*************************************************************************** ----- Begin Included Message ----- RACE: Paris Tours As the season draws to it's close the Motorola Cycling team yesterday Erik Zabel, from the German Telekom team, who recently garnered four stage wins After an aggressive final in the race, Steve Bauer garnered sixth place, posting Ginaluca Bortolami's second place gave him the points necessary to move into .... Paul Sherwen reporting MOTOROLA Steve Bauer, Norm Alvis, Jan Schur, Lance Armstrong DATE: Oct. 2nd, 1994 RESULTS: 1st Erik Zabel Telekom Germany 6hr 15'37" Individual Standings 1st Gianluca Bortalami Mapei Italy 151 pts Team Standings after 9 rounds 1st GB- MG Boys 81 pts ----- End Included Message ----- --
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consolidated the good performances that they have registered throughout the
season in the World Cup events by taking second place in the team standings at
Paris Tours.
at the Tour de l'Avenir took the sprint on the Rue de Grammont in Tours, ahead
of almost the whole pack. The boulevard in the Loire city is revered by the
World's sprinters much in the same way as Alpe d'Huez is by the top climbers.
his best performance in the World Cup series this year. With one event
remaining, the Tour of Lombardy next Saturday, it looks unlikely that there will
be any major changes in the overall standings.
first place in the individual standings to move ahead of the Belgian Johan
Museeuw. The Lombard event will advantage the Italian more than the Belgian, so
it now looks as if the final race will be a formality.
RIDERS: Bjorn Stenersen, Gabrielle Rampollo, Kaspars Ozers
EVENT: Round 9, World Cup
LOCATION: Paris Tours
DISTANCE: 250 kms
2nd Gianluca Bortolami Mapei-Clas Italy s.t.
3rd Zbignew Spruch Lampre Poland s.t.
4th Mario Cipollini Mercatone Italy s.t.
5th Adri Van der Poel Collstrop Holland s.t.
6th Steve Bauer Motorola Canada s.t.
21st Norm Alvis Motorola USA s.t.
29th Jan Schur Motorola Germany s.t.
56th Lance Armstrong Motorola USA s.t.
57th Bjorn Stenersen Motorola Norway s.t.
110th Gabrielle Rampollo Motorola Italy s.t.
172nd Kaspars Ozers Motorola Latvia s.t.
2nd Johan Museeuw GB-MG Belgium 125 pts
3rd Andrei Tsjmil Lotto Moldavia 115 pts
4th Giogio Furlan Gewiss Italy 87 pts
5th Lance Armstrong Motorola USA 80 pts
6th Fabio Baldato GB MG Italy 67 pts
7th Gianni Bugno Polti Italy 60 pts
8th Claudio Chiappucci Carrera Italy 54 pts
9th Eugini Berzin Gewiss Russia 50 pts
= Franco Ballerini Mapei-Clas Italy 50 pts
= Armand De las Cuevas Castorama France 50 pts
= Erik Zabel Telekom Germany 50 pts
19th Frankie Andreu Motorola USA 30 pts
29th Kai Hundertmarck Motorola Germany 18 pts
29th Sean Yates Motorola GB 18 pts
2nd Motorola 53 pts
3rd Mapei-Clas 43 pts
4th Gewiss 39 pts
5th Novemail 37 pts
6th Telekom 35 pts
7th TVM Bison 34 pts
8th Polti 27 pts
9th Lotto 25 pts
10th Carrera 19 pts
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