Criterium International - Cat. 2.2France, March 25-26, 20001999 Results Stage list Start list Past Winners PreviewThe Critérium International began as the Critérium International de la Route in 1932 which was started by Gaston Benac, the reporter for the newspaper Paris-Soir. It was initially thought of as a spring-time Championship of France following the roads up the Vallée de Chevreuse and finishing on the velodrom at the Parc des Princes. In 1978 it went to the three stage, 2-day formula. The parcours which involves rolling terrain, climbing and an ITT leads to a rider with complete skills being successful. The race is based in the south of France. Spaniard Abraham Olano starts in the two day, three stage race, the Critérium International in France as clear favourite, after his form this year has seen him win the Tirreno-Adriatico and the Tour of Valencia. He has kept his time trialling up, while improving his climbing - formerly his weak point in tour racing. He has lost weight without significant power, something that can be quite tricky to do. The race will see Olano up against Telekom's Alexandre Vinokourov, who will be their designated leader in the absence of Ullrich and Klöden. Also, Jean Delatour's Laurent Brochard will be there, aiming to capitalise on his Paris-Nice form. Credit Agricole have several strong chances in Julich, Vaughters, O'Grady and Boardman, but maybe not enough to challenge for the overall. It will also be interesting to see how US team Mercury does, in their first European trip for the year. The relative shortness of the tour may not be enough to get them up to Euro style racing so quickly, but they have already shown that they are no slouches when it comes to bunch sprints in the USA and in Langkawi. Stage List
Start ListCredit Agricole Ag2R Prevoyance
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) 11 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
2 Chris Boardman (Gbr) 12 Philippe Bordenave (Fra)
3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
4 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 14 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
5 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) 15 Arturas Kasputis (Lit)
6 Bobby Julich (USA) 16 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 17 Gilles Maignan (Fra)
8 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) 18 Benoit Salmon (Fra)
O.N.C.E Deutsche Bank Team Deutsche Telekom
21 Abraham Olano (Spa) 31 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
22 David Etxebarria (Spa) 32 Alberto Elli (Ita)
23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 33 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
24 José-ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) 35 Jens Heppner (Ger)
26 Gaizka Lejarreta Martin (Spa) 36 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz)
27 Isidro Nozal (Spa) 37 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut)
28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) 38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
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41 David Millar (Gbr) 51 Roberto Heras (Spa)
42 Claude Lamour (Fra) 52 José De Los Angeles (Spa)
43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 53 Isaac Galvez (Spa)
44 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 54 Javier Otxoa (Spa)
45 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) 55 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
46 Roland Meier (Swi) 56 Toni Tauler (Spa)
47 David Moncoutie (Fra) 57 Angel Vicioso (Spa)
48 Robert Sassone (Fra) 58 José-Angel Vidal (Spa)
Vitalicio Seguros Gruppo Generali Francaise Des Jeux
61 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) 71 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)
62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 72 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)
63 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 73 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol)
64 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) 74 Xavier Jan (Fra)
65 Pedro Horillo (Spa) 75 Yvon Ledanois (Fra)
66 Jan Hruska (Cze) 76 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)
67 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) 77
68 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) 78 Sven Montgomery (Swi)
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81 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) 91 Bo Hamburger (Den)
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) 92 Christian Andersen (Den)
83 Serge Baguet (Bel) 93 Michaël Blaudzun (Den)
84 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) 94 René Joergensen (Den)
85 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 95 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)
86 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 96 Jakob Piil (Den)
87 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 97 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
98 Michael Sandstod (Den)
Liquigas Pata Festina Watches
101 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 111 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
102 Stefano Cattai (Ita) 112 Olivier Asmaker (Fra)
103 Alexandre Fedenko (Ukr) 113 Stéphane Auge (Fra)
104 Cristian Moreni (Ita) 114 Fabian Jeker (Swi)
105 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 115 André Korff (Ger)
106 Cristian Salvato (Ita) 116 Pascal Lino (Fra)
107 Denis Zanette (Ita) 117 Laurent Madouas (Fra)
108 Marco Zanotti (Ita) 118 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra)
Banesto Team Gerolsteiner
121 Unai Osa (Spa) 131 Uwe Peschel (Ger)
122 José-Luis Arrieta (Spa) 132 Branko Filip (Slo)
123 Candido Barbosa (Por) 133 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus)
124 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 134 Sveln Gaute Holestol (Nor)
125 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 135 Volker Ordowski (Ger)
126 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 136 Michael Rich (Ger)
127 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 137 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
128 Aitor Osa (Spa) 138 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
Mercury Cycling Team Euskaltel Euskadi
141 Floyd Landis (USA) 151 Alberto Martinez (Spa)
142 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) 152 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
143 Jamie Drew (Aus) 153 Txema Del Olmo (Spa)
144 Gordon Fraser (Can) 154 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa)
145 Christopher Horner (USA) 155 Iker Flores (Spa)
146 Michaël Sayers (USA) 156 Ramon Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa)
147 Henk Vogels (Aus) 157 Roberto Laiseka (Spa)
148 Steve Zampieri (Swi) 158 Mikel Pradera (Spa)
Big Mat Auber 93 Jean Delatour
161 Stéphane Berges (Fra) 171 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
162 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) 172 Christophe Bassons (Fra)
163 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) 173 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
164 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 174 Gilles Bouvard (Fra)
165 Denis Leproux (Fra) 175 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
166 Dominique Rault (Fra) 176 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
167 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 177 Eddy Seigneur (Fra)
168 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) 178 Bruno Thibout (Fra)
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181 François Simon (Fra) 191 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)
182 Walter Beneteau (Fra) 192 Sergey Belousov (Kaz)
183 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 193 Médéric Clair (Fra)
184 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) 194 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita)
185 Charles Guilbert (Fra) 195 Nicolas Dumont (Fra)
186 Damien Nazon (Fra) 196 Christophe Gauthier (Fra)
187 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 197 Sébastien Laroche (Fra)
188 Didier Rous (Fra) 198 Christophe Morel (Fra)
Phonak Hearing Systems Post Swiss Team
201 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 211 Bruno Boscardin (Swi)
202 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 212 Roger Beuchat (Swi)
203 Christian Charriere (Swi) 213 Philipp Buschor (Swi)
204 Jérome Delbove (Fra) 214 Stephan Gottschling (Ger)
205 David Derepas (Fra) 215 Christian Heule (Swi)
206 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 216 Dirk Muller (Ger)
207 Dominique Perras (Can) 217 Christian Sidler (Swi)
208 Stéphane Richner (Swi) 218 Marcel Strauss (Swi)
Past Winners1927 Julien Moineu (Fra) 1928 André Leducq (Fra) 1929 Paul Le Drogo (Fra) 1930 Robert Brugere (Fra) 1932 Leon Le Calvez (Fra) 1933 André Leducq (Fra) 1934 Roger Lapbie (Fra) 1935 René Le Greves (Fra) 1936 Paul Chocque (Fra) 1937 Roger Lapbie , René Le Greves (Fra) 1938 Pierre Jaminet (Fra) 1939 André Deforge (Fra) 1940 Emile Idee (Fra) 1941 Yvon Marie (Fra), Benoit Faure (Fra) 1942 Aldo Bertocco (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1943 Louis Gauthier (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1944 Roger Piel (Fra) 1945 Joseph Goutorbe (Fra) 1946 Kleber Piot (Fra), Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1947 Emile Idee (Fra) 1948 Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1949 Emile Idee (Fra) 1950 Pierre Barbotin (Fra) 1951 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1952 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1953 Robert Desbats (Fra) 1954 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1955 René Privat (Fra) 1956 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1957 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1958 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1959 André Darrigade (Fra) 1960 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 1961 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1962 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 1963 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1964 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1965 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1966 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1968 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1969 Gilbert Bellone (Fra) 1970 Georges Chappe (Fra) 1971 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1972 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1973 Jean-Pierre Danguilaume (Fra) 1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 1975 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) 1976 Patrick Beon (Fra) 1977 Jean Chassang (Fra) 1978 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1979 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1980 Michel Laurent (Fra) 1981 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1982 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1986 Urs Zimmermann (Swi) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1989 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1990 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1991 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1992 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra) 1993 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1994 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1996 Chris Boardman (GB) 1997 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 1998 Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 1999 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole Mario Stiehl, Berlin keeps the past winners up to date |
