Chrono des Herbiers - 1.4

France, October 22, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

Nuttli upstages favourites

Swiss rider, Jean Nuttli (Phonak) won the last major French race of the season, the 48.3 kilometre Chrono des Herbiers time trial. Nuttli beat World Champion, Serhiy Honchar (Liquigas) by nearly a minute, with World's bronze medallist, Laszlo Bodogri (Mapei) taking third just in front of Credit Agricole's Frédéric Finot. With this victory, Nuttli broke Honchar's three year winning streak.

In a small surprise, Olympic champion Vjatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal) could do no better than 10th, despite having kept in shape on the Spanish criterium circuit.

The women's 38.5 kilometre event was won by Jeannie Longo, who finished a minute quicker than Géraldine Loewenguth, with Maryline Salvetat third at 2:58, and Junior World Champion, Juliette Vandekerckove fourth at 4:07.

Results

Men - 48.15 km

1 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak                             59.48 (48.31km/h)
2 Serhiy Hontchar (Ukr) Liquigas                        0.55
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hon) Mapei-Quick Step                 1.25.06
4 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  1.25.91
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                       1.33
6 Erik Saunders (USA) Vendée U                          2.27
7 Christophe Thebault (Fra) Team Seat Dinan             3.26
8 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour               3.37
9 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                           3.47
10 Viatcheslav Ekimov (USA) US Postal                   3.55
11 Sean Van Court (Fra) Evian Vélo                      4.53
12 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures              5.22
13 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                        5.36
14 Franck Bigaud (Fra) UC Chateauroux                   5.50
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Française des Jeux              6.01
16 Mikel Artexte (Spa) Euskaltel                        6.13
17 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno                       6.54
18 Nicolas Coudray (Bel) Tonissteiner                   9.08

Women - 38.4 km

1 Jeannie Longo (Fra) Ile de France                    54.13 (42.50 km/h)
2 Corinne Sempe (Fra) VC Oloron Haut Béarn              0.10.02
3 Béatrice Thomas (Fra) UCC Vivonne                     0.10.04
4 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées                 2.57
5 Juliette Vandekerckhove (Fra) Flandres-Artois         4.07
6 Géraldine Gill (Irl) VC Lannion - Perros-Guirrec      4.25
7 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra) Team C-F 24           5.15
8 Karine Dalmais (Fra) VC Lagnieu                       5.27
9 Sophie Creux (Fra) Chambéry CC                        5.42
10 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra) AS La Steigeoise          5.59
11 Alexandra Le Henaff (Fra) VS Quimper                 6.14
12 Marine Flochlay (Fra) Côtes d'Armor                  7.18
13 Rebecca Menart (Fra) Team C-F 24                     8.27
14 Marie Hélène Coulon (Fra) Auzances EB                9.46

Espoirs - 38.4 km

1 Niels Brouzes (Fra) AC Boulogne-Billancourt          50.18 (45.81 km/h)
2 Yuriu Krivstov (Ukr) Nantes 44 Cyclisme               0.15
3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Vendée U                       2.00
4 Guillaume Canet (Fra) Cours la Ville Cyclisme         2.48
5 Jean Zen (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées                          2.56
6 Stéphane Laborde (Fra) CAM Bordeaux                   3.07
7 Edson Mathieu (Sey) CAC 41                            3.25
8 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) PSF Niort                       0.36
9 Yann Pollet (Fra) Chambéry CC                         4.40
10 Guillaume Rembaud (Fra) AS St Hilaire de Riez        4.52
11 Sébastien Fournier (Fra) UC Chateauroux              0.46
12 Stéphane Pilet (Fra) GSC Blagnac                     5.07
13 Stanislas Vauttier (Fra) VC Bocage-Vire              7.40
14 Grégory Perrocheau (Fra) VC Les Herbiers             9.40

Juniors - 20.53 km

1 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) VC Amboise                    28.10 (43.72 km/h)
2 Charly Carlier (Fra) VC Amboise                       0.05
3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) UC Alençon - Damigny           0.22
4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Véloce Vannetais Cyclisme     1.01
5 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) UC Le Haillan St Médard        1.15
6 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) VCP La Chataigneraie        1.20
7 Florian Gaborit (Fra) VCCO La Rochelle                1.43
8 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) VCP La Chataigneraie         1.48
9 Mika Desjardins (Fra) Team A.Bigot 79                 1.55
10 Cyril Miletto (Fra) Chambéry CC                      2.04
11 Nicolas Vivion (Fra) VC Cholet                       2.12
12 Yannick Rebouilleau (Fra) OCC Sablé                  2.16
13 Samuel Guillon (Fra) VC Salis de Béarn               2.37.17
14 Luigi Lorigne (Fra) Cycle Poitevin                   2.37.35
15 Mickaël Loiseau (Fra) VS Fertois                     2.55
16 Antoine Guilbaud (Fra) Vendée La Roche Cyclisme      3.09

Thanks to Velomania for the results

Past winners

1996

1. Chris Boardman (GB)
2. Laurent Brochard (Fra)
3. Neil Stephens (Aus)

1997

1. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr)
2. Tony Rominger (Swi)
3. Francoise Teyssier (Fra)
	
1998

1. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr)
2. Gilles Maignan (Fra) 
3. Francisque Teyssier (Fra)

1999

1. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr)
2. Gilles Maignan (Fra)
3. Christophe Moreau (Fra)

1998 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus)
1999 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus)
2000 Jeannie Longo (Fra)