48th Circuit de la Sarthe - 2.4

France, April 4-7, 2000

1999 Results          Teams     

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - April 4: Mayenne - Mayenne, 165.6 km
  • Stage 2 - April 5: Mayenne - Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe, 220.8 km
  • Stage 3 - April 6: Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe - Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais, 196.9 km
  • Stage 4 - April 7: Durtal - Durtal ITT, 23.3 km
  • Stage 5 - April 7: Durtal - Sablé-sur-Sarthe, 99.4 km

Preview

This stage race is held along the Sarthe river in the Le Mans area, more famous for the 24 hour car race in June. Sometimes even the racing circuit has been used in the cycle race. The race often attracts good riders, although Norwegian Steffen Kjaergaard was a sensation last year. It is often a race for sprinters where the finishing ITT decides the final outcome.

Memorycard has a strong outfit as well as Crédit Acricole. The two contenders for a Tour de France ticket, Jean Delatour and Bonjour also have good line ups with Brochard and Simon as captains.

Participating teams

Mapei-Quick Step               Telekom-ARD 
1 Crescenzo D'Amore            11 Jens Heppner
2 Nicola Chesini               12 Matthias Kessler
3 Leif Hoste                   13 Giovanni Lombardi
4 Daniele Nardello             14 Stefan Schreck
5 Antoni Rizzi                 15 Raphael Schweda
6 Charly Wegelius              16 Jörn Reuss
    
Once-Deutsche Bank             Banesto  
21 David Cañada                31 Marzio Bruseghin
22 Rafael Diaz                 32 Alberto Benito
23 Isidro Nozal                33 Eladio Jimenez
24 José Ivan Gutierrez         34 Pablo Lastras
25 Nicolas Jalabert            35 Denis Menchov
26 Marcos Serrano              36 Cesar Solaun
    
Cofidis                        Tönissteiner  
41 David Millar                51 Bert Roesems
42 Laurent Desbiens            52 Marc Chanoine
43 Laurent Lefevre             53 Nicolas Coudray
44 Francis Moreau              54 Davy Delme
45 Massimiliano Lelli          55 Jonas Emanuelson
46 Roland Meier                56 Kees Hopmans
    
Kelme-Costa Blanca             Memory Card-Jack & Jones
61 Francisco Cabello           71 Bo Hamburger
62 Isaac Galvez                72 Mikael Holst Kyneb
63 Angel Vidal                 73 Martin Rittsel
64 Ruben Galvan                74 Michael Blaudzun
65 Alvaro Forner               75 Jakob Storm Piil
66 Francisco Leon              76 Arvis Piziks
    
Festina                        Ag2R Prevoyance 
81 Angel Luis Casero           91 Philippe Bordenave
82 Marcel Wust                 92 Benoît Salmon
83 Rafael Casero               93 Gilles Maignan
84 Pascal Lino                 94 Arturas Kasputis
85 Christophe Moreau           95 David Delrieu
86 Angel Sainz De La Maza      96 Ludovic Turpin
    
La Francaise Des Jeux          Jean Delatour  
101 Sandy Casar                111 Laurent Brochard
102 Jimmy Casper               112 Christophe Bassons
103 Sven Montgomery            113 Bruno Thibout
104 Stéphane Heulot            114 Eddy Seigneur
105 Emmanuel Magnien           115 Francisque Teyssier
106 Bradley McGee              116 Jérôme Bernard
    
Credit Agricole                Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Christopher Boardman       131 Inigo Chaurreau
122 Bobby Julich               132 Gorka Arrizalbalaga
123 Jens Voigt                 133 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta
124 Jonathan Vaughters         134 Roberto Laiseka
125 Fabrice Gougot             135 Mikel Pradera
126 Christopher Jenner         136 Aimar Zubeldia
    
Bonjour                        Team Gerolsteiner  
141 François Simon             151 Branko Filip
142 Jean-Cyril Robin           152 Volker Ordowski
143 Didier Rous                153 Uwe Peschel
144 Frédéric Mainguenaud       154 Uwe Hardter
145 Mickaël Pichon             155 Scott McGrory
146 Pascal Derame              156 Andreas Sauerborn
    
Amica Chips                    Big Mat-Auber 93  
161 Fabio Malberti             171 Guillaume Auger
162 Alain Turicchia            172 Christophe Capelle
163 Davide Scalmana            173 Thierry Gouvenou
164 Mauro Gerosa               174 Jeremy Hunt
165 Giuseppe Palumbo           175 Loïc Lamouller
166 Daniele Galli              176 Alexei Sivakov
    
Besson Chaussures    
181 Dimitri Fofonov  
182 Serguei Yakovlev  
183 Christophe Gauthier  
184 Médéric Clain  
185 Nicolas Dumont  
186 Sébastien Laroche

Recent winners

National race

1953 Hays (Fra)
1954 René Fourniére (Fra)
1955 Bernard (Fra)
1956 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra)
1957 Guerin (Fra)
1958 (2) Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra)
1959 (3) Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra)
1960 André Foucher (Fra)
1961 Jeugnet (Fra)
1962 Hubert Ferrer (Fra)
1963 Juin (Fra)

International race

1964 Cosseron (Fra)
1965 Lopez-Rodriguez (Spa)
1966 Matignon (Fra)
1967 Grumbert (Fra)
1968 (2) Grumbert (Fra)
1969 Richard Szurkowski (Pol)
1970 Lechatellier (Fra)
1971 Neloubine (Rus)
1972 Régis Ovion (Fra)
1973 Gorelov (Rus)
1974 Sko-zyrev (Rus)

Open race (professional/amateur)

1975 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1976 (2) Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1977 Aavo Pikkuus (Rus/Am.)
1978 Bernd Drogan (DDR/Am.)
1979 Christian Muselet
1980 Greg LeMond (USA)
1981 Youri Barinov (Rus/Am.)
1982 Ivan Mitchenko (Rus/Am.)
1983 Pascal Jules (Fra)
1984 Claude Moreau (Fra)
1985 (2) Pascal Jules (Fra)
1986 Didier Garcia (Fra)
1987 Pjotr Ugrumov (Rus)
1988 Thierry Marie (Fra)
1989 Thierry Laurent (Fra)
1990 Di-mitry Zdanov (Rus/Am.)
1991 Bruno Cornillet (Fra)
1992 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra)
1993 (2) Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra)
1994 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)
1995 (2) Thierry Marie (Fra)
1996 Adriano Baffi (Ita)
1997 Melchor Mauri (Spa)
1998 (2) Melchor Mauri (Spa)
1999 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)

Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, Berlin