11th Classique des Alpes - 1.1France, June 9, 20012000 Results Results Past winners
Iban Mayo in form
Recent winner of the Midi Libre, Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has won the wet 11th edition of the Classique des Alpes, 175 kilometres between Aix-les-Bains and Chambery. The Spaniard beat perennial podium finisher, Lance Armstrong (US Postal) and Russian Pavel Tonkov (Mercury) by 1'12 after a long escape. 23 year old Mayo had attacked on the Grapillon pass (km 55), together with Kelme's Oscar Sevilla, but dropping the latter on the climb of the Cucheron pass. As the rain continued to fall, Mayo continued to ride away from the next group, gaining up to 4 minutes with 25 kilometres to go. Behind him, Pavel Tonkov attacked with Lance Armstrong on the Col du Granier, and the two attempted to catch Mayo in the final kilometres. They could not do so. Armstrong crossed the col with under half a minute's lead to Tonkov, but Tonkov regained it on the descent which was quite dangerous. Iban Mayo took it very carefully, but eventually the young Euskaltel rider scored another important victory, riding across the line in Chambery with over a minute to spare after being away for 120 kilometres. Armstrong sprinted around Tonkov for second place, with Félix Rafael Cardenas (Kelme) coming in alone at 2'27.
Laurent Jalabert (CSC) was also prominent near the front, but suffered a puncture in the finale and finished 23rd, 11'34 down, describing himself as "cooked" after the race. "France makes me successful," said Mayo after the race. "I did not know that Armstrong had attacked, I thought it was a group." "The weather was cold and I did not know the climbs very well. It was very hard. This win is very significant for my career. The Dauphiné will be something else. Eight days is long." Second placed Lance Arsmtrong said that "I wanted to test myself. I am content with this result. The race was beautiful but the tough conditions changed the tactics. The Tour de France is still far away. I will ride the Tour de Suisse, I want to become lighter there."
Results - 175 km1 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 4.57.21 (35.306 km/h) 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 1.12 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel 4 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.27 5 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.43 6 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskatel-Euskadi 3.13 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4.12 8 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 4.20 12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5.36 13 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.04 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto Adecco 7.23 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 8.43 16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 17 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis 18 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.19 19 Chann Mcrae (USA) Mercury-Viatel 11.34 20 Daniel Schnider (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Csc-World Online 24 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.06 25 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) US Postal Service 12.23 26 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) ONCE 12.52 27 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 12.58 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.24 29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE 14.06 30 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 15.29 31 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 21.20 32 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 22.18 33 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Post Swiss Team 34 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 36 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 37 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Grégory Vollet (Fra) Saint-Quentin-Oktos 39 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 40 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE 24.01 43 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE 44 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE 45 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-New Systems 25.35 46 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 27.41 47 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30.59 48 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour 50 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) BonjourJuniors - 118 km 1 Marc De Maar (Ned) Dutch National Team 3.22.52 (34.9 km/h) 2 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Dutch National Team 0.06 3 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 2.13 4 Jos Harms (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.15 5 Simon Schärer (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.42 6 Mathieu Boiche (Fra) Bourgogne 2.48 7 Norbert Poels (Ned) Dutch National Team 2.53 8 Maxime Vuillerminaz (Fra) Ile-de-France 3.44 9 Pierre Therville (Fra) Bourgogne 3.47 10 Jurgen Van Den Broecke (Bel) Belgian National Tea 3.51 11 Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Pays de Loire 12 Cédric Marty (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 5.08 13 Reinier Honig (Ned) Dutch National Team 14 Alexandre Cabrera (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 15 Nicolas Courtadon (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 16 Thomas Bernabeu (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 17 Jarno Nicoli (Fra) Picardie 18 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Pays de Loire 19 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Orléanais 20 Onno Gerritsen (Ned) Dutch National Team 21 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 22 Anthony Gasperin (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 23 Vincent Graczyck (Fra) Orléanais 24 Yannick Piriou (Fra) Bretagne 25 Paul Brousse (Fra) Poitou-Charentes 26 Mathias Hell (Swi) Swiss National Team 27 Antoine Guilbaud (Fra) Pays de Loire 6.02 28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Dutch National Team 29 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Orléanais 7.37 30 Julien Plumer (Fra) Côte d'Azur 31 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Flandre-Artois 32 Pirmin Lang (Swi) Swiss National Team 8.29 33 Nicolas Gillot (Fra) Flandre-Artois 9.15 34 Florian Louis (Fra) Auvergne 35 Patrick Gasmann (Swi) Swiss National Team 9.35 36 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 12.11 37 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 38 Jordane Chazal (Fra) Lyonnais 12.50 39 Florent Roussy (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 12.54 40 Samuel Boudard (Fra) Bretagne 41 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne 42 Cédric Verguet (Fra) Franche-Comté 13.07 43 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Auvergne 13.16 44 Guillaume Duval (Fra) Picardie 13.35 45 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 13.47 46 Gil Suray (Bel) Belgian National Team 14.02 47 Sébastien Guine (Fra) Ile-de-France 14.27 48 Julien Marcuz (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 14.40 49 Antonin Avisse (Fra) Picardie 14.48 50 Nicolas Fontaine (Fra) Flandre-Artois 51 Yannick Rebouilleau (Fra) Pays de Loire 52 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Provence 53 David Tandart (Fra) Picardie 54 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Ile-de-France 14.54 55 Mickaël Suchaud (Fra) Limousin 15.02 56 Grégory Chaval (Fra) Lyonnais 57 Anthony Boyer (Fra) Aquitaine 15.06 58 Vincent Casals (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 59 Adrien Brusson (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 60 Emilien Berges (Fra) Midi-Pyrénées 15.23 61 Sylvain Theron (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 16.09 62 Bruno Desoutter (Fra) Bourgogne 16.18 63 Benjamin Castan (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 64 Boris Chambon (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 65 David Gourju (Fra) Savoie 66 Michael Van Poucke (Bel) Belgian National Team 67 Stéphane Cabrera (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 17.00 68 Adrien Urbain (Fra) Pays de Loire 69 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Belgian National Team 70 Guillaume Ledinahet (Fra) Bretagne 71 Julien Boyer (Fra) Limousin 17.04 72 Xavier Tonnelier (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 17.20 73 Florian Courrege (Fra) Bourgogne 17.29 74 Brice Monnerais (Fra) Bretagne 17.49 75 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Belgian National Team 18.03 76 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Normandie 18.25 77 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Pays de Loire 78 Nicolas Boiton (Fra) Lyonnais 19.05 79 Adrien Vuillier (Fra) Franche-Comté 80 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Côte d'Azur 21.33 81 Mathieu Allain (Fra) Limousin 22.01 82 Jürg Schell (Swi) Swiss National Team 22.44 83 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Côte d'Azur 84 Guillaume Blanchard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes 23.31 85 Yann Huguet (Fra) Aquitaine 23.47 86 Sébastien Fonlupt (Fra) Auvergne 87 Antoine Perche (Fra) Flandre-Artois 23.57 88 François Lamiraud (Fra) Orléanais 24.09 89 Loïc Barre (Fra) Orléanais 24.27 90 Romuald Piteau (Fra) Poitou-Charentes 91 Guillaume Boucheix (Fra) Auvergne 92 Romain Fondard (Fra) Auvergne 93 Julien Vaudoir (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 94 Jean Philippe Ficarra (Fra) Flandre-Artois 25.45 95 Emmanuel Roche (Fra) Lyonnais 25.48 96 Pierrick Maisse (Fra) Lyonnais 97 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Pays de Loire 25.51 98 Régis Franchequin (Fra) Franche-Comté 99 Alexandre Touboulic (Fra) Picardie 26.09 100 Jonathan Adami (Fra) Ile-de-France 26.29 101 Arnaud Royer (Fra) Bourgogne 102 Julien Potiron (Fra) Savoie 26.38 103 Manuel Rhyn (Swi) Swiss National Team 26.46 104 Fabrice Bonamy (Fra) Provence 26.58 105 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 106 Jonathan Ferrand (Fra) Champagne-Ardenne 107 Nic Ingels (Bel) Belgian National Team 108 Colin Menc-Molina (Fra) Provence 27.42 109 Cyril Grand (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 27.53 110 Frédéric Pitiot (Fra) Ile-de-France 29.18 111 Julien Livoury (Fra) Flandre-Artois 112 Jérôme Bellabriga (Fra) Provence 29.23 113 Jean Christophe Avril (Fra) Normandie 29.56 114 Julien Belgy (Fra) Poitou-Charentes 31.01 115 Fabien Broca (Fra) Aquitaine 32.24 116 Cyril Fernandez (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 32.32 117 Florent Charton (Fra) Limousin 33.17 118 Stéphane Penaud (Fra) Limousin 119 Renaud Castiglioni (Fra) Franche-Comté 34.04 120 David Arassus (Fra) Franche-Comté 121 Tom Criel (Bel) Belgian National Team 34.46 122 Jean Charles Breard (Fra) Normandie 34.59 123 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgian National Team 35.36 124 Alban Mounier (Fra) Lyonnais 36.16 125 Anthony Martineau (Fra) Limousin 36.49 126 David Jehanno (Fra) Bretagne 37.50 127 Romain Lamoulinette (Fra) Poitou-Charentes 45.14 128 Nicolas Etienne (Fra) Bretagne 45.50 129 Georges Lestage (Fra) Franche-Comté 130 Pierre Mallet (Fra) Franche-Comté 131 Hervé Dulali (Fra) Aquitaine 132 Sébastien Joigne (Fra) Normandie 46.38 133 Damien Cigolotti (Fra) Lyonnais 47.58 134 Fabrice Cat (Fra) Côte d'Azur 48.19 135 Benjamin Buisson (Fra) Dauphiné-Savoie 49.06 136 Mathieu Requet (Fra) Franche-Comté 49.32 137 Julien Gonthier (Fra) Auvergne 138 Nicolas Crespo (Fra) Aquitaine 51.00 139 Xavier Labeyrie (Fra) Aquitaine 51.42 140 Alexandre Farizier (Fra) Languedoc-Roussillon 54.24 Past Winners2000 1 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 2 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1999 1 Unai Osa (Spa) 2 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) 1998 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 3 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 1997 1 Laurent Roux (Fra) 2 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 1996 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) 1995 1 Ramón Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa) 2 Gerard Rué (Fra) 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1994 1 Oliverio Rincon (Col) 2 Laurent Roux (Fra) 3 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1993 1 Eddy Bouwmans (Ned) 2 Thierry Clavyrolat (Fra) 3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 1992 1 Gilles Delion (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Dante Rezze (Fra) 1991 1 Charly Mottet (Fra) 2 Robert Millar (GBr) 3 Luc Leblanc (Fra) |
