January 14/03 7:04 am - Saturn Langkawi Squad, 'Cross Rankings, Zanette Update, Sea Otter

Posted by Editor on 01/14/03
 

Saturn Team for Langkawi

Saturn have announced their squad for the Tour de Langkawi, starting January 31st. On paper, the team is very strong, with one overall winner in Chris Horner, and stage winners in Eric Wohlberg and Nathan O'Neill. Charles Dionne gives Saturn the sprinting prowess it has usually lacked.

Chris Horner (USA)
Nathan O'Neill (Aus)
Tom Danielson (USA)
Charles Dionne (Can)
Tim Johnson (USA)
Phil Zajicek (USA)
Eric Wohlberg (Can)


UCI 'Cross Rankings

UCI rankings for cyclo-cross, as of January 12/03

1 Mario De Clercq (Bel) 1849 points
2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 1770
3 Sven Nijs (Bel) 1675
4 Bart Wellens (Bel) 1275
5 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) 787
6 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 721
7 Ben Berden (Bel) 706
8 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 655
9 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) 521
10 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 508
11 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 468
12 Arne Daelmans (Bel) 434
13 Thomas Frischknecht (Sui) 388
14 Marc Gullickson (USA) 354
15 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 350
16 Dominique Arnould (Fra) 335
17 John Gadret (Fra) 299
18 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 296
19 Wim De Vos (Ned) 295
20 Beat Wabel (Sui) 271

26 Jonathan Page (USA) 225
26 Todd Wells (USA) 225
34 Tim Johnson (USA) 178
74 Travis Brown (USA) 63
79 Johannes Huseby (USA) 59
84 Mark McCormack (USA) 53
96 Roddi Lega (Can) 40
106 Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) 36
107 Joshua Anthony (USA) 35
114 Alan Obye (USA) 34
116 Andreas Hestler (Can) 30
133 Jonathan Sundt (USA) 29
136 Robin Baillie (Can) 25
136 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) 25
155 Barry Wicks (USA) 23
160 Guillaume Desy (Can) 20
160 Dustin McBurnie (Can) 20
188 Dale Knapp (USA) 18
197 Ryan Trebon (USA) 16

Countries
1 Belgium 6307 points
2 Netherlands 3265
3 Czech Republic 1365
4 Switzerland 1277
5 U.S.A. 1085

17 Canada 135


Zanette Follow Up

So far, preliminary results from the autopsy of Italian cyclist Denis Zanette suggest that the 32 year old pro died from natural causes. The Fassa Bortolo rider collapsed at his dentist's office after having his teeth cleaned. The unusual nature of the incident (ie, a young, fit man) has led to speculation that drugs might be involved, however, there is nothing so far to suggest anything other then a tragic premature death. It has also been revealed that both Zanette's father and grandfather died at a relatively young age from cardic problems, suggesting a genetic link.


Sea Otter Extended

It appears certain that the road portion of the Sea Otter Classic is going to be extended by an extra day, after the Redwood City Council unanimously agreed to provide funding for necessary road closures to bring the event to the community. This would mean that the road portion would start on April 9th, rather then the 10th.