June 9/97 22:10 pm - Fraser 4th at Dauphine, More Norba News, UCI Rankings

Posted by Editor on 06/9/97
 

Criterium du Dauphine Libere (thanks to Marc Morrison)  Stage 1 Grenoble - Villeurbanne 164 km  1 ABDOUJAPAROV Djamolidine LOTTO 4:15:57 2 LOMBARDI Giovanni TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  3 MONCASSIN Frederic GAN  4 FRASER Gordon Canada MUTUELLE DE SEINE ET MARNE  5 GAUMONT Philippe COFIDIS  6 JALABERT Nicolas COFIDIS  7 BARTHE Staphane CASINO C'EST VOTRE EQUIPE  8 BAFFI Adriano US POSTAL SERVICE  9 KOERTS Jans RABOBANK  10 NAZON Damien LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX all s.t.    Gord Fraser was 9th in the Intermediate Sprint and after the first Stage is in 94th spot in GC, 34 seconds back of race leader Chris Boardman   More Norba News  We spoke with Chrissy Redden a little while ago about the Red Wing, Minnesota race yesterday (in which she finished 5th).  „The course was a lot like Boler Mountain (the first Canada Cup, which Chrissy won), it was lots of ups and downs, a fun course. It had rained the two days before we raced, and the earlier races chewed up the course, so it was slow. The two Alisons (Sydor and Dunlap) and Ruthie (Matthes) went away from the start, and I was in a chase group with Lesley (Tomlinson), Tammy (Jacques) and Shari (Kain). Both Alisons dropped out with mechanicals, so Ruthie out in front on her own. I dropped back from the others, and then Shari dropped off and I caught her. Beth (Coates) had been working her way up and went by me to take fourth.‰  Chrissy is now sitting in 5th place overall in the Norba National Series. She leaves for Pennsylvania and Norba National #3 in a couple of days, and promises to give us a report after that race also.  Kirk Molday, who finished second in the men‚s race, now leads the Norba Series with 360 points. Behind him (tied) are Steve Larsen and Rishi Grewal at 324 points. Chrissy tells us that Kirk‚s hair is now green! Maybe that‚s what makes him so strong...   UCI Road Rankings (as of June 9th)  1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2125 pts 2. Alex Zulle (Swi) 2065 3. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1831 4. Bjarne Riis (Den) 1759 5. Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1704 6. Richard Virenque (Fra) 1291 7. Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1266 8. Tony Rominger (Swi) 1233 9. Andre Tchmil (Rus) 1227 10. Alberto Elli (Ita) 1116 11. Abraham Olano (Spa) 1038 11. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 1038 13. Chris Boardman (Gbr) 1031 14. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 1005 15. Luc Leblanc (Fra) 986 16. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 985 17. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) 981 18. Rolf Sorensen (Den) 970 19. Erik Zabel (Ger) 954 20. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 879  Canadians to follow.   There are new postings in the forum area, including one asking for your feedback on favourite bike colours. Get involved, let us know your colour preferences