News for December 9

Here's the lowdown on this year's Velo d'Or (Golden Bicycle) made by Velo Magazine, France.

1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 93 pts 2. Miguel Indurain (Spa) 84 pts 3. Abraham Olano (Spa) 32 pts 4. Johan Museeuw (Bel) 31 pts 5. Tony Rominger (Sch) 18 pts 6. Jeannie Longo (Fra) 12 pts 7. Mauro Gianetti (Sch) 9 pts 8. Shane Kelly (Aus) Bjarne Riis (Den) Alex Zulle (Sch) 5 pts 11. Lance Armstrong (USA Rune Hoydal (Nor) Danny Nelissen (Bel) Graeme Obree (Sco) Marco Pantani (Ita) Alison Sydor (Can) 1pt

The jury in the Velo d'Or and their vote for no 1:

Klaus Angermann (ZDF-Ger) JALABERT Rupert Guinness (The Australian-Aus) JALABERT, Michael Kasper (ORF-Austria) INDURAIN, Joel Godaert (La Derniere Heure-Bel) JALABERT, Pierre Hamel (Velo Mag-Can) JALABERT, Jairo Chavez (RCN-Col) JALABERT, Jorgen Leth (TV2-Den) INDURAIN, Josu Garai (La Marca-Spa) INDURAIN, John Wilcockson (Velo News-USA) JALABERT, Philippe Bouvet (L'Equipe-Fra) JALABERT, Claude Droussent (L'Equipe Magazine-Fra) JALABERT, William Fotheringham (Cycle Sport-GB) JALABERT, Pier Bergonzi (La Gazzetta dello Sport-Ita) JALABERT, Emiko Hashimoto (Bicycle Club-Jap) JALABERT, Espen Hansen (Aftenposten-Nor), JALABERT, Bennie Ceulen (Limburgs Dagblad-Ned) JALABERT, Tomasz Jaronski (Prezglad Sportowy-Pol) INDURAIN, Armando Santiago (Sport Noticias-Por) INDURAIN, Lev Rossochik (Sport Express- Rus) INDURAIN, Jurg Casanova (Tages Anzeiger-Sch) JALABERT. It all stood between Jalabert and Indurain, no other names cropped up in the choice for number one.

UCI classification Amateurs, Road:

        1. Uwe Peschel (Ger)            151 pts
        2. F. Trkal (Cze)               135
        3. Pavel Padrnos (Cze)          120
        4. O. S. Simensen (Nor)         106
        5. Daniel Sgnaolin (Ita)        105

UCI classification Women, Road:

        1. Jeannie Longo (Fra)          245 pts
        2. Polkhanova (Rus)             168
        3. Boubenhenkhova (Rus)         151

UCI classification Women, Track:

        2. Erika Salumie (Est)          1,195
        3. G. Bellutti (Ita)              658

UCI classification Men, Track Sprint:

        1. J.A. Escudero (Spa)          1.067 pts
        2. Frederic Magne (Fra)         1,065
        3. Frederic Rosseau (Fra)         990
        4. Darren Hill (Ays)              883
        5. Michael Hubner (Ger)           870

UCI classification, "Endurance" Track:

        1, Bruno Risi (Sch)
        2. Silvio Martinello (Ita)
        3. U. Messerschmidt (Ger)
        4. Graeme Obree (Sco)
        5. Philippe Ermenault (Fra)

BAUER GOES PLANETARY

Rene Wenzel of Saturn Cycling has officially confirmed that Steve Bauer will be racing for Saturn Cycling in 1996!

1997 TOUR PROLOGUE

The 1997 Tour de France will begin with a 7.3 kms prologue through the streets of Rouen on 5 July 1997. Chosen from three candidates, Rouen, l'Indre and Disneyland, the idea is to honor the 10th anniversary of the death of Tour great, Jacques Anquetil.

The full route for the 1997 Tour will be announced on 25 October 96.