France Iron Tour
August 30 - September 07, 1997
Prologue in Cassis (August 30)
(0.375 km swim / 10 km bike / 2.5 km run)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 25:07.
2. Chippy Slater (Aus/Salon Leclerc) 25:13.
3. Olivier Marceau (Fra/Poissy) 25:28.
1st stage in Marseille (August 31)
(0.6 km swim / 17km bike / 4 km run)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 50:22
2. Ben Bright (Aus/Assystem) 50:45
3. Chippy Slater (Aus/Salon Leclerc) 50:49
4. Jean-Christophe Guinchard (SUI/Poissy) 50:50
5. Andrew Johns (Aus/Danone) 51:08
6. Laurent Jeanselme (Fra/Assystem) 51:09
7. Karl Blasco (Fra/Poissy) 51:25
8. Peter Alder (Sui/Hennize-Alpina) 51:27
9. Reto Hug (Sui/Hennize-Alpina) 51:45
10. Darren Carnell (Aus) 51:46
2nd stage in Bandol (September 01)
(0.75 km swim / 20 km bike / 5 km run)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR) 52:19.
2. Chippy Slater (AUS) 52:24.
3. Marc Lees (AUS) 52:29.
3rd stage in Marseille (September 02)
(0,750 km swim / 20 km bike / 5 km run )
1. Simon Whitfield (CAN/Danone) 52:15
2. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 52:22
3. Chippy Slater (Aus/Salon Leclerc) 52:24
4. Andrew Jons (Aus/Danone) 52:54
5. Darren Carnell (Aus/Haribo Elite) 52:55
6. Pierre-Alain Frossard (Sui/Triathl'Aix) 53:01
7. Shane Reed (Aus/Harib Elite) 53:04
8. Dimitri Gaag (Kaz/Speedo Eurosport) 53:06
9. Laurent Jenselme (Fra/assystem) 53:07
10. Ben Bright (Aus/Assystem) 53:08
4th stage, a team time trial in Vichy (September 04)
(0.9 km swim - 22 km bike - 5.6 km run)
1. ASSYSTEM Samuel Pierreclaud 3:05:18
Laurent Jeanselme
Simon Lessing
2. SALON LECLERC Joachim Willen 3:07:48
Chippy Slatter
Stephane Sansoone
3. LPG SYSTEMS Mike Pigg 3:08:09
Andrew Mc Martin
Jimmy Riccitello
4. SPEEDO EUROSPORT Vassilis Kromidas 3:08:39
Alexander Merzlov
Dimitri Gaag
5. POISSY Jean-Christophe Guinchard 3:09:27
Sylvain Dodet
Olivier Marceau
6. HENNIEZ-ALPINA Markus Keller 3:09:41
Reto Hug
Peter Alder
5th stage in Macon (September 05)
(1.4 km swim - 36 km bike - 8 km run)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 1:29:07
2. Pierre-Alain Frossard (Sui/Triathl'Aix) 1:29:15
3. Chippy Slater (Aus/Triathl'Aix) 1:29:25
4. Mark Lees (Aus/Danone) 1:29:32
5. Jean-Christophe Guinchard (SUI/Poissy) 1:29:40
6. Andrew Mc Martin (Ca/LPG Systems) 1:29:57
7. Sylvain Dodet (Fra/Poissy) 1:30:00
8. Dimitri Gaag (KaZ/Spedo Eurosport) 1:30:03
9. Andrew Johns (Aus/Danone) 1:30:10
10. Ben Bright (Aus/Assystem) 1:30:12
6th stage in Besancon (September 06)
(0.9 km swim - 23 km bike - 5 km run) =
1. Christoph Mauch (Sui/Henniez-Alpina) 1:00:00
2. Jimmy Riccitelleo (USA/LPG Systems) 1:00:04
3. Piere-Alain Frossard (SUI/Triahtl'Aix) 1:00:12
4. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 1:00:39
5. Simon Whitfield (Can/Danone) 1:00:45
6. Mark Lees (Aus/Danone) 1:00:48
7. Sylvain Dodet (Fra/Poissy) 1:00:54
8. Karl Blasco (Frau/Poissy) 1:00:58
9. Mike Pigg (USA/LPG systems) 1:01:01
10. Chippy Slater (Aus/Salon Leclerc) 1:01:04
7th stage in Evian (final, September 07)
(1.4 km swim - 36.5 km bike - 8.8 km run)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 1:43:20
2. Jean-Christophe Guinchard (Sui/Poissys) 1:44:20
Olivier Marceau (Fr/Poissys) 1:44:20
4. Laurent Jeanselme (Fr/assystem) 1:44:32
5. Pierre-Alain Frossard (Sui/Triathl'aix) 1:45:08
6. Mark Lees (Aus/Danone) 1:45:28
7. Benjamin Sanson (Fr/Speedo Eurosport) 1:45:32
8. Darren Carnell (Aus/Haribo Elite) 1:45:42
9. Luc Huntjes (Ned/Salon Leclerc) 1:45:47
10. Sylvain Dodet (Fr/Poissy) 1:46:02
Overall (final)
1. Simon Lessing (GBR/Assystem) 8:15:02
2. Chippy Slater (Aus/Salon Leclerc) 8:20:09
3. Laurent Jeanselme (Fr/Assystem) 8:20:52
4. Jean-Christophe Guinchard (SUI/Poissy) 8:21:15
5. Mark Lees (Aus/Danone) 8:24:03
6. Olivier Marceau (Fr/Poissy) 8:24:33
7. Pierre-Alain Frossard (Sui/Triathl'aix) 8:24:42
8. Karl Blasco (Fr/Poissy) 8:25:10
9. Andrew Johns (Aus/danone) 8:25:50
10. Andrew Mc Martin (Ca/LPG/System) 8:26:09
Final Overall Teams:
1. Assystem 24:57:57
Ben Bright (Aus)
Laurent Jeanselme (Fra)
Simon Lessing (GBR)
Jason Metters (Aus)
Samuel Pierreclaud (Fra)
2. Poissy 25:09:02
Karl Blasco (Fra)
Sylvain Dafflon (Fra)
Sylvain Dodet (Fra)
Jean-Christoph Guinchard (Sui)
Olivier Marceau (Fra)
3. Danone 25:17:30
Franck Clark (Can)
Andrew Johns (Aus)
Mark Lees (Aus)
Glen Mangum (Usa)
Simon Whitfield (Can)
4. Salon Leclerc 25:18:55
Alexandre Guerin (Fra)
Luc Huntjes (Ned)
Stephane Jansoone (Fra)
Chippy Slater (Aus)
Joachim Willem (Swe)
5. Henniez-Alpina 25:21:24
Peter Alder (Sui)
Roger Fischlin (Sui)
Reto Hug (Sui)
Markus Keller (Sui)
Christoph Mauch (Sui)
6. LPG Systems 25:23:13
Wesley Hobson (USA)
Andrew Mc Martin (Can)
Mike Pigg (USA)
Jimmy Riccitelo (Usa)
Alec Rukosoev (Rus)
Nobuyasu Narashima(nara@airnet.ne.jp)