24th Route du Sud - 2.3France, June 17 - 20, 20001999 Results Start list Preview Past Winners The Stages
PreviewUS Postal's Lance Armstrong is taking an even lower key approach to his Tour de France build up, as he announced his non-participation in the Route du Sud (2.3) today. His team will ride, but be captained by Dauphiné winner, Tyler Hamilton who is in excellent condition at the moment. For his part, Armstrong said that he had done enough preparation for the Tour after finishing 3rd in the Dauphiné and will now rest up before July 1. Other favourites for this 4 day tour include Jonathan Vaughters and Bobby Julich (CA), both of whom showed good form in the Dauphiné, and Vaughters won this race last year. In addition, the Lotto squad of Rik Verbrugghe and Kurt Van De Wouwer will take part, as will Festina's Cristophe Moreau. The race starts today with a double stage: 102.3 kilometres starting and finishing in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the morning, followed by a 14.9 kilometre individual time trial in the afternoon. The deciding stage is likely to be the final one on June 20, as it includes three 1st category Pyreneean climbs: Col d'Aspin, Col du Vallee Louron-Azet and the Col du Haut Balestas. In addition to the above teams, Banesto, Fassa Bortolo, Ag2r-Prevoyance, Kelme, Euskaltel, Big Mat Auber 93, Cofidis, Rabobank, Française des Jeux, Besson Chaussures, Mobilvetta, and Jean Delatour will make up the number to 17. Starting list (provisional)CREDIT AGRICOLE US POSTAL SERVICE 1 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) 11 2 Christopher Boardman (GBr) 12 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) 3 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) 4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 14 Patrick Jonker (Ned) 5 Christopher Jenner (NZl) 15 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 6 Bobby Julich (USA) 16 Kevin Livingston (USA) 7 Anthony Morin (Fra) 17 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) 18 Steve Vermaut (Bel) LOTTO - ADECCO BANESTO 21 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 31 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 22 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 32 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) 23 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 33 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 24 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) 34 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) 25 Manu Lhoir (Bel) 35 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 26 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) 27 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 37 Aitor Osa (Spa) 28 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) 38 Orlando Rodriguez (Por) FASSA BORTOLO AG2R PREVOYANCE 41 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 51 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 42 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) 52 Benoît Salmon (Fra) 43 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 53 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) 44 Nicola Loda (Ita) 54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 55 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) 46 Roberto Petito (Ita) 56 David Delrieu (Fra) 47 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 57 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 58 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) KELME-COSTA BLANCA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 61 Santiago Botero (Col) 71 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 62 Javier Ochoa (Spa) 72 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 63 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) 73 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) 64 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) 74 Igor Flores (Spa) 65 Alberto Contreras Carlos (Col) 75 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 66 Manuel Cuenca Juan (Spa) 76 Iban Mayo (Spa) 67 Maria Manzano Jesus (Spa) 77 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 68 Ruben Galvan (Spa) 78 Josu Silloniz (Spa) BIGMAT AUBER 93 COFIDIS 81 Ludovic Auger (Fra) 91 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 82 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) 92 Nico Mattan (Bel) 83 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) 93 Claude Lamour (Fra) 84 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 85 Dominique Rault (Fra) 95 David Millar (GBr) 86 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 96 David Moncoutie (Fra) 87 Denis Leproux (Fra) 97 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 88 Christophe Capelle (Fra) 98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) FESTINA RABOBANK 101 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) 121 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 102 Florent Brard (Fra) 122 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 103 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) 123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 104 Fabian Jeker (Swi) 124 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 105 Pascal Lino (Fra) 125 Bram Degroot (Ned) 106 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 126 Addy Engels (Ned) 107 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 127 Marcel Duijn (Ned) 108 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 128 Jan Boven (Ned) LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX BESSON CHAUSSURES 131 Jimmy Casper (Fra) 141 Sergey Belousov (Kaz) 132 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 142 Médéric Clair (Fra) 133 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) 143 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) 134 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) 144 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) 135 Xavier Jan (Fra) 145 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) 136 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 146 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) 137 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 147 Sébastien Laroche (Fra) 138 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) 148 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) MOBILVETTA DESIGN/ROSSIN JEAN DELATOUR 151 Laurent Roux (Fra) 161 Christophe Bassons (Fra) 152 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) 162 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) 153 Devis Miorin (Ita) 163 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) 154 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) 164 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) 155 Mario Manzoni (Ita) 165 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 156 Mirko Gualdi (Ita) 166 Christophe Oriol (Fra) 157 Filippo Baldo (Ita) 167 Bruno Thibout (Fra) 158 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) 168 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Past WinnersThe Route du Sud began officially in 1988 as a Cat 2.4 event. It was previously known as the Tour du Tarn (1977-81) and then Tour Midi-Pyrénees (1982-87).1977 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) Peugeot 1978 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (Fra) Gitane 1979 Yvon Bertin (Fra) Renault 1980 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot 1981 Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fra) Peugeot 1982 Francesco Moser (Ita) Famucine 1983 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot 1984 Pascal Simon (Fra) Peugeot 1985 Stephen Roche (Ire) La Redoute 1986 Niki Rüttimann (Swi) La Vie Claire 1987 Régis Clere (Fra) Teka 1988 Ronan Pensec (Fra) Z Peugeot 1989 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Z Peugeot 1990 Yves Bonnamour (Fra) Castorama 1991 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Helvetia 1992 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Postobon 1993 Eric Boyer (Fra) GAN 1994 Alvaro Mejia (Col) Motorola 1995 Laurent Dufaux (Sui) Festina 1996 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1997 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 1998 Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1999 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Past winners from Mario Stiehl, Berlin |