20th Vuelta a Burgos, Cat 2.1

Spain, August 17-21, 1998

1997 Results     Past Winners    

The Stages:

Stage 1, Miranda de Ebro, ITT 13 kms:
Stage 2, Burgos to Villarcayo, 175 kms:
Stage 3, Salas de los Infantes - Aranda de Duero, 178 kms:
Stage 4, Aranda de Duero - Lagunas de Neila, 158 kms:
Stage 5, Ońa - Burgos, 167 kms:

Preview:

Frenchman Laurent Jalabert, winner in 1997, Banesto's Abraham Olano and the two Swiss riders Laurent Dufaux and Alex Zulle are at the head of the list for the 20th edition of the Tour of Burgos which runs from Tuesday to Friday.

There is a field of 112 riders from 14 teams which will contest the 5 stages. Most of them have come from the Tour of Galacia which ended last Friday. For the first time in its history, the Tour of Burgos will start with an ITT in the environs of Miranda del Ebro.

The second stage takes the riders from Burgos to Villarcayo (175 km), the third from Salas de los Infantes to Aranda de Duero (178 km), the fourth, with several mountain passes, finishes on Las Lagunas de Neila (158 km) and the final stage of 167 kms is from Ona to Burgos.

The Tour of Burgos is the last stage race before the Vuelta a Espagna which commences on September 5. Last year, Jalabert and Olano fought out the final GC and Olano lost by 11/100s of a second.

Stage 1, Miranda de Ebro, ITT 13 kms:

  1. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 		       15.14
  2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE           		0.13
  3. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros      	0.25
  4. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac			0.25
  5. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 	0.30
  6. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto            		0.34
  7. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone-Uno          	0.35
  8. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Festina        			0.36
  9. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone-Uno      	0.40
 10. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto          		0.44
 ..
 39. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank			1.08
 61. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM				1.25
 62. Jan Boven (Ned) Raboank
 84. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank				1.41
 98. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank				2.00
 99. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) TVM				2.01
102. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM			2.05
107. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM			2.24
108. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM				2.27
109. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM				2.28

Stage 2, Burgos to Villarcayo, 175 kms:

  1. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Estepona-Brepac	     4.46.22
  2. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
  3. Steven de Jongh (Ned) TVM
  4. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar
  5. Jose Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
  6. Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadia
  7. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
  8. Stefano Checchin (Ita) Mercatone Uno
  9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
 10. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina
..
 19. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
 22. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM
 67. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
 96. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM 			0.33
 99. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank				2.37
100. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM				4.09
101. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM
102. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
109. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank	 		5.25

GC after Stage 2 

  1. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 		     5.01.35
  2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 			0.13
  3. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros		0.25
  4. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE 		0.34
  5. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno 			0.35
  6. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina 				0.36
  7. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 			0.38
  8. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 		0.40
  9. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE 				0.44
 10. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 			0.45
 ..
 33. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank			1.08
 50. Steven de Jongh (Ned) TVM				1.25
 51. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
 92. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM				2.28
 95. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM			3.22
 98. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank				4.37
102. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank				5.50
106. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM			6.33
107. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM				6.36
108. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank	 		7.26

Brief

Eleuterio Anguita, of the Estepona-Brepac team, judged the second stage end to perfection and won in a time of 4.46.22 at an average speed of 36.6 km/h. Abraham Olano (Banesto) retained his yellow jersey. The feature of the stage was the long breakaway from Eligio Requejo, of the Avianca-Telekom. He stayed away for 140 kilometers and was caught just 25 kms from the end by Ros Mary rider Lorenzo Silvestro. At that stage, Silvestro was leader on the road. But strong work by Banesto and Vitalicio Seguros brought the race back together and allowed Olano to retain the leader's jersey. of the goal by the

Stage 3, Salas de los Infantes - Aranda de Duero, 178 kms:

  1. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina			     4.14.52
  2. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros
  3. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto Mobistar
  4. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
  5. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskadi
  6. Marc Wauters (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
  7. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
  8. Mario Aerts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
  9. Abraham Olano (Esp) Banesto
 10. Steven de Jongh (Ned) TVM				s.t.
 ..
 24. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
 36. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
 43. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM
 52. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
 58. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank
 81. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM			0.14
101. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM
104. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM				0.41
106. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank			0.47
110. Remco Van der Ven (Ned) TVM 			9.02

GC after Stage 3 

  1. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto		     9.16.31
  2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 			0.13
  3. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros  	0.25
  4. Marino Alonso (Spa) ONCE 				0.34
  5. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno 		0.40
  6. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 			0.45
  7. Franco Mauleon (Spa) Mapei 			0.46
  8. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina 			0.48
  9. Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi			0.48
 10. Andreď Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 		0.49
 ..
 29. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank			1.08
 43. Steven de Jongh (Ned) TVM				1.25
 44. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank				1.25
 90. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM 				2.54
 93. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM 			3.36
 96. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 			4.37
 97. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 				5.50
102. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM			6.33
103. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM				7.17
106. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 			8.13
110. Remco Van der Ven (Ned) TVM		       15.10

Stage 4, Aranda de Duero - Lagunas de Neila, 158 kms:

 1. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco          	     4.29.54
 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE             		0.25
 3. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto             		0.35
 4. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
 5. Kurt Van der Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar         	1.31
 6. Alvaro Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel
 7. Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Ros Mary
 8. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto
 9. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
10. Massimo Donati (Ita) Saeco				1.31

GC after Stage 4 

 1. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto         	    13.47.00
 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE            		0.03
 3. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco           		0.56
 4. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros          	1.21
 5. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          1.49
 6. Alvaro Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel        		1.51
 7. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto           		1.54
 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto       		2.05
 9. Kurt Van der Wouver (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar        	2.20
10. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE                  		2.21

Brief:

Saeco's Leonardo Piepoli took Stage 4 and Abraham Olano just held of Laurent Jalabert in the overall. They fought hard at the end to take time out of each other with Olano reducing the time loss to 10 seconds on Jalabert. He now has a lead of just 3 seconds overall and the final stage promises to be exciting.

Olano was aided by the work of his teammate Jose Maria Jimenez in the final stages of the trace.

Stage 5, Ońa - Burgos, 167 kms:

 1. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                3.51.21
 2. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros
 3. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 4. Stefano Checchin (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 5. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 6. Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel
 7. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno
 8. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Estepona
 9. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto
10. Andrei Teteriuk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar		s.t.

Final GC 

 1. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto        		    17.38.21
 2. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saeco          		0.56
 3. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros     	1.21
 4. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         	1.49
 5. Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel       		1.51
 6. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto          		1.54
 7. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto      		2.05
 8. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE                		2.21
 9. Andrei Teteriuk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar           	2.22
10. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno         		2.26

Brief:

Prior to the start today, World No.1 Laurent Jalabert withdrew from the Tour even though he was only 3 seconds behind the leader Abraham Olano.. He complained of lack of sleep and overall fatigue.

The stage was uneventful and ended in a mass sprint won by Andrei Tchmil. The return to form of Abraham Olano signalled that he wants to win the Tour of Spain which begins on September 5 in Cordoba. He led from start to finish after winning the opening ITT. Olano told the press that: "I just hope things go as well as they have done here because with this sort of performance and in these conditions I'm confident we can do well in September,"

Past Winners

1981   Faustino Ruperez (Spa) Zor-Helios Novostil
1982   José Laguia (Spa) Ciudad Real
1983   Angel De las Heras (Spa) Kelme
1984   Federico Echavé (Spa) Teka
1985   José Recio (Spa) Kelme
1986   Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Seat Orbea
1987   Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Orbea
1988   Marino Lejarreta (Spa) Caja Rural
1989   Francisco Antequera (Spa) BH
1990   Marino Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE
1991   Pedro Delgado (Spa) Banesto
1992   Alex Zülle (Swi) ONCE
1993   Laudelino Cubino (Spa)
1994   Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Castorama
1995   Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina
1996   Tony Rominger (Swi) Mapei
1997   Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin