From: seales@taquilee.inria.fr (Brent Seales)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Tour de France (from l'Equipe):  Stage 21 (final stage)
Date: 27 Jul 92 08:31:57 GMT
Organization: INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France

The Tour de France
Stage 21 (Sunday, July 26)
La Defense - Paris/Champs-Elysees
(141 km)

[from l'Equipe Monday, July 27]

Course:  Rolling hills at the start, and then six loops around the
Champs-Elysees circuit.  Beautiful warm weather with temperatures in the 
high 20's and a soft west wind.  130 riders.

BERNARD AND LOUVIOT

As a bit of a joke, in the valley of Chevreuse where the peloton was together,
Jalabert (Once) takes the intermediate sprint.  Jaramillo (Postobon) at
Bougival, Boyer (Z) at Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse and Fignon (Gatorade) at
Chateau-fort pass in front on the 3 last 4th category climbs.  Six men
take their chance in the last hour on the Champs-Elysees:  Louviot (Once),
Bernard (Banesto), Anderson (Motorola), De Clercq (Lotto), Ekimov (Panasonic),
and Lilholt (Tulip).  They are rejoined by the peloton and, at the impulse 
of Kasputis (Postobon) another group detatches with Muller (Helvetia), 
Fondriest and Sergeant (Panasonic), Bontempi (Carrera), Maassen (Buckler), 
Espinosa (Clas), Roes (Lotto), Fidanza (Gatorade), Durand and Arnould 
(Castorama), Hernandez (Festina), Murguialday (Amaya), Louviot and Kasputis.

LUDWIG OVERWHELMS EKIMOV

Teams Once and PDM lead the pursuit, but the breakaway has a lead of 40"
with 4 laps on the Champs-Elysees remaining.  The peloton begins gaining
when the breakaway loses its cohesion.  Maassen, Sergeant, Fondriest,
Arnould and Roes are the ones who insist in the second-to-last lap, with
the nine others giving in.  They are caught on the last lap, with just
five kilometers to go.  Laurent (RMO) immediately counters, but without
success.  Ekimov (Panasoic) leaves with 2 km to go and arrives at the
Concorde with a 500 meter lead.  But he is caught just 100 meters from the
line and his teammate Ludwig, Olympic Champion, wins the sprint in front
of Van Poppel (PDM), Museeuw (Lotto), and Jalabert, who keeps his Green
Jersey.  Indurain, in the peloton, wins the 1992 Tour de France.

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Le Vingt et Unieme (et derniere) Etape (Sunday, July 26)
La Defense - Paris/Champs-Elysees
(141 km)

1.  Ludwig O. (PAN)		 3h 28' 37"
2.  Van Poppel J. (PDM)		       s.t.
3.  Museeuw J. (LOT)			"
4.  Jalabert L. (ONC)			"
5.  Lilholt S. (TUI)			"
6.  Andreu F. (MOT)			"
7.  Peiper A. (TUI)			"
8.  Fidanza G. (GAT)			"
9.  De Wilde E. (TEL)			"
10. Ekimov V. (PAN)			"

... and the rest of the peloton.

Final General Classification 

1.  Indurain M. (BAN)          100h 49' 30"
2.  Chiappucci C. (CAR)              4' 35"
3.  Bugno G. (GAT)                  10' 49"
4.  Hampsten A. (MOT)               13' 40"
5.  Lino P. (RMO)                   14' 37"
6.  Delgado P. (BAN)                15' 16"
7.  Breukink E. (PDM)               18' 51"
8.  Perini G. (CAR)                 19' 16"
9.  Roche S. (CAR)                  20' 23"
10. Heppner J. (TEL)                25' 30"

...

21. Alcala R. (PDM)		    33' 20"
23. Fignon L. (GAT)                 41' 51"
43. Kelly S. (FES)		 1h 21' 37"
129. Manders H. (HEV)		 3h 57' 53"
130. Quevedo F. (AMA)		 4h 12' 11"

Final Jersey Classification:

	Green Jersey:

		1.  Jalabert L. (ONC)	293
		2.  Museeuw J. (LOT)	262
		3.  Chiappucci C. (CAR)	202
		4.  Ludwig O. (PAN)	193
		5.  Ghirotto M. (CAR)	177
		6.  Indurain M. (BAN)	128

	Polka-Dot Jersey (Climber):
	
		1.  Chiappucci C. (CAR)	410
		2.  Virenque R. (RMO)	245
		3.  Chioccioli F. (GBM)	209
		4.  Indurain M. (BAN)	152
		5.  Hampsten A. (MOT)	140
		6.  Bugno G. (GAT)	131

	Team Classification:

		1.  Carrera Jeans	302h 58' 12"
		2.  Banesto		303h 16' 28"
		3.  Clas-Cajastur	303h 47' 39"
		4.  Gatorade		304h  0' 58"
		5.  Z			304h  5' 31"

		...

		17. Motorola		306h 36' 54"
		22. Lotto		308h 35' 24"

A couple of quick facts from l'Equipe:

Indurain is only the 6th rider in history to win both the Tour de France 
and the Giro d'Italia.  He joins the company of

	Fausto Coppi (1949 and 1952)
	Jacques Anquetil (1964)
	Eddy Merckx (1970, 1972, 1974)
	Bernard Hinault (1982 and 1985)
	Stephen Roche (1987)

A rather distinguished list!

Indurain's average speed this year was the fastest in Tour de France
history.  Here are the top 10 average speeds:

1.	39.504	1992 Miguel Indurain
2.	39.142	1988 Pedro Delgado
3.	38.932 	1990 Greg Lemond
4.	38.747	1991 Miguel Indurain
5.	37.844	1981 Bernard Hinault
6.	37.818	1989 Greg Lemond
7.	37.458	1982 Bernard Hinault
8.	37.306	1962 Jacques Anquetil
9.	37.249	1987 Stephen Roche
10.	37.210	1960 Gastone Nencini