26th Trofée des Grimpeurs - 1.3
France, April 30, 2000
1999 Results Past
Winners
Lap by Lap report
Courtesy of Stéphane David
85 riders were at the start under blue and sunny skies. They have to
ride 16 laps for a total distance of 133.9 km (16 x 8.3 km). At each
lap there¹s a climb (Côte de l'Ermitage, 400 meters long with a 13%)
to get over. The finish line is of course just a the top of the climb.
Lap 1: The bunch is still compact. Christian Weber (Kia-Villiger)
is first at the top followed by Sandy Casar (FDJ).
Lap 2: Charles Guilbert (Bonjour) followed by Christophe Moreau (Festina)
and Cyril Dessel (Jean Delatour) and the whole bunch, except Jeremy
Hunt (Big Mat) and Geoffrey Gremelpont (Ville de Charleroi), who recently
turned pro but seems to suffer on this kind of route.
Lap 3: 3 riders (E.Magnien (FDJ), Christophe Moreau & Charles Guilbert)
have a small advantage on the rest of the bunch: 12 seconds. Quickly,
they are back in the peloton.
Lap 4: 5 riders take advantage of the climb to escape. Laurent Desbiens
(Cofidis), Charles Guilbert (Bonjour), Jørgen Bo Petersen (Ville de
Charleroi), Felix Garcia Casas (Festina) and Christophe Oriol (Jean
Delatour) are at the front. The gap grows quickly to 15 seconds.
Lap 5: The five have roughly the same advantage on the bunch. Some
riders are in difficulty at the back, like Benoit Salmon (he was ill,
and gave up the next lap), Jean-Michel Thilloy and Thierry Gouvenou.
Lap 6: The gap is now up to 1:10 seconds. The bunch is led by Emmanuel
Magnien (FDJ) and Alexandre Moos (Kia-Villiger) to the top of the climb.
Stéphane Heulot (FDJ), the only ex-winner at the start and one of the
favourites, is forced to give up after falling 100 meters from the top
of Côte de llErmitage. Seems that he has been 'squeezed' and that he
hit a barrier.
Lap 7: The gap is remaining around a minute. Some more riders are
dropped from the bunch (e.g. Pascal Chanteur (AG2R)).
Lap 8: The 5 leaders have now an advantage of 1:45 seconds on 2 riders
from Crédit Agricole (Jenner & Voigt), followed by Christophe Moreau
(Festina) and Magnien (FDJ), and 2 minutes on the bunch containing around
50 riders.
Lap 9: The gap goes down to 1:35 seconds. The chase is mainly led
by the riders of Crédit Agricole. Some more riders dropped: Sandy Casar
(FDJ), Serguei Beloussov and Takehiro Mizutani (both Besson), Peter
Jörg and Giuseppe Atzeni (both Kia-Villiger) and further Sébastien Hinault
(Crédit Agricole).
Lap 10: Jørgen Bø Petersen (Ville de Charleroi) decides to go solo.
He's got 10 seconds on the 4 riders he had escaped with, and 1:08 on
the local rider Carlos DaCruz (Big Mat) and Jean-Cyril Robin (Bonjour),
preceeding the bunch.
Lap 11: Danish rider Jørgen Bø Petersen (an ex-mountainbiker), 30
years old 2 weeks ago, has now widened the gap to 35 seconds with Garcia
Casas, Desbiens, Oriol and Guilbert. The bunch is following at 1:20.
Lap 12: Petersen now has 50 seconds on the followers but the main
bunch is getting closer at 1:05.
Lap 13: Jørgen Bø Petersen has now increased his advantage on the
bunch (to 1:15) as Desbiens, Guilbert, Oriol and Garcia Casas have been
caught.
Lap 14: Petersen still leads. For most of the people over here he
is a genuine revelation. 6 riders decide to counter-attack: Frédéric
Bessy and Patrice Halgand (both Jean Delatour), David Moncoutié (Cofidis),
Christophe Moreau (Festina), Christophe Agnolutto (AG2R) and Walter
Beneteau (Bonjour) are just 30 seconds behind the leader. The main bunch
follows 15 seconds later.
Lap 15: (one lap to go) Petersen is heroic is still has 10 seconds
on the 6 following riders, 30 seconds on Carlos Da Cruz and 48 seconds
on the bunch.
Lap 16 (final lap): Finally, the group of 6 rejoin the Danish rider
but keep a sufficient advantage to contest the victory. The sprint is
launched by Christophe Moreau but Patrice Halgand seems the strongest
and wins the 26th Trophée des Grimpeurs.
After a good Paris-Camembert, last Tuesday (he was 5th), Patrice Halgand
will take some rest and will be back for the Midi Libre and Dauphiné
Libéré. His targets for the season are the French Champs and then to
be selected (if his team is!) for the Tour de France. There is then
a possibility for the French Squad which will contest the World Championships
in Plouay.
Results
Men - 133.2 km
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.07.32 (42.55 km/h) 50 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 35
3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 25
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 20
5 Chrsitophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.15 18
6 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville de Charleroi
7 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 0.23 14
8 Felix Garcia-Casas (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.35 12
9 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10
10 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis 8
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole 6
12 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 5
13 Christophe Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole 3
14 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93 3
15 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3
16 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chausures
17 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Kia-Villiger
19 Ivan Sastre (Esp) Festina-Lotus
20 Renaud Boxus (Bel) Ville de Charleroi
21 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole
22 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel
23 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
24 Philip Vereecke (Bel) Ville de Charleroi
25 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93
26 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93
27 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
28 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux
29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
30 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93 0.55
31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
32 David Chassot (Fra) Kia-Villiger
33 Vincent Templier (Fra) Saint Quentin
34 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 0.59
35 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.04
36 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures
37 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
38 Cyril Robin Jean (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel
39 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Française des Jeux
40 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus
41 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Aubervilliers 93
42 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 1.13
43 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.17
44 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.25
45 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 1.29
46 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.39
47 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.04
48 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.07
49 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures 4.06
50 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 5.07
51 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.13
52 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.01
53 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux 9.17
Results courtesy of Velomania
Women - 59.2 km
1 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit) Alfa Lum 1.38.47 (35.96 km/h)
2 Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra) Flandre-Artois 22 pts
3 Delphine Tonini (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 20
4 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum 19
5 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Farm Frites - Hartol
6 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) AS La Steigeoise 17
7 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ile de France 16
8 Aline Camboulives (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 15
9 Karine Dalmais (Fra) VC Lagnieu 14
10 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) UC Epernay 13
11 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team C-F 24 12
12 Séverine Desbouys (Fra) Provence 11
13 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) VS Quimpérois 10
14 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 9
15 Nadia Triquet (Fra) Moselle 0.15 8
16 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 7
17 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) ASPTT Moselle - Alsace 0.19
18 Laurence Restoin (Fra) Aquitaine 0.22 5
19 Sabine Gentieu (Fra) Aquitaine 4
20 Leigh Hobson (Can) Canada
21 Virginie Moinard (Fra) US Métro Transport
22 Laëtitia Belaud (Fra) Centre Ouest
23 Sophie Creux (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 0.31
24 Claudia Saintagne (Bre) CC Pommeuse 0.41
25 Leah Goldstein (Can) Canada 1.02
26 Emmanuel Farcy (Fra) VC Rouen 76 2.57
27 France-Line Catherine (Fra) US Métro Transport 2.59
28 Stéphanie Reymond (Fra) Team C-F 24 3.12
29 Aurélie Anaise (Fra) UC Athis La Carneille 3.13
30 Karine Saysset (Fra) VC Millau 4.44
31 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) UCC Vivonne
32 Corinne Sempe (Fra) Aquitaine
33 Delphine Guille (Fra) Centre Ouest
34 Gwenn Oster (Fra) VS Lannion - Perros-Guirrec
35 Gaëlle Brunet (Fra) Centre Ouest 4.46
36 Janildes Silva (Bre) CC Pommeuse
37 Rikke Sandhoj-Olsen (Den) Farm Frites - Hartol
38 Sonia Huguet (Fra) ASPTT Moselle - Alsace 4.52
39 Céline Bobey (Fra) ES Valettoise 4.57
40 Maud Nottebaert (Fra) Flandre-Artois 5.02
41 Emilie Harmand (Fra) Moselle 5.06
42 Solenne Pennors (Fra) CC Moncontourais
43 Chrystelle Goutelle (Fra) EC Beaujolaise
44 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) Farm Frites - Hartol
45 Rebecca Menart (Fra) Team C-F 24
46 Delphine Deschamps (Fra) ES Condé-Sur-Noireau
47 Isabelle Moulis (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 5.19
48 Rimma Iachkina (Rus) ASPTT Moselle - Alsace 5.24
49 Chantal Gorostegui (Fra) Team C-F 24
50 Estelle Lehmann (Fra) ASPTT Moselle - Alsace
51 Sylvie Levillain (Fra) VC Rouen 76 9.10
52 Blandine Camus (Fra) Charvieu-Chavagneu 9.58
53 Fabienne Paire (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 10.53
54 Soledad Manias (Fra) Moselle
55 Odile Carre (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées
56 Stéphanie Cresson (Fra) Flandre-Artois 11.00
57 Karine Martino (Fra) US Métro Transport 11.03
58 Emilie Bailly (Fra) Centre Ouest 11.07
59 Sophie Laurenceau (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise
60 Isabelle Herve (Fra) Centre Ouest
61 Anne Colin (Fra) Centre Ouest 11.28
62 Aude Le Gall (Fra) VC Quintin 16.55
Coupe De France standings after 3 rounds:
1 Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra) Flandre-Artois 61 pts
2 Fany Lecourtois (Fra) Alfa Lum 61
3 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) AS La Steigeoise 60
4 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra) UC Epernay 45
5 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 42
6 Karine Dalmais (Fra) VC Lannieu 40
7 Aline Camboulives (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 33
8 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) Finistere 32
9 Marion Clignet (Fra) Acca Due O - Lorena 25
10 Séverine Desbouys (Fra) Provence 24
11 Elodie Touffet (Fra) Pays de Loire 23
12 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team CF 24 23
13 Laurence Restoin (Fra) Aquitaine 21
14 Delphine Tonini (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 20
15 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) Ile de France 16
16 Sandrine Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 16
17 Albine Caillie (Fra) Ile de France 15
18 Odile Carre (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 12
19 Sophie Creux (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 11
20 Emmanuelle Farcy (Fra) Seine-Maritime 10
21 Laëtitia Belaud (Fra) Pays de Loire 10
22 Sabine Gentieu (Fra) Aquitaine 10
23 Isabelle Nicoloso-Verger (Fra) Condé Sur Noireau 8
24 Nadia Triquet (Fra) Moselle 8
25 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) ASPTT Moselle 6
26 Virginie Moinard (Fra) Ile de France 5
27 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) UCC Vivonne 5
28 Karine Peter (Fra) Team CF 24 4
29 Corinne Sempe (Fra) France Police 4
Results courtesy of Velomania
Preview
The 26th edition of this French race to be held today is run on the
hilly circuit of Argenteuil-Sannois in the western suburbs of Paris.
'Grimpeur' means 'climber' in French and this race has no shortage of
ups and downs. The circuit is 8.3 kilometres long and is completed 16
times, for a total distance of 133.9 kilometres. The main obstacle is
the Côte de l'Ermitage (300 m high at 13%), which usually sorts out
the best climber after 17 laps. The race is part of the Coupe de France,
currently led by Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu, but this is certainly not his
preferred course.
It is more likely one for the likes of Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour),
Didier Rous (Bonjour), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Stéphane Heulot (FdJ),
and Benoit Salmon (Ag2r). Also, Credit Agricole's Jens Voigt and Bobby
Julich (2nd last year) are good picks. Festina (C. Moreau), Saint-Quentin,
Besson, Charleroi, and Kia are some of the other teams in the race.
The race is organised by Josette Leulliot, who used to run Paris-Nice
before she sold it to Laurent Fignon. This year, she has introduced
a women's edition, to be raced over 59.2 kilometres. Lithuanian Edita
Pucinskaite, Jeannie Longo, Fany Lecourtois and Juliette Vandekerkhove
are some of the names down to ride.
Past
Winners
1994 Richard Virenque (Fra)
1995 Armand de las Cuevas (Fra)
1996 Stéphane Heulot
1997 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
1998 Pascal Hervé (Fra) 133.3 kms in 3.14.03
1999 Laurent Roux (Fra) Casino 133.3 kms in 3.09.47
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