November 2/97 0:07 am - Cyclo-Cross, UCI Rankings, Weird Thread...

Posted by Editor on 11/2/97
 

National `Cross Website Up  We have been working mightly, and the website for the National Cyclo-cross championships is now online. You can register, get directions, schedules, entry forms, etc. by going to the site at:  Cross Nationals  The site will be updated regularly as we get closer to the event.   Ontario Cyclo-cross Provincials Moved (thanks to Chuck Bonnaffon)  The provincial cyclo-cross championships slated for November 16 in Ottawa have been relocated to Lowville Park, north of Burlington. Chuck Bonnaffon is the new organizer and all inquiries can be directed to him: PH 905.876.2207 FX 905.876.2107 cbonnaff@netrover.com. There is full information on the Ontario 'cross page in our links, including directions, and regulations covering bike specs. The address is:  http://netrover.com/~cbonnaff/  To encourage riders from outside the region, and to compensate Eastern Ontario riders, there will be no entry fee for competitors travelling from outside a radius of 200 km.   From Chuck:  This is the course used by Mark Orzel for the '88 National Championships. We hope to make this a fun as well as a challenging day. I am trying to pull together food, and videos of the last two world championships. If you could mention this on your Daily News it would be much appreciated. By the way, the last two 'cross races we have had over 60 participants so it looks like cyclo-cross is gaining in popularity.   UCI Road Rankings (as of October 31st)  1 JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONC 2,353.00 points 2 ULLRICH, Jan GER TEL 1,610.00 3 BARTOLI, Michele ITA MAG 1,430.00 4 ZUELLE, Alex SUI ONC 1,417.00 5 TONKOV, Pavel RUS MAP 1,403.00 6 TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOT 1,236.00 7 ZABEL, Erik GER TEL 1,134.00 8 CASAGRANDE, Francesco ITA SAE 1,102.00 9 MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAP 1,092.00 10 OLANO MANZANO, Abraham ESP BAN 1,043.00 11 TAFI, Andrea ITA MAP 1,042.00 12 ESCARTIN COTI, Fernando ESP KEL 1,023.00 13 ZBERG, Beat SUI MER 977.00 14 VIRENQUE, Richard FRA FES 970.00 15 EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS USP 935.00 16 REBELLIN, Davide ITA FDJ 928.00 17 DUFAUX, Laurent SUI FES 858.00 18 BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 830.00 19 SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RAB 812.00 20 RIIS, Bjarne DEN TEL 776.00  Canadians  259 LUKASZEWICZ, Cszelaw CAN 126.00 296 ANAND, Mat CAN 107.00 299 WALTON, Brian CAN SAT 106.00 344 WOHLBERG, Eric CAN SHA 90.00 567 FRASER, Gordon CAN MUT 41.00 689 BARRY, Michael CAN 28.00 875 ROVER, Steve CAN MUT 15.00 951 LANDRY, Jacques CAN 12.00 1066 BERGERON, Fabien CAN 9.00 1095 HIBBARD, Mark CAN 8.00 1144 COJAN, Yannick CAN 7.00 1214 LAVALLEE, Alexandre CAN 5.00 1214 RANDELL, Andrew CAN 5.00 1287 BELZILE, Guillaume CAN 4.00 1347 NEPVEU, Michel CAN 3.00 1384 MAGGIACOMO, Daniel CAN 2.00 1421 PERRAS, Dominique CAN 1.00  Team Rankings  1 MAP MAPEI - GB ITA 7,247.00 2 ONC O.N.C.E. ESP 6,514.00 3 TEL TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM GER 5,964.00 4 FES FESTINA - LOTUS FRA 5,432.00 5 SAE SAECO - A.S. JUVENES SAN MARINO SMR 4,335.00 6 RAB RABOBANK NED 4,148.00 7 TVM T.V.M. NED 4,006.00 8 FDJ LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX FRA 3,841.00 9 BAN BANESTO ESP 3,561.00 10 GAN GAN FRA 3,477.50  Country Rankings  1 ITALY 8,789.00 2 FRANCE 7,157.00 3 SPAIN 6,106.00 4 SWITZERLAND 5,831.00 5 GERMANY 5,294.00 6 RUSSIA 4,505.00 7 BELGIUM 4,241.00 8 NETHERLANDS 4,028.00 9 DENMARK 3,681.00 10 UKRAINE 2,319.00  23 CANADA 542.00   Strange Thread  There is a rather unusual thread developing on the Forum - all about the Hansens! (an Ontario cycling family) We aren‚t sure where this is going, but you might want to check it out.