22nd Tour de Normandie - 2.5

France, March 25-31, 2002

2001 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Prologue - March 25: Mondeville ITT, 5.6 km
Stage 1 - March 26: Lisieux - Forges-les-Eaux, 181 km
Stage 2 - March 27: Forges-les-Eaux - Elbeuf-sur-Seine, 153 km
Stage 3 - March 28: Elbeuf-sur-Seine - Flers, 205 km
Stage 4 - March 29: Flers - Cherbourg-Octeville, 191 km
Stage 5 - March 30: Cherbourg-Octeville - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, 201 km
Stage 6 - March 31: Bagnoles-de-l'Orne - Caen, 146 km

Preview

Starting on March 25 with a 5.6 kilometre prologue in Mondeville is the 22nd edition of the Tour de Normandie. This one week long stage race is aimed at younger riders, and is given a 2.5 UCI classification. The big favourites this year are the riders from the Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs team, who have won a number of races already this season.

The will contend with several French division II and amateur teams, as well as top Danish division II team fakta and a number of other teams from various countries.

Start List

Bonjour
Saint-Quentin Oktos
Crédit Agricole Espoirs
VC Rouen 76
Jean Floc'h
Panorimo.com 23 en Limousin
CM Aubervilliers 93
VC Roubaix
Sélection régionale de Normandie
Team fakta
Nürnberger
KRKA Telekom
Mroz Supradyn
Legia Bazylisek
Porta da Ravessa Tavira
Marlux Charleroi-Berry Floor
Mapei Espoirs
Jura Jajo Sport
Kröne
Axa VVZ
Moscou Normat
Joko Velamos

Past winners

Professionals

2001 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
2000 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
1999 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World
1998 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Chicky World / Elite
1997 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore & Vita
1996 Frédéric Pontier (Fra) Aubervilliers

Amateur/Elite

1995 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor)
1994 Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit)
1993 Emmanuel Mallet (Fra)
1992 Thierry Dupuy (Fra)
1991 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)
1990 Dimitri Zdhanov (Rus)
1989 Sébastien Flicher (Fra)
1988 Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1987 (2) Yvan Frebert (Fra)
1986 Nentscho Staikov (Bul)
1985 Paul Curran (GBr)
1984 Mario Kummer (DDR)
1983 Yvan Frebert (Fra)
1982 Daniel Leveau (Fra)

1959-1981 Not Held

1958 Joseph Wasko (Fra)
1957 Pierre Gouget (Fra)
1956 Armand Audaire (Fra)

1940-1955 Not held

1939 Guilaume Godere (Fra)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com