 2nd place and a stage win in Spain the week before - Matt Illingworth, the break was being hunted down by a group which had split from the main peloton. This chase group included then Premier Calendar leader, Andy Lyons among others. The break however, realising they were being reeled in, poured on the pressure again which soon had a number of riders in trouble including Mike Jones, one of the riders who started the break. Standing on the finishing circuit, it was easy to see the pressure starting to tell on the riders as the once large peloton was starting to splinter as the chase to bring the break back reached boiling point. In the end however, the break managed to hold off the chase group with Clay and Pritchard nipping off the front to take the top placings while Chris Newton outsprinted the rest of the break to take over the lead on the Premier Calendar. After the race finished, a tired Gordon McCauley (he used another word to describe how he felt ...) was initially surprised by the way the main peloton had split in the chase for the lead group. He said that "it wasn't a tactical error on his part that he didn't go with Clay. I simply didn't have the legs and when Clay went, I thought 'thank god, I won't have to try and hold his wheel when he goes through anymore' ". In talking to race commentator Mick Clarke from Sport and Publicity after the race, 3rd placegetter, Chris Newton, confirmed he wasn't actively pursuing a win the Premier Calendar table. He did confirm he would be riding the Girvan stage event in Scotland over Easter but after that he did not have any plans to speak of. His main goal is to make the track team for the Olympics. You did however get the impression that he is deeply disappointed that despite what he called the "conflict" within the McCartney team, he didn't have a place on a team as a paid rider and paid tribute to his wife who is having to support him while he tries to get a sponsor. Newton rode a number of big races last year including the Grand Prix de Nations where he was 14th and was also 4th on the last stage of the Tour Trans Canada as well as 25th overall. A number of people at the race called into question the fact that he isn't receiving funding from the sports governing body as he is clearly one of the best riders in the country (look at the premier calendar table for proof of that) and his performances here in the UK and last year in UCI races, help back that up. Once again, it goes to highlight the sorry state the sport is in here at the top end. While the lower category races (3/4) are very well supported, the top end is quite light. The printed media go on about how wonderful it is with more riders than ever but the grass roots supporter tells a different story, especially those who go to the events where the top riders can be seen to be hurting from a lack of big sponsorship. As Chris Newton said when being interviewed, all he could do was go out and win races and make it pay that way but even then, looking at the prize list for a top UK event, where the majority of money seems to go in organising costs, a top 10 place for a rider is lucky to pay for the petrol and entry fee costs. Anyone thinking that the sport here is on the up should only look at the number of top riders riding as private members and not in a well organised professional team. The media in this country is partly to blame for that of course, as a sponsor only puts money into a team if they think they can get some benefit from it. However, when the UK cycling press carries mostly pictures of European pros on its cover and very little coverage of the plight of the UK riders, is it any wonder we don't have sponsors. Racing on the TV is now non-existent as well. Perhaps the development of Internet Sports Networks will help change things so riders like Gordon McCauley can race bikes for a living instead of having to start a business so he could stop living off his wife's income. Instead of defending his Girvan crown next week, Gordon will riding mountain bike events closer to home. Another fact worth remembering about the UK racing scene is that when a World Cup race comes these shores (Rochester was the last), you get crowds numbering tens of thousands but for premier calendar events, a few hundred. Sad but true. Even sadder, is that the Premier Calendar Trophy, once a revered honour, is now dismissed by many of the top riders who cannot afford to compete the length and breathe of the country. All that said, the Lancaster Grand Prix was as normal, a well run race with great police escorts, lots of marshall's, a course with all the corners having arrows and so on plus a very good sports complex as a HQ. Congratulations to Whitewebbs CC and organiser Brian Corneloues as well as the sponsor, Mercedes dealer, Lancaster Hertford. Report, results and picture courtesy of Larry Hickmott, www.echelon-velo.co.uk Results 1. Jon Clay (GBr) Private Member - SLRM 2. Huw Pritchard (GBr) Linda McCartney/WCU 3. Chris Newton (GBr) Middridge RT 4. Mat Illingworth (GBr) Private Member 5. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) WCPP 6. Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team Mcell 7. Mike Jones (GBr) Robert Grinsell Travel 8. Julian Winn (GBr) GS Strada Rudy Project 9. Gordon McCauley (GBr) Oleum.co.uk 10. Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Peter Read Racing/Caygill/Allsports 11. Anthony Malarczyk (GBr) Real Cost Car Imports/Stephen Roche Cycles 12. Hamish Haynes (GBr) Pricket Atom Elite/Pricket Wells 13. John Tanner (GBr) Pro Vision/PLanet X 14. Paul Pickup (GBr) Liphook Cycles RT 15. Wayne Randle (GBr) Pro Vision/X Planet 16. Will Wright (GBr) Pricket Atom Elite/Pricket Wells 17. Bryan Steel (GBr) Team Chilwell/Jim Steel 18. Chris King (GBr) Amore-e-Vita 19. Andy Lyons (GBr) Private member 20. Kevin Dawson (GBr) Peter Read Racing Winner's Palmeres - Jon Clay Horsforth, Leeds Jon is one of the best known faces in British cycling. His excellence on Road, Track and briefly mountain bike, have made him the role model for many young cyclists. He is a key member of the Team Pursuit squad, a discipline he turned to in 1996. 2000 Premier Calendar Table After Race 6: 1 Chris Newton (GBr) Middridge CRT 110 2 Jon Clay (GBr) BCF Private Member 90 3 Huw Pritchard (GBr) Linda Mccartney-WCU 89 4 Andy Lyons (GBr) BCF Private Member 85 5 John Tanner (GBr) Provision Powerbar 78 6 Wayne Randle (GBr) Provision Powerbar 71 7 Gordon Mccauley (GBr) Equilibrium Oleum RT 69 8 Kevin Dawson (GBr) Pete Reade Racing 56 9 Julian Winn (GBr) WCU-Private Member 54 10 Mark Lovatt(GBr) Provision Powerbar 49 11 Steve Stoneman (GBr) Www.Real Cost Imports 42 12 Russell Downing (GBr) BCF Private Member 40 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop /De Federale 40 12 Rod Ellingworth (GBr) Team Mcell 40 15 Mike Jones (GBr) Robert Grinsell Travel 39 16 Rob Hayles (GBr) Athletes 1 35 16 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 35 18 Aaron McCaffrey (GBr) Heffs Bike/Jackson 31 19 Ben Brooks (Aus) Linda Mccartney RT 30 20 Gethin Butler (GBr) Preston Wheelers 29 20 Danny Axford (GBr) www.real cost Imports 29 22 Antony Malarczyk (GBr) www.real cost Imports 27 23 Martin Ford (GBr) BCF Private Member 25 23 Julian Ramsbottom (GBr) Pete Reade Racing 25 23 Matt Illingworth (GBr) BCF Private Member 25 25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Wcpp 20 Premier Calendar Races in Series * 1. 12th March Oleum-Starlight Grand Prix * 2. 19th March Grand Prix of Essex Road Race * 3. 26th March Romford-Harlow Road Race * 4. 1st - 2nd April Europa 2 Day Stage Race * 5. 9th April Archer International Grand Prix RR * 6. 16th April Lancaster Mercedes Grand Prix RR 7. 22nd - 24th April Girvan Stage Race 8. 7th May Lincoln International Grand Prix RR 9. 14th May Chairman's Silver Spoon Road Race 10. 20th-21st May East Riding of Yorkshire Classic 11. 27th - 28th May Tour of the Kingdom Stage Race 12. 10th - 11th June Robert Hobbs Memorial Stage Race 13. 23rd June Manx International Road Race 14. 9th July Five Valleys Road Race 15. 30th July International Tour of the Cotswolds RR 16. 6th August Havant International Grand Prix 17. 13th August Glasgow - Dunoon Hayward Tyler Classic 18. 10th September International Tour of the Peak RR 19. 17th September Gun Hill Premier Race * RACES COMPLETED
Grand Prix LancySwterzerland, April 16, 2000 Results - 168 km 1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger 3.47.49 (44.246 km/h) 2 Stefan Ruetimann (Swi) VC Mendrisio 0.06 3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) VC Mendrisio 4 Roman Peter (Swi) Seat-Kona 5 Cristian Murro (Swi) Team Ciclisto Insubrico 6 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Saeco-Wetzikon 7 Hugo Jenni (Swi) Mephisto-Romer's 8 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Schaller-MegaShop 9 Marco Roth (Swi) Schaller-MegaShop 10 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Post Swiss Team 110 starters 75 finishers Courtesy of Velomedia Clássica de Vila Franca de XiraPóvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal, April 16, 2000 Results - 142.1 km 1. Krasimir Vassiliev (Bul) Gresco-Tavira 3.38.30 2. Joaquim Alberto Sampaio Campos (Por) Porta da Ravessa 0.11 3. Nuno Marta Duarte Silva (Por) Maia-MSS 4. Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Porta da Ravessa 5. Pedro Miguel Soeiro Miranda (Por) Boavista 6. Pedro Lourenco Martins (Por) Gresco-Tavira 7. Gustavo Miguel Otero Gomez (Spa) Porta da Ravessa 8. Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Torrie Cafés-Gondomar 9. Miguel A. M. Suarez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis-Tintas Vip-Antarte 10. Sérgio Paulinho (Por) Elite 2 Courtesy of Manuel Azevedo Dwars door het Hageland - 1.12Zoutleeuw, Belgium, April 9, 2000 Results - 132 km 1. Ronny Van Asten (Bel) JR Booischot 3.00.00 (44.00 km/h) 2. David Meys (Bel) WPC Kapelle 3. David Debremaeker (Bel) Groeninge Spurters 4. Bart Sneijers (Bel) CT 't Stoelmakerke 5. Jan Claes (Bel) Noord-Limburgse 6. Stephan Tytgadt (Bel) CT 't Stoelmakerke 7. Samuel Van Nuffelen (Bel) Cureghem Sportif 8. Chris Deckers (Bel) JR Booischot (Bel) 9. Nico Sijmens (Bel) Fortis-Merckx Boys 10. Gert Claes (Bel) Noord-Limburgse 11. Robby Pelgrims (Bel) JR Booischot 12. Lane Packwood (Usa) 13. Wim Van Rengen (Bel) Cureghem Sportif 14. Bart Vanstockstraeten (Bel) RDM-Bianchi 15. Marc Verschuren (Bel) CT 't Stoelmakerke 16. Tom Braem (Bel) KVC Heist Sportief 17. Davy Coenen (Bel) Groeninge Spurters 18. Kurt Geysen (Bel) Groeninge Spurters 19. Nico Indekeu (Bel) RDM-Bianchi 20. Tom Stubbe (Bel) Go Pass-Slagino 151 starters Courtesy of Gino van Oudenhouve Gouden Pijl - 1.12Haasrode, Belgium, April 1, 2000 Results - 150 km 1. Jan Claes (Bel) Noord-Limburgse 3.35.00 (43.902 km/h) 2. Ronny Van Asten (Bel) JR Booischot 3. Tjarco Cuppens (Ned)DCM Wielerteam 4. Patrick Stijlemans (Bel) GWSC Asse 5. Jarno Vanfrachem (Bel) WPC Kapelle 6. Koen Dierckx (Bel) KWV Turnhout 7. Bart De Boeck (Bel) GWSC Asse 8. Pieter Mertens (Bel) Balen BC 9. Robby Pelgrims (Bel) JR Booischot 10. Jasper Mermans (Bel) KVC Heist Sportief 11. Tim Meeusen (Bel) MEZ Team Belgium 12. Kurt De Pooter (Bel) Den Tip Vorselaar 13. Chris Deckers (Bel) JR Booischot 14. Chris Pollin (Bel) SG Koksijde 15. Robertino Ivanov (Nor) J&A Sport 16. Danny Van der Massen (Bel) Noord-Limburgse 17. Marc Verschuren (Bel) CT 't Stoelmakerke 18. Emmanuel Bastin (Bel) VC de l'Orne 19. Nico Ruyloft (Bel) JR Booischot 20. Frederik Toortelboom (Bel) De Lombarden 21. Stefaan Vermeersch (Bel) MEZ Team Belgium 22. Wim Van Rengen (Bel) Cureghem Sportif 23. Steven Goossens (Bel) Wielerteam Waasland 24. Martin Vestby (Nor) J&A Sport 25. Kurt Bogaerts (Bel) WPC Kapelle 26. Marcel Alma (Ned) 27. Geert Goolenaerts (Bel) Midden-Limburg 28. Kim Vandenbrande (Bel) KVC Heist Sportief 29. Joël Genette (Bel) VC de l'Orne 30. Olivier Penney (Swi) MGI Fietsen 198 starters Teams : 1. WSC Jonge Renners Booischot (Bel) 2. Wielerpromotieclub Kapelle-op-den-Bos (Bel) 3. Noord-Limburgse Wielerclub (Bel) 4. Wielerteam Waasland 5. J&A Sport Courtesy of Gino van Oudenhouve |
