The Italian, Paolo Bettini, finishing sixth in today;s penultimate World Cup round, the Classic Paris-Tours race, earned enough points to steal the leader's jersey from Davide Rebellin with just one race (next week's Tour of Lombardy) remaining on the World Cup calendar... World Cup after Paris-Tours (Unofficial) 1 Bettini 340 2 Rebellin 327 3 Freire 252 4 E. Dekker 237 5 O'Grady 186 6 Boogerd 146 7 Flecha 140 8 Wesemann 131 9 Zabel 108 10 Backstedt 100 (Source: Eurosport)EuroSport Site (Multilingual)
Paris-Tours
Posted Sun Oct 10 10:37:17 2004 (EDT in North America)
ERIK DEKKER!!!! The Dutch champ, the sole survivor af a long break, somehow resisted the return of the pack, and dug out the win with just meters to spare. Danilo Hondo prevailed in the bunch sprint for second over World Champion Oscar Freire in third... 1 E. DEKKER (HOL - RAB) 5h33'03" 2 D. HONDO (ALL - GST) 3 O. FREIRE (ESP - RAB) 4 A. DAVIS (AUS - LST) 5 S. O'GRADY (AUS - COF) 6 P. BETTINI (ITA - QSD) 7 M. KESSLER (ALL - TMO) 8 U. MURN (SLO - PHO) 9 J. KIRSIPUU (EST - A2R) 10 E. MAZZOLENI (ITA - SAE) 11 S. VAN DIJCK (HOL - LOT) 12 P. GILBERT (BEL - FDJ) 13 D. REBELLIN (ITA - GST) 14 A. USOV (BLR - PHO) 15 C. MORENI (ITA - ALB) 16 P. VAN PETEGEM (BEL - LOT) 17 E. BAUMANN (ALL - TMO) 18 A. GESLIN (FRA - BLB) 19 I. ISASI (ESP - EUS) 20 P. LASTRAS (ESP - IBB) 21 M. CELESTINO (ITA - SAE) 27 F. BRARD (FRA - CHO) 48 C. VASSEUR (FRA - COF) all same time 108 B. COOKE (AUS - FDJ) + 3'20" 154 J. CASPER (FRA - COF) + 12'1 Here are the Previous Winners (Source: Eurosport, Le Tour)EuroSport Site (Multilingual)
Men Only
Posted Sun Oct 10 10:03:01 2004 (EDT in North America)
Here's France's Andy Flickinger
(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Ladies Only
Posted Sun Oct 10 09:59:41 2004 (EDT in North America)
Here's Germany's Hanka Kupfernagel
(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Happy Birthday - Women
Posted Sun Oct 10 09:57:30 2004 (EDT in North America)
Sorry, None today. (Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Men
Posted Sun Oct 10 09:52:55 2004 (EDT in North America)
Ferdinand Le Drogo (1903) France - Died April 23, 1976.
2nd 1931 Worlds (1st Learco Guerra, Italy.
Giuseppe Martano (1910) Italy - Died September 2, 1994.
2nd 1934 Tour de France (1st Antonin Magne, France)
3rd 1933 Tour de France (1st Georges Speicher, France; 2nd Learco Guerra,Italy)
2nd 1935 Giro (1st Vasco Bergamaschi, Italy)
Andre Chalmel (1949) France
4th 1979 World Championship
(1st Jan Raas, Holland;
2nd Dietrich Thurau, Germany;
3rd Jean-Rene Bernaudeau, France)
(Source: Six Day staff)
Today's Menu
Posted Sun Oct 10 09:49:52 2004 (EDT in North America)
Sunday, October 10 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races:
Criterium, Tour du Sénégal (Senegal) Cat. 2.5 (Not counted for GC)
Single Day races:
Paris-Tours - France - Cat. CDM
Six Day Races: None
WOMEN:
Stage Races: None
Single Day races: None
(Source: UCI)
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