Marvulli - Aeschbach still lead at the Half-Way point
Standings after Night Three:
1 Franco Marvulli - Alexander Aeschbach (SUI), 253 Points
2 Iljo Keisse - Wouter van Mechelen (BEL), 202 Points
3 Giovanni Lombardi - Marco Villa (ITA), 186 Points
Down 1 lap:
4 Andy Flickinger - Jérôme Neuville (FRA), 134 Points
Down 2 laps:
5 Matthé Pronk (NED) - Mathie Ladagnous (FRA), 133 Points
Down 4 laps:
6 David Gisiger (SUI) - Steven Deneef (BEL), 67 Points
7 Jens-Erik Madsen - Michael Smith Larsen (DEN), 43 Points
Down 5 laps:
8 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - Nicolas Reynaud (FRA), 52 Points
Down 6 laps:
9 Darren Young - Nathan Clarke (AUS), 78 Points
10 Mickael Mallie - Jonathan Mouchel (FRA), 41 Points
11 Nicolas Rousseau - Fabien Patachon (FRA), 30 Points
Down 9 laps:
12 Cédric Agez - Christoph Riblon (FRA), 31 Points
Down 10 laps:
13 Stephane Tramond - Ludovic Fraioli (FRA), 10 Points
More on Grenoble
(Source: Grenoble SixDay Site)
Grenoble Sports Palace Site (French)
Rolf Aldag - Scott McGrory lead after fourth night.
Standings after Night Four:
3 Rolf Aldag (GER) - Scott McGrory (AUS), 216 Points
2 Andreas Kappes - Andreas Beikirch (GER), 213 Points
1 Bruno Risi (SUI) - Matthew Gilmore (BEL), 207 Points
Down 4 laps:
4 Robert Slippens - Danny Stam (NED), 121 Points
Down 7 laps:
5 Jimmi Madsen (DEN) - Thorsten Rund (GER), 60 Points
6 Christian Lademann - Lars Teutenberg (GER), 55 Points
Down 10 laps:
7 Guido Fulst - Robert Bartko (GER), 88 Points
Down 14 laps:
8 Stefan Loffler - Andreas Muller (GER), 65 Points
9 Ronny Lauke (GER) - Luke Roberts (AUS), 44 Points
10 Erik Weispfennig - Christian Grasmann (GER), 35 Points
Down 18 laps:
11 Marc Altmann - Leif Lampater (GER), 68 Points
14 Gerd Dorich - Frank Kowatschitsch (GER), 39 Points
Down 19 laps:
12 Franz Stocher (AUT) - Stefan Steinweg (GER), 22 Points
Down 20 laps:
13 Mikhail Ignatiev - Alexei Markov (RUS), 65 Points
Down 36 laps:
15 Heiko Szonn - Thorsten Wilhelms (GER), 19 Points
More on Dortmund
(Source: Velo Club)
Velo Club Site - (French)
AG2R: Back to ignominity
Posted Sun Oct 31 21:19:33 2004 (EST in North America)
Vincent Lavenu has seen the future, and it is frighteningly familiar. Samuel Abt International Herald Tribune Monday, November 1, 2004 (CET) Unhappy days are here again. Seven years after he and the bicycle team he directs emerged from the Second Division and its calendar of obscure races in dim corners of France - Across Morbihan, the Tour of Picardy, the Grand Prix of Dourges, Nowheresville - and entered the mainstream of the sport, enjoying the good life of the World Cup classics and the big tours, they have been plunged back into the shallows. Lavenu's AG2R team has not been tapped for the new Pro Tour's list of 20 teams that will gain automatic entry to the major races. Instead, he and his riders have been relegated to what will be known as the Continental Pro, a fancy name for ignominy. "An injustice?" he asked, repeating a question, at the Tour de France presentation last week, where he sat glumly watching an outline of what his riders no longer automatically qualified for. Lavenu smiled thinly. "An injustice?" he asked again as his lip actually curled in scorn at such an understatement. Plainly he regarded it as a crime against humanity. He said nothing further, however. Years of cajoling race organizers into letting his weak teams enter and of pleading with sponsors and the public for funding have taught Lavenu how to rely on sweet reason. "If you look at the strength of our team," he said, "in the world of cycling, our place is not outside the Pro Tour but in it. So now it's up to us. Our riders have to show their value, prove that we're worthy of a place in the Pro Tour." That does not seem possible anytime soon. The rules of the reorganization call for all 20 teams to be enrolled for four years, with no relegation or promotion during that time. The demotion means that nearly everybody else will be at the headline events and that he and his riders will not. As a French team, they will ride the French circuit. Arrivederci, Milan-San Remo. Bonjour, Cholet-Pays de Loire. Tot ziens, Tour of Flanders. Bonjour, Grand Prix de Rennes. Adiós, Clásica San Sebastián. Bonjour, Tour de Limousin. Morbihan! Picardy! Rennes! Limoges! Henry the Navigator would be stumped by this itinerary of backwaters. The 48-year-old Lavenu knows it well. A former rider himself, he entered the ranks as a team director in 1992 with the meagerly funded Mure et Vanille squad, sponsored by a maker of fragrances for small children. They don't buy much in the way of perfume, and so the sponsor didn't spend much on the team to entice them. A lot Lavenu cared. He had some money, built a small team and progressed up the ladder. The next rung was Chazal, a supplier of sliced luncheon meats, for whom Lavenu's outclassed riders never quite cut the mustard. Regardless, he moved up to Petit Casino, a string of coffee shops in supermarkets, supplemented by public contributions - checks accepted, no credit cards, please - with the lure of riding in a team car at races. His guys won a few races. Next came Casino itself, a supermarket chain, the big time. Finally he had a $3 million annual budget, half of what the major teams enjoyed, to recruit some players. The last few years have been even better funded under the sponsorship of AG2R, an insurance company. Led by Jaan Kirsipuu, an Estonian, and Jean-Patrick Nazon and Laurent Brochard, both Frenchmen, the team won its fair share of races, including two stages in the Tour de France this year. When the season began, AG2R ranked 15th among the top 20 teams and qualified for all major races. And now it's back to the small time. The problem, as Lavenu sees it, is the Pro Tour's decision to balance its ranks geographically. There will be four teams each from France, Spain and Italy, two each from Belgium and Germany and one each from Denmark, Switzerland, the United States and the Netherlands. Although the first 17 teams were obvious, the last three, selected in early October, were not. The invitations went to Saeco and the combined Domina Vacanze-De Nardi squads from Italy and Bouygues Télécom from France. Nobody could quarrel with Saeco, which includes the 23-year-old phenom Damiano Cunego, winner of the last Giro d'Italia, and Gilberto Simoni, winner of two Giros in the past four years. Nobody could quarrel, either, with Bouygues, the successor to Brioches la Boulangère, a team with a hounds-tooth-clean moral record in an era of doping plus a star rider in Thomas Voeckler, 25, the French national champion and the wearer of the yellow jersey for 11 days in the Tour de France this year. Anybody could quarrel with Domina Vacanze-De Nardi. The De Nardi faction is a collection of anonymous riders with barren records. Domina Vacanze, headed by Mario Cipollini, the formerly ace sprinter, has been so disappointing this year that its sponsor stopped paying the riders' salaries months ago. On Friday, Cipollini announced that he was switching to the Liquigas team from Italy, a qualifier for the Pro Tour. Referring to the De Nardi-Domina Vacanze selection, Lavenu said, "The criteria of the Pro Tour are geographic, and so we're penalized." With Domina Vacanze on the ropes, would Lavenu consider a fusion with De Nardi and thus a Pro Tour berth? "Where would you register the team, France or Italy?" he replied. "We're a French team with a French sponsor. But if De Nardi wants to join us, we'd take them under a big condition: no loss of our identity." It might yet happen, it might not. With its exclusion from the Pro Tour looming, AG2R lost both Kirsipuu and Brochard to other French teams last month. With them went a lot of the firepower to entice De Nardi. Lavenu shook his head, then brightened, as he always does. Those long years in the Second Division taught him that the glass is always half full. If he could talk his hangdog Chazal and Petit Casino teams into the Tour de France, as he did, why should he fail with AG2R next year, when the Tour will have at least two wild-card entries in addition to the 20 members of the Pro Tour? "Considering what we did this year in the Tour de France, there's no reason we shouldn't be in the race next year," he decided. Besides, the French circuit is more than those daggers in his heart, Picardy, Morbihan and Rennes. There are a couple of esteemed classics as well. As he can tell his riders, Pro Tour or not, "We'll always have Paris-Roubaix." (Source: International Herald Tribune)
International Herald Tribune Site (English)
Ride in New Zealand's largest cycle event.
Posted Sun Oct 31 19:43:16 2004 (EST in North America)
The Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is New Zealand's largest cycle event. It covers a scenic course on 160 km of sealed road around beautiful Lake Taupo. The event caters for riders of all abilities. Information, Entry forms Here (A SixDay Public Service announcement)
Spanish cyclist Perez told of irregular blood test, team says
Posted Sun Oct 31 16:26:17 2004 (EST in North America)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spanish cyclist Santi Perez was notified by the sport's governing body that he had an irregular blood test, indicating a blood transfusion, his team said. Perez rode this season for Phonak, the Swiss team featuring American rider Tyler Hamilton, the gold medallist at the Athens Olympics. Hamilton faces a potential two-year ban from cycling after tests at the Spanish Vuelta indicated he had received a blood transfusion to boost endurance. An initial test at the Olympics also pointed to blood doping, but he was cleared because the backup specimen mistakenly was frozen and there were too few red blood cells remaining for a valid test. Perez, whose contract with Phonak ran out this season, denied suggestions of doping. "I did not undergo any transfusion," he told the news agency Efe. Perez, who finished second at the Vuelta after winning three of its stages, was first tested Oct. 5 in Switzerland, and a second test Oct. 27 gave the same positive result, Phonak said on its Web site. "The test used was the same type that was used on Tyler Hamilton," Phonak said. "Because this test's soundness and interpretation are still being disputed, the team management is maintaining the rider's innocence." (Source: Canada East)
18th. Tour de Burkina Faso: Stage Five (Sunday)
Posted Sun Oct 31 15:47:07 2004 (EST in North America)
Burkina's A.Wahab Sawadogo will have awaited just a day to reconquer the yellow jersey he had captured in
Sikasso (Mali). A jersey he had lost to Karel Pattyn a day later. On the very tough course in the streets
of Bobo-Dioulasso, the Belgian, who had however shown his good form in the previous stage, never managed
to make it back to a leading group of 13 riders. Meanwhile, Dutchman Jorry Walgien gave his "Right To Play"
formation the victory by winning the final sprint of the day's stage 5 that could prove to be demanding for
the tired bodies of the cylists.
A coloured breakaway
The idea of a stage based on a circuit in the streets of Bobo-Dioulasso inspired many riders right from the
start of the stage. Olivier Keita (Sen) is the first to attack followed by his compatriot Thiam, Tall (Bur)
and Von strein (Hol). Quickly caught by the peloton, he gives it another go on as he crosses the line for
the first time, alongside Fabrice Debrabant (Fra), Bram Van Der Leij (Hol) and Kentaro Heshita (Jap). The
six riders in the lead, maybe the most cosmopolitan group ever seen in cycling, are eventually caught after
having had a 15'' advantage on the peloton.
Burkina on the move
Just before the end of the third of 12 laps, Tapsoba (Bur) starts the break that will finally enable
Burkina Faso to reconquer the yellow jersey. After Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur), Didier Agbefu (TOG) and
Van Der Leij, a group of 13 riders including former leader A.Wahab Sawadogo, start a counter-attack.
They catch the leading man just before the 5th crossing of the finish line (km 50,5), while the lead
on the peloton moves up to 1'25''.
No more peloton
Meanwhile, yellow jersey holder Karel Pattyn has decided to react and attacks to try and defend his position.
A group of 13 riders give a helping hand including runner-up Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur), only a second adrift.
Behind, the two short climbs up the Boulevard de la Révolution and the Avenue Charles de Gaulle
have proven too difficult for many. One can no longer talk about a peloton.
Too late for Pattyn
Even for the "yellow jersey" group, it looks like it's already too late. At kilometre 76, they remain 1'45''
adrift. The four men that appear to still have enough energy, Chevalier (Fra), Thiam, Debrabant and Cuylits,
work together without however managing to achieve their goal.
Stage for Walgien
In the Belgian camp, Pattyn and his team mates collapse and lose ground as the laps go by. At the final bell
(for the last lap, km 111), they are 4'20'' adrift: in other words, it appears now obvious that Burkina and
its hero A.Wahab Sawadogo wil reclaim the yellow jersey. For stage victory, Dutchman Jorry Walgien proves to
be the most powerful in the final sprint going slightly uphill. He claims the stage ahead of national sprinter
Saïdou Rouamba.
31 Oct - Stage 5 - Bobo Dioulasso-Bobo Dioulasso 121.0 km
Place No. Name Nat Team Time
1 076 WALGIEN Jorry NED RTP 3h 01' 48"
2 001 ROUAMBA Saïdou BUR ASF 00' 00"
3 135 LELIEVRE Michel FRA PHA 00' 00"
4 051 OUEDRAOGO R.Jérémie BUR SIF 00' 00"
5 041 KEITA Olivier SEN SEN 00' 00"
6 105 DAVID Thierry FRA MIX 00' 00"
7 032 DUVIGNEAU Michel FRA YVE 00' 00"
8 052 SAWADOGO A.Wahab BUR SIF 00' 04"
9 081 ILBOUDO L.Jean BUR SOF 00' 08"
10 094 GNANSOUNOU Dona BEN BEN 00' 08"
11 055 TAPSOBA Ablasse BUR SIF 00' 15"
12 071 VAN DER LEIJ Bram NED RTP 00' 15"
13 004 ZONGO Lucien BUR ASF 00' 29"
14 151 CUYLITS Gunter BEL VAM 01' 30"
15 104 CHEVALIER Pierre FRA MIX 01' 30"
16 152 SOUDRE Issa BUR VAM 01' 30"
17 132 DEBRABANT Fabrice FRA PHA 01' 30"
18 043 THIAM Malick SEN SEN 01' 35"
19 053 OUEDRAOGO Tidiane BUR SIF 04' 41"
20 154 PATTYN Karel BEL VAM 04' 41"
21 134 FLAHAUT Denis FRA PHA 04' 56"
22 002 ZONGO Laurent BUR ASF 04' 56"
23 141 ANDRADE Luis ANG ANG 04' 56"
24 145 SILVA Walter ANG ANG 04' 56"
25 074 VENDRIG Bart NED RTP 04' 56"
Overall after Stage Five
Place No. Name Nat Team Time
1 052 SAWADOGO A.Wahab BUR SIF 13h 09' 22"
2 051 OUEDRAOGO R.Jérémie BUR SIF 00' 54"
3 105 DAVID Thierry FRA MIX 01' 16"
4 135 LELIEVRE Michel FRA PHA 01' 28"
5 132 DEBRABANT Fabrice FRA PHA 01' 41"
6 001 ROUAMBA Saïdou BUR ASF 01' 46"
7 104 CHEVALIER Pierre FRA MIX 01' 46"
8 151 CUYLITS Gunter BEL VAM 02' 54"
9 043 THIAM Malick SEN SEN 03' 45"
10 154 PATTYN Karel BEL VAM 04' 04"
11 053 OUEDRAOGO Tidiane BUR SIF 04' 05"
12 094 GNANSOUNOU Dona BEN BEN 04' 37"
13 002 ZONGO Laurent BUR ASF 05' 05"
14 152 SOUDRE Issa BUR VAM 05' 15"
15 134 FLAHAUT Denis FRA PHA 05' 49"
16 041 KEITA Olivier SEN SEN 06' 21"
17 032 DUVIGNEAU Michel FRA YVE 06' 22"
18 004 ZONGO Lucien BUR ASF 06' 26"
19 081 ILBOUDO L.Jean BUR SOF 06' 27"
20 055 TAPSOBA Ablasse BUR SIF 06' 37"
21 076 WALGIEN Jorry NED RTP 08' 53"
22 141 ANDRADE Luis ANG ANG 09' 49"
23 074 VENDRIG Bart NED RTP 10' 39"
24 054 SAWADOGO Mahamadi BUR SIF 10' 45"
25 143 MANUEL Osvaldo ANG ANG 12' 32"
The Stages:
27 Oct - Stage 1 - Kokologo-Boromo 136.0 km
28 Oct - Stage 2 - Boromo-Hounde (scheduled) 74.0 km
Stage 2 - Oasi - Hounde (actually raced) 52.0 km
29 Oct - Stage 3 - Orodara-Sikasso 121.0 km
30 Oct - Stage 4 - Sikasso-Orodara 96.5 km
31 Oct - Stage 5 - Bobo Dioulasso-Bobo Dioulasso 121.0 km
01 Nov - Stage 6 - Pa (Sabou)-Koudougou 156.5 km
02 Nov - Restday
03 Nov - Stage 7 - Ouagadougou-Yako 100.5 km
04 Nov - Stage 8 - Yako-Ouahigouya 74.0 km
05 Nov - Stage 9 - Gourcy-Ziniare 180.0 km
06 Nov - Stage 10 - Linoghin-Pouytenga 96.0 km
07 Nov - Stage 11 - Kombissiri-Ouagadougou 85.0 km
(Source: Le Tour)
Le Tour Website (Multilingual)
No Reason To Exclude Track Cycling In Manila's South East Asia Games
Posted Sun Oct 31 15:23:48 2004 (EST in North America)
There is no valid financial reason for organisers of the 2005 SEA Games in Manila to drop track cycling from its list of events, Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) president Datuk Seri G. Darshan Singh said Sunday. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- President Datuk Seri G. Darshan Singh said Sunday that the cost of organising the 12 track cycling events would be minimal compared to the total cost of the Games while there was a serviceable velodrome in the Philippines capital city. Although the velodrome might not be perfect, it had been commendably used for the past SEA Games, the 1995 Asian Cycling Championship and the National Championship earlier this year, he said. "I have not seen the velodrome lately, but if the National Championships can take place then I am sure we can go ahead with the Sea Games track competition. "If necessary, there may be a need for a new track surface and there is still sufficient time to do some minor work to improve or upgrade the track," he said. In a meeting earlier this month, he said Philippines Cycling Federation president Alberto Lina and secretary Mar Mendoza had also stated that the organisation was prepared to host track cycling aside from other cycling events. Darshan, who is also International Cycling Union management committee member, said pulling track cycling from the Games would be a step backwards for the sport. He said compared to other cycling disciplines like road, mountain biking and BMX events, track cycling handed out the most gold medals. The 2005 SEA Games in Manila, from Nov 27 to Dec 5, will host 41 sports but lesser events in several of them. (Source: Malaysian National News Agency)Malaysian National News Agency - (English)
The Other Gonzalez de Galdeano To Retire.
Posted Sun Oct 31 11:34:27 2004 (EST in North America)
Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano, Igor's Brother, has decided to retire Turning pro after the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and riding for Artiach, Euskadi, Vitalicio Seguros, ONCE and Liberty, Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano has decided to hang up his wheels. Prominent in 2000 when he won the Spanish Championship in Murcia plus a stage in both the Giro and the Vuelta, he worked for Joseba Beloki as his "domestique" in the Tour. (Source: SixDay Staff)
Grenoble Six Day Race - Night Three - Saturday
Posted Sun Oct 31 10:50:13 2004 (EDT in North America)
Marvulli - Aeschbach still lead at the Half-Way point
Standings after Night Three:
1 Franco Marvulli - Alexander Aeschbach (SUI), 253 Points
2 Iljo Keisse - Wouter van Mechelen (BEL), 202 Points
3 Giovanni Lombardi - Marco Villa (ITA), 186 Points
Down 1 lap:
4 Andy Flickinger - Jérôme Neuville (FRA), 134 Points
Down 2 laps:
5 Matthé Pronk (NED) - Mathie Ladagnous (FRA), 133 Points
Down 4 laps:
6 David Gisiger (SUI) - Steven Deneef (BEL), 67 Points
7 Jens-Erik Madsen - Michael Smith Larsen (DEN), 43 Points
Down 5 laps:
8 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - Nicolas Reynaud (FRA), 52 Points
Down 6 laps:
9 Darren Young - Nathan Clarke (AUS), 78 Points
10 Mickael Mallie - Jonathan Mouchel (FRA), 41 Points
11 Nicolas Rousseau - Fabien Patachon (FRA), 30 Points
Down 9 laps:
12 Cédric Agez - Christoph Riblon (FRA), 31 Points
Down 10 laps:
13 Stephane Tramond - Ludovic Fraioli (FRA), 10 Points
More on Grenoble
(Source: Grenoble SixDay Site)
Grenoble Sports Palace Site (French)
Dortmund Six Day Race - Night Three - Saturday
Posted Sun Oct 31 10:09:20 2004 (EST in North America)
Bruno Risi - Matthew Gilmore lead at the half way point.
Standings after Night Three:
1 Bruno Risi (SUI) - Matthew Gilmore (BEL), 193 Points
2 Andreas Kappes - Andreas Beikirch (GER), 184 Points
3 Rolf Aldag (GER) - Scott McGrory (AUS), 183 Points
Down 3 laps:
4 Robert Slippens - Danny Stam (NED), 115 Points
Down 5 laps:
5 Jimmi Madsen (DEN) - Thorsten Rund (GER), 56 Points
6 Christian Lademann - Lars Teutenberg (GER), 43 Points
Down 8 laps:
7 Guido Fulst - Robert Bartko (GER), 71 Points
Down 12 laps:
8 Stefan Loffler - Andreas Muller (GER), 57 Points
9 Ronny Lauke (GER) - Luke Roberts (AUS), 42 Points
10 Erik Weispfennig - Christian Grasmann (GER), 31 Points
Down 15 laps:
11 Marc Altmann - Leif Lampater (GER), 58 Points
Down 16 laps:
12 Franz Stocher (AUT) - Stefan Steinweg (GER), 22 Points
Down 17 laps:
13 Mikhail Ignatiev - Alexei Markov (RUS), 63 Points
14 Gerd Dorich - Frank Kowatschitsch (GER), 37 Points
Down 33 laps:
15 Heiko Szonn - Thorsten Wilhelms (GER), 19 Points
More on Dortmund
(Source: Velo Club)
Velo Club Site - (French)
Perez: I received a very a confusing and contradictory
communication
telling me of the results of the analysis
Posted Sun Oct 31 09:15:38 2004 (EST in North America)
Perez, who finished second in this year's Tour of Spain, cast doubts on the reliability of the testing procedure employed to detect blood doping Spanish rider Santiago Perez has denied undergoing a transfusion despite an irregular blood test result. Phonak team-mate and Olympic time trial champion Tyler Hamilton tested positive for blood transfusions at both the Tour of Spain and the Athens Olympics. "I'm really shocked by the news and by the behaviour of the International Cycling Union," Perez told cycling website todociclismo.com. "All I can say is I have not undergone any type of blood transfusion." Perez, who finished second in this year's Tour of Spain, cast doubts on the reliability of the testing procedure employed to detect blood doping. "I received a very a confusing and contradictory communication telling me of the results of the analysis. "I am sure that the truth will come out very soon and it will show that none of what they are accusing me of is true." The 24-year-old said the test had been analysed in Lausanne earlier this month and the B sample was checked this week. Hamilton was cleared to keep his Olympic gold after the International Olympic Committee decided his B test was "non-conclusive" because the sample had been destroyed as a result of being deep-frozen. However, the American has been suspended by the Phonak team pending investigations into the case. Another Phonak rider, Switzerland's Oscar Camenzind, was banned for two years after testing positive for EPO shortly before the Athens Games. (Source: BBC)BBC Site - (English)
Men Only
Posted Sun Oct 31 08:31:45 2004 (EST in North America)
Here's a rider, retired in 2002, but badly missed in the peloton: Abraham Olano (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Ladies Only
Posted Sun Oct 31 08:22:10 2004 (EST in North America)
Here's a bevvy of beauties (Scroll down the page), Odessa Gun++ (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Happy Birthday - Men
Posted Sun Oct 31 08:15:58 2004 (EST in North America)
Maurice Ville (1901) France. 2nd 1924 Paris-Roubaix (1st Jules Van Hevel, Belgium) Claudio Michelotto (1942) Italy. 2nd 1969 Giro d'Italia (1st Felice Gimondi, Italy) Mountains Jersey 1969 Giro d'Italia (Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Women
Posted Sun Oct 31 07:06:40 2004 (EST in North America)
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (1958) France - 46 Today 24th UCI Ranking Palmarès Championne du Monde sur route 1985-1986-1987-1989-1995 Championne du Monde contre la montre 1995-1996-1997-2001 Championne du Monde de poursuite 1986-1988-1989 Championne du Monde de la course aux points 1989 1° du Tour de France 1987-1988-1989 1° du Tour du Colorado 1985-1986-1987 1° du Tour de Colombie 1987-1988 1° du Tour de l'Aude 1988-1999 1° du Tour de Norvège 1987 1° de L'Etoile Vosgienne 1988-1989-1993 1° du Tour de la Drôme 1986-1987-1988-1989-1995 1° des 3 Jours de Vend´e 1988-1989-1993 1° de l'Ore-Ida 1993 1° du Hewlett Packard Women's Challenge 1999 1° de l'Emakumeen Bira 1995 1° du Tour du Finistère 1995 1° du Troph´e d'Or 1997 1° du GP Nations 1996-1997 1° du Chrono des Herbiers 1987-1992-1995-2000 Championne de France sur route 1979-1980-1981-1982-1983-1984-1985-1986-1987-1988 1989-1992-1995-1998-1999-2000-2001 Championne de France contre la montre 1995-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003 Vice-championne olympique sur route 1992 2° du Championnat du Monde sur route 1993 3° des Jeux Olympiques contre la montre 2000 3° du Championnat du Monde sur route 2001 3° du Championnat du Monde contre la montre 1999 Record du Monde de l'heure le 6/12/2000 à Mexico avec 45,094 km N° 1 Mondiale 1989-1995-1996 1° de la Vuelta de Bisbee (USA) 2002 (Source: Six Day staff)
Today's Menu
Posted Sun Oct 31 06:46:56 2004 (EST in North America)
Sunday, October 31 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races:
Vuelta a Guatemala - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 11 - Panajachel-Guatemala - 140 km)
18th. Tour du Faso - Burkina Faso - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 5 - Bobo Dioulasso-Bobo Dioulasso 121.0 km)
13th. Tour de China - Cat. 2.5 (Final Stage 4 - Changping City Circuit - 96 km)
Single Day races: None
Six Day Races:
Grenoble - Night Four
Dortmund - Night Four
WOMEN:
Stage Races: None
Single Day races: None
(Source: UCI)
UCI Calendars: Track Road Women UCI Home Page (Multilingual)