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The Stages:
Stage 2, La Rinconada - Malaga, 214.9 kms:1. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 5.34.17 2. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3. Robbie McEwan (Aus) Rabobank 4. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal 5. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto 6. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM 7. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 8. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme 9. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 10. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE all s.t. 11. VAN DER WOLF, Michael NED TEAM GEROLSTEINER 12. CAPELLE, Christophe FRA COFIDIS 13. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 14. ETXEBARRIA, Unai ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 15. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 16. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 17. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR 18. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 19. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 20. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 21. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 22. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES 23. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 24. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 25. VANDERAERDEN, Gert BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 26. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK 27. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 28. BOMANS, Carlo BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 29. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL 30. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 31. OSA, Unai ESP BANESTO 32. ANDREU, Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 33. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 34. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 35. DERAME, Pascal FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 36. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 37. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 38. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 39. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 40. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 41. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 42. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS 43. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 44. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK 45. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 46. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE 47. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK 48. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 49. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 50. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 51. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 52. DE CLERCQ, Hans BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 53. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO 54. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 55. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 56. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 57. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 58. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 59. ANDERSSON, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 60. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 61. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 62. GONZALEZ, Inigo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 63. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 64. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 65. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 66. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 67. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 68. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 69. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 70. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 71. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 72. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 73. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE 74. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 75. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 76. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 77. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 78. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 79. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 80. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 81. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Albert ESP ONCE 82. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE 83. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 84. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 85. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE 86. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS 87. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 88. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 89. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO 90. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL 91. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 92. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 93. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK 94. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 95. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE 96. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 97. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 98. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 99. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 100. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE 101. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE 102. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 103. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 104. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 105. BELOKI, Joseba ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 106. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 107. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 108. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 109. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM 110. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 111. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 112. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 113. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 114. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 115. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 116. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 117. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS 118. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEU 119. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 120. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 121. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 122. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 1.18 123. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34 124. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.34 125. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 6.34 126. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34 127. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34 128. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 6.34 129. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 6.34 130. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 8.46 131. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 8.46 132. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-De BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.46 133. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 8.46 134. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 8.46 135. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 8.51 136. MCGRORY, Scott AUS CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 8.54 137. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 8.54 138. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 8.54 139. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 8.54 140. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 8.54 141. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 8.54 142. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 8.54 143. WILLIEMS, Ludwig BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.54 GC after Stage 2
1. Robbie McEwan (Aus) Rabobank 9.36.59
2. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi
3. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal
4. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
5. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM
6. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto
7. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis
8. Michael van der Wolf (Ned) Team Gerolsteiner
9. Unai Etxebarria (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE all s.t.
11. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO
12. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR
13. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL
14. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR
15. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
16. VANDERAERDEN, Gert BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
17. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK
18. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
19. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS
20. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC
21. PLANCKAERT, Jo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR
22. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA
23. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK
24. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE
25. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS
26. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC
27. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
28. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS
29. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES
30. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER
31. ANDERSSON, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES
32. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR
33. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM
34. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS
35. DERAME, Pascal FRA US POSTAL SERVICE
36. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA
37. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI
38. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR
39. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA
40. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE
41. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS
42. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA
43. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS
44. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS
45. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL
46. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
47. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
48. OSA, Unai ESP BANESTO
49. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK
50. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA
51. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM
52. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
53. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO
54. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA
55. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE
56. BOMANS, Carlo BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
57. ANDREU, Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE
58. MATTAN, Nico BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI
59. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES
60. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA
61. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA
62. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO
63. DE CLERCQ, Hans BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
64. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO
65. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR
66. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI
67. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
68. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE
69. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK
70. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
71. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM
72. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
73. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI
74. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO
75. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO
76. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE
77. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE
78. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE
79. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
80. GONZALEZ, I¤igo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS
81. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
82. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO
83. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI
84. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE
85. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
86. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC
87. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS
88. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
89. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL
90. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE
91. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC
92. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Alberto ESP ONCE
93. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
94. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER
95. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
96. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK
97. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
98. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE
99. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
100. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER
101. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC
102. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA
103. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
104. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE
105. BELOKI, Joseba ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
106. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS
107. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS
108. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM
109. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO
110. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI
111. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
112. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
113. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES
114. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA
115. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
116. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS
117. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO
118. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 0.41
119. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 0.49
120. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 0.52
121. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 0.52
122. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 1.18
123. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 6.34
124. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.34
125. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34
126. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 6.34
127. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34
128. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.34
129. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 6.34
130. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 8.46
131. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 8.46
132. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 8.46
133. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-Denis BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.46
134. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 8.46
135. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 8.51
136. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 8.54
137. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 8.54
138. MCGRORY, Scott AUS CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 8.54
139. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 8.54
140. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.54
141. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 8.54
142. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 8.54
143. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 8.54
GC after Stage 2 Mapei-Bricobi's Tom Steels (Bel) made sprinting look easy by taking the second stage of the Tour of Andalucia in a frantic sprint along the seaside bouluvard of Malaga. The main peloton threatened as the closing kms arrived but ultimately it was only 5 riders who contested the sprint and all were given the same time. Steels won from Telekom ace Erik Zabel with Australia's Robbie McEwen third. Robbie held the leaders jersey which he secured the day before by winning Stage 1. The stage was brought alive in the final 35 kms when Estepona's Juan Vicario (Spain) and Euskaltel-Euskadi's Oscar Lopez Uriarte attacked and their maximum lead was around 54 seconds. The peloton ran them down at the 19 kms mark and this set up the stage for a mass sprint. got away. The stage started at La Rincolanada and finished in Málaga, going through excellent roads, which made it easy for the early attacks to be reeled back without impact. The first kilometers were characterized by many attacks, but none of them would prosper due the good control by Team Rabobank of the overall leader Robbie McEwen. After a nervous start, the peloton turned calm and things got tedious, like a cyclo tourist ride, with nobody trying to get away until there were not many kilometers left. That's when teams like Euskaltel Euskadi and Estepona Brepac, started to enliven things. In the end it would come down to a battle amongst the teams with sprinters, which went the way of Tom Steels, who won with a fast finish which was complicated by the many turns in the route. |