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World Cup 1997

1997 World Cup Events

Milan-San Remo, Italy, March 22
Ronde van Vlaanderen, Belgium, 6 April
Paris-Roubaix, France, April 13
Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, Belgium, April 20
Amstel Gold Race, Netherlands, April 26
Clasica San Sebastian, Spain, August 9
Rochester International Classic, England, August 17
GP Suisse, Switzerland, August 24
Paris-Tours France, October 5
Giro di Lombardia, Italy, October 18

March 22, Round 1, Milan-San Remo

  1. Erik Zabel (Ger)             100 pts
  2. Alberto Elli (Ita)            70
  3. Biagio Conte (Ita)            50
  4. Francesco Casagrande (Ita)    40
  5. Michele Bartoli (Ita)         36
  6 .Mirko Celestino (Ita)         32
  7. Sergei Usciakov (Ukr)         28
  8. Rolf Svrensen (Den)           24
  9. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)        20
 10. Andrea Noh (Ita)              16
 11. Davide Casarotto (Ita)        15
 12. Beat Zberg (Sch)              14
 13. Jesper Skibby (Den)           13
 14. Peter Van Petegem (Bel)       12
 15. Max Sciandri (Gbr)            11
 16. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)        10
 17. Mirko Gualdi (Ita)             9
 18. Mauro Gianetti (Sch)           8
 19. Rolf Jdrmann (Sch)             7
 20. Stefano della Santa (Ita)      6
 21. Stephane Heulot (Fra)          5
 22. Bo Hamburger (Den)             4
 23. Dimitri Konychev (Rus)         3
 24. Roberto Petito (Ita)           2
 25. Alexander Chefer (Kaz)         1

Team standings:

  1. Team Polti (Ita)              12 pts
  2. TVM (Ned)                      9
  3. La Frangaise des Jeux (Fra)    8
  4. Casino (Fra)                   7
  5. Roslotto-ZG Mobili (Rus)       6
  6. Telekom (Ger)                  5
  7. Mercatone Uno (Smr)            4
  8. Scrigno-Gaerne (Ita)           3
  9. Asics (Ita)                    2
 10. MG-Technogym (Ita)             1

April 6, Round 2, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Belgium

 1. Rolf Sorensen (Denmark)           124 points
 2. Erik Zabel (Germany)              100
 3  Frederic Moncassin (France)        70
 4. Alberto Elli (Italy)               70
 5. Michele Bartoli (Italy)            64
 6. Davide Casarotto (Italy)           51
 7. Franco Ballerini (Italy)           50
 8. Biagio Conte (Italy)               50
 9. Andrei Tchmil (Ukraine)            40
10. Francesco Casagrande (Italy)       40
11. Claudio Chiappucci (Italy)         32
12. Mirko Celestino (Italy)            32
13. Peter Van Petergem (Belgium)       32
14. Sergei Outschakow (Ukraine)        28
15. Maximilian Sciandri (Britain)      26
16. Jo Planckaert (Belgium)            24
17. Andrea Ferrigato (Italy)           20
18. Viatsjeslav Ekimov (Russia)        16
19. Andrea Noe (Italy)                 16
20  Steffen Wesemann (Germany)         14
21. Beat Zberg (Sweden)                14
22. Johan Meseeuw (Belgium)            13
23. Jesper Skibby (Denmark)            13
24. Leon Van Bon (Netherlands)         12
25. Henk Vogels (Austria)              11

Teams after Tour of Flanders

 1. TVM                         15 points
 2. Rabobank                    12
 3. Polti                       10
 4. Roslotto                    10
 5. Telekom                     10
 6. GAN                          9
 7. Mapei                        8
 8. La Francaise des Jeux        8
 9. Lotto                        7
10. Casino                       7

April 13, Paris-Roubaix, Round 3

    1. Rolf Sorensen (Den)       156 pts
    2. Erik Zabel (Ger)          100
    3. Frederic Guesdon (Fra)    100
    4. Jo Planckaert (Bel)        94
    5. Frederic Moncasn (Fra)     94
    6. Davide Casarotto (Ita)     87
    7. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr)        80
    8. Alberto Elli (Ita)         70
    9. Michele Bartoli (Ita)      64
   10. Johan Museeuw (Bel)        63
   11. Franco Ballerini (Ita)     52
   12. Biagio Conte (Ita)         50
   13. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 50
   14. Mirko Celestino (Ita)      32
   15. Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)   32
   16. Peter Van Petegem (Bel)    32
   17. Marc Wauters (Bel)         28
   18. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr)   28
   19. Rolf Aldag (Ger)           28
   20. Henk Vogels (Aus)          27

Teams Ranking after Paris-Roubaix

 =1. Lotto (BEL)                        20 pts
 =1. Gan (FRA)                          20
  3. TVM (HOL)                          19
  4. Mapei (ITA)                        18
  5. La Francaise des Jeux (FRA)        15
  6. Rabobank (HOL)                     13
 =6. Telekom (ALE)                      13
  8. Polti (ITA)                        12
  9. Casino (FRA)                        9
 10. Scrigno (ITA)                       6
=10. Roslotto (RUS)                      6
 12. Asics (ITA)                         5
=12. Cofidis (FRA)                       5
 14. US Postal (USA)                     4
 15. Mercatone Uno (SMR)                 3
 16. MG Technogym (ITA)                  2
 17. Saeco (SMR)                         1

April 20, Round 4, Luik-Bastenaken-Luik

 =1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym         164 (wearing white jersey)
 =1. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank               164 points
 =3. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                   100
 =3. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Frangaise des Jeux  100
  5. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei                   95
  6. Jo Plankaert (Bel) Lotto)                   94
  7. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan                94
  8. Davide Casarotto, (Ita) Scrigno             87
  9. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto                   80
 10. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE                 79
 11  A. Elli                                     70
 12  M. Sciandri                                 62
 13  F. Ballerini                                52
 14  F. Casagrande                               51
 15  B. Conte                                    50

Teams after Round Four

  1. Lotto (Bel)                        25 pts
  2. La Francaise des Jeux (Fra)        24
 =3. Polti (Ita)                        20
 =3. Gan (Fra)                          20
 =5. Mapei (Ita)                        19
 =5. TVM (Ned)                          19
 =7. Mercatone Uno (SanM)               15
 =7. Rabobank (Ned)                     15
  9. Telekom (Ger)                      13
 10. Casino (Fra)                        9
 11. Asics (Ita)                         8
 12. Festina (Fra)                       7
=13. Roslotto (Rus)                      6
=13. Batik (Mon)                         6
=13. MG Technogym (Ita)                  6
=13. Scrigno (Ita)                       6
 17. Cofidis (Ita)                       5
 18. US Postal (USA)                     4
 19. Saeco (SanM)                        1

April 26, Round 5, Amstel Gold Race

  1. Michele Bartoli            196 pts
  2. Rolf Svrensen              180
  3. Laurent Jalabert           107
  4. Andrei Tchmil              104
 =5. Erik Zabel                 100
 =5. Frederic Guesdon           100
 =5. Bjarne Riis                100
  8. Davide Casarotto            97
  9. Johan Museeuw               95
=10. Frederic Moncassin          94
=10. Jo Planckaert               94
 12. Beat Zberg                  92
 13. Andrea Tafi                 77
 14. Alberto Elli                70
 15. Max Sciandri                69
 16. Fran. Casagrande            61
 17. Mauro Gianetti              59
 18. Claudio Chiappucci          55
 19. Franco Ballerini            52
=20. Biagio Conte                50
=20. Gabriele Colombo            50
 22. Rolf Aldag                  48
 23. Laurent Roux                47
 24. Henk Vogels                 42
 25. Luc Leblanc                 40
 26. Peter Van Petegem           33
 27. Mirko Celestino             32
=28. Sergei Usciakov             28
=28. Marc Wauters                28
 30. Marco Pantani               24
 31. Johan Capiot                22
=32. Andrea Ferrigato            20
=32. Laurent Madouas             20
 34. Stefano della Santa         19
 35. Rolf Jdrmann                18
=36. Andrea Noe                  16
=36. Vjatjeslav Ekimov           16
 38. Stefano Zanini              15
=38. Evgeni Berzin               15
=40. Steffen Wesemann            14
=40. Christophe Capelle          14
=42. Jesper Skibby               13
=42. Pascal Hervi                13
=42. Andrej Teteriuk             13
=45. Leon Van Bon                12
=45. Jann Kirsipuu               12
=45. Richard Virenque            12
 48. Fabio Baldato               11
=49. Lars Michaelsen             10
=49. Bruno Boscardin             10
=49. Stuart O'Grady              10
=49. Axel Merckx                 10
=53. Christophe Mengin            9
=53. Abraham Olano                9
=55. Mirko Gualdi                 8
=55. Aart Vierhouten              8
=55. Dirk Baldinger               8
=58. Fabrizio Guidi               7
=58. Wilfried Peeters             7
=60. J|rgen Werner                6
=60. Jacky Durand                 6
=60. Udo Bvlts                    6
=60. Tristan Hoffman              6
=64. Cedric Vasseur               5
=64. Bo Hamburger                 5
=64. Philippe Gaumont             5
=64. Erik Breukink                5
=68. Carlo Bomans                 4
=68. Stephane Heulot              4
=68. Laurent Desbiens             4
=68. Chris Boardman               4
=68. Adriano Baffi                4
=73. George Hincapie              3
=73. Francis Moreau               3
=73. Benoit Salmon                3
=73. Erik Dekker                  3
=77. Dimitri Konychev             2
=77. Michele Coppolillo           2
=79. Paolo Fornaciari             1
=79. Roberto Petito               1
=79. Peter Farazijn               1
=79. Davide Rebellin              1

Teams after Round 5:

 1. Lotto (Bel)                 32 pts
 2. TVM (Ned)                   31
 3. Francaise Les Jeux (Fra)    30
 4. Mapei (Ita)                 29
 5. Polti (Ita)                 25
 6. Telekom (Ger)               22
 7. Gan (Fra)                   20
 8. Rabobank (Ned)              18
 9. Mercatone Uno (Smr)         17
10. Casino (Fra)                 9

August 9, Round 6, Clasica San Sebastian, Spain:

  1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank      212 pts
  2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG          196
  3. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone        120
  4  Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once       114
  5. Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto         104
  6. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ         101
  7. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom          100
  8. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom         100
  9. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ        100
 10. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno     98
 11. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei          95
 12. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto          94
 13. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan       94
 14. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei            90
 15. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ      81

Teams after Round 6

 1. La Française des Jeux (Fra) 42 pts
 2. Lotto (Bel)                 32
 3. TVM (Ned)                   31
 4. Mapei-GB (Ita)              31

August 17, Round 7, Rochester International Classic, UK

  1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank        225 pts
  2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG            196
  3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei             190
  4. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone          120
  5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once         114
  6. Max Sciandri (Gbr) FDJ              113
  7. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto           112
  8. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto           106
  9. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ           105
 10. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom           100
 10. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom            100
 10. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ          100
 13. David Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno        98
 14. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino            96
 15. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei            95
 16. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Gan         94
 17. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto      90
 17. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 90
 19. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina     86
 20. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno            6
 21. Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
 22. Mauro Gianetti (Ita)
 23. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis
 24. Claudio Chiappucci
 25. Franco Ballerini

Team Standings after Round 7

     1   La Francaise Des Jeux               54
     2   Mapei - GB                          40
     3   Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass         37
     4   T.V.M.                              35
     5   Team Deutsche Telekom               32
     6   Rabobank                            27
     7   Team Polti                          25
     8   Festina - Lotus                     24
     9   Mercatone Uno                       21
    10   Gan                                 20
    11   Roslotto - Zg Mobili                14
    12   Casino - C'est Votre Equipe         12
    13   Scrigno - Gaerne                    12
    14   Batik - Del Monte                   11
    15   US Postal Service                    7
    16   Asics                                7
    17   O.N.C.E.                             6
    18   Cofidis                              6
    19   Maglificio Mg - Technogym            6
    20   Saeco - A.S. Juvenes San             3

August 24, Round 8, GP Suisse, Switzerland

  1. Rolf Sörensen (Den)          275 points
  2. Michele Bartoli (Ita)        228
  3. Davide Rebellin (Ita)        205
  4. Andrea Tafi (Ita)            202
  5. Beat Zberg (Sch)             135
  6. Alberto Elli (Ita)           120
  7. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)       114
  8. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr)    113
  9. Andrej Tchmil (Ukr)          112
 10. Jo Planckaert (Bel)          106
 11. Alexander Gontchenkov (Ukr)  106
 12. Bjarne Riis (Den)            100
 13. Erik Zabel (Ger)             100
 14. Frederic Guesdon (Fra)       100
 15. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)     100
 16. Davide Casarotto (Ita)        98
 17. Johan Museeuw (Belgium)       95
 18. Frederic Moncassin (France)   94
 19. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)        90
 20. Stephane Heulot (Fra)         84
 21. Jan Ullrich                   70
 22. Richard Virenque              68
 23. Mauro Gianetti                65
 24. Biagio Conte                  64
 25. Fran. Casagrande              61
 26. Claudio Chiappucci            55
     Laurent Roux                  55
     Maurizio Fondriest            55
 29. Franco Ballerini              52
 30. Henk Vogels                   51
 31. Gabriele Colombo              50
     Stefano Colage                50
 33. Rolf Aldag                    48
 34. Mirko Celestino               42
     Roberto Petito                42
 36. Luc Leblanc                   40
 37. Andrea Vatteroni              36
 38. Daniele Nardello              35
 39. Peter Van Petegem             34
 40. Sergei Usciakov               28
     Marc Wauters                  28
     Maarten den Bakker            28
 43. Andrea Noe                    27
 44. Yvon Ledanois                 25
 45. Marco Pantani                 24
     Christophe Mengin             24
     Jens Heppner                  24
 48. Johan Capiot                  22
 49. Laurent Madouas               20
 50. Stefano dl. Santa             19
 51. Rolf Järmann                  18
 52. Vjatjeslav Ekimov             16
     Bo Hamburger                  16
     Erik Dekker                   16
     Giuseppe Tartaggia            16
 56. Stefano Zanini                15
     Evgeni Berzin                 15
 58. Steffen Wesemann              14
     Christophe Capelle            14
     Jon Odriozola                 14
 61. Jesper Skibby                 13
     Pascal Hervé                  13
     Andrej Teteriuk               13
     Udo Bölts                     13
 65. Leon Van Bon                  12
     Jann Kirsipuu                 12
 67. Fabio Baldato                 11
 68. Lars Michaelsen               10
     Bruno Boscardin               10
     Stuart O'Grady                10
     Axel Merckx                   10
     Giovanni Lombardi             10
 73. Abraham Olano                  9
     George Hincapie                9
     Laurent Brochard               9
     Enrico Zaina                   9
 77. Mirko Gualdi                   8
     Aart Vierhouten                8
     Dirk Baldinger                 8
     Laurent Dufaux                 8
 81. Fabrizio Guidi                 7
     Wilfried Peeters               7
     Marco Serpellini               7
 84. Jurgen Werner                  6
     Jacky Durand                   6
     Tristan Hoffman                6
     Frank Vandenbroucke            6
 88. Cedric Vasseur
     Philippe Gaumont               5
     Erik Breukink                  5
     Gianluca Valoti                5
 92. Carlo Bomans                   4
     Laurent Desbiens               4
     Chris Boardman                 4
     Adriano Baffi                  4
 96. Francis Moreau                 3
     Benoit Salmon                  3
     Fabrice Gouguot                3
     Gilles Bouvard                 3
     David Plaza                    3
101. Dimitri Konychev               2
     Michele Coppolillo             2
     Nico Mattan                    2
     Leonardo Piepoli               2
105. Paolo Fornaciari               1
     Peter Farazijn                 1
     Andrea Peron                   1
     Massimo Donati                 1

Teams:

  1. La Francaise des Jeux (Fra)   66 pts
  2. TVM (Ned)                     41
  3. Mapei-GB (Ita)                40
  4. Team Deutsche Telekom (Ger)   40
  5. Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass (Bel) 37
  6. Rabobank (Ned)                34
  7. Lotus-Festina (Fra)           33
  8. Team Polti (Ita)              26
  9. Mercatone Uno (Ita)           24
 10. Gan (Fra)                     20
 11. Roslotto-ZG-Mobili (Ita)      18
 12. Casino (Fra)                  12
 13. Scrigno (Ita)                 12
 14. Batik-Del Monte (Ita)         11
 15. Maglificio MG Technogym (Ita) 11
 16. Asics (Ita)                    9
 17. US Postal Service              7
 18. ONCE (Spa)                     6
 19. Cofidis (Fra)                  6
 20. Saeco (San Marino)

October 5, Round 9, Paris-Tours, France

  1. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank           		275 pts
  2. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym    		240
  3. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Francaise des Jeux  		214
  4. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-GB             		212
  5  Andrej Tchmil (Ukr) Lotto           		212
  6. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) Francaise des Jeux	183
  7. Beat Zberg (Swi) Mercatone Uno              	135
  8. Alberto Elli (Ita)            			120
  9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE        		114
 10. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno        		112
 11. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto				106
 12. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto 		106
 13. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux		104
 14. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN 			101
 15. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom				100
 15. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom  				100
 15. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina      		100
 18. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-GB 			 95
 19. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 			 94
 20. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno				 92
 21. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 				 90
 22. Stéphane Heulot (Fra)				 84
 23. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom				 70
 24. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina			 68
 25. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 				 65

October 18, Round 10, Tour of Lombardy, Italy

 1. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG-Technogym      		280 points
 2. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank         		275
 3. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-GB                		240
 4. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Francaise des Jeux		238
 5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE	    			214
 6. Andrei Tchmil (Rus) Lotto           		212
 7. Maximilian Sciandri (GB) Francaise des Jeux		192
 8. Beat Zberg (Swi) Mercatone-Uno            		140
 9. Albert Elli (Ita)             			120
10. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Festina-Lotus		115
11. Davide Casaratto (Ita) Scrigno                	112
12. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Roslotto   		106
12. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto             		106
14. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN                      	101
15. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei                    	 95
16. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto                	 90
17. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina                	 68
18. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM                        	 67
19. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Francaise des Jeux  		 65
20. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-GB                   	 59

Note: Race organisers said Bortolami's 115 points remained
unofficial because he had not competed in enough World Cup races
during the season to be included in the final standings.

Final World Cup for Teams

 1. La Francaise des Jeu (Fra) 	82 points
 2. Mapei-GB (Ita) 		57
 3. TVM (Ned) 			48
 4. Festina (Fra) 		42
 5. Rabobank (Ned) 		42
 6. Lotto (Bel) 		41
 7. Telekom (Ger) 		40
 8. Team Polti (Ita) 		31
 9. Gan (Fra) 			26
10. Scrigno-Gaerne (Ita) 	24

12. MG-Technogym (Ita) 		17
16. Asics-CGA (Ita) 		12

Previous Team Winners:

1989 PDM
1990 PDM
1991 Panasonic
1992 Panasonic
1993 GB-MG
1994 GB-MG
1995 Mapei-GB
1996 Mapei-GB
1997 La Francaise des Jeux