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+ RACING
30.09.2001 30.09.2001 Milano - Vignola ITA 1.2 MEL
Zimbabwe’s Timothy Jones (Mobilvetta), suffered on Sunday a fall on a descent during the race between Milano and Monteveglio. Jones suffered serious injuries, fracturing his sixth vertebrae, the right collarbone and injuring his kidney and lacerating his face. We wish him and his family the best. The race was won by naturalized Belgian Andrei Tchmil Lotto-Adecco, who beat in the sprint Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu (AG2R) and Italian Paolo Valoti (Alessio).
1. Andrei Tchmil (BEL/LOT) 4 h 52:15
2. Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) at 2
3. Paolo Valoti (ITA) s.t.
4. Angelo Furlan (ITA) s.t.
5. Stefano Zanini (ITA) s.t.
6. Dimitri Konytchev (RUS) s.t.
7. Alberto Ongarato (ITA) s.t.
8. Alassandro Petacchi (ITA) s.t.
9. Matteo Carrara (ITA) s.t.
10. Mauro Radaelli (ITA) s.t.
27.09.2001 30.09.2001 Circuit Franco-Belge BEL 2.4 MEL
Stage 1, 187 km:
1 S. RUSKIS (LIT - GST) 4h38'03"
2 T. HUSHOVD (NOR - C.A) s.t.
3 S. SUNDERLAND (AUS - FAK) s.t.
4 L. AUS (EST - A2R) s.t.
5 A. PIZIKS (LET - CST) s.t.
Stage 2, 189 km:
1 W. VAN SPEYBROUCK (BEL - LOT) 4h24'30"
2 T. HUSHOVD (NOR - C.A) s.t.
3 A. USOV (BLR - PHO) s.t.
4 W. RIEBENBAUER (AUT - NUR) s.t.
5 S. RUSKIS (LIT - GST) s.t.
Stage 3, Evaux-les-Bains to Tulle, 186.4 km:
1. Jorgen Bo Petersen (DEN/Fakta) 4h35:33
2. Sebastien Talabardon (FRA) at 9
3. Mickael Pichon (FRA) at 20
4. Federico Morini (ITA) at 24
5. Saulius Ruskys (LIT) at 1:07
6. Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) s.t.
7. Scott Sunderland (AUS) s.t.
8. Thor Hushovd (NOR) s.t.
9. Alexandre Moos (SUI) s.t.
10. Lauri Aus (EST) s.t.
Final G.C.
1. Thor Hushovd (NOR/Credit Agricole) 13h39:07
2. Saulius Ruskys (LIT) at 1
3. Scott Sunderland (AUS) at 5
4. Stephane Heulot (FRA) at 6
5. Alexandre Moos (SUI) s.t.
6. Arvis Piziks (LET) s.t.
7. Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) s.t.
8. Lauri Aus (EST) s.t.
9. Bruno Thibout (FRA) s.t.
10. Laurent Brochard (FRA) s.t.
05.09.2001 17.09.2001 Vuelta a Venezuela VEN 2.5 MEL
Stage 6, Calabozo Circuit, 121.5 km:
1. Jairo Pérez (COL) 2h.49.18
2. Hussein Monsalve (VEN) s.t.
3. José Chacón (VEN) s.t.
4. Raúl Montana (COL) s.t.
5. Livardo Niño (COL) s.t.
6. Frederick Segura (VEN) s.t.
7. Luis Espinoza (COL) s.t.
8. Julio Bernal (COL) at 01
9. Gil Cordovés (CUB) at 33
10. Honorio Machado (VEN) s.t
G.C.
1. Hussein Monsalve (VEN) 18h.22.43
2. Jairo Pérez (COL) at 02
3. José Chacón (VEN) at 03
4. Livardo Niño (COL) at 13
5. Luis Espinoza (COL) s.t.
6. Tony Linares (VEN) at 33
7. Tommy Alcedo (VEN) at 35
8. Arlex Méndez (VEN) at 38
9. Paulo Vargas (CRC) s.t.
10. Pavel Broutt (RUS) at 42
+ NEWS
ITALIAN WORLD’S TEAM
Michele Bartoli, who now rides for Fassa Bortolo, after his fallout at Mapei, is part of the list of riders provided by team selector Franco Ballerini for the World Championships of Lisboa.
Road Team: Francesco Casagrande, Michele Bartoli & Ivan Basso (Fassa-Bortolo); Daniele Nardello, Paolo Bettini & Paolo Lanfranchi (Mapei-Quickstep); Davide Rebellin & Gianni Faresin (Liquigas-Pata); Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Daikin); Eddy Mazzoleni & Massimo Donati (Tacconi Sport Caldirola); Denis Lunghi (Team Colpack); Danilo Di Luca (Cantina Tollo-Acqua&Sapone) and Giuliano Figueras (Panaria-Fiordo).
Time Trial: Marco Pinotti (Lampre-Daikin).
TEAM MERCURY SUSPENDED
American Team Mercury has been temporarily suspended from all competition, after their failure to pay a loan to the International Cycilng Union (UCI). According to the UCI, the person responsible for the team finances accumulated a series of debts, which made the riders concerned, so they asked the UCI for a bank guarantee in order to cover the negative balance with the team. According to regulations, the loan must be repaid within a month, or the team will be suspended immediately from competition.
HUNGARIAN ELITE TEAM FOR WORLDS
By Roland Gombkoto
Men's Road Race:
Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei-Quick Step)
Csaba Szekeres (Selle Italia-Pacific)
Men's Time Trial:
Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei-Quick Step)
Peter Legradi (Cornix-Invest Pecs)
JALABERT NOT GOING TO LISBOA: Frenchman Laurent Jalabert will not take part at the World Championships, due to a pain that he is suffering in one knee. Jalabert was called to be the leader of the French team, after winning this season two stages at the Tour de France, the King of the Mountain competition and the Clasica de San Sebastian. The Frenchman abandoned on Sunday the Milano-Vignola because of the pain.
LANCE AT GROUND ZERO
By a Nike PR Person
Courtesy of www.bike-zone.com
Perhaps it was best said by a surprised member of New York City's Office of Emergency Management (OEM). After hugging the three-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, she said to her associate, "It's just like him to show up here."
And so he did. Having called Nike to ask if there was something -- anything -- he could do to help, Lance accepted an invitation of the American Red Cross to come to New York City to provide support, encouragement and gratitude to the families of the victims and relief workers at the World Trade Center Terrorist Disaster. There was one rule -- no press. In Lance's words, "that city has done so much for me, I'm happy to go - but this isn't about publicity, it's about helping
those who need it." Nike PR couldn't have agreed more.
Lance arrived into the city on Friday night and went immediately to the Family Assistance Center, where he met with volunteers of the American Red Cross and families looking for their loved ones. He then made his way over to the Command Center of the OEM, which resembled an active floor of a typical business convention with hundreds of people – from
the NYFD to the Coast Guard to the Steel Workers Union to the FBI -- running about in a state of organized confusion as they directed the rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts. Lance was asked to address the workers. Wearing a OEM Hat, his remarks were more than moving, bringing some to tears. He called them to the true heroes for our nation and
repeatedly thanked them for their around-the-clock efforts on behalf of all Americans. He received a standing ovation and then stepped off the podium to a pose for countless pictures, sign autographs and pat many people on the back.
Saturday morning began early with stops at Firehouses from the Lower East Side to Mid-town to the Upper West Side. Visiting nine stations, Lance casually walked up to the houses unannounced. He listened to stories, shared in their grief and provided a true moment of diversion for these men and women. One firefighter, who is an avid cyclist, didn't recognize Lance at first. After letting out a loud expletive, he hugged him and then started to cry when he learned that Lance was standing
before him for no other reason than to say "thank you" -- many Fireman could not believe that Lance had no other business being in NYC. At Bowery Station 33, Lance actually raced the guys on two of their rusted out bikes (which had no brakes) -- it was truly a remarkable and heart-warming scene. All stations posed with Lance for a group shot, as he wore their helmet and/or station shirts.
As our driver said, "when we pulled up, you could feel the pain through the look in their eyes. When we left, you could clearly see the smiles in their hearts." From there it was off to Ground Zero. A site that is impossible to describe. The stench and the heat are enough to make you cry. Yet the TV can not, in any way, detail how destructive this act has been. Add into the mix the gruesome and gut-wrenching stories of the body parts everywhere and you feel a sickening of the heart that we
never expected. We just looked at each other and simply said, "I had no idea it was this bad," as hundreds of workers scurried all around us. And the clean-up will go until March. That afternoon Lance toured the Jacob Javits Convention Center that is now used at the operation center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Again Lanced posed
for pictures, knelt down to chat with resting rescuers and thanked many of the volunteers ... without question, it was a dispute as to which Search and Rescue Team was more thrilled -- those from Texas or the guys from France.
When word spread that he was in town President Clinton and Mayor Giuliani asked that he come meet with them. The Mayor greeted Lance with a prolonged embrace and then shut the door as the three discussed the present tragedy and the uncertain future. Following their meeting, Lance toured the sight via helicopter with Giuliani and Clinton. After that it
was back to more fire stations. As I left Manhattan at nearly 11:00 PM the news radio had "reports that American Hero Lance Armstrong had flew in and out of town just to say thank you." I have had the pleasure to work with many athletes on countless occasions. None have inspired me more than Lance in these two days. He admitted he was scared to come here for many reasons -- in fact, his wife was terrified, but he did it anyway. He truly moved the people he touched and let others that heard of visit know people like him still care enough to do what they can, even if it's a simple expression of gratitude.
Maxim 8 - Do The Right Thing ... well, Lance certainly did.
We still need to do more,
Dave
PS - Much credit for his effective visit goes to Cate Crumpacker, who
was our key liaison. And special thanks to Megan Judge of Niketown, as
usual she was a huge help.
+ POST VUELTA NEWS
VUELTA WINNER CASERO SPEAKS
Since Team Festina of Vuelta winner, Angel Casero will come to an end this season, there are questions as to what team he will join for 2002. “After these years at Festina my dream is to return to race in Spain. I prefer to look at my sporting alternatives, before financial reasons, so if the financial offers are similar, I would like to race for a Spanish team. I think that this week it will be sorted out. During the first part of the Vuelta I had good financial offers from foreign team, but
they preferred to wait to see if I would falter. Then the one that decided to wait was me, to see if I could win the race. I’m not worth the same on September 1st and October 1st and only if the financial offer was a lot more, would I again leave Spain. In Spain there are only three teams that have the potential to fight for the Vuelta and Tour, -Once Eroski, Kelme and ibanesto.com- and I hope that everything works out. For next year I would like to win the Vuelta again and take part in the Tour for a place in the podium. Armstrong will once again be the favorite, but he is not unbeatable. Indurain won five in a row and then couldn’t win the sixth”, finished Casero, who will resume training tomorrow in preparation for the Worlds.
+ RANKINGS
Courtesy of the UCI (www.uci.ch)
Road Rankings - 30.09.2001 - Individual | Men: top 100
1 2 GER19700707 ZABEL Erik TEL GER 31 2,220.00
2 3 ITA19710809 REBELLIN Davide LIQ ITA 30 2,055.00
3 6 ITA19700914 CASAGRANDE Francesco FAS ITA 31 1,714.00
4 1 USA19710918 ARMSTRONG Lance USP USA 30 1,713.00
5 5 ITA19710825 SIMONI Gilberto LAM ITA 30 1,644.00
6 30 ESP19760929 SEVILLA RIBERA Oscar KEL ESP 25 1,499.00
6 7 LAT19730303 VAINSTEINS Romans DFF LAT 28 1,499.00
8 12 NED19700821 DEKKER Erik RAB NED 31 1,496.00
9 9 NED19720528 BOOGERD Michael RAB NED 29 1,471.00
10 10 ITA19740401 BETTINI Paolo MAP ITA 27 1,416.20
11 4 GER19731202 ULLRICH Jan TEL GER 28 1,367.00
12 11 ITA19730918 FRIGO Dario FAS ITA 28 1,335.00
13 8 LTU19720114 RUMSAS Raimondas FAS LTU 29 1,198.00
14 23 GER19710917 VOIGT Jens C.A GER 30 1,154.50
15 22 ESP19730812 BELOKI DORRONSORO Joseba ONC ESP 28 1,150.00
16 17 UKR19700703 HONCHAR Serhiy LIQ UKR 31 1,085.00
17 21 EST19690717 KIRSIPUU Jaan A2R EST 32 1,067.00
18 19 BEL19630122 TCHMIL Andrei LOT BEL 38 1,029.00
19 15 ITA19700527 BARTOLI Michele FAS ITA 31 1,018.20
20 14 FRA19681130 JALABERT Laurent CST FRA 33 951.00
21 32 ESP19731101 GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO ARANZABAL Igor ONC ESP 28 924.00
22 20 ITA19720802 NARDELLO Daniele MAP ITA 29 921.70
23 39 SUI19710510 ZBERG Beat RAB SUI 30 914.00
24 33 ESP19710413 DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ Juan Carlos BAN ESP 30 912.00
25 54 GBR19770104 MILLAR David COF GBR 24 907.00
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28 34 BEL19710717 MATTAN Nico COF BEL 30 864.00
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30 24 SUI19710912 CAMENZIND Oscar LAM SUI 30 853.00
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32 123 USA19731024 LEIPHEIMER Levy USP USA 28 852.00
33 31 BEL19740723 VERBRUGGHE Rik LOT BEL 27 846.50
34 16 KAZ19730916 VINOKOUROV Alexandre TEL KAZ 28 807.00
35 26 ITA19700725 BELLI Wladimir FAS ITA 31 801.00
36 43 BEL19690818 BAGUET Serge LOT BEL 32 790.00
37 47 BEL19701216 EECKHOUT Nico LOT BEL 31 787.00
38 39 ITA19650716 FARESIN Gianni LIQ ITA 36 775.00
39 27 FRA19740302 HALGAND Patrice DEL FRA 27 768.00
40 42 AUS19730806 O'GRADY Stuart C.A AUS 28 751.00
41 45 POR19730919 AZEVEDO José ONC POR 28 739.00
42 41 ESP19680124 ESCARTIN COTI Fernando COA ESP 33 734.00
43 46 ITA19670322 CIPOLLINI Mario SAE ITA 34 731.00
44 59 ESP19730723 ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA David EUS ESP 28 726.00
45 57 BEL19700303 PEERS Chris COF BEL 31 717.00
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47 38 FRA19680326 BROCHARD Laurent DEL FRA 33 713.00
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49 48 KAZ19730921 KIVILEV Andrei COF KAZ 28 711.60
50 52 ITA19680828 BORTOLAMI Gianluca TAC ITA 33 710.00www.Infociclismo.com
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