April 3/02 6:29 am - Trinidad Update, Ekimov Returns, De Panne

Posted by Editor on 04/3/02
 

Trinidad Update

Hello all,

Joel Regimbald and I went in to see Nick Corcoran this morning here in Trinidad. He is progressing quite well, looking much better after a good night's rest. He is responsive, smiling, and laughing. During our visit he ate his lunch, which was a good sign that Nick is getting back to normal! Chicken and rice (even in the hospital) has probably never tasted so good!

He is still resting quite a bit (sleeping), and still needs to stay in bed for most of the day. His condition has improved quite remarkably over the past couple of days, and he seems to be remembering a lot of the details of our trip, etc.

Nick will stay in Trinidad for a couple more days, ensuring he is stable and ready to fly back to Canada.

Joel Regimbald will be staying with Nick here in Trinidad unti he is discharged from the hospital.

Myself, Steen Madsen, Lars Madsen and Tyler Hansen will transfer to Barbados tomorrow for the weekend. This will be our final weekend of racing in the Carribean, we return to Canada on the 9th of April.

The weather continues to be hot and very humid here in Trinidad. I have heard the total opposite is going on at home! I would honestly say that a couple of days in the snow, riding my snowboard would really be a refreshing change from this heat!!

Take care,

Kurt Innes
Head Coach, National Cycling Centre-Calgary


Ekimov Returns

Olympic champion Viatcheslav Ekimov has announced that he will come back out of retirement to race for Lance Armstrong's US Postal squad. Ekimov retired at the end of last season and began coaching a Russian development team (ITERA). Now, he has decideat he is not ready to give up racing himself. At this time, there are no plans for him to race the Tour de France.

Three Days of De Panne - Belgium

Stage 1 - Moeskroen to Zottegem 181 km

1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4:25:10
2 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco s.t.
3 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi at 0:15
4 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step
6 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
7 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo all s.t.
8 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0:33
9 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0:34
10 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco

27 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service
29 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
30 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
57 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service
73 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
77 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites all s.t.
126 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11:23
131 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 22:20
132 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service
151 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service
158 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
174 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo all s.t.

Stage 2 - Zottegem to Koksijde 232 km

1 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 5:10:12
2 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
3 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
5 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
6 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
8 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin
9 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia
10 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi

29 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
39 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service
43 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
47 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) US Postal Service
48 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
65 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service
69 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
78 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo
79 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service
98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service
102 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites all s.t.
155 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19:36

GC

1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9:35:09
2 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco at 0:05
3 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0:24
4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 0:28
5 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
6 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux both s.t.
7 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Gerolsteiner 0:37
8 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0:41
9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0:43
10 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin s.t.

26 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 0:47
29 Tom Boonen (Bel) US Postal Service
32 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
52 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service
69 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites all s.t.
107 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) US Postal Service 11:27
119 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22:33
121 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service
126 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service
131 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo all s.t.
153 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31:12