1997 World Cup EventsMilan-San Remo, Italy, March 22Ronde van Vlaanderen, Belgium, 6 April Paris-Roubaix, France, April 13 Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, Belgium, April 20 Amstel Gold Race, Netherlands, April 26 Clasica San Sebastian, Spain, August 9 Rochester International Classic, England, August 17 GP Suisse, Switzerland, August 24 Paris-Tours France, October 5 Giro di Lombardia, Italy, October 18
March 22, Round 1, Milan-San Remo1. Erik Zabel (Ger) 100 pts 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) 70 3. Biagio Conte (Ita) 50 4. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 40 5. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 36 6 .Mirko Celestino (Ita) 32 7. Sergei Usciakov (Ukr) 28 8. Rolf Svrensen (Den) 24 9. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 20 10. Andrea Noh (Ita) 16 11. Davide Casarotto (Ita) 15 12. Beat Zberg (Sch) 14 13. Jesper Skibby (Den) 13 14. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 12 15. Max Sciandri (Gbr) 11 16. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 10 17. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) 9 18. Mauro Gianetti (Sch) 8 19. Rolf Jdrmann (Sch) 7 20. Stefano della Santa (Ita) 6 21. Stephane Heulot (Fra) 5 22. Bo Hamburger (Den) 4 23. Dimitri Konychev (Rus) 3 24. Roberto Petito (Ita) 2 25. Alexander Chefer (Kaz) 1 Team standings:1. Team Polti (Ita) 12 pts 2. TVM (Ned) 9 3. La Frangaise des Jeux (Fra) 8 4. Casino (Fra) 7 5. Roslotto-ZG Mobili (Rus) 6 6. Telekom (Ger) 5 7. Mercatone Uno (Smr) 4 8. Scrigno-Gaerne (Ita) 3 9. Asics (Ita) 2 10. MG-Technogym (Ita) 1 April 6, Round 2, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Belgium1. Rolf Sorensen (Denmark) 124 points 2. Erik Zabel (Germany) 100 3 Frederic Moncassin (France) 70 4. Alberto Elli (Italy) 70 5. Michele Bartoli (Italy) 64 6. Davide Casarotto (Italy) 51 7. Franco Ballerini (Italy) 50 8. Biagio Conte (Italy) 50 9. Andrei Tchmil (Ukraine) 40 10. Francesco Casagrande (Italy) 40 11. Claudio Chiappucci (Italy) 32 12. Mirko Celestino (Italy) 32 13. Peter Van Petergem (Belgium) 32 14. Sergei Outschakow (Ukraine) 28 15. Maximilian Sciandri (Britain) 26 16. Jo Planckaert (Belgium) 24 17. Andrea Ferrigato (Italy) 20 18. Viatsjeslav Ekimov (Russia) 16 19. Andrea Noe (Italy) 16 20 Steffen Wesemann (Germany) 14 21. Beat Zberg (Sweden) 14 22. Johan Meseeuw (Belgium) 13 23. Jesper Skibby (Denmark) 13 24. Leon Van Bon (Netherlands) 12 25. Henk Vogels (Austria) 11 Teams after Tour of Flanders1. TVM 15 points 2. Rabobank 12 3. Polti 10 4. Roslotto 10 5. Telekom 10 6. GAN 9 7. Mapei 8 8. La Francaise des Jeux 8 9. Lotto 7 10. Casino 7 April 13, Paris-Roubaix, Round 31. Rolf Sorensen (Den) 156 pts 2. Erik Zabel (Ger) 100 3. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) 100 4. Jo Planckaert (Bel) 94 5. Frederic Moncasn (Fra) 94 6. Davide Casarotto (Ita) 87 7. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) 80 8. Alberto Elli (Ita) 70 9. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 64 10. Johan Museeuw (Bel) 63 11. Franco Ballerini (Ita) 52 12. Biagio Conte (Ita) 50 13. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 50 14. Mirko Celestino (Ita) 32 15. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 32 16. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 32 17. Marc Wauters (Bel) 28 18. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) 28 19. Rolf Aldag (Ger) 28 20. Henk Vogels (Aus) 27 Teams Ranking after Paris-Roubaix=1. Lotto (BEL) 20 pts =1. Gan (FRA) 20 3. TVM (HOL) 19 4. Mapei (ITA) 18 5. La Francaise des Jeux (FRA) 15 6. Rabobank (HOL) 13 =6. Telekom (ALE) 13 8. Polti (ITA) 12 9. Casino (FRA) 9 10. Scrigno (ITA) 6 =10. Roslotto (RUS) 6 12. Asics (ITA) 5 =12. Cofidis (FRA) 5 14. US Postal (USA) 4 15. Mercatone Uno (SMR) 3 16. MG Technogym (ITA) 2 17. Saeco (SMR) 1 April 20, Round 4, Luik-Bastenaken-Luik=1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym 164 (wearing white jersey) =1. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 164 points =3. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100 =3. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Frangaise des Jeux 100 5. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 95 6. Jo Plankaert (Bel) Lotto) 94 7. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan 94 8. Davide Casarotto, (Ita) Scrigno 87 9. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 80 10. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 79 11 A. Elli 70 12 M. Sciandri 62 13 F. Ballerini 52 14 F. Casagrande 51 15 B. Conte 50 Teams after Round Four1. Lotto (Bel) 25 pts 2. La Francaise des Jeux (Fra) 24 =3. Polti (Ita) 20 =3. Gan (Fra) 20 =5. Mapei (Ita) 19 =5. TVM (Ned) 19 =7. Mercatone Uno (SanM) 15 =7. Rabobank (Ned) 15 9. Telekom (Ger) 13 10. Casino (Fra) 9 11. Asics (Ita) 8 12. Festina (Fra) 7 =13. Roslotto (Rus) 6 =13. Batik (Mon) 6 =13. MG Technogym (Ita) 6 =13. Scrigno (Ita) 6 17. Cofidis (Ita) 5 18. US Postal (USA) 4 19. Saeco (SanM) 1 April 26, Round 5, Amstel Gold Race1. Michele Bartoli 196 pts 2. Rolf Svrensen 180 3. Laurent Jalabert 107 4. Andrei Tchmil 104 =5. Erik Zabel 100 =5. Frederic Guesdon 100 =5. Bjarne Riis 100 8. Davide Casarotto 97 9. Johan Museeuw 95 =10. Frederic Moncassin 94 =10. Jo Planckaert 94 12. Beat Zberg 92 13. Andrea Tafi 77 14. Alberto Elli 70 15. Max Sciandri 69 16. Fran. Casagrande 61 17. Mauro Gianetti 59 18. Claudio Chiappucci 55 19. Franco Ballerini 52 =20. Biagio Conte 50 =20. Gabriele Colombo 50 22. Rolf Aldag 48 23. Laurent Roux 47 24. Henk Vogels 42 25. Luc Leblanc 40 26. Peter Van Petegem 33 27. Mirko Celestino 32 =28. Sergei Usciakov 28 =28. Marc Wauters 28 30. Marco Pantani 24 31. Johan Capiot 22 =32. Andrea Ferrigato 20 =32. Laurent Madouas 20 34. Stefano della Santa 19 35. Rolf Jdrmann 18 =36. Andrea Noe 16 =36. Vjatjeslav Ekimov 16 38. Stefano Zanini 15 =38. Evgeni Berzin 15 =40. Steffen Wesemann 14 =40. Christophe Capelle 14 =42. Jesper Skibby 13 =42. Pascal Hervi 13 =42. Andrej Teteriuk 13 =45. Leon Van Bon 12 =45. Jann Kirsipuu 12 =45. Richard Virenque 12 48. Fabio Baldato 11 =49. Lars Michaelsen 10 =49. Bruno Boscardin 10 =49. Stuart O'Grady 10 =49. Axel Merckx 10 =53. Christophe Mengin 9 =53. Abraham Olano 9 =55. Mirko Gualdi 8 =55. Aart Vierhouten 8 =55. Dirk Baldinger 8 =58. Fabrizio Guidi 7 =58. Wilfried Peeters 7 =60. J|rgen Werner 6 =60. Jacky Durand 6 =60. Udo Bvlts 6 =60. Tristan Hoffman 6 =64. Cedric Vasseur 5 =64. Bo Hamburger 5 =64. Philippe Gaumont 5 =64. Erik Breukink 5 =68. Carlo Bomans 4 =68. Stephane Heulot 4 =68. Laurent Desbiens 4 =68. Chris Boardman 4 =68. Adriano Baffi 4 =73. George Hincapie 3 =73. Francis Moreau 3 =73. Benoit Salmon 3 =73. Erik Dekker 3 =77. Dimitri Konychev 2 =77. Michele Coppolillo 2 =79. Paolo Fornaciari 1 =79. Roberto Petito 1 =79. Peter Farazijn 1 =79. Davide Rebellin 1 Teams after Round 5:1. Lotto (Bel) 32 pts 2. TVM (Ned) 31 3. Francaise Les Jeux (Fra) 30 4. Mapei (Ita) 29 5. Polti (Ita) 25 6. Telekom (Ger) 22 7. Gan (Fra) 20 8. Rabobank (Ned) 18 9. Mercatone Uno (Smr) 17 10. Casino (Fra) 9 August 9, Round 6, Clasica San Sebastian, Spain:1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 212 pts 2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG 196 3. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone 120 4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once 114 5. Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 104 6. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ 101 7. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100 8. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 100 9. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ 100 10. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno 98 11. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 95 12. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 94 13. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan 94 14. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei 90 15. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ 81 Teams after Round 61. La Française des Jeux (Fra) 42 pts 2. Lotto (Bel) 32 3. TVM (Ned) 31 4. Mapei-GB (Ita) 31 August 17, Round 7, Rochester International Classic, UK1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 225 pts 2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG 196 3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei 190 4. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone 120 5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once 114 6. Max Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ 113 7. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 112 8. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 106 9. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ 105 10. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 100 10. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100 10. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ 100 13. David Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno 98 14. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 96 15. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 95 16. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan 94 17. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto 90 17. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 90 19. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina 86 20. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno 6 21. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 22. Mauro Gianetti (Ita) 23. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis 24. Claudio Chiappucci 25. Franco Ballerini Team Standings after Round 71 La Francaise Des Jeux 54 2 Mapei - GB 40 3 Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass 37 4 T.V.M. 35 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 32 6 Rabobank 27 7 Team Polti 25 8 Festina - Lotus 24 9 Mercatone Uno 21 10 Gan 20 11 Roslotto - Zg Mobili 14 12 Casino - C'est Votre Equipe 12 13 Scrigno - Gaerne 12 14 Batik - Del Monte 11 15 US Postal Service 7 16 Asics 7 17 O.N.C.E. 6 18 Cofidis 6 19 Maglificio Mg - Technogym 6 20 Saeco - A.S. Juvenes San 3 August 24, Round 8, GP Suisse, Switzerland1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) 275 points 2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 228 3. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 205 4. Andrea Tafi (Ita) 202 5. Beat Zberg (Sch) 135 6. Alberto Elli (Ita) 120 7. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 114 8. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) 113 9. Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) 112 10. Jo Planckaert (Bel) 106 11. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukr) 106 12. Bjarne Riis (Den) 100 13. Erik Zabel (Ger) 100 14. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) 100 15. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 100 16. Davide Casarotto (Ita) 98 17. Johan Museeuw (Belgium) 95 18. Frederic Moncassin (France) 94 19. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 90 20. Stephane Heulot (Fra) 84 21. Jan Ullrich 70 22. Richard Virenque 68 23. Mauro Gianetti 65 24. Biagio Conte 64 25. Fran. Casagrande 61 26. Claudio Chiappucci 55 Laurent Roux 55 Maurizio Fondriest 55 29. Franco Ballerini 52 30. Henk Vogels 51 31. Gabriele Colombo 50 Stefano Colage 50 33. Rolf Aldag 48 34. Mirko Celestino 42 Roberto Petito 42 36. Luc Leblanc 40 37. Andrea Vatteroni 36 38. Daniele Nardello 35 39. Peter Van Petegem 34 40. Sergei Usciakov 28 Marc Wauters 28 Maarten den Bakker 28 43. Andrea Noe 27 44. Yvon Ledanois 25 45. Marco Pantani 24 Christophe Mengin 24 Jens Heppner 24 48. Johan Capiot 22 49. Laurent Madouas 20 50. Stefano dl. Santa 19 51. Rolf Järmann 18 52. Vjatjeslav Ekimov 16 Bo Hamburger 16 Erik Dekker 16 Giuseppe Tartaggia 16 56. Stefano Zanini 15 Evgeni Berzin 15 58. Steffen Wesemann 14 Christophe Capelle 14 Jon Odriozola 14 61. Jesper Skibby 13 Pascal Hervé 13 Andrej Teteriuk 13 Udo Bölts 13 65. Leon Van Bon 12 Jann Kirsipuu 12 67. Fabio Baldato 11 68. Lars Michaelsen 10 Bruno Boscardin 10 Stuart O'Grady 10 Axel Merckx 10 Giovanni Lombardi 10 73. Abraham Olano 9 George Hincapie 9 Laurent Brochard 9 Enrico Zaina 9 77. Mirko Gualdi 8 Aart Vierhouten 8 Dirk Baldinger 8 Laurent Dufaux 8 81. Fabrizio Guidi 7 Wilfried Peeters 7 Marco Serpellini 7 84. Jurgen Werner 6 Jacky Durand 6 Tristan Hoffman 6 Frank Vandenbroucke 6 88. Cedric Vasseur Philippe Gaumont 5 Erik Breukink 5 Gianluca Valoti 5 92. Carlo Bomans 4 Laurent Desbiens 4 Chris Boardman 4 Adriano Baffi 4 96. Francis Moreau 3 Benoit Salmon 3 Fabrice Gouguot 3 Gilles Bouvard 3 David Plaza 3 101. Dimitri Konychev 2 Michele Coppolillo 2 Nico Mattan 2 Leonardo Piepoli 2 105. Paolo Fornaciari 1 Peter Farazijn 1 Andrea Peron 1 Massimo Donati 1 Teams:1. La Francaise des Jeux (Fra) 66 pts 2. TVM (Ned) 41 3. Mapei-GB (Ita) 40 4. Team Deutsche Telekom (Ger) 40 5. Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass (Bel) 37 6. Rabobank (Ned) 34 7. Lotus-Festina (Fra) 33 8. Team Polti (Ita) 26 9. Mercatone Uno (Ita) 24 10. Gan (Fra) 20 11. Roslotto-ZG-Mobili (Ita) 18 12. Casino (Fra) 12 13. Scrigno (Ita) 12 14. Batik-Del Monte (Ita) 11 15. Maglificio MG Technogym (Ita) 11 16. Asics (Ita) 9 17. US Postal Service 7 18. ONCE (Spa) 6 19. Cofidis (Fra) 6 20. Saeco (San Marino) October 5, Round 9, Paris-Tours, France1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 275 pts 2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym 240 3. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Francaise des Jeux 214 4. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-GB 212 5 Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto 212 6. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) Francaise des Jeux 183 7. Beat Zberg (Swi) Mercatone Uno 135 8. Alberto Elli (Ita) 120 9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 114 10. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno 112 11. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 106 12. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 106 13. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 104 14. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN 101 15. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 100 15. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 100 15. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina 100 18. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-GB 95 19. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 94 20. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno 92 21. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 90 22. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) 84 23. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 70 24. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 68 25. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 65 October 18, Round 10, Tour of Lombardy, Italy1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym 280 points 2. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 275 3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-GB 240 4. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Francaise des Jeux 238 5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 214 6. Andrei Tchmil (Rus) Lotto 212 7. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) Francaise des Jeux 192 8. Beat Zberg (Swi) Mercatone-Uno 140 9. Albert Elli (Ita) 120 10. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina-Lotus 115 11. Davide Casaratto (Ita) Scrigno 112 12. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 106 12. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 106 14. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN 101 15. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 95 16. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto 90 17. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 68 18. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM 67 19. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Francaise des Jeux 65 20. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-GB 59 Note: Race organisers said Bortolami's 115 points remained unofficial because he had not competed in enough World Cup races during the season to be included in the final standings. Final World Cup for Teams1. La Francaise des Jeu (Fra) 82 points 2. Mapei-GB (Ita) 57 3. TVM (Ned) 48 4. Festina (Fra) 42 5. Rabobank (Ned) 42 6. Lotto (Bel) 41 7. Telekom (Ger) 40 8. Team Polti (Ita) 31 9. Gan (Fra) 26 10. Scrigno-Gaerne (Ita) 24 12. MG-Technogym (Ita) 17 16. Asics-CGA (Ita) 12 Previous Team Winners: 1989 PDM 1990 PDM 1991 Panasonic 1992 Panasonic 1993 GB-MG 1994 GB-MG 1995 Mapei-GB 1996 Mapei-GB 1997 La Francaise des Jeux |