71st Critérium International - 2.1
France, March 30-31, 2002
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The Stages
- Stage 1 - March 30: Charleville Mezieres - Charleville Mezieres, 192 km
- Stage 2 - March 31: Les Mazures - Montherme, 98.5 km
- Stage 3 - March 31: Charleville Mezieres ITT, 8.5 km
Preview
A total of 22 teams will participate in this weekend's 71st Criterium International, held in the north eastern part of France. On Saturday the riders tackle a 192 kilometre undulating stage, starting and finishing in Charleville Mezieres. On Sunday morning there is a hillier 98.5 kilometre stage from Les Mazures to Montherme, followed by a flat 8.5 kilometre time trial again in Charleville Mezieres.
Last year's winner Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Adecco) will wear number 1 in this year's event, which will be a big form tester for him in preparation for the Ardennes classics. Other notable participants include Lance Armstrong and Roberto Heras (US Postal), Paris-Nice winner Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom), Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) and Alex Zülle (Team Coast).
Neither Laurent Jalabert nor Danilo Di Luca will be present due to sickness and injury, but French favourites Richard Virenque (Domo), Didier Rous (Bonjour), Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour), Christophe Moreau and Florent Brard (Credit Agricole) and Sandy Casar (FdJ) are all scheduled to start.
Start List
Lotto-Adecco Euskaltel-Euskadi
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 11 Alberto Martinez (Spa)
2 Mario Aerts (Bel) 12 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)
3 Christophe Brandt (Bel) 13 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa)
4 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa)
5 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 15 Inigo Landaluze (Spa)
6 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) 18 César Solaun (Spa)
7 Tom Stremersch (Bel) 19 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa)
10 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) 20 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa)
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21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) 31 Lance Armstrong (USA)
22 Stéphane Auge (Fra) 32 Roberto Heras (Spa)
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 33 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)
24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) 34 Floyd Landis (USA)
25 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 35 Victor Hugo Pena (Col)
26 Stephane Goubert (Fra) 36 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
27 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) 37 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) 38 David Zabriskie (USA)
Domo-Farm Frites Team Telekom
41 Richard Virenque (Fra) 54 Bobby Julich (USA)
43 Steve De Wolf (Bel) 55 Andr As Kl Den (Ger)
44 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) 56 Dirk Reichl (Ger)
45 Steven Kleynen (Bel) 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)
46 Tomas Konecny (Cze) 58 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) 59 David Kopp (Ger)
Saeco-Longoni Sport Team CSC Tiscali
62 Igor Astarloa (Spa) 71 Jakob Piil (Den)
63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 72 Olivier Asmaker (Fra)
64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 73 Michaël Blaudzun (Den)
65 Biagio Conte (Ita) 75 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
66 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) 76 Danny Jonasson (Den)
67 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) 77 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
68 Christian Wegmann (Ger) 78 Michael Sandstod (Den)
70 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)
ONCE-Eroski Cofidis
82 Ren Andrle (Cze) 91 David Moncoutie (Fra)
83 Gorka Beloki (Spa) 92 Médéric Clain (Fra)
84 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) 93 Inigo Cuesta (Spa)
85 Rafael Diaz (Spa) 94 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)
86 Xavier Florencio (Spa) 97 Guido Trentin (Ita)
88 Jan Hruska (Cze) 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
89 David Arroyo (Spa)
Alessio Credit Agricole
101 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 111 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
102 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 112 Florent Brard (Fra)
103 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
104 Angelo Furlan (Ita) 114 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
105 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) 115 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
106 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) 116 Anthony Morin (Fra)
107 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) 117 Benoit Poilvet (Fra)
118 Jens Voigt (Ger)
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121 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) 131 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa)
122 Santiago Blanco (Spa) 133 Joaquim Lopez Torella (Spa)
123 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) 134 David Munoz (Spa)
124 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 135 Leandro Navarette (Spa)
125 David Latasa (Spa) 136 Gustavo Otero (Spa)
126 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 137 Santiago Perez (Spa)
127 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) 138 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa)
128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 139 Constantino Zaballa (Spa)
La Francaise Des Jeux Mercatone Uno
141 Sandy Casar (Fra) 151 Marco Pantani (Ita)
142 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) 152 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)
143 Baden Cooke (Aus) 153 Daniel Clavero (Spa)
144 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) 154 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 155 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
146 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 156 Giammario Ortenzi (Ita)
147 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) 157 Roberto Savoldi (Ita)
148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 158 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)
Team Coast Ag2R Prevoyance
161 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 171 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
162 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 172 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
163 Daniel Becke (Ger) 173 Stéphane Berges (Fra)
165 Bekim Christensen (Den) 174 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa)
166 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 175 Alexandre Grux (Fra)
167 Rolf Huser (Swi) 176 Thierry Loder (Fra)
168 Francisco Lara (Spa) 177 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
178 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
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182 Roger Beuchat (Swi) 191 Didier Rous (Fra)
183 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) 192 Walter Beneteau (Fra)
184 Christian Charriere (Swi) 193 Franck Bouyer (Fra)
185 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 194 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
186 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 195 Mickael Pichon (Fra)
187 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 197 Fabrice Salanson (Fra)
188 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) 198 François Simon (Fra)
190 Cédric Fragniere (Swi)
Bigmat.Auber 93 Saint-Quentin Oktos
201 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) 211 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
202 Christophe Capelle (Fra) 212 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi)
203 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) 213 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra)
204 Xavier Jan (Fra) 214 Sergey Kruszhevskiy (Uzb)
205 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 215 Jean Nuttli (Swi)
206 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 217 Christophe Rinero (Fra)
207 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) 219 Eddy Lembo (Fra)
208 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) 220 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra)
Past winners
2001 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2000 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE 1999 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1998 Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 1997 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 1996 Chris Boardman (GB) 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1994 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1993 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1992 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra) 1991 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1990 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1989 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1986 Urs Zimmermann (Swi) 1985 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1982 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1981 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1980 Michel Laurent (Fra) 1979 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1978 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1977 Jean Chassang (Fra) 1976 Patrick Beon (Fra) 1975 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) 1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 1973 Jean-Pierre Danguilaume (Fra) 1972 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1971 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1970 Georges Chappe (Fra) 1969 Gilbert Bellone (Fra) 1968 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1966 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1965 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1964 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1963 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1962 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 1961 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1960 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 1959 André Darrigade (Fra) 1958 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1957 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1956 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1955 René Privat (Fra) 1954 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1953 Robert Desbats (Fra) 1952 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1951 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1950 Pierre Barbotin (Fra) 1949 Emile Idee (Fra) 1948 Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1947 Emile Idee (Fra) 1946 Kleber Piot (Fra), Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1945 Joseph Goutorbe (Fra) 1944 Roger Piel (Fra) 1943 Louis Gauthier (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1942 Aldo Bertocco (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1941 Yvon Marie (Fra), Benoit Faure (Fra) 1940 Emile Idee (Fra) 1939 André Deforge (Fra) 1938 Pierre Jaminet (Fra) 1937 Roger Lapbie, René Le Greves (Fra) 1936 Paul Chocque (Fra) 1935 René Le Greves (Fra) 1934 Roger Lapbie (Fra) 1933 André Leducq (Fra) 1932 Leon Le Calvez (Fra) 1930 Robert Brugere (Fra) 1929 Paul Le Drogo (Fra) 1928 André Leducq (Fra) 1927 Julien Moineu (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
