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1997 Results
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Stage 19 Brief:Stage 19 has one Cat 4 climb coming at 216.5 kms - the Côte de Changey (a 3.2 km climb at 3.7%). Other than that there are very few problems for the yellow jersey, except perhaps some more abuse of police power in France.TVM did not start apparently fearing being detained at any moment and taken to Reims. The Telekom team also turned up very late (arriving with only 5 minutes to spare). Everyone thought they were heading north rather than east like TVM. The stage was largely a two-part act. A group of 13 went away with none of them Top 20 GC threats and progressively built up a huge lead. The rest of the peloton cruised along with some odd Lotto tactics later in the stage - simulating chasing the bunch. Of-course, making a successful break was much easier given the alarmingly small peloton that is left in this race. I wondered why Telekom didn't take advantage of this increased probability of making a big break. In the end, Magnus Backstedt won the stage and created a little bit of Swedish cycling history being the first from that country to win a Tour stage. With 20 km to go, the group of 13 split into two when Backstedt, Maarten den Bakker, Eddy Mazzoleni and Pascal Derame attacked. Stuart O'Grady blocked for his GAN teammate and this helped the smaller group escape. Backstedt outsprinted the others to win. The only interest now is to see how close Jan Ullrich can get in tomorrow's ITT. The time gap Pantani hold (5.56) would appear to be too large over an easy 52 kms course. But Ullrich can really fly and will go close. I predict he will take around 4.30 out of Pantani. In the drugs Tour, Rodolfo Massi is now in Lille under arrest. The police found corticoids in his hotel room. They are not banned. ONCE doctor Nicolas Terrados is also under arrest in Lille after banned drugs were found in the team's bus. Official PhotosThese photos were sent to me by the official organisation of the Tour de France. The Official WWW Site is at http://www.letour.comStage 19, La Chaux-de-Fonds - Autun, 238 kms:1. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 5.10.14 (46.803) 2. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 4. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal 5. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.25 6. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 7. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 8. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics 9. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 10. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 11. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal 12. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 0.25 13. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.28 14. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 16.38 15. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 16. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 17. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 18. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 19. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 20. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei 21. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto 22. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 23. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto 24. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 25. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto 26. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto 27. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics 28. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto 29. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto 30. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 31. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 32. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 33. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 34. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno 35. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei 36. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei 37. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 38. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 39. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 40. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 41. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 42. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 43. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 44. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 45. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal 46. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 47. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 48. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 49. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 50. Roland Meier (Sui) Cofidis 51. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 52. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto 53. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 54. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom 55. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 56. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 57. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal 58. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 59. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 60. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti 61. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics 62. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 63. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 64. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics 65. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics 66. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 67. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 68. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 69. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 70. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 71. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 72. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco 73. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 74. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 75. Yevgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 76. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 77. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 78. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 79. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 80. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 81. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal 82. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 83. Beat Zberg (Sui) Rabobank 84. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco 85. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco 86. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 87. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 88. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 89. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 90. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 91. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 92. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 93. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno 94. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom 95. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 96. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 16.38 Did not start: Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM Serguei Ivanov (Rus) TVM Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM Sergei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM GC after Stage 19
1. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 87.58.43 2. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 5.42 3. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 5.56 4. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 8.01 5. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8.05 6. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 12.34 7. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 13.19 8. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei 13.36 9. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom 14.45 10. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Mapei 15.13 11. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 16.15 12. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco 16.53 13. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 17.49 14. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal 19.22 15. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 22.57 16. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto 23.51 17. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 30.30 18. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto 30.47 19. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 32.43 20. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto 34.48 21. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 35.20 22. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 35.30 23. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto 35.52 24. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto 36.17 25. Yevgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 40.39 26. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 41.40 27. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom 45.30 28. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 47.31 29. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 56.36 30. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 56.56 31. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 1.04.08 32. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Asics 1.10.18 33. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.11.17 34. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 1.11.18 35. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.15.07 36. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1.15.19 37. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.17.53 38. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.20.39 39. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.21.02 40. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.21.16 41. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.21.27 42. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei 1.24.47 43. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 1.25.05 44. Peter Meinert (Den) US Postal 1.25.14 45. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.46 46. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Polti 1.26.58 47. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.29.13 48. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal 1.30.17 49. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco 1.32.49 50. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 1.35.19 51. Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.35.35 52. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 1.35.39 53. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal 1.37.30 54. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 1.42.04 55. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Asics 1.42.10 56. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 1.45.54 57. Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom 1.46.46 58. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.47.05 59. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1.47.17 60. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal 1.48.29 61. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 1.49.56 62. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 1.50.35 63. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto 1.51.52 64. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1.52.30 65. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.54.17 66. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 1.55.04 67. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.59.17 68. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 1.59.51 69. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 2.03.17 70. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 2.03.31 71. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto 2.03.38 72. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics 2.03.41 73. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 2.04.09 74. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 2.07.17 75. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.08.16 76. Diego Ferrari (Ita) Asics 2.08.36 77. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Polti 2.11.00 78. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics 2.11.10 79. Pascal Lino (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.13.07 80. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom 2.13.32 81. Viatchesla Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.15.02 82. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 2.17.13 83. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal 2.18.03 84. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 2.18.39 85. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 2.19.15 86. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 2.23.45 87. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 2.26.17 88. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank 2.27.52 89. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.28.47 90. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 2.29.49 91. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco 2.30.47 92. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom 2.31.25 93. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 2.32.21 94. Franck Bouyer (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.36.45 95. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno 2.39.46 96. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.05.50 Green Jersey:
1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 305 2. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 200 3. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 186 4. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank 174 5. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 131 6. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 127 7. Jacky Durand (Fra) Casino 102 8. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 102 9. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Asics 83 10. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 80 Mountains Jersey:
1. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 200 2. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 175 3. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 165 4. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 156 5. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 152 6. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom 126 7. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 98 8. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 92 9. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco 90 10. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 89 Teams:
1. Cofidis 263.55.14 2. Casino 19.38 3. US Postal 39.03 4. Telekom 44.09 5. Lotto 58.30 6. Polti 59.40 7. Rabobank 1.35.51 8. Mapei 1.52.00 9. Big Mat Auber 1.55.22 10. La Francaise des Jeux 2.13.59 11. Mercatone Uno 2.20.25 12. Saeco 3.07.54 13. GAN 3.19.48 14. Asics 3.50.18 |
