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1998 Liège-Bastogne-Liège

84th edition: Sunday, April 19, 1998

Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium history | 1999 edition | 1997 edition |

193 starters, 102 classified finishers

Belgium, 265.5 km: 40.08 km/hr average speed

Michele Bartoli wins 1998 Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Michele Bartoli wins 1998 Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Complete Results:

  1. Michele Bartoli (Asics) 6hr 37min 29sec
  2. Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) @ 1min 13sec
  3. Rodolfo Massi (Casino) @ 1min 21sec
  4. Francesco Casagrande (Cofidis) s.t.
  5. Story of the Giro d'Italia, volume 1
  6. Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) s.t.
  7. Frank Vandenbroucke (Mapei) @ 1min 35sec
  8. Andrea Peron (FDJ) @ 1min 44sec
  9. Mauro Gianetti (FDJ) @ 1min 47sec
  10. Maartin Den Bakker (Rabobank) s.t.
  11. Laurent Dufaux (Festina) @ 2min 4sec
  12. Evgeni Berzin (FDJ) @ 2min 15sec
  13. Bo Hamburger (Casino) @ 3min 16sec
  14. Paolo Lanfranchi (Mapei) @ 3min 24sec
  15. Vladislav Bobrik (Riso Scotti) s.t.
  16. Christophe Moreau (Festina) s.t.
  17. Pascal Hervé (Festina) @ 3min 54sec
  18. Emmanuel Magnien (FDJ) s.t.
  19. Stefano Zanini (Mapei) s.t.
  20. Scott Sunderland (Palmans) s.t.
  21. Andrei Tchmil (Lotto) s.t.
  22. Alberto Elli (Mapei) s.t.
  23. Mirko Celestino (Polti) s.t.
  24. Gariele Colombo (Ballan) s.t.
  25. Manuel Fernandez (Banesto) s.t.
  26. Beat Zberg (Rabobank) s.t.
  27. Jon Odriozola (Banesto) s.t.
  28. Andrea Noe (Asics) s.t.
  29. Marco Velo (Mercatone Uno) 2 4min 0sec
  30. Peter van Petegem (TVM) @ 4min 2sec
  31. Gianluca Valoti (Polti) s.t.
  32. Stephane Heulot (FDJ) s.t.
  33. Gianni Faresin (Mapei) s.t.
  34. Udo Bölts (Telekom) s.t.
  35. David Etxebarria (ONCE) s.t.
  36. Tobias Steinhauser (Vitalicio Seguros) @ 4mn 7sec
  37. Nicola Loda (Ballan) s.t.
  38. Franco Ballerini (Mapei) s.t.
  39. Eddy Mazzoleni (Saeco) @ 4min 15sec
  40. Paolo Savoldelli (Saeco) @ 4min 22sec
  41. Axel Merckx (Polti) s.t.
  42. Serguei Ivanov (TVM) s.t.
  43. Andrei Teteriouk (Lotto) @ 4min 48sec
  44. Geert Verheyen (lotto) s.t.
  45. Henk Vogels (Gan) s.t.
  46. Marty Jemison (US Postal) s.t.
  47. Dariusz Baranowski (US Postal) s.t.
  48. Oscar Pellicioli (Mercatone Uno) s.t.
  49. Sergio Barbero (Mercatone Uno) s.t.
  50. Jörg Jaksche (Polti) s.t.
  51. Germano Pierdomenico (Cantina Tollo) s.t.
  52. Alexandre Shefer (Asics) s.t.
  53. Ermanno Brignoli (Riso Scotti) @ 4min 55sec
  54. Roberto Sgambelluri (Brescialat) s.t.
  55. Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE) s.t.
  56. Santiago Blanco (Vitalicio Seguros) s.t.
  57. Andrea Ferrigato (Vitalicio Seguros) s.t.
  58. Luc Leblanc (Polti) @ 5min 31sec
  59. Matteo Tosatto (Ballan) @ 5min 57sec
  60. Christophe Mengin (FDJ) @ 5min 57sec
  61. Rik Verbrugghe (lotto) @ 6min 2sec
  62. Cedric Vasseur (Gan) s.t.
  63. Marcelino Garcia (ONCE) s.t.
  64. Santiago Botero (Kelme) @ 6min 9sec
  65. Andrea Brognara (Riso Scotti) @ 9min 26sec
  66. Richard Virenque (Festina) @ 10min 33sec
  67. Christophe Rinero (Cofidis) @ 11min 46sec
  68. Dirk Baldinger (Telekom) @ 12min 12sec
  69. Rolf Sorensen (Rabobank) s.t.
  70. Patrick Jonker (Rabobank) s.t.
  71. Angelo Canzonieri (Ballan) s.t.
  72. Rolf Aldag (Telekom) s.t.
  73. Sébastien Hinault (Gan) s.t.
  74. Karl Pauwels (Palmans) s.t.
  75. Jens Heppner (Telekom) s.t.
  76. Filippo Casagrande (Scrigno) s.t.
  77. Roland Meier (Cofidis) s.t.
  78. Kurt Van de Wouwer (lotto) s.t.
  79. Carlo Bomans (Palmans) s.t.
  80. Christophe Agnolutto (Cofidis) s.t.
  81. Christopher Boardman (Gan) s.t.
  82. Davide Tani (Asics) s.t.
  83. Gianni Bugno (Mapei) s.t.
  84. Alessandro Bertolini (Cofidis) s.t.
  85. Georg Totschnig (Telekom) s.t.
  86. Stefano Colage (Cantina Tollo) s.t.
  87. Mirko Gualdi (Polti) s.t.
  88. Jens Voigt (Gan) s.t.
  89. Joona Laukka (Lotto) s.t.
  90. Luis Perez (ONCE) s.t.
  91. Michele Coppolillo (Asics) s.t.
  92. Rolf Jaermann (Casino) s.t.
  93. Paolo Bettini (Asics) s.t.
  94. Dario Frigo (Saeco) s.t.
  95. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Ballan) s.t.
  96. Simone Borgheresi (Mercaotne Uno) s.t.
  97. Cristian Salvato (Polti) s.t.
  98. Bart Voskamp (TVM) @ 13min 12sec
  99. François Simon (Gan) @ 15min 52sec
  100. Massimo Podenzana (Mercatone Uno) s.t.
  101. Kevin Livingston (Cofidis) s.t.
  102. Marco Della Vedova (Brescialat) s.t.
  103. Bruno Thibaut (Cofidis) @ 16min 47sec

1998 Liege-Bastogne-Liege podium

1998 Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium, from left: 2nd place Laurent Jalabert, winner Michele Bartolo and 3rd place Rodolfo Massi