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Results & reports
94th Paris Tours - CDM
France, October 8, 2000
Results Paris-Tours Espoirs World Cup Standings
Tafi wins wet Paris-Tours
By Jeff Jones, online editor
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Andrea Tafi (Mapei-Quick Step) proved that he still had plenty of fire in his legs as he won a tough 94th edition of Paris-Tours, the ninth round of the World Cup. Tafi attacked with 20 kilometres to go to beat the evergreen Andrei Tchmil and Daniele Nardello, with Tchmil gaining enough points to be in good contention for the World Cup, not to mention the World Championships next weekend.
The race was marked by windy and rainy conditions, and the 188 riders were in no mood to hammer out of the blocks in pursuit of a high average speed. The early attack came from Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour) and Mindaugas Goncaras (Saint-Quentin) and they were allowed a lot of rope, gaining 30 minutes after 120 kilometres in front. Chavanel dropped his companion shortly afterward in Savigny-sur-Braye (134 km to go) and held his massive advantage for another 25 kilometres.
Finally, the lethargic peloton stirred, and the young Chavanel found his lead rapidly shrinking. In 20 kilometres he lost 10 minutes after some serious chasing was being done by a 13 rider selection. This contained Rik Verbrugghe and Andrei Tchmil (Lotto), Paolo Bettini, Andrea Tafi and Daniele Nardello (Mapei), Nico Mattan (Cofidis), Rolf Sorenson (Rabobank), Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r), Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa), Zbigniew Spruch (Lampre), Gorazd Stangelj (Liquigas), and World Cup leader Erik Zabel (Telekom). By the 200th kilometre, Tafi, Mattan and Verbrugghe had attacked from this top group and were just 4'15 behind the fading Frenchman, with the bulk of the pack a further 1'40 back.
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The trio caught Chavanel with 32 kilometres to go, and that was the end of a brave attempt. Had the 21 year old ridden in the 188.5 km Espoirs race, he may have had more success. That was won by Belgian Tom Boonen (Kortrijk) who edged out rising Swede, Stefan Adamsson (Crescent/Swedish National) and Ronald Mutsaars (Rabobank Espoirs) after a group of 7 made it to the finish.
The pro's were now going full steam ahead, and Tchmil, Daniele Nardello, Gorazd Stangelj and Paolo Bettini attacked what was left of the Zabel group. This left Zabel chasing with 25 kilometres to go and the seven leaders had the race in their sights.
With 20 kilometres to go, Tafi attacked Verbrugghe and Mattan before the other four caught on, and by the time they did, he had a lead that grew to a minute with 14 kilometres to go. As he did in Paris-Roubaix in 1999, Tafi kept his advantage into Tours' Avenue de Grammont, taking his fourth ever win in a Classic.
Meanwhile amongst the chasing group, Andrei Tchmil powered away with less than 10 kilometres to go, and only Mapei's Daniele Nardello could go with him. Tchmil was going for World Cup points and he needed to score well in this race if he was to have any chance at Zabel's lead. The German was still in the hunt at around a minute behind but was only chasing 8th place.
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Tchmil closed to within 39 seconds of Tafi by the finish and took second place ahead of Nardello. Mapei's other rider in the break, Paolo Bettini capped off a great day for the team by taking 4th place. Tchmil gained 70 points for his performance, while Zabel eventually finished 11th (15 points). With one round of the World Cup to go (Giro di Lombardia), the Belgian veteran could conceivably defeat Zabel if he wins and Zabel places no higher than 7th.
While Telekom couldn't match the might of three Mapei riders in the final selection, they suffered another blow when top man, Jan Ullrich fell with 20 kilometres to go after he hit a traffic island. He has taken to hospital with a severe gash in his lip that required six stitches. His start in the World Championships time trial and road race is now off, as he will need several days without training.
Results - 254.5 km
1 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6.38.14 (38.3 km/h) 2 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 0.39 3 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.36 5 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 1.39 6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco 7 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 8 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 2.00 9 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.05 10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2.09 13 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 3.44 14 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 15 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 17 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti 18 Fréderic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 22 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 23 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 24 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 25 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata 26 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto Adecco 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 29 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 30 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 31 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 32 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 35 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Festina 36 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto Adecco 37 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 39 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 40 Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 41 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 42 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 44 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 46 Christian Auriemma (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 47 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina 48 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 49 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 51 Biaggio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 52 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 53 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 57 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 60 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli&Valli 61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 63 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 65 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 66 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 67 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.52 68 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.54 69 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 70 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 71 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.52 72 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 73 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 74 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 75 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 76 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas Pata 77 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 79 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 80 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.41 81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.10 82 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 83 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 84 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Adecco 85 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 7.41 86 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 8.52 87 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 88 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli&Valli 14.22 89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Saeco-Valli&Valli 90 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 91 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 92 Alvaro Forner (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 93 Lars Michaelsen (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 94 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 95 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto Adecco 96 Miguel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 97 Ole Simensen (Nor) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 98 Danny Pate (USA) Saeco-Valli&Valli 99 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 100 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 101 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Adecco 102 Giacomo Battistel (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 103 Nicola Minali (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 104 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 105 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 106 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 107 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 14.29 108 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 109 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 110 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 111 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 112 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli
Espoirs (1.7.1) - 188.5 km
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 4.30.25 (41.8 km/h)
2 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 0.01
3 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Lyonnais 0.02
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) French National Team 0.03
6 Björn Hoeben (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 0.05
7 Lionel Georget (Fra) Bretagne 0.15
8 Raphaël Bastin (Bel) RC Pesant Club Liegeois 1.06
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Luxembourg 1.23
10 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 1.26
11 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Bretagne
12 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Sp. 1.27
13 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Belgian National Team
14 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Nowegian National Team
15 Charles Dionne (Can) US/Canadian National Team 1.28
16 Jonas Ljungblad (Fra) Swedish National Team
17 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) UC Chateauroux
18 Samuel Rouyer (Fra) French National Team
19 Holger Loew (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt
20 Alexandre Koslov (Blr) Velo Club De Roubaix
21 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Ile de France
22 Fabien Fernandez (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
23 Michael Reihs (Den) Danish National Team
24 Nicolas Boulenger (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise
25 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) French National Team
26 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
27 Eric Berthou (Fra) Team Seat Sport Dinan
28 Kristoffer Ingeby (Fra) Swedish National Team
29 Davy Coenen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 1.29
30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
31 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) French National Team
32 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
33 Jean François Jegou (Fra) Pays De Loire
34 Brad Buccambuso (USA) US/Canadian National Team
35 Maxime Larue (Fra) Lyonnais
36 Eric Le Blacher (Fra) French National Team
37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Belgian National Team
38 Stéphane Cys (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 1.30
39 Robin Sharman (GBr) British National Team
40 François Norce (Fra) Provence
41 Gisle Viköyr (Nor) Nowegian National Team 1.31
42 Kjetil Loitegard (Nor) Nowegian National Team 1.32
43 David Breard (Fra) Velo Club Rouen 76
44 Michael Larsen (Den) Danish National Team 1.33
45 David Orvalho (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 1.35
46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) C.Gambetta Orléans Loire 1.37
47 Stéphane Meunier (Fra) Lyonnais
48 Yann Vigouroux (Fra) Bretagne 2.01
49 Christophe Diguet (Fra) Pays De Loire
50 Georges Toussaint (Fra) Ile de France
51 Andrius Zaleskis (Ltu) Velo Club Rouen 76
52 Tobias Lergard (Swe) Swedish National Team
53 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 2.02
54 David Boucher (Fra) Pole France Wasquehal 2.25
55 Antony Grafin (Fra) UC Chateauroux 2.38
56 Nicolas Venuat (Fra) Auvergne
57 Riadh Baatout (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93
58 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire
59 Petter Renang (Swe) Swedish National Team 2.39
60 Jean Marc Maurin (Fra) Provence
61 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
62 Sébastien Morvan (Fra) Aquitaine 2.40
63 Gaylord Tourneur (Fra) Poitou-Charentes
64 Russel Downing (GBr) British National Team 2.41
65 Tom Southam (GBr) British National Team
66 Henrik Simper (Den) Danish National Team
67 Steve De Maesemeer (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Sp. 2.42
68 Brice Jones (USA) US/Canadian National Team 3.02
69 Wannes Maartens (Can) US/Canadian National Team 3.15
70 Jérôme Bouchet (Fra) UC Chateauroux 3.16
71 Jimmy Hansen (Den) Danish National Team
72 Rony Martias (Fra) Vendee U-Pays De La Loire 3.18
73 Vincent Socquin (Fra) Cyclo Club Nogent Sur Oise 3.20
74 Pieter Uytterhoeven (Bel) RC Pesant Club Liegeois 3.37
75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) French National Team 3.39
76 Guillaume Corniau (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 3.40
77 Kenneth Flesja (Nor) Nowegian National Team
78 Jérôme Morier (Fra) Orleanais 4.11
79 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 5.01
80 Eddy Lamoureux (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 5.14
81 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Ile de France 8.30
82 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 17.11
83 Markus Fothen (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt 19.08
84 Julien Guiborel (Fra) CM Aubervilliers 93 20.42
85 Jimmy Herman (Bel) RC Pesant Club Liegeois
86 Jonathan Maquaire (Fra) Essonne
87 Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Orleanais 26.52
88 Antoine Nys (Fra) Velo Club De Roubaix
89 José Da Silva (Fra) Velo Club De Roubaix
90 Hervé Duclos Lassalle (Fra) Aquitaine
World Cup Standings
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 347 pts 2 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Adecco 276 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 204 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 201 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Siderm 160 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 151 7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 145 8 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 144 9 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 135 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 132 11 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 120 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 112 13 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 111 14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 93 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 79 16 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 77 17 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 70 18 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 67 19 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 50 20 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 41 21 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 36 22 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35 23 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 33 24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto Adecco 32 25 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 32 26 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 27 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 31 28 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas Pata 29 29 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 28 30 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 26 31 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 24 32 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 24 33 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 24 34 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 22 35 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 21 36 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 20 37 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 20 38 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 39 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 40 Fréderic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 41 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno 17 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto Adecco 16 43 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 15 44 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli&Valli 15 45 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15 46 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 15 47 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti 14 48 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) Once Deutsche Bank 14 49 David Clinger (USA) Festina 13 50 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 13 51 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 13 52 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 12 53 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 12 54 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 11 55 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Team Polti 7 56 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 57 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas Pata 5 58 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 5 59 Lars Michaelsen (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 60 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 3 61 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto Adecco 2