52nd Grand Prix Midi Libre - 2.1

France, May 16-21, 2000

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The Stages

  • Stage 1 - May 16: Palavas-Port Barcarès, 193 km
  • Stage 2 - May 17: Port Barcarès-Narbonne, 187 km
  • Stage 3 - May 18: Cuxac-Cabardes - Decazeville, 188 km
  • Stage 4 - May 19: Laguiole-Laguiole, ITT, 26.1 km
  • Stage 5 - May 20: Saint Geniez d'Olt - l'Esperou, 184.5 km
  • Stage 6 - May 21: Le Vigan - Sète, 157 km

Preview

Jan Ullrich will be the man to watch in GP Midi Libre, from May 16-21, where he makes his reentry into the peloton after suffering from influenza. This race is traditionally the start of the Tour de France preparations in the area of Cévenole and Languedoc.

The third stage will have five mountains to overcome, not on the same scale as the Alps or the Pyrenees but hard enough in the expected high temperatures. 160 riders from 20 teams will take part, among them of course last year's winner Benoït Salmon (Ag2R). Ullrich will bring along Alberto Elli, Alpe d' Huez winner Guiseppe Guerini or Alexander Vinokourov which means that this is a trial for the mountain stages of the Tour.

Nine French teams will take part. Among the Tour qualified teams are Crédit Agricole, with Americans Bobby Julich and Jonathan Vaughters as candidates for the victory. Bonjour, with Jean-Cyrille Robin, and Jean Delatour, with Laurent Brochard, will of course do their best to gain tickets to the Tour. Possibly BigMat Auber will as well but the chances for the latter, without any real stars, are slim. There are three seats left and Spanish Kelme, with last year's third Fernando Escartin ought to be qualified. In the Midi Libre, their team will be represented by Javier Pascual Rodriguez.

Start List


Ag2R Prévoyance                        Deutsche Telekom

1 Benoït Salmon (Fra)                  11 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
2 Philippe Bordenave (Fra)             12 Alberto Elli (Ita)
3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)            13 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
4 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)                14 Jens Heppner (Ger)
5 David Delrieu (Fra)                  15 Giovani Lombardi (Ita)
6 Andreï Kivilev (Kaz)                 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
7 Gilles Maignan (Fra)                 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)                 18 Andreï Mizourov (Kaz)

MemoryCard-Jack&Jones                  Crédit Agricole

21 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)               31 Chris Boardman (Gbr)
22 Jakob Storm Piil (Den)              32 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
23 Martin Rittsel (Swe)                33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)
24 Michael Blaudzun (Den)              34 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
25 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)            35 Bobby Julich (USA)
26 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)           36 Anthony Langella (Fra)
27 René Jörgensen (Den)                37 Anthony Morin (Fra)
28 Bo Hamburger (Den)                  38 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)

Festina-Lotus                          Fassa Bortolo

41 Pascal Lino (Fra)                   51 Gabriele Balducci (Ita)
42 Laurent Madouas (Fra)               52 Marco Fincato (Ita)
43 Christophe Moreau (Fra)             53 Leonardo Giordani (Ita)
44 Jonathan Hall (Aus)                 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
45 Stéphane Auge (Fra)                 55 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
46 Michel Klinger (Swi)                56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
47 Florent Brard (Fra)
48 Iban Sastre Estevez (Spa)           58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)

Française des Jeux                     US Postal Service

71 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)               81 Jamie Burrow (Gbr)
72 Sven Montgomery (Swi)               82 Julian Dean (Nzl)
73 Xavier Jan (Fra)                    83 David George (RSA)
74 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)                84 Benoit Joachim (Lux)
75 Frank Høj (Den)                     85 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)
76 Lars Michaelsen (Den)               86 Levy Leipheimer (USA)
77 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)              87 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
78 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)            88 Steve Vermaut (Bel)

Jean Delatour                          Kelme-Costa Blanca

91 Laurent Brochard (Fra)              101 Antonio Tauler (Spa)
92 Christophe Bassons (Fra)            102 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
93 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)                103 Eligio Requejo Dominguez (Spa)
94 Gilles Bouvard (Fra)                104 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa)
95 Patrice Halgand (Fra)               105 Aitor Gonzales Jimenez (Spa)
96 Christophe Oriol (Fra)              106 Alvaro Forner (Spa)
97 Francisque Teyssier (Fra)           107 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa)
98 Bruno Thibout (Fra)                 108 Ruben Galvan Manchon (Spa)

Besson Chaussures                      Collstrop

111 Nicolas Dumont (Fra)               121 Tony Bracke (Bel)
112 Christophe Gauthier (Fra)          122 Eric de Clercq (Bel)
113 Sergey Beloussov (Kaz)             123 Hans de Meester (Bel)
114 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz)              124 Roger Hammond (GBr)
115 Médéric Clair (Fra)                125 Geert Omloop (Bel)
116 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)              126 Oleg Pankov (Ukr)
117 Sébastien Laroche (Fra)            127 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)
118 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita)         128 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)

Bonjour-Toupargel                      Cofidis

131 Franck Bouyer (Fra)                141 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
132 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra)             142 Claude Lamour (Fra)
133 Charles Guilbert (Fra)             143 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra)
134 Damien Nazon (Fra)                 144 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
135 Franck Renier (Fra)                145 Thierry Loder (Fra)
136 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)             146 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita)
137 Didier Rous (Fra)                  147 David Millar (GBr)
138 François Simon (Fra)               148 David Moncoutié (Fra)

Euskaltel-Euskadi                      Big Mat-Auber 93

151 Peio Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa)  161 Ludovic Auger (Fra)
152 Angel Castresena del Val (Spa)     162 Stéphane Berges (Fra)
153 Igor Flores Galarza (Spa)          163 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra)
154 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa)         164 Lylian Lebreton (Fra)
155 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa)      165 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
156 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa)               166 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)
157 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa)      167 Denis Leproux (Fra)
158 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa)      168 Dominique Rault (Fra)

Liquigas-Pata                          Cantina Tollo

171 Fausto Dotti (Ita)                 181 Alessandro Baronti (Ita)
172 Olexander Fedenko (Ukr)            182 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
173 Fabio Marchesin (Ita)              183 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)
174 Mirko Marini (Ita)                 184 Frederico Colonna (Ita)
175                                    185 Marco A.Di Renzo (Ita)
176 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)           186 Rodolfo Massi (Ita)
177                                    187 Cristian Pepoli (Ita)
178                                    188 Germanico Pierdomenico (Ita)

Mobilvetta-Rossin

191 Laurent Roux (Fra)
192 Raffaele Bosi (Ita)
193 Corrado Serina (Ita)
194 Sergeï Lelekin (Rus)
195 Michele Gobbi (Ita)
196 Domenico Gualdi (Ita)
197 Daniele Gadenz (Ita)
198 Devis Miorin (Ita)
          

Past winners


1949    Henri Massal (Fra)
1950    Antonin Rolland (Fra)
1951    Raphael Geminiani (Fra)
1952    Siro Bianchi (Ita)
1953    Pierre Nardi (Fra)
1954    Jesus Martinez (Spa)
1955    Miguel Poblet (Spa)
1956    Antonin Rolland (Fra)
1957    Jean Pierre Schmitz (Lux)
1958    Francis Pipelin (Fra)
1959    Jean Brankaert (Fra)
1960    Valentin Hout (Fra)
1961    Joseph Groussard (Fra)
1962    Mies Stolker (Ned)
1963    Fernando Manzaneque (Spa)
1964    André Foucher (Fra)
1965    André Foucher (Fra)
1966    Jean Claude Theilliere (Fra)
1967    Michel Grain (Fra)
1968
1969    Luis Ocana (Spa)
1970    Walter Ricci (Fra)
1971    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1972    Cyrille Guimard (Fra)
1973    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1974    Jean Pierre Danguilaume (Fra)
1975    Francesco Moser (Ita)
1976    Alain Meslet (Fra)
1977    Wladimiro Panizza (Ita)
1978    Claudio Bortolotto (Ita)
1979    Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1980    Jean René Bernaudeau (Fra)
1981    Jean René Bernaudeau (Fra)
1982    Jean René Bernaudeau (Fra)
1983    Jean René Bernaudeau (Fra)
1984    Domenique Garde (Fra)
1985    Silvano Contini (Ita)
1986    Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1987    Patrice Esnault (Fra)
1988    Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1989    Jérome Simon (Fra)
1990    Gerard Rué (Fra)
1991    Gilbert Duclos Lassalle (Fra)
1992    Luc Leblanc (Fra)
1993    Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
1994    Jan Svorada (Svk)
1995    Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1996    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1997    Alberto Elli (Ita)
1998	Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
1999    Benoît Salmon (Fra) Casino

Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin