44th Vuelta Ciclista Andalucia (Ruta del Sol), Cat 2.3

Spain, February 15-19, 1998


The Stages:

  • Stage 1: - Sunday, February 15, Seville - Seville, 157.8 kms.

  • Stage 2: - Monday, February 16, La Rinconada - Malaga, 214.9 kms.

  • Stage 3: - Tuesday, February 17, Puerto Deportivo Benal Madena - Alto Santuario Virgen de Araceli (Lucena), 169.6 kms.

  • Stage 4: -Wednesday, February 18, Puente Genil - Jaen, 147.3 kms.

  • Stage 5: - Thursday, February 19, Ubeda - Granada, 150.3 kms.

Mountain Sprints

Stage     Alt	Name			   Cat    Where
	  (m)

Stage 1   160 	Cuesta de las Doblas 	    3	 47.5 km
Stage 2   790 	Puerto de las Pedrizas      3	180.3 km
Stage 3   240  	Alto de Benalmadena  	    2 	  8.4 km
Stage 3   900 	Puerto de León       	    1	 54.4 km
Stage 3   790  	Puerto de las Pedrizas      3	 85.9 km
Stage 3   390 	Puerto de Benameji   	    3	139.3 km
Stage 3   810 	Alto Ntra. Sra.de Araceli   1	169.4 km
Stage 4  1160 	Puerto de la Pandera 	    1	123.5 km
Stage 5  1080  	Alto de los Villodres       3	 55.4 km
Past Winners

1925   Ricardo Montero (Spa)
1955   José Gomez Del Moral (Spa)
1956   Miguel Bover (Spa)
1957   Hortensio Vidauretta (Spa)
1958   Gabriel Company (Spa)
1959   Miguel Pacheco (Spa)
1960   Gabriel Mas (Spa)
1961   Angelino Soler (Spa)
1962   José-Antonio Momene (Spa)
1963   Antonio Barrutia (Spa)
1964   Rudi Altig (Ger)
1965   José Segu (Spa)
1966   Jésus Aranzabal (Spa)
1967   Ramon Mendiburu (Spa)
1968   Antoine Houbrechts (Bel)
1969   Antonio Gomez Del Moral (Spa)
1970   José Gomez-Lucas (Spa)
1971   Jean-Pierre Monsére (Bel)
1972   Jan Krekels (Ned)
1973   Roger Pintens (Bel)
1974   Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1975   Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1976   Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1977   Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
1979   Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
1980   Daniel Willems (Bel)
1981   Adri Schipper (Ned)
1982   Marc Sergeant (Bel)
1983   Eduardo Chozas (Spa)
1984   Julian Gorospe (Spa)
1985   Rolf Goelz (Ger)
1986   Steven Rooks (Ned)
1987   Rolf Goelz (Ger)
1988   Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1989   Fabio Bordonali (Ita)
1990   Eduardo Chozas (Spa)
1991   Roberto Lezaun (Spa)
1992   Miguel-Angel Martinez (Spa)
1993   Julian Gorospe (Spa)
1994   Stefano Della-Santa (Ita)
1995   Stefano Della-Santa (Ita)
1996   Neil Stephens (Australia)
1997   Erik Zabel  (Ger)
1998   ?

Complete Starting List

Telekom

 1 Erik Zabel (Ger)
 2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita)
 3 Rolf Aldag (Ger)
 4 Steffen Wesemann (Ger)
 5 Jens Heppner (Ger)
 6 Dietz Ver (Ger)
 7 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger)
 8 Jan Schaffaatm (Ger)

ONCE

11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
12 David Etxebarria (Spa)
13 Roberto Sierra (Spa)
14 Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa)
15 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa)
16 Rafael Diaz (Spa)
17 Josué Barrigon (Spa)
18 Francisco Javier Mauleon (Spa)

Banesto

 21 M. Fernandez Gines (Spa)
 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa)
 23 Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
 24 Jeremy Hunt (GB)
 25 Aitor Osa (Spa)
 26 Unai Osa (Spa)
 27 Pablo Lastras (Spa)
 28 Eladio Jimenez (Spa)

Mapei-Brico

 31 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
 32 Tom Steels (Bel)
 33 Franky Vandenbroucke (Bel)
 34 Davide Bramati (Ita)
 35 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
 36 Wifried Peeters (Bel)
 37 Nico Mattan (Bel)
 38 Bart Leysen (Bel)

Casino

 41 Pascal Richard (Swi) 
 42 Alberto Elli (Ita) 
 43 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 
 44 Marc Streel (Bel)
 45 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)
 46 Jacky Durand (Fra)
 47 Arturas Kasputis 
 48 Alexan Vinokourov

US Postal

 51 Viatcheslav Ekimov(Rus)
 52 Lance Armstrong (USA)
 53 Juan Llaneras Rosello (Spa) 
 54 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 
 55 Pascal Derame (Fra)
 56 George Hincapie (USA)
 57 Frankie Andreu (USA)
 58 Peter Meinert (Den)

Estepona

 61 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa)
 62 Isaac Villanueva (Spa)
 63 Andres Bermejo (Spa)
 64 José Miguel Elizburu (Spa)
 65 Carmelo Miranda (Spa)
 66 Germán Nieto (Spa)      
 67 Cesar Perez (Spa)
 68 Stefano Verziagi (Ita)

Kelme-Costa Blanca

 71 Francisco Cabello (Spa)
 72 Angel Edo (Spa)
 73 José Javier Gomez(Spa)
 74 Javier Pascual (Spa)
 75 Angel Vidal (Spa)
 76 Juan De Los Angeles (Spa)
 77 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa)
 78 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa)

Gerolsteiner

 81 Jan Bratowsky
 82 Born Glasner
 83 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
 84 Sascha Henrix (Ger)
 85 Frank Klein (Ger)
 86 Raimond Meijs (Ned)
 87 Wolfgag Oschwald (Ger)
 88 Michael Van Der Wolf (Ned)

Euskadi

 91 Ibon Ajuria (Spa)
 92 Joseba Beloki (Spa)
 93 Angel Castresana (Spa)
 94 Igor Flores (Spa) 
 95 Ramón G. Arrieta (Spa)
 96 Igor G. Galdeano (Spa)
 97 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
 98 O. Uriarte Lopez (Spa)

Lotto-Mobistar

101 Andrei Tchmil (Mol)
102 Jo Plankaert (Bel)    
103 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
104 Paul Van Hifte (Bel)
105 Ludwig Willems (Bel)
106 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
107 Chris Peers (Bel)
108 Jean-Denis Vandenbroucke (Bel) 

TVM-Farm frites

111 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)
112 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
113 Sergei Outschakov (Rus)
114 Michael Lafis (Swe)
115 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
116 Hendrick Van Dick (Bel)
117 Claus Moller (Den)
118 Michael Anderson (Swe)

Troiamarisco

121 Vitor Gamito (Por)
122 Luis Sarreira (Por)
123 Raúl Matias (Por)
124 Alberto Amaral (Por)
125 Rui Lavarinhas (Por)
126 Manuel Liberato (Por)
127 Luis Santos (Por)
128 Tomas Valls Mata (Por)

Rabobank

131 Rolf Sorensen (Den)
132 León Van Bon (Ned)
133 Erik Dekker (Ned)
134 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned)
135 Marten Den Bakker (Ned)
136 Marc Wauters (Bel)
137 Robbie McEwen (Australia)
138 Aart Vierhouten (Ned)

Palmans-Ideal

141 Wilfried Nelissen (Bel) - unlikely
142 Frank Hoj (Bel)
143 Carlo Bomans (Bel)
144 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel)
145 Hans De Clercq (Bel)
146 Frank Corvers (Bel)
147 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) 
148 Jorgen Vermeersch (Bel)

La Francaise des Jeux

151 Eugueni Berzin (Rus)
152 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
153 Stephane Heulot (Fra)
154 Christopher Horner (USA)
155 Andrea Peron (Ita)
156 Xavier Jan (Fra)
157 Frank Bouyer (Fra)
158 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)

Cofidis

161 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
162 Bobby Julich (USA)
163 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
164 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) 
165 Kevin Livingston (USA)
166 Francis Moreau (Fra)
167 Christophe Capelle (Fra)
168 David Plaza (Fra)

Continental Olympia

171 Nick Gates (Aus)
172 Scott McGrory (Aus)
173 Klaus Mutscher (Ger)
174 Grische Niermann (Ger)
175 Jason Phillips (Aus)
176 Timo Scholz (Ger)
177 Andreas Walzer (Ger)
178 Christian Wegmann (Ger)

Vitalicio-Seguros

181 Santiago Blanco (Spa)
182 Oliveiro Rincon (Col)
183 Oscar Freire (Spa)
184 Elio Aggiano (Ita)
185 Francisco Benitez (Spa)
186 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)
187 Ginés Salmeron (Spa)
188 Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa)