February 6/99 10:49 am - Tour Langkwai, Etoile de Besseges, Trish Sinclair to ride for Marin

Posted by Editoress on 02/6/99
 

Editor on his way to Malaysia Rob Jones left for Malaysia this afternoon, to cover the final week of racing in Malaysia. So, while Jacques Landry has been doing a fabulous job of sending reports, look fo more in depth coverage (read wordy) from Monday on.

Trish Sinclair will ride for Marin in 1999 We received a brief message from Trish Sinclair to say she has signed on with Marin for 1999. Trish is going south to Phoenix mid February for Valley of the Sun road stage race. From there will do another road race in Parker, CA. and then meet up with the National Team for the Redlands Classic road stage race. Her mountainbike season starts with Sea Otter Classic and the World Cup in Napa. She will ride a combination of Canada Cups, Norba and World Cup races during the season.

Etoile de Besseges

Results Stage 4 - Bagnols sur Ceze-Bagnols sur Ceze - 139 km:
1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 3h09m29
2. Jean-Patrick Nazon (FRA) La Française des Jeux
3. Jo Planckaert (BEL) Lotto-Mobistar
4. Lars Michaelsen (DEN) La Française des Jeux
5. Denis Zanette (ITA) Team Polti
6. Jens Voigt (GER) Crédit Agricole
7. Jan Svorada (CZE) Lampre-Daikin
8. Saulius Ruskis (LIT) Saint-Quentin Oktos MBK
9. Enrico Cassani (ITA) Team Polti
10: Tom Desmet (BEL) Collstrop all s.t.

GC after Stage Four
1. David Lefevre (FRA) Casino 12:40:53
2. Jens Voigt (GER) Crédit Agricole at 0:04
3. Andrei Tchmil (BEL) Lotto-Mobistar 0:09
4. Nicolay Bo Larsen (DEN) Team Home-Jack & Jones 0:11
5. David Millar (GBR) Cofidis 0:13
6. Gines Salmeron (ESP) Vitalicio-Seguros 0:13
7. Jo Planckaert (BEL) Lotto-Mobistar 0:43
8. Andy Flickinger (FRA) Casino 0:56
9. Fabian De Waele (BEL) Lotto-Mobistar 0:57
10: Stéphane Barthe (FRA) Casino 1:00