1999 World Cycling Championships - Campeonato Mundial de Ciclismo - Verona - Freire

Описание: 1999 World Cycling Championships - Campeonato Mundial de Ciclismo Verona 260Km.

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It should be a long, hard day in the saddle for whoever wins the Elite Men's World Championship Road Race. With the 3.5km Torricelle climb to be scaled 16 times, that comes to 56 km of "up", not to mention the fast descent and urban portion of the circuit that requires constant accelerations. So only the strong and fit need apply for the Rainbow Jersey and Gold medal on October 10th.

The man most likely to apply for the job is generally considered to be Frank Vandenbrouke of Belgium. Certainly, his great riding with two stage wins in the recent Tour of Spain shows that he is on top form. But after the upset of his drug scandal in May and the fractional nature of the Belgian team, VdB could be frozen out at the key moment he needs support to win his first World Championship. Musseuw and his Mapei men will not ride for ex-teammate VdB, while Tchmil had only his Lotto teammates to count on in Verona.

Gli Azzuri of Team Italia traditionally ride well in the World Championships, and the 14 man squad will be focused to bring home yet another World title. Francesco Casagrande and local boy Davide Rebellin seem like the Italians most likely to succeed, but if Andrea Tafi has a good day, he could be a force to be reckoned with. And up and coming Daniele Nardello, winner of the tough Paris-Bourges over Andre Tchmil might be a dark horse winner for the Italians. But no matter what, Gli Azzuri will give their all trying to bring the final World Cycing Champioships of the millenium to Italia.

Newly crowned World TT Champion and 1999 Tour of Spain winner Jan Ullrich of Germany and his young team could emerge to rival the Italians. It will be interesting to see how the newly revitalized Ullrich does in the championships.

In contrast to Belgium, The Netherlands is 100% focused on supporting a decidedly in-form Michael Boogerd, who recently won back-to-back races in Italy while preparing for the Worlds. Most of the Orange Crush are his Rabobank teammates and the circuit suits Boogerd's all-round characteristics. Last years champ Oscar Camenzind will wear Dossard #1 but he is not considered to be in top form and may not play a role. France will be led by '97 World Champ Laurent Brochard, but with World #1 Laurent Jalabert at home recovering from a Tour Of Spain crash, France will probably play an outsider role in this years championship.

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 6.19.29 (Av: 41.109 km/h)
2 Marcus Zberg (Sui) 0.04
3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
5 William Chann McRae (Usa)
6 Oscar Camenzind (Sui)
7 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel)
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
9 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)
10 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 0.59
11 Andrea Tafi (Ita)
12 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
13 Rolf Sorensen (Den)
14 Michael Boogerd (Ned)
15 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 1.08
16 Beat Zberg (Sui) 1.09
17 Piotr Wadecki (Pol)
18 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)
19 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)
20 Pascal Richard (Sui)
21 Marco Velo (Ita)
22 Niki Aebersold (Sui)
23 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
24 Santiago Blanco Gil (Esp)
25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 1.26
26 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 1.43
27 Mauro Giannetti (Sui) 2.40
28 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Esp) 4.16
29 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 8.02
30 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 8.15
31 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol)
32 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Esp)
33 Glenn Magnusson (Swe)
34 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
35 Felice Puttini (Sui) 8.17
36 JoséLuis Rubiera Vigil (Esp) 8.18
37 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Esp)
38 Massimo Donati (Ita)
39 Mauro Zanetti (Ita)
40 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
41 Andrei Tchmil (Bel)
42 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) 16.01
43 Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Esp)
44 Nicki Sorensen (Den)
45 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
47 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
48 Marc Lotz (Ned)
49 Sergei Lelekin (Rus)

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