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By Jeff Jones

The break in Agostoni
Photo: © Sirotti

The third last round of the 2001 World Cup will be held in Switzerland this Sunday - the 88th edition of the Meisterschaft von Zürich (Championship of Zurich). On a challenging 6 x 41.4 km (248.4 km) parcours, the real protagonists for this year's World Cup will do battle on the Pfannenstiel and Forch, the two main climbs each lap. In total, there is 3426 metres of climbing (571 m per lap), more than enough for last weekend's HEW World Cup winner Erik Zabel, who will not participate in this event.

That opens things up for Zabel's teammate Jan Ullrich to go for the victory, and he has made no secret of the fact that he will try. Ullrich has been in good form since the Tour, finishing second in Coppa Agostoni mid-week behind Francesco Casagrande. Last year in Zurich, Ullrich finished ahead of Casagrande, but behind Swiss winner Laurent Dufaux (Saeco), who will wear number one as the defending champ.

Dufaux has a couple of strong teammates in Mirko Celestino (winner of Tre Valli Varesine) and Fabio Sacchi, but will he be able to handle the challenge like he did last year? Both Lance Armstrong (USPS) and Davide Rebellin will also be in Zurich, and while Rebellin's form is solid, Armstrong seems to be on the downward slope of his season racing in Burgos, and may lose his number one UCI ranking to Rebellin on Sunday. Of course, the Texan may simply be saving his legs, as this race is not to be treated lightly.

Erik Dekker
Photo: © Sirotti

World Cup leader Erik Dekker (Rabobank) had a fantastic race last week in Germany, and certainly has the form to win on Sunday. All he needs is a decent placing, and the World Cup is his for 2001. He'll have good support from the brothers Zberg, Michael Boogerd and Maarten Den Bakker.

Further down the start list is Lotto-Adecco's Serge Baguet, who is having a consistent season so far, and starting to realise his talent as a cyclist. The lightly built Letterhoutemenaar finished 5th in San Sebastian, and won the Druivenkoers in Overijse midweek He can certainly handle the short steep climbs and may be in the mix at the end.

Mapei-Quick Step has brought a strong team, with Bartoli and Bettini leading the charge, along with Garzelli, Noe and Freire. The latter finished 6th in this race last year, and although he is still in comeback mode, he could surprise. Mercatone Uno's big chance is Igor Astarloa, who is generally up with the best riders.

Clasica San Sebastian winner Laurent Jalabert (CSC-Tiscali) is ready to go again, and his teammate Jakob Piil should also perform well on this course.

All told, it is an excellent quality field and this year's Meisterschaft von Zürich should produce a top class winner.

Start list

Final

Saeco Macchine Per Caffč             Cofidis, Le Crédit Par Téléphone
 
1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)               11 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa)
2 Mirko Celestino (Ita)              12 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)           13 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz)
4 Armin Meier (Swi)                  14 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)            15 David Moncoutie (Fra)
6 Fabio Sacchi (Ita)                 16 Chris Peers (Bel)
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)             17
8 Biagio Conte (Ita)                 18
 
Credit Agricole                      Domo-Farm Frites
 
21 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)              31 Dave Bruylandts (Bel)
22 Frédéric Finot (Fra)              32 Marco Milesi (Ita)
23 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)              33 Tomas Konecny (Cze)
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor)                34 Enrico Cassani (Ita)
25 Christopher Jenner (Fra)          35 Axel Merckx (Bel)
26 Bobby Julich (USA)                36 Fred Rodriguez (USA)
27 Jens Voigt (Ger)                  37 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
28                                   38 Richard Virenque (Fra)
 
Euskaltel-Euskadi                    Fassa Bortolo
 
41 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa)   51
42 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa)   52 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
43 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven)       53 Kim Kirchen (Lux)
44 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa)   54 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)
45 Igor Flores Galarza (Spa)         55 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
46 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa)          56 Andrea Peron (Ita)
47 Inigo Landaluze (Spa)             57 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa)     58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
 
Lampre-Daikin                        Liquigas-Pata
 
61 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)             71 Davide Rebellin (Ita)
62 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)             72 Stefano Cattai (Ita)
63 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)          73 Fausto Dotti (Ita)
64 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)          74 Gianni Faresin (Ita)
65 Marco Pinotti (Ita)               75 Cristiano Frattini (Ita)
66 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr)         76 Fabio Malberti (Ita)
67 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)             77 Mirko Marini (Ita)
68 Marco Serpellini (Ita)            78 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
 
Lotto-Adecco                         Mapei-Quick Step
 
81 Mario Aerts (Bel)                 91 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
82 Serge Baguet (Bel)                92 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
83 Christophe Brandt (Bel)           93 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)
84 Thierry Marichal (Bel)            94 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
85 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)          95 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)
86 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)               96 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)
87 Steve Vermaut (Bel)               97 Andrea Noe (Ita)
88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)              98 Luca Paolini (Ita)
 
Mercatone Uno-Stream TV              Rabobank
 
101 Roberto Savoldi (Ita)            111 Erik Dekker (Ned)
102 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)           112 Michael Boogerd (Ned)
103 Cristian Moreni (Ita)            113 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
104 Luca De Angeli (Ita)             114 Jan Boven (Ned)
105 Igor Astarloa (Spa)              115 Marc Lotz (Ned)
106 Oscar Mason (Ita)                116 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
107 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita)        117 Beat Zberg (Swi)
108 Simone Borgheresi (Ita)          118 Marcus Zberg (Swi)
 
Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola         Team Coast
 
121 Massimo Donati (Ita)             131 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
122 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)             132 Bekim Christensen (Den)
123 Marco Gili (Ita)                 133 Fernando Escartin Coti (Spa)
124 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)         134 Jason Phillips (Aus)
125 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)             135 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
126 Ruggero Borghi (Ita)             136 Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger)
127 Patrick Calcagni (Swi)           137 Rolf Huser (Swi)
128 Pietro Zucconi (Swi)             138 Alex Zuelle (Swi)
 
Team CSC Tiscali                     Team Deutsche Telekom
 
141 Michael Blaudzun (Den)           151 Rolf Aldag (Ger)
142 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa)    152 Udo Bölts (Ger)
143 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)           153 Alberto Elli (Ita)
144 René Joergensen (Den)            154 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
145 Paco Javier Cerezo Perales (Spa) 155 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
146 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)        156 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
147 Jakob Storm Piil (Den)           157 Kevin Livingston (USA)
148 Raphael Jeune (Fra)              158 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
 
US Postal Service                    Ag2R Prevoyance
 
161 Lance Armstrong (USA)            171 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
162 Antonio Cruz (USA)               172 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel)
163 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus)          173 David Delrieu (Fra)
164 Tyler Hamilton (USA)             174 Alexandre Grux (Fra)
165 George Hincapie (USA)            175 Thierry Loder (Fra)
166 Benoît Joachim (Lux)             176 Benoît Salmon (Fra)
167 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)         177 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
168 Matthew White (Aus)              178
 
Alexia Alluminio                     CCC Mat
 
181 Dario Andriotto (Ita)            191 Luca Belluomini (Ita)
182 Christian Auriemma (Ita)         192 Marco Cannone (Ita)
183 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)          193 Piotr Przydzial (Pol)
184 Mauro Zinetti (Ita)              194 Felice Puttini (Swi)
185 Antonio Salomone (Ita)           195 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)
186 Daniele Righi (Ita)              196 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu)
187 Corrado Serina (Ita)             197 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze)
188 Gianluca Valoti (Ita)            198 David Mccann (Irl)
 
Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             Gerolsteiner
 
201 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)          211 Federico Morini (Ita)
202 Enrico Degano (Ita)              212 Volker Ordowski (Ger)
203 Vladimir Duma (Ukr)              213 Uwe Peschel (Ger)
204 Nathan O'neill (Aus)             214 Ronny Scholz (Ger)
205 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr)            215 Marcel Strauss (Swi)
206 Yaugeni Seniushkin (Blr)         216 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
207 Antonio Varriale (Ita)           217 René Haselbacher (Aut)
208 Domenico Romano (Ita)            218 Peter Wrolich (Aut)
 
Phonak Hearing Systems               Post Swiss Team
 
221 Christian Charriere (Swi)        231 Pierre Ackermann (Swi)
222 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)         232 Reto Bergmann (Swi)
223 Alexandre Usov (Blr)             233 Martin Elmiger (Swi)
224 Cédric Fragniere (Swi)           234 Gerrit Glomser (Aut)
225 Bert Grabsch (Ger)               235 Christian Heule (Swi)
226 Alexandre Moos (Swi)             236 Roland Müller (Swi)
227 René Stadelmann (Swi)            237 Christian Poos (Lux)
228 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi)              238 Steve Zampieri (Swi)

Past Winners

     First                     Second                    Third
     
2000 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)      Jan Ullrich (Ger)         Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
1999 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Sergio Barbero (Ita)     Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
1998 Michele Bartoli (Ita)     Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Salvatore Commesso (Ita)
1997 Davide Rebellin (Ita)     Jan Ullrich (Ger)         Rolf Sörensen (Dan)
1996 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)    Michele Bartoli (Ita)     Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1995 Johan Museeuw (Bel)       Gianni Bugno (Ita)        Giorgio Furlan (Ita)
1994 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)  Johan Museeuw (Bel)       Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)  Charly Mottet (F)         Bruno Cenghialta (Ita)
1992 Viatch Ekimov (Rus)       Lance Armstrong (USA)     Jan Nevens (Bel)
1991 Johan Museeuw (Bel)       Laurent Jalabert (Fra)    Max Sciandri (GB)
1990 Charly Mottet (F)         Greg Lemond (USA)         Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
1989 Steve Bauer (Can)         Acacio Da Silva (Por)     Rolf Gölz (Ger)
1988 Steven Rooks (Ned)        Rolf Sörensen (Dan)       Toni Rominger (Swi)
1987 Rolf Gölz (Ger)           Raul Alcala (Mex)         Cam Passera (Ita)
1986 Acacio da Silva (P)       Steve Bauer (Can)         Adri van der Poel (Ned)
1985 Ludo Peeters (Bel)        Mario Beccia (Ita)        Steve Bauer (Can)
1984 Phil Anderson (Aus)       Hubert Seiz (Swi)         Pierino Gavazzi (Ita)
1983 Johan van de Velde (Ned)  Gilbert Glaus (Swi)       Frans Pirard (Ned)
1982 Adri van der Poel (Ned)   Hubert Seiz (Swi)         Tommy Prim (Swi)
1981 Beat Breu (Swi)           Henry Rinklin (Ger)       Daniel Willems (Bel)
1980 Gery Verlinden (Bel)      Jean-P Vandenbrande (Bel) Stefan Mutter (Swi)
1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)    Francesco Moser (Ita)     Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1978 Dietrich Thurau (Ger)     Francesco Moser (Ita)     G. Van Roosbroeck (Bel)
1977 Francesco Moser (Ita)     Ron. De Witte (Bel)       Walter Godefroot (Bel)
1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel)     Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)  Walter Godefroot (Bel)
1975 Roger DE Vlaeminck (Bel)  Eddy Merckx (Bel)         Franceso Moser (Ita)
1974 Walter Godefroot (Bel)    G. Van Roosbroeck (Bel)   Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1973 André Dierrickx (Bel)     Hennie Kuiper (Ned)       Licien de Brauwere (Bel)
1972 Willy Vanneste (Bel)      Vic van Schil (Bel)       André Poppe (Bel)
1971 Herman Vanspringel (Bel)  Romano Tumellero (Ita)    Roland Berland (F)
1970 Walter Godefroot (Bel)    Franz Mintjens (Bel)      André Dierickx (Bel)
1969 Roger Swerts (Bel)        Eddy Beugels (Ned)        Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
1968 Franco Bitossi (Ita)      Walter van Sweevelt (Bel) Marino Basso (Ita)
1967 Robert Hagmann (Swi)      Paul Zollinger (Swi)      Louis Pfenninger (Swi)
1966 Italo Zilioli (Ita)       Luc Armani (Ita)          Francis Blanc (Swi)
1965 Franco Bitossi (Ita)      Roland Zoeffel (Swi)      Jan Hugens (Ned)
1964 Guido Reibrouck (Bel)     Gastone Nencini (Ita)     Robert Hintermüller (Swi)
1963 Franco Balmanion (Ita)    Angelo Conterno (Swi)     Vend Barriliera (Ita)
1962 Jan Janssen (Ned)         Marc Ongenae (Bel)        Raf Gijsles (Ned)
1961 Rolf Maurer (Swi)         Heinz Graf (Swi)          Andre Noyelle (Bel)
1960 Freddy Ruegg (Swi)        Alc. Vaucher (Swi)        Arrigo Padovan (Ita)
1959 Angelo Conterno (Ita)     Heinz Graf (Swi)          Otto Altweck (Ger)
1958 Giuseppe Cainero (Ita)    Hans Junkermann (Ger)     Heinz Graf (Swi)
1957 Hans Junkermann (Ger)     R. Filippi (Ita)          L. van der Elst (Bel)
1956 Carlo Clerici (Swi)       Giuseppe Cainero (Ita)    Heinz Graf (Swi)
1955 Max Schellenberg (Swi)    Carlo Lafranchi (Swi)     Roland Callebout (Bel)
1954 Hugo Koblet (Swi)         Eugen Kamber (Swi)        Jean Brun (Swi)
1953 Eugen Kamber (Swi)        Arm. Para (Ita)           Carlo Clerici (Swi)
1952 Hugo Koblet (Swi)         Carlo Clerici (Swi)       Fritz Schaer (Swi)
1951 Jean Brun (Swi)           Fritz Schaer (Swi)        Hans Sommer (Swi)
1950 Fritz Schaer (Swi)        Ferdi Kübler (Swi)        Désiré Keteleer (Bel)
1949 Fritz Schaer (Swi)        C. Danguillaume (F)       Gottfried Weilenmann (Swi)
1948 Gino Bartali (Ita)        Ernest Stettler (Swi)     Hans Schütz (Ita)
1947 Charles Guyot (Swi)       Renzo Zanazzi (Ita)       Ferdi Kübler (Swi)
1946 Gino Bartali (Ita)        Fausto Coppi (Ita)        H. Bolliger (Swi)
1945 Leo Weilemann (Swi)       Hans Maag (Swi)           Ernst Naef (Swi)
1944 Ernst Naef (Swi)          E. Kuhn (Swi)             Hans Knecht (Swi)
1943 Ferdy Kübler (Swi)        Kurt Zogg (Swi)           Walter Diggelmann (Swi)
1942 Paul Egli (Swi)           Walter Diggelmann (Swi)   Hans Knecht (Swi)
1941 Walter Diggelmann (Swi)   Hans Maag (Swi)           Paul Egli (Swi)
1940 Robert Zimmermann (Swi)   Walter Diggelmann (Swi)   R. Breitenmoser (Swi)
1939 Karl Litschi (Swi)        Werner Buchwalder (Swi)   Walter Gross (Swi)
1938 Hans Martin (Swi)         Walter Blattmann (Swi)    Paul Egli (Swi)
1937 Leo Amberg (Swi)          Ed Buchwalder (Swi)       Werner Buchwalder (Swi)
1936 Werner Buchwalder (Swi)   Jean Wauters (Bel)        Auguste Erne (Swi)
1935 Paul Egli (Swi)           Leo Amberg (Swi)          Walter Blattmann (Swi)
1934 Paul Egli (Swi)           Auguste Erne (Swi)        Alfred Bula (Swi)
1933 Walter Blattmann (Swi)    Alfred Bula (Swi)         Willi Kutschbach (Ger)
1932 Auguste Erne (Swi)        Alfred Bula (Swi)         Karl Altenburger (Ger)
1931 Max Bulla (Aut)           Karl Altenburger (Ger)    Albert Buchi (Swi)
1930 Omer Taverne (Bel)        Désiré Louesse (Bel)      Max Bulla (Aut)
1929 Henri Suter (Swi)         Ludwig Geyer (Ger)        Jozef Zind (Ger)
1928 Henri Suter (Swi)         Albert Meyer (Swi)        Henri Reymond (Swi)
1927 Kastor Notter (Swi)       Oskar Tietz (Ger)         Félix Manthey (Ger)
1926 Albert Blattmann (Swi)    Otto Lehner (Swi)         Oskar Tietz (Ger)
1925 Hans Kaspar (Swi)         Henri Reymond (Swi)       Marcel Perriere (Swi)
1924 Henri Suter (Swi)         Kastor Notter (Swi)       Max Sutter (Swi)
1923 Adolf Huschke (Ger)       Henri Suter (Swi)         Kastor Notter (Swi)
1922 Henri Suter (Swi)         Hermann Gehrig (Swi)      Louis Krauss (Swi)
1921 Ricardo Maffeo (Ita)      A. Bani (Ita)             Alf Dätwiler (Swi)
1920 Henri Suter (Swi)         Josi Zorloni (Swi)        F. Francescon (Ita)
1919 Henri Suter (Swi)         Emile Strasser (Swi)      Hans Lienhard (Swi)
1918 Anton Sieger (Swi)        Jakob Sieger (Swi)        Heinrich Wegmann (Swi)
1917 Charles Martinet (Ita)    Josi Zorloni (Swi)        Pascal Valentini (Ita)
1914 Henri Rheinwald (Swi)     Otto Wiedmer (Swi)        Robert Chopard (Swi)

In 1984, Eric McKenzie (NZ) was the winner but was disqualified for doping

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