Conference noted::bicycle

    Tour DuPont is a pro race.  This year's name for the Tour de Donald,
    ah, err, Tour de Trump, yeah, that's it.
    
    ed

    	ESPN coverage (U.S. TV)
    
    	May 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15	5:00 - 5:30 PM EDT
    	May 16				6:00 - 6:30 PM EDT
    	May 17				3:00 - 3:30 PM EDT
    	Sundays (during the race)	1:30 - 2:00 AM EDT
    
    	CBS coverage
    
    	May 12 Sports Sunday program	2:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
    	May 19	full 90 minutes		2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT
    
    	All times subject to change.
    
    	Scott

    Does anyone know who's winning and what the G.C. is to date?  I haven't
    seen anything in the Boston area papers and the race has supposedly
    been running for 4 days.  Anyone have any info.?
    
    Dave

	Here are my re-collections of the stage winners:

	Prologue: Breukink (PDM)
	Stage 1 : Davis Phinney (Coors Light)
	Stage 2:  ???
	Stage 3: Rolf Aldag (Helvetia)

	G.C after 3rd stage (from today's Globe)

	Greg Oravetz (Coors Light)
	Erik Breukink (PDM) 0:03 behind
	Rolf Aldag (Helvetia) 0:07
	
	Coors Light has 2 others intop 10 (Engelman & Grewal)

	Now that the Bruins are done, maybe the Globe wil put in some race
	coverage other than listing the results.

	-tom

Article: 4146
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Phinney wins opening Tour stage
Date: 10 May 91 22:05:22 GMT
 
 
	WILMINGTON, Del. (UPI) -- American Davis Phinney held off Australian
Phil Anderson in a ferocious sprint to win the 106-mile opening stage of
the Tour Du Pont.
	Erik Breukink, winner of the Thursday prologue, finished with the
pack in 22nd and retained his overall lead of nearly two seconds. Steve
Bauer, a Canadian with Motorola, and Stephen Swart, a New Zealander with
Coors Light, were second and third overall.
	Phinney began the final uphill sprint in downtown Wilmington about
330 yards from the end, and nearly passed out trying to hold the slim
margin over Anderson. Dutchman Nico Verhoeven of PDM finished third.
	``I was thinking that I just better go for it,'' said Phinney, who
races for the American team Coors Light. ``And over the last 50 meters
(about 55 yards), I thought I was going to black out -- I couldn't see
anything.''
	Except for the finish line, which he crossed with his arms upraised.
	Phinney's victory, his fourth stage win in the three years of the
tour, came after a month of struggling to regain his fitness following a
crash in Tyler, Texas. In the Beauty and the Beast race on April 6,
Phinney crashed and injured his back so badly that he couldn't ride for
almost two weeks.
	``As late as April 21, I was immobilized from back spasms,'' Phinney
said. ``So for awhile I wasn't sure that I'd be able to even ride in
this race.''
	Anderson rides for Phinney's former team. Team Motorola was the 7-11
team until this season.
	Phinney, 31, outsprinted Anderson, 33 for the first time since 1979
in the Red Zinger race in Colorado.
	The biggest surprise Friday was a solo breakaway by Belgian Klaus De
Muynck of team Tonton Tapis. De Muynck, 22, peeled off the front of the
pack 36 miles into the race and eventually extended his lead to 6
minutes by the 44-mile mark.
	``I went off the front looking for some sprint points,'' De Muynck
said. ``But when I saw that I had five minutes, I thought I would see
what would happen.''
	But De Muynck could not hold on. PDM, trying to protect Breukink's
yellow leader's jersey, led the pack at a strong pace and reeled in De
Muynck at mile 90, setting the stage for the sprint finish.
	``When there is only one rider out in front, it is not so difficult
to catch him,'' Breukink said. ``But we needed to make sure he didn't
get too far away.''
	American Greg LeMond led four times toward the end of the race,
finishing 12th.
	The race continues Saturday with an 136-mile stage mostly through
rolling countryside from Newark, Del., to Columbia, Md.

Article: 4152
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Roelandt crushes field in second stage of Tour Du Pont
Date: 11 May 91 21:47:48 GMT
 
 
	COLUMBIA, Md. (UPI) -- Patrick Roelandt, a little-known Belgian rider,
broke away from the field Saturday and rode the final 28 miles alone to
steal the second stage of the Tour Du Pont and take the overall race
lead.
	Roelandt, 30, finished the sun-baked 136-mile course that began in
Newark, Delaware and ended in the Baltimore suburb in 6:15:50, over two
minutes ahead of the field, placing him 1:52 ahead of second-place Erik
Breukink of PDM.
	The tour will continue Sunday with stage three, an 80-mile circuit
race in Arlington, Virginia, beginning at noon (EDT).
	The 11-stage tour will cover 1,100 miles before ending in Wilmington,
Del. on May 19.
	``When you have a five-minute lead, you just have to believe in
yourself,'' Tonton Tapis team manager Marcel Van Der Slagmolen said of
his rider's stunning solo effort.
	More than two minutes after Roelandt rolled across the finish line
with his hands upraised, basking in the cheers from the adoring crowd,
Norwegian national champion Dag-Otto Lauritzen and American Greg Oravetz
flew to the finish line in a full sprint for second place.
	The winner of the first Tour de Trump two years ago, Team Motorola's
Lauritzen just edged Oravetz of Coors Light. German Rolf Aldag of Team
Helvetia, led the main field across the line five seconds later.
	``We both came across the corner very hard,'' Lauritzen said. ``And
it was a very fast sprint, I just barely got him.''
	But the exciting sprint for second place paled in comparison to
Roelandt's lonely and surprising breakaway along the rolling hills of
Howard County.
	Roelandt originally slipped away from the pack to earn sprint points.
Points are awarded for the top three finishers at certain sprint points
throughout the tour, with the points leader at the end of the race being
named top sprinter. But as Roelandt rolled to the sprint line, he
realized that he had built a lead of over five minutes and decided to
try and make it stick.
	As Roelandt pedalled away from the rest of the racers, race leader
Erik Breukink and his PDM team opted not to lead the chase. While other
teams waited for PDM to expend the necessary energy to reel Roelandt
back in, the Belgian pushed ahead.
	Battling heat and even suffering a flat tire, Roelandt held off the
indecisive pack.
	``I don't understand why the other teams would not work to catch the
attacks,'' Breukink said. ``Someone like Coors Light could have held it
together and (Davis) Phinney could have won.''
	Phinney, the winner of stage one, grabbed two of the three sprints
yesterday, but finished in the field Saturday.
	Americans Greg LeMond and Roy Knickman led the most concerted efforts
to chase down Roelandt, but their efforts were well marked by Tonton
Tapis and eventually chased down.
	Roelandt is not expected to hold the yellow leader's jersey when the
Tour heads into the more mountainous country of western Virginia next
week.
	Meanwhile he will enjoy being alone in front.
	``I don't really know what this is like,'' Roelandt admitted. ``It's
the first time I have worn the yellow jersey.''

Article: 4159
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Oravetz takes Du Pont lead
Date: 12 May 91 22:32:09 GMT
 
 
	ARLINGTON, Va. (UPI) -- The Tour Du Pont, which bills itself as
America's premier cycling race, finally has an American leader -- and
it's not Greg LeMond.
	Greg Oravetz of Huntington Beach, Calif., and a racer on the Coors
Light team, finished second Sunday in the 80-mile third stage to German
Rolf Aldag of Team Helvetia, gaining a three-second lead over PDM's Erik
Breukink. It marked only the second time in the race's three-year
history that an American has held a lead.
	``It's nice having the yellow (leader's) jersey, and I'd like to
defend it,''Oravetz said. ``But we'll have to see what happens, there
are a lot of days left.''
	Eight stages remain in the 1,100-mile race that will end in
Wilmington, Del., next Sunday. The fourth stage Monday will be an 87-
mile road race from Fredricksburg, Va., to Richmond, where the fifth
stage will be held in the evening, a 35-mile twilight criterium.
	A mass of 20 riders finished the race in a massive sprint, with Aldag
nipping Oravetz and Motorola's Frankie Andreau in third. The three top
finishers received time bonuses of 10, six and four seconds. The six-
second bonus was enough to push Oravetz, the 1989 US Pro champion, into
the top spot. With a 10-second bonus, Aldag moved into third place,
seven seconds back.
	As the race nears the mountains of western Virginia, Oravetz is
uncertain that he will be able to retain his newly won yellow jersey.
	``We have a lot of good climbers,'' Oravetz said. ``And it's going to
get tough. I'd like to keep it but we'll have to see how it goes.''
	Sunday's race, 11 laps on a 7.2-mile circuit, consisted of two
important breakaways -- one early and the other late.
	The early break featured the star attraction of the race, LeMond of
team Z.
	With riders going ride past the Pentagon and Arlington National
Cemetary and an estimated 45,000 fans, LeMond broke away from the field
just into the second lap.
	The three-time winner of the Tour de France and two-time World
Champion quickly increased his margin to over one minute. Mike McCarthy,
a New Yorker riding with Subaru/Montgomery, bridged the gap between the
field and LeMond, catching the Z team rider on the third lap.
	LeMond and McCarthy worked together for the next few miles but the
break was swallowed by the field early into the fourth lap.
	``I want to make this race hard, while I'm capable,'' said LeMond,
who is nervous about his fitness because of a recent cold. ``An
aggressive race is good for our team, because we have a strong team, and
when everyone has to work harder that benefits us.''
	LeMond was named Most Aggressive Rider of the Day but it was his only
reward as he finished 47th in the field of 104 riders.
	In the eighth lap, a group of 20 riders broke from the main field,
and steadily extended the margin over the field. Among the riders that
did not make the lead group were LeMond, Phil Anderson of Motorola and
American Davis Phinney of Coors Light.
	Going into the final circuit, the lead group had built a two-minute
lead, despite the concerted efforts of race-leader Patrick Roelandt and
his Team Tonton Tapis to reel the breakaway back to the field.

    	In the prologue time trial (5km), Frankie Andreu of
    	Motorola had a pretty spectacular crash. He came
    	around a corner and wandered/slid out to the edge
    	of the road. He hit a vertical hay bale that was
    	positioned in front of a road sign. He went over
    	the bars, hitting the sign with his left heel and
    	part of the bike. To add insult to injury, the bike
    	landed on top of him. He got back up, got another
    	bike, and finished the TT with little/no damage.
    
    	Scott

Stage 4A Fredericksberg - Richmond 128 km
------------------------------------------
1. Phil Anderson(Oz/Mot)		3.14.23
2. Bob Mionskle(EU)			tmt
3. Cazary Zanana(Pol)
4. Ron Kiefel(EU)
5. Davis Phinney(EU)

Stage 4A Richmond circuit 56,4 km
----------------------------------
1. Nathan Sheafer(EU)			1.13.53
2. Sean Yates(GB/Mot)			@     4
3. Lance Amstey(EU)			@    10
4. Robert Forrest(Fra)			@    18
5. Davis Phinney(EU)			@    35

GC after 4 stages
------------------
1. Greg Oravetz(EU)			18.18.04
2. Erik Breukink(PB/PDM)		@      3
3. Rolf Aldag(All)			@      7
4. Bobby Julich(EU)			@     11
5. Mike Engelman(EU)			@     17
6. Patrick Roelandt(Bel)		@     18

L'Equipe

Article: 4166
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Australian Anderson wins Tour stage by inches
Date: 13 May 91 20:47:50 GMT
 
 
	RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -- More than three hours of riding came down to a
final pack sprint Monday when Australian Phil Anderson held off American
Bob Minske by inches to win the fourth stage of the Tour Du Pont cycling
race.
	All the riders finished together, allowing American Greg Oravetz of
Coors Light to retain the leader's yellow jersey with his 12th place
finish. Oravetz is the first American in the three-year-old race to wear
the yellow jersey for more than one day.
	Oravetz will try and protect his slight lead Monday night in the
fifth stage, a 35-mile criterium through the dowtown streets of
Richmond. Erik Brekink of Holland is three seconds back, Rolf Aldag of
Germany is seven back and the top 10 racers are within 26 seconds of the
leader.
	The 11-stage, 1,100-mile tour ends Sunday in Wilmington, Del.
	Like two horses racing down the stretch, it was unclear who would win
the dual between Anderson and Mionske.
	``I thought I'd get it, but Phil broke out to the right and we were
chariot racing to the finish,' said Mionske, a 28-year old amateur from
Madison, Wis. ''I tried to reach him at the end, but I just couldn't.``
	Mionske snuck up on Anderson's left, and it seemed that he might
surprise the Motorola rider, but Anderson's last driving pedal stroke
proved the difference.
	``Nice ride, mate,'' Anderson said to Mionske after the finish. ``I
didn't even see you there.''
	The dynamic stage-ending sprint came after an uneventful ride from
Fredricksburg. The morning's stage took riders through the rolling
countryside of historic central Virginia, but there was little time to
enjoy the sights. A 75-degree starting temperature rapidly rose into the
90s, with the humidity chasing right along.
	Despite the conditions, some riders attacked throughout the stage.
Subaru/Montgomery's Adrzej Mierjewski, a Polish rider, at one point held
a 1:30 lead just after the 45-mile mark, but he was unable to retain the
lead and quickly rejoined the pack.
	American Greg LeMond, racing for the French ``Z'' Team, awoke the
fans in Richmond as he broke away from the field of 104 riders, gaining
a brief 40-yard advantage. But as speeds approached 35 miles per hour,
LeMond was brought back into the fold and the three-time winner of the
Tour de France finished 18th.
	It is unlikely that positions will change following Monday night's
35-mile criterium through the streets of Richmond, but Tuesday's sixth
stage finishing at Wintergreen will provide the first real climbing of
the Tour.
	``The race really hasn't begun yet,'' Anderson said. ``A lot can
happen in the mountain stages.''

Article: 4168
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Oravetz retains overall Tour lead
Date: 14 May 91 02:37:07 GMT
 
 
	RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -- The fifth stage of the Tour Du Pont, expected
to be a speedy promenade through the Virginia capital, Monday night
became a showcase for the United States national amateur team and
finished with American pro Greg Oravetz still holding on to the yellow
jersey.
	Just over halfway into the race, Nate Sheafor of Topeka, Kan., led
the charge, winning the 35-mile criterium through the downtown streets
in 1:13:53. British rider Sean Yates of Motorola was second in 1:13:57
and another U.S. amateur, Lance Armstrong of Plano, Texas, placed third
in 1:14:03.
	Oravetz of Coors Light finished 61st in 1:14:31 but retained the
overall race lead. American Greg LeMond placed 21st. Oravetz will
attempt to protect his yellow jersey Tuesday in the 105-mile sixth stage
from Richmond to Wintergreen Resort.
	``Nothing in American cycling can beat this,'' Sheafor said from the
winner's podium.
	The American amateurs thought they finally made their presence felt
in this mostly professional race. Only four of the 15 race teams are
amateur.
	``I was getting sick of riding so poorly,'' Armstrong said. ``I
figured that this was our day to punch some tickets of our own.''
	The strong showing by the American riders came as a surprise to many
spectators who expected a sprint finish much like the one that had ended
the fourth stage Monday morning.
	Phil Anderson, an Australian riding on the American Motorola squad,
barely edged Bob Mionske of the American amateur squad to win the 79-
mile road race from Fredricksburg to Richmond.
	``I thought I'd get it, but Phil broke out to the right and we were
just chariot racing to the finish,'' said Mionske, who lives in Madison,
Wis. ``I tried to reach him but I just couldn't.''
	The American just missed sneaking by Anderson over his left shoulder,
but the Aussie's final pedal stroke proved decisive.
	``Nice ride 'mate,' Anderson said to Mionske after the race. ''Almost
didn't see you there.``
	Mionske's heartbreaking loss was merely an omen for the American
amateurs' splash in the criterium.
	Sheafor surprised the field, breaking away with 18 laps to go on the
..9-mile circuit that contained 9 right-hand turns and a steep climb
every lap. The Kansan's lead stretched to 20 seconds as a trio of
riders; Yates, Robert Forest and Team Z teammate Francois LeMarchand,
who was racing a lap down caught him with 11 laps to go.
	At 13 laps to go, Armstrong, who had suffered a bad spill earlier in
the race, began bridging the gap between the leaders and the field. With
10 laps to go, Armstrong caught the foursome.
	The five riders built a lead of just over 40 seconds and with one lap
to go, Sheafor made a final breakaway to secure the victory before 35,
000 fans.
	``We've finally made a statement saying we're here,'' Sheafor said. 
``And we're here to stay.''
	The chances of the American amateur team remaining so visible will
diminish severely as the race heads to the rougher climbs in the later
stages. The pros, who mostly rested during the criterium, will most
likely retake the spotlight as the race heads to the hills.
	The 11-stage, 11,000-mile Tour Du Pont ends Sunday, May 19 in
Wilmington, Del.

	Tour DuPont stage 5 Richmond - Wintergreen 193 km
	==================================================
1. Atle Kvalsvoll(Nor/Z)		5.09.43
2. Fabian Jeker(Sui)			@    30
3. Alexei Grewal(EU)			@    59
4. Ronan Pensec(Fra/Z)			@  1.05
5. Erik Breukink(PB/PDM)		@  1.07

GC after 5 stages
-----------------
1. Atle Kvalsvoll(Nor/Z)		23.32.09
2. Erik Breukink(PB/PDM)		@     48
3. Alexei Grewal(EU)			@   1.00
4. Ronan Pensec(Fra/Z)			@   1.18
5. Rolf Aldag(All)			@   1.30
6. Bobby Julich(EU)			@   1.41
......
29. Greg LeMond(EU/Z)			@   4.32

It said yesterday that LeMond was showing some form "... even managing an attack
at one point..."  (Their words, not mine, so I can't be accused of Greg-bashing
- and would I anyway???)

L'Equipe

     Re; LeMond... This represents a major improvement in performance
         for him measured against his previous seasons...
    
          Chip

When did Pensec rejoin Z?

Article: 4172
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Kvalsvoll wins sixth stage of Tour Du Pont
Date: 14 May 91 21:46:04 GMT
 
 
	WINTERGREEN, Va. (UPI) -- Norwegian Atle Kvalsvoll of the French Z
team broke away and won the sixth stage of the Tour Du Pont Tuesday,
wresting the overall lead from American Greg Oravetz who finished 50th,
4:23 behind.
	Wednesday's seventh stage is a 128-mile road race from
Charlottesville, Va. to The Homestead Resort near Hot Springs, Va.
	For the first five stages and for most of Tuesday's race, the Tour Du
Pont travelled through mostly rolling, sun-drenched countryside. But
with eight miles to go in today's 112-mile road race that started in
Richmond, the gentle journey ended abruptly. Riders were forced to
finish in the rain and had to climb over 3,000 feet to the mountain-top
finish at the Wintergreen resort.
	The Z team, in control throughout the day, dictated virtually every
attack as the riders progressed up the climb. After several feints,
including one from American Greg LeMond, Kvalsvoll moved away from the
field with five miles to ride and quickly built a one-minute margin.
	``It was a very hard climb, and I went as fast as possible,''
Kvalsvoll said.
	LeMond had said earlier that Kvalsvoll was the most fit member and
would be the most likely leader of the Z team. His words proved
prohphetic as Kvalsvoll donned the yellow jersey.
	``We have the strongest team,'' Kvalsvoll said. ``And we should be
able to keep (the race lead) to the finish.''
	Knowing that Kvalsvoll, only 22 seconds out of the overall race lead,
was gaining control of the tour, PDM's Erik Breukink, just three second
behind Oravetz at the start of the day, countered. American Alexi
Grewal, riding specially-made extra-light wheels, and Swiss rider Fabian
Jeker followed.
	Grewal, who won the gold in the road race at the 1984 Olympics,
suffered in the chase group.
	``I was really suffering to stay with Breukink,'' the Coors Light
rider said. ``I was able to stay with him, but it wasn't any fun.''
	Five kilometers from the finish, Jeker jumped away from Breukink and
Grewal followed. Jeker finished second, Grewal third and Frenchman Ronan
Pensec edged Breukink to take fourth.
	Kvalsvoll crossed the finish line as the afternoon sky exploded into
a rainstorm. Oravetz struggled through the pouring rain to finish 4:23
back of Kvalsvoll, ending his three-stage run in the yellow jersey.
	``I felt pretty good on the flats today,'' said Oravetz, the 1989 U.
S. Pro road race champion. ``But once we started climbing my legs felt
pretty bad.''
	Canadian amatuer David Spears made the first hundred miles of the day
interesting. He broke away 47 miles into the race, and rode out in front
for 50 miles, joined for a short time by Tonton Tapis rider Gino De
Backer.
	But Team Z's Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle of France, worked alone on the
front for nearly 15 miles to reel in the lone significant break before
the mountain-top finish.
	The Tour Du Pont, an 11-stage 1,100-mile race, finishes in
Wilmington, Del. on Sunday.

    	re:  LeMond
    
    	I finally watche the past few stages on tape last night.  In
    	past years, LeMond has come to this race in terrible shape and
    	was down by as much as 15-20 minutes in GC.  However, his form
    	and strength look much better this year so far.  He has been
    	off the front almost every stage and pushing the pace.  He even
    	won the RED JERSEY two days ago for most aggresive rider.
    
    	As for yesterdays race, ESPN had interviewed LeMond and his
    	prediction was for Kvalsvoll to take the stage and Yellow Jersey
    	since he was in the best climbing stage.  Team Z did exactly that
    	by dominating the pace all day.  Once they reached the 6 mile
    	3000 ft climb up Wintergreen, the Z team began the attacks.  Each
    	team member (including LeMond) took a charge off the front to pick	
    	up the pace.  Once they tired everyone out, Kvalsvoll went off the
    	front in a solo and built a huge lead.  Good teamwork by both Z
    	and LeMond IMO.
    
    	As for today, we could see some more shaking up in the GC as todays
    	stage is ~135 miles with two climbs (both to 3500 ft).  Hopefully
    	Z will be able to maintain yesterdays pace and domination.
    
    	Newc

    	Kevin,
    
    	Ronan Pensec is still on the Seur team. Whoever entered
    	the info musta had a flashback to last year.
    
    	Scott

    
    	What's the strength of Breukink's PDM squad like? With Alcala
    riding the Vuelta, I was wondering who was getting the stronger squad
    (probably Alcala since the Vuelta's more important). Looks like it's a
    battle between Kvalsoll's Z team and Breukink's PDM squad.
    
    Graham.
    

Article: 4181
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Bauer wins stage; Kvalsovall keeps lead
Date: 15 May 91 23:48:17 GMT
 
 
	HOT SPRINGS, Va. -- Canadian Steve Bauer sprinted into town as the
winner of the seventh stage of the Tour Du Pont, erasing a tremendous
individual effort by his teammate, American Andy Bishop. Norwegian Atle
Kvalsovoll finished with the lead group to retain his overall race lead.
	American amatuers continued their impressive showing, with Steve
Larsen of Davis, Calif., taking second place. Teammate Bobby Julich of
Glenwood Springs, Colo., remained sixth in the overall race standings.
American Bart Bowen of Subaru/Montgomery was third in the stage.
	Thursday's eighth stage will begins in Hot Springs and end 168 miles
later in Winchester, Va.
	Bauer won the stage after leading for just the last 300 meters after
Bishop rode in front for over 60 miles.
	``Andy was a bit of an opportunist today,'' Bauer said. ``And after
he got caught, I felt that I had to do my best for Andy's big day.''
	For a brief time, it appeared that Bishop might turn the race
leadership on its ear. With 51 miles gone in the race, the Tucson, Ariz.
, rider jumped out of his saddle and rode away from the field to catch
Fernando Quevedo, a Spanish rider for the Amaya team who had been riding
off the front since the race's 10-mile mark.
	Bishop reeled in Quevedo, joining him with 61 miles gone in the race.
But when Bishop rolled up to the Amaya rider, he received a rude
surprise: the Spaniard was not going to help Bishop build the margin.
Usually a pair of riders will exchange turns in the lead, breaking the
wind resistance. A rider tucked in behind another uses 30 percent less
energy to maintain the same pace.
	Without any help, Bishop still forged onward. For 25 miles, the
Motorola rider pumped his legs, building his lead to over seven minutes.
	Realizing that with such a large margin, Bishop could take the race
lead, the Z team went to work to preserve Kvalsvoll's yellow leader's
jersey. American Greg LeMond and his teammates went to the front of the
pack and turned the pace up a notch.
	At the front, the Triple H -- heat, humidity and hills -- was wearing
on Bishop. At the last climb, 109 miles into the race, the formerly
tired Quevedo suddenly found some energy and attacked, taking a 20-meter
lead. Bishop countered, and left the Amaya rider in his wake.
	``He was obvisously feeling good enough to sit in and attack on the
hill,'' Bishop said. ``Maybe if he had worked with me, he could've
gotten second place.''
	With the leader's gap dwindling, Bishop and Quevedo's jockeying grew
more inconsequential as the Z-led chase group bore down on the duo.
	The finish became a tense dual race to see if the chase group could
reach Bishop. With just over half a mile remaining, the pack finally
caught Bishop, ending his courageous 60-mile ride from the front.
	Bishop, back in the fold, watched the other riders set up for the
final sprint, wih his teammate Bauer taking top stage honors. Bishop
finished 36th, with the same time.
	American Greg LeMond, who worked hard to reel in his countryman,
finished with the leaders in 27th place.

    RE:  PDM Team
    
    I'm not sure of the entire 7 man squad but they did bring Erik
    Breuknik and Sean Kelly, so they weren't messing around.  Do
    they have enough to compete with Z??  We'll all know on Sunday.
    
    Newc

    	For those of you who did not see/hear what happened
    	yesterday....
    
    	The final stage was a 26km time trial. Atle Kvalsvall
    	had a 50 second lead on Eric Breukink of PDM.
    
    	Breukink left next to last and Kvalsvall left last.
    	Breukink had a puncture on the front, but still posted
    	the fastest time. Kvalsvall lost to Breukink by 13 seconds.
    
    	Reminded me of the 1989 Tour de France. Of course, in this
    	situation, I figured Breukink would pull it off, which he
    	did.
    
    	LeMond looked good the whole time, doing a lot of work for
    	Kvalsvall and the team.
    
    	Scott

Article: 4193
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Aldag captures second stage victory
Date: 16 May 91 22:58:58 GMT
 
 
	WINCHESTER, Va. (UPI) -- German Rolf Aldag captured his second stage
victory of the Tour Du Pont Thursday, edging American Greg Oravetz and
Irishman Sean Kelly at the finish.
	Norwegian Atle Kvalsvoll finished with the leaders, retaining his
overall lead of 48 seconds over Erik Breukink.
	Friday's ninth stage is a 142-mile road race from Winchester to
Harrisburg, Pa.
	Aldag's sprint win capped a marathon-like ride that covered 175 miles
of hot Virginia countryside, including two tough climbs in the first 85
miles. The riders, who left Hot Springs at 8:30 in the morning, took
8:21:09 to cover the distance.
	``This was the longest ride of my life,'' Subaru/Mongtomery's Bart
Bowen said. ``I've ridden eight hours before, but never this kind of
distance.''
	The Albuquerque, N.M., rider was not alone in his assesment of the
lengthy day.
	``I've never ridden this far,'' third-place finisher Oravetz said. 
``Not in a race, not in training.''
	The extreme distance, coupled with the 89-degree heat, slowed the
pace to 21 mph, causing several fans to wonder if the riders were
protesting the length of the course. But the riders dismissed the claims
that the field had deliberately slowed things down.
	``It was a very long stage,'' Kvalsvoll said. ``And our team was
controlling things so well that the teams had no way to attack.''
	The Z (pronounced zed, like sled) team sat on the front of the pack,
and no team attempted to shake them from that role. Thus the field moved
along at a simple speed.
	``This is a hard race, and it takes a lot out of you,'' Oravetz, a
Coors Light rider, said. ``Everybody was afraid to get dropped and the
next couple of days will be very tough. Nobody was real excited to
attack.''
	Bowen concurred that the slow-down was not concocted by the racers.
	``It was just a matter of it being a long ride,'' Bowen said. ``Today
should almost have been a rest day. The race should really pick up
tomorrow because guys will be a little fresher.''
	The only flurry of activity in Thursday's race was a three-man attack
by Canadian Ed Kaczmarcyk, Polish rider Andrzej Mierzejewski and
Spaniard Eleuterio Anguita. The trio rode out in fron for close to 15
miles, but the field captured them just prior to the finish, setting the
stage for Aldag.
	The Helvetia rider came around the final turn in the lead and held
his margin over Oravetz and Kelly to the finish.
	``It was a very tight turn,'' the PDM rider said. ``Perhaps when it
is so short to the finish after the turn, the first position is best.''
	Kvalsvoll will attempt to protect his leader's position through the
final three stages. The tour finishes Sunday in Wilmington, Del.

Article: 4198
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Ambite wins 9th stage of Tour Du Pont; Kvalsvoll keeps overall lead
Date: 17 May 91 22:47:15 GMT
 
 
	HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) -- Eladio Ambite rode alone for 108 miles to win
the ninth stage of the Tour Du Pont, but his six-minute win hardly
dented Norwegian Atle Kvalsvoll's overall lead in the race.
	Kvalsvoll retained his lead of 48 seconds over Dutch rider Erik
Breukink with two stages remaining.
	German Falk Boden finished second by edging American Greg Oravetz in
the pack sprint at the end of the 142-mile road race from Winchester,
Va. to the Pennsylvania capital.
	Saturday's 10th stage is a 120-mile Pocono Mountains circuit race.
The 1,100-mile Tour Du Pont will end Sunday in Wilmington, Del. with a
16-mile time trial.
	Ambite's spectacular solo breakaway would not have occurred had he
been a greater threat to the race lead. But a series of missed
opportunities had put the 20-year old first-year pro at a 30-minute
deficit coming into Friday's race. His strong effort moved the Amaya
rider up to 82nd place.
	``It is nice to win a stage,'' Ambite said. ``But I am a youngster
and I have to win more and get better.''
	Motorola's Andy Bishop attempted to catch Ambite 80 miles into the
race, but the Tuscon, Ariz., rider could only gain a two-minute lead
before being reeled back into the pack.
	Kvalsvoll is getting used to his role as race leader, as he kept his
yellow jersey for the fourth day.
	``I'm satisfied with where I am right now,'' Kvalsvoll said. ``But I
think it is enough for me to win.''
	Saturday's hilly 120-mile race, consisting of three circuits through
the Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania will provide the last
chance for Breukink and third-place Alexi Grewal (1:00 behind) to cut
into Kvalsvoll's lead. But Breukink's PDM team and Grewal's Coors Light
team will be hard-pressed to attack against Kvalsvoll's strong Z team.
	``I think everyone is tired right now,'' Kvalsvoll said. ``But I feel
quite good.''
	And his team looks quite good. American Greg LeMond, who is working
to help Kvalsvoll win the Tour, is in better shape than he thought.
LeMond, who finished 17th Friday and is 21st overall, 4:31 behind his
teammate, will play a key role in leading Kvalsvoll through the Poconos.
	``He will work for me here,'' Kvalsvoll said. ``And the whole team
will work for him to win the Tour De France.''
	The winner of the Tour Du Pont will take home $50,000 of the total
$300,000 race purse.

Article: 4207
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Bauer wins 10th stage of Tour; Kvalsvoll extends overall lead
Date: 18 May 91 22:50:13 GMT
 
 
	STROUDSBURG, Pa. (UPI) -- Canadian Steve Bauer passed American Davis
Phinney in the final 20 yards Saturday to capture the 10th stage of the
Tour Du Pont while Atle Kvalsvoll padded his overall lead on the next-
to-last stage.
	While Bauer won the 120-mile circuit race through the Pocono
Mountains, Kvalsvoll added two seconds to his lead over Erik Breukink of
Holland and takes a 50-second lead into the final stage.
	After nearly 1,100 miles of racing over 10 days and through four
states, Breukink's last chance to catch Kvalsvoll is Sunday's 16-mile
individual time trial through the streets of Wilmington, Del.
	``I feel strong,'' said Kvalsvoll, of Norway. ``I am not very tired.
Tomorrow I will go as hard as I can.''
	The winner of the Tour Du Pont will take home $50,000 of the $300,000
race purse.
	More than 40,000 spectators watched Phinney lead the sprint for
nearly 250 yards Saturday, but he could not hold off the charging Bauer,
his one-time 7-11 teammate.
	``I came around the corner and I tried to jump on Davis's wheel,''
Bauer said. ``I got to him, and I had enough time to just get by him.''
	Bauer was awarded a 10-second time bonus for his second stage win,
moving him up one place to seventh overall, 1:53 behind Kvalsvoll.
German Rolf Aldag was third, and his four-second time bonus moved him
past Ronan Pensec into fourth position. But neither rider has much
chance of overtaking Kvalsvoll.
	Even Breukink's chances of winning are slim.
	``Breukink is the best time trialist in the world,'' Bauer said. 
``But Kvalsvoll has a pretty good lead and he is riding very well.''
	Kvalsvoll has held the yellow jersey since Tuesday, when he scored
his only stage victory on a mountaintop finish at Wintergreen Resort.
	Kvalsvoll has since been protected by his ``Z'' teammates, led by
American Greg LeMond.
	``It is very nice to have Greg out there working for me,'' Kvalsvoll
said. ``The whole team has done a great job.''
	Breukink said he has a chance to catch Kvalsvoll when he rides alone
in the time trial.
	``No problem,'' Breukink repsonded with a smile when asked if he
would win.
	``We will see,'' responded Kvalsvoll.

Article: 4221
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Breukink wins Tour Du Pont
Date: 19 May 91 20:32:15 GMT
 
 
	WILMINGTON, Del. (UPI) -- Evoking memories of Greg LeMond's dash from
Paris to Versailles to win the 1989 Tour de France, Holland's Erik
Breukink blasted through the streets of Wilmington to steal the Tour Du
Pont from Norway's Atle Kvalsvoll.
	Breukink trailed by 50 seconds entering Sunday's 11th and final
stage, and he was given little chance of winning. But his time of 34:51
over the 16.1-mile course, the day's best by 34 seconds, beat
Kvalsvoll's fifth-best clocking of 35:53.
	The distance was considered too short to allow Breukink, an expert at
time trials, to catch Kvalsvoll.
	Breukink rolled down the start ramp and immediately found his rhythm.
Kvalsvoll began his solo ride against the clock two minutes later,
wearing the yellow jersey he captured Tuesday in Wintergreen, Va.
	The Dutch PDM rider neared the midway point of the course with a 30-
second lead. But as he turned a corner through the serpentine stretch of
the course along the Brandywine Creek his front wheel hit a hole and
punctured.
	Breukink retained his calm, but not his margin. He lost 15 seconds on
the change.
	``I thought that, 'Now I can't win the overall,'' Breukink said. ``So
I got on my bike and tried to find my rhythm as quickly as possible.''
	With Breukink down, Kvalsvoll's hopes rose. He heard he was 30
seconds down five miles into the ride, and he became immediately
concerned. But with only two miles remaining he again heard the deficit
was 30 seconds.
	``I thought I had won when I crossed the finish line,'' the Z team
rider said. ``I found out 30 seconds later from my masseur that I had
not.''
	LeMond turned in the day's second-best time, 35:26, signaling he is
more fit than anyone expected him to be at this time.
	``People will be a little surprised,'' he said. ``But I have been
feeling pretty good this spring.''
	LeMond will ride in the Tour of Italy beginning next weekend, and he
believes he is capable of a top 10 finish.
	For Americans, LeMond was not the only reason for encouragement. The
American Coors Light team surprised the powerful Europeans by rallying
to win the team title on the final day, and amateur Bobby Julich placed
fifth, taking top honors for young riders.
	``We are part of a new breed of riders,'' Julich said of the American
amateurs. ``And we are happy with how we did. Next year we will come
back more improved looking for an overall title.''
	Americans could point to many fine efforts, but Breukink overshadowed
them all.
	``I couldn't tell if I was ahead,'' Breukink said. ``I just gave
everything I had in my body.''
	For Breukink, the streets may have coursed through Wilmington, but
his ride was fit for Paris.

Results from yesterays Individual TT in which Erik Breuknik was
able to gain over 1 minute on Atlee Kvalsvoll to take the overall
victory...

	     Sundays 16.1 mile Individual TT
	------------------------------------------
        1. Erik Breuknik, Neth        34:51.75
	2. Greg LeMond, USA           @35 secs
	3. Rolf Aldag, Germany        @39 secs
	4. Stephen Swart, New Zeal    @43 secs
	5. Atlee Kvalsvoll, Norway    @61 secs

In the final GC, the US places some top finishers in the GC to show
some competitiveness against the stronger European teams.  USA amatuer
Bobby Julich takes 5th place overall while Alex Grewal is the top USA
finsiher taking 4th place.  Joining Grewal on the Coors Light team was
Greg Oravetz (holder of the Yellow Jersey earlier in the race) as
Coors Light was able to take the overall Team GC title.

	     Final Tour DuPont Standings
	------------------------------------------
	1. Erik Breuknik, Neth        48:56:53
	2. Atlee Kvalsvoll, Norway    @ 0:12
	3. Rolf Aldag, Germany        @ 1:07
	4. Alexi Grewal, USA          @ 1:56
	5. Bobby Julich, USA          @ 2:06

	6. Steve Bauer, Canada        @ 2:09
	7. Ronan Pensac, France       @ 2:29
	8. Mike Englemen, USA         @ 2:34
	9. Fabian Jeker, Switz        @ 3:02
       10. Vladislav Bobrik, USSR     @ 3:55
	
       12. Greg LeMond, USA           @ 4:18
       13. Scott Moninger, USA        @ 4:21
       15. Bart Bowen, USA            @ 4:41
       17. Steve Larsen, USA          @ 5:31
       19. Greg Oravetz, USA          @ 5:37	

    
    What happened to Andy Hampstead? I didn't see/hear any mention of him 
    in this years Tour DuPont. He was on the 7-Eleven (now Motorola) team
    last year...where is he this year? Also, where is Raul Alcala (sp?)
    these days? Wasn't he on the PDM squad last year?
    Just wondering...
    
    Pete
    

    
    	Re.28
    
    	Raul Alcala is still on the PDM squad, but the team split the squad
    between the Vuelta and the Dupont event. Alcala opted for the Vuelta in
    preparation for the Tour.
    	Andy Hampsted is still on the Motorola squad. Don't know how he
    rode though (or if he rode at all).
    
    Graham.
    

Article: 4231
From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: Tour Du Pont may have a future
Date: 20 May 91 17:38:30 GMT
 
 
	WILMINGTON, Del. (UPI) -- As Tour Du Pont champion Erik Breukink
showered adoring fans with champagne, thoughts already were turned to
the future of this race.
	Breukink's come-from-behind win over Norwegian rider Atle Kvalsvoll
Sunday made for high drama on the final day of the 11-day stage race,
but another important battle, involving the race's viability, was
unfolding behind the scenes.
	The Tour Du Pont, formerly the Tour de Trump, has become a major race
on the international calendar. Stars such as Breukink and Kvalsvoll have
placed the tour high in the pantheon of major stage races. Only the Tour
of Italy, Tour de France and the Tour of Spain were rated more important
by riders.
	And the field contending for the $300,000 in prizes over the 11-day,
1,100-mile race reflects the significance of the third-year race.
American Greg LeMond and his powerful Z team, Breukink and top-rated PDM
and other European professionals, coupled with strong domestic teams,
provided the strongest field yet for this race.
	But the strength of the field and the value of the race means nothing
if the major sponsors are not pleased.
	American cycling remains a precarious promotional venture. During the
mid-1980s, the Red Zinger, which later became the Coors Classic,
attracted international fields, but this went defunct when Coors decided
to sponsor a team and not a race after the 1988 season. The Pepsi Tour
of the Americas lasted but one year. And the Tour de Trump nearly died
too.
	To be accurate, the Tour de Trump did die, but in name only. When
Donald Trump ran into financial difficulties, Medalist Sports lost its
crucial major sponsor. But Du Pont stepped in to preserve the race for
1991.
	The contract was only for one year, but both Medalist and members of
Du Pont are optimistic the race will be back in 1992.
	``I'm fairly certain that Du Pont will be back next year,'' Mike
Plant, executive director of Medalist Sports, said. ``The amount of
publicity and the way the event was run lead me to believe that they
will be happy with how things went.''
	Du Pont executive Jack Conmy worked directly with the Tour, and he
believes the company should continue to support the race.
	``We are an international company, and this is an international
event,'' Conmy said. ``I have spoken with Du Pont people in Geneva and
they said this race is getting a lot of publicity in Europe.''
	With 50,000 fans estimated in Richmond and 35,000 estimated in
Arlington, Va., the race's local popularity is difficult to doubt. But
other factors will be considered.
	According to Conmy, Du Pont will evaluate the organization and
quality of the race, the amount of company exposure and the reaction of
clients to the event to determine if it will renew the contract. The
decision is expected by June 1, but the company has until July 1 to
inform Medalist of its intentions.
	While the unsavory reality of backroom, bottom-line corporate
evaluation simmered behind the scenes, the riders talked of returning to
this race next year.
	``This is a fun race, and it's run very well,'' German Rolf Aldag,
winner of two stages, said. ``I enjoy being here to ride in it.''
	LeMond concurred with the young Helvetia rider.
	``This race does such a good job of taking care of the riders,
watching the course, making sure it's safe,'' LeMond said.
	LeMond and the rest of the European riders hope that the Tour Du Pont
will be back next year, so they can make the annual spring sojourn to
the States. And the American teams hope the same thing. They enjoyed
showing the Europeans that American cycling is not to be sneered at.
	``I think we showed them that American cycling deserves some respect,
'' said Alexi Grewal of the Coors Light squad, the top-rated team in the
Tour Du Pont.``Maybe next year we can do even better and have someone
higher up in the individual rankings.''
	And maybe a next year for the Tour Du Pont is not as much a maybe as
once was thought.