38th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5France, September 6-15, 20012000 Results Stage list Preview Start list Past Winners The Stages
PreviewRestricted to riders aged 25 and under, the Tour de l'Avenir is appropriately named, as it showcases future stars and is considered the most important stage race for young riders. As a 2.5 race, it carries some UCI points, but is more valuable to cyclists looking for a contract next season. Many directors from top teams show up at the Tour de l'Avenir with contracts in hand. The race is organised by the Sociètè du Tour de France, and some of the starters actually rode in the Tour this year: Florent Brard (Festina), Sylvain Chavanel (Bonjour), Loïc Lamouller (BigMat), Eladio Jimenez and Denis Menchov (iBanesto), but there are plenty others to challenge them here. Laszlo Bodrogi will spearhead Mapei's young star studded team, while successful Bulgarian Ivaïlo Gabrowski (Jean Delatour) should also be included in the favourites. Several stagiaires will be riding amongst the pro teams, and there will be three national teams. In addition, the Colombian division III squad 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor has sent over eight of its best young riders. The first five stages are fairly flat, but the second half of the race goes into the mountains. Stage 6 from Ancerville to Gérardmer finishes with an 870m category 2 climb; Stage 7 is a flat 26 kilometre individual time trial; Stage 8 from Gérardmer to Belfort has the category 1 climb of Le Ballon d'Alsace 30 km from the finish; Stage 9 finishes atop the category 1 climb of Montbenoit (1068m); and the final stage (Morteau - Morteau) is five laps of a 27 kilometre circuit, with one category 1 climb per lap. Start ListEuskaltel-Euskadi Cofidis 1 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 11 Angelo Lopebosselli (Ita) 2 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) 12 Nicolas Andre (Fra) 3 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) 13 Médéric Clain (Fra) 4 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) 14 Cédric Loue (Fra) 5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) 15 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) 6 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) 16 Robert Sassone (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux Mapei-Quick Step 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) 22 Thomas Bodo (Fra) 32 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) 23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) 33 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) 24 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) 34 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) 25 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) 35 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 26 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 36 Charles Wegelius (GBr) iBanesto.com Festina 41 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) 51 Florent Brard (Fra) 42 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) 52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) 43 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) 53 Francisco Lara (Spa) 44 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) 54 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 45 Denis Menchov (Rus) 55 Ivan Sastre (Spa) 46 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) 56 Frank Schleck (Lux) Norwegian National Team Credit Agricole 61 Rune Jogert (Nor) 71 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) 62 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) 72 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) 63 Kjetil Loitegârd (Nor) 73 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 64 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) 74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) 65 Martin Vestby (Nor) 75 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 66 Gisle Vikoyr (Nor) 76 Yan Tournier (Fra) US National Team Bonjour 81 Matthew Decanio (USA) 91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 82 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) 92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) 83 Damon Kluck (USA) 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) 84 Jeff Louder (USA) 94 Christophe Kern (Fra) 85 Danny Pate (USA) 95 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) 86 David Zabriskie (USA) 96 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca Jean Delatour 101 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa) 111 Iva Lo Gabrovski (Bul) 102 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) 112 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) 103 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa) 113 Florian Germain (Fra) 104 Jesus Manzano (Spa) 114 Christophe Laurent (Fra) 105 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) 115 Eddy Lembo (Fra) 106 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) 116 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Czech Rep. National Team Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Radek Becka (Cze) 131 Vincent Bader (Swi) 122 Jan Chrobak (Cze) 132 David Derepas (Fra) 123 Radek Dite (Cze) 133 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 124 David Kupka (Cze) 134 Florian Ludi (Swi) 125 Petr Sestak (Cze) 135 Michael Reihs (Den) 126 Kamil Vrana (Cze) 136 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Team Colpack-Astro Bigmat.Auber 93 141 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) 151 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 142 Oscar Borlini (Ita) 152 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) 143 Michele Colleoni (Ita) 153 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) 144 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) 154 Nicolas Meunier (Fra) 145 Matteo Gigli (Ita) 155 Franck Pencole (Fra) 146 Rafael Mateos (Spa) 156 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) 05 Orbitel-Berry Floor Mercury 161 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col) 171 Baden Cooke (Aus) 162 Alejandro Cortes (Col) 172 Will Frischkorn (USA) 163 Jorge Gonzalez (Col) 173 Ernesto Lechuga (Mex) 164 Javier Gonzalez Barrera (Col) 174 Svein Tuft (Can) 165 Johnny Leal (Col) 175 Matthew Wilson (Aus) 166 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) 176 Phil Zajicek (USA) Vlaanderen-T Interim Post Swiss Team 181 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) 191 Reto Bergmann (Swi) 182 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) 192 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) 183 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) 193 Martin Elmiger (Swi) 184 Danny Van Capellen (Bel) 194 Gregory Rast (Swi) 185 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) 195 David Rucksthul (Swi) 186 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) 196 Steve Zampieri (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 201 Andy Cappelle (Bel) 202 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) 203 Nicolas Meret (Fra) 204 Mickael Olejnik (Pol) 205 Ciaran Power (Irl) 206 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Past WinnersYear Winner Best Team Distance Stages Tour de l'Avenir: 2000 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1562 km 10 1999 Unai Osa (Spa) 1998 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Casino 1471 km 12 1997 Roux (Fra) TVM 1344 km 9 1996 Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 1858 km 11 1995 Magnien (Fra) Castorama 1614 km 11 1994 Casero (Spa) Banesto 1591 km 11 1993 Davy (Fra) Castorama 1543 km 12 1992 Garel (Fra) RMO 1528 km 12 Tour of the European Community: 1990 Bruyneel (Bel) Toshiba 1370 km 10 1989 Lino (Fra) RMO 1440 km 9 1988 Fignon (Fra) France 1846 km 12 1987 Madiot (Fra) France 1719 km 12 1986 Indurain (Spa) System U 1712 km 14 Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers): 1985 Ramirez (Col) Cafe de Colombia 1612 km 13 1984 Mottet (Fra) Renault 1620 km 12 1983 Ludwig (DDR) East Germany 1959 km 15 1982 Lemond (USA) East Germany 1382 km 11 1981 Simon (Fra) USSR 1514 km 14 1980 Florez (Col) USSR 1629 km 12 1979 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1643 km 12 1978 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1577 km 12 1977 Schepers (Bel) Belgium 1597 km 12 1976 Nilsson (Swe) Spain 1017 km 9 1974 Martinez (Spa) Poland 1296 km 11 1973 Baronchelli (Ita) Switzerland 1480 km 11 1972 Den Hertog (Ned) Netherlands 1618 km 13 1971 Ovion (Fra) France 1638 km 11 1970 Duchemin (Fra) France 779 km 4 Tour de l'Avenir: 1969 Zoetemelk (Ned) Netherlands 1846 km 10 1968 Boulard (Fra) France 1567 km 12 1967 Robini (Fra) France 1560 km 10 1966 Denti (Ita) Italy 1955 km 12 1965 Diaz (Spa) Spain 2167 km 12 1964 Gimondi (Ita) Spain 2021 km 13 1963 Zimmermann (Fra) Spain 2060 km 14 1962 Gomez Del Moral (Spa) Netherlands 2120 km 14 1961 De Rosso (Ita) Spain 2209 km 14 Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |