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94th Paris Tours - CDM
France, October 8, 2000
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The penultimate round of the World Cup is Paris-Tours, in its 105th year and 94th edition in 2000, making it one of the oldest cycling classics. Paris-Tours is traditionally a sprinter's race, but occasionally a break succeeds as it did last year, with Belgian Marc Wauters taking the win after attacking with Gianni Faresin with 50 kilometres to go. In 1998, Jacky Durand broke a long French drought in the event with a lone breakaway with 30 kilometres to go, and in 1997, Andrei Tchmil won ahead of Max Sciandri after the pair escaped with 4 kilometres to go.
The race starts in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, finishing in the avenue de Grammont (Tours), after 254 kilometres. Along the way, it makes a long pass through the Beauce before entering the more narrow and winding roads of the Val-de-Loire. Usually, northeasterly tailwinds favour the riders, hence the high average speeds recorded over the past few years. The fastest race was in 1997 when Andrei Tchmil won in 5.23.44 (48.4 km/h).
There are 24 teams enrolled this year, including 19 first division and 5 from the second division. Bonjour, Credit Agricole, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Big Mat Auber 93 and Alexia-Aluminio are those from the latter.
Last year's winner, Marc Wauters (Rabobank) will wear number one, however his successes this year have been few. Rabobank have Leon Van Bon and Markus Zberg, along with Maarten Den Bakker and Rolf Sorenson as their main hopes for this race. Oscar Freire leads the Mapei lineup, after pulling out early from the Giro della Provincia della Lucca. Mapei have Paolo Bettini as a strong chance to manage a breakaway win as well.
Telekom will of course be looking to defend Erik Zabel, and really need to keep things together in order for him to place in a bunch sprint.The Telekom Olympians, Ullrich, Kloden, Vinokourov and Aldag will provide more than ample support. Fassa Bortolo have the experienced Fabio Baldato and Dimitri Konyshev, as well as the Giro di Luca winner, Alessandro Petacchi.
Lampre-Daikin's speedsters, Robert Hunter, Zbigniew Spruch and Mariano Piccoli will head their charge, although Oscar Camenzind and Gabriele Missaglia are not to be overlooked. Vini Caldirola will probably be looking to set up Romans Vainsteins, while Festina, headed by Christophe Moreau also have a chance with David Clinger.
Peter Van Petegem, Serguei Ivanov and Jans Koerts will lead the charge for Farm Frites, as will Jo Planckaert (Cofidis) and Biagio Conte (Saeco). Lotto will be aiming to put Andrei Tchmil in a winning position, as he is second overall in the World Cup standings at the moment.
Francaise des Jeux have several in-form riders, including Frank Hoj, Fabrizio Guidi and Frédéric Guesdon. Ag2r's Jaan Kirsipuu has had success in this race, and rode quite well in the Olympic Games. Credit Agricole's Stuart O'Grady and Jens Voigt are their two biggest hopes, although Thor Hushovd can not be ruled out.
Jean Delatour riders Laurent Brochard and Patrice Halgand recently took first and second in the Coupe de France, and they have been in good form all year. Big Mat have chances with Christophe Capelle and Jay Sweet, should the race come down to a bunch sprint.
In terms of the World Cup standings, there are still nine riders who can theoretically win, although there is one clear favourite. After winning Milan-San Remo and the Amstel Gold Race, Erik Zabel now has a 126 point lead over 1999 overall winner, Andre Tchmil, with Romans Vainsteins not far behind. To bridge that gap will require two strong performances in Paris-Tours and the Tour of Lombardy by Tchmil, Vainsteins or any of the others. Given the similarity of the top three, it seems as though Zabel will have to have two very bad days for the others to pull off an upset win.
Start List
Rabobank Mapei - Quick Step
1 Marc Wauters (Bel) 11 Oscar Freire (Spa)
2 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 13 Davide Bramati (Ita)
4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 14 Dario Cioni (Ita)
5 Rolf Sorensen (Den) 15 Gianni Faresin (Ita)
6 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 16 Daniele Nardello (Ita)
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 17 Luca Paolini (Ita)
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) 18 Andrea Tafi (Ita)
Team Deutsche Telekom Kelme - Costa Blanca
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) 31 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa)
22 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 32 Alvaro Forner Munoz (Spa)
23 33 Isaac Galvez (Spa)
24 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) 34 Jesus Manzano (Spa)
25 Andréas Kloden (Ger) 35 Elicio Requejo (Spa)
26 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 36 Angel Vicioso (Spa)
27 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
29 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
Fassa Bortolo Lampre - Daikin
41 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 51 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
42 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 52 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
43 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) 53 Robert Hunter (RSA)
44 Nicola Loda (Ita) 54 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
45 Andrea Peron (Ita) 55 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 56 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
47 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 57
48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 58 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
60 Massimo Codol (Ita)
Vini Caldirola - Sidermec Festina Watches
61 71 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
62 72 Stéphane Auge (Fra)
63 Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) 73 Florent Brard (Fra)
64 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) 74 David Clinger (USA)
65 Marco Milesi (Ita) 75 Andy Flickinger (Fra)
66 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) 76
67 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 77 Rolf Huser (Swi)
68 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) 78 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra)
69 Stefan Rütimann (Swi)
Farm Frites Liquigas - Pata
81 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 91 Stefano Cattai (Ita)
82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) 92 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
83 Jans Koerts (Ned) 93 Mirco Marini (Ita)
84 Gerben Lowik (Ned) 94 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
85 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) 95 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
86 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) 96 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
87 97 Denis Zanette (Ita)
88 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) 98 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
90 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
Cofidis Saeco - Valli & Valli
101 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 111
102 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 112 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
103 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 113 Biagio Conte (Ita)
104 Claude Lamour (Fra) 114 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)
105 115 Jorg Ludewig (Ger)
106 Nico Mattan (Bel) 116 Armin Meier (Swi)
107 117 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
108 Chris Peers (Bel) 118 Danny Pate (USA)
110 Roland Meier (Swi) 120 Igor Pugaci (Mda)
Mercatone Uno - Albacom Memory Card
121 Marco Velo (Ita) 131 Bo Hamburger (Den)
122 Marco Artunghi (Ita) 132 Frank Corvers (Bel)
123 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) 133 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)
124 Massimo Cigana (Ita) 134 Allan Johansen (Den)
125 135 Arvis Piziks (Lat)
126 Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) 136 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)
127 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) 137 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
Lotto - Adecco Francaise Des Jeux
141 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 151 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)
142 Serge Baguet (Bel) 152 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
143 Fabien De Waele (Bel) 153 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
144 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 154 Frank Hoj (Den)
145 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 155 Xavier Jan (Fra)
146 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 156 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
147 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 157 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
148 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 158 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)
Team Polti Ag2R Prevoyance
161 Richard Virenque (Fra) 171 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
162 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 172 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
163 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 173 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
164 Michele Colleoni (Ita) 174 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
165 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) 175 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu)
166 176
167 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 177 Benoit Salmon (Fra)
168 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 178 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
180 Gilles Maignan (Fra)
Euskaltel - Euskadi Credit Agricole
181 Iker Flores (Spa) 191 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
182 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 192 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
183 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 193 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
184 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) 194 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
185 Alberto Martinez (Spa) 195 Christopher Jenner (Nzl)
186 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) 196 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
187 Josu Silloniz (Spa) 197 Benoit Poilvet (Fra)
188 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 198 Jens Voigt (Ger)
Jean Delatour Bonjour
201 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 211 François Simon (Fra)
202 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) 212 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
203 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) 213 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
204 Cyril Dessel (Fra) 214 Charles Guilbert (Fra)
205 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 215 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra)
206 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) 216 Fabrice Salanson (Fra)
207 Francisque Teyssier (Fra)
208 Olivier Trastour (Fra)
Alexia Alluminio Big Mat - Auber 93
221 Nicola Minali (Ita) 231 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
222 Dario Andriotto (Ita) 232 Ludovic Auger (Fra)
223 Cristian Auriemma (Ita) 233 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra)
224 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) 234 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra)
225 235 Oleg Joukov (Rus)
226 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) 236 Alexei Sivakov (Rus)
227 Eddy Serri (Ita) 237 Jay Sweet (Aus)
228 Marco Villa (Ita) 238 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra)
229 Stefano della Santa (Ita)
Saint-Quentin - Oktos
241 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz)
242 Linas Balciunas (Ltu)
243 Jérome Desjardin (Fra)
244 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu)
245 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)
246 Ole Simensen (Nor)
247 Vincent Templier (Fra)
Thanks to Daniel Schamps for the final start list
1920 Eugene Christophe, nicknamed the "Old Gaul," escapes in freezing rain, with 150 kilometers left into the stage, and beats Honore Barthelemy by 15 mins.
1921 Snow reduces the 64 starters to 7 finishers. Francis Pelissier, escaped on Chinon hill, to beat Christophe and Mottiat, in the slowest average speed - just under 23 km/h.
1922 Next year, Henri Pelissier brother of Francis narrowly beats Suter. This was the closest victory.
1935 Rene Le Greves wins the race in the fastest race to date. He is among four sprinters who dominated the times - Le Greves, Roger Lapebie and Di Paco.
1936 The speeds are rising and with an average of 41 km/h, Danneels sprints to victory.
1948 It is now up to an average of 43 km/h, as Louis Caput beats Mignat and Idee in the sprint. The three had staged a long breakaway.
1950 Andre Mahe solos to victory after breaking away in the last 10 kms. The pack just about chases him down. The big development was the new front ring and back ring he rode with - 52 x 14.
1956 At the 44 kms to the finish mark, Albert Bouvet attacks at Poce-sur-Cisse and keeps a narrow margin (never more than 50 seconds), and triumphs on top of l'Alouette hill. Notable feature - no Frenchman has won the race since.
1961 Belgium's Joseph Wouters sprints to win from a group who had staged a successful breakway. Notable feature - he was under 20 years of age.
1962 Joop De Roo wins with a record average of 44.9 km/h
1965 Fixed gear bikes only. The organisers said it was to make the race tougher. A strong tail wind thwarts them and the Dutchman Karstens (23) takes the new record with an avs of 45 km/h.
1992 Another strong tail wind, Belgium's Henrik Redant rides in with 46.7 km/h ave, and a new record.
1997 Andre Tchmil sets the new record 48.4 km/h.
1998 Jacky Durand breaks a 42-year drought and wins it for France.
Past Winners
Year Winner Second Third kms avs 1896 E. Prevost (Fra) Ouzou (Fra) Bouvet (Fra) 250 31.200 1901 Jean Fischer (Fra) Lorgeou (Fra) Wattelier (Fra) 253 26.982 1906 Lucien Petit-Breton (Fra) Trousselier (Fra) Cornet (Fra) 234 29.557 1907 Georges Passerieu (Fra) Pottier (Fra) Georget (Fra) 245 32.186 1908 Omer Beaugendre (Fra) Saillot (Fra) Faber (Lux) 248 30.690 1909 Francois Faber (Lux) Alavoine (Fra) Paul (Fra) 248 30.680 1910 Francois Faber (Lux) Trousselier (Fra) Engel (Fra) 248 32.105 1911 Octave Lapize (Fra) Van Hauwaert (Bel) Georget (Fra) 248 27.054 1912 Louis Heusghem (Bel) Deruyter (Bel) Petit-Breton 246 26.348 1913 Charles Crupelandt (Fra) Passerieu (Fra) Luguet (Fra) 246 33.931 1914 Oscar Egg (Swi) Engel (Fra) Thys (Bel) 316 32.147 1917 Philippe Thys (Bel) Godivier (Fra) Christophe (Fr) 246 34.009 1918 Charles Mantelet (Fra) Cazalis (Swi) Michiels (Bel) 248 30.182 1919 Hector Thiberghien (Bel) Vandenhove (Bel) Rossius (Bel) 342 27.178 1920 Eugene Christophe (Fra) Barthelemy (Fra) De Jonghe (Bel) 342 25.570 1921 Francis Pelissier (Fra) Mottiat (Bel) Christophe (Fr) 342 22.893 1922 Henri Pelissier (Fra) Suter (Swi) Jacquinot (Fra) 342 29.653 1923 Paul Deman (Bel) Sellier (Bel) Thiberghien (B) 342 25.014 1924 Louis Mottiat (Bel) Frantz (Lux) Huyvaert (Bel) 342 28.423 1925 Den. Verschueren (Bel) Mortelmans (Bel) Hilarion (Fra) 342 27.469 1926 Henri Suter (Swi) Notter (Swi) Frantz (Lux) 324 28.230 1927 Henri Suter (Swi) Van Slembroek (Bel) Ronsse (Bel) 253 35.324 1928 Den. Verschueren (Bel) Pelissier (Fra) Gallotini (Fra) 253 34.746 1929 Nicolas Frantz (Bel) Deolet (Bel) Ronsse (Bel) 253 27.355 1930 Jean MarechaL (Fra) Bidot (Fra) Bonduel (Bel) 253 34.112 1931 Andre Leducq (Fra) Parioleau (Fra) Pelissier (Fra) 240 31.276 1932 Julien Moineau (Fra) Sieronski (Ger) Viarengo (Fra) 253 37.251 1933 Jules Merviel (Fra) Magne (Fra) Geyer (Ger) 243 37.528 1934 Gustave Danneels (Bel) Gijssels (Bel) Vervaecke (Bel) 243 38.358 1935 Rene Le Greves (Fra) Lapebie (Fra) Di Paco (Ita) 251 37.900 1936 Gustave Danneels (Bel) Mithouard (Fra) Coelaert (Bel) 251 41.455 1937 Gustave Danneels (Bel) Bonduel (Bel) De Caluwe (Bel) 251 41.092 1938 Jules Rossi (Ita) Disseaux (Bel) Maye (Fra) 251 42.097 1939 Frans Bonduel (Bel) Storme (Bel) Pirmez (Bel) 251 39.655 1941 Paul Maye (Fra) Goutal (Fra) Cloarec (Fra) 249 36.096 1942 Paul Maye (Fra) Virol (Fra) Rossi (Ita) 248 36.024 1943 Gaby Gaudin (Fra) Buysse (Bel) Hendrickx (Bel) 241 37.422 1944 Lucien Teisseire (Fra) Gauthier (Fra) Thietard (Fra) 253 41.452 1945 Paul Maye (Fra) Goutorbe (Fra) Idee (Fra) 253 37.161 1946 Brik Schotte (Bel) Prevotal (Fra) De Muer (Fra) 251 37.714 1947 Brik Schotte (Bel) Idee (Fra) Sercu (Bel) 251 35.678 1948 Louis Caput (Fra) Mignat (Fra) Idee (Fra) 251 43.096 1949 Albert Ramon (Bel) Neri (Ita) Geus (Bel) 251 41.377 1950 Andre Mahe (Fra) Caffi (Fra) Lapebie (Fr) 251 39.536 1951 Jacques Dupont (Fra) Martini (Ita) Redolfi (Fra) 251 41.691 1952 Raymond Guegan (Fra) Schotte (Bel) Caput (Fra) 253 40.861 1953 Jozef Schils (Bel) Kubler (Swi) Gilles (Fra) 253 43.529 1954 Gilbert Scodeller (Fra) Bobet (Fra) Michel (Fra) 253 40.881 1955 Jacques Dupont (Fra) De Bruyne (Bel) Cieleska (Fra) 253 43.766 1956 Albert Bouvet (Fra) Schepens (Bel) Bobet (Fra) 251 40.844 1957 Alfred DE Bruyne (Bel) Bobet (Fra) Conterno (Ita) 251 42.842 1958 Gilbert De Smet (Bel) De Bruyne (Bel) Mahe (Fra) 251 37.148 1959 Rik Van Looy (Bel) Niesten (Ned) Noyelle (Bel) 267 37.791 1960 Jo De Haan (Ned) Stolker (Ned) Otano (Spa) 267 40.001 1961 Jos Wouters (Bel) De Smet (Bel) Novak (Fra) 267 38.407 1962 Jo De Roo (Ned) Melckenbeeck (Bel) Beheyt (Bel) 267 44.903 1963 Jo De Roo (Ned) Simpson (Ang) Poulidor (Fra) 255 39.162 1964 Guido Reybroeck (Bel) Van Looy (Bel) Desmet (Bel) 248 36.466 1965 Gerben Karstens (Ned) Desmet (Bel) Deferm (Bel) 247 45.029 1966 Guido Reybroeck (Bel) Van Looy (Bel) Lemeteyer (Fra) 249 43.355 1967 Rik Van Looy (Bel) Hoban (Ang) Samyn (Fra) 249 41.720 1968 Guido Reybroeck (Bel) Godefroot (Bel) Leman (Bel) 249 44.584 1969 Herman Vanspringel (Bel) Verbeeck (Bel) Jochmans (Bel) 286 43.038 1970 Jurgen Tschan (Ger) Pijnen (Ned) Reybroeck (Bel) 286 41.011 1971 Rik Van Linden (Bel) Basso (Ita) Karstens (Ned) 285 40.766 1972 Noel Vantyghem (Bel) Huysmans (Bel) De Geest (Bel) 292 40.679 1973 Rik Van Linden (Bel) De Vlaeminck (Bel) Verbeeck (Bel) 264 42.076 TOURS-VERSAILLES 1974 Francesco Moser (Ita) Danguillaume (Fra) Leman (Bel) 254 43.268 1975 Freddy Maertens (Bel) Van Looy (Bel) De Vlaeminck 247 41.241 Grand Prix d'Automne 1976 Ronald De Witte (Bel) Poulidor (Fra) Bouloux (Fra) 253 43.519 1977 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) De Muynck (Bel) Kuiper (Ned) 259 44.531 BLOIS-MONTLHERY (Grand Prix d'Automne) 1978 Jan Raas (Ned) Jacobs (Bel) Van Calster (B) 271 38.896 BLOIS-CHAVILLE (Grand Prix d'Automne) 1979 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Saronni (Ita) Raas (Ned) 228 41.838 1980 Daniel Willems (Bel) Vigneron (Fra) Vanhaerens (Be) 228 40.449 1981 Jan Raas (Ned) Van den Haute (Bel) Colyn (Bel) 228 40.113 1982 Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) Gavazzi (Ita) De Wolf (Bel) 228 40.777 1983 Ludo Peeters (Bel) Van der Poel (Ned) Raas (Ned) 237 43.431 1984 Sean Kelly (Irl) Rooks (Ned) Wojtinek (Fra) 249 41.411 CRETEIL-CHAVILLE (Grand Prix d'Automne) 1985 Ludo Peeters (Bel) Argentin (Ita) Kelly (Ire) 249 38.607 1986 Phil Anderson (Aus) Peillon (Fra) Mottet (Fra) 253 40.765 1987 Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) Van Vliet (Ned) Fondriest (Ita) 255 38.734 PARIS-TOURS 1988 Peter Pieters (Ned) Goessens (Bel) Kelly (Ire) 290 34.202 1989 Jelle Nijdam (Ned) Vanderaerden (Bel) Museeuw(Bel) 283 39.402 1990 Rolf Sorensen (Dan) Anderson (Aus) Fondriest (Ita) 283 39.601 1991 Johan Capiot (Bel) Ludwig (Ger) Verhoeven (Ned) 286 38.406 1992 Hendrik Redant (Bel) Henn (Ger) Ludwig (Ger) 286 46.745 1993 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Fondriest (Ita) Gontchenkov 251 38.142 1994 Erik Zabel (Ger) Bortolami (Ita) Spruch (Pol) 250 39.934 1995 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tchmil (Rus) Teutenberg (Ge) 250 43.363 1996 Nicola Minali (Ita) Steels (Bel) Lombardi (Ita) 249 44.860 1997 Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Sciandri (GB) Vogels (Aus) 254 48.400 1998 Jacky Durand (Fra) Gualdi (Ita) Kirsipuu (Est) 254 44.231 1999 Marc Wauters (Bel) Faresin (Ita) Kirsipuu (Est) 254 41.281