News for October 17

Indurain abandons plan for second record attempt
Indurain eventually abandoned plans for a second hour record attempt 
today (16 October) one strategy for which was to go to Cali (1500m) where 
there is a 250m covered track. "It's wiser to abandon the attempt," said 
Indurain, "I feel tired. At Bogota the wind and weather conditions are 
too problematic. And at Cali, I would go back to a 250m track where I would 
be less at ease because of the tighter bends which I'd have to negotiate 
more often. It would probably also be necessary for me to wait three days 
or more to adapt to the new altitude.

Frankly, I don't have the spirit for that. To carry on would be a waste of 
time. I've staked everything on today {Sunday] and missed out on my 
objective, and I don't see why I should succeed the next day. But there's 
nothing dramatic in this -- I've lost other races that are much more 
important."

Indurain leaves for Paris via Miami today [Monday] and will arrive Paris 9am
Tuesday in time for the presentation of the 1996 Tour de France route. "I 
don't know what state I'll be in, very tired probably, but I must be there." 
Then home where his wife is due to give birth to their first child in a month.
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Womens Hour Record

Jeannie Longos attempt to recapture the hour record currently held by 
Britains Yvonne McGregor (47.441km) is scheduled to take place on 
Wednesday (October 18) in Bogota. Whatever the result of this attempt, 
Longo will fulfil a contract to attack the record again on the Stuttgart track 
at the end of the month.

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Subida al Naranco (Spain -- 14 October)

Abraham Olano showed off his new rainbow jersey to full effect when he broke
clear 3km clear of the summit finish at Naranco, above the city of Oviedo.

1. Abraham Olano (Sp, Mapei) 144km in 3.45.00
2. Escartin (Sp, Mapei) +36 secs
3. Uria (Sp, Castellblanch) +1.14
4. Mauleon (Sp, Banesto) +1.40
5. Serrano (Sp, Kelme) +1.52
6. Gaitnedinov (Rus, Santa Clara) +2.11
7. Garcia Casas (Sp, Artiach) +2.14
8. Garcia Camacho (Sp, Kelme) +2.37
9. Jimenez (Sp, Banesto) +4.57
10. Blanco (Sp, Banesto) +5.04 
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Paris-Tours full result and film of the race

 1. Nicola Minali, Italy (Gewiss)   250km in 5.45.55 
 2. Andrei Tchmil, Russia (Lotto) 
 3. Sven Teutenberg, Germany (Novell) 
 4. Jurgen Werner, Germany (Telekom)
 5. Johan Capiot, Belgium (Refin) 
 6. Hendrik Redant, Belgium (TVM) 
 7. Adriano Baffi, Italy (Mapei)
 8. Lars Michaelsen, Denmark (Festina)  
 9. Michele Bartoli, Italy (Mercatone) 
 10. Gabriele Missaglia, Italy (Brescialat)
 11. Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russia (Novell) 
 12. Maurizio Fondriest, Italy (Lampre) 
 13. Frank Corvers, Belgium (Lotto) 
 14. Johan Museeuw, Belgium (Mapei) 
 15. Stefano Zanini, Italy (Gewiss) +6 secs
 16. Van Heeswijk (Neth, Motorola) +9
 17. Kirsipuu (Est, Chazal)
 18. Colonna (It, Mapei)
 19. Steels (Bel, Vlaanderen 2002)
 20. J. Planckaert  (Bel, Collstrop)
 21. Leysen
 22. N. Jalabert
 23. Peeters
 24. Boscardin
 25. Zabel
 26. Pavanello
 27. Bramati
 28. Biasci
 29. Bettin
 30. Piziks
 31. Magnien
 32. Cornelisse
 33. M. De Clercq
 34. Desmet
 35. Lesniewski
 36. Heynderickx
 37. Capelle
 38. Cattai
 39. Zanatta
 40. Petito
 41. Crepaldi
 42. Chanteur
 43. Andreu
 44. Thijs
 45. Hoffman
 46. Giraldi
 47. C. Moreau
 48. Fornaciari
 49. Dekker
 50. Gualdi
 51. Gianeti
 52. Feys
 53. Locatelli
 54. Lecchi
 55. Mengin
 56. Anti
 57. Auger
 58. Roux
 59. Nardello
 60. Radaelli
 61. Aldag
 62. Van Petegem
 63. Hodge
 64. Bobrik
 65. Fleischer
 66. Goubert
 67. Merckx
 68. Pellicioli
 69. Cenghialta
 70. Plaza
 71. Knaven
 72. Den Bakker
 73. Tebaldi
 74. Pistore
 75. Puttini
 76. Caruso
 77. Roosen
 78. Ledanois
 79. Verbeken
 80. Luna
 81. Yates
 82. Peron
 83. Kummer
 84. Canzonieri
 85. Holm all s.t.
 86. Henn +18
 87. Hundertmark +57
 88. De Buyst +59
 89. Vasseur s.t. 
 90. Hoj +1.13
 91. Poli +1.16
 92. Tomi s.t.
 93. Belli +1.36
 94. Farazijn
 95. Spruch
 96. Patry
 97. F. Moreau
 98. Bomans
 99. Santaromita all s.t.
100. Pierobon +2.28
101. Baronti
102. Maassen
103. Colotti
104. Brignoli
105. Van Hooydonck
106. Vermey
107. Willems
108. Verstrepen
109. Peers all s.t.
110. Pillon +2.51
111. Van Steen s.t.
112. Seigneur +3.52
113. Cueff +5.48
114. Pretot +8.11
115. Borghi
116. Boussard
117. Fraser
118. Jeker
119. Arazzi
120. Guilbert
121. Eeckhout
122. Marie
123. Gaumont
124. Ozers
125. Petilleau
126. Wauters
127. Sergeant
128. Roscioli
129. Delion all s.t.
130. Van Bon +12.21
131. Pelliconi +13.34

(167 starters, 131 finishers. Principal non-starters: Leblanc--Polti, S.
Casagrande--Brescialat)

Cloudy at the start, rain in mid-race, sunny at the finish

**After a first vain attack from Pretot (GAN) a first break of 29 riders emerged
at 11km including Minali and several of his Gewiss team-mates, Museeuw with
several Mapeis. Sixteen of the 22 teams were represented in the break and it was
left to Lotto and Motorola, who were not represented, to wind up a vigorous
pursuit which dropped several riders off the back of the peloton. The gap
bewtween the 29 and the peloton rached 55 seconds at km40 and it was only at
km61 that the junction was made. The easing of the pace that followed allowed a
group of those who had been dropped, including French champion Eddy Seigneur
(GAN) to rejoin the peloton.

**After the regrouping, Anti (Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne) attacked at Bonneval
(km66) but was quickly brought back. At km76 his team-mate Stephane Cueff broke
clear, receiving the assistance of Seigneur at km85. The break of two's lead
stretched to 16 minutes at km123.

**The peloton took a long time to react to any efffect and Cueff and Seigneur's
lead was still 13.25 at the feed 100km from the finish. But then the initiative
of the Gewiss, Telekom, Novell and TVM teams rapidly brought their lead down --
8 mins at 50km to go, then 1.30 at 25km. Cueff was caught at km 229 and Seigneur
a little later with 15km to the finish.

**Fodriest (Lampre) attacked in the last climb followed by Minali (Gewiss),
Museeuw (Mapei) and Missaglia (Brescialat). Museeuw and Missaglia kept forcing
to 900m from the line when they were engulfed by the sprint which Minali took
cleanly.

Quote of the day: Fondriest--"Every year I try to get away on this climb. This
year I tried to wait just a little longer. But I had Minali in my wheel and he
didn't want to work on a break. I've already had a third at Chaville [when the
same race was Blois-Chaville], third at Tours, then second behind Museeuw.  I
hope that I'll end up winning." 
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Coupe de France

With last Thursdays Paris-Bourges race, won by the Italian Daniele 
Nardello, the season-long Credit Agricole-sponsored Coupe de France 
competition for French pros comes to an end. Twelve of the 14 races in the 
competition have been won by foreigners  (including five by the Belgians of 
Lotto) and French riders have not particularly distinguished themselves in 
the placings, so the prize goes to Armand De Las Cuevas, who has not 
ridden a Coupe de France race since the spring when he won the Trophee 
des Grimpeurs (and nothing at all since the Tour de France). De Las Cuevas 
amassed 68 points in the competition (with Virenque second with 67 and 
Mengin third with 65) to take the FF50,000 (US$10,000) first prize. The big 
difficulty now, LEquipe wryly comments, will be to find De Las Cuevas to 
present him with the trophy and prize money. Having fallen out with 
Castorama manager Cyrille Guimard his last-known address was Navarre, 
but maybe hes at home in Bordeaux, or in Italy, which he regularly visits...
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Banesto vs ONCE: La Guerra Continua

When ONCE signed 19-year-old Miguel Morras, last years junior world 
champion, Banestos Jose-Miguel Echavarri was not best pleased. "Theyre 
signing some riders not because they want Spaniards in the team, but in 
order to dismantle Banesto," LEquipe reports him complaining. "Id also 
like two buses like the ones that accompany the ONCE team," he grumbled 
on, "but I still prefer to invest our money in an amateur team." Manolo Saiz, 
who has signed Morras, an excellent climber, but also a good rouleur, for 
four years didnt take Echavarris remarks lying down. "I simply made an 
offer to a rider who hadnt yet been signed for 1996. So I cant have 
deprived Banesto of a rider."
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World Cup Cyclo Cross 1st round Wangen, Switzerland, 15 October

 1. Luca Bramati 9Italy) 22km in 59.51
 2 Groenendaal (Neth) +20 secs
 3. Runkel (Swi) +28
 4. Chiotti (Fr, Festina) +48
 5. De Vos (Neth) +1.06
 6. Janssens (Bel) +1.34
 7. Van der Poel (Neth) +1.38
 8. Van Santvliet (Bel) 
 9. Wabel (Swi) 
10. Vervecken (Bel) all s.t
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Swedish riders Michael Andersson (Sicasal) and Michel Lafis (Amore & Vita) 
have signed for 1996 with the German team Telekom whose new leader will be 
Dane Bjarne Riis