From: seales@taquilee.inria.fr (Brent Seales)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Tour de France (from l'Equipe):  Stage 16
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:04:41 GMT
Organization: INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France

The Tour de France
Stage 16 (Tuesday, July 21)
Saint Etienne - La Bourboule
(212 km)

[from l'Equipe Wednesday, July 22]

Course:  Medium mountain at the end of the course, in the mountains of
Auvergne.  Weather stormy, 17-20 degrees, foggy at the end of the stage.
133 riders.

ZHDANOV ON THE ATTACK

A number of attacks occurred in the first hour.  Quevedo (Amaya), De Clercq
(Lotto), Hernandez (Festina), and Fidanza (Gatorade), then Louviot (Once),
Konichev (TVM) and Earley (PDM), joined by Redant (Lotto), Ekimov (Panasonic),
and Delion (Helvetia) gain 20" in a few kilometers.  Ghirrotto took his
turn at km 27, and was ahead 12" at the sprint of Bas-en-Basset (km 32).
He is caught 6 km later.

The pace of the peloton fell, and the cote de Bellevue is climbed by the
peloton together, with Virenque (RMO) reaching the summit first (3rd category,
km 75).  The peloton rides together until km 112, where Zhdanov (Panasonic)
breaks away.  He is chased by Nijdam (Buckler) and De Clercq, then Quevedo 
after a little pause.  Nijdam and De Clercq joined Zhdanov at km 142, after
he resisted them for a long time with a 20" lead.  At this point Quevedo is
at 1' 55" and the peloton is at 5' 35".

TEAM ONCE PULLS THE PELOTON

In front, Nijdam refuses to take pulls, and Team ONCE with Jalabert, wearing
the Green Jersey, organizes themselves at the front of the peloton.  The gap
is reduced to 3' 57" at Montaigut-le-Blanc (km 164).  Quevedo is in between
at 1' 58".  De Clercq drops Zhdavov and Nijdam, who both rejoin him again
at km 172.  Quevedo is caught by the peloton at km 177, after Saint-Nectaire.

De Clercq drops Nijdam and Zhdanov, definitively this time, and they are
caught by the peloton on the first slopes of Croix-Morand (km 183), at the
moment when Simon (Z), Chioccioli (GB-MG) and Ekimov leave the peloton.
Roche counter-attacks, joins the three, passes them, and then catches De
Clercq at km 186, and passes him [!] to find himself alone in front.  He takes
a 30" and then a 45" lead at the summit of the Croix-Morand (2nd category,
km 192), where Team Banesto (Bernard, Gorospe) has taken the place of Team 
Once at the head of the peloton.

ROCHE IS UNTOUCHABLE

Roche maintained his 45" gap on the descent of the Bourboule, at 15 km from
the finish line.  Ledanois (Castorama), Perini (Carrera), Jalabert and 
Simon, and then Holm (Tulip) each try in vain to leave the peloton.  At the
foot of the final climb before the finish (the cote de Charlannes, km 296),
Roche precedes the peloton by 36" where Ledanois retries his attacks.  The 
Frenchman could not get away, likewise for Rondon (Gatorade), then
Breukink (PDM), and Nevens (Lotto).  Roche increased his gap to 1',  and
won the stage easily ahead of Ekimov and Unzaga, who broke away during the
final kilometer.  Indurain, following their heels, maintains the Yellow
Jersey.
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Seizieme Etape
Saint Etienne - La Bourboule
(212 km)

1.  Roche S. (CAR)		 5h 52' 14"
2.  Ekimov V. (PAN)			46"
3.  Unzaga Bombini J. (CLA)		50"
4.  Chiappucci C. (CAR)			51"
5.  Rooks S. (CAR)			51"
6.  Jalabert L. (ONC)		        51"
7.  Indurain M. (BAN)			51"
8.  Bugno G. (GAT)			51"
9.  Ghirotto M. (CAR)			55"
10. Breukink E. (PDM)			57"

...

12. Lino P. (RMO)			57"
13. Hampsten A. (MOT)			57"
20. Delgado P. (BAN)		     1'  3"


General
a l'issue de la 16 etape

1.  Indurain M. (BAN)           79h 58'  0"
2.  Chiappucci C. (CAR)              1' 42"
3.  Hampsten A. (MOT)                8'  7"
4.  Lino P. (RMO)                    9' 22"
5.  Bugno G. (GAT)                  10'  9"
6.  Delgado P. (BAN)                11' 50"
7.  Breukink E. (PDM)               15' 54"
8.  Perini G. (CAR)                 15' 56"
9.  Roche S. (CAR)                  17' 12"
10. Vona F. (GBM)		    19' 22"
11. Heppner J. (TEL)                20'  1"

...

24. Fignon L. (GAT)                 37' 22"
40. Kelly S. (FES)		 1h 11' 42"
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