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12th Classique des Alpes - 1.1/1.8
June 8, 2002
2001 Results Results Preview Start list Past winners
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Taking place a day prior to the start of the Dauphiné Libéré, the Classique des Alpes offers the climbers a chance to test their legs before the Dauphiné, effectively turning it into a nine day stage race for some. However, not all the favourites will be riding it: US Postal hasn't entered a team, Credit Agricole will be without Christophe Moreau, CSC will be without Jalabert, Bonjour will be without Rous, and Domo hasn't entered a team.
Despite this, it's still a strong field with the likes of David Millar and David Moncoutie (Cofidis), Unai Osa (iBanesto), Oscar Sevilla and Santiago Botero (Kelme), Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) and Jonathan Vaughters (Credit Agricole). Top second division team EDS-fakta will also try to figure in the race, with Marcus Ljungqvist, Jørgen Bo Petersen, and Scott Sunderland as part of a strong team.
The 197 km race starts in Chambéry and finishes in Aix-les-Bains, and takes in seven climbs between 850 and 1480 metres in height. The final challenge is the Col du Revard which comes at 25 km to go and is followed by a long, and very scenic descent into Aix-les-Bains.
Start List
Euskaltel-Euskadi Lotto-Adecco
1 Iker Flores (Spa) 12 Serge Baguet (Bel)
2 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 13 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
3 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) 14 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) 15 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned)
5 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) 16 Kévin Van Impe (Bel)
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 18 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel)
7 César Solaun (Spa)
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Cofidis iBanesto.com
21 David Millar (GBr) 31 Unai Osa (Spa)
22 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)
23 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 33 Thomasz Brozyna (Pol)
24 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)
25 Nico Mattan (Bel) 35 David Latasa (Spa)
26 David Moncoutie (Fra) 36 Denis Menchov (Rus)
27 Guido Trentin (Ita) 37 Javier Vila (Spa)
28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) 39 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
Kelme-Costa Blanca Bonjour
41 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 51 François Simon (Fra)
42 Santiago Botero (Col) 52 Walter Beneteau (Fra)
43 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) 53 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
44 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) 54 Anthony Charteau (Fra)
46 Santiago Perez (Spa) 55 Mickael Pichon (Fra)
47 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) 56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
48 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 57 Franck Renier (Fra)
49 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa)
EDS-Fakta La Francaise Des Jeux
61 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) 71 Sandy Casar (Fra)
62 René Joergensen (Den) 72 Thomas Bodo (Fra)
63 Lennie Kristensen (Den) 73 Baden Cooke (Aus)
64 Manu Lhoir (Bel) 74 Jacky Durand (Fra)
65 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) 75 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
68 Scott Sunderland (Aus) 76 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)
78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Team CSC Tiscali
81 Marc Streel (Bel) 91 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa)
83 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) 92 Olivier Asmaker (Fra)
84 Bert De Waele (Bel) 93 Manuel Calvente (Spa)
85 Erik Lievens (Bel) 94 Francisco Cerezo (Spa)
86 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) 95 Andrea Peron (Ita)
87 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) 96 Mickael Rasmussen (Den)
88 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) 98 Nicki Sorensen (Den)
Ag2R Prevoyance Jean Delatour
101 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 111 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
102 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 112 Jérome Bernard (Fra)
103 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) 113 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
104 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
106 Christophe Oriol (Fra) 116 Stephane Goubert (Fra)
107 Olivier Trastour (Fra) 117 Joona Laukka (Fin)
108 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) 118 Christophe Laurent (Fra)
110 Nicolas Portal (Fra)
Saint-Quentin Oktos Credit Agricole
121 Laurent Paumier (Fra) 131 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)
122 Vincent Bader (Swi) 132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
123 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 133 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
124 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) 134 Christopher Jenner (NZl)
125 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb) 135 Ludovic Martin (Fra)
126 Eddy Lembo (Fra) 136 Anthony Morin (Fra)
127 Christophe Rinero (Fra) 137 Benoit Poilvet (Fra)
128 Vincent Templier (Fra)
RDM-Flanders Bigmat.Auber 93
141 Marco Engels (Ned) 151 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa)
142 John Ibbotson (GBr) 152 Xavier Jan (Fra)
143 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) 153 Patrick Jonker (Ned)
144 Harry Lodge (GBr) 154 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
145 David Plas (Bel) 155 Loïc Lamouller (Fra)
146 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) 156 Lylian Lebreton (Fra)
149 Jan Richter (Ger) 157 Alexei Sivakov (Rus)
150 Marek Salermo (Fin) 158 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra)
Marlux-Ville De Charleroi
161 Mauricio Ardila (Col)
162 Johan Coenen (Bel)
163 David Debremaeker (Bel)
165 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn)
166 Kristoffer Ingeby (Swe)
167 Christian Poos (Lux)
168 Marc Vanacker (Lux)
Past winners
2001 1 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel 2000 1 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 2 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1999 1 Unai Osa (Spa) 2 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) 1998 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 3 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 1997 1 Laurent Roux (Fra) 2 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 1996 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) 1995 1 Ramón Gonzalez-Arrieta (Spa) 2 Gerard Rué (Fra) 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1994 1 Oliverio Rincon (Col) 2 Laurent Roux (Fra) 3 Ronan Pensec (Fra) 1993 1 Eddy Bouwmans (Ned) 2 Thierry Clavyrolat (Fra) 3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 1992 1 Gilles Delion (Fra) 2 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 3 Dante Rezze (Fra) 1991 1 Charly Mottet (Fra) 2 Robert Millar (GBr) 3 Luc Leblanc (Fra)
