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Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2

Mexico, October 7-14, 2007

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Stage 3 - October 9: Parral - Guachochi, 198 km

López delivers second win for Canels Turbo

By Monika Prell in Guachochi

Carlos López crossed the line solo for his win today
Photo ©: Rafael Gómez Alonso
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Mexican Carlos López (Team Canels Turbo) won today's third and queen stage of the Tour into Guachochi and in doing so secured the second win of the Tour for his team, Canels Turbo. Gregorio Ladino (Team Tecos) has moved into the overall lead after placing second on the stage, Frenchman Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) crossed the line in third.

El Parral, a silver-mining town in the Sierra Tarahumara, played host to the riders before they set off on their 198km journey to Guachochi. Brightly dressed women accompanied by men in sombreros and their playful children waved the riders off, as they headed towards an area of Mexico where the inhabitants are still living a simple life.

The stage profile and long distance as well as the many tough stages still to come, seemed to be the last thing on the riders minds today as they set off. As soon as the flag dropped Arquimides Lam (Canels Turbo) attacked the peloton hoping that the peloton would let him go on what could only be considered a suicide break. Yet other teams in the peloton also had itchy feet and were reluctant to let him go. Once he was brought back into the fold a barrage of attacks, lead mainly by the Mexican contingent in the race, but also by Óscar Sevilla (Relax GAM) as well as the Slipstream and Kelly Benefit teams were unleashed on the peloton.

All the attacking coupled with the constant ascent took its toll early, with the peloton splitting into many smaller groups early in the stage. Many of these groups would struggle to reach the finish before the time limit, with many riders forced to abandon. The Ceramica Flaminia team was worst hit, with half their riders failing to finish due to the intense pace and a gastro bug that swept through the team overnight.

An intermediate sprint just after the 100km mark served as a spring board for four riders, Adrián Palomares, Antonio Aldape, Tomasz Marczynski and Óscar Sevilla, to escape the leading group of 30 riders, however they were not allowed a gap by the chasing riders and were brought back into the fold shortly after they escaped.

After 127km of racing Carlos López (Canels Turbo) and Gregorio Ladino (Tecos) broke clear of the lead group, and profited from the confusion in the chasing pack as to whom should take up the chase to gain a substantial lead. With just nine kilometers remaining López attacked his break away companion to take the stage solo in a time of 5:39.35. Ladino was able to hang on for second and in doing so, took over the overall lead from overnight leaer Danny Pate (Slipstream).

One of the numerous little groups
Photo ©: Monika Prell
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Lopez was clearly happy with his win after the stage, stating just how hard the conditions are to race in. "It was a hard stage because of the altitude of the mountains. The race is at a very high level and the best one in Latin America, with very strong teams."

Lopez rode a very determined race which meant there was very little time to enjoy the beautiful scenery typical to this part of the world. "It was a pity that I couldn't enjoy the beautiful landscape, I was very focused, but it was a great experience and the adrenaline was at its highest level. I dedicate this victory to my family and to my team, because both have always supported me," he said.

After taking their second stage in as many days, Team Canels Turbo are looking forward to the remainder of the Tour and hope to be in the fight for the overall. "For the upcoming stages we are well prepared and we are really keen on struggling for the best ranks." Lopez said.

Canadian, Christian Meier (Team Symmetrics Cycling) rode well today and was able to hold onto the jersey of leading under 23 rider, "It was a hard stage today with a lot of strong teams participating. I am happy about the jersey, now I am looking for a good general classification and I hope that I did not spent too many energy," he said.

Portuguese rider, Filipe Cardoso (Liberty Seguros), who was been very active since the beginning of the Tour, was surprised but happy about his performance today. "It is a difficult race for me, I am not in my best form. Before travelling to Mexico I was already on holidays, but I am content that I can conserve the jersey [of the most combative rider]. Now I would like to win a stage."

New overall leader, Colombian, Gregorio Ladino, is happy to be leading, but realizes that the finish is still a long way away. "Today was a quite difficult stage because of the terrain and the altitude. I went very well. Now we have three difficult stages, and until we reach the last kilometre of the last stage the leadership isn't secure," he stated.

Photography

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Images by Monika Prell

Images by Rafael Gómez Alonso

Results

1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                     5.00.39 (39.51 km/h)
2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad                                 0.35
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                         2.03
4 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir
5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream
6 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Universidad
7 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura Canarias
8 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina
9 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros
10 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
11 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
14 Christian Meier (Can) Symetrics Cycling
15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream
16 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos Universidad
17 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias
18 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
20 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream
21 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
22 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir
23 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros
24 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias
25 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlax                                    10.17
26 Will Routley (Can) Symetrics Cycling
27 Cameron Evans (Can) Symetrics Cycling
28 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir
29 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                          14.30
30 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG Toshiba
31 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
32 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros
33 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
34 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlax
35 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
36 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Universidad                            26.05
37 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos Universidad                                27.49
38 Geoff Kabush (Can) Symetrics Cycling
39 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
40 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven                                             29.14
41 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer
42 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer
43 Jose De Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlax                                 29.18
44 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlax
45 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flamina
46 David Winston (USA) AEG Toshiba
47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
48 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
49 Jonathan Re Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
50 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle
51 Carlos Ma Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
52 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias
53 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
54 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream
55 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel
56 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias
57 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream
58 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlax
59 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symetrics Cycling
60 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
61 David Munoz (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias
62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada
63 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir
64 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
65 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
66 John Freddy Parra (Col) Tecos Universidad
67 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
68 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven                                         43.20
69 Henry Swiny (USA) Rica Burguer                                        44.31
70 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer                                 44.32
71 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer
72 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven
73 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer
74 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven
75 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven
76 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
77 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle
78 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle
79 Miguel Ang Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
80 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
81 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
82 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
83 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros
84 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
85 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros
86 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
87 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlax
88 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer
89 Carlos Nozal (Por) Liberty Seguros
90 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG Toshiba
91 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven

Sprints
 
1
1 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            3 pts
2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      2
3 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                          1
 
2
1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         3 pts
2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              2
3 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara          1
 
Points
 
1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              5 pts
2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         3
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                               2
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         8 pts
2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         7
3 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      6
4 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                              5
5 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                          3
 
2
1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara        10 pts
2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              9
3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          7
4 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                     6
5 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      5
6 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            3
 
3
1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              6 pts
2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         5
3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         4
4 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                3
5 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Tecos Universidad Autonoma                                              3.06.38
2 Team Slipstream                                                            1.28
3 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                                          
4 Fuerte Ventura Canarias                                                        
5 Saunier Duval Prodir                                                       9.42
6 Canel's Turbo                                                             11.52
7 Agritubel                                                                 13.55
8 Liberty Seguros                                                                
9 Symetrics Cycling Team                                                    17.56
10 Kelly Benefit Strategies                                                 41.10
11 Arenas Tlax                                                              49.24
12 Orven                                                                  1.22.23
13 Rica Burguer                                                           1.38.18
14 Fullerton Bicycleo Novo                                                1.53.41
15 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua                                       2.08.55

General classification after stage 3

1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara      11.46.34
2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                           1.28
3 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                                  
5 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                   
6 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                          
7 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                      
8 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara          
9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                              
10 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                              
11 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
12 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros                                             
13 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                                
14 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                                
15 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              2.28
16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       4.31
17 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara              
18 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
19 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                   
20 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                                
21 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                           
22 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
23 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    
24 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                          
25 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                         9.42
26 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
27 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                       
28 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                    2.45
29 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                          3.55
30 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                                      
31 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                                  6.58
32 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                                
33 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                         
34 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                                
35 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                             7.29
36 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara           8.33
37 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer                                            8.39
38 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                        8.43
39 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                             
40 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
41 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara    0.17
42 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                     
43 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven                                                     1.42
44 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer                                                   
45 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                               1.43
46 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                           1.46
47 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                                  
48 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                                 
49 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                            
50 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                          
51 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                       
52 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                                  
53 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                     
54 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                      
55 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                          
56 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                           
57 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
58 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                       
59 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara            
60 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                        
61 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      2.19
62 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                         2.24
63 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      2.46
64 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  3.11
65 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                          6.18
66 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven                                                 2.45
67 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer                                              3.57
68 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven                                                      
69 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven                                                 7.00
70 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                            
71 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven                                                         
72 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                   
73 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                                      
74 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                   
75 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                      
76 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven                                                          
77 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                             
78 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                             
79 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer                                             
80 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                              
81 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                               
82 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                               
83 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                            
84 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           
85 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer                                          7.14
86 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                 7.15
87 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        7.33
88 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer                                               7.51
89 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                     8.57

Sprints classification

1 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                       10 pts
2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                 9
3 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                            7
4 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                                          7
5 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad                                     6
6 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir                                    5
7 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven                                                4
8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                          3
9 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina                                    3
10 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlax                                     3
11 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias                              2
12 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            2
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                  2
14 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Universidad                                     1
15 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                               1
16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                               1

Mountains classification

1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad                                    22 pts
2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                           15
3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream                                          12
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                   7
5 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina                                    6
6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                  6
7 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura Canarias                            5
8 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias                               5
9 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                 4
10 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo                                         3
11 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir                                    3
12 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                       3
13 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream                                         3
14 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast                     2
15 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast                     1
16 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                        1

U23 classification

1 Christian Meier (Can) Symetrics Cycling
2 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros
3 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
4 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel`s Turbo
5 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream
6 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlax
7 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast
8 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven
9 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven
10 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua
11 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua

Teams classification

1 Team Slipstream                                                      25.09.03
2 Canel`s Turbo                                                            1.00
3 Tecos Universidad Autonom                                                1.35
4 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                                    3.03
5 Agritubel
6 Fuerteventura Canarias
7 Saunier Duval Prodir
8 Liberty Seguros
9 Symetrics Cycling Team                                                  11.17