| Title: | Cycle Racing |
| Notice: | Cycle Racing Europe and World-wide |
| Moderator: | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON |
| Created: | Wed Dec 10 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 854 |
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Silly Moncassin and Tchmill have forgotten to win ! 1 KM left (!) they have been 12 seconds in front of the 2nd group. Watching each other - Tchmill did nothing - they were caught 750 metres left. The sprint in the stadium: (Group with 3 from Belgium and 3 from Lotto): 3 men of Lotto (Wauters, Tchmil and Planckaert)are watching Museeuw , Soerensen and Moncassin. Casarotto and Guesdon on the end. Last 200 meters: Frederic Guesdon (France) attacked in the last lap of the velodrome and won. Who is Frederic Guesdon ?: Age: 25 Height: 1.85 metres. Weight: 72 kgs. Team: La Francaise des Jeux. Professionnal debut: 1995. Quick facts: Born in St Meen-le-Grand (village of Louison Bobet*) Has changed team every year after joining Le Groupement in 1995 and Polti in 1996. Leading victories: Haribo Classic 1997, Paris-Roubaix 1997. * 1956 Paris-Roubaix winner and three times Tour de France winner The Result: 1. Frederic Guesdon (France) Francaise des Jeux 6.38.10 2. Jo Planckaert (Belgium) Lotto 3. Johan Museeuw (Belgium) Mapei 4. Andrei Chmil (Ukraine) Lotto 5. Davide Casarotto (Italy) Scrigno 6. Rolf Sorensen (Denmark) Rabobank 7. Marc Wauters (Belgium) Lotto 8. Frederic Moncassin (France) GAN all s.t. 9. Rolf Aldag (Germany) Telekom 0.14 10. Henk Vogels (Australia) GAN 0.25 11. Stefano Zanini (Italy) Mapei 12. Christophe Capelle (France) Cofidis 13. Johan Capiot (Belgium) TVM 14. Jann Kirsipuu (Estonia) Casino 15. Fabio Baldato (Italy) MG 16. Stuart O'Grady (Australia) GAN 17. Christophe Mengin (France) FDJ 18. Aart Vierhouten (Netherlands) Rabobank 19. Andrea Tafi (Italy) Mapei 20. Jacky Durand (France) Casino
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 845.1 | VNA03::HERIBERT | Mon Apr 14 1997 12:35 | 22 | ||
World Cup Standings after 3 races
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
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| 845.2 | Museeuw's Day, and Not Museeuw's Day! | ULYSSE::virenq.vbe.dec.com::ULY2::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Mon Apr 14 1997 13:11 | 30 |
Not an exceptional Paris-Roubaix, I thought. Even so, I was rivetted to the screen during the 4 hours coverage we got from National TV!! Some of the images were truly incredible, although the tranche through the forest was, I thought, less well-covered than usual. Guesdon benefitted from being an (almost) unknown and also from the experience of Marc Madiot, the DS of La Francaise des Jeux, who himself won Paris-Roubaix twice. He must be fairly resilient, having suffered the misfortune of joining Le Groupement for his first pro team. He was outside the time limit in P-R 1995, but finished in an empty stadium, - in 1996, he was 14th. Personally, I'm glad that Tchmil got nothing, it was patently obvious that he would rather see anyone win rather than Museeuw. It was a result that the two (generous) sprinters deserved, although to give Moncassin his due, he did make the race in the latter stages, together with Museeuw. Museeuw punctured with 14 to go while away with Tchmil and Moncassin - had this not happened, they would have stayed away and the World Champion, who was obviously head and shoulders above everyone else on the day, would have won. They talk about needing 3 things to win Paris-Roubaix - Luck - Exceptional form on the day - Courage Museeuw had 5 punctures (2 at critical stages of the race) and 2 bike changes, most of his team-mates had troubles (2 were riding with 'flu), 2 more were replaced on the morning, and he still brought the chasing group back and had the form and courage to get third place. Still, all the Mapei cash couldn't buy the final element, luck. I'll try to post the "film" if I get the time. | |||||
| 845.3 | Paris-Roubaix '97 - the film | ULYSSE::virenq.vbe.dec.com::ULY2::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Mon Apr 14 1997 14:05 | 91 |