61st Paris-Camembert, Cat 1.2France, April 25, 20001999 results Teams Past winners Rous solos in from Armstrong
Lance Armstrong (USPS) produced his best result this season after finishing second in the French semi-classic Paris-Camembert Tuesday. The winner, Didier Rous (Bonjour) took his first victory since he won a stage in the 1997 Tour de France. He won by attacking eight kilometres from the finish after the remnants of an earlier attack 75 kilometres from the finish were caught. Igor Flores (Euskaltel), Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) and Yvon Ledanois (FDJ), had been caught by Rous, Armstrong, Ivanov (Farm Frites), Salmon (Ag2R), Extebarria and Zubeldia (both Euskaltel) at the Mur des Champeaux, the toughest passage of the race in the village of Camembert. Rous got around fifteen seconds before the others raised the speed but six were were left at the finish line. A victory well deserved by Rous. "You can't imagine how happy I am. I have been second here before (behind Baffi in 1996). This is something of a revenge", said the happy Frenchman after the race. He had a little more revenge as in 1996 he was second in Flèche Wallonne behind Lance Armstrong. Results - 208 km1 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 4.46.00 50 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 0.06 3 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) La Française des Jeux 20 5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 18 6 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16 7 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 8 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.46 8 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 12 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) La Française des Jeux 3 14 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 15 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 17 Bruno Boscardin (Ita) Post Swiss Team 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole 19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) St Quentin-Oktos 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 Christian Poos (Lux) Post Swiss team 23 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service Service 26 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 28 Steve Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 29 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 31 David Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 32 Mathias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 33 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 35 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak 36 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 37 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 38 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 39 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 40 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux 41 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures 42 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 43 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Alberto Lopez-Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 47 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville de Charleroi 0.56 49 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 1.32 50 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Française des Jeux 51 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 53 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 54 Philip Vereecke (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 55 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 57 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 58 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 59 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 60 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 61 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 62 Steve Vermaut (Bel) US Postal Service 63 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Martin Cotar (Cro) Post Swiss Team 3.43 65 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 3.52 66 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole 67 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.00 68 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 69 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 70 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 71 Tom Desmet (Bel) Tonissteiner 72 Emanuele Negreni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 73 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 5.00 74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 75 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 76 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 77 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 78 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Linda McCartney 80 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 82 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 83 Matthew Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 8.44 84 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures 85 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 180 starters 85 finishers Coupe de France Classification after eight rounds: 1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon 110 pts 2. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 101 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole 87 4. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 53 5. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 51 6. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 38 6. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38 8. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon 35 8. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 35 8. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93 35 Teams: 1. Crédit Agricole 80 pts 2. Bonjour-Tourpargel 54 3. La Française des Jeux 54 4. Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon 43 5. Big Mat-Auber 93 39 6. Cofidis 38 7. Jean Delatour 37 8. Besson Chaussures 34 9. Festina-Lotus 29 10. Saint-Quentin Oktos 17 PreviewLance Armstrong is visiting the land of the cheese Tuesday for the semi-classic Paris-Camembert, eighth stage in the Coupe de France. The race starts in Magnanville in the Seine valley and winds westwards to Normandy, passing the famous cheese village Camembert 13 kilometres from the finish in Vimoutiers. After Camembert the riders will meet the main difficulty in the Mur des Champeaux, a 17 per cent climb. Other riders in the race are Belgian Andrei Tchmil, who won in 1995, Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu, who leads the Coupe de France and Laurent Brochard, his major French opponent in the series. Participating teams:Cofidis (Desbiens, Millar, Moncoutié) Festina La Française des Jeux (Heulot, Magnien) AG2R (Kivilev, Kirsipuu) Crédit Agricole (Vaughters) Bonjour (Robin, Simon) Jean Delatour (Brochard) Besson Saint-Quentin BigMat Lotto (Tchmil) Tönissteiner Charleroi Collstrop Cantina Tollo Farm Frites Euskaltel Linda McCartney Post Swiss Phonak US Postal (Armstrong) ZVVZ Alexia Alessio Past WinnersParis-Vimoutiers, 1906-1942 1906 Mary (Fra) 1934 Louis Thietard (Fra) 1935 Marcel Bat (Fra) 1936 Yvon Marie (Fra) 1937 André Auville (Fra) 1938 Jean-Marie Goasmat (Fra) 1939 Pierre Cloarec (Fra) 1942 Joseph Goutourbe (Fra) Paris-Camembert (Trophée Lepetit) 1943 Victor Cosson (Fra) 1944 Maurice De Muer (Fra) 1946 Paul Neri (Ita) 1947 Robert Dorgebray (Fra) 1948 Raoul Remy (Fra) 1949 Jean Rey (Fra) 1950 Ange Le Strat (Fra) 1951 Jean Baldassari (Fra) 1952 Robert Varnajo (Fra) 1953 Jean Gueguen (Fra) 1954 Gilbert Bauvin (Fra) 1955 Jean-Marie Cieleska (Fra) 1956 René Fournier (Fra) 1957 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 1958 Nicolas Barone (Fra) 1959 Nicolas Barone (Fra) 1960 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 1961 Jean-Claude Annaert (Fra) 1962 Piet Rentmeester (Ned) 1963 Jacques Simon (Fra) 1964 Arie Den Hertog (Ned) 1965 Pierre Everaert (Fra) 1966 Desire Letort (Fra) 1967 Georges Chappe (Fra) 1968 Harry Stevens (Ned) 1969 Raymond Riotte (Fra) 1970 Georges Chappe (Fra) 1971 Gerard Moneyron (Fra) 1972 José Catieau (Fra) 1973 Regis Delephin (Fra) 1974 Alain Santy (Fra) 1975 Raymond Martin (Fra) 1976 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1977 Hubert Linard (Fra) 1978 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1979 Raymond Martin (Fra) 1980 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (Fra) 1981 Guy Gallopin (Fra) 1982 Christian Jourdan (Fra) 1983 Christian Jourdan (Fra) 1984 Hubert Linard (Fra) 1985 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1986 Kim Andersen (Den) 1987 Mathieu Hermans (Ned) 1988 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1989 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 1990 Thierry Marie (Fra) 1991 Brian Holm (Den) 1992 Patrice Esnault (Fra) 1993 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) 1994 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) 1995 Andrej Tchmil (Mol) 1996 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 1997 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 1998 Pascal Lino (Fra) 1999 Fabio Fontanelli (Ita)Past winners from Mario Stiehl in Berlin |
