March 12/02 11:52 am - Canadian Track Project, Paris-Nice

Posted by Editor on 03/12/02
 

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Courtesy Kurt Innes

I am very excited to be travelling to this years West Indies -vs- The
World cycling series with a group of espoir aged track athletes + 4 cagey veterans from our National Team program. The trip is split into 4 weekends of racing - 3 weekends in Trinidad with the 4th weekend in Barbados.

This year I am bringing 5 younger athletes from the Calgary Cycling Centre, 2 of them represented Canada at the Junior Track World Championships in 2001 (Ryan McKenzie and Nick Corcoran). Travis Smith, Joel Regimbald, and Chris Bentley (all former medalists at the Junior National Track Championships) will round out the roster from the Calgary Centre. Joining us will be Glen Rendall (Ottawa) as our endurance ringer.

Lars Madsen, Steen Madsen and Tyler Hansen will be joining us for the 3rd and 4th weekends of racing.

This trip is the start of the track season for most of these athletes, and the first official test of the winter training regime. Things look good for the group !

I will attempt to provide updates from Trinidad,

Stay tuned for more info.

Kurt Innes


Paris-Nice - France

Stage 2 - Moulins to Belleville 170 km

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 4:21:22
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance
4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom
6 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
7 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport
8 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93
9 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems
10 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali
11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali
12 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport
13 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
14 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali
15 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
19 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis
20 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites

22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
49 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites
59 Alex Zulle (Sui) Team Coast
81 Fernando Escartin (Esp) Team Coast
90 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom
94 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step all s.t.

GC

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.11.40
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco at 0:03
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 0:08
4 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 0:10
5 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) iBanesto.com 0:14
6 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Phonak Hearing Systems
8 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom
9 Alberto Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi all s.t.
10 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 0:15
11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali
12 Alex Zulle (Sui) Team Coast
13 Mikel Pradera (Esp) ONCE-Eroski all s.t.
14 Inigo Cuesta (Esp) Cofidis 0:16
15 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali
16 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites both s.t.
17 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0:17
18 Angel Vicioso (Esp) Kelme 0:19
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 0:20
20 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport s.t.

25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 0:21
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 0:27
71 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 0:33
73 Fernando Escartin (Esp) Team Coast 0:34
84 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 0:35