22nd Grand Prix Ouest-France - HCPlouay, France, July 30, 20001999 Results Start list Past Winners Bartoli's test OKItalian Champion Michele Bartoli won the dress rehearsal for the World Championships. The GP Ouest France was held on this year's World Championships circuit in Plouay, Bretagne and the Italian won the race in his first attempt at this prestigious race. The first major break came on the fourth of fifteen laps when 18 riders, among them Andrea Tafi (Mapei), Sven Montgomery (FDJ), Magnus Bäckstedt (CA) and Will Frischkorn (Mercury), got away. However, they never gained more than three minutes to the peloton despite the fact that most teams were represented. Mapei and Lotto decided to reel them in. A six man break with four classics specialists: Bartoli, Mario Aerts (Lotto), Nico Mattan (Cofidis), Tristan Hoffman (Memorycard), first year pro Walter Bénéteau (Bonjour) and David Moncoutie (Cofidis) escaped with 40 km to go. Moncoutie was dropped and the race was decided on the final climb of the Côte de Ty Marrec, less than five kilometres from the finish. Bartoli gapped them and won by ten seconds to Mattan, Bénéteau and Hoffman with Aerts a couple of seconds behind them. The victory will of course put Bartoli among the major favourites for the World's in ten weeks but after the race he did his best to keep a low profile: "I'm not fully recovered from my stomach illness during the Tour and I even vomited with thirty kilometres to go. Today I also had a team working exclusively for me." The question is how many team mates from Mapei he will have along in October. Two fairly good guesses are Andrea Tafi, who did a tremendous job for Bartoli today, and Bartoli's personal lieutenant Paolo Bettini. It will also depend on how things shake out in the Olympics. Belgian Nico Mattan showed that he has kept his good form from the Tour but for his part the World's will probably be a race as domestique for team mate Frank Vandenbroucke. The third podium rider, Walter Bénéteau has his plans for October clear: Vacation. The debutant from the little Bonjour team has low hopes to reach the World's. Results - 209 km1 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.59.00 (41.886 km/h) 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.10 3 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 0.11 4 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.14 6 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 0.59 7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 8 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 9 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.03 10 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.07 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 14 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 16 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard 17 Massimilano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 18 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 21 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Colpack 23 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 25 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 26 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank 27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 28 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 31 Floyd Landis (USA) Manheim Auctions-Mercury 32 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Manheim Auctions-Mercury 34 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Colpack 35 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 36 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 38 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 39 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 40 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 41 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus 42 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 43 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 44 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 45 Grzegorz Gwiaddowski (Pol) La Française des Jeux 46 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 47 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 48 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 49 Denis Le Proux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 51 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) Colpack 52 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 53 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 54 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 55 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 57 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 58 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Française des Jeux 59 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 60 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 61 Andréa Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep 62 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 63 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 65 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quickstep 66 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 67 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 1.11 68 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole 2.03 69 Grische Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 70 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures 71 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 72 Yvan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 73 Andréa Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 74 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures 75 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 3.21 76 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 77 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 3.34 79 Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 4.14 80 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones Thanks to cycling4all for the full results Start ListPreliminary only La Francaise Des Jeux Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 11 Lauri Aus (Est) 2 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) 12 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) 3 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 13 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) 4 Xavier Jan (Fra) 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 15 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) 6 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 16 Innar Mandoja (Est) 7 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Besson Chaussures Jean Delatour 21 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 22 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 23 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) 33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) 24 Serguey Yacovlev (Kaz) 34 Christophe Bassons (Fra) 25 Médéric Clain (Fra) 35 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) 26 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) 36 Cyril Dessel (Fra) 27 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) 37 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) 28 Serguei Belousov (Kaz) 38 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Rabobank Bonjour-Toupargel 41 Markus Zberg (Swi) 51 Franck Bouyer (Fra) 42 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 52 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) 43 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 53 Charles Guilbert (Fra) 44 Bram De Groot (Ned) 54 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) 45 Marc Lotz (Ned) 55 Mickael Pichon (Fra) 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 56 Franck Renier (Fra) 47 Addy Engels (Ned) 57 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 48 Jan Boven (Ned) 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Memory Card-Jack&Jones Lotto-Adecco 61 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) 62 Bo Hamburger (Den) 72 Serge Baguet (Bel) 63 Jesper Skibby (Den) 73 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 64 Arvis Piziks (Lat) 74 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 65 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 75 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 66 Nicolai-Bo Larsen (Den) 76 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 67 Allan Johansen (Den) 77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 68 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) 78 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Mercury Cycling Team Alexia Alluminio 81 91 Dario Andriotto (Ita) 82 Jamie Drew (Aus) 92 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) 83 William Frischkorn (USA) 93 Andrea Brognara (Ita) 84 Christopher Horner (USA) 94 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) 85 Floyd Landis (USA) 95 Nicola Minali (Ita) 86 Scott Moninger (USA) 96 Mirko Lauria (Ita) 87 Kirk Wilett (USA) 97 Maurizio Semprini (Ita) 88 Steve Zampieri (Swi) 98 Marco Villa (Ita) Liquigas-Pata Credit Agricole 101 Daniele Contrini (Ita) 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 102 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) 112 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 103 Cristian Moreni (Ita) 113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 104 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 114 Bobby Julich (USA) 105 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 115 Anthony Langella (Fra) 106 Cristian Salvato (Ita) 116 Anthony Morin (Fra) 107 Denis Zanette (Ita) 117 Stuart O'grady (Aus) 108 Marco Zanotti (Ita) 118 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Saeco-Valli&Valli Colpack 121 Alessio Galletti (Ita) 131 Fabio Bulgarelli (Ita) 122 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) 132 Denis Lunghi (Ita) 123 Valentino China (Ita) 133 Miguel Meza Flores (Spa) 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 134 Massimiliano Razzari (Ita) 125 Biagio Conte (Ita) 135 Ruggero Torraco (Ita) 126 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 136 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) 127 Danny Pate (USA) 128 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Polti Mapei-Quick Step 141 Rossano Brasi (Ita) 151 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 142 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 152 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 143 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 153 Oscar Freire (Spa) 144 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) 154 Chann Mc Rae (USA) 145 Pascal Herve (Fra) 155 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 146 156 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 147 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 157 Eddy Ratti (Ita) 148 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 158 David Tani (Ita) Cofidis Festina 161 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 171 Stéphane Auge (Fra) 162 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 172 Florent Brard (Fra) 163 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 173 Rafael Casero (Spa) 164 Nico Mattan (Bel) 174 Pascal Lino (Fra) 165 David Moncoutie (Fra) 175 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 166 Chris Peers (Bel) 176 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 167 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) 177 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 168 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 178 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 Cantina Tollo 181 Ludovic Auger (Fra) 191 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) 182 Stéphane Berges (Fra) 192 Federico Colonna (Ita) 183 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) 193 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) 184 Oleg Joukov (Rus) 194 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) 185 Dominique Rault (Fra) 195 Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) 186 Denis Leproux (Fra) 196 Marco Vergnani (Ita) 187 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 197 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) 188 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Past Winners1931 Francois Fave (Fra) 1932 Philippe Bono (Fra) 1933 Philippe Bono (Fra) 1934 Lucien Tulot (Fra) 1935 Jean Le Dily (Fra) 1936 Pierre Cogan (Fra) 1937 Jean-Marie Goasmat (Fra) 1938 Pierre Cloarec (Fra) 1945 Eloi Tassin (Fra) 1946 Ange Le Strat (Fra) 1947 Raymond Louviot (Fra) 1948 Eloi Tassin (Fra) 1949 Armand Audaire (Fra) 1950 Armand Audaire (Fra) 1951 Emile Guerinel (Fra) 1952 Emile Guerinel (Fra) 1953 Serge Blusson (Fra) 1954 Ugo Anzile (Fra) 1955 Jean Petitjean (Fra) 1956 Valentin Huot (Fra) 1957 Isaak Vitre (Fra) 1958 Jean Gainche (Fra) 1959 Emmanuel Crenn (Fra) 1960 Hubert Ferrer (Fra) 1961 Fernand Picot (Fra) 1962 Jean Gainche (Fra) 1963 Fernand Picot (Fra) 1964 Jean Bourles (Fra) 1965 Francois Goasduff (Fra) 1966 Claude Mazeaud (Fra) 1967 Francois Hamon (Fra) 1968 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1969 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1970 Jean Marcarini (Fra) 1971 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) 1972 Robert Bouloux (Fra) 1973 Jean-Claude Largeau (Fra) 1974 Raymond Martin (Fra) 1975 Cyrille Guimard (Fra) 1976 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1977 Jacques Bossis (Fra) 1978 Pierre-Raym. Villemiane (Fra) 1979 Fritz Pirard (Ned) 1980 Patrick Friou (Fra) 1981 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1982 Francis Castaing (Fra) 1983 Pierre Bazzo (Fra) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Eric Guyot (Fra) 1986 Martial Gayant (Fra) 1987 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) 1988 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 1989 Jean-Claude Colotti (Fra) 1990 Bruno Cornillet (Fra) 1991 Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) 1992 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1993 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1994 Andrej Tchmil (Mol) 1995 Rolf Jaermann (Swi) 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1997 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 1998 Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 1999 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |