Contracts and Transfers8th French Team, under the direction of Gerard Rué, consists of 14 riders of which 7 neo-pro's. The names are:Gilles Talmant (ex-Big Mat); Blaise Chauvière (ex-Mut); Frederic Pontier (ex-Cso); Jean-Luc Masdupuy (ex-Cedico); Emmanuel Hubert (ex-Gan); Dennis Leproux (ex-pro); Christophe Leroscuet (ex-pro); and the neo's: Florent Brard; Sébastien Fouré; Philippe Mauduit; Philippe Fernandes; Jérôme Laveur-Pedoux; Franck Trotel; Walter Béneteau. Super Prestige Cyclo Cross, Milan, December 13, 19971. Mario de Clercq (Bel) 2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 3. Adri van der Poel (Ned) 4. Radomir Simunek (Cze) 5. Sven Nijs (Bel) .. 8. Ben Berben (Bel) 11. Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Overall standings: 1. Groenendaal 2. Van der Poel 3. De Clercq 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.
Professional Spanish Victories 1997 ALONSO, Marino (Banesto) 2nd stage Vuelta Valles Mineros; Trofeo Luis Ocaña ANGU, Eleuterio (Dep) 4th stage Vuelta España BELTRAN, Manuel (Banesto) Vuelta Puertos BLANCO GIL, Santiago (Banesto) 3rd stage Vuelta La Rioja 2nd and 3rd stage Bicicleta Vasca BLANCO VILLAR, Jesús (Alu) 3rd stage GP Sport Noticias CASERO, Angel (Banesto) 3rd stage and GC Vuelta Castilla y León CLAVERO, Daniel (Dep) 6th GP Jornal Noticias DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos (Kelme) V. C. Valenciana 5th stage and GC Vuelta Murcia 5th stage and GC Setmana Catalana EDO, Angel (Kelme) 4th stage Vuelta Chile ESCARTIN, Fernando (Kelme) 2nd stage Vuelta Asturias 6th stage and GC Volta Catalunya ETXEBARRIA, David (ONCE) 3rd stage Vuelta Valles Mineros 6th stage Vuelta Suisse FERNANDEZ GINES, Manuel (Ban) 5th stage and GC Vuelta Asturias FLORES, Igor (Euskadi) 8th stage Ruta Azteca GARCIA ACOSTA, Chente (Banesto) 14th stage Vuelta España GARCIA ALONSO, Marcelino (ONCE) 2nd stage and GC Criterium International GARCIA CAMACHO, Ignacio (Kelme) 2nd stage Vuelta Murcia GARCIA CASAS, Félix (Festina) 1st stage Vuelta Chile GARCIA GARCIA, José Manuel (Dep)5th stage GP Agostinho GARMENDIA, Aitor (ONCE) 3rd stage Criterium Internacional 4th stage and GC Vuelta Aragón 5th stage and GC Vuelta Alentejo 3rd stage and GC Vuelta Galicia GONZALEZ, Santos (Kelme) 9th stage Ruta Azteca GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO, Igor (Eus)4th stage Vuelta Valles Mines HERAS, Roberto (Kelme) 12nd stage Vuelta España Subida Naranco JIMENEZ, José María (Banesto) 2nd stage and GC Vuelta La Rioja Spanish National Champion 19th stage Vuelta España MAURI, Melchor (ONCE) 4th stage and GC Circuito La Sarthe 9th stage Vuelta España OLANO, Abraham (Banesto) 1st stage Vuelta Asturias 4th stage and GC Bicicleta Vasca 6th stage Dauphiné Libéré 20ª stage Tour France 4th stage Vuelta Burgos GP Eddy Merckx RODRIGUEZ, José (Kelme) GP Llodio RUBIERA, Chechu (Kelme) 19th stage Giro Italia SALMERON, Ginés (Saeco) 3rd stage Vuelta Andalucía URIA, José Manuel (Dep) 1st stage and GC Vuelta Vallies Mines URIARTE, José Ramón (Banesto) 4th stage GP Agostinho ZARRABEITIA, Mikel (ONCE) Trofeo Navarra; GP Primavera 3rd stage Vuelta Aragón |