199 km: Van de Laer (Tulip), Aja (Paternina) and Tomac (Motorola) initiate an attack. Cordes (PDM), Torres (Festina), Claveyrolat (RMO), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Barroso (Seur) and Gonzales (CLAS) follow.
180 km: Gonzalez (CLAS) is the first to reach the top of the Alto de Bidania followed by Barroso (Seur) and Roscioli (Del Tongo). The pack is 23” away.
170 km: In the decent of the Alto de Bidania, Cubino (Amaya), Roscioli (Del Tongo), Durand (Castorama), Barroso (Seur), Manin (RMO), Carvalho (Paternina), Da Silva (Festina), Hundertmark (Histor), Gonzalez (CLAS) and Meyvisch (Carrera) take a 33” lead on the pack, but were caught by the pack briefly.
162 km: Moreels (Lotto) wins the intermediate sprint before Dahlberg (Motorola) and Baguet (Lotto).
160 km: Da Silva (Festina), Bock (Lotto), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Van der Poel (Tulip) and Perini (Carrera) try to get away. Jakobs (PDM), Tolhoek (Buckler), Zen (Panasonic), Romero (Amaya) and Dominguez (CLAS) follow.
155 km: Claveyrolat (RMO), Robin (Castorama) and De la Cruz (Seur) attack.
140 km: Dominguez (CLAS) is the first one on the top of the Alto de Deskarga. Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Perini (Carrera), Da Silva (Festina), De la Cruz (Seur), Romero (Amaya), Claveyrolat (RMO), Van der Poel (Tulip), Zen (Panasonic) and Robin (Castorama) follow at 28”, Jakobs (PDM) at 53”, Tolhoek (Buckler) and Bock (Lotto) at 1’20” and the pack at 5’36”.
104 km: Claveyrolat (RMO) is the first on top of the Alto de Salinas. De la Cruz (Seur), Dominguez (CLAS), Robin (Castorama), Zen (Panasonic), Da Silva (Festina), Van der Poel (Tulip), Romero (Amaya), Perini (Carrera) and Jakobs (PDM) follow at 21”. Tolhoek (Buckler) and Bock (Lotto) at 1’36” and the pack at 6’39”.
87 km: Jakobs (PDM) takes the intermediate sprint before Da Silva (Festina), Zen (Panasonic), Dominguez (CLAS), De la Cruz (Seur), Romero (Amaya), Van der Poel (Tulip), Robin (Castorama), Perini (Carrera), Claveyrolat (RMO) and Van Itterbeeck (Histor). Tolhoek (Buckler) and Bock (Lotto) are 1’54” and the pack 5’34” behind.
72 km: Claveyrolat (RMO) also takes the Alto de Azazeta. Perini (Carerra), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Romero (Amaya), Zen (Panasonic), Da Silva (Festina), Dominguez (CLAS), Van der Poel (Tulip), De la Cruz (Seur) and Robin (Castorama) follow at 19”, Jakobs (PDM) at 42”, Bock (Lotto) at 2’29”, Tolhoek (Buckler) at 2’51” and the pack at 3’55”.
44 km: Elli (Ariostea), Bugno (Gatorade) and Delgado (Banesto) take off.
40 km: Cubino (Amaya), Millar (Z), Mottet (RMO) and Gaston (CLAS) are in the chase for Bugno (Gatorade) and Delgado (Banesto).
30 km: Robin (Castorama) is the first one on top of the Alto de Sabando. Dominguez (CLAS) follows at 8”, Roosen (Tulip) at 36” and a group with Millar (Z), Richard (Helvetia), Bugno (Gatorade), Machler (Carrera), Perini (Carrera), Romero (Amaya), Elli (Ariostea), Van der Poel (Tulip), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), De la Cruz (Seur), Da Silva (Festina), Ampler (Histor), Zen (Panasonic), Breukink (PDM), Motter (RMO), Delgado (Banesto), Claveyrolat (RMO), Jalabert (Toshiba), Montoya (Amaya) and Cubino (Amaya).
15 km: Breukink (PDM) is the first one on top of the Alto de Azazeta. He is followed by Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Richard (Helvetia), Millar (Z), Jalabert (Toshiba), Delgado (Banesto), Bugno (Gatorade), De la Cruz (Seur), Mottet (RMO), Cubino (Amaya), Montoya (Amaya), Claveyrolat (RMO), Roosen (Tulip), Zen (Panasonic), Elli (Ariostea), De Silva (Festina), Machler (Carrera), Ampler (Histor) and Romero (Amaya).
8 km: Chioccioli (Del Tongo) has a 12” lead on Machler (Carrera), Jalabert (Toshiba) and Breukink (PDM). The others are 30” behind.
0 km: Chiocccioli (Del Tongo) wins before Delgado (Banesto).
1. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - 4h53'51"
2. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 13"
3. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 32"
4. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 32"
5. Jesus Montoya - Amaya - + 32"
6. Uwe Ampler - Histor - + 32"
7. Laudelino Cubino - Amaya - + 32"
8. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 32"
9. Charly Mottet - RMO - + 32"
10. Alberto Elli - Ariostea - + 32"
11. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 32" 12. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 32"
13. Roque De la Cruz - Seur - + 32"
14. Robert Millar - Z - + 32"
15. Marco Zen - Panasonic - + 32"
16. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 32"
17. Acacio Da Silva - Festina - + 32"
18. Thierry Claveyrolat - RMO - + 32"
19. Juan Carlos Romero - Amaya - + 32"
20. Eric Boyer - Z - + 1'50"
21. Julian Gorospe - Banesto - + 2'03"
22. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 2'03"
23. Melchor Mauri - ONCE - + 2'03"
24. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 2'03"
25. Luc Suykerbuyk - Festiina - + 2'28"
186 km: Leanizbarrutia (CLAS) takes off from the pack. Ugrumov (Seur), Van de Laer (Tulip) and Murua (Paternina) follow. And later also Manin (RMO) and Tomac (Motorola).
168 km: Van de Laer (Tulip) wins the intermediate sprint before Herinne (Lotto), Ugrumov (Seur), Leanizbarrutia (CLAS), Hundertmark (Histor), Giupponi (Carrera), Tomac (Motorola), Murua (Paternina), Van de Laer (Tulip) and Martin (Amaya). They have a lead of 25” on Manin (RMO) and Zen (Panasonic) and 1’08” on the pack.
158 km: Cordes (PDM), Martinez Torres (ONCE), Arroyo (Z), Portillo (Festina), Virenque (RMO) and Eyk (Buckler) are attacking on the moment that the first group is wheeled in, but do not get away.
150 km: Hernandez (Festina), Arroyo (Z), Tomac (Motorola), Murua (Paternina), Heppner (Panasonic) and Hundertmark (Histor) attack, but the pack lets nobody go.
145 km: Heppner (Panasonic), Martinez Torres (ONCE), Torres (Festina), Durst (PDM), Van de Laer (Tulip), Giupponi (Carrera), Tomac (Motorola), Eyk (Buckler), Rodriguez (Seur) and Martin (Amaya) give it a shot and try to get away.
140 km: The attackers have a lead on the pack of 47”. Boden (PDM), Carvalho (Paternina) and Manin (RMO) try to join them. And later also Virenque (RMO), Herinne (Lotto), Vichot (Castorama) and Zaina (Carrera).
130 km: Martin (Amaya), Torres (Festina), Tomac (Motorola), Van de Laer (Tulip), Boden (PDM), Giupponi (Carrera), Carvalho (Paternina), Eyk (Buckler), Rodriguez (Seur), Heppner (Panasonic) and Durst (PDM) have a lead on the pack of 2’11”.
74 km: Tomac (Motorola) wins the intermediate sprint before Boden (PDM), Carvalho (Paternina), Eyk (Buckler), Heppner (Panasonic), Manin (RMO), Rodriguez (Seur), Torres (Festina), Van de Laer (Tulip), Martin (Amaya), Durst (PDM), Giupponi (Carrera) and Martinez Torres (ONCE). The pack is 3’20” behind.
58 km: Martin (Amaya) is the first one on top of the Alto de Jaizkibel, before Martinez Torres (ONCE), Manin (RMO), Tomac (Motorola), Carvalho (Paternina), Heppner (Panasonic), Rodriguez (Seur), Boden (PDM), Torres (Festina), Durst (PDM), Eyk (Buckler), Van de Laer (Tulip) and Giupponi (Carrera). The pack is only 2’13” behind.
28 km: Martin (Amaya) is the first one on top of the Alto de Aritxulegi followed by Martinez Torres (ONCE). Van de Laer (Tulip), Heppner (Panasonic), Tomac (Motorola), Rodriguez (Seur), Manin (RMO), Giupponi (Carrera), Carvalho (Paternina) and Torres (Festina) are 36” behind. The pack follows at 1’06” from the leaders. Rooks (Buckler) and Fuerte (ONCE) attack.
22 km: The attackers have been caught. Millar (Z), Mottet (RMO), Fuerte (ONCE), Bugno (Gatorade) and Delgado (Banesto) attack. Millar (Z) is the first to arrive on the top of the Alto de Agina before Bugno (Gatorade), Fuerte (ONCE), Delgado (Banesto), Fignon (Castorama) and Rooks (Buckler). In the downhill, the pack comes back.
8 km: The pack consisting of 80 riders races at full speed to the foot of the Alto de Ibardin.
5 km: Rooks (Buckler), Roosen (Tulip) and Bugno (Gatorade) attack.
0 km: Bugno (Gatorade) wins before Rooks (Buckler), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Roosen (Tulip), Delgado (Banesto) and Millar (Z).
Unfortunately PCM crashed so there are no inrace pictures
1. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 4h33'45"
2. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 0"
3. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 0"
4. Luc Roosen -Tulip - + 0"
5. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 0"
6. Robert Millar - Z - + 0"
7. Laudelino Cubino - Amaya - + 31"
8. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 31"
9. Melchor Mauri - ONCE - + 31"
10. Inaki Gaston - CLAS - + 31"
11. Tony Rominger - Toshiba - + 31"
12. Fabio Parra - Amaya - + 31"
13. Laurent Fignon - Castorama - + 31"
14. Eric Boyer - Z - + 31"
15. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 31"
16. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 31"
17. Charly Mottet - RMO - + 31"
18. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 31"
19. Jesus Montoya - Amaya - + 31"
20. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 31"
21. Roque De la Cruz - Seur - + 31"
22. Andy Hampsten - Motorola - + 31"
23. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 31"
24. Luc Suykerbuyk - Festina - + 31"
25. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 31"
172 km: Directly from the start Andersen (Z), Robeet (Buckler), Boden (PDM), Van Vooren (Tulip), Stephens (Paternina), Saligari (Ariostea), Walton (Motorola), Henn (Carrera) and Ambite (Amaya) attack. Verstrepen (Histor), Leanizbarrutia (CLAS), Lauritzen (Motorola), Murguialday (Amaya), Brun (RMO), Krieger (Helvetia) and Diaz Zabala (ONCE) try to join the attackers.
164 km: Furlan (Ariostea), Portillo (Festina) and Madiot (RMO) try to join the attackers that are 46” in front of the pack.
153 km: Anderson (Z) takes the intermediate sprint before Diaz Zabala (ONCE), Boden (PDM), Portillo (Festina), Verstrepen (Histor), Leanizbarrutia (CLAS), Madiot (RMO), Murguialday (Amaya) and Walton (Motorola). Furlan (Ariostea), Robeet (Buckler), Krieger (Helvetia), Ambite (Amaya), Brun (RMO) and Laurtizen (Motorola).
126 km: Boden (PDM) is the first one to arrive on the top of the Alto Belate. Walton (Motorola), Giannelli (Carera), Verstrepen (Histor), Andersen (Z), Murguialday (Amaya) and Madiot (RMO) follow at 12”, Leanizbarrutia (CLAS) and Portillo (Festina) follow at 1’02”, Diaz Zabala (ONCE) at 1’21”, Tak (Tulip) at 2’40” and the pack at 4’36”.
85 km: Giannelli (Carrera) wins the intermediate sprint before Madiot (RMO), Walton (Motorola), Boden (PDM), Verstrepen (Histor), Andersen (Z) and Murquialday (Amaya). Portillo (Festina) follows at 27”, Diaz Zabala (ONCE) and Leanizbarrutia (CLAS) follow at 1’31”, Tak (Tulip) at 3’14” and the pack at 6’56”.
54 km: Madiot (RMO) wins the mountainsprint at the Alto de Urkillaga before Walton (Motorola), Giannelli (Carrera), Murguialday (Amaya), Boden (PDM), Verstrepen (Histor), Andersen (Z) and Portillo (Festina). Diaz Zabala (ONCE) and Leanizbarrutia (CLAS) follow at 1’59”. The pack has decreased its distance and follows now at 3’07” from the leaders.
44 km: Verstrepen (Histor) is the first one on top of the Alto de Olaberria before Andersen (Z), Portillo (Festina), Madiot (RMO), Walton (Motorola), Giannelli and Murguialday (Amaya). The pack is 2’16” behind.
20 km: Millar (Z), Breukink (PDM), Ampler (Histor), Suykerbuyk (Festina), Bugno (Gatorade) and Mottet (RMO) attack on the Alto de Larraitz.
17 km: Mottet (RMO), Bugno (Gatorade) and Ampler (Histor) take a 41” lead on the pack.
10 km: Bugno (Gatorade), Mottet (RMO) and Ampler (Histor) have a 53” gap with the pack.
4 km: The gap with the pack is only 20”.
0 km: Bugno (Gatorade) and Mottet (RMO) were beaten by the pack just before the finish, but Ampler (Histor) held on and wins the stage.
1. Uwe Ampler - Histor - 4h18'04"
2. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 0"
3. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 0"
4. Philippe Louviot - Toshiba - + 0"
5. Frans Maassen - Buckler - + 0" 6. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 0"
7. Brian Holm - Histor - + 0"
8. Rudy Dhaenens - Panasonic - + 0"
9. Ron Kiefel - Motorola - + 0"
10. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - + 0"
11. Charly Mottet - RMO - + 0"
12. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 0"
13. Tom Cordes - PDM - + 0"
14. Carlos Galarreta - Festina - + 0"
15. Roberto Lezaun - Banesto - + 0"
16. Franco Chiocciolli - Del Tongo - + 0"
17. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 0"
18. Enrique Aja - Paternina - + 0"
19. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 0"
20. Jean Cyril Robin - Castorama - + 0"
21. Tony Rominger - Toshiba - + 0"
22. Bruno Cenghialta -Ariostea - + 0"
23. Eros Poli - Del Tongo - + 0"
24. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 0"
25. Gert Jakobs - PDM - + 0"
85 km: Direct from the start Villanueva (ONCE), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Trueba (Paternina), Anderson (Z), Van der Poel (Tulip), Meyvisch (Carrera), Verschueren (Lotto), Nelilssen (PDM), Madiot (RMO), Ivanov (Seur), Gonzalez (CLAS), Walton (Motorola) and Hanegraaf (Panasonic) try to get away from the pack.
70 km: The leader in the general standings, Franco Chioccioli (Del Tongo), has a puncture and has lost contact with the pack. All his teammates are immediately sent back to support him and to get him back in the pack as soon as possible before the fireworks start. In front of the pack riders are still attacking and trying to get away. Consequently, the pace is high.
64 km: Meijs (Tulip) is the first one to arrive on top of the Alto de Eizaga before Walton (Motorola), Perini (Carrera), Mulders (Buckler), Murguialday (Amaya), Gonzalez (CLAS), Madiot (RMO), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Verschueren (Lotto), Stephens (Paternina), Meyvisch (Carrera), Andersen (Z), Nelissen (PDM), Villanueva (ONCE), Ivanov (Seur) and Hanegraaf (Panasonic). Saligari (Ariostea) and Eyk (Buckler) are 26” behind and the pack 50”. The Del Tongo squad is 1’35” behind the pack.
48 km: Meyvisch (Carrera) takes the intermediate sprint before Gonzalez (CLAS), Verschueren (Lotto), Andersen (Z), Murguialday (Amaya), Ivanov (Seur), Van Itterbeeck (Histor), Mulders (Buckler), Eyk (Buckler), Walton (Motorola), Stephens (Paternina), Saligari (Ariostea), Hanegraaf (Panasonic), Madiot (RMO), Meijs (Tulip), Villanueva (ONCE), Nelissen (PDM) and Perini (Carrera). The pack follows at 36”. The Del Tongo riders are 1’06” behind the pack but managed to get back only a little later.
40 km: Also the attackers have been caught, so all riders reunite in the pack at 40 km before the finish.
38 km: Holm (Histor), Kiefel (Motorola), Aja (Paternina), Delion (Helvetia) and Ekimov (Panasonic) try to get away from the pack at the foot of the Alto de Elgeta.
33 km: Rooks (Buckler) attacks. Breukink (PDM), Bugno (Gatorade), Martinez Torres (ONC) and Martin (Amaya) follow. However, the pack does not let them go.
14 km: Gaston (CLAS), Leclercq (Helvetia), Bugno (Gatorade), Roosen (Tulip) and Ampler (Histor) attack. They are 1’40” behind Aja (Paternina), Delion (Helvetia), Holm (Histor), Kiefel (Motorola) and Ekimov (Panasonic).
6 km: Delion (Helvetia) has a 21” lead on Aja (Paternina), Holm (Histor), Kiefel (Motorla) and Ekimov (Panasonic), a 54” lead on Leclercq (Helvetia) and a 1’30” lead on Breukink (PDM), Roosen (Tulip), Gaston (CLAS), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Richard (Helvetia), Elli (Ariostea), Leblanc (Castorama), Machler (Carrera), Bugno (Gatorade) and Ampler (Histor).
0 km: Delion wins the stage.
1. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - 2h04'03"
2. Viatcheslav Ekimov - Panasonic - + 0"
3. Enrique Aja - Paternina - + 0"
4. Ron Kiefel - Motorola - + 0"
5. Brian Holm - Histor - + 0"
6. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 23"
7. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 23"
8. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 23"
9. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 23"
10. Uwe Ampler - Histor - + 23"
11. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 23"
12. Inaki Gaston - CLAS - + 23"
13. Alberto Elli - Ariostea - + 23" 14. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 23"
15. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 23"
16. Acacio Da Silva - Festina - + 23"
17. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 23"
18. Eric Van Lancker - Panasonic - + 1'26"
19. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 1'26"
20. Jean Cyril Robin - Castorama - + 1'26"
21. Guido Winterberg - Helvetia - + 1'26"
22. Jim Van de Laer - Tulip - + 1'26"
23. Roberto Lezaun - Banesto - + 1'26"
24. Julian Gorospe - Banesto - + 1'26"
25. Jesus Rodriguez Magro - Banesto - + 1'26"
GENERAL STANDINGS:
1. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - 18h36'19" 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 32"
3. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 32"
4. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 1'03"
5. Acacio Da Silva - Festina - + 1'03"
6. Uwe Ampler - Histor - + 1'03"
7. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 1'03"
8. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 1'03"
9. Alberto Elli - Ariostea - + 1'03"
10. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 1'45"
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS:
1. Juan Carlos Martin - Amaya - 16 Pts 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 14 Pts
3. Robert Millar - Z - 13 Pts
The 7.2 km ITT was too short to really shuffle the general standings.
Rominger (Toshiba) was the first one to set a fast time. It eventually would bring him to the 2nd place in the stage rankings.
Breukink (PDM) did an OK job and secured 4th position, but was too slow to steal 3rd from Roosen (Tulip).
Bugno did what he had to do and won todays stage and could only hope that Chioccioli (Del Tongo) would lose a lot of time.
He didn't. Chioccioli (Del Tongo) wins the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. Bugno (Gatorade) is 2nd but does bring home the points jersey.
1. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 16'02"
2. Tony Rominger - Toshiba - + 4"
3. Robert Millar - Z - + 13"
4. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 17"
5. Melchor Mauri - ONCE - + 18"
6. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 20"
7. Viatcheslav Ekimov - Panasonic - + 21"
8. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 22"
9. Laurent Fignon - Castorama - + 23"
10. Charly Mottet - RMO - + 23"
11. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 23"
12. Any Hampsten - Motorola - + 25"
13. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 28"
14. Frans Maassen - Buckler - + 33"
15. Peio Ruiz Cabestany - CLAS - + 33"
16. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 33"
17. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 34"
18. Massimiliano Lelli - Ariostea - + 36"
19. Uwe Ampler - Histor - + 38"
20. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 39"
21. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 39"
22. Stephen Hodge - ONCE - + 40"
23. Sean Yates - Motorola - + 41"
24. Fabio Parra - Amaya - + 42"
25. Inaki Gaston - CLAS - + 42"
GENERAL STANDINGS:
1. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - 18h52'43" 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 10"
3. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 53"
4. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 1'01"
5. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 1'15"
6. Uwe Ampler - Histor - + 1'19"
7. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 1'20"
8. Alberto Elli - Ariostea - + 1'14"
9. Acacio Da Silva - Festina - + 1'44"
10. Pedro Delgado - Banesto - + 1'46"
11. Robert Millar - Z - + 1'55"
12. Charly Mottet - RMO - + 2'36"
13. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 2'51"
14. Laudelino Cubino - Amaya - + 2'55"
15. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 2'58"
16. Jesus Montoya - Amaya - + 3'00"
17. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 3'12"
18. Inaki Gaston - CLAS - + 3'19"
19. Roque De la Cruz - Seur - + 3'31"
20. Thierry Claveyrolat - RMO - + 3'37"
21. Melchor Mauri - ONCE - + 4'02"
22. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 4'04"
23. Eric Boyer - Z - + 4'19"
24. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 4'22"
25. Julian Gorospe - Banesto - + 4'27"
MOUNTAIN STANDINGS:
1. Juan Carlos Martin - Amaya - 16 Pts 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 14 Pts
3. Robert Millar - Z - 13 Pts
4. Thierry Claveyrolat - RMO - 13 Pts
5. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - 13 Pts
6. Miguel Angel Martinez Torres - ONCE - 12 Pts
7. Manuel Jorge Dominguez - CLAS - 11 Pts
8. Arsenio Gonzalez - CLAS - 10 Pts
9. Roque De la Cruz - Seur - 8 Pts
10. Luis Barroso - Seur - 8 Pts
Van Hooydonck (Buckler) is the man to beat for this race. He has already won Omloop het Volk and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ballerini (Del Tongo) won the semi classic Gent - Wevegem and is an outsider for the win here. Other favorites are Planckaert (Panasonic), Madiot (RMO), Duclos Lassalle (Z) and Museeuw (Lotto) who have been present in the very last stages of the other cobblestone races. It is not expected that any of the Gatorade riders will compete for a prize.
Starting list:
Buckler
1. Van Hooydonck; 2. De Clercq; 3. De Keulenaer; 4. Eyk; 5. Kokkelkoren; 6. Poels; 7. Segers; 8. Van der Hulst.
valverde321 wrote:
Holy. you fly through reporting. I went ot bed and now you have 3 stages I missed. Good luck for Paris Roubaix.
I get a little excited when I'm winning, so I got a lot of races done. Just went trough Paris Roubaix. The update will follow soon. Schur did a great job, but fell and lost 2 minutes on the pack when the favourites attacked. His yellow bar was still full so I'm confident that he would have scored world cup points. Now he finished 38th. Ballerini won by the way. A very good winner for Paris Roubaix.
Edited by harry on 11-04-2010 16:17
270 km: Direct from the start Murguialday (Amaya), Alvis (Motorola), Vos (PDM), Piva (Ariostea), Tebaldi (Gatorade), Virvaleix (Histor) and Caritoux (RMO) try to get away.
257 km: Tebaldi Gatorade), Alvis (Motorola) and Vos (PDM) take a 1’03” lead on the pack.
252 km: De Frenne (Weinmann), Jeker (Helvetia), Henn (Carrera), Virvaleix (Histor), Ferrigato (Ariostea) and Diaz Zabala (ONCE) are trying to join the leaders. They are 49” behind and have a 49” lead on the pack.
242 km: The attackers have been caught by the pack.
229 km: Henn (Carrera), Virvaleix (Histor), Diaz Zabala (ONCE), Vos (PDM) and Piva (Ariostea) try to get away from the pack.
220 km: The attackers have a 2’36” lead on the pack.
200 km: The leaders have a 3’08” gap with the pack.
180 km: The attackers have a 3’30” gap with the attackers. The first cobblestone passage is nearby.
163 km: After the first series of cobblestones some riders are already in problems. The gap with the attackers has descreased to only 41”.
147 km: The attackers have been caught.
140 km: Lammerts (Z), Chaubet (Toshiba), Van Holen (Tulip) and Gelfi (Del Tongo) try to get away.
100 km: Van Holen (Tulip), Lammerts (Z), Gelfi (Del Tongo) and Chaubet (Toshiba) hava a 2’56” lead on the pack.
80 km: The attackers have a lead on the pack of 3’50”. The pack is breaking into pieces.
69 km: Chaubet (Toshiba), Van Holen (Tulip) and Lammerts (Z) have a 18” lead on Gelfi (Del Tongo) and 5’37” on the pack.
65 km: Schur (Gatorade) falls and looses contact with the pack.
55 km: Chaubet (Toshiba), Van Holen (Tulip) and Lammerts (Z) have a 1’12” lead on Gelfi (Del Tongo) who fell and 5’15” on Duclos Lassalle (Z), Argentin (Ariostea), Lilholt (Histor), Sorensen (Ariostea), Ludwig (Panasonic), Madiot (RMO), Criquielion (Lotto), Bauer (Motorola), Museeuw (Lotto), Ballerini (Del Tongo), De Wilde (Histor), Redant (Lotto), Liboton (Tulip), Durand (Castorama), Demol (Lotto), Planckaert (Panasonic), Rogiers (Tulip), Frison (Histor) and Van den Akker (PDM).
40 km: Chaubet (Toshiba), Van Holen (Tulip) and Lammerts (Z) have a 1’45” lead on Duclos Lassalle (Z), Bauer (Motorola), Ballerini (Del Tongo), Planckaert (Panasonic), Ludwig (Panasonic), Rogiers (Tulip), Museeuw (Lotto), Demol (Lotto), Criquielion (Lotto), Durand (Castorama), Argentin (Ariostea), Sorensen (Ariostea), Madiot (RMO) and De Wilde (Histor).
30 km: As Van Holen (Tulip), Chaubet (Toshiba) and Lammerts (Z) were caught, Duclos Lassalle (Z) attacks. Planckaert (Panasonic) is the only one who directly counters and he leaves Duclos Lassale (Z) behind.
20 km: Duclos Lassalle (Z) and Planckaert (Panasonic) have a 26” lead on Criquielion (Lotto), Ludwig (Panasonic), Ballerini (Del Tongo), Argentin (Ariostea), Bauer (Motorola), Museeuw (Lotto), Madiot (RMO) and Sorensen (Ariostea) and 1’28” on De Wilde (Histor), Durand (Castorama) and Rogiers (Tulip).
18 km: Planckaert (Panasonic) and Duclos Lassalle (Z) are caught by the group of 8.
12 km: A group with Ballerini (Del Tongo), Duclos Lassalle (Z), Ludwig (Panasonic), Planckaert (Panasonic), Madiot (RMO), Sorensen (Ariostea), Argentin (Ariostea), Bauer (Motorola), Criquielion (Lotto) and Museeuw (Lotto) are going for the last cobblestones.
10 km: Madiot (RMO) and Ballerini (Del Tongo) attack. Planckaert (Panasonic) and Sorensen (Ariostea) join the attackers.
4 km: Sorensen (Ariostea) is the first one in the velodrome before Ballerini (Del Tongo). Planckaert (Panasonic) and Madiot (RMO) follow at 19”. Duclos Lassalle (Z) at 40”, Ludwig (Panasonic) at 1’22” and Criquielion (Lotto), Argentin (Ariostea), Museeuw (Lotto) and Bauer (Motorola) at 1’31”.
0 km: Ballerini (Del Tongo) wins before Sorensen (Ariostea) and Madiot (RMO).
1. Franco Ballerini - Del Tongo - 7h30'09"
2. Rolf Sorensen - Ariostea - + 0"
3. Marc Madiot - RMO - + 0"
4. Eddy Planckaert - Panasonic - + 0"
5. Gilbert Duclos Lassalle - Z - + 43"
6. Olaf Ludwig - Panasonic - + 1'24"
7. Moreno Argentin - Ariostea - + 1'24"
8. Johan Museeuw - Lotto - + 1'24"
9. Claude Criquielion - Lotto - + 1'24"
10. Steve Bauer - Motorola - + 1'24"
11. Edwig Van Hooydonck - Buckler - + 3'33"
12. Etienne De Wilde - Histor - + 3'33"
13. Rudy Rogiers - Tulip - + 3'33"
14. Dirk Demol - Lotto - + 3'33"
15. Jacky Durand - Castorama - + 3'33"
16. Ronny Van Holen - Tulip - + 5'22"
17. Johan Lammerts - Z - + 5'22"
18. Jean Marie Wampers - Panasonic - + 5'22"
19. Christian Chaubet - Toshiba - + 5'22"
20. Roland Liboton - Tulip - + 6'08"
21. John Van den Akker - PDM - + 6'46"
22. Carlo Bomans - Weinmann - + 9'22"
23. Johan Capiot - TVM - + 9'22"
24. Hendrik Redant - Lotto - + 9'22"
25. Soren Lilholt - Histor - + 9'55"
WORLD CUP STANDINGS:
1. Claude Criquielion - Lotto - 160
2. Franco Ballerini - Del Tongo - 159
3. Edwig Van Hooydonck - Buckler - 126
4. Johan Museeuw - Lotto - 122
5. Eddy Planckaert - Panasonic - 110
6. Marc Madiot - RMO - 86
7. Rolf Sorensen - Ariostea - 85
8. Gilbert Duclos Lassalle - Z - 73
9. Olaf Ludwig - Panasonic - 64
10. Moreno Argentin - Ariostea - 60
11. Sean Kelly - PDM - 56
12. Jelle Nijdam - Buckler - 50
13. Etienne De Wilde - Histor - 40
14. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - 36
15. Jean Paul Van Poppel - PDM - 32
16. Jean Marie Wampers - Panasonic - 32
17. Steve Bauer - Motorola - 30
18. John Talen - PDM - 28
19. Marcel Wust - RMO - 24
20. Johan Lammerts - Z - 19 21. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 16
22. Adrie Van der Poel - Tulip - 15
23. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - 14
24. Rudy Rogiers - Tulip - 13
25. Dirk Demol - Lotto - 12
A lot of great names appear on the starting list. Fondries (Pansonic), Bugno (Gatorade), Kelly (PDM), Indurain (Banesto), Rooks (Buckler), LeMond (Z), Chiappucci (Carrera), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Lejaratta and Chozas (ONCE) and Leblanc (Castorama) are potential winners.
202 km: Directly from the start Brasseur (La William), Geuens (SEFB) and Zanatta (Gatorade) get away from the pack.
190 km: The pack takes it easy. The attackers take a lead of 2’55”.
150 km: Zanatta (Gatorade), Geuens (SEFB) and Brasseur (La William) have a 7’25” lead on the pack.
133 km: The attackers have a 9’37” lead on the pack. They are taking it very easy.
110 km: The gap between the three leaders and the pack is 10’31”. The Buckler team is placing its riders in front of the pack. Things are going to be more tough now in the pack as well.
100 km: The lead of Zanatta (Gatorade), Geuens (SEFB) and Brasseur (La William) has decreased to 8’00”.
90 km: Kiefel (Motorola), Philipot (Banesto) and Millar (Z) attack. They are 5’00” behind the leaders. Van den Abeele (Lotto) and Van Itterbeeck (Histor) join them.
81 km: Saligari (Ariostea) and Mauri (ONCE) attack. They are 27” behind the group with Kiefel (Motorola), Philipot (Banesto), Millar (Z), Van den Abeele (Lotto) and Van Itterbeeck (Histor) and 3’19” behind Brasseur (La William), Zanatta (Gatorade) and Geuens (SEFB).
75 km: Besides Zanatta (Gatorade), Brasseur (La Wiliam) and Geuens (SEFB) all attackers have been caught. The pack has a 3’00” gap with the leaders.
72 km: Kappes (Histor), Philipot (Banesto) and Yates (Motorola) try to get away from the pack.
60 km: Kappes (Histor) has joined the leaders. The pack follows at 1’51”.
50 km: Kappes (Histor) and Zanatta (Gatorade) loose Brasseur (La William) and Geuens (SEFB).
44 km: On the Cote de Bonneville Kappes (Histor) goes on alone.
35 km: Machler (Carrera) attacks on the Cote de Bohissau. Kappes (Histor) is still leading followed by Geuens (SEFB) at 54” and the pack at 1’03”.
33 km: Jalabert (Toshiba) and Boyer (Z) attack. Van Itterbeeck (Histor) and Roscioli (Del Tongo) try to jump along.
30 km: Kelly (PDM), Chioccioli (Del Tongo) and Bugno (Gatorade) place an attack.
24 km: Machler (Carrera) is out alone and has a 35” lead on Rooks (Buckler), Leclercq (Helvetia), Bugno (Gatorade), Van Lancker (Panasonic) and Maassen (Buckler). The pack follows at 1’13”.
16 km: On the Cote de Ben-Ahin a group with Van Lancker (Panasonic), Leclercq (Helvetia), Fondriest (Panasonic), Rooks (Buckler), Bugno (Gatorade), Maassen (Buckler), Machler (Carrera), Jalabert (Toshiba), Delion (Helvetia), Boyer (Z) and Roscioli (Del Tongo) is formed. Fondriest (Panasonic) attacks.
12 km: Dhaenens (Panasonic), Chioccioli (Del Tongo), Roosen (Tulip), Fuerte (ONCE), Kelly (PDM) and Moreels (Lotto) join the leaders.
0 km: Kelly (PDM) wins the sprint before Rooks (Buckler) and Bugno (Gatorade).
1. Sean Kelly - PDM - 5h15'54"
2. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 0" 3. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 0"
4. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 0"
5. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - + 0"
6. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 0"
7. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - + 0"
8. Maurizio Fondriest - Panasonic - + 0"
9. Rudy Dhaenens - Panasonic - + 0"
10. Eric Van Lancker - Panasonic - + 0"
11. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 0"
12. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 0"
13. Marino Lejaretta - ONCE - + 39"
14. Frans Maassen - Buckler - + 39"
15. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 39"
16. Laurent Jalabert - Toshiba - + 39"
17. Eric Boyer - Z - + 39"
18. Fabio Roscioli - Del Tongo - + 39"
19. Pascal Richard - Helvetia - + 1'26"
20. Davide Cassani - Ariostea - + 1'43"
21. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 1'43"
22. Robert Millar - Z - + 2'06"
23. Gerard Rue - Helvetia - + 2'18"
24. Rolf Golz - Ariostea - + 2'18"
25. Melchor Mauri - ONCE - + 2'18"
Edited by harry on 11-04-2010 21:00
Since this is a very similar race compared to La Fleche Wallone, it is expected that Kelly, Rooks, Bugno and the others of the leading group will perform well here as well.
264 km: Hoste (La William) attacks directly from the start. Verstrepen (Histor), De Keulenaer (Buckler), Puttini (Carrera) and Van der Poel (Tulip) join in the attack. Cappele (Z), Geuens (SEFB) and Trumheller (Helvetia) are in pursuit.
250 km: Verstrepen (Histor), Puttini (Carrera), Hoste (La William), Van der Poel (Tulip) and De Keulenaer (Buckler) have a 32” lead on the pack, where Manin (RMO), Maier (PDM) and Murguialday (Amaya) try to escape.
245 km: All attackers have been caught by the pack.
244 km: Halupczok (Del Tongo), Verstrepen (Histor), Moreau (Tonton Tapis), Ghiotto (Ariostea), Simon (Castorama) and Claveyrolat (RMO) try to get away from the pack.
241 km: Cornillet (Z), Bouwmans (Panasonic), Van Leeuwe (Tulip), Giesberts (La William), Lukin (Banesto), Carter (Motorola) and Maier (PDM) try to join the attackers.
235 km: Van der Poel (Tulip), Flicher (Toshiba), McKinley (Motorola), Farazijn (Weinmann), Arroyo (Z), Quevedo (Amaya) and Lezaun (Banesto) also try to get away from the pack.
225 km: All attackers are back in the pack. Nobody gets away.
221 km: Moreau (Tonton Tapis), Hoste (La William), Claveyrolat (RMO) and Stumpf (Histor) try to get away. Steinmann (Weinmann), Van Vooren (Histor), Cornillet (Z) and Romero (Amaya) try to join them.
215 km: Carter (Motorola), Lukin (Banesto), Ghiotto (Ariostea) and Ledanois (Castorama) try to get away.
208 km: All attackers are back in the pack again.
200 km: Simon (Castorama), Verstrepen (Histor), Claveyrolat (RMO), Jaskula (Del Tongo), Mattheus (La William) and Joho (Weinmann) try to get away.
198 km: Ghiotto (Ariostea), Puttini (Carrera) and de Keulenaer (Buckler) give it another attempt to get away. Beelen (SEFB), Van Leeuwe (Tulip) and Quevedo (Amaya) try to join them.
194 km: Szostek (Tonton Tapis), Bezault (Toshiba), Van der Poel (Tulip), McKinley (Motorola) and Arroyo (Z) try to get away. The pack has a 1’09” gap with the leading group of De Keulenaer (Buckler), Verstrepen (Histor), Joho (Weinmann), Simon (Castorama), Jaskula (Del Tongo), Mattheus (La William), Beelen (SEFB), Claveyrolat (RMO), Van Leeuwe (Tulip) and P. Indurain (Banesto).
180 km: All attackers have been caught by the pack.
142 km: It was quite for a bit, but now Louviot (Toshiba) places an attack.
135 km: Ampler (Histor), Maassen (Buckler) and Kiefel (Motorola) try to join Louviot (Toshiba). Roscioli (Del Tongo), Fignon (Castorama) and Millar (Z) join a little later. Things are getting hot now.
110 km: Maassen (Buckler), Dernies (Weinmann), Kiefel (Motorola), Ampler (Histor) and Louviot (Toshiba) have a 41” gap with Roscioli (Del Tongo), Millar (Z) and Fignon (Castorama) and a 2’42” lead on the pack.
99 km: Delgado (Banesto) attacks.
80 km: Ampler (Histor), Millar (Z), Dernies (Weinmann), Roscioli (Del Tongo), Louviot (Toshiba), Fignon (Castorama), Maassen (Buckler) and Kiefel (Motorola) have a 56” lead on Delgado (Banesto) and a 3’03” lead on the pack.
60 km: Kiefel (Motorola), Dernies (Weinmann), Fignon (Castorama), Maassen (Buckler), Millar (Z), Louviot (Toshiba) and Roscioli (Del Tongo) have a 1’09” lead on Delgado (Banesto) and a 2’44” lead on the pack.
45 km: Delgado (Banesto) has been caught by the pack. He could not make the jump to the leading group. Their gap with the pack is 2’12”
30 km: Also Ampler (Histor) falls back into the pack. The other attackers have a marginal lead of 1’02”.
23 km: Rooks (Buckler) and Bugno (Gatorade) attack. Rominger (Toshiba), Chioccioli (Del Tongo) and Leblanc (Castorama) jump along.
15 km: Bugno (Gatorade) has an 11” lead on Leblanc (Castorama), Rominger (Toshiba) and Chioccioli (Del Tongo). Rooks (Buckler) is 29” behind.
10 km: Bugno (Gatorade) is caught by Leblanc (Castorama), Rominger (Toshiba) and Chioccioli (Del Tongo). Also Rooks (Buckler) joins them.
5 km: Rooks (Buckler) rides away from the others. Bugno (Gatorade) managed to close the gap with a massive effort.
0 km: Leclercq (Helvetia) makes the jump from the back and wins the sprint from Bugno (Gatorade) and Rooks (Buckler). What a finish for him.
1. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - 6h38'03" 2. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - + 0"
3. Steven Rooks - Buckler - + 0"
4. Sean Kelly - PDM - + 24"
5. Rudy Dhaenens - Panasonic - + 24"
6. Tony Rominger - Toshiaba - + 24"
7. Marino Lejarreta - ONCE - + 24"
8. Maurizio Fondriest - Panasonic - + 24"
9. Franco Chioccioli - Del Tongo - + 24"
10. Luc Leblanc - Castorama - + 24"
11. Eric Van Lancker - Panasonic - + 1'04"
12. Anselmo Fuerte - ONCE - + 1'04"
13. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - + 1'14"
14. Martial Gayant - Toshiba - + 1'14"
15. Erich Machler - Carrera - + 1'14"
16. Luc Roosen - Tulip - + 1'14"
17. Giorgio Furlan - Ariostea - + 1'14"
18. Gilles Delion - Helvetia - + 1'56"
19. Ron Kiefel - Motorola - + 1'56"
20. Frans Maassen - Buckler - + 1'56"
21. Robert Millar - Z - + 2'35"
22. Laurent Fignon - Castorama - + 2'35"
23. Rolf Golz - Ariostea - + 2'35"
24. Erik Breukink - PDM - + 3'16"
25. Philippe Louviot - Toshiba - + 3'16"
WORLD CUP STANDINGS:
1. Claude Criquielion - Lotto - 160 Pts
2. Franco Ballerini - Del Tongo - 159 Pts
3. Edwig Van Hooydonck - Buckler - 126 Pts
4. Johan Museeuw - Lotto - 122 Pts
5. Eddy Planckaert - Panasonic - 110 Pts
6. Jean Claude Leclercq - Helvetia - 106 Pts
7. Sean Kelly - PDM - 96 Pts
8. Marc Madiot - RMO - 86 Pts 9. Gianni Bugno - Gatorade - 86 Pts
10. Rolf Sorensen - Ariostea - 85 Pts
11. Gilbert Duclos Lassalle - Z - 73 Pts
12. Olaf Ludwig - Panasonic - 64 Pts
13. Moreno Argentin - Ariostea - 60 Pts
14. Steven Rooks - Buckler - 57 Pts
15. Jelle Nijdam - Buckler - 50 Pts
16. Sammie Moreels - Lotto - 49 Pts
17. Etienne De Wilde - Histor - 40 Pts
18. Rudy Dhaenens - Panasonic - 36 Pts
19. Tony Rominger - Toshiba - 32 Pts
20. Jean Paul Van Poppel - PDM - 32 Pts
21. Maurizio Fondriest - Panasonic - 32 Pts
22. Jean Marie Wampers - Panasonic - 32 Pts
23. Steve Bauer - Motorola - 30 Pts
24. Marino Lejarreta - ONCE - 28 Pts
25. John Talen - PDM - 28 Pts
