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41st Tour de l'Avenir - 2.5
France, September 2-11, 2004
2003 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - September 2: Fort-Mahon-Plage - Fort-Mahon-Plage ITT, 12,2 km
- Stage 2 - September 3: Cayeux-sur-Mer - Fort-Mahon-Plage , 153 km
- Stage 3 - September 4: Mers-les-Bains - Fontaine-au-Pire , 206,5 km
- Stage 4 - September 5: Fontaine-au-Pire - Mouzon , 203 km
- Stage 5 - September 6: Stenay - Yutz , 141,5 km
- Stage 6 - September 7: Yutz - Metz , 142 km
- Stage 7 - September 8: Metz - Rambervilliers , 146 km
- Stage 8 - September 9: Gérardmer - Morteau , 199 km
- Stage 9 - September 10: Morteau - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine , 174 km
- Stage 10 - September 11: Le Grand-Bornand - Le Grand-Bornand , 141 km
Preview
The 41st Tour de l'Avenir will be run in its traditional calendar slot in early September, featuring 10 challenging stages over 1,518 km. The race is limited to U25 riders and is considered a mini-Tour de France - one of the most important races for young riders.
The Tour was first run in 1961 and includes among its past winners names such as Felice Gimondi, Joop Zoetemelk, Greg LeMond, Charly Mottet, Olaf Ludwig, Miguel Indurain, Marc Madiot, Laurent Fignon, Johan Bruyneel and more recently, Denis Menchov, Evgeni Petrov and Egoi Martinez. Lance Armstrong has also raced in it, winning the mountains classification in 1992, the year before he won the World Road Championships in Oslo.
The race starts on the coast with a beachside time trial in Fort-Mahon before moving inland. The toughest stages come near the end, with Stage 8 from Gérardmer to Morteau featuring seven categorised climbs; Stage 9 from Morteau to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine with six climbs; and the final stage around le Grand-Bornand in the Alps with a leg breaking seven Cat. 2 climbs in the last 60 km.
Start list
Euskaltel - Euskadi Brioches La Boulangere
1 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) 11 Maryan Hary (Fra)
2 Igor Anton (Spa) 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)
3 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) 13 Anthony Geslin (Fra)
4 Markel Irizar (Spa) 14 Christophe Kern (Fra)
5 Antton Luengo (Spa) 15 Rony Martias (Fra)
6 Aketza Pena (Spa) 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
French National Team FDJeux.com
21 Camille Bouquet (Fra) 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe)
22 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) 32 Ashley Humbert (Aus)
23 Sebastien Duret (Fra) 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
24 Laurent Mangel (Fra) 34 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
25 Maxime Mederel (Fra) 35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra)
26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) 36 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)
German National Team Credit Agricole
41 Christian Muller (Ger) 51 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
42 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) 52 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) 53 Cédric Herve (Fra)
44 Paul Martens (Ger) 54 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
45 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) 55 Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
46 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) 56 Kilian Patour (Fra)
USA National Team Team HSBC
61 Patrick McCarty (USA) 71 Ian Mcleod (RSA)
62 Kevin Bouchard Hall (USA) 72 Jamie Ball (RSA)
63 Timothy Duggan (USA) 73 Christopher Esch (RSA)
64 Tyler Farrar (USA) 74 Jeff Howes (RSA)
65 Saul Raisin (USA) 75 Alex Pavlov (RSA)
66 Darby Thomas (USA) 76 Daniel Spence (RSA)
Austrian National Team Cafes Baque
81 Stephan Rucker (Aut) 91 David Lopez Garcia (Spa)
82 Josef Benetseder (Aut) 92 Aritz Arruti (Spa)
83 Harald Berger (Aut) 93 Unai Elorriaga (Spa)
84 Michael Pichler (Aut) 94 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa)
85 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) 95 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa)
96 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa)
Russian National Team R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
101 Ivan Shchegolev (Rus) 111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra)
102 Maxim Karpachev (Rus) 112 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra)
103 Andrey Pchelkin (Rus) 113 Eric Berthou (Fra)
104 Sergey Poluhin (Rus) 114 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
105 Ivan Terenin (Rus) 115 Nicolas Dulac (Fra)
106 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) 116 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr)
Czech Republic National Team Relax - Bodysol
121 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) 131 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa)
122 Jan Barta (Cze) 132 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa)
123 Jan Bejlek (Cze) 133 Bart Dockx (Bel)
124 Petr Lechner (Cze) 134 Claude Pauwels (Bel)
125 Martin Mares (Cze) 135 Tom Stubbe (Bel)
126 Kamil Vrana (Cze) 136 Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
Vlaanderen - T Interim Auber/Oktos Mixed Team
141 Steven Caethoven (Bel) 151 Yannick Talabardon (Fra)
142 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) 152 David Boucher (Fra)
143 Pieter Mertens (Bel) 153 David Breard (Fra)
144 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) 154 Niels Brouzes (Fra)
145 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) 155 Maxim Gurov (Kaz)
146 Frederik Willems (Bel) 156 Tristan Valentin (Fra)
Rabobank TT3 Team Bianchi Nordic
161 Thomas Dekker (Ned) 171 Petter Renäng (Swe)
162 Koen De Kort (Ned) 172 Glenn Bak (Den)
163 Marc De Maar (Ned) 173 Jonas Holmkvist (Swe)
164 Theo Eltink (Ned) 174 Kimmo Kananen (Fin)
165 Bas Giling (Ned) 175 Tobias Lergard (Swe)
166 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) 176 Johan Svensson (Swe)
Capec Bankgiroloterij
181 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) 191 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned)
182 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) 192 Lars Bak (Den)
183 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) 193 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)
184 Bakhtiyar Mamyrov (Kaz) 194 Vincent Van Der Kooij (Ned)
185 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) 195 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned)
186 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) 196 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned)
Perutnina Ptuj Team PH
201 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) 211 Mads Christensen (Den)
202 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) 212 Matti Breschel (Den)
203 Massimo Demarin (Cro) 213 Rasmus Fjordside (Den)
204 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) 214 Anders Lund (Den)
205 Matija Kvasina (Cro) 215 Kristoffer Nielsen (Den)
206 Matej Marin (Slo) 216 Martin Pedersen (Den)
Past winners
Year Winner Best Team Distance Stages Tour de l'Avenir 2003 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Carvalhelhos - Boavista 1519.4 km 10 2002 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1463 km 10 2001 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1559.5 km 10 2000 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1562 km 10 1999 Unai Osa (Spa) 1998 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Casino 1471 km 12 1997 Roux (Fra) TVM 1344 km 9 1996 Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 1858 km 11 1995 Magnien (Fra) Castorama 1614 km 11 1994 Casero (Spa) Banesto 1591 km 11 1993 Davy (Fra) Castorama 1543 km 12 1992 Garel (Fra) RMO 1528 km 12 Tour of the European Community 1990 Bruyneel (Bel) Toshiba 1370 km 10 1989 Lino (Fra) RMO 1440 km 9 1988 Fignon (Fra) France 1846 km 12 1987 Madiot (Fra) France 1719 km 12 1986 Indurain (Spa) System U 1712 km 14 Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers) 1985 Ramirez (Col) Cafe de Colombia 1612 km 13 1984 Mottet (Fra) Renault 1620 km 12 1983 Ludwig (DDR) East Germany 1959 km 15 1982 Lemond (USA) East Germany 1382 km 11 1981 Simon (Fra) USSR 1514 km 14 1980 Florez (Col) USSR 1629 km 12 1979 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1643 km 12 1978 Soukhoroutchenkov (Rus) USSR 1577 km 12 1977 Schepers (Bel) Belgium 1597 km 12 1976 Nilsson (Swe) Spain 1017 km 9 1974 Martinez (Spa) Poland 1296 km 11 1973 Baronchelli (Ita) Switzerland 1480 km 11 1972 Den Hertog (Ned) Netherlands 1618 km 13 1971 Ovion (Fra) France 1638 km 11 1970 Duchemin (Fra) France 779 km 4 Tour de l'Avenir 1969 Zoetemelk (Ned) Netherlands 1846 km 10 1968 Boulard (Fra) France 1567 km 12 1967 Robini (Fra) France 1560 km 10 1966 Denti (Ita) Italy 1955 km 12 1965 Diaz (Spa) Spain 2167 km 12 1964 Gimondi (Ita) Spain 2021 km 13 1963 Zimmermann (Fra) Spain 2060 km 14 1962 Gomez Del Moral (Spa) Netherlands 2120 km 14 1961 De Rosso (Ita) Spain 2209 km 14 Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
