37th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5France, August 31-September 9, 20001999 Results Preview Start list Past Winners The Stages
PreviewThe "race of the future" as it is known in English, this 10 stage race is important for under 25 riders to strut their stuff in front of potential team directors over a challenging course. It takes in portions of the great stages of the Tour de France, and is a similar format with alternating flat, mountain and time trial stages. The route is such that the 7th and 8th stages could prove the decisive ones, finishing in Oyonnax and Le Grand Bornand respectively. This year will see the presence of some of the young squads of the Spanish teams, ONCE, Banesto and Euskaltel, and they will be closely watched as last year's first and second place overall (Unai Osa and David Latasa) were both Banesto riders. A Spaniard with potential in the 2000 race is David Canada (ONCE) who has already had quite a solid season. US rider, Floyd Landis was third last year and is certainly in top form, having just won the 2.4 Tour Du Poitou-Charentes in fine style. Other riders to watch include Sven Montgomery (FdJ), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Ivan Gutierrez (ONCE) and Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei).
Starting listManheim Auctions-Mercury Mapei-Quick Step 1 Floyd Landis (USA) 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) 2 Baden Cooke (Aus) 12 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) 3 Scott Davis (Aus) 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 4 Will Frischkorn (USA) 14 Luca Paolini (Ita) 5 Phil Zajicek (USA) 15 Eddy Ratti (Ita) 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) 16 Charles Wegelius (GBr) O.N.C.E-Deutsche Bank Cofidis 21 David Canada (Spa) 31 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) 22 Xavier Florencio (Spa) 32 Tom Flammang (Lux) 23 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 33 Stéphane Krafft (Fra) 24 Gaitza Lejarreta (Spa) 34 Thierry Loder (Fra) 25 Isidro Nozal (Spa) 35 David Moncoutie (Fra) 26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) 36 Janeck Tombak (Est) Francaise Des Jeux Credit Agricole 41 Sandy Casar (Fra) 51 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 42 Thomas Bodo (Fra) 52 Sébastien Fournier (Fra) 43 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 53 Marcel Gono (Aus) 44 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 54 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 45 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 55 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) 56 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi Bonjour-Toupargel 61 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 62 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 72 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) 63 Iker Flores (Spa) 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) 64 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 74 Sébastien Joly (Fra) 65 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) 75 Noan Lelarge (Fra) 66 Josu Silloniz (Spa) 76 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Jean Delatour Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Grégory Lapalud (Fra) 91 Christian Charriere (Swi) 82 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) 92 David Derepas (Fra) 83 Ivaîlo Gabrovski (Bul) 93 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 84 Eddy Lembo (Fra) 94 Uwe Straumann (Swi) 85 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) 95 Jochen Summer (Aut) 86 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) 96 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Post Swiss Team Big Mat-Auber 93 101 Reto Bergmann (Swi) 111 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 102 Mathias Braun (Swi) 112 Stéphane Berges (Fra) 103 Martin Cotar (Cro) 113 Cédric Jourdan (Fra) 104 Christian Heule (Swi) 114 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) 105 Christian Poos (Lux) 115 Jay Sweet (Aus) 106 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 116 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx Besson Chaussures 121 Tom Stremersch (Bel) 131 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) 122 Davy Daniels (Bel) 132 Médéric Clain (Fra) 123 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) 133 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) 124 Jurgen Guns (Bel) 134 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) 125 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) 135 Mickael Leveau (Fra) 126 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) 136 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Spain-Banesto France 141 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) 151 Stéphane Auroux (Fra) 142 Jon Bru (Spa) 152 Gilles Canouet (Fra) 143 Oscar Garcia (Spa) 153 Laurent Chotard (Fra) 144 Koldo Gil (Spa) 154 Raphael Jeune (Fra) 145 Sandro Guttinger (Swi) 155 Romain Mary (Fra) 146 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 156 Anthony Testa (Fra) Netherlands-Rabobank United States 161 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) 171 David Zabriskie (USA) 162 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 172 Damon Kluck (USA) 163 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) 173 Donny Lopez (USA) 164 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned) 174 Aaron Olson (USA) 165 Mark Vlijm (Ned) 175 Joshua Thornton (USA) 166 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) 176 Derek Wilkerson (USA) Ukraine Canada 181 Serhiy Bodachov (Ukr) 191 Michael Barry (Can) 182 Serhiy Hrechyn (Ukr) 192 Charles Dionne (Can) 183 Andriy Korolyov (Ukr) 193 Cory Lange (Can) 184 Yuriy Krivtcov (Ukr) 194 Martin Saint-Laurent (Can) 185 Sergiy Stanishevskiy (Ukr) 195 Svein Tuff (Can) 186 Anatoliy Stepanyuk (Ukr) 196 Mark Walters (Can) Luxembourg France Ouest 201 Franck Schleck (Lux) 211 Tony Cavet (Fra) 202 Max Becker (Lux) 212 Franck Charrier (Fra) 203 Steve Fogen (Lux) 213 Stéphane Couge (Fra) 204 Kim Kirchen (Lux) 214 Samuel Gicquel (Fra) 205 Marc Vanacker (Lux) 215 Cédric Loue (Fra) 206 Christian Weyland (Lux) 216 Denis Salmon (Fra) Thanks to Daniel Schamps for the start list Past WinnersYear Winner Best Team Distance Stages Tour de l'Avenir: 1961 De Rosso (Ita) Spain 2209 km 14 1962 Gomez Del Moral (Spa) Netherlands 2120 km 14 1963 Zimmermann (Fra) Spain 2060 km 14 1964 Gimondi (Ita) Spain 2021 km 13 1965 Diaz (Spa) Spain 2167 km 12 1966 Denti (Ita) Italy 1955 km 12 1967 Robini (Fra) France 1560 km 10 1968 Boulard (Fra) France 1567 km 12 1969 Zoetemelk (Ned) Netherlands 1846 km 10 Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers): 1970 Duchemin (Fra) France 779 km 4 1971 Ovion (Fra) France 1638 km 11 1972 Den Hertog (Ned) Netherlands 1618 km 13 1973 Baronchelli (Ita) Switzerland 1480 km 11 1974 Martinez (Spa) Poland 1296 km 11 1976 Nilsson (Swe) Spain 1017 km 9 1977 Schepers (Bel) Belgium 1597 km 12 1978 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1577 km 12 1979 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1643 km 12 1980 Florez (Col) USSR 1629 km 12 1981 Simon (Fra) USSR 1514 km 14 1982 Lemond (USA) East Germany 1382 km 11 1983 Ludwig (DDR) East Germany 1959 km 15 1984 Mottet (Fra) Renault 1620 km 12 1985 Ramirez (Col) Cafe de Colombia 1612 km 13 Tour of the European Community: 1986 Indurain (Spa) System U 1712 km 14 1987 Madiot (Fra) France 1719 km 12 1988 Fignon (Fra) France 1846 km 12 1989 Lino (Fra) RMO 1440 km 9 1990 Bruyneel (Bel) Toshiba 1370 km 10 Tour de l'Avenir: 1992 Garel (Fra) RMO 1528 km 12 1993 Davy (Fra) Castorama 1543 km 12 1994 Casero (Spa) Banesto 1591 km 11 1995 Magnien (Fra) Castorama 1614 km 11 1996 Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 1858 km 11 1997 Roux (Fra) TVM 1344 km 9 1998 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Casino 1471 km 12 1999 Unai Osa (Spa) Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |