Twenty-one teams set for Avenir
The 2001 Tour de l’Avenir, or "Tour of the Future," begins on Thursday in France, with 21 teams of six riders, or 126 riders total, enrolled in the premier stage race for riders 25-years-old and younger. The 10-day race will begin in the town of Cosse-le-Vivien in western France and then cross the country from west to east before finishing in Morteau, near the German border. The race will really heat up in the final four days, beginning with the 26km stage 7 time trial in Rambervillers. That will be followed by three days in the Vosges mountains, including the final day’s circuit race that
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By Bryan Jew, VeloNews Senior Writer
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The 2001 Tour de l’Avenir, or “Tour of the Future,” begins on Thursday in France, with 21 teams of six riders, or 126 riders total, enrolled in the premier stage race for riders 25-years-old and younger. The 10-day race will begin in the town of Cosse-le-Vivien in western France and then cross the country from west to east before finishing in Morteau, near the German border.
The race will really heat up in the final four days, beginning with the 26km stage 7 time trial in Rambervillers. That will be followed by three days in the Vosges mountains, including the final day’s circuit race that will include five ascents of the Category 1 Côte du Chauffaud climb.
Thursday’s opening stage will be 180km from Cosse-le-Vivien to Craon, with four Category 4 climbs scattered along the route.
Tour de l’Avenir, France. September 6-15.
Route
Sept. 6, Stage 1 COSSE-LE-VIVIEN – CRAON 180km
Sept. 7, Stage 2 RENAZE – ORGERES-EN-BEAUCE 249.5km
Sept. 8, Stage 3 TERMINIERS – CHALETTE-SUR-LOING 176km
Sept. 9, Stage 4 CHALETTE-SUR-LOING – EPERNAY 173km
Sept. 10, Stage 5 MARDEUIL – ANCERVILLE 198.5km
Sept. 11, Stage 6 ANCERVILLE – GERARDMER 193km
Sept. 12, Stage 7 RAMBERVILLERS – RAMBERVILLERS (TT) 26km
Sept. 13, Stage 8 GERARDMER – BELFORT 125.5km
Sept. 14, Stage 9 BELFORT – MONTBENOIT (LA PERDRIX) 175.5km
Sept. 15, Stage 10 MORTEAU – MORTEAU 135km
total 1632 km
Teams
EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
ARRIZABALAGA, Gorka (Sp)
DIAZ DE CERIO, Ruben (Sp)
GONZALEZ , Gorka (Sp)
ISASI, Inaki (Sp)
SANCHEZ, Samuel
SILLONIZ, Josu (Sp)
COFIDIS . CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE
LOPEBOSSELLI, Angelo (I)
ANDRE, Nicolas (F)
CLAIN, Médéric (F)
LOUE, Cédric (F)
RUTKIEWICZ, Marek, POL
SASSONE , Robert (F)
FRANCAISE DES JEUX
CASAR, Sandy (F)
BODO, Thomas (F)
DUMOULIN, Samuel (F)
FRITSCH, Nicolas (F)
LHUILLIER, Régis (F)
NAZON, Jean-Patrick (F)
MAPEI – QUICK STEP
BODROGI, Laszlo (Hun)
GASPARRE, Graziano (I)
HULSMANS, Kevin (B)
PETROV, Evgeni (Rus)
ROGERS, Michael (Aus)
WEGELIUS, Charles (GB)
IBANESTO.COM
MERCADO, Juan Miguel (Sp)
GARCIA QUESADA, Adolfo (Sp)
GIL, Koldo (Sp)
JIMENEZ , Eladio (Sp)
LASTRAS, Pablo (Sp)
MENCHOV, Denis (Rus)
FESTINA Watches
BRARD, Florent (F)
FLICKINGER, Andy (F)
LARA, Francisco (Sp)
RADOCHLA, Steffen (G)
REYNAUD, Nicolas (F)
SCHLECK, Franck (Lux)
NORWAY
BREISETH, Lars (N)
JOGERT, Rune (N)
KAGGESTAD, Mads (N)
RASCH, Gabriel (N)
VESTBY, Gisle (N)
VIKOYR, Gisle (N)
CREDIT AGRICOLE
POILVET, Benoit (F)
CHARPENTEAU, Yoyann (F)
FEDRIGO, Pierrick (F)
LE MEVEL, Christophe (F)
MARTIN, Ludovic (F)
TOURNIER, Yan (F)
U.S. NATIONAL
DECANIO, Matt (USA)
FITZERGALD, Mark (USA)
KLUCK, Damon (USA)
LOUDER, Jeff (USA)
PATE, Danny (USA)
ZABRISKIE, David (USA)
BONJOUR
CHAVANEL, Sylvain (F)
CHARTEAU , Antony (F)
GESLIN, Anthony (F)
JOLY, Sébastien (F)
SALANSON, Fabrice (F)
VOECKLER, Thomas (F)
KELME – COSTA BLANCA
CUENCA, J.Miguel (Sp)
GARCIA QUESADA, Carlos (Sp)
LOPEZ TORELLA, Joaquim (Sp)
MANZANO, Jesus (Sp)
RODRIGUEZ, Alexis (Sp)
ZABALLA, Constantino (Sp)
JEAN DELATOUR
GABROVSKI, Ivaîlo (Bul)
EDALEINE, Christophe (F)
GERMAIN, Florian (F)
LAURENT, Christophe (F)
LEMBO, Eddy (F)
OLIVIER, Lenaïc (F)
REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
BECKA, Radek (Cz)
CHROBAK, Jan (Cz)
DITE, Radek (Cz)
KUPKA, David (Cz)
PANEK, Ivo (Cz)
SESTAK, Petr (Cz)
PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS
BADER, Vincent (Swi)
DEREPAS, David (F)
FRAGNIERE, Cédric (Swi)
LUDI, Florian (Swi)
REIHS, Michael, DEN
USOV, Alexandre, BLR
TEAM COLPACK – ASTRO
BONOMI, Giosuè (I)
BORLINI, Oscar (I)
COLLEONI, Michele (I)
GIGLI, Matteo (I)
MATEOS , Rafael (Sp)
MAZZOLENI, Renzo (I)
BIG.MAT – AUBER
AUGER, Guillaume (F)
LAMOULLER, Loïc (F)
LEVECOT, Benjamin (F)
LIBOREAU, Nicolas (F)
MEUNIER, Nicolas (F)
PENCOLE, Franck (F)
ORBITEL
CASTANEDA, Luis (Col)
CORTES, Alejandro (Col)
GONZALES, Jorge (Col)
GONZALES BARRERA, Javier (Col)
LEAL, Johnny (Col)
PEREZ ARANGO, Marlon (Col)
MERCURY
COOKE, Baden (Aus)
FRISCHKORN, Will (USA)
LECHUGA, Ernesto (USA)
TUFF, Svein (Can)
WILSON, Matt, AUS
ZAJICEK, Phil (USA)
VLAANDEREN-T INTERIM-EDDY MERCKX
DANIELS, Davy (B)
DE SCHOEMAECKER, Stijn (B)
DEMEYERE, Geoffrey (B)
SCHOONACKER, Jehudi (B)
SIJMENS, Nico (B)
VERSTRAETEN, Jan (B)
POST SWISS TEAM
BERGMANN, Reto (Swi)
CLERC, Aurélien (Swi)
ELMIGER, Martin (Swi)
RAST, Gregory (Swi)
RUCKSTUHL, David (Swi)
ZAMPIERI, Steve (Swi)
SAINT – QUENTIN OKTOS
CAPPELLE, Andy (B)
FAGHEL, Grégory (F)
KROSHEVSKIY, Sergey (Uzb)
NILSON, John (S)
OLEJNIK, Mickael (Pl)
POWER, Ciaran (Irl)