Quatre Jours de Dunkerque - France

As is customary, stage 1 of the Quatre Jours is for the sprinters, and Erik Zabel and Wilfried Nelissen obliged. But only after a break by Richard Virenque 35km from the finish which he was able to hold for 20km. Virenque's break took off as a 100km break by (yes!) 100km-worlds-gold medallist-time-trialler Blaise Chauviere (Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne) was swept up. Chauviere had got a lead of 6 minutes 60km from the finish but then hit the wall.

  1. Erik Zabel (Germany)              04:05:27
  2. Wilfried Nelissen (Belgium)
  3. Emmanuel Magnien (France)
  4. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy)
  5. Francois Simon (France)
  6. Jo Planckaert (Belgium)
  7. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukraine)
  8. Denis Zanette (Italy)
  9. Frederico Colonna (Italy)
 10. Cedric Vasseur (France)           all s.t.
 12. Vermote
 13. Leroscouet
 14. Kirsipuu
.......
 17. Desbiens
 18. Fouchachon    all s.t.
.......
 21. Museeuw          + 05 secs
 22. Boardman          s.t.

  1. Frederico Colonna (Italy)          04:12:25
  2. Guiseppe Citterio (Italy)
  3. Mario Kummer (Germany)
  4. Marcel Wust (Germany)
  5. Francois Simon (France)
  6. Lars Michaelsen (Denmark)
  7. Emmanuel Magnien (France)
  8. Laurent Davion (France)
  9. Lauri Aus (Estonia)
 10. Wilfried Nelissen (Belgium)            s.t.

  1. Erik Zabel (Germany)           8:17:36
  2. Frederico Colonna (Italy)         + 06 secs.
  3. Guiseppe Citterio (Italy)           08
  4. Emmanuel Magnien (France)           10
  5. Wilfried Nelissen (Belgium)         10
  6. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukraine)     14
  7. Michel Vermote (Belgium)            16
  8. Francois Simon (France)             16
  9. Jo Planckaert (Belgium)             16
 10. Denis Zanette (Italy)               16

  1. Wilfried Nelissen (Belgium) Lotto        02:06:51
  2. Frederico Colonna (Italy) Mapei
  3. Erik Zabel (Germany) Telekom
  4. Hendrik Redant (Belgium) TVM
  5. Francois Simon (France) Castorama
  6. Marcel Wust (Germany) Groupement
  7. Emmanuel Magnien (France) Castorama
  8. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy) Aki
  9. Jean-Claude Colotti (France) GAN
 10. Marek Lesniewski (Poland) Aubervilliers   all s.t.

  1. Chris Boardmann (Britain) Gan        16:05
  2. Jelle Nijdam (Netherlands) TVM        + 10 secs.
  3. Johan Museeuw (Belgium) Mapei           10
  4. Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (France) Gan    13
  5. Andrea Tafi (Italy) Mapei               18
  6. Servais Knaven (Netherlands) TVM        18
  7. Magnien                                 19
  8. Simon                                   22
  9. Laurent Debien (France) Castorama       24
 10. Zbigniew Spruch (Poland) Lampre         25

  1. Boardman                       10:40:55
  2. Magnien                            + 06 secs.
  3. Museeuw                               8
  4. Zabel                                13
  5. Duclos-Lassalle                      13
  6. Simon                                15
  7. Tafi                                 18
  8. Knaven                               18
  9. Spruch                               25
 10. Arturas Kasputis (Lithuania) Chazal  27
 

  1. Jean-Cyril Robin (France-Festina)   04:42:45
  2. Francois Simon (France-Castorama)        s.t.
  3. Erik Zabel (Germany-Telekom)            + 24 secs.
  4. Johan Museeuw (Belgium-Mapei)            s.t.
  5. Emmanuel Magnien (France-Castorama)       26
  6. Zbigniew Spruch (Poland-Lampre)           27
  7. Laurent Brochard (France-Festina)        s.t.
  8. Rochard Virenque (France-Festina)         29
  9. Denis Zanette (Italy-Aki)                s.t.
 10. Andrea Tafi (Italy-Mapei)                 34

  1. Simon                         15:23:27
  2. Museeuw                           + 21 secs.
  3. Zabel                               24
  4. Magnien                             25
  5. Tafi                                44
  6. Spruch                              45
  7. Zanette                             51
  8. Brochard                            58
  9. Peter Meinert (Denmark-TVM)       1:05
 10. Joona Laukka (Finland-Festina)    1:10

  1. Johan Museeuw (Belgium-Mapei)    04:33:24
  2. Denis Zanette (Italy-AKi)            + 04 secs.
  3. Jelle Nijdam (Netherlands-TVM)
  4. Francois Simon (France-Castorama)
  5. Chris Boardman (Britain-Gan)
  6. Zbigniew Spruch (Poland-Lampre)       s.t.
  7. Peter Meinert (Denmark-TVM)            10
  8. Marco Serpellini (Italy-Lampre)
  9. Joona Laukka (Finland-Festina)
 10. Laurent Brochard (France-Festina)     s.t.

  1. Simon                            19:56:55
  2. Museeuw                              + 07 secs.
  3. Zanette                                45
  4. Spruch                                s.t.
  5. Erik Zabel (Germany-Telekom)           46
  6. Brochard                             1:03
  7. Meinert                              1:11
  8. Laukka                               1:16
  9. Stefano Zanatta (Italy-Aki)          1:27
 10. Richard Virenque (France-Festina)    1:56

  1. Erik Zabel (Germany)       03:28:15
  2. Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
  3. Zbigniew Spruch (Poland)
  4. Giuseppe Citterio (Italy
  5. Francois Simon (France)
  6. Frederico Colonna (Italy)
  7. Michel Cornelisse (Netherlands)
  8. Hendrik Redant (Belgium)
  9. Marcel Wust (Germany)
 10. Lars Michaelsen (Denmark)        all same time

  1. Museeuw                        23:25:05
  2. Simon                              + 05 secs.
  3. Zabel                                38
  4. Spruch                               43
  5. Denis Zanette (Italy)                50
  6. Laurent Brochard (France)          1:13
  7. Peter Meinert (Denmark)            1:21
  8. Joona Laukka (Filand)              1:26
  9. Stephano Zanatta (Italy)           1:37
 10. Richard Virenque (France)          2:06