Some More Season End AnalysisFernando Ferrari a regular contributor to www.cyclingnews.com and also a journalist with the Spanish cycling newspapers has sent me another of his analytical dossiers.He also confirms something about Frontenis. He said "The description about frontenis sended by Trigo is perfect. I play frontenis every week and i have talked with Prudencio last wednesday. He confirmed to me that he plays "frontenis" with a friend, not pelota vasca. So that is from (nearly) the horse's mouth. End of frontenis segment!
1997 Victories Ranking by Country 1. Italy 165 2. Belgium 103 3. Germany 94 4. France 86 5. Spain 66 6. United States 65 7. Netherlands 58 8. Switzerland 40 9. Russia 35 10. Australia 26 11. Colombia 23 12. Portugal 20 13. Great Britain 18 14. Poland 18 15. Denmark 16 16. Czech Republic 14 17. Estonia 12 18. Ukraine 11 19. Latvia 8 20. Canada 7 21. Lithuania 7 22. Sweden 6 23. Slovenia 4 24. Uzbekistan 4 25. Austria 3 26. Kazakstan 1 27. Finland 1 28. Japan 1 Professional Italian Victories 1997 ANDRIOTTO, Darío (Amore & Vita) 8th stage Vuelta Poland APOLLONIO, Massimo (Scrigno) Coppa Agostoni ARAZZI, Francesco (Brescialat) 1st stage Vuelta Portugal BAFFI, Adriano (US Postal) 7th stage París-Nice BALDUCCI, Gabriele (Refin) Alassio Cup BARBERO, Sergio (Mercatone Uno) Giro Toscana; 4th stage Giro Puglia. BARONTI, Alessandro (Asics) 15th stage Giro lia; Giro Lazio. BARTOLI, Michele (MG Technogym) 4th stage Tour Mediterrean; Trofeo Laigueglia 3rd stage Tirreno-Adriático; Luik-Bastenaken-Luik Henninger Turm; Trofeo Melinda; UCI World Cup BELLI, Wladimir (Brescialat) 5th stage Vuelta Portugal BERTOLETTI, Simone (Batik) 5th stage Vuelta Poland BERTOLINI, Alessandro (MG Technogym) 2nd stage Giro Sardinia; París-Brussels BIASCI, Simone (Kross) 4th stage Ruta Azteca BONTEMPI, Fabrizio (Brescialat) 6th stage Boland Bank Tour BORTOLAMI, Gianluca (Festina 5th stage Vuelta Galicia; Coppa Bernocchi Trofeo Escaladores 2; Giro Piamonte BRAMATI, Davide (Mapei) 3rd stage Giro Trentino BUGNO, Gianni (Mapei) 10th stage Vuelta Langkawi CARUSO, Roberto (RMA) Tres Valles Varesinos CASAGRANDE, Francesco (Saeco) Trofeo Escaladores 3; Giro Romagna CASAROTTO, Davide (Scrigno) 2nd stage Tirreno-Adriático CIPOLLINI, Mario (Saeco) 1st and 2nd stages Tour Mediterrean 1st stage Vuelta C. Valenciana 2nd and 4th stages Vuelta Aragón 2nd, 3rd and 5th stages Tour of Romandy 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 22nd stages Giro Italia 1st and 2nd stages Tour de France COLONNA, Federico (Asics) GP Río Saliceto CONTE, Biagio (Scrigno) GP Costa Etrusca; Giro Etna CONTRINI, Daniele (Brescialat) 6th stage 4 Days Dunkerque COPPOLILLO, Michele (MG Technogym) Trofeo Pantalica DI GRANDE, Giuseppe (Mapei) 5th and 7th stages Semana Bergamasca 1st stage Tour of Romandy, 12th stage Giro Italia DOTTI, Fausto (RMA) Giro Parma ELLI, Alberto (Casino) Midi Libre FAGNINI, Gian Matteo (Saeco) 5th stage V. C. Valenciana FARESIN, Gianni (Mapei) Campeonato Italia FERRIGATO, Andrea (Roslotto) 5th stage Tirreno-Adriático; GP Oeste France FONDRIEST, Maurizio (Cofidis) 2nd stage V. C. Valenciana FONTANELLI, Fabiano (MG Technogym) 11th and 12th stages Vuelta Langkawi 16th stage Giro Italia FRIGO, Fulvio (Kross) 1st and 7th stages Vuelta Venezuela 12nd stage Ruta Azteca; 3rd stage Tour Vendée 3rd and 6th stages Vuelta Venezuela GAGGIOLI, Roberto (Plymouth) 16th stage Fresca Classic GELFI, Luca (Brescialat) 10th stage Vuelta Portugal GOTTI, Ivan (Saeco) 14th stage and GC Giro Italia GUALDI, Mirko (Polti) 7th stage Ruta Azteca; 17th stage Giro Italia GUIDI, Fabrizio (Scrigno) 3rd stage 3 Days La Panne 4th stage Bicicleta Vasca Valli Aretine 2nd and 4th stages Vuelta Portugal LADDOMADA, Michele (Amore & Vita) 8th stage Vuelta Portugal LELLI, Massimiliano (Saeco) Campeonato USA LEONI, Endrio (AKI) Vuelta Lago Mayor; 1st stage Tirreno-Adriático 1st stage Tour of Netherlands LOMBARDI, Giovanni (Telekom) 4th stage Tirreno-Adriático 2nd, 5th and 6th stage Tour of Denmark LUPI, Emmanuele (Amore & Vita) 2nd stage Tour of Poland MANZONI, Mario (Roslotto) 8th stage Giro Italia MARTINELLO, Silvio (Saeco) 4th stage Setmana Catalana; 2nd stage Vuelta Galicia 2nd stage and GC Giro Puglia MASSI, Rodolfo (Casino) Tour Haut Var; 4th stage V. C. Valenciana MELONI, Filippo (Amore & Vita) 4th stage Circuito La Sarthe MINALI, Nicola (Batik) 1st stage Giro Sardinia 1st and 4th stages Vuelta Alentejo 1st and 2nd stages GP Jornal Noticias 4th and 21st stages Tour France 1st stage Tour of Denmark; 3rd stage Giro Puglia MISSAGLIA, Gabriele (Mapei) 1st stage Vuelta País Vasco; 11th stage Giro Italia MONDINI, Gian Paolo (Amore & Vita) 5th stage Circuito Mines 1st stage and GC Vuelta Suecia MORI, Massimiliano (Saeco) 5th stage Giro Sardinia NARDELLO, Daniele (Mapei) 1st and 7th stages and GC Vuelta Austria Criterium d'Abruzzo PANTANI, Marco (Mercatone Uno) 13rd and 15th stages Tour France; Rominger Classic PETITO, Roberto (Saeco) Tirreno-Adriático; Giro Sardinia PIANEGONDA, Gianluca (Mapei) Fleche Brabançonne PICCOLI, Mariano (Brescialat) GP Industria y Comercio; 10th stage Vuelta España PISTORE, Roberto (MG Technogym) 1st stage and GC Vienna-Gresten-Vienna RAIMONDI, Giancarlo (Brescialat) 3rd stage Vuelta Asturias REBELLIN, Davide (Francaise des Jeux) Trofeo Escaladores; Clásica San Sebastián GP Suisse ROSCIOLI, Fabio (Asics) Hofbrau Cup SAVOLDELLI, Paolo (Roslotto) 4th stage Hofbrau Cup SCINTO, Luca (MG Technogym) 6th stage and GC Vuelta Langkawi SECCHIARI, Francesco (Scrigno) GP Carnaghese; 7th stage Vuelta Portugal SERPELLINI, Marco (Brescialat) Giro Medio Brenta SGAMBELLURI, Roberto (Brescialat) 6th stage Giro Italia SIMONI, Gilberto (MG Technogym) 1st stage Giro Trentino STRAZZER, Massimo (Roslotto) 3rd stage Tour Mediterrean; Clásica Almería 1st and 3rd stages Vuelta Murcia TAFI, Andrea (Mapei) 3rd and 9th stages Vuelta Langkawi Rochester Classic; GP Fourmies; Coppa Sabatini TRAVERSONI, Mario (Mercatone Uno) 7th stage Tirreno-Adriático 5th stage Setmana Catalana; 19th stage Tour France VELO, Marco (Brescialat) 4th stage Giro Trentino VOLPI, Alberto (Batik) 3rd stage Vuelta Alentejo ZANINI, Stefano (Mapei) 3rd and 5th stages Vuelta País Vasco Milán-Vignola ZUCCHI, Simone (Amore & Vita) 5th and 7th stages Vuelta Chile 13rd stage Vuelta Portugal Guadeloupe for 2000 Tour de FranceGuadeloupe has met with officials of the Tour de France Organisation to discuss the possibility of being a candidate for the start of the Tour de France in 2000.A three person delegation of the Tour Organisation under the leadership of Bernard Hinault will spend the weekend on the Caribeean Island investigating the possibilities. What some people will do for a holiday. Gerrit de Vries starts a MTB teamOld professional rider Gerrit de Vries has formed a MTB team. Gerrit de Vries was active on the road with Buckler, TVM, Novemail, Novell and Polti, and has organised four sponsors and has found three team staff and a team leader as well. Riding with De Vries is Jacky Farnold, Rene Gaastra and Wout van der Vecht Team leader is Rein Gaastra, the father of Rene.Moreover, the 4 riders will be members of the Amateur team, Noord Westhoek from Genemuiden (NL) and in the coming season will also ride some amateur criteriums and some classics. Belgian De Bie faces the music ... soonIs this the last weekend of racing for Belgian Cross rider Danny de Bie? He wants to win the Cyclo Cross race on Saturday in Ravels or otherwise on Sunday in Overijse. Time is running out for him. On Monday he has to front the BWB (Belgian Cycling Federation) and there is a good chance that he will receive a suspension for several months. He was requested to attend a drug test after the recent rac in Kalmthout. He came to the test two hours too late.Where is Kyrghyzstan?To lazy to look up my atlas(es) this morning I asked where this country was. The winner of the first World Championship B race hails from there.Tom James tells me that it's an ex-Soviet republic, bordering China, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. So he took the time to look up the map. I was out riding! |