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74th Critérium International - 2.HC
France, March 26-27, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - March 26: Vouziers - Charleville-Mézières, 187 km
- Stage 2 - March 27: Les Vieilles Forges - Monthermé, 98.5 km
- Stage 3 - March 27: Charleville-Mézières ITT, 8.3 km
Voigt on track for Critérium International
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After Paris-Nice in early March, the next major rendezvous for the international peloton in France is the Critérium International, based in Charleville-Mézières in the French Ardennes since 2001. Since then, the race format has remained the same and the parcours has changed very little. The race gets under way on Saturday with a long, predominantly flat first stage covering 187 km from Vouziers to Charleville-Mézières.
The second and final day - Sunday - will surely decide the winner: after a hilly morning stage through the Ardennes finishing with a four km climb at six percent gradient, the riders have to back up for a flat, individual time trial of just 8.3 km. The Critérium International has been known as the "mini Tour de France" to some...
Last year's winner, CSC's Jens Voigt will surely want to defend his title and achieve the top GC placing for the third time, since he also won it in 1999. Helped by his best friend, 2005 Paris-Nice winner Bobby Julich, and Tour de France contender Ivan Basso, Voigt will be the man to watch out for - as well as Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile), Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), Erik Dekker and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank). Even though the race is not part of the ProTour, of the 21 squads that will line-up on Saturday, 14 are ProTeams, a somewhat liberal interpretation of UCI rule 2.1.005, which limits non-ProTour races to a maximum of 50% ProTour teams.
ProTeams: Team CSC, Fundacion Ciclista Euskadi, Illes Balears, Liberty Seguros Team, Saunier Duval - Prodir, Bouygues Telecom, Credit Agricole, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone, Francaise Des Jeux, Gerolsteiner, T-Mobile Team, Liquigas - Bianchi, Rabobank, Phonak Hearing Systems
Continental Pro Teams: Landbouwkrediet - Colnago, Mrbookmaker.Com - Sports Tech, Comunidad Valenciana, Ag2R Prevoyance, Agritubel, R.A.G.T. Semences, Ceramica Panaria
Start list
Team CSC Saunier Duval - Prodir
Jens Voigt (Ger) Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) David Canada (Spa)
Ivan Basso (Ita) Moreno Casero Rafael (Spa)
Bobby Julich (USA) Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)
Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Angel Gomez (Spa)
Peter Lüttenber(Ger) (Aut) Marco Pinotti (Ita)
Carlos Sastre (Spa) Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
Brian Vandborg (Den) Ivan Ravaioli (Ita)
Liberty Seguros - Würth Team Rabobank
Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Michael Boogerd (Ned)
René Andrle (Cze) Erik Dekker (Ned)
Allan Davis (Aus) Theo Eltink (Ned)
Jesús Hernández (Spa) Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus)
Daniel Navarro (Spa) Denis Menchov (Rus)
Javier Ramirez (Spa) Grischa Niermann (Ger)
Luis Sanchez (Spa) Joost Posthuma (Ned)
Michele Scarponi (Ita) Pieter Weening (Ned)
T-Mobile Team Gerolsteiner
Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Robert Förster (Ger)
Andréas Klöden (Ger) Marcus Fothen (Ger)
Francisco Lararuiz (Spa) Frank Hoj (Den)
Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Sven Krauss (Ger)
Christian Werner (Ger) Volker Ordowski (Ger)
Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Marcel Strauss (Swi)
Erik Zabel (Ger) Thomas Ziegler (Ger)
Credit Agricole Phonak Hearing Systems
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Floyd Landis (USA)
Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Niki Aebersold (Swi)
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Aurélien Clerc (Swi)
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Santos Gonzalez (Spa)
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
Damien Nazon (Fra) Johann Tschopp (Swi)
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Sacha Urweider (Swi)
Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Steve Zampieri (Swi)
Bouygues Telecom Liquigas - Bianchi
Laurent Brochard (Fra) Michael Albasini (Swi)
Walter Beneteau (Fra) Kjell Carlström Fin
Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Daniele Colli (Ita)
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Enrico Gasparotto (Ita)
Maryan Hary (Fra) Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Oscar Mason (Ita)
Didier Rous (Fra) Matej Mugerli (Slo)
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Marco Righetto (Ita)
Cofidis Credit Par Telephone Euskaltel - Euskadi
David Moncoutie (Fra) Iker Flores (Spa)
Daniel Atienza (Spa) Joseba Albizu (Spa)
Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Igor Anton (Spa)
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Aitor Gonzalez (Spa)
Christophe Edaleine (Fra) David Herrero (Spa)
Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Antton Luengo (Spa)
Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Aketza Pena (Spa)
Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Ag2R Prevoyance Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
Aliaksandr Usau (Blr) Sergey Lagutin (Uzb)
Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Tony Bracke (Bel)
Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Groote De Thierry (Bel)
Cyril Dessel (Fra) Maxime Monfort (Bel)
Stephane Goubert (Fra) Swen Renders (Bel)
Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Simon Paul (Bel)
Mark Scanlon (Irl) Loocke Van Jurgen (Bel)
Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
Illes Caisse Balears - D'Epargne Francaise Des Jeux
Imanol Erviti (Spa) Sandy Casar (Fra)
Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Frédéric Finot (Fra)
Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Iker Leonet (Spa) Bradley McGee (Aus)
Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ian Mcleod (Rsa)
Mikel Pradera (Spa) Mark Renshaw (Aus)
Vicente Reynés (Spa) Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)
Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Agritubel
Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Florent Brard (Fra)
Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Stéphane Berges (Fra)
Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Denis Crosbie (Fra)
Aitor Alonso Galdos (Spa) José Martinez Alberto (Spa)
Paride Grillo (Ita) Lenaïc Olivier (Fra)
Luis Laverde (Col) Denis Robin (Fra)
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Benoit Salmon (Fra)
MrBookmaker - Sportstech Comunidad Valenciana
Camille Bouquet (Fra) Augustin Alonso (Spa)
Angel Castresana (Spa) David Blanco (Spa)
Jérémy Hunt (Gbr) Jose Bonilla Adrian (Crc)
Julien Laidoun (Fra) David Latasa (Spa)
Laurent Paumier (Fra) Manuel Lloret (Spa)
Jens Renders (Bel) José Luis Jimenez Martinez (Spa)
Kurt De Van Wouwer (Bel) David Munoz (Spa)
Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Ruben Molina Plaza (Spa)
R.A.G.T. Semences
Eddy Seigneur (Fra)
Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra)
Eric Berthou (Fra)
Hubert Dupont (Fra)
Benjamin Levecot (Fra)
Roman Luhovyy (Ukr)
Nicolas Reynaud (Fra)
Christophe Rinero (Fra)
Past winners
2004 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 2003 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2002 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2001 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2000 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE 1999 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1998 Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 1997 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 1996 Chris Boardman (GB) 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1994 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 1993 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1992 Jean-Francois Bernard (Fra) 1991 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1990 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1989 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1986 Urs Zimmermann (Swi) 1985 Stephen Roche (Ire) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1983 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1982 Laurent Fignon (Fra) 1981 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1980 Michel Laurent (Fra) 1979 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1978 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1977 Jean Chassang (Fra) 1976 Patrick Beon (Fra) 1975 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) 1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 1973 Jean-Pierre Danguilaume (Fra) 1972 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1971 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1970 Georges Chappe (Fra) 1969 Gilbert Bellone (Fra) 1968 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1966 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1965 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1964 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1963 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1962 Joseph Groussard (Fra) 1961 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1960 Jean Graczyk (Fra) 1959 André Darrigade (Fra) 1958 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1957 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1956 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1955 René Privat (Fra) 1954 Roger Hassenforder (Fra) 1953 Robert Desbats (Fra) 1952 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1951 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1950 Pierre Barbotin (Fra) 1949 Emile Idee (Fra) 1948 Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1947 Emile Idee (Fra) 1946 Kleber Piot (Fra), Camille Danguilaume (Fra) 1945 Joseph Goutorbe (Fra) 1944 Roger Piel (Fra) 1943 Louis Gauthier (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1942 Aldo Bertocco (Fra), Emile Idee (Fra) 1941 Yvon Marie (Fra), Benoit Faure (Fra) 1940 Emile Idee (Fra) 1939 André Deforge (Fra) 1938 Pierre Jaminet (Fra) 1937 Roger Lapbie, René Le Greves (Fra) 1936 Paul Chocque (Fra) 1935 René Le Greves (Fra) 1934 Roger Lapbie (Fra) 1933 André Leducq (Fra) 1932 Leon Le Calvez (Fra) 1930 Robert Brugere (Fra) 1929 Paul Le Drogo (Fra) 1928 André Leducq (Fra) 1927 Julien Moineu (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
