ACC CONTERN

10h00 - 12h00:	Skate Event Town of Luxembourg
	avenue de la Liberté
13h00 - 14h15:	Sponsors Cup
	Team Time Trial for corporate teams (5,1 km)
	avenue de la Liberté
14h30 - 15h45:	World Championships of the Press
	road race (25 laps of 1,7 km = 42,5 km)
	avenue de la Liberté
16h00 - 16h15:	Presentation of the riders
	avenue de la Liberté
16h15 - 18h10:	Postcriterium - Gala Tour de France
	50 laps of 1.7 km (85 km)
	avenue de la Liberté
18h20:	Award ceremony and musical animation
	avenue de la Liberté

COURSE


Place	road - remark

LUXEMBOURG	avenue de la Liberté
	to the left avenue de la Gare
	to the left rue du Fort Bourbon
	to the right avenue de la Liberté
	place de Metz
	to the left avenue de la Liberté

1 lap = 1.700 m
50 laps = 85 km

Source: REVUE

MAIN CONTENDERS

Gala Tour de France

invitational criterium

Laurent JALABERT	FRA	overall winner Vuelta Espana 1995
Christophe MOREAU	FRA	two times overall winner Dauphiné Libéré
Vjatcheslav EKIMOV	RUS	Olympic champion time trial
Erwin VERWECKEN	BEL	reigning cyclo-cross world champion
Kim KIRCHEN	LUX	stage winner at the Tour of Luxemburg 2001
François SIMON	FRA	6th overall of the Tour de France 2001
Rik VERBRUGGHE	BEL	winner Flèche Wallonne 2001
Jacky DURAND	FRA	winner of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen 1992
Ludo DIERCKXSENS	BEL	stage winner at the Tour de France 1999
Serge BAGUET	BEL	stage winner at the Tour de France 2001
Mario DE CLERCQ	BEL	two times world champion cyclo-cross
Eddy SEIGNEUR	FRA	stage winner at the Tour de France 1994
Jens HEPPNER	GER	stage winner at the Tour de France 1998
Guiseppe GUERINI	ITA	stage winner at the Tour de France 1999
Wilfried PEETERS	BEL	winner of Gent-Wevelgem 1994

REPORT

46 riders on the start of the 6th edition of the Gala Tour de France. After some slow first laps, Jacky Durand, aggressive as usual, is the first to attack. After a lot of other attacks of several riders, a few laps away from the finish, there is finally a group getting away from the bunch: Jalabert, winner of last year and favourite, Kirchen, the local favourite, Ekimov, Diercksens and Blaudzun. With one lap to go, Ekimov attacks and proves his fantastic abilities as time trialist: he will not be caught again, even with Jalabert and Kirchen chasing behind. The russian rider wins the race in front of Jalabert who is beating Kirchen very clearly in the sprint for second place.

PHOTOS

RESULTS

6th Gala Tour de France

invitational criterium

Place	Name	Team	Nat	Time


1	Vjatecheslav EKIMOV	US Postal	RUS	2:00:55
2	Laurent JALABERT	CSC Tiscali	FRA	0:04
3	Kim KIRCHEN	Fassa Bortolo	LUX	-
4	Christophe MOREAU	Festina	FRA	0:12
5	Ludo DIERCKXENS	Lampre-Daikin	BEL	0:15
6	Michael BLAUDZUN	CSC-Tiscali	DEN	-
7	Christian POOS	POST Swiss Team	LUX	0:20
8	Rik VERBRUGGHE	Lotto - Adecco	BEL	0:33
9	Rik REINERINK	Bank Giroloterij	NED	-
10	Rudi KEMNA	Bank Giroloterij	NED	-
11	Wim DE VOS	Spaar Select	NED	-
12	Jef VERBRUGGHE	Lotto - Adecco	BEL	-
13	Erwin VERWECKEN	RVS Liège	BEL	-
14	Tom VANNOPPEN	Vlaanderen 2002	BEL	-
15	Tom FLAMMANG	Cofidis	LUX	-
16	Bart WELLENS	Spaar Select	BEL	-
17	Constantino FERNANDEZ	CCI Differdange	ESP	-
18	Lex NEDERLOF	Westwiel Voruit	NED	-
19	Johan VERSTREPEN	Lampre - Daikin	BEL	-
20	Gusty BAUSCH	VS Dommeldange	LUX	-
21	Cédric FLASSE		BEL	-
22	Pascal TRIEBEL	CCI Differdange	LUX	-
23	Daniel BINTZ	LC Tétange	LUX	-
24	Aart VIERHOUTEN	Rabobank	BEL	-
25	Mario DE CLERCQ	Domo - Farm Frites	BEL	-
26	Steffen KJAERGAARD	US Postal Services	NOR	-
27	Michel WOLTER	LC Tétange	LUX	-
28	Max BECKER	Collstrop - Palmans	LUX	-
29	Oliver PADERHUBER	UC Dippach	LUX	-
30	Gerben LÖWIK	Rabobank	NED	-
31	Serge BAGUET	Lotto - Adecco	BEL	-
32	Ivo GRABOVSKI	Jean Delatour	BUL	-
33	Marc VANACKER	Post Swiss Team	LUX	-
34	Jörgen Bo PETERSEN	Team Fakta	DEN	-
35	Benn WURTH	LC Kayl	LUX	-
36	Arturas KASPUTIS	AG2R Prévoyance	LIT	-
37	Christophe DETILLOUX	Collstrop - Palmans	BEL	-
38	Florent BRARD	Festina	FRA	-
39	Jacky DURAND	Française des Jeux	FRA	-
40	Ludovic TURPIN		FRA	-
41	Sebastien MATOZZA	Ville de Charleroi	BEL	-
42	Eddy SEIGNEUR	Jean Delatour	FRA	-
43	Steven DE NEEF	Bank Giroloterij	NED	-
44	Sébastien DEMARBAIX	AG2R Prévoyance	BEL
45	Guiseppe GUERINI	Deutsche Telekom	ITA	-
46	Damien NAZON	Bonjour	FRA

World championships of the press

Scratch (42,5 km)

Place	Name	Team	Nat	Time


1	Harry RUITERKAMP	Infostradasports	NED	1:07:28	37,8 km/h
2	Franck CHOPIN	La Bretagne Cycliste	FRA	-
3	Mathieu MERCH	L'Alsace	FRA	-
4	Frédéric MILLET	Le Cycle	FRA	-
5	Eugène CAPODACQUA	La Republica	ITA	1:15
6	Frédéric IEHL	Le Cycle	FRA	-
7	Michiel VAN LONKHUYSEN	Infostradasports	NED	-
8	Erny KLEIN	RTL	LUX	-
9	Guy VALLEE	L'Orne Combattante	Fra	1 tour
10	Aly SAUBER	RTL	LUX	-
11	Jean-Charles VERGUET	L'Est Républicain	FRA	-
12	Bennie CEULEN	Limburgs Dagblad	NED	-
13	Guy WEBER	RTL	LUX	-
14	Rinaldo BERNARDI	Libertà	ITA	-
15	Kasper VAN DER GIESSEN	Infostradasports	NED	-
16	Filipo VENDEMMIATI	RAI	ITA	2 tours
17	Sam BONJEAN	L'Est Républicain	FRA	-
18	Giuliano DOLFINI	Luna Nova	ITA	3 tours
19	Alexandre COUTELIS	Vélo Magazine	FRA	-
20	Ruggeri QUADRELLI	Corriere del Sport	ITA	4 tours
21	Jean-François LABONNE	Le Caravanier	FRA	-
	Frédéric DOHEN	La Dépêche Meusienne	FRA

World championships of the press

Veterans (42,5 km)

Place	Name	Team	Nat	Time


1	Eugène CAPODACQUA	La Républica	ITA	1:08:43
2	Filipo VENDEMMIATI	RAI	ITA	2 tours
3	Giuliano DOLFINI	Luna Nova	ITA	3 tours
4	Alexandre COUTELIS	Vélo Magazine	FRA	-
5	Ruggeri QUADRELLI	Corriere del Sport	ITA	4 tours
6	Jean-François LABONNE	Le Caravanier	FRA	-

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