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32nd Tour Méditerranéen - 2.1
France/Italy, February 9-13, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
Italians target 32nd Tour Méditerranéen
Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Mario Cipollini (Liquigas) will be among the principle stars at the 32nd Tour Méditerranéen, which starts in San Remo (Italy) on February 9 and finishes in Marseille on February 13. Rebellin is a two time winner of the event, taking the overall honours in 1999 and 2001, while Cipollini holds the record for number of stage wins in the five day race, with 14 victories to his credit.
Apart from Rebellin, Gerolsteiner will have sprinter Danilo Hondo at the Tour of Med, while Liquigas-Bianchi will see the debut of Franco Pellizotti. Other riders to watch include Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Erik Dekker (Rabobank).
Other team rosters
Ag2r: Sylvain Calzati, Philip Deignan, Cyril Dessel, Stéphane Goubert, Yuriy Krivtsov, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Marc Scanlon, Ludovic Turpin. Reserves: Gilles Mas, Arturas Kasputis.
Quick.Step: Davide Bramati, Kevin De Weert, Luca Paolini, Filippo Pozzato, Sebastien Rosseler, Bram Tankink, Jurgen Van Goolen, Stefano Zanini.
RAGT-Semences Eric Berthou, Renaud Dion, Nicolas Dulac, Benjamin Levécot, Roman Luhovyy, Ludovic Martin, Sébastien Minard, Nicolas Reynaud.
The Stages
- Stage 1 - February 9: San Remo (Italy) - Menton, 130 km
- Stage 2 - February 10: Villeneuve-Loubet - Bormes-les-Mimosas, 131 km
- Stage 3 - February 11: La Garde - Toulon, 134 km
- Stage 4 - February 12: Bouc-Bel-Air - Berre l'Etang TTT, 36 km
- Stage 5 - February 13: Cabriès - Marseille, 122 km
Start list
Team CSC La Française Des Jeux 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) 11 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 2 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 12 Ian McLeod (RSA) 3 Bobby Julich (USA) 13 Michaël Delage (Fra) 4 Franck Schleck (Lux) 14 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 5 David Zabriskie (USA) 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 6 Lars Bak (Den) 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) 17 Bradley McGee (Aus) 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) 18 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Liquigas-Bianchi 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) 31 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 32 Nicola Loda (Ita) 23 Mathieu Claude (Fra) 33 Dario Andriotto (Ita) 24 Anthony Geslin (Fra) 34 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 25 Christophe Kern (Fra) 35 Marco Milesi (Ita) 26 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) 36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) 27 Franck Renier (Fra) 37 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) 28 Rony Martias (Fra) 38 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Gerolsteiner Cofidis 41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) 42 Robert Forster (Ger) 52 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) 43 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 53 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) 44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) 54 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 45 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 55 Damien Monier (Fra) 46 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) 47 Sven Krauss (Ger) 57 Janek Tombak (Est) 48 Matthias Russ (Ger) 58 Mathew White (Aus) Rabobank Quick Step 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) 71 Davide Bramati (Ita) 62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) 72 Jurgen van Goolen (Bel) 63 Bram de Groot (Ned) 73 Kevin de Weert (Ita) 64 Jan Boven (Ned) 74 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) 65 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) 75 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 66 Joost Posthuma (Ned) 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) 67 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) 77 Luca Paolini (Ita) 68 Roy Sentjens (Ned) 78 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Credit Agricole Fassa Bortolo 81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 91 Dario Frigo (Ita) 82 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 92 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) 83 Cédric Hervé (Fra) 93 Massimo Giunti (Ita) 84 Kilian Patour (Fra) 94 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) 85 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) 95 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 86 Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) 96 Mauro Facci (Ita) 87 Damien Nazon (Fra) 97 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) 88 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 98 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Domina Vacanze Phonak 101 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 111 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) 102 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) 112 Martin Elmiger (Swi) 103 Michele Gobbi (Ita) 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 104 Angelo Furlan (Ita) 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) 105 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) 115 Thomasz Nose (Slo) 106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) 116 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 107 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) 117 Johan Tschopp (Swi) 108 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) 118 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Acqua & Sapone Navigators 121 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) 131 Chris Baldwin (USA) 122 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) 132 Siro Camponogara (Ita) 123 Crescenzo d'Amore (Ita) 133 Shawn Milne (USA) 124 Kyrylo Pospeyev (Ukr) 134 David O'Loughlin (Irl) 125 Bo Hamburger (Den) 135 Hilton Clarke (Aus) 126 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) 136 Kirk O'Bee (USA) 127 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 137 Ciaran Power (Irl) 128 Alessandro Donati (Ita) 138 Phil Zajicek (USA) Ag2R MrBookmaker 141 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) 151 Francesco Planckaert (Bel) 142 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 152 David Boucher (Fra) 143 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) 153 Laurent Paumier (Fra) 144 Cyril Dessel (Fra) 154 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 145 Philip Deignan (Irl) 155 Erwin Thijs (Bel) 146 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) 156 Kristof Trouve (Bel) 147 Mark Scanlon (Irl) 157 Mathé Pronk (Ned) 148 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) 158 Johan Coenen (Bel) RAGT Semences Agritubel 161 Eric Berthou (Fra) 171 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) 162 Renaud Dion (Fra) 172 Benoît Salmon (Fra) 163 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) 173 Gilles Canouet (Fra) 164 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) 174 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) 165 Roman Luhovy (Ukr) 175 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) 166 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 176 J.Alberto Martinez (Spa) 167 Sébastien Minard (Fra) 177 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) 168 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 178 Denis Robin (Fra) Team Miche Naturino 181 Przemislaw Niemec (Pol) 191 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 182 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) 192 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) 183 Slavomir Kohut (Pol) 193 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) 184 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) 194 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) 185 Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) 195 Luca Ascani (Ita) 186 Pasquale Muto (Ita) 196 Alessio Galletti (Ita) 187 Armando Rupa (Ita) 197 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 188 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) 198 Francesco Failli (Ita)
Past winners
First Second Third 2004 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Ivan Basso (Ita) Jens Voigt (Ger) 2003 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Laurent Brochard (Fra) Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 2002 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Michael Boogerd (Ned) 2001 Davide Rebellin (Ita) David Moncoutié (Fra) Laurent Brochard (Fra) 2000 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Bobby Julich (USA) Jonathan Vaughters (USA) 1999 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Michael Boogerd (Ned) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 1998 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Bo Hamburger (Den) Richard Virenque (Fra) 1997 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Michele Bartoli (Ita) Frattini (Ita) 1996 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fabio Baldato (Ita) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 1995 Gianni Bugno (Ita) Roberto Petito (Ita) Davide Rebellin (Ita) 1994 Davide Cassani (Ita) Evegeni Berzin (Rus) Laurent Brochard (Fra) 1993 Charly Mottet (Fra) Heinz Imboden (Swi) Pascal Lance (Fra) 1992 Rolf Gölz (Ger) Ronan Pensec (Fra) Laurent Madouas (Fra) 1991 Phil Anderson (Aus) Tony Rominger (Swi) Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1990 Gerard Rué (Fra) Tony Rominger (Swi) Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) 1989 Tony Rominger (Swi) Luc Roosen (Bel) Jean-Claude Leclercq (Fra) 1988 Jan Nevens (Bel) Charly Mottet (Fra) Luc Leblanc (Fra) 1987 Gerrit Solleveld (Ned) Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Francesco Moser (Ita) 1986 Jean-François Bernard (Fra)Joël Pelier (Fra) Jean-Marie Grezet (Swi) 1985 Phil Anderson (Aus) Eric Caritoux (Fra) Stefen Roche (Ire) 1984 Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra) Stephen Roche (Ire) Steffan Mutter (Swi) 1983 Gerrit Knetemann (Ned) Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Steven Rooks (Ned) 1982 Michel Laurent (Fra) Greg LeMond (USA) Gradi (Ita) 1981 Steffan Mutter (Swi) Graham Jones (GBr) Marcel Tinazzi (Ita) 1980 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) Henk Lubberding (Ned) Michel Laurent (Fra) 1979 Michel Laurent (Fra) Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) Schipper (Ned) 1978 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) Joseph Bruyère (Bel) Jan-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1977 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Wilfried Wesemael (Bel) Jean Chassang (Fra) 1976 Roy Schuiten (Ned) Roland Salm (Swi) Michel Laurent (Fra) 1975 Joseph Bruyère (Bel) Stéphane Labourdette (Fra)Christian Perret (Fra) 1974 Charles Rouxel (Fra) Cyrille Guimard (Fra) Jacky Mourioux Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
