in article [email hidden], Jenko at [email hidden] wrote
on 7/3/04 11:00 AM:
Quoted message said:David Off said:
Bravo to the US... 3 riders in the top ten.
If you extend that to the top 30, you see whose countries care the most about
the Tour
Spain: 9 riders (Gutierrez, 3rd, was the first among them)
USA: 6 (Armstrong, 2nd)
Germany: 5 (Voigt, 7th)
Norway: 2 (Hushovd, 5th)
Russia: 2 (Ekimov, 19th)
Belgium: 2 (Wauters, 22nd)
Switzerland: 1 (Cancellara, 1st)
Australia: 1 (McGee, 4th)
France: 1 (Moreau, 8th)
Italy: 1 (Peron, 20th)
Other countries
Netherlands: De Groot, 37th
Portugal: Azevedo, 38th
...
Denmark: Piil, 83rd
Jenko
Austria: Bernhard Eisel (FDJ), 43rd
Czech Republic: Jan Hruska (Liberty), 45th
Lithuania: Marius Sabaliauskas (Saeco), 50th
Sweden: Magnus Backstedt (Alessio), 62nd
Ireland: Mark Scanlon (AG2R), 63rd
Colombia: Santiago Botero (T-Mobile), 71st
New Zealand: Julian Dean (Credit Agricole), 72nd
Venezuela: Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel), 76th
Poland: Darius Baranowski (Liberty), 88th
Estonia: Janek Tombak (Cofidis), 112nd
Slovenia: Martin Hvastija (Alessio), 113rd