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1997 Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1997 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 49th edition of the cycle race and was held from 8 June to 15 June 1997. The race started in Grenoble and finished in Chambéry. The race was won by Udo Bölts of Team Telekom. Teams Fifteen teams, containing a total of 120 riders, participated in the race: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Route Stages Prologue 8 June 1997 – Grenoble, ( ITT) Stage 1 9 June 1997 – Grenoble to Villeurbanne, Stage 2 10 June 1997 – Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or to Le Puy-en-Velay, Stage 3 11 June 1997 – Le Puy-en-Velay to Beaumes-de-Venise, Stage 4 12 June 1997 – Bédarrides to Bédarrides, ( ITT) Stage 5 13 June 1997 – Cavaillon to Digne-les-Bains, Stage 6 14 May 1997 – Digne-les-Bains to Briançon, Stage 7 15 June 1997 – Briançon to Chambéry, General classification References Further reading * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauphine Libere, 1997 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997. Biography Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began his professional career in 1989 with , from which were formed in 1991. From 1992 to 2003, Bölts took part in 12 consecutive Tours de France, arriving in Paris on every occasion, both of which feats are German records. These records have since been surpassed by Jens Voigt. His best placing in the hardest stage race in the world was in 1994, when he was ninth. In 1996 and 1997, he was an important helper of teammates and eventual winners of the Tour, Bjarne Riis and Jan Ullrich. During the 1997 Tour, he was noted for the words he shouted to Ullrich when the latter was about to crack: ''Quäl dich, du Sau!'' (force yourself, you sod!). After Bölts had taken part in the Ironman Hawaii event with little preparation, his team chief of many y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bédarrides
Bédarrides (; Provençal: ''Bedarrida'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Name The settlement is attested as ''villa Betorrida'' in 814, ''Biturrita'' in 898, ''Bisturrita'' in 903, ''Beddurida'' in 908, and ''Bederrida'' in 1274. Population See also *Communes of the Vaucluse department The following is a list of the 151 communes of the Vaucluse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vaucluse {{Vaucluse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Pascual Rodríguez
Javier Pascual Rodríguez (born 14 November 1971) is a Spanish former cyclist. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1999 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ;2000 : 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 5th Overall Paris–Nice ;2001 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2002 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Klasika Primavera : 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana : 10th Trofeo Luis Puig ;2003 : 6th Züri-Metzgete : 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ;2004 : 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España : 3rd Circuito de Getxo : 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia ;2005 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 1 : 1st GP Miguel Indurain : 3rd Gran Premio de Llodio : 4th GP Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Meier
Roland Meier (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for EPO. Major results ;1990 : 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard : 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;1991 : 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud ;1992 : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 2nd Schynberg Rundfahrt ;1993 : 1st Stausee Rundfahrt : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Austria : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Vaucluse : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd GP Lugano : 8th Milano–Torino ;1995 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Route du Sud ;1996 : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 8th Overall Tour de Normandie ;1997 : 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 3rd Overall Regio-Tour : 5th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1998 : 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 5th Overall Tour de Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Nazon
Damien Nazon (born 26 June 1974) is a former French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France. Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, the Critérium International and the Tour of Belgium. Nazon rode for the Castorama team as a ''stagiaire'' in the autumn of 1995, before turning professional with in 1996. He then rode for for three years, for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with . He is the brother of former racing cyclist Jean-Patrick Nazon. Major results ;1994 :1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1995 :Peace Race ::1st Stages 6 & 8b :1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs :10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;1997 :Circuit des Mines ::1st Stages 4 & 6 :1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir :2nd Road race, National Road Championships :10th GP de Denain ;1998 :1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :1st Stage 4 GP du Midi-Libre :3rd Overall Cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Virenque
Richard VirenqueRichard Virenque's name is pronounced Ree-shah Vee-rahnk. Virenque considers himself a man of the South but pronounces his name in standard French. Confusion is caused by the southern habit of pronouncing "en" as "ang" or "eng", making it Vee-rank. But Virenque says Vee-rahnk or Vee-ronk, a sound difficult to write in English. (born 19 November 1969) is a retired France, French professional road racing cyclist. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks.Virenque's fan club in 2000, two years after the Festina scandal had 5,000 members, of whom 2,000 were described as active. In 2000, Virenque received 589 letters in three weeks during the Tour de France, more than any other rider. He was a climber, best remembered for winning the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour de France a record seven times, but he is best known from the general French public as one of the central figures in a widespr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Chanteur
Pascal Chanteur (born 9 February 1968 in Saint-Denis) is a French former road bicycle racer. Chanteur was professional between 1991 and 2001. His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004. Major results ;1990 : Tour du Hainaut :: General classification :: 1 stage : Tour de la Somme ;1997 : Bordeaux-Cauderan : Paris–Nice, 1 stage ;1998 : GP de la Ville de Rennes : Trofeo Laigueglia : Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ;1999 : La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 onwards, in category 1.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under ... ;2001 : Vergt criterium References External links * French male cyclists 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Moncassin
Frédéric Moncassin (born 26 September 1968) is a French former road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 1990 and retired in 1999. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Moncassin was a strong roadman-sprinter known for his tussles with other riders in the last metres of a race. He clashed with Tom Steels and Mario Cipollini among others. He won 30 races and led the Tour de France for a day in 1996. He also came close to winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. ''Procycling'' said when he retired: "It was the 1998 Tour that, in hindsight, probably spelt the end for Fred. Under intense pressure to come up with a stage win, he struggled through the first week, only to see the race collapse around him as the Festina Scandal took hold. His unfashionable criticism of Richard Virenque - "he's an asshole and you can quote me," he told the French paper 'La Dépêche' at the time - allied to his own poor form, and his increasingly publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Lombardi (cyclist)
Giovanni Lombardi (born 20 July 1969) is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006. He started his career as a sprinter, winning multiple stages in the Giro d'Italia. He went on to ride as an important helper for the top sprinter names of Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Most recently, he rode for Team CSC as a helper for Ivan Basso. Lombardi was also an active track racer during wintertime, and has participated in many six-day races, frequently as a partner of Marco Villa. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the latter. Biography Lombardi was born in Pavia ( Lombardy). In 1992 he became a pro with the Lampre team. Lombardi's speciality is the bunch sprint, which he already proved in his early pro-years. Among other wins, he won a stage in the 1993 Midi Libre and the year after two stages in both Tour de Suisse and Vuelta a Murcia. He also came in second in three different st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Zülle
Alex Zülle (born 5 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the most successful cyclists in the world, winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, taking second place in the 1995 and the 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996. Biography Early career Zülle was born and brought up in Wil in the canton of St. Gallen, son of a Swiss father, Walter Zülle and Wilhelmine, from Brabant, Netherlands. As a child he wanted to be a skier but at 18 he was injured in an accident. He began cycling in the Netherlands for rehabilitation before giving up because it was too windy. His father, having bought cycling equipment, persuaded him to give cycling another go when they returned to Switzerland. After several years as a successful amateur, Zülle turned professional in 1991. He approached the former sporting director of the Swiss team, Helvetia, Paul Köchli, but Köchli signed Laurent Dufaux instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Teteryuk
Andrey Teteryuk is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer who represented his country at the Olympic games. Major results ;1987 :1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1989 :1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia :1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska :7th Overall Course de la Paix ;1991 :9th Overall Tour d'Armorique ;1992 :1st Milano-Vignola :1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain ;1993 :7th Trofeo Matteotti ;1994 :3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini ;1995 :6th Overall Tour DuPont :9th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1996 :1st Giro del Friuli :1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse ;1997 :4th Overall Tour de Romandie :5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 7 :10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos :10th Overall Tour of Galicia ;1998 :3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :4th Classique des Alpes :4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta :8th GP du canton d'Argovie :9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;1999 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial :2nd Overall Tour of Galicia :3rd Overall Critérium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briançon
Briançon (, ) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an altitude of , based on the national definition as a community containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. Its most recent population estimate is 11,084 (as of 2018) for the Communes of France, commune. Briançon has been part of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites since they were established in 2008. History Briançon was the ''Brigantium'' of the Romans and formed part of the kingdom of Cottius, King Cottius. Brigantium was marked as the first place in Gaul, Gallia after Alpis Cottia (Mont Genèvre). At Brigantium the road branched, to the west through Grenoble to ''Vienna'' (modern Vienne), on the Rhone; to the south through ''Ebrodunum'' (modern Embrun, Hautes-Alpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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