Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Cat 2.6

France, April 16-20, 1997


Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6 and Final GC

Stage 1: St. Laurent - Nouant: 175.5 km

                                                                                           
 1. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Sait-Quentin       4.02.57
 2. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany       0.02 
 3. Van Dijk (Ned) Rabobank
 4. J.-P. Duracka (Fra) Aulnat 63
 5. Gregorz Wajs (Pol) Selection Poland
 6. Fabrice Paumier (Fra) VC Roubaix
 7. Carlo Menghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix
 8. Jean-Marie Mauduit (Fra) VC Roubaix
 9. Auroux (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville
10. Dominique Terrier (Fra) Aulnat 63           all s.t

Stage 2: Vineuil - Romorantin: 169 km

 1. Takehiro Muzetani (Jap) Aulnat 63           3.57.44
 2. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany   
 3. Eric Frutoso (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin   
 4. Vlijm (Ned) Topteam    
 5. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin  
 6. Drillaud (Fra) Orleanais Espoir    
 7. Van Speybroek (Bel) Selection Belgium
 8. Franck Vandevelde (Fra) CC Chateauroux
 9. Bert De Waele (Bel) Selection Belgium
10. Denis Salmon (Fra) Orleanais Espoir        all s.t.  

Overall after stage 2:

 1. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Sait-Quentin       7.57.33
 2. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany       0.01 
 3. Eric Frutoso (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin           0.06
 4. Fabrice Paumier (Fra) VC Roubaix              0.07 
 5. Van Dijk (Ned) Rabobank                       0.09
 6. Dominique Terrier (Fra) Aulnat 63             s.t.
 7. Jean-Marie MauGert (Fra) VC Roubaix           0.10
 8. Jean-Pierre Bourgeot (Fra) Aulnat 63   
 9. Arnaud Auguste (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin      all s.t.
10. Guillaume Laloux (Fra) VC Roubaix             0.12

Stage 3: Blois - Vendome: 177 km

 1. Frederic Drillaud (Fra) Orleanais Espoir    4.11.56
 2. Stephane Foucher (Fra) CG Orleans            
 3. Gregory Barbier (Fra) VC Roubaix
 4. Arnaud Chauveau (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville
 5. Stephane Boury (Fra) UC Chateauroux
 6. Simensen (Nor) Selection Norway
 7. Dominique Terrier (Fra) Aulnat 63
 8. Andrei Moukhine (Rus)                        all s.t. 
 9. Boris Nitchpourenko (Rus)                       0.08
10. Takehiro Muzetani (Jap) Aulnat 63               0.16 

Overall after stage 3:

 1. Dominique Terrier (Fra) Aulnat 63            12.09.38
 2. Arnaud Chauveau (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville     0.04 
 3. Simensen (Nor) Selection Norway
 4. Stephane Boury (Fra) UC Chateauroux
 5. Andrei Moukhine (Rus)                         all s.t. 
 6. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Sait-Quentin             0.06
 7. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany          0.08 
 8. Eric Frutoso (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin              0.13
 9. Sebastien Guenee (Fra)VC Saint-Quentin           0.14
10. J.-P. Duracka (Fra) Aulnat 63                    0.16 

Stage 4: Mer-Montrichard: 192 km

 1. Sebastien Guenee (Fra)VC Saint-Quentin        4.37.42
 2. Vlijm (Ned) Topteam 
 3. Frederic Drillaud (Fra) Orleanais Espoir
 4. Auroux (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville 
 5. Jean-Pierre Bourgeot (Fra) Aulnat 63  
 6. Stephane Boury (Fra) UC Chateauroux 
 7. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix
 8. Simensen (Nor) Selection Norway               all s.t.
 9. Gregorz Wajs (Pol) Selection Poland              0.04
10. Denis Salmon (Fra) Orleanais Espoir               s.t.

Stage 5: La Chaussee-Saint-Victor: 9.45 km (ITT)

 1. Stephane Boury (Fra) UC Chateauroux             13.10
 2. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany          0.07
 3. Auroux (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville              0.08
 4. Arnaud Auguste (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin            0.12
 5. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin            0.17
 6. Arnaud Chauveau (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville     0.18
 7. Stephane Corlay (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville     0.20 
 8. Simensen (Nor) Selection Norway                  0.26
 9. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                0.27
10. Boris Nitchpourenko (Rus)                        0.32

Stage 6: Blois-Blois : 95.4 km

 1. Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Schauff             2.19.56
 2. Franck Pencole (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin            0.02
 3. Takehiro Muzetani (Jap) Aulnat 63                0.04
 4. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany          
 5. Frederic Drillaud (Fra) Orleanais Espoir
 6. Gregorz Wajs (Pol) Selection Poland     
 7. Veenstra (Ned) Rabobank
 8. Auroux (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville 
 9. Forster (Ger) Selection Germany   
10. Jezowski (Pol) Selection Poland              all s.t.

Final Overall:

 1. Stephane Boury (Fra) UC Chateauroux              ???
 2. Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Selection Germany          0.13
 3. Arnaud Chauveau (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville     0.22
 4. Sylvain Lajoie (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin            0.23
 5. Auroux (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville              0.24
 6. Simensen (Nor) Selection Norway                  0.26
 7. Arnaud Auguste (Fra) VC Saint-Quentin            0.29 
 8. Carlo Meneghetti (Fra) VC Roubaix                0.38
 9. Andrei Moukhine (Rus)                            0.39
10. Stephane Corlay (Fra) Bataillon de Joinville     s.t.