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43rd Tour de l'Avenir - 2.1
France, August 31-September 9, 2006
2005 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - August 31: Charleroi - Charleroi, 130 km
- Stage 2 - September 1: Charleroi - Mont-Saint-Martin, 180.5 km
- Stage 3 - September 2: Mont-Saint-Martin - Moyeuvre-Grande, 144.5 km
- Stage 4 - September 3: Yutz - Metz, 149 km
- Stage 5 - September 4: Metz - Nancy, 151 km
- Stage 6 - September 5: Nancy - La Bresse, 161.5 km
- Stage 7 - September 6: La Bresse - Ornans, 163 km
- Stage 8 - September 7: Salins-Les-Bains - Saint-Genis-Pouilly, 143.5 km
- Stage 9 - September 8: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc - Finhaut ITT, 24.5 km
- Stage 10 - September 9: Saint-Nicolas-La-Chapelle - Marcinelle-en-Montagne, 145.5 km
Tour de l'Avenir without Colombian riders
This year's Tour de l'Avenir will have to do without the Colombian team, which has announced today that it will not be able to fly to Europe because of Visa problems. The formation of six riders (Edwin Parra, Manuel Mayorga, Diego Montoya, Wilson Marentes, Juan Pablo Forero and Rafael Montiel) was scheduled to take a flight on August 28, to participate in the most prestigious Under 25 event in Europe which will see ten stages unfold from August 31 to September 9.
The following teams were invited by French organiser ASO: Ag2R Prevoyance, Agritubel, Germany, Germany, Auber 93, Belgium, Bouygues Telecom, Chocolade Jacques - Topsport, Cofidis, Columbia, Cycling Team Capec, Française Des Jeux, France, Jartazi-7Mobile, Landbouwkrediet - Colnago, Norway, Omnibike Dynamo Moscow, Orbea, Perutnina Ptuj, Portugal, Rabobank, Ukraine, Unibet Davo and Viña Magna-Cropu.
No American teams were invited either.
Start list
AG2R Prevoyance French National Team 1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) 11 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) 2 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) 12 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) 3 Philip Deignan (Irl) 13 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) 4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) 14 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) 5 Carl Naibo (Fra) 15 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) 6 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) 16 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Rabobank Continental Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Lars Boom (Ned) 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) 22 Rick Flens (Ned) 32 Tyler Farrar (USA) 23 Robert Gesink (Ned) 33 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) 24 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) 34 Amaël Moinard (Fra) 25 Tom Leezer (Ned) 35 Damien Monier (Fra) 26 Evgeny Popov (Rus) 36 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow Belgian National Team 41 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) 51 Nicolas Maes (Bel) 42 Alexender Khatuntsev (Rus) 52 Dominique Cornu (Bel) 43 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) 53 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) 44 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) 54 Kurt Dierckx (Bel) 45 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) 55 Kevin Ista (Bel) 46 Valery Valynin (Rus) 56 Geert Steurs (Bel) Agritubel Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) 71 Steven Caethoven (Bel) 62 Hans Dekkers (Ned) 72 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) 63 Jeremy Galland (Fra) 73 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) 64 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) 74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) 65 Cedric Pineau (Fra) 75 Tom Stubbe (Bel) 66 Benoit Sinner (Fra) 76 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Bouygues Telecom German National Team 81 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) 91 Mathias Belka (Ger) 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) 92 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) 83 Stef Clement (Ned) 93 Nico Keinath (Ger) 84 Yohann Gene (Fra) 94 Michael Muck (Ger) 85 Vincent Jerome (Fra) 95 Stefan Schafer (Ger) 86 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) 96 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Unibet-Davo Française des Jeux 101 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) 111 Mickaël Delage (Fra) 102 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) 112 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) 103 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) 113 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) 104 Michel Kreder (Ned) 114 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) 105 Cornelius Van Ooiyen (Ned) 115 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) 106 Styn Vandenbergh (Bel) 116 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Orbea 121 Steve Cummings (GBr) 131 Ivan Melero (Spa) 122 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) 132 Vidal Celis (Spa) 123 Kevin Maene (Bel) 133 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) 124 Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) 134 Iker Mezo (Spa) 125 Sven Renders (Bel) 135 Julen Zubero (Spa) 126 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) 136 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Jartazi-7Mobile Auber 93 141 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) 151 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) 142 Michael Blanchy (Bel) 152 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) 143 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) 153 Saïd Haddou (Fra) 144 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) 154 René Mandri (Est) 145 Sven Nevens (Bel) 155 Julien Mazet (Fra) 146 Jan Soetens (Bel) 156 Florian Morizot (Fra) Norwegian National Team Perutnina Ptuj 161 Edvalo Hagen (Nor) 171 Matija Kvasina (Cro) 162 Alexender Kristoff (Nor) 172 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) 163 Christopher Myhre (Nor) 173 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) 164 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) 174 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) 165 Havard Nybo (Nor) 175 Andrej Omulec (Slo) 166 Stian Remme (Nor) Portuguese National Team Vina Magna-Cropu 181 Bruno Neves (Por) 191 Diego Gallego (Spa) 182 Andre Cardoso (Por) 192 Antonio Cosme (Spa) 183 Filipe Cardoso (Por) 193 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) 184 Antonio Jesus (Por) 194 Sergio Herrero (Spa) 185 José Mendes (Por) 195 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) 186 Ricardo Mestre (Por) 196 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Cycling Team Capec Ukrainian National Team 201 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) 211 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) 202 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) 212 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) 203 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) 213 Oleg Opryshko (Ukr) 204 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) 214 Anatoliy Pahtusov (Ukr) 205 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) 215 Dmytro Ratushnyy (Ukr) 206 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) 216 Andriy Suralev (Ukr)
Past winners
Year Winner Best Team Distance Stages Tour de l'Avenir 2005 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 1444.3 km 10 2004 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Vlaanderen - T Interim 1518.2 km 10 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 Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM 1344 km 9 1996 David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 1858 km 11 1995 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Castorama 1614 km 11 1994 Angel Casero (Spa) Banesto 1591 km 11 1993 Thomas Davy (Fra) Castorama 1543 km 12 1992 Hervé Garel (Fra) RMO 1528 km 12 Tour of the European Community 1990 Johan Bruyneel (Bel) Toshiba 1370 km 10 1989 Pascal Lino (Fra) RMO 1440 km 9 1988 Laurent Fignon (Fra) France 1846 km 12 1987 Marc Madiot (Fra) France 1719 km 12 1986 Miguel Indurain (Spa) System U 1712 km 14 Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers) 1985 Martin Ramirez (Col) Cafe de Colombia 1612 km 13 1984 Charly Mottet (Fra) Renault 1620 km 12 1983 Olaf Ludwig (DDR) East Germany 1959 km 15 1982 Greg Lemond (USA) East Germany 1382 km 11 1981 Pascal Simon (Fra) USSR 1514 km 14 1980 Alfonso Florez (Col) USSR 1629 km 12 1979 Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov (URS) USSR 1643 km 12 1978 Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov (URS) USSR 1577 km 12 1977 Eddy Schepers (Bel) Belgium 1597 km 12 1976 Sven-Åke Nilsson (Swe) Spain 1017 km 9 1974 Enrique Martinez Heredia (Spa) Poland 1296 km 11 1973 Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) Switzerland 1480 km 11 1972 Fedor Den Hertog (Ned) Netherlands 1618 km 13 1971 Régis Ovion (Fra) France 1638 km 11 1970 Marcel Duchemin (Fra) France 779 km 4 Tour de l'Avenir 1969 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Netherlands 1846 km 10 1968 Jean-Pierre Boulard (Fra) France 1567 km 12 1967 Christian Robini (Fra) France 1560 km 10 1966 Mino Denti (Ita) Italy 1955 km 12 1965 Mariano Diaz (Spa) Spain 2167 km 12 1964 Felice Gimondi (Ita) Spain 2021 km 13 1963 André Zimmermann (Fra) Spain 2060 km 14 1962 Antonio Gomez Del Moral (Spa) Netherlands 2120 km 14 1961 Guido De Rosso (Ita) Spain 2209 km 14 Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
