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| HIGHLIGHTS - 1999 | |
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7th edition - Monday 12th July 1999 ~ SAINT-GALMIER > SAINT-FLOUR  Location: Auvergne Departments crossed: Loire (42) - Haute Loire (43) - Puy de Dôme (63) - Cantal (15) Km: 203 Difficulties: Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort, Col des Pradeaux, Côte de la Chaise Dieu, Côte de Fix Saint-Geneys, Côte de Lestival, Côte de Védrine Saint-Loup, Saint Flour Number of registered participants: 5 302 Numbers of finishers: 4 190 Reception Village: The St Galmier Hippodrome Finish: Allée G.Pompidou in the upper part of Saint-Flour Weather: Beautiful throughout the day. Race celebritiesE. Clerico, P. Portes Winner~ Men: Cyril Bastière born 27/06/78 ~ Women: Séverine Desbouys born 17/08/74 Participating countries: Germany, Andorra, England, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Argentina, Canada, Columbia, The United States, Australia, The United Arab Emirates, Japan, Singapore, South Africa.TOTAL : 531 foreign participants. Changes~ No more qualifying heats - too complicated to manage and of little value given the number of abandonments last year. ~ The best organization yet of the Etapes du Tour. Our experience shows, especially in terms of security where the road was almost completely closed off for the entire body of riders. ~ Creation of a trophy for the most animated town. first winner: Beurières in the Puy de Dôme. ~ Two villages were particularly successful - St Galmier on the Hippodrome and St Flour on the Allées G. Pompidou in the upper part of St Flour. AnecdotesETAPE MENU ~ 35,000 bottles of mineral water ~ 18,000 bananas ~ 6,000 oranges ~ 30,000 slices of ginger bread ~ 5,000 slices of ham ~ 5,000 slices of cheese ~ 5,000 bars of chocolate ~ 10,000 pieces of fruit jelly ~ 6,000 madeleines ~ 525 kg of pasta Etape figures~ 4: the number of hospitalized competitors, fortunately nothing serious ~ 4: the number of kilometers one distracted competitor had to run to get back his bike which he left at the Hippodrome… just before the start! ~ 10: the number of participants who came specially from Japan. ~ 25: the number of Police motorcyclists there to guide the participants. ~ 34: the number of cyclists belonging to the same club, in this case « The Team » from the Paris area. ~ 82: the age of our oldest competitor of the day, Jean Paul Francheteau who came from Roche-sur-Yon. ~ 500: the number of policemen and women spread around the course. ~ 750: the number of volunteers who lent a hand at Saint Galmier, Saint Flour and the length of the course. ~ 1,196: the altitude - in meters - of the du col des Pradeaux pass, the high point of the day |
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