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Conference movies::cycle_racing

Title:	Cycle Racing
Notice:	Cycle Racing Europe and World-wide
Moderator:	MOVIES::WIDDOWSON

Created:	Wed Dec 10 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	854
Total number of notes:	9617

842.0. "La Primavera '97" by ULYSSE::virenq.vbe.dec.com::ULY1::HEMMINGS (Lanterne Rouge) Fri Mar 21 1997 11:02

We're off for the Annual Milan-San Remo watching and pizza-eating Saturday tomorrow.

For me that means leave my car at Antibes early and ride off along the coast to XXmiglia to meet 
the other idle toads who will drive my car to Dolceaqua (can't really complain because it means I 
get a lift back).  Can I face the Grande Corniche I ask myself? Hopefully we shall be able to find 
the pizzeria at Baiardo which is supposed to have moved 500 metres into the village, no doubt we 
shall meet the German vacanciers with their mega-expensive veloes again.

Sad that Gianni Bugno won't riding (according to today's L'Equipe), what will his fan club do??  
It looks like an open race again, there was an article about last years' youthful winner Colombo, 
who says he will try to win again - fat chance sez me.  I'll stick my neck out and go for Steels 
or Musseuw.  Much as I would like to see Cipollini win - I can't believe he can get up the Poggio 
at an average of 40 kph (I kid you not!!).

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
842.1		MOVIES::WIDDOWSON	Rod OpenVMS Engineering. Project Rock	`Fri Mar 21 1997 12:51`	1
	(jealous)
842.2	Poggio - too steep for Steels ?	TPLAB::ROOSELEERS	Rooseleers Jo 856 7918	`Fri Mar 21 1997 13:05`	17
	> who says he will try to win again - fat chance sez me. I'll stick my neck out and go for Steels > or Musseuw. Much as I would like to see Cipollini win - I can't believe he can get up the Poggio > at an average of 40 kph (I kid you not!!). Wait another 2 or 3 years for Steels. His 4 stage wins in Paris-Nice have been a great achievement and very good news for Belgian cycling. But I don't think he is already able to follow in the first group on the Poggio, especially after such a long race. My bets is on Museeuw. After the World Championships of Lugano he is now convinced that he can also climb, and certainly the Poggio should be no problem. Of course he will have to beat the likes of Jalabert and Bartoli. And what about Pantani ? I heard that he is very motivated. Jo
842.3		UCXAXP::ZIELONKO		`Thu Mar 27 1997 16:30`	1
	So who won?
842.4		VNA03::HERIBERT		`Fri Mar 28 1997 07:54`	29
	who won : Erik Zabel - I am very surprised, TELEKOM now wins classicals. Horrible crash of Jalabert am�nd Museeuw in sprint. 1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 294 km in 6.57.47 (42,223 km/h) 2. Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 3. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno 4. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Saeco 5. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MG 6 .Mirko Celestino (Ita) Polti 7. Sergei Usciakov (Ukr) Polti 8. Rolf Svrensen (Den) Rabobank 9. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Roslotto 10. Andrea Noh (Ita) Asics 11. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno 12. Beat Zberg (Sch) Mercatone Uno 13. Jesper Skibby (Den) TVM 14. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM 15. Max Sciandri (Gbr) La Francaise des Jeux 16. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once 17. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 18. Mauro Gianetti (Sch) La Francaise des Jeux 19. Rolf Jdrmann (Sch) Casino 20. Stefano della Santa (Ita) Mercatone Uno 21. Stephane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 22. Bo Hamburger (Den) TVM 23. Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Roslotto 24. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco 25. Alexander Chefer (Kaz) Asics
842.5		RTL::DAHL		`Fri Mar 28 1997 14:56`	7
	RE: <<< Note 842.4 by VNA03::HERIBERT >>> >Horrible crash of Jalabert and Museeuw in sprint. According to VeloNews, Jalabert was not hurt seriously despite the heavy landing. I don't recall for certain, but I think Museeuw came away OK as well. -- Tom
842.6		VNA03::HERIBERT		`Tue Apr 01 1997 08:39`	3
	Tom, They had much luck - both are o.k.