October 15/00 9:36 am - Men's Race with 5 Laps to Go, UCI 2001 Calendar

Posted by Editor on 10/15/00
 

Road Worlds - Plouay, France

The final event of the Worlds, the 269 km pro men's road race, is underway. With 5 laps to go in the 19 lap race here is the situation - A group went away on the fourth lap, growing to 10 riders who reached a maximum lead of 8 minutes on the peloton, before it went to work to bring them back. With 5 to go the gap is less than 2:30, and there are only 5 riders still up front. The peloton is down to about 55 riders, and the 'real' race looks to be about to start. The pros have been luck - the rain that plagued most other categories has held off so far. There are two Canadians in the race - Michael Barry and Dominique Perras. Both were still in the peloton.


UCI 2001 Schedule

The UCI has released the calendar for the major road events next year.

March 11-18 - Paris-Nice
March 24 - Milan-San Remo (World Cup #1)
March 31-April 1 - Criterium International
April 8 - Ronde van Vlaanderen (World Cup #2)
April 11 - Gent-Wevelgem
April 15 - Paris-Roubaix (World Cup #3)
April 18 - Fleche Wallone
April 22 - Liege-Bastogne-Liege (World Cup #4)
April 28 - Amstel Gold Race (World Cup #5)
May 8-13 - Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
May 19-June 10 - Giro d'Italia
May 22-27 - GP Midi Libre
June 10-17 - Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
June 19-28 - Tour de Suisse
July 1 - National Championships
July 7-29 - Tour de France
August 11 - Classica San Sebastian (World Cup #6)
August 19 - HEW-Cyclassics Hamburg (World Cup #7)
August 26 - Meisterschaft von Zurich (World Cup #8)
September 8-30 - Vuelta a Espana
September 22 - GP des Nations
October 7 - Paris-Tours (World Cup #9)
October 10-14 - World Championships (Lisbon, Portugal)
October 20 - Giro di Lombardia (World Cup #10)