59th Paris-Nice - 2.HC

France, March 11-18, 2001

2000 Results    Stage list    Starting list    Past winners

Preview

The biggest race of the season so far starts this Sunday with a 6.2 kilometre prologue time trial in Nevers, France. 168 riders from 23 teams will start, many of course eager to take the prestige (and UCI points) that go with winning Paris-Nice.

One rider who is not amongst the favourites this year is Telekom's Andreas Klöden. The defending champion and Olympic bronze medallist has been sick and "does not have a chance for victory" according to Telekom team spokesman Olaf Ludwig. Instead, he will ride the eight day event in preparation for the Tour de France, where he is expected to be a key team member.

Telekom will rely on Alexander Vinokourov to carry the flag for them, but they will have their work cut out. Jean Delatour have last year's runner-up, Laurent Brochard, as well as Eddy Seigneur, and Patrice Halgand.

Bonjour's Didier Rous will be the likely GC man for their team, with Damien Nazon for the sprints. Credit Agricole have a good team with O'Grady, Vaughters, Julich, Hushovd, Jenner, Bessy, Gougot and Finot, while CSC-World Online are looking a little lean without Laurent Jalabert.

Other names to look for include Fabio Baldato and Raimondas Rumsas (Fassa Bortolo), Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r), Andrei Tchmil (Lotto), Michele Bartoli (Mapei), David Millar and David Moncoutie (Cofidis), Jimmy Casper (FdJ), Jörg Ludewig and Laurent Dufuax (Saeco), Patrick Jonker (Big Mat), Alex Zülle (Coast), Axel Merckx, Robbie McEwen and Dave Bruylandts (Domo), and Joseba Beloki (ONCE).

The Stages

  • Prologue - March 11: Nevers ITT, 6.2 km
  • Stage 1 - March 12: Saint-Amand-Montrond - Clermont-Ferrand, 189.2 km
  • Stage 2 - March 13: Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Etienne, 195.4 km
  • Stage 3 - March 14: Saint-Etienne - Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, 217.9 km
  • Stage 4 - March 15: Tarascon - Sisteron, 195.6 km
  • Stage 5 - March 16: Berre l'Etang - Saint-Raphaël, 240 .3 km
  • Stage 6 - March 17: Nice - Col d'Eze ITT, 10.0 km
  • Stage 7 - March 18: Nice-Nice, 157.1 km

Click on each stage for a profile.

Starting list

Telekom                           Jean Delatour
 
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger)            11 Jérôme Bernard (Fra)
2 Udo Bölts (Ger)                 12 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
3 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)              13 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger)              14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra)
5 Matthias Kessler (Ger)          15 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
6 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz)           16 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
7 Stephan Schreck (Ger)           17 Eddy Seigneur (Fra)
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)      18 Bruno Thibout (Fra)
 
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21 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)       31 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
22 Francisco Vila (Spa)           32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
23 César Solaun (Spa)             33 Pascal Deramé (Fra)
24 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol)           34 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra)
25 Xabier Zandio (Spa)            35 Damien Nazon (Fra)
26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa)        36 Franck Renier (Fra)
27 Denis Menchov (Rus)            37 Didier Rous (Fra)
28 David Navas (Spa)              38 François Simon (Fra)
 
Kelme                             Crédit Agricole
 
41 Carlos Garcia (Spa)            51 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
42 José Javier Gomez (Spa)        52 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
43 Francisco Leon (Spa)           53 Christopher Jenner (NZl)
44 Jesus Manzano (Spa)            54 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
45 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa)   55 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)
46 Toni Tauler (Spa)              56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
47 Angel Vicioso (Spa)            57 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)
48 Constantino Zaballa (Spa)      58 Bobby Julich (USA)
 
CSC-World Online                  Fassa Bortolo
 
61 Koen Beeckman (Bel)            71 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
62 Marcelino Garcia (Spa)         72 Leonardo Giordani (Ita)
63 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)          73 Dario Frigo (Ita)
64 Raphael Jeune (Fra)            74 Nicola Loda (Ita)
65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)         75 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
66 Jacob Storm Piil (Den)         76 Kim Kirchen (Lux)
67 Arvis Piziks (Lat)             77 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
68 Martin Rittsel (Swe)           78 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
 
AG2R Prévoyance                   Lotto-Adecco
 
81 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)     91 Mario Aerts (Bel)
82 Alexandre Botscharov (Rus)     92 Serge Baguet (Bel)
83 Lauri Aus (Est)                93 Fabien De Waele (Bel)
84 Stéphane Berges (Fra)          94 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
85 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)            95 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
86 Ludovic Capelle (Bel)          96 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
87 Benoît Salmon (Fra)            97 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
88 Thierry Loder (Fra)            98 Stive Vermaut (Bel)
 
Mapei-Quick Step                  Cofidis
 
101 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)        111 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)
102 Franco Ballerini (Ita)        112 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
103 Michele Bartoli (Ita)         113 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
104 David Cañada (Spa)            114 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra)
105 Pedro Horillo (Spa)           115 Nico Mattan (Bel)
106 Bart Leysen (Bel)             116 David Millar (GBr)
107 Luca Scinto (Ita)             117 David Moncoutié (Fra)
108 Dario Cioni (Ita)             118 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
 
La Française des Jeux             Festina
 
121 Jimmy Casper (Fra)            131 Angel Casero (Spa)
122 Jacky Durand (Fra)            132 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
123 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)         133 Florent Brard (Fra)
124 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)        134 Andy Flickinger (Fra)
125 Gregorz Gwiazdowski (Pol)     135 Jaime Hernandez (Spa)
126 Yvon Ledanois (Fra)           136 Pascal Lino (Fra)
127 Laurent Madouas (Fra)         137 ?
128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)         138 Arnaud Prétot (Fra)
 
Saeco Macchine per Caffé          Big Mat-Auber 93
 
141 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita)          151 Guillaume Auger (Fra)
142 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)      152 Ludovic Auger (Fra)
143 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)          153 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
144 Armin Meier (Swi)             154 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)
145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)       155 Xavier Jan (Fra)
146 Alessio Galletti (Ita)        156 Patrick Jonker (Aus)
147 Jörg Ludewig (Ger)            157 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)
148 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)     158 Alexei Sivakov (Rus)
 
Team Coast                        Euskaltel-Euskadi
 
161 Niki Aebersold (Swi)          171 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
162 Hans-Kurt Brand (Swi)         172 Txema del Olmo (Spa)
163 Anton Chantyr (Rus)           173 David Etxebarria (Spa)
164 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)          174 Unai Etxebarria (Spa)
165 Michael Giebelmann (Ger)      175 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)
166 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus)        176 Inaki Isasi (Spa)
167 Rolf Huser (Swi)              177 Alberto Martinez (Spa)
168 Alex Zülle (Swi)              178 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)
 
Domo-Farm Frites                  Mercury-Viatel
 
181 Dave Bruylandts (Bel)         191 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita)
182 Steve De Wolf (Bel)           192 Floyd Landis (USA)
183 Steven Kleynen (Bel)          193 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz)
184 Tomas Konecny (Pol)           194 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
185 Robbie McEwen (Aus)           195 Leon Van Bon (Ned)
186 Axel Merckx (Bel)             196 Geert Van Bondt (Bel)
187 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)         197 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
188 Piotr Wadecki (Pol)           198 Henk Vogels (Aus)
 
ONCE                              Phonak
 
201 René Andrle (Cze)             211 Roger Beuchat (Swi)
202 José Azevedo (Por)            212 Mattias Buxhofer (Aut)
203 Joseba Beloki (Spa)           213 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
204 Francisco Garcia (Spa)        214 Jean Nüttli (Swi)
205 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)            215 René Stadelmann (Swi)
206 Isidro Nozal (Spa)            216 Uwe Straumann (Swi)
207 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa)       217 Alexandre Usov (Blr)
208 Marcos Serrano (Spa)          218 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi)
 
Gerolsteiner
 
221 Federico Morini (Ita)
222 Michael Rich (Ger)
223 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)
224 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
225 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
226 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
227 Miquel van Kessel (Ned)
228 Peter Wrolich (Aut)

Past Winners

1933    Alfons Schepers (Bel)
1934    Gaston Rebry (Bel)
1935    René Vietto (Fra)
1936    Maurice Archambaud (Fra)
1937    Roger Lapebie (Fra)
1938    Jules Lowie (Bel)
1939    Maurice Archambaud (Fra)
1946    Fermo Camellini (Ita)
...
1951    Roger Decock (Bel)
1952    Louis Bobet (Fra)
1953    Jean-Pierre Munch (Fra)
1954    Raymond Impanis (Bel)
1955    Jean Bobet (Fra)
1956    Alfred De Bruyne (Bel)
1957    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1958    Alfred De Bruyne (Bel)
1959    Jean Graczyk (Fra)
1960    Raymond Impanis (Bel)
1961    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1962    Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1963    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1964    Jan Janssen (Ned)
1965    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1966    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1967    Tom Simpson (GB)
1968    Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger)
1969    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1970    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1971    Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1972    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1973    Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
1974    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1975    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1976    Michel Laurent (Fra)
1977    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1978    Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1979    Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1980    Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
1981    Stephen Roche (Ire)
1982    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1983    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1984    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1985    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1986    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1987    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1988    Sean Kelly (Ire)
1989    Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1990    Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1991    Tony Rominger (Swi)
1992    Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra)
1993    Alex Zülle (Swi)
1994    Tony Rominger (Swi)
1995    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1996    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1997    Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
1998    Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi
1999    Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
2000    Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom

Thanks to Mario Stiehl from Berlin for the past winners list