Big mess up in the Tour de France MTBAfter 10 of the 75 kilometers in the queen-stage a peloton of 50 pursued 6 frontriders; but they took the wrong road and ended up in a farmyard.Leader Lennie Kristensen however rode well. On the most desolate part of the stage he attacked in the front group. He finally won by more than 7 minutes from World Number 4 ranked rider and World champion Chiotto. Bart Brentjens, winner in 1995 and 1996, was in the peloton when it took the wrong and came in 9th losing more than 16 minutes. Brentjens, when asked about a likely protest said, "A protest against the bad road marking? No, the rules say you have have to know the parcours."
Stage 3 - Vals-les-Bains - Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, 75 kms: 1. Kristensen (Den) 3.34.44 2. Chiotti (Fra) 1.45 3. Cadel Evans (Australia) 2.38 ... 9. Brentjens 16.11 GC after Stage 3: 1. Kristensen 6.52.41 2. Evans 3.13 3. Savignoni 3.48 ... 7. Brentjens 16.24 Roosendaal Criterium, NL, August 4, 1997Profs: 1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100 km in 2.18.19 2. Tristan Hoffman (Kalmthout) 3. Patrick Jonker (Australia) Rabobank 4. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone 5. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM 0.10 6. Demeester (Bel) 7. Van den Akker (Ned) 8. Micheal Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9. Hopmans (Ned) 10. Timmermans (Ned) Amateurs: 1. Van Steen (Dongen) 100 km in 2.19.13 2. Bastiaanse (Hoogerheide) 3. Swinkels (Monster) Women: 1. Beltman (Slagharen) 70 km in 1.40.58 2. Van der Zee (Wageningen) 3. Van Moorsel (Rotterdam) Pan American Cycling TournamentCuban, Mexican, and Colombian cyclists took gold medals in the first day of competition at the Panamerican cycling tournament.On Sunday, Cuban cyclist Julier Rodriguez, 19, won the women's 67-kilometer (41.5-mile) race, while Mexico's Eduardo Uribe, 27, won the men's 166-kilometer (103-mile) contest. Colombian Marlon Perez, 21, won the men's under-23-year-old 157-kilometer (97-mile) race. Winners qualify for the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. There were no events on Monday. Tuesday's events include the women's and men's time trials. The tournament concludes on Aug. 9. Latest UCI Rankings as at July 27, 1997Class Prev Rider Points 1 1 JALABERT, Laurent 2,010.00 2 2 BARTOLI, Michele 1,745.00 3 3 ZUELLE, Alex 1,581.00 4 5 MUSEEUW, Johan 1,579.00 5 21 ULLRICH, Jan 1,543.00 6 7 VIRENQUE, Richard 1,346.00 7 6 TAFI, Andrea 1,310.00 8 10 OLANO MANZANO, Abraham 1,223.00 9 8 TONKOV, Pavel 1,188.00 10 16 CASAGRANDE, Francesco 1,151.00 11 11 BOARDMAN, Christopher 1,150.00 12 9 TCHMIL, Andrei 1,136.00 13 14 ZABEL, Erik 1,114.00 14 13 EKIMOV, Vjatceslav 1,102.00 15 4 RIIS, Bjarne 1,018.00 16 18 GIANETTI, Mauro 985.00 17 12 ROMINGER, Tony 958.00 18 15 SORENSEN, Rolf 953.00 19 17 ELLI, Alberto 933.00 20 20 FERRIGATO, Andrea 894.00 21 24 VANDENBROUCKE, Frank 876.00 22 30 MINALI, Nicola 845.00 23 19 DUFAUX, Laurent 830.00 24 28 ESCARTIN COTI, Fernando 820.00 25 25 STEELS, Tom 817.00 26 26 NARDELLO, Daniele 814.00 27 27 REBELLIN, Davide 785.00 28 34 CIPOLLINI, Mario 776.00 29 31 GOTTI, Ivan 742.00 30 32 CAMENZIND, Oskar 735.00 31 28 BÖLTS, Udo 734.00 32 33 ZBERG, Beat 715.00 33 23 BALDATO, Fabio 713.00 34 93 PANTANI, Marco 665.00 35 22 LEBLANC, Luc 633.00 36 35 GUIDI, Fabrizio 622.00 37 35 FARESIN, Gianni 619.00 38 52 JIMENEZ, José Maria 612.00 39 39 PERON, Andrea 587.00 40 41 BROCHARD, Laurent 583.00 41 49 HERVE, Pascal 558.00 42 42 DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos 547.00 43 40 FINCATO, Marco 533.00 44 51 ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA, David 528.00 45 44 SCIANDRI, Maximilian 525.00 46 47 ZARRABEITIA URANGA, Mikel 523.00 47 48 PETITO, Roberto 519.00 48 43 PODENZANA, Massimo 518.00 49 55 ROUX, Laurent 517.00 50 46 BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen 514.00 51 50 DONATI, Massimo 504.00 51 35 KONYSHEV, Dmitri 504.00 53 54 CHANTEUR, Pascal 502.00 54 44 BOOGERD, Michael 492.00 54 66 ROSCIOLI, Fabio 492.00 56 53 LOMBARDI, Giovanni 481.00 57 38 MONCASSIN, Frédéric 476.00 58 61 DEKKER, Erik 446.00 59 63 TOTSCHNIG, Georg 445.00 60 58 BREUKINK, Erik 442.00 60 56 LELLI, Massimiliano 442.00 62 59 ARMSTRONG, Lance 439.00 63 63 KIRSIPUU, Jann 424.00 64 175 VASSEUR, Cédric 414.00 64 78 VOGELS, Henk 414.00 66 65 MERCKX, Axel 413.00 67 60 CHIAPPUCCI, Claudio 408.00 67 68 CONTE, Biagio 408.00 69 67 PEETERS, Wilfried 403.00 70 71 BLANCO GIL, Santiago 391.00 71 73 CLAVERO SEBASTIAN, Daniel 390.00 72 76 CASAROTTO, Davide 388.00 73 99 JULICH, Bobby 387.00 74 75 DI GRANDE, Giuseppe 370.00 74 70 VAN PETEGEM, Peter 370.00 76 79 ALDAG, Rolf 362.00 77 77 CAPIOT, Johan 345.00 78 57 INDURAIN LARRAYA, Miguel 337.00 79 81 HAMBURGER, Bo 332.00 79 85 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ, Marcos 332.00 81 83 NOE', Andrea 331.00 82 87 AGNOLUTTO, Christophe 330.00 82 72 GUERINI, Giuseppe 330.00 84 101 MCEWEN, Robbie 328.00 85 92 GARCIA ALONSO, Marcelino 325.00 86 74 SVORADA, Jan 324.00 87 123 GONTCHAR, Serguei 320.00 88 86 FONDRIEST, Maurizio 317.00 89 96 BARTHE, Stéphane 314.00 90 94 PUTTINI, Felice 310.00 91 126 SIMON, François 307.00 92 97 VAN BON, Leon 306.00 93 88 HENN, Christian 303.00 93 118 MOREAU, Christophe 303.00 95 106 DJAVANIAN, Viatcheslav 300.00 96 90 MAURI PRAT, Melchior 299.00 97 69 GARMENDIA ARBILLA, Aitor 298.00 98 84 JEKER, Fabian 296.00 99 102 ANDERSSON, Michael 294.00 100 103 DEN BAKKER, Maarten 293.00 |