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44th Tour de l'Avenir - 2.Ncup

France, September 6-15, 2007

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The Stages

  • Stage 1 - September 6: Belle-Île-en-Mer, 148.5 km
  • Stage 2 - September 7: Quiberon - Saint-Jean-la-Poterie, 164.5 km
  • Stage 3 - September 8: Pipriac - Cholet, 138 km
  • Stage 4 - September 9: Cholet - Contres, 211.5 km
  • Stage 5 - September 10: Sassay - Sassay, 24 km
  • Stage 6 - September 11: Contres - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 143.5 km
  • Stage 7 - September 12: Cérilly - Super-Besse, 175 km
  • Stage 8 - September 13: Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise - Brioude, 134 km
  • Stage 9 - September 14: Chomelix - Craponne-sur-Arzon, 148 km
  • Stage 10 - September 15: Craponne-sur-Arzon - Saint-Flour, 148 km

Major changes to format but same tough roads

By Bjorn Haake

The 2007 Tour de l'Avenir sees two major changes in its format. For the first time since 1980 the event is run with national teams. And the age limit has been lowered to 23 - to be precise the event is open to anybody between 19 and 22 years of age. That's down from its previous under 25 regulation. Most teams are from Europe, but unlike last year, USA did get a spot this time around.

Team USA will be riding with Thomas Peterson of Slipstream, wearer of the mountain jersey in the Tour of California until Christophe Laurent, who will be Peterson's team-mate next year, took over on stage four. The national junior champion of 2004 will be accompanied by Chris Barton of Ojai, California, and Craig Lewis, the winner of the U23 road race and criterium in 2006. Also on the team will be Peter Salon, who has won the junior crit title in 2006, Tejay Van Garderen, a ten time national junior champ and Peter Stetina, who did his first ProTour race in Plouay last week.

The other North American team is from Canada, with Christian Meier, Ryan Anderson, Eric Boily, Bradley Fairall, Keven Lacombe and David Veilleux in the line-up.

France will send two squads, while other Euro teams include Slovenia, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Norway. Then there is a strong Eastern bloc with the Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Russia. The field is completed by a mixed team with riders of three different continents and include a few Colombians, a Chinese rider and two Africans.

The route starts in a "beautiful island in the sea," according to its own name (Belle-Île-en-Mer) and heads on mostly flat roads towards the east, before stage five's time trial. The day in Sassay will mark the end of all hiding. After the time trial, there is only one more flat stage before the race heads into the medium mountains in the Massif Central for the last four days. The race will finish in St. Flour where its big brother, Le Tour, has visited before as well.

The Tour de l'Avenir's name is already a hint that it shows signs of things to come, and famous winners of the event include Felice Gimondi, Joop Zoetemelk, Miguel Indurain, Laurent Fignon and American Greg LeMond. Last year, it was Spaniard Moisés Dueñas (Agritubel) who won the race and was profiled on Cyclingnews during his recent win at the Regio Tour. He would love to win the big one, the Tour de France and in doing so he would join the above list who have all done the double.

Start list

Slovenian National Team                French National Team A				
 				
2 Blaz Jarc (Slo)                      11 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra)				
3 Kristjan Koren (Slo)                 12 Jérôme Coppel (Fra)				
4 Joze Senekovic (Slo)                 13 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra)				
5 Simon Spilak (Slo)                   14 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra)				
6 Gasper Svab (Slo)                    15 Anthony Roux (Fra)				
                                       16 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra)				
 				
Danish National Team                   Portuguese National Team				
 				
21 Andre Steensen (Den)                31 Vitor Rodrigues (Por)				
22 Thomas Kvist (Den)                  32 Claudio Apolo (Por)				
23 Jakob Bering (Den)                  33 Rui Costa (Por)				
24 Andreas Frisch (Den)                34 José Mendes (Por)				
25 Kasper Jebjerg (Den)                35 Nelson Rocha (Por)				
26 Jonas Jörgensen (Den)               			
 			
Russian National Team                  Dutch National Team			
 			
41 Ivan Rovny (Rus)                    51 Lars Boom (Ned)			
42 Andrey Klyuev (Rus)                 52 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)			
43 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus)               53 Tom Leezer (Ned)			
44 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus)            54 Bauke Mollema (Ned)			
45 Valery Valynin (Rus)                55 Jos Van Emden (Ned)			
46 Ildar Zakirov (Rus)                 56 Dennis Van Winden (Ned)			
 			
German National Team                   Italian National Team			
 			
61 Tony Martin (Ger)                   71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita)			
62 Mathias Belka (Ger)                 72 Dario Cataldo (Ita)			
63 Simon Geschke (Ger)                 73 Marco Coledan (Ita)			
64 Dominic Klemme (Ger)                74 Adriano Malori (Ita)			
65 Stefan Schafer (Ger)                75 Fabio Taborre (Ita)			
66 Paul Voss (Ger)                     			
 			
Latvian National Team                  Belgian National Team			
 			
81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat)                91 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)			
82 Normunds Lasis (Lat)                92 Nikolas Maes (Bel)			
83 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat)            93 Stijn Neirynck (Bel)			
84 Herberts Pudans (Lat)               94 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel)			
85 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat)           95 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel)			
86 Martins Trautmanis (Lat)            96 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel)			
 			
Kazakh National Team                   Spanish National Team			
 			
101 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)              111 Javier Aramendia (Spa)			
102 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz)              112 Javier Etxarri (Spa)			
103 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz)            113 Marcos Garcia (Spa)			
104 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz)               114 Jose Herrada (Spa)			
105 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz)      115 Benat Intxausti (Spa)			
106 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz)          116 Diego Milan (Spa)			
 			
Swiss National Team                    Lithuanian National Team			
 			
121 Marcel Wyss (Swi)                  131 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu)			
122 Laurent Beuret (Swi)               132 Andrius Buividas (Ltu)			
123 Mathieu Deschenaux (Swi)           133 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu)			
124 Reto Hollenstein (Swi)             134 Marius Kukta (Ltu)			
125 Martin Kohler (Swi)                135 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu)			
126 Michael Randin (Swi)               			
 			
USA National Team                      Polish National Team			
 			
141 Thomas Peterson (USA)              151 Pawel Cieslik (Pol)			
142 Chris Barton (USA)                 152 Adrian Honkisz (Pol)			
143 Craig Lewis (USA)                  153 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol)			
144 Peter Salon (USA)                  154 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol)			
145 Peter Stetina (USA)                155 Maciej Paterski (Pol)			
146 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)           156 Pawel Wachnik (Pol)			
 			
Canadian National Team                 Ukrainian National Team			
 			
161 Christian Meier (Can)              171 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr)			
162 Ryan Anderson (Can)                172 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr)			
163 Eric Boily (Can)                   173 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr)			
164 Bradley Fairall (Can)              174 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr)			
165 Keven Lacombe (Can)                175 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr)			
166 David Veilleux (Can)               176 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr)			
 			
French National Team B                 Mixed Team			
 			
181 Cyril Bessy (Fra)                  191 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun)			
182 Thomas Brigaud (Fra)               192 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg)			
183 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra)     193 Haijun Ma (Chn)			
184 Mickael Larpe (Fra)                194 Dalivier Ospina (Col)			
185 Florian Morizot (Fra)              195 Jarlinson Pantano (Col)			
186 Yoann Offredo (Fra)                196 Oscar Sanchez (Col)			
 			
Norwegian National Team                			
 			
201 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)         			
202 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)           			
203 Christer Rake (Nor)                			
204 Stian Sommerseth (Nor)             			
205 Sondre Sortveit (Nor)              			
206 Frederik Wilmann (Nor)             			

Past winners

Year   Winner                        Best Team              Distance    Stages
 
Tour de l'Avenir
 
2006   Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa)      Agritubel               1393 km      10
2005   Lars Bak (Den)                  Team CSC                1444.3 km    10
2004   Sylvain Calzati (Fra)           Vlaanderen - T Interim  1518.2 km    10
2003   Egoi Martinez (Spa)             Carvalhelhos - Boavista 1519.4 km    10
2002   Evgeni Petrov (Rus)             Euskaltel-Euskadi       1463 km      10
2001   Denis Menchov (Rus)             iBanesto.com            1559.5 km    10
2000   Iker Flores (Spa)               Euskaltel-Euskadi       1562 km      10
1999   Unai Osa (Spa)
1998   Christophe Rinero (Fra)	       Casino                  1471 km      12
1997   Laurent Roux (Fra)              TVM                     1344 km       9
1996   David Etxebarria (Spa)          ONCE                    1858 km      11
1995   Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)          Castorama               1614 km      11
1994   Angel Casero (Spa)              Banesto                 1591 km      11
1993   Thomas Davy (Fra)               Castorama               1543 km      12
1992   Hervé Garel (Fra)               RMO                     1528 km      12
 
Tour of the European Community
 
1990   Johan Bruyneel (Bel)            Toshiba                 1370 km      10
1989   Pascal Lino (Fra)               RMO                     1440 km       9
1988   Laurent Fignon (Fra)            France                  1846 km      12
1987   Marc Madiot (Fra)               France                  1719 km      12
1986   Miguel Indurain (Spa)           System U                1712 km      14
 
Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers)
 
1985   Martin Ramirez (Col)            Cafe de Colombia        1612 km      13
1984   Charly Mottet (Fra)             Renault                 1620 km      12
1983   Olaf Ludwig (DDR)               East Germany            1959 km      15
1982   Greg Lemond (USA)               East Germany            1382 km      11
1981   Pascal Simon (Fra)              USSR                    1514 km      14
1980   Alfonso Florez (Col)            USSR                    1629 km      12
1979   Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov (URS) USSR                    1643 km      12
1978   Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov (URS) USSR                    1577 km      12
1977   Eddy Schepers (Bel)             Belgium                 1597 km      12
1976   Sven-Åke Nilsson (Swe)          Spain                   1017 km       9
1974   Enrique Martinez Heredia (Spa)  Poland                  1296 km      11
1973   Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita)  Switzerland             1480 km      11
1972   Fedor Den Hertog (Ned)          Netherlands             1618 km      13
1971   Régis Ovion (Fra)               France                  1638 km      11
1970   Marcel Duchemin (Fra)           France                   779 km       4
 
Tour de l'Avenir
 
1969   Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)            Netherlands             1846 km      10
1968   Jean-Pierre Boulard (Fra)       France                  1567 km      12
1967   Christian Robini (Fra)          France                  1560 km      10
1966   Mino Denti (Ita)                Italy                   1955 km      12
1965   Mariano Diaz (Spa)              Spain                   2167 km      12
1964   Felice Gimondi (Ita)            Spain                   2021 km      13
1963   André Zimmermann (Fra)          Spain                   2060 km      14
1962   Antonio Gomez Del Moral (Spa)   Netherlands             2120 km      14
1961   Guido De Rosso (Ita)            Spain                   2209 km      14
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com