News for September 28, 2000
Casagrande 1, Ullrich 2
That's the situation at the top of the UCI men's rankings after the Olympic Road Race yesterday. Jan Ullrich's win gave him 400 points - much in need after his loss in the Vuelta. He still train's Francesco Casagrande by over 300 points, but could narrow the gap in the Olympic time trial, which is worth 240 points for the win, 150 for second and 120 for third. He will not be able to make up any ground if he wins the World Championship TT as he is the defending champion. However, if he beats Casagrande (4th last year, Ullrich was 8th) in the road race then that might be enough. Other than that, there was very little change in the top rankings as no-one actually lost any points from doing badly in the Olympic road race. Those who did well included George Hincapie (139th - 96th), Piotr Wadecki (64th - 43rd), Frank Hoj (173rd - 106th) and Michele Bartoli (45th - 29th). Despite Team Telekom's strong showing yesterday, they remain 700 points behind world number one team, Mapei-Quick Step. With Euskaltel-Euskadi leading division II, the pecking order in the top two divisions is much the same. In the third division, Shaklee has pushed the Austrian Bosch Hausgeräte-Sport Kärnten out of the top spot. UCI men's rankings as of September 28, 2000 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2,275.00 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1,951.75 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1,858.00 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 1,774.00 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1,767.00 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1,652.00 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1,484.00 8 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1,436.00 9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1,422.00 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1,403.00 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1,391.75 12 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1,329.25 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1,282.00 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1,199.00 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1,192.00 16 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1,126.00 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1,089.00 18 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 1,028.00 19 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 1,010.00 20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1,007.25 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 979.00 22 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 929.00 23 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 920.00 24 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 900.00 25 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 888.00 26 Fernando Escartin Coti (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 879.00 27 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Festina-Lotus 875.00 28 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 870.75 29 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 869.35 30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 849.75 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 848.00 32 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 830.25 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 829.00 34 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 824.00 35 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 813.85 36 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 809.75 37 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 795.00 38 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 788.00 39 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 779.00 40 Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon 772.00 41 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 769.00 42 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto 739.00 43 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Mróz-Supradyn Witamin 737.00 44 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 733.00 45 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 731.00 46 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 720.00 47 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 712.00 48 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 692.00 49 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 688.00 50 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 687.00 Teams: Division I 1 Mapei-Quick Step 8,829.25 pts 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 8,185.25 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6,340.00 4 Lampre-Daikin 6,087.00 5 Fassa Bortolo 6,047.00 6 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5,678.75 7 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5,555.00 8 Rabobank 5,457.75 9 Banesto 5,156.00 10 US Postal Service 4,112.20 Division II 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3,261.00 pts 2 Credit Agricole 2,890.00 3 Cantina Tollo 2,155.00 4 Jean Delatour 1,793.00 5 Bonjour 1,710.00 Division III 1 Team Shaklee 405.00 pts 2 Bosch Hausgeräte-Sport Kärnten 391.00 3 Psk Unit Expert 336.00 4 Kia-Villiger Suisse 230.00 5 Stabil Steiermark 187.00 Nations: 1 Italy 12,184.30 pts 2 Spain 9,355.75 3 Belgium 7,786.50 4 Germany 7,779.50 5 France 6,828.25 6 Netherlands 6,233.10 7 Switzerland 5,326.50 8 U.S.A. 5,077.55 9 Denmark 3,941.85 10 Russia 3,866.50 Belgian World's teamNational coaches José De Cauwer and Ronny Vanmarcke have finalised the various Belgian World Championships teams: Elite Men Road Race Serge Baguet (Lotto) Reserve: Kurt Van de Wouwer (Lotto) Time Trial Marc Streel (Collstrop) U23 Men Andy Cappelle (Wielerclub de Lombarden) Time Trial Gert Steegmans (Mapei Cycling Team) Junior Men Road race Kevin De Weert Time Trial Igor Stevens Elite women Lensy Debboudt Junior Women Road race Corine Hierckens Time trial Nele Van Den Broeck Adamsson to CoastSwedish Champion Stefan Adamsson leaves third division Team Crescent for Team Coast. He has signed for two years. "It's an opportunity I just have to grab. I know it's going to be tough to ride for such a strong team at my age but I also know that it will be developing. It's thanks to this season in Team Crescent that I now can take the step up to a first division team," said the 23 year old Adamsson. Team Coast contacted Adamsson directly after the Swedish Championships in June and the interest increased after Adamsson's silver medal in the European Championships. "This is actually an expected consequence of our work to develop cyclists. With a season like Adamsson's it is all right to step up. We wish him all the luck," says Crescent management spokesman, Bo Flodin. He added that the team will miss Adamsson's charisma, attitude and of course his sprinting abilities. The Swedish team goes on next season with a couple of new riders, whose names will be revealed later.
Fakta 2001Team Fakta will put the following squad on the road next year: Lennie Kristensen, Allan Johansen, Mikael Kyneb, Michael Skelde, Morten Sonne, Allan Bo Andersen, Jacob Gram Nielsen, Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor), Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe), Bjarke Nielsen, Robert Lochowski (Ger) and Manu L'Hoir (Bel). Sports director Kim Andersen is still looking for some more riders and Dane Tayeb Brakia is a candidate depending on his satisfaction with Linda McCartney's payment system. The team has assured the riders that the transfers have been made to their accounts, however depending on what country they're in, it can take longer for the money to appear. As previously mentioned, they have taken steps to ensure that delays will not happen in future, although some riders have been waiting several months. Swede Stefan Adamsson was another who has been mentioned but has now been signed by Team Coast.
New team for PortugalA new major Portuguese team, Nettispor - União Ciclística Ibérica, will start next season with Spaniard Melchior Mauri (ex Benfica) as its main attraction, not only as team captain but also with a director's position in the team. Other riders are amateurs João Barata, Augusto Horta, José Carlos Paolinetti e Armindo Lúcio. The project will run for at least five years and the aim is for first division during that period. For the first two seasons however, the policy will be to stick to Portuguese and Spanish races.
Turbulence in BenficaTime triallist Joaquin Andrade (Barbot-Torrié) is the eighth reinforcement in Benfica this year. Only three riders remain from last year: Serguei Smetanine, Fábio Quercioli and Luís Sarreira. Spaniard José Garrido is still undecided about his future with the team The other newcomers are Joaquim Gomes (LA Pecol), Aitor Kintana (Euskaltel Euskadi), Michele Laddomada (LA Pecol), Stefano Venturini (LA Pecol), Vitali Kokorine (Amica Chips), José Sousa (Gresco Tavira) and Luís Perez (Vitalício). A number of riders will leave the team: Alberto Amaral, Jorge Silva, Hugo Lúcio, Rui Roque, Quintino Rodrigues, Marco Madrucci, Joona Laukka, Oscar Uriarte, Danyel Bayés, Giuseppe Di Fresco and Melchor Mauri. |
