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87th Meisterschaft von Zürich - CDM
Zürich, Switzerland, August 20, 2000
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The 2000 World Cup moves to Switzerland for the third last round of this season, the Meisterschaft von Zürich (Championship of Zürich). It is the 87th edition of this race and a total of 20 eight man teams are expected, one of the strongest fields ever. 18 first division teams as well as two wild card entries, Phonak Hearing Systems and Post Swiss. The only division one teams not taking the start are Banesto, Kelme, and Vitalicio-Seguros, with US Postal a late addition.
This means that the top 10 riders in the World Cup will be on the start line (except for the injured Johan Museeuw): Erik Zabel, Andrei Tchmil, Peter Van Petegem, Romans Vainsteins, Paolo Bettini, Fabio Baldato, Oscar Freire, Zbigniew Spruch, and Gabriele Missaglia. In addition, top riders such as Francesco Casagrande, Jan Ullrich, Davide Rebellin, Michele Bartoli, Richard Virenque, Oscar Camenzind, and Markus Zberg will line up for this challenging event. One other interesting re-entry in the majors: Swedish Michael Andersson building up for the Olympic TT by joining Mercatone Uno.
It is markedly different from the last two rounds, HEW Cyclassics and Clasica San Sebastian, with a hilly parcours involving 3,420m of climbing. A total of 6x41.4 km laps adding up to 248 kilometres have to be tackled on steep hilly and narrow roads around Zürich, with the climbs of the Pfannenstiel and Forch the main difficulties. Last year's event was voted by the UCI as one of the best World Cups along with Milan-San Remo, and with a big sponsorship from Siemens and APG this year (and for the next three), the 2000 edition should be equally as good.
1999 winner, Gregorz Gwiazdowski (then riding for Cofidis, now for FdJ) will be there to defend his title on Sunday, but he will be a rank outsider this year. Last year's effort was brave and unexpected after he attacked his breakaway companions, Laurent Brochard and Jörg Jaksche on the last descent and amazingly held off the peloton after over 200 kilometres away. Coming across the line, he couldn't even raise his arms and was absolutely exhausted. A repeat this year is unlikely, given the field, but another "unknown" may try his hand.
There is no question that the course suits power climbers like Tchmil, Casagrande, Bettini, Bartoli, and Rebellin. Definitely not Erik Zabel, who will likely lose some his 124 point buffer to Andrei Tchmil. Could the perennially consistent Belgian pull off the incredible, and beat Zabel in a late charge for the World Cup? This race will be critical if that is to be the case.
Complete Starting List
As of August 18
La Francaise Des Jeux Ag2R Prevoyance
1 Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) 11 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 13 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 14 David Delrieu (Fra)
5 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) 15 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu)
6 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 16 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra)
8 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
Reserves:
Laurent Estadieu (Fra)
Innar Mandoja (Est)
Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport Cofidis
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) 31 Steve De Wolf (Bel)
22 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 32 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
23 Diego Ferrari (Ita) 33 Stéphane Krafft (Fra)
24 Marco Gili (Ita) 34 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
25 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) 35 Thierry Loder (Fra)
26 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) 36 Roland Meier (Swi)
27 Alain Turicchia (Ita) 37 David Moncoutie (Fra)
28 Fabio Malberti (Ita) 38 Chris Peers (Bel)
Reserves: Reserves:
Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
Vitaly Kokorin (Rus) Nico Mattan (Bel)
Farm Frites Fassa Bortolo
41 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) 51 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
42 Steven Kleynen (Bel) 52 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
43 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) 53 Dario Frigo (Ita)
44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) 54 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr)
45 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) 55 Dmitri Konychev (Rus)
46 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 56 Nicola Loda (Ita)
47 Wim Van Sevenant (Bel) 57 Andrea Peron (Ita)
48 Pieter Vries (Ned) 58 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
Reserves: Reserves:
Andreas Klier (Ger) Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Wladimir Belli (Ita)
Festina Lampre-Daikin
61 Stéphane Augé (Fra) 71 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 72 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
63 Florent Brard (Fra) 73 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
64 Andy Flickinger (Fra) 74 Massimo Codol (Ita)
65 Rolf Huser (Swi) 75 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
66 Fabian Jeker (Swi) 76 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
67 Michel Klinger (Swi) 77 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
68 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
Reserves: Reserves:
Sascha Henrix (Ger) Ludo Dierckxens (Bel)
Pascal Lino (Fra) Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
Liquigas-Pata Lotto-Adecco
81 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 91 Mario Aerts (Bel)
82 Stefano Cattai (Ita) 92 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
83 Fausto Dotti (Ita) 93 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
84 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) 94 Serge Baguet (Bel)
85 Cristian Moreni (Ita) 95 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel)
86 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
87 Andrej Teteriouk (Kaz) 97 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
88 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) 98 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)
Reserves: Reserves:
Daniele Contrini (Ita) Glenn D'Hollander (Bel)
Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel)
Mapei-Quick Step Memorycard-Jack & Jones
101 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 111 Bo Hamburger (Den)
102 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 112 Michael Blaudzun (Den)
103 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 113 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den)
104 Oscar Freire (Spa) 114 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
105 Axel Merckx (Bel) 115 Jakob Storm Piil (Den)
106 David Tani (Ita) 116 Allan Johansen (Den)
107 Andrea Noe (Ita) 117 Mikael Kyneb (Den)
108 Luca Scinto (Ita) 118 Rene Jörgensen (Den)
Reserves: Reserves:
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Bjarke Nielsen (Den)
Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)
Mercatone Uno-Albacom O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
121 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 131 David Canada (Spa)
122 Marco Velo (Ita) 132 Rafael Diaz (Spa)
123 Giammario Ortenzi (Ita) 133 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
124 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) 134 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
125 Massimo Cigana (Ita) 135 Peter Luttenberger (Aut)
126 Oscar Mason (Ita) 136 Isidro Nozal (Spa)
127 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) 137 Abraham Olano (Spa)
128 Michele Coppolillo (Ita) 138 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
Reserves:
Michael Andersson (Swe)
Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita)
Phonak Hearing Systems Polti
141 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 151 Mirko Celestino (Ita)
142 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 152 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)
143 Christian Charriere (Swi) 153 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita)
144 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 154 José Gonzalez Uria (Spa)
145 Stefan Richner (Swi) 155 Daniel Clavero (Spa)
146 Jochen Summer (Aut) 156 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa)
147 René Stadelmann (Swi) 157 Enrico Cassani (Ita)
148 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 158 Ivan Gotti (Ita)
Reserves: Reserves:
Uwe Straumann (Swi) Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
Alexandre Usov (Blr) Mirco Crepaldi (Ita)
Post Swiss Team Rabobank
161 Pierre Ackermann (Swi) 171 Michael Boogerd (Ned)
162 Roger Beuchat (Swi) 172 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
163 Bruno Boscardin (Swi) 173 Erik Dekker (Ned)
164 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 174 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
165 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) 175 Marc Lotz (Ned)
166 Christian Heule (Swi) 176 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
167 Dirk Mueller (Ger) 177 Marc Wauters (Bel)
168 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 178 Markus Zberg (Swi)
Reserves: Reserves:
Christian Sidler (Swi) Beat Zberg (Swi)
Mathias Braun (Swi) Jan Boven (Ned)
Christian Poos (Lux)
Martin Cotar (Cro)
Saeco-Valli & Valli Team Deutsche Telekom
181 Daniel Atienza (Swi) 191 Udo Bölts (Ger)
182 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 192 Alberto Elli (Ita)
183 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 193 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
184 Armin Meier (Swi) 194 Kai Hundertmark (Ger)
185 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 195 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
186 Igor Pugaci (Mda) 196 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)
187 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 197 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
188 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) 198 Erik Zabel (Ger)
Reserves: Reserves:
Biagio Conte (Ita) Rolf Aldag (Ger)
Joerg Ludewig (Ger) Jens Heppner (Ger)
US Postal Service Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
201 Lance Armstrong (USA) 211 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
202 Jamie Burrow (Gbr) 212 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
203 Viatchevlav Ekimov (Rus) 213 Massimo Donati (Ita)
204 Tyler Hamilton (USA) 214 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
205 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 215 Guido Trentin (Ita)
206 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 216 Filippo Casagrande (Ita)
207 Kevin Livingston (USA) 217 Ruggero Borghi (Ita)
208 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 218 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita)
Reserves: Reserves:
Benoît Joachim (Lux) Mauro Zanetti (Ita)
Patrick Jonker (Aus) Stefan Ruetimann (Swi)
Stive Vermaut (Bel)
Past Winners
First Second Third 1914 Henri Rheinwald (Swi) Otto Wiedmer (Swi) Robert Chopard (Swi) 1917 Charles Martinet (Ita) Josi Zorloni (Swi) Pascal Valentini (Ita) 1918 Anton Sieger (Swi) Jakob Sieger (Swi) Heinrich Wegmann (Swi) 1919 Henri Suter (Swi) Emile Strasser (Swi) Hans Lienhard (Swi) 1920 Henri Suter (Swi) Josi Zorloni (Swi) F. Francescon (Ita) 1921 Ricardo Maffeo (Ita) A. Bani (Ita) Alf Dätwiler (Swi) 1922 Henri Suter (Swi) Hermann Gehrig (Swi) Louis Krauss (Swi) 1923 Adolf Huschke (Ger) Henri Suter (Swi) Kastor Notter (Swi) 1924 Henri Suter (Swi) Kastor Notter (Swi) Max Sutter (Swi) 1925 Hans Kaspar (Swi) Henri Reymond (Swi) Marcel Perriere (Swi) 1926 Albert Blattmann (Swi) Otto Lehner (Swi) Oskar Tietz (Ger) 1927 Kastor Notter (Swi) Oskar Tietz (Ger) Félix Manthey (Ger) 1928 Henri Suter (Swi) Albert Meyer (Swi) Henri Reymond (Swi) 1929 Henri Suter (Swi) Ludwig Geyer (Ger) Jozef Zind (Ger) 1930 Omer Taverne (Bel) Désiré Louesse (Bel) Max Bulla (Aut) 1931 Max Bulla (Aut) Karl Altenburger (Ger) Albert Buchi (Swi) 1932 Auguste Erne (Swi) Alfred Bula (Swi) Karl Altenburger (Ger) 1933 Walter Blattmann (Swi) Alfred Bula (Swi) Willi Kutschbach (Ger) 1934 Paul Egli (Swi) Auguste Erne (Swi) Alfred Bula (Swi) 1935 Paul Egli (Swi) Leo Amberg (Swi) Walter Blattmann (Swi) 1936 Werner Buchwalder (Swi) Jean Wauters (Bel) Auguste Erne (Swi) 1937 Leo Amberg (Swi) Ed Buchwalder (Swi) Werner Buchwalder (Swi) 1938 Hans Martin (Swi) Walter Blattmann (Swi) Paul Egli (Swi) 1939 Karl Litschi (Swi) Werner Buchwalder (Swi) Walter Gross (Swi) 1940 Robert Zimmermann (Swi) Walter Diggelmann (Swi) R. Breitenmoser (Swi) 1941 Walter Diggelmann (Swi) Hans Maag (Swi) Paul Egli (Swi) 1942 Paul Egli (Swi) Walter Diggelmann (Swi) Hans Knecht (Swi) 1943 Ferdy Kübler (Swi) Kurt Zogg (Swi) Walter Diggelmann (Swi) 1944 Ernst Naef (Swi) E. Kuhn (Swi) Hans Knecht (Swi) 1945 Leo Weilemann (Swi) Hans Maag (Swi) Ernst Naef (Swi) 1946 Gino Bartali (Ita) Fausto Coppi (Ita) H. Bolliger (Swi) 1947 Charles Guyot (Swi) Renzo Zanazzi (Ita) Ferdi Kübler (Swi) 1948 Gino Bartali (Ita) Ernest Stettler (Swi) Hans Schütz (Ita) 1949 Fritz Schaer (Swi) C. Danguillaume (F) Gottfried Weilenmann (Swi) 1950 Fritz Schaer (Swi) Ferdi Kübler (Swi) Désiré Keteleer (Bel) 1951 Jean Brun (Swi) Fritz Schaer (Swi) Hans Sommer (Swi) 1952 Hugo Koblet (Swi) Carlo Clerici (Swi) Fritz Schaer (Swi) 1953 Eugen Kamber (Swi) Arm. Para (Ita) Carlo Clerici (Swi) 1954 Hugo Koblet (Swi) Eugen Kamber (Swi) Jean Brun (Swi) 1955 Max Schellenberg (Swi) Carlo Lafranchi (Swi) Roland Callebout (Bel) 1956 Carlo Clerici (Swi) Giuseppe Cainero (Ita) Heinz Graf (Swi) 1957 Hans Junkermann (Ger) R. Filippi (Ita) L. van der Elst (Bel) 1958 Giuseppe Cainero (Ita) Hans Junkermann (Ger) Heinz Graf (Swi) 1959 Angelo Conterno (Ita) Heinz Graf (Swi) Otto Altweck (Ger) 1960 Freddy Ruegg (Swi) Alc. Vaucher (Swi) Arrigo Padovan (Ita) 1961 Rolf Maurer (Swi) Heinz Graf (Swi) Andre Noyelle (Bel) 1962 Jan Janssen (Ned) Marc Ongenae (Bel) Raf Gijsles (Ned) 1963 Franco Balmanion (Ita) Angelo Conterno (Swi) Vend Barriliera (Ita) 1964 Guido Reibrouck (Bel) Gastone Nencini (Ita) Robert Hintermüller (Swi) 1965 Franco Bitossi (Ita) Roland Zoeffel (Swi) Jan Hugens (Ned) 1966 Italo Zilioli (Ita) Luc Armani (Ita) Francis Blanc (Swi) 1967 Robert Hagmann (Swi) Paul Zollinger (Swi) Louis Pfenninger (Swi) 1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita) Walter van Sweevelt (Bel) Marino Basso (Ita) 1969 Roger Swerts (Bel) Eddy Beugels (Ned) Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel) 1970 Walter Godefroot (Bel) Franz Mintjens (Bel) André Dierickx (Bel) 1971 Herman Vanspringel (Bel) Romano Tumellero (Ita) Roland Berland (F) 1972 Willy Vanneste (Bel) Vic van Schil (Bel) André Poppe (Bel) 1973 André Dierrickx (Bel) Hennie Kuiper (Ned) Licien de Brauwere (Bel) 1974 Walter Godefroot (Bel) G. Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Frans Verbeeck (Bel) 1975 Roger DE Vlaeminck (Bel) Eddy Merckx (Bel) Franceso Moser (Ita) 1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel) Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1977 Francesco Moser (Ita) Ron. De Witte (Bel) Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1978 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) Francesco Moser (Ita) G. Van Roosbroeck (Bel) 1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Francesco Moser (Ita) Marc Demeyer (Bel) 1980 Gery Verlinden (Bel) Jean-P Vandenbrande (Bel) Stefan Mutter (Swi) 1981 Beat Breu (Swi) Henry Rinklin (Ger) Daniel Willems (Bel) 1982 Adri van der Poel (Ned) Hubert Seiz (Swi) Tommy Prim (Swi) 1983 Johan van de Velde (Ned) Gilbert Glaus (Swi) Frans Pirard (Ned) 1984 Phil Anderson (Aus) Hubert Seiz (Swi) Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1985 Ludo Peeters (Bel) Mario Beccia (Ita) Steve Bauer (Can) 1986 Acacio da Silva (P) Steve Bauer (Can) Adri van der Poel (Ned) 1987 Rolf Gölz (Ger) Raul Alcala (Mex) Cam Passera (Ita) 1988 Steven Rooks (Ned) Rolf Sörensen (Dan) Toni Rominger (Swi) 1989 Steve Bauer (Can) Acacio Da Silva (Por) Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1990 Charly Mottet (F) Greg Lemond (USA) Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1991 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Max Sciandri (GB) 1992 Viatch Ekimov (Rus) Lance Armstrong (USA) Jan Nevens (Bel) 1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Charly Mottet (F) Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) 1994 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Johan Museeuw (Bel) Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1995 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Gianni Bugno (Ita) Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1996 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Michele Bartoli (Ita) Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1997 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Jan Ullrich (Ger) Rolf Sörensen (Dan) 1998 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 1999 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Sergio Barbero (Ita) Andrei Tchmil (Bel) In 1984, Eric McKenzie (NZ) was the winner but was disqualified for doping