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1996
Results
Preview Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 and Final GC PreviewStage 1, Tuesday May 27: Narbonne - Baraqueville (199 km) Stage 2, Wednesday May 28: Baraqueville - Saint-Chely-d'Apcher (205 km) Stage 3, Thursday May 29: Saint-Chely-d'Apcher - Ales (182 km) Stage 4, Friday May 30: Ales - Montpellier (145.5 km) Stage 5, Saturday May 31: Montpellier - Sete (148.5 km) Stage 6, Sunday June 1: Sete - Millau, Causse Noir (194 km) Principal Participants:FESTINA (France): Virenque, Dufaux (Sui), Stephens (Aus) COFIDIS (France): Desbiens, Capelle, Thibout FRANCAISE DES JEUX (France): Heulot, D. Rebellin (Ita), Guesdon, Peron (Ita) GAN (France): Boardman (Gbr), Moncassin, Pensec CASINO (France): Richard (Sui), Chanteur, Massi (Ita), Elli (Ita) RABOBANK (Netherland): Luttenberger (Aut), Breuking, Jonker (Aus), Van Bon TELEKOM (Germany): Riis (Den), Ullrich, Aldag, Boelts, Heppner ZVVZ-GIANT (Australy): Kejval (RTC), Mc Donald TVM (Netherland): Hamburger (Den), Roux (Fra), Ivanov (Rus) LOTTO (BELGIUM): Abdujaparov (Uzb), Tchmil (Rus), Madouas (Fra), Teteriouk (Kaz) BANESTO (Spain): De las Cuevas (Fra), Casero, P. Indurain US POSTAL (USA): Baffi (Ita), Hincapie, Robin (Fra) BIGMAT-AUBER (France) : Arroyo (Mex), Lino MUTUELLE (France) : Dojwa, Delrieu, Fraser (Can) BRESCIALAT (Italy): Gelfi, Serpellini BATIK (ITALY): Chiurato, Pierobon, Odriozola (Spa) POST SWISS TEAM (Switzerland): Rolland Meier, Bourquenoud, Vifian ASICS (Italy): Chiappucci, Schiavina, Colonna Stage 1: Narbonne - Baraqueville (199 km)1. Laurent Desbiens (France) Cofidis 5.23.00 2. Bo Hamburger (Denmark) TVM 0.08 3. Luca Gelfi (Italy) Brescialat 0.12 4. Rodolfo Massi (Italy) Casino 5. Jan Ullrich (Germany) Telekom 6. Cedric Vasseur (France) Gan 7. Dariusz Baranowski (Poland) US Postal Service 8. Angel Casero-Moreno (Spain) Banesto 9. Joona Laukka (Finland) Festina 10 Stephane Petilleau (France) TVM 11. Jens Heppner (Ger) all s.t. 12. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 0.49 13. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 14. Christophe Moreau (Fra) 15. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 16. Dominique Rault (Fra) 17. Francisque Teyssier (Spa) 18. Marty Jemison (USA) 19. Benoit Salmon (Fra) all s.t. 20. Laurent Madouas (Fra) 2.50 GC after Stage 11. Laurent Desbiens (France) Cofidis 5.22.50 2. Bo Hamburger (Denmark) TVM 0.12 3. Luca Gelfi (Italy) Brescialat 0.18 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Poland) US Postal Service 0.21 5. Rodolfo Massi (Italy) Casino 0.22 6. Jan Ullrich (Germany) Telekom 7. Cedric Vasseur (France) Gan 8. Angel Casero-Moreno (Spain) Banesto 9. Joona Laukka (Finland) Festina 10. Stephane Petilleau (France) TVM 11. Jens Heppner (Ger) all s.t. 12. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 0.56 13. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 0.59 14. Christophe Moreau (Fra) 15. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 16. Dominique Rault (Fra) 17. Francisque Teyssier (Spa) 18. Marty Jemison (USA) 19. Benoit Salmon (Fra) all s.t. 20. Alberto Elli (Ita) 2.58 Note: Overall standings differ from 1st stage standings because of several bonus sprints during stage Stage 1 ReportFrench cyclist Laurent Desbiens won the first stage of the Midi Libre race from Narbonne here on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Desbiens, second in last year's Tour of Luxembourg, eased away on the final climb to come home alone ahead of Bo Hamburger with Italian Luca Gelfi third. The three had been part of a group who had come together 25 kilometres from the finish, but when Desbiens made his move the remainder were unable to go with him.The earlier part of the stage had been enlivened by a breakaway including Frenchman Richard Virenque, three time King of the Mountains in the Tour de France, last year's Tour de France champion Bjarne Riis of Denmark and Italian Claudio Chiappucci, competing for the first time since returning from a two week suspension for failing a blood test. The group built up a lead of over four minutes after 122km of the 199km stage but Hamburger's TVM team led the peloton's chase and the breakaways were caught after 155.5km. Stage 2, Baraqueville-Saint-Chely d'Apcher, 205 kms:1. Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland) Festina 5.14.43 2. Francois Simon (France) Gan 3. Bart Voskamp (Netherlands) TVM 4. Georg Totschnig (Germany) Telekom 5. Alberto Elli (Italy) Casino 6. Arturas Kasputis (Lithuania) Casino 7. David Plaza (France) Cofidis all s.t. 8. Jacky Durand (France) Casino 10.23 9. Leon van Bon (Netherlands) Rabobank s.t. 10. George Hincapie (U.S.) US Postal Service 21:24 11. Sergei Ivanov (Rus) TVM 12. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 13. Niki Aebersold (Sch) Post Swiss 14. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Gan 15. Marco Saligari (Ita) Casino 16. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat 17. Michel Lafis (Swe) Telekom 18. Richard Chassot (Sch) Post Swiss 19. Michael Anderson (Swe) TVM 20. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto all s.t GC after Stage 21. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 10.40.31 2. Laurent Dufaux (Sch) Festina + 8.14 3. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM + 8.22 4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom + 8.23 5. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino + 8.26 6. David Plaza (Spa) Cofidis s.t. 7. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis s.t. 8. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM + 8.38 9. Luca Gelfi (Ita) Brescialat + 18.44 10. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal + 18.47 11. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Gan + 18.48 12. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 13. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 14. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) TVM 15. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 16. Joona Laukka (Fin) Festina 17. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Banesto all s.t. 18. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino + 19.22 19. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto + 19.25 20. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina s.t. Stage 2 ReportItaly's Alberto Elli took the overall lead in the Midi Libre race on Wednesday after the second stage was won by Swiss rider Laurent Dufaux. Dufaux emerged from a breakway group of seven, including Elli, to clinch victory in the 205-kilometre stage from Baraqueville, but it was the Casino rider who was left as the clear leader overall, much to his surprise. "We made our break a long way out but no-one thought we could last until the end," 33-year-old Elli said. "It's a nice surprise for me to have the leader's jersey -- I hope the team can help me keep it."Hostilities began at a climb located at 50 kms. from the finish, when Frenchman Jacky Durand, who had made a breakaway attempt earlier in the day, attacked and took with him a group of riders. But Durand couldn't hold on to the tempo imposed by his breakaway companions and finished 10 minutes behind the winner. Elli has an advantage of eight minutes 14 seconds over Dufaux in the overall standings, a margin the Festina rider reckoned was insurmountable. "Casino has a very strong team in this race and I can't see them letting Elli lose the the leader's jersey," said 28-year-old Dufaux. French cyclist Laurent Desbiens, who won Tuesday's first stage, finished 21 minutes 24 seconds behind the leaders Wednesday to languish over 18 minutes behind Elli in seventh place overall. Stage 3, Saint Chely D'Apcher-Ales-Ales, 182 km1. Laurent Brochard (Fra) 4:26:07 2. Orlando Gomes Rodrigues (Por) s.t. 3. Bo Hamburger (Den) 4. Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) 5. Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) 0.08 6. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) 6.23 7. Adriano Baffi (Ita) 6:31 8. Rolf Aldag (Ger) 9. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) 10. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) 11. Bart Voskamp (Ned) 12. Tomas Sedlacek (Cze) 13. Peter Farazijn (Bel) 14. Koos Moerenhoout (Ned) 15. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 16. Francois Simon (Fra) 17. Marco Serpellini (Ita) 18. Jens Voigt (Ger) 19. David Millar (Gbr) 20. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 51. Georg Totschnig (Aut) 6:31 64. Chris Boardmann (Gbr) 75. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 79. Bjarne Riis (Den) GC after Stage 31. Alberto Elli (Ita) 15.13.09 2. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 8:14 3. Bart Voskamp (Ned) 8:22 4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) 8:23 5. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) 8:26 6. David Plaza (Spa) 7. Bo Hamburger (Den) 11:51 8. Angel Miguel Casero Moreno (Spa) 12:23 9. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 18:26 10. Luca Gelfi (Ita) 18:44 11. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 18:47 12. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 18:48 13. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 14. Jens Heppner (Ger) 15. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 16. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) 17. Joona Laukka (Fin) 18. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 19:22 19. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 19:25 20. Christophe Moreau (Fra) 56. Chris Boardmann (Gbr) 29:50 67. Bjarne Riis (Den) 70. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) s.t. Stage 3 ReportFrenchman Laurent Brochard led home a breakway group of five riders to take the 182 kilometre third stage of the Midi Libre cycling race on Thursday. Italian Alberto Elli maintained his dominant position over eight minutes ahead of Swiss rider Laurent Dufaux in the overall standings by finishing with the main pack of riders more than six and a half minutes back.Brochard sprinted away from Orlando Gomes Rodrigues of Portugal, Dane Bo Hamburger and Frenchman Jean Cyril Robin to take the victory. The quartet, together with Angel Casero Moreno of Spain, broke away just 20km into the stage. Britain's Chris Boardman finished in the main group and lies 56th overall, almost 30 minutes off the pace, together with last year's Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis of Denmark. Stage 4, Ales-Montpellier, 145.5 km:1. Gordon Frazer (Canada) Mutuelle Seine et Marne 3.15.49 2. Frederic Moncassin (France) GAN 3. Adriano Baffi (Italy) US Postal Service 4. Pascal Chanteur (France) Casino 5. Arvis Piziks (Estonia) Rabobank 6. Andrei Teteriuk (Khazakstan) Lotto 7. Rolf Aldag (German) Telekom 8. Christophe Mengin (France) Francaise des Jeux 9. Thierry Gouvenou (France) Bigmat Auber 93 10. Sergei Ivanov (Russia) TVM 11. Alain Turrichia (Ita) 12. Laurent Brochard (Fra) 13. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 14. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 15. Bart Voskamp (Ned) 16. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) 17. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 18. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Banesto 19. Marco Bellini (Ita) 20. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM all s.t. 26. Georg Totschnig (Aut) 54. Chris Boardmann (GB) GAN 0.05 77. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 0.05 Overall standings:1. Alberto Elli (Italy) Casino 18.29.03 2. Laurent Dufaux (Sitzerland) Festina 8:14 3. Bart Voskamp (Netherlands) TVM 8:17 4. George Totschnig (Germany) Telekom 8:18 5. Arturas Kasputis (Lituania) Casino 8:26 6. David Plaza (France) Cofidis s.t. 7. Bo Hamburger (Denmark) TVM 11:52 8. Angel Casero Moreno (Spain) Banesto 12:24 9. Laurent Desbiens (France) Cofidis 18:26 10. Luca Gelfi (Ita) 18:39 11. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 18.43 12. Jens Heppner (Ger) 13. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 18:47 14. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 18:48 15. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) 16. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 17. Joona Laukka (Fin) 18. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 19:20 19. Christophe Moreau (Fra) 20. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 19.22 42. Bjarne Riis (Den) 29:45 55. David Millar (GB) 29:50 57. Chris Boardmann (GB) 69. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Stage 4 ReportCanada's Gordon Fraser (Mutuelle) won the 145.5km fourth stage of the Midi Libre cycling race here on Friday, outsprinting Frenchman Frederic Monacassin and Adriano Baffi of Italy. With the main pack streaming over the line in their wake, overall leader Alberto Elli of Italy remained comfortably in charge of the race, his 8:14 advantage over Swiss rider Laurent Dufaux intact.Several breakways developed over the course of the tage, but 3km from the finish the main pack regrouped for virtually the first time since the start, leaving Fraser take the day's honours at the front. Britain's Chris Boardman moved up the overall standings to 57th despite finishing five seconds adrift of the peleton. Stage 5, Montpellier-Sete, 160 km:1. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 3.46.04 2. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Lotto 0.10 3. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ 0.14 4. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto 0.16 5. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 0.18 6. Francois Simon (Fra) Gan s.t. 7. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino s.t. 8. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 0.20 9. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 0.24 10. Stephane Heulot (Fra) FDJ 0.26 11. David Plaza (Spa) Cofidis s.t. 12. Bart Voskamp (Ned) 13. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 0.28 14. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 0.30 15. Chris Boardmann (Gbr) s.t. 16. Bo Hamburger (Den) 0.33 17. Laurent Madouas (Ned) 0.37 18. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 0.39 19. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 0.41 20. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) s.t. ... 29. Joona Laukka (Fin) 1.42 39. Marty Jemison (USA) 2.34 36. Michael Andersson (Swe) 2.36 72. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 5:39 73. David Millar (Gbr) 5:49 77. Peter Rogers (Australia) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 5:52 78. Michel Lafis (Swe) 5:55 80. George Hincapie (USA) 6:00 95. Matthew White (Australia) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 8:05 96. Neil Stephens (Australia) s.t. 97. Brett Dennis (Australia) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 98. Tyler Hamilton (USA) 110. Gordon Fraser (Can) 8:50 Overall:1. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 22.16.07 2. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 7.42 3. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM 7.43 4. David Plaza (Spa) Cofidis 7.52 5. Laurent Dufaux (Sch) Festina 7.55 6. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 9.30 7. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM 11.25 8. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Banesto 15.58 9. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 18.06 10. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 18.07 12. Luca Gelfi (Ita) 18:20 13. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 18:29 14. Benoit Salmon (Fra) 18:29 15. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 18:25 16. Francois Simon (Fra) 18:49 18. Jo Arrieta Lujiambo (Spa) 18:59 18. Joona Laukka (Fin) 19.30 19. Jens Heppner (Ger) 19.41 20. Christophe Moreau (Fra) 20:26 ... 24. Marty Jemison (USA) 20.59 37. Chris Boardmann (GB) 29:20 38. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) 29:20 45. Michael Andersson (Swe) 31:26 58. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 34:24 63. David Millar (Gbr) 34:36 64. Peter Rogers (Aus) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 34:37 74. Tyler Hamilton (USA) 36:55 87. Michel Lafis (Swe) 45:56 92. George Hincapie (USA) 47:02 99. Neil Stephens (Aus) 49:05 100. Brett Dennis (Aus) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 49:51 110. Matthew White (Aus) ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 1.00.27 115. Gordon Fraser (Can) 1.21.21 Stage 5 ReportFrench cyclist Laurent Brochard won his second stage of the Midi Libre race here on Saturday when he captured the fifth stage -- race leader Alberto Elli of Italy retained his overall lead. The 29-year-old Brochard, second in the race last year, beat home compatriot Benoit Salmon by 10 seconds with David Rebellin of Italy third, 13 seconds behind the winner.Stage 6, Sete-Millau (causse Noir), 194 km:1. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 4.54.26 2. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 0.01 3. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 0.08 4. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM 0.12 5. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ s.t. 6. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom s.t. 7. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto 0.13 8. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM s.t. 9. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto s.t. 10. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 0.33 11. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Gan 0.43 12. Gerard Rue (Fra) Gan s.t. 13. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat 1.12 14. Francois Simon (Fra) Gan 1.13 15. Luca Gelfi (Ita) Brescialat 1.18 16. Tyler Hamilton (Usa) US Postal s.t. 17. Roland Meier (Sch) Post Swiss 1.29 18. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 2.01 19. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 2.24 20. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank s.t. ---- 24. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 2.39 58 abandons, among them Chris Boardman (GB), Richard Virenque and Christophe Moreau did not start. Final overall:1. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 27.13.12 2. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 5.15 3. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM 5.16 4. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM 8.59 5. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 15.32 6. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 16.15 7. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Gan 16.33 8. Luca Gelfi (Ita) Brescialat 16.59 9. Francois Simon (Fra) Gan 17.23 10. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 18.04 11. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto 18.14 12. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 19.03 13. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto 19.06 14. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 19.26 15. David Plaza (Spa) Cofidis 19.46 16. Roland Meier (Sch) Post Swiss 20.07 17. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 21.24 18. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 23.20 19. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Banesto 27.52 20. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ 30.29 ---- 32. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 34.24 |