Barcelona - Montpellier, Cat 2.6

Spain, September 24-28, 1997

The Stages

September 24 - Prologue
September 25 - Stage 1
September 26 - Stage 2
September 27 - Stage 3
September 28 - Stage 4

Prologue in Ciudad Condal, 4.2 kms:

  1. Guillaume Auger (Fra)                    5.08
  2. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo      0.04
  3. Frederic Ivaes  (Spa) Sonia              0.07
  4. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)                    0.08
  5. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo      0.08

Stage 1, Platja d'Aro - Platja d'Aro, 141 km:

  1. Paolo Bossoni (Ita)                   3.33.12
  2. Danilo Di Luca (Ita.
  3. Ole Simensen (Nor)
  4. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)
  5. Andrei Kivilev (Fra)                 all s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

  1. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)               3.38.29
  2. Eligio Requejo (Spa)                     0.03
  3. Paolo Bossoni (Ita)                      0.05
  4. Luca Pelloumini (Ita)                    0.09
  5. Ole Simensen (Nor)                       0.12

Stage 2, Girona - Prades, 170 km:

  1. Pascal Pofilet (Fra)                 4.13.08
  2. Andrei Kivilev (Fra)                    2.04
  3. Kurt Arvessen (Nor) 
  4. Oscar Mason (Ita)
  5. Eric Drubay (Fra)                   all s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

  1. Pascal Pofilet (Fra)                 7.52.12
  2. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)                 1.29
  3. Paolo Bossoni (Ita)                     1.34
  4. Denis Leproux (Fra)                     1.36
  5. Luca Belluomini (Ita)                   1.38

Stage 3, Prades - La Salvetat, 181 km:

  1. Piotr Chidlewski (Pol)             4.39.04
  2. Denis Leproux (Fra)                   s.t.
  3. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)               s.t.
  4. Luca Belloumini (Ita)                 s.t.
  5. Oscar Mason (Ita)                     0.03

GC after Stage 3:

  1. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)           12.32.45
  2. Denis Leproux (Fra)                   0.07
  3. Luca Belluomini (Ita)                 0.09
  4. Oscar Mason (Ita)                     0.20
  5. Piotr Chidlewski (Pol)                0.38

Stage 4, La Salvetat - Montpellier, 141 km

  1. Jimmy Casper (Fra)                   3.09.17
  2. Kurt Arvessen (Nor)
  3. Ludovic Capelle (Bel)
  4. Brice Bouniot (Fra)
  5. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo all s.t.

Final GC:

  1. Francisco Mancebo (Spa)             15.42.02
  2. Denis Leproux (Fra)                     0.07
  3. Luca Belluomini (Ita)                   0.09
  4. Oscar Mason (Ita)                       0.20
  5. Piotr Chidlewski (Pol)                  0.38

Final Other Classifications

Teams:

 1. Italy                               47.07.39
 2. Spain                               47.13.39
 3. CC D' Etupes (Fra)                  47.16.05

Mountains:

 1. Guillaume Judas (Fra)                39 pts
 2. Oscar Mason (Ita)                    35
 3. Rafael Kazmierczak (Pol)             29