Tour de France Prologue Results

Posted: Saturday July 11, 1998 03:31 PM

DUBLIN, Ireland (CNN/SI) -- Results of Saturday's prologue of the Tour de France through central Dublin -- 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles) from Trinity College to O'Connell Street.

  1. Chris Boardman       Britain        Gan                  6:12.36
  2. Abraham Olano        Spain          Banesto                    4.60 seconds behind
  3. Laurent Jalabert     France         Cofidis                    4.69
  4. Bobby Julich         United States  Cofidis                    4.77
  5. Christophe Moreau    France         Festina                    4.96
  6. Jan Ullrich          Germany        Telekom                    5.60
  7. Alex Zuelle          Switzerland    Festina                    7
  8. Laurent Dufaut       Switzerland    Festina                    9
  9. Andrei Tchmil        Belgium        Lotto                     10
 10. Viatcheslav Ekimov   Russia         US Postal Service         11
 11. Frankie Andreu       United States  US Postal Service         11
 12. Angel Casero         Spain          Vitalicio Seguros         11
 13. Stephane Heulot      France         Francaise des Jeux        11
 14. Richard Verinque     France         Festina                   12
 15. Nicolas Jalabert     France         Cofidis                   12
 16. Laurent Brochard     France         Festina                   12
 17. Servais Knaven       Netherlands    TVM                       12
 18. Mario Cipollini      Italy          Saeco                     13
 19. Erik Dekker          Netherlands    Rabobank                  13
 20. Giuseppe di Grande   Italy          Mapei                     13


Others
 23. Bjarne Riis          Denmark        Telekom                   14
 26. George Hincapie      United States  US Postal Service         16
 46. Axel Merckx          Belgium        Polti                     21
 62. Erik Zabel,          Germany        Telekom                   24
 64. Yevgeny Berzin       Russia         La Francaise des Jeux     24
181. Marco Pantani        Italy          Mercatone Uno             48

The Associated Press contributed to this report.