News for August 5, 1997


Big mess up in the Tour de France MTB

After 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, 1997

Profs:

 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 Tournament

Cuban, 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, 1997

Class 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