News and Race Reports for August 9 1995

Fondriest for ZG in 1995

Maurizio Fondriest has signed for the new-style ZG for 1996,. The team will
ride Fondriest bikes, the general manager will be Moreno Argentin and the
directeur sportif Massimo Ghirotto. Fondriest will take with him from
Lampre the Ukrainian Alexander Gontchenkov and the contracts of Stefano
Cattai and Andrea Ferrigato have been renewed.

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Signings of ex Groupement riders

Former Groupement riders Jerome Chiotti and Marcel Wust have signed,
respectively, for Festina and Castellblanch.

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Castille-Leon Trophy

Stage winners:

Stage 1: Aitor Garmendia (Sp, Banesto)
Stages 2, 4, 5: Federico Colonna (It, Mapei)
Stage 3: Klaus Moller (Den, Castellblanch -- a new Danish pro just
signed by Castellblanch who recently won the amateur Tour of Spain)

Overall:
  1. Santiago Blanco (Sp, Banesto)  20.57.10
  2. Garmendia                            +7 secs
  3. Moller                              +23
  4. A. Gonzalez (Sp, Euskadi)         +1.00
  5. Baffi (It, Mapei)                 +1.04

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Tour of Burgos, Stage 1, Burgos--Roa de Duero (7 August 95)

Armand De Las Cuevas, last year's winner, and subsequently the winner of
the Clasica San Sebastian did not start, having been expected to do so.
Tchmil won stage 1 having broken clear at an intermediate sprint 15km from
the finish, taking Magnien, Armstrong, Ekimov and Santa Maria with him.
Tchmil and Ekimov only just held off the peloton up the final one-kilometre
climb.

  1. Andrei Tchmil (Rus, Lotto) 177km in 4.36.33
  2. Ekimov (Rus, Novell)
  3. Dufaux (Swi, Festina)                all s.t.
  4. Colonna (It, Mapei)                      +2 secs
  5. Baffi (It, Mapei)
  6. Colombo (It, Gewiss)
  7. Moreda (Sp, Artiach)
  8. Moncassin (Fr, Castorama)
  9. Simon (Fr, Castorama)
 10. Sunderland (Aus, Lotto)             all s.t.

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Tour of Portugal, Stage 8 (7 August 95)

  1. Fabrizio Guidi (It, Navigare) 170km in 4.10.26
  2. Gamito (Port, Sicasal)                     +32 secs
  3. Forconi (It, Amore e Vita)
  4. Santos (Port, Boavista)                all s.t.
  5. J. Silva (Port, Maia Jumbo)                +35

Overall:

  1. Orlando Rodrigues (Port, Artiach)  30.01.32
  2. J. Gomes (Port, Sicasal)                +11 sec
  3. Q. Rodriguez (Port, Sicasal)          +1.46
  4. Pereira (Port, Boavista)              +2.06
  5. Andrade (Port, Maia Jumbo)            +3.48

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Mi-Aout Bretonne

7th event Lanester (7 August 95)

  1. Franck Bouyer (Castorama) 176km in 3.00.58
  2. Guesdon (le Groupement)                 +1 sec
  3. Borout (Fr, amateur)
  4. Barthe (Fr, amateur)             same time
  5. Landry (Fr, amateur)                    +2
  6. Teillet (Fr, amateur)
  7. Rouxel (Fr, amateur)
  8. Bricaud (Fr, amateur)
  9. Rinero (Fr, amateur)             same time
 10. Dumony (Fr, amateur)                    ??


Overall classification:

  1. Uwe Pecisseler (Ger)  220 pts
  2. N. Jalabert (Fr)      219
  3. Rinero                201
  4. Bogdanski             196
  5. Barthe                193
  6. Rouxel                177
  7. Bouyer                168
  8. Locatelli             165

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Regio Tour Open (Germany)

Prologue (6 August 95)

  1. Pascal Lance (Fr, GAN) 6.6knm in 7.55
  2. Peschel (Ger, amateur)             +1 sec
  3. Rich (Ger, amateur)                +7
  4. Muller (Ger, amateur)             +11
  5. Tobias (Ger, amateur)             +16

Stage 1 ( 7 August)

  1. Gianluca Pianegonda (It, Polti) 144km in 3.38.11
  2. Pistore (It, Polti)                    same time
  3. Thijs (Bel, Vlaanderen 2002)               +1.19
  4. Crepaldi (It, Polti)
  5. Sypytkowski (Pol, Rotan)           all same time

Overall

  1. Pianegonda   3.46.18
  2. Pistore          +12
  3. Lance          +1.07
  4. Peschel        +1.09
  5. Muller         +1.19

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'95 Tour Feminin, Stage 8, Tarbes--Tarbes ITT

  1. Jeannie Longo (Fr) 27.9km in 38.24
  2. Marsal (Fr)                    +38 sec
  3. Samokhvalova (Rus)             +49
  4. Zberg (Swi)                    s.t.
  5. Odin (Fr)                      +50
  6. Watt (Aus)                     +55
  7. Hughes (Can)                 +1.15
  8. Proudnikova (Rus)            +1.21
  9. Jackson (Can)                +1.29
 10. Polkhanova (Rus)             +1.36

Overall

  1. Fabiana Luperini (It) 23.53.29
  2. Longo                    +8.07
  3. Zberg                   +10.11
  4. Jackson                 +14.14
  5. Koliasseva (Rus)        +15.43
  6. Polkhanova              +16.07
  7. Polikiavichute (Lit)    +17.14
  8. Van De Vijver (Bel)     +18.21
  9. Bubnenkova (Rus)        +20.49
 10. Watt                    +22.13

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Criterium of Chateau-Chinon (7 August 95)

  1. L. Jalabert   110km in 2.35.10
  2. Laurent (Fr, Castorama)    +10 secs
  3. Rous (Fr, GAN)
  4. Brochard (Fr, Festina)
  5. Virenque (Fr, Festina)
  6. Lievin (Fr, amateur)       s.t.
  7. Davy (Fr, Banesto)       +1.15
  8. Duclos-Lassalle (Fr, GAN)
  9. Fabien (Fr, amateur)
 10. Plaisant (Fr, amateur)     s.t.