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| HIGHLIGHTS - 2003 | |
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11th edition - Wednesday 16th July 2003 ~ PAU > BAYONNE  Web Site: www.letapedutour.com/index_2003.htm Location: Pyrénées Departments crossed: Pyrénées Atlantiques (64) Km: 201,9 Difficulties: Col du Soudet, Col de Larrau, Col de Bagargui, Col de Burdincurutcheta Number of entries: 8 500 Numbers of finishers: 6 388 The line-up~ Miguel Indurain : quintuple winner of the Tour de France who came to celebrate his birthday on the race. ~ Alain Prost : former Formula 1 driver and quadruple World Champion. ~ Pierre Berbizier : former captain then selector for the XV France team. ~ Abraham Olano : former team member of the ONCE - EROSKI team between 1999 and 2002 and World road Champion in 1995, winner of the 20th stage of the 1997 Tour de France. ~ Sylvain Guillaume : Scandinavian Combined Silver Medal at the Albertville Olympic Games. ~ Takuma SATO : Japanese Formula 3 Champion. ~ Emmanuel Clerico : former F 3 Champion of France and F3000 World Champion. ~ Fabrice Guy : Scandinavian Combined Gold Medal at the Albertville Olympic Games. Winner~ Cat 19-29 yrs: Loïc Herbreteau, Elite 2, wins the 11th edition of l'Étape du Tour Vélo Magazine. ~ Cat 30-39 yrs: Laurent Marcon ~ Cat 40-49 yrs: Jean-Luc Faure ~ Cat 50-59 yrs: André Fosse ~ Cat. E 60 yrs and +: Lindsay Crawford ~ Cat. F Women - 35 yrs: Stéphanie Gros ~ Cat. G Women +35 ans: Mylène Julien Participating countries: Japan, Norway, Vietnam, Tanzania, New Zealand, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Scotland, Denmark, Colombia, China, Canada, Brazil, Belgium, Austria, Australia, Argentina, England, Germany, South Africa, USA. 5th Trophy for the most animated town~ ARAMITS, a little town situated in the Barétous Valley, at the foot of the Col de la Pierre St Martin. Aramits is the birthplace of the Musketeers and was elected the most animated town on the 2003 l'Étape du Tour Vélo Magazine. (2002: ) (2001: Sarrancolin in the Hautes-Pyrénées region) (2000: Sault in the Vaucluse region) (1999: Beurières in the Puy de Dôme region) Anecdotes~ For the 3rd time, the town of Pau welcomes l'Étape du Tour Vélo Magazine to the delightful village set up at place de Verdun with more than 45 partners present and near to 21 000 visitors. ~ 40°, was the temperature recorded in the village in Pau on the 14th and 15th of July. ~ The Col de Bagargui was terrible for the majority of the pack with gradients of up to 11%. ~ Bayonne, a finishing town for the first time with the last kilometre covered in the heart of the town – sublime! ~ 78, is the age of the Veteran of the 2003 l'Étape du Tour Vélo Magazine. ~ 1760, is the number of foreign participants. |
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