July 16/99 4:21 am - 1999 Tour de l'Abitibi Information
Posted by Editoress on 07/16/99
1999 -31st Tour de l'Abitibi
Press Conference Report
Montreal, July 15,1999.
At the Tour de l'Abitibi press conference, the 31th edition of the Tour was launched. This year 9 countries, 3 Canadian provinces and a few states will take part in this edition.
| Countries: | Canada | | France | | Germany | | Hungaria | | Japan | | Mexico | | Nederlands | | South Africa | | United States | | | | Provinces: | Alberta | | British Columbia | | Quebec | | | | States: | Arizona 1 | | Arizona 2 | | Eastern Regional | | Massachusetts | | | | Team: | Saeco-V.B. Cycles Jr. | | | | The race schedule is as follows | | | | Monday, July 19,1999 | Prologue in Val D'Or (22km)
Criterium 10 laps
Prize Money on even laps and elimination of 5 last riders on odd laps | | | | Tuesday, July 20,1999 | Team Time Trial (50km)
LaSarre/Taschereau | | | | Wednesday, July 21, 1999- | Road (115km)
Rouyn-Noranda/Val D'Or | | | | Thursday, July 22, 1999 | Road (82.7km)
Senneterre/Louvicourt/Val D'Or | | | | Friday, July 23, 1999 | Individual Time Trial (15km)
Val D'Or | | | | Friday, July 23, 1999 | Road (111.2km)
Preissac/Val D'Or | | | | Saturday, July 24, 1999 | Road (111.2km) | | Amos/Val D'Or | | | | Sunday, July 25, 1999¨ | Criterium (77km)
Val D'Or | |
The 31th Tour de l'Abitibi will be the longest one ever, with a total of 639.10km.
This year a new jersey will be given the the best first year rider doing a first appearance at the Tour. The blue jersey or maillot de la rel&3232;ve will then be introduce for the first time at the tour. Naturally the brown jersey for the leader remain and the orange jersey for the point leader also remain.
| Participating Teams | | SOUTH AFRICA: | Scheepers, Alwyn | | Van der Merwe, Anton | | Cole, Wesley | | Odendaal, Jaco | | St-Jones, Michael | | Easton, Geoff | | Boshoff, Bosseau,coach | | Wheller, Peter, mec. | | Bosman, Sarel, manager | | | | ALBERTA: | Utting, Nicholas | | Jendzjowsky, Nicholas | | McKnight, Cameron | | Davis, Zauh | | Blick, Desmond | | Jones, David | | Proulx, Dan, coach | | Becker, Ray, mec. | | | | GERMANY: | Meyrer, Sven | | Wieczorek, Jens | | Wilczek, Kai | | Larem, Frank | | Schirrmann, Robin | | Husan, Carl Veit | | Bauriedl, Andreas, coach | | Palmen, Jens, mec. | | | | Arizona 1: | Chevett, Mike | | Erdely, Jonathan | | Wei, Albert | | Yost, Robert | | Kotch, Dave | | Driscoll, Pat, coach | | Wood, Scott, mec. | | Erdyle, Ken, mass. | | | | ARIZONA 2: | Buccambuso, Brad | | Winn, Mike | | Steinbrecher, Cory | | Mraz, Gregor | | Carver, Robbie | | King, Austin | | King, Barney, coach | | Achterberg, Gary, mec. | | | | CANADA: | Rollin, Dominique | | Gilbert, Martin | | Bullock, Rod | | Dube, Eric | | Beliveau, Mathieu | | Gorman, Charles | | Landry, Jacques, coach | | Fournier, Simon, mec. | | Roy, Bruno, mass. | | | | BRITISH COLUMBIA:Cook, Paul | Prachnau, Ryan | | Errington, Angus | | Flater, Graham | | Drew, Jeff | | Vunic, Dave | | | | | | UNITED STATES: | McCarthy, Patrick | | Gandara, Jaime | | Houston, Charlie | | Suttle, Dale | | Brant, John | | Castille, Joe | | Mayer-Oakes, David, coach | | Parnell, Matt , mec. | | Karthauser, James, mass. | | | | MASSACHUSETTS:Stuart, Ian | Rademacher, Dustin | | Babati, Rahsaan | | Magell, Sterling | | Wolfson, Daniel | | Regiimbalt, Joel | | Stanton, Toby, coach | | Buckley, Ben, mec. | | Magor, Mike, manager | | | | FRANCE: | Dangel, Laurent | | Receveur, Nicolas | | Scolanacchi, Nicolas | | Jeannin, Yohan | | Fusier, Vivien | | Vuilledin, Nicolas | | Chanteau, Philippe, coach | | Jacques, Michel, mec. | | Bertrix, Curille, mass. | | | | NEDERLANDS: | Traksel, Bobbie | | Weening, Pieter | | Pronk, Fabrice | | Malerboom, Leon | | Van Hummel, Kenny | | Mohlmann, Peter | | Maassen, Frans, coach | | Arts, Tony, mec. | | Van Engelen, Sjef, mass. | | | | HUNGARIA | Abrok, Norbert | | Marosi, Norbert | | Kiss, Gergely | | Gyepes, Zsolt | | Sandor, Benedek | | Csomor, Zoltan | | Herneczsky, Frigyes, coach | | Torzsok, Zsolt, mec. | | Nagy, Eva, mass. | | | | JAPAN: | Shimizu, Miyataka | | Ishida, Tetsuya | | Takezawa, Koji | | Matsuoka, Koumei | | Izumikawa, Yoshinori | | Ando, Hirotaka | | Kuwa, Masataka, coach | | Kihara, Tsumoru, mec. | | Sato, Toshimi, mass. | | | | MEXICO: | Macias, Luis Fernando | | Aldape-Chavez, Moises | | Tapia-Rodriguez, Ricardo Samuel | | Sanchez Sotelo, Jose | | De la Rosa-Monsivais, Juan Jose | | Magallanes-Aranda, Juan Pablo | | Miranda-Mancera, Alberto, coach | | Lugo-Hernandez, Tito, mec. | | | | SAECO-V.B. (QC): | Penarroya, Mathieu | | Provencher, Guillaume | | Boily, Pierre-Olivier | | Viens, Daniel | | Olivier, Jeremy | | Viau, Philippe | | Penarroya, Gerard, coach | | Beliveau, Daniel, mec. | | | | QUEBEC : | Maheu, Benoit | | Simard, Pierre-Laurence | | Giliaka, Nikolai | | Bedard, Mathieu | | Houle-Paradis, J. Philippe | | Parisien, Francois | | Jourdain, Vincent, coach | | Mailhot, J. Sebastien, mec. | | | | EASTERN REGIONAL: | Lawler, Peter D. | | Friedman, Michael S. | | Wilson, Matthew | | Vails, J. Terrence | | Oday, Sean | | Milne, Shawn | | Strieff, Marc, coach | | Hodges-Myerson, Adam, mec. |
All information courtesy of Michel Bourgault, Montreal correspondant
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