CONTENTS
1. Hofbrau Cup, 19-23 July 95
2. UCI rankings after '95 Tour de France
3. Post-Tour Criteriums (1)
4. Ruminations on Age and the Tour
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1. Hofbrau Cup, 19-23 July 95
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Stage 1:
* Neutralised in homage to Fabio Casartelli
Stage 2
1. Andreas Kappes (Ger, Refin) 93.5km in 2.3.21
2. Ulrich (Ger, Telekom)
3. Faresin (It, Lampre) same time
4. Scinto (It, MG) +14 sec
Stage 3
1. Gianni Faresin (It, Lampre) 188.3km in 4.44.36
2. Della Santa (It, Mapei) same time
3. Meinert (Den, TVM) +08 sec
4. Pistore (It, Polti) +19 sec
5. Svorada (Slov, Lampre) 2.45
Stage 4 Team time trial
1. MG 58.59
2. Telekom +13 secs
3. Gewiss 0.29
4. Lampre 0.45
5. Mapei 0.49
Stage 5
1. Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel, TVM) 83.1km in 2.0.16
2. Colonna (It, Mapei) +02 secs
3. Vandenbroucke (Bel, Mapei)
4. Missaglia (It, Brescialat)
5. F. Bontempi (It, Brescialat) all s.t.
Final overall
1. Faresin 9.47.45
2. Della Santa +1.53
3. Ullrich 2.21
4. Scinto 2.26
5. Pistore 2.52
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2. UCI rankings after '95 Tour de France
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1. Tony Rominger 3272
2. Laurent Jalabert 2070
3. Miguel Indurain 1931
4. Alex Zulle 1541
5. Chiappucci 1529
6. Berzin 1268
7. Museeuw 1228
8. Fondriest 1223
9. Casagrande 1018
10. Richard 954
11. Bortolami 953
12. Tchmil 911
13. Armstrong 864
14. Virenque 856
15. Ekimov 805
16. Sorensen 702
17. Abdoujaparov 701
18. Boardman 689
19. Rebellin 687
20. Ugrumov 686
By Teams:
1. Mapei 852
2. Once 602
3. Gewiss 601
4. MG 553
5. Banesto 392
6. Lampre 359
7. Carrera 346
8. Mercatone 321
9. Telekom 298
10. Novell 290
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3. Post-Tour Criteriums (1)
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The first of the post-Tour criteriums took place at Lisieux, Normandy,
France last night (Monday 24 July). Dante Rezze, who went down a ravine in
the tragic Tour de France crash was a welcome sight in the field. "Dante,"
said Laurent Jalabert, another participant, "You're here, but it was said
you wanted to stop bike racing?" "it's true, I did," he replied, "but now
I'm keen to ride again." Cautious rides were also seen from Eric Boyer,
injured in the left hand and Thierry Laurent, gradually getting back into
shape after abandoning on the Tour stage to Revel. Other participants
included Virenque, Lemarchand, Arnould, Seigneur, Pensec, Bourguignon,
Durand, Madouas and Bourgeot. The race proper was preceded by a "time
trial" on the 2.150km circuit so that the fans could see each of their
heroes alone. This part of the proceedings was set off by a ride from a
one-legged amateur, Jean-Yves Lanoe of the CPAM de Creil club.
The result of the race proper:
1. Virenque
2. Seigneur
3. Madouas
4. N. Jalabert
5. L. Jalabert
Today the circus moved on to Callac, for an afternoon race which promised a
richer field, including L. Jalabert, Virenque, Pantani, Chiappucci,
Rominger, Tchmil, Seigneur, Madouas, Duclos-Lassalle, Rue etc.....
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4. Ruminations on Age and the Tour
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Tour de France podium results and age in (##) for the past 10 years.
1986 1. LeMond (25) 2. Hinault (31) 3. Zimmermann (27) 27.7*
1987 1. Roche (27) 2. Delgado (27) 3. J.F.Bernard (25) 26.3
1988 1. Delgado (28) 2. Rooks (28) 3. Parra (28) 28.0
1989 1. LeMond (28) 2. Fignon (28) 3. Delgado (29) 28.3
1990 1. LeMond (29) 2. Chiappucci (27) 3. Breukink (26) 27.3
1991 1. Indurain (27) 2. Bugno (27) 3. Chiappucci (28) 27.3
1992 1. Indurain (28) 2. Chiappucci (29) 3. Bugno (28) 28.3
1993 1. Indurain (29) 2. Rominger (32) 3. Jaskula (31) 30.7
1994 1. Indurain (30) 2. Ugrumov (33) 3. Pantani (24) 29.0
1995 1. Indurain (31) 2. Zulle (28) 3. Riis (31) 30.0
* This column is the average age of the podium for that year.
Average age for rider making the podium in past 10 years: 28.3
Average age for the winner in past 10 years: 28.2
Average age of 2nd place: 29.0
Average age of 3rd place: 27.7