June 8/98 6:40 am - Injured Vet, UCI Rankings

Posted by Editor on 06/8/98
 

Ontario Vet Injured

Desi Derochers, one of the most competitive road racing veterans in in Canada was injured yesterday in the Ziggy‚s Hidden Valley road race in Kitchener, Ontario. It appears that Desi suffered multiple injuries after going down in a crash after touching wheels with another rider and sliding across the road into the curb. Among the reported injuries are a punctured lung, broken rib and collarbone, and facial injuries. Desi has been hospitalized at St Marys Hospital in Kitchener.


Women‚s Road World Cup Standings (after 2 events)

1. Dede Demet (USA) 96 points
2. Petra Rossner (Ger) 75
3. Diana Ziliute (Lit) 56
4. Karen Bliss Livingston (USA) 51
5. Pam Shuster (USA) 50
6. Gabriella Pregnolato (Ita) 40
7. Karen Kurreck (USA) 36
8. Elizabeth Tadich (Aus) 35
9. Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) 32
10. Evi Gensheimer (Ger) 30

24. Leigh Hobson (Can) 7


UCI World Road Rankings (as of June 8th)

1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2653 points
2. Alex Zulle (Swi) 2216
3. Michele Bartoli (Ita) 2097
4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 1607
5. Jan Ullrich (Ger) 1507
6. Marco Pantani (Ita) 1436
7. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 1403
8. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1350
9. Erik Zabel (Ger) 1207
10. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 1154
11. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 1126
12. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1113
13. Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1049
14. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 1046
15. Michael Boogerd (Ned) 1021
16. Richard Virenque (Fra) 1012
17. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 966
18. Bo Hamburger (Den) 936
19. Fernando Escartin (Spa) 930
20. Viacheslav Ekimov (Rus) 871
21. Alberto Elli (Ita) 854
    Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 854
23. Daniel Clavero (Spa) 830
24. Rolf Sorensen (Den) 825
25. Abraham Olano (Spa) 808

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