| 07/17/2001 | Cycling News for 7/16/01+ TOUR DE FRANCE
STAGE 9: Russian Sergei Ivanov (Fassa Bartolo) won today his first Tour de France stage, while Australian Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) kept the Yellow Jersey for the sixth day. Ivanov made it to the finish alone, after the attacked his breakaway companions, Davide Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and Bradley McGee (FDJ) with 9 kms to go. The Spaniard and the Australian came in second and third respectively at 16 seconds. The peloton made it in 24 seconds behind the winner, lead by Erik Zabel.
Tomorrow the Tour heads into the high mountains with the stage between Aix les Bains and Alpe D'Huez (209 kms). The stage will include one category 3 climb and three Beyond Category (HC), including the Col de la Madelaine, Col de Glandon and Alpe D'Huez at the finish.
STAGE 9, Pontarlier to Aix les Bains, 185 km:
1. IVANOV Serguei (RUS/FAS) en 3h 57' 48"
2. ETXEBARRIA David (ESP/EUS) at 16"
3. MC GEE Bradley (AUS/FDJ) at 17"
4. ZABEL Erik (GER/ TEL) at 24"
5. NAZON Damien (FRA/BJR) s.t.
6. O'GRADY Stuart (AUS/C.A) s.t.
7. BETTINI Paolo (ITA/MAP) s.t.
8. GUTIERREZ José Enrique (ESP/KEL) s.t.
9. PETACCHI Alessandro (ITA/FAS) s.t.
10. TEUTENBERG Sven (GER/FES) s.t.
11. MENGIN Christophe (FRA/FDJ) s.t.
12. BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis (LAT/LAM) s.t.
13. WADECKI Piotr (POL/DFF) s.t.
14. SIMON Francois (FRA/BJR) s.t.
15. BOUVARD Gilles (FRA/DEL) s.t.
16. BOOGERD Michael (NED/RAB) s.t.
17. SIVAKOV Alexei (RUS/BIG) s.t.
18. PINOTTI Marco (ITA/LAM) s.t.
19. VERMAUT Steve (BEL/LOT) s.t.
20. MOREAU Christophe (FRA/FES) s.t.
G.C.
1. O'GRADY Stuart (AUS/C.A) 38h 55:30
2. SIMON Francois (FRA/BJR) at 4:32
3. DE GROOT Bram NED RAB at 21:16
4. KIVILEV Andrei (KAZ/COF) at 22:07
5. TEUTENBERG Sven (GER/FES) at 27:15
6. VOIGT Jens (GER/C.A) at 29:23
7. DIERCKXSENS Ludo (BEL/LAM) at 29:49
8. WAUTERS Marc (BEL/RAB) at 30:12
9. TURPIN Ludovic (FRA/A2R) at 30:35
10. GONZALEZ Aitor (ESP/KEL) at 31:56
11. JALABERT Laurent (FRA/CST) at 31:57
12. JULICH Bobby (USA/C.A) at 33:49
13. GONZALEZ GALDEANO Igor (ESP/ONC) at 34:23
14. BELOKI Joseba (ESP/ONC) at 34:33
15. SASTRE Carlos (ESP/ONC) at 34:34
16. JAKSCHE Jorg (GER/ONC) at 34:38
17. MOREAU Christophe (FRA/FES) at 34:43
18. GUTIERREZ Ivan (ESP/ONC) at 34.46
19. SERRANO Marcos (ESP/ONC) at 34:49
20. CASERO Angel (ESP/FES) at 34:59
+ TOUR CONTINUED…
STAGES SO FAR
STAGE: STAGE WINNER/YELLOW JERSEY
PROLOGUE, Dunkirk, 8.2 km: Moreau/Moreau
STAGE 1, Saint Omer - Boulogne sur Mer, 194.5 km: Zabel/Moreau
STAGE 2, Calais – Antwerp (Belgium), 220 km: Wauters/Wauters
STAGE 3, Antwerp - Seraing, 198 km: Zabel/O’Grady
STAGE 4, Huy – Verdun, 215 km: L. Jalabert/O’Grady
STAGE 5, TTT, Verdun - Bar de Luc, 67 km: Credit Agricole/O’Grady
STAGE 6, Commercy - Strasbourg, 211 km: Kirsipuu/O’Grady
STAGE 7, Strasbourg - Colmar, 162.5 km: Jalabert/Voigt
STAGE 8, Colmar - Pontarlier, 222.5 km: Dekker/O’Grady
STAGE 9, Pontarlier - Aix les Bains, 185 km: Ivanov/O’Grady
TOUR NEWS
PELOTON OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT: Tour de France organisers were forced to bend the
rules on Sunday to avoid the disqualification of almost the entire peloton
after Erik Dekker led a great escape into Pontarlier. Dekker, a specialist
in all-day breakaways, finished the 222.5-kilometre eighth stage in four
hours 59 minutes 18 seconds after an early attack in the driving rain. With
the weather making for an uncomfortable day's riding, the main pack came
in almost 36 minutes behind Dekker. Tour rules state that any rider recording
a time 10 percent slower than that of the stage winner -- in this case around
30 minutes -- when the average speed of the race is above 44 kilometres
per hour, will be disqualified. That would have accounted for 161 of the
riders and cut the field to just 14 for the remainder of the race but for
the intervention of officials, who extended the allowed margin to 13 percent
to squeeze everyone in.
KIVILEV’S HOPES: Andrei Kivilev emerged as a Tour de France dark horse on
Sunday after what appeared to be a strategic miscalculation by race favourites
Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich. The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan, a specialist
climber and leader of the French Cofidis team, broke away from the peloton
with 13 other riders shortly after the stage began. The group built an enormous
time advantage in the wet, chilly weather conditions near the Swiss border,
finishing more than half an hour ahead of the main pack. That put Kivilev
in an enviable position ahead of the first mountain stage on Tuesday. Now
fourth in the overall standings, he will go into Monday's 185-km stage from
Pontarlier to Aix-les-Bains with a 13 minute 12 second lead over two-time
and defending Tour champion Armstrong who is 24th overall and 13:39 on ex-Tour
winner Ullrich who is 27th.
Kivilev turned professional with the Festina team in 1998, moving to AG2R
Prevoyance in 2000 before his move to Cofidis this year. He finished 32nd
in the Tour de France last year and earned his first professional victories
in the current campaign, taking stages in the Dauphine Libere and the Route
du Sud. That stage win in the Dauphine came in Grenoble, which is the starting
point for the crucial mountain time trial on Wednesday.
+ NEWS
BALLERINI NEXT DIRECTOR?: Franco Ballerini could become the next coach of the Italian National cycling team, taking over the responsibilities of Antonio Fusi.www.infociclismo.com
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