Stage 2, Calpe - Tavernes Valldigna, 210 kms1. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 5.48.14 2. DIAZ, Herminio ESP ONCE s.t. 3. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE 4. CHANTEUR, Pascal FRA CASINO 5. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6. SIMON, Francois FRA GAN 0.26 7. GENTILI, Massimniliano ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 8. GARCIA, David ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 9. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 10. MANCEBO, Francisco ESP BANESTO 11. GOUGOT, Fabrice FRA CASINO 12. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 13. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE 14. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL U.S. POSTAL 15. FORCONI, Riccardo ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 16. BOOGERD, Michael NED RABOBANK 17. BIANCHI, Carlo Marino ITA ASICS 18. LUTTENBERGER, Peter AUT RABOBANK 19. MALBERTI, Fabio ITA ASICS 20. AIARZAGUENA, I¤aki ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 21. LAUKKA, Joona FIN LOTTO-MOBISTAR 22. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO 23. JONKER, Patrick AUS RABOBANK 24. PETITO, Roberto ITA SAECO 25. MOREAU, Christophe FRA LOTUS-FESTINA 26. BELLI, Wladimir ITA LOTUS-FESTINA 27. CASAGRANDE, Francesco ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 28. HERAS, Roberto ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 29. DELLA SANTA, Stefano ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 30. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 31. PADRNOS, Pavel CZE SAECO 32. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE 0.26 33. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 1.39 34. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 35. SCHIAVINA, Samuele ITA ASICS 36. CHIAPPUCCI, Claudio ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 37. ROUX, Laurent FRA TVM-FARM FRITES 38. MOLINARI, Maurizio ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 39. VERHEYEN, Geert BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 40. ROSCIOLI, Fabio ITA ASICS 41. MARTINEZ, Alberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 42. GELFI, Luca ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 43. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 44. URIA, Jose Manuel ESP ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 45. MARKOV, Alexei RUS LOKOSPHINX 46. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE 47. CA¥ADA, David ESP ONCE 48. MADOUAS, Laurent FRA LOTTO-MOBISTAR 49. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 50. DIAZ, Luis Maria ESP ONCE 51. GUTIERREZ, Jose Enriqu ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 52. LOPEZ, Alberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 53. SEIGNEUR, Eddy FRA GAN 54. DEL OLMO, Txema ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 55. LELLI, Massimiliano ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 56. AJURIA, Ibon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 57. FERNANDEZ, Bingen ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 58. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 59. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S. POSTAL 60. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA U.S. POSTAL 61. TRENTI, Guido USA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 62. MAZZANTI, Luca ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 63. HVASTIJA, Martin SLO CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 64. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 65. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 66. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 67. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 68. ZBERG, Beat SUI RABOBANK 69. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 70. MOERENHOUT, Koos NED RABOBANK 71. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 72. JEKER, Fabian SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 73. MEIER, Armin SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 74. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE 75. KONYSHEV, Dimitri RUS MERCATONE-BIANCHI 76. TRAVERSONI, Mario ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 77. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO 78. SALVODELLI, Paolo ITA SAECO 1.39 79. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 2.15 80. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 81. SOUSA, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 82. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO 83. GRITSOUN, Edouard RUS LOKOSPHINX 84. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 85. SMETANINE, Serguei RUS VITALICIO SEGUROS 86. PETILLEAU, Stephane FRA GAN 87. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 88. FERRARI, Diego ITA ASICS 89. COLONNA, Federico ITA ASICS 90. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 91. PESCHEL, Uwe GER ESTEPONA-BREPAC 92. INDURAIN, Prudencio ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 93. JARQUE, Jose Francisco ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 94. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 95. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 96. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 97. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 98. JONASSON, Danny DEN RABOBANK 99. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S. POSTAL 100. CIPOLLINI, Mario ITA SAECO 101. TAULER, Toni ESP ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 102. MEIER, Roland SUI COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 103. RITTSEL, Martin SWE CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 2.15 104. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 2.29 105. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 4.17 106. FINCATO, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 4.26 107. ARTUNGHI, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 108. BONGIONI, Alessio ITA ASICS 109. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 110. PANTANI, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 111. GALVA¤, Ruben ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 112. TIETERIOUK, Andrei KAZ LOTTO-MOBISTAR 113. ARAZZI, Francesco ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 114. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 115. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 116. BORISSOV, Vladisslav RUS LOKOSPHINX 117. CHANTYR, Anton RUS LOKOSPHINX 118. VOIGT, Jens GER GAN 119. KARPETS, Vladimir RUS LOKOSPHINX 120. ZUELLE, Alex SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 121. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 122. CERIOLI, Ivan ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 123. DI RENZO, Marco Antoni ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 124. RUBIERA, Jose Luis ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 125. VERBRUGGHE, Rik BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 126. FONDRIEST, Maurizio ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 127. ULRICH, Jan GER TELEKOM 128. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 129. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 130. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 131. LOTZ, Marc NED RABOBANK 4.26 132. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 6.54 133. AMARAL, alberto POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 6.54 134. SANTOS, Luis POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 6.54 135. KOUDRIAVTSEV, Dmkitri RUS LOKOSPHINX 9.22 136. STEPHEN, Neil AUS LOTUS-FESTINA 9.47 137. LIBERATO, Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 138. ANDREU, Frankie USA U.S. POSTAL 139. ROUS, Didier FRA LOTUS-FESTINA 140. KOUZNETSOV, Nikolai RUS LOKOSPHINX 141. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 142. SMYSLOV, Denis RUS LOKOSPHINX 143. LATASA, David ESP BANESTO 144. OCHOA, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 145. BIANCHINI, Cristian ITA ASICS 146. JALABERT, Nicolas FRA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 147. BERTOLINI, Alessandro ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 148. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 149. BARONTI, Alessandro ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 150. SOLAUN, Cesar ESP BANESTO 151. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED TVM-FARM FRITES 152. CAGIGAS, Matias ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 153. TEUTENBERG, Sven GER U.S. POSTAL 154. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 155. VOSKAMP, Bart NED TVM-FARM FRITES 156. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 157. WUST, Marcel GER LOTUS-FESTINA 158. CHECCHIN, Stefano ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 159. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO 160. APARICIO, Vicente ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 161. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 162. STREEL, Marc BEL CASINO 163. NAVAS, David ESP BANESTO 164. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 165. ZATTI, Andrea ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 166. DE LAS CUEVAS, Armand FRA BANESTO 167. STRAZZER, Massimo ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUM 9.47 168. DEKKER, Erik NED RABOBANK 17.55 169. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 17.55 GC after Stage 2
1. CHANTEUR, Pascal FRA CASINO 9.55.34 2. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO s.t. 3. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4. DIAZ, Herminio ESP ONCE 5. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE 6. SIMON, Francois FRA GAN 0.26 7. GENTILI, Massimniliano ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 8. MANCEBO, Francisco ESP BANESTO 9. PETITO, Roberto ITA SAECO 10. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 11. BOOGERD, Michael NED RABOBANK 12. GOUGOT, Fabrice FRA CASINO 13. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE 14. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 15. LUTTENBERGER, Peter AUT RABOBANK 16. MALBERTI, Fabio ITA ASICS 17. JONKER, Patrick AUS RABOBANK 18. CASAGRANDE, Francesco ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 19. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 20. BELLI, Wladimir ITA LOTUS-FESTINA 21. LAUKKA, Joona FIN LOTTO-MOBISTAR 22. AIARZAGUENA, I¤aki ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 23. MOREAU, Christophe FRA LOTUS-FESTINA 24. HERAS, Roberto ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 25. BIANCHI, Carlo Marino ITA ASICS 26. DELLA SANTA, Stefano ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 27. GARCIA, David ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 28. FORCONI, Riccardo ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 29. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL U.S. POSTAL 30. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE 31. PADRNOS, Pavel CZE SAECO 0.26 32. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO 1.25 33. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 1.39 34. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 1.39 35. VERHEYEN, Geert BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.39 36. SCHIAVINA, Samuele ITA ASICS 1.39 37. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE 1.39 38. MADOUAS, Laurent FRA LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.39 39. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA U.S. POSTAL 1.39 40. ROUX, Laurent FRA TVM-FARM FRITES 1.39 41. CHIAPPUCCI, Claudio ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 1.39 42. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 1.39 43. TRAVERSONI, Mario ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 1.39 44. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S. POSTAL 1.39 45. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO 1.39 46. TRENTI, Guido USA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 1.39 47. GELFI, Luca ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 1.39 48. DIAZ, Luis Maria ESP ONCE 1.39 49. GUTIERREZ, Jose Enrique ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.39 50. AJURIA, Ibon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 51. MARKOV, Alexei RUS LOKOSPHINX 1.39 52. DEL OLMO, Txema ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 53. ZBERG, Beat SUI RABOBANK 1.39 54. FERNANDEZ, Bingen ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 55. MOERENHOUT, Koos NED RABOBANK 1.39 56. MEIER, Armin SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 1.39 57. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 58. SEIGNEUR, Eddy FRA GAN 1.39 59. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 1.39 60. MOLINARI, Maurizio ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 1.39 61. KONYSHEV, Dimitri RUS MERCATONE-BIANCHI 1.39 62. CA¥ADA, David ESP ONCE 1.39 63. JEKER, Fabian SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 1.39 64. LELLI, Massimiliano ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 1.39 65. MAZZANTI, Luca ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 1.39 66. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J. ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.39 67. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 68. ROSCIOLI, Fabio ITA ASICS 1.39 69. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 1.39 70. HVASTIJA, Martin SLO CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 1.39 71. MARTINEZ, Alberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 72. LOPEZ, Alberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.39 73. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 1.39 74. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 1.39 75. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE 1.39 76. SALVODELLI, Paolo ITA SAECO 1.39 77. COLONNA, Federico ITA ASICS 2.15 78. SMETANINE, Serguei RUS VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.15 79. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.15 80. RITTSEL, Martin SWE CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 2.15 81. INDURAIN, Prudencio ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.15 82. PESCHEL, Uwe GER ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.15 83. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 2.15 84. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO 2.15 85. FERRARI, Diego ITA ASICS 2.15 86. JARQUE, Jose Francisco ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.15 87. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.15 88. GRITSOUN, Edouard RUS LOKOSPHINX 2.15 89. JONASSON, Danny DEN RABOBANK 2.15 90. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 2.15 91. SOUSA, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 2.15 92. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.15 93. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 2.15 94. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 2.15 95. PETILLEAU, Stephane FRA GAN 2.15 96. CIPOLLINI, Mario ITA SAECO 2.15 97. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S. POSTAL 2.15 98. MEIER, Roland SUI COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 2.15 99. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 2.23 100. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 2.29 101. URIA, Jose Manuel ESP ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 3.11 102. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 4.17 103. CHANTYR, Anton RUS LOKOSPHINX 4.26 104. RUBIERA, Jose Luis ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.26 105. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.26 106. VOIGT, Jens GER GAN 4.26 107. FINCATO, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 4.26 108. ARAZZI, Francesco ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 4.26 109. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 4.26 110. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 4.26 111. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 4.26 112. ULRICH, Jan GER TELEKOM 4.26 113. ZUELLE, Alex SUI LOTUS-FESTINA 4.26 114. ARTUNGHI, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 4.26 115. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 4.26 116. BORISSOV, Vladisslav RUS LOKOSPHINX 4.26 117. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 4.26 118. PANTANI, Marco ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 4.26 119. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.26 120. VERBRUGGHE, Rik BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 4.26 121. LOTZ, Marc NED RABOBANK 4.26 122. FONDRIEST, Maurizio ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 4.58 123. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 7.20 124. BONGIONI, Alessio ITA ASICS 7.25 125. GALVA¤, Ruben ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 7.25 126. TIETERIOUK, Andrei KAZ LOTTO-MOBISTAR 7.25 127. CERIOLI, Ivan ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 9.31 128. WUST, Marcel GER LOTUS-FESTINA 9.47 129. JALABERT, Nicolas FRA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 9.47 130. STEPHEN, Neil AUS LOTUS-FESTINA 9.47 131. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 9.47 132. ROUS, Didier FRA LOTUS-FESTINA 9.47 133. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 9.47 134. LATASA, David ESP BANESTO 9.47 135. SOLAUN, Cesar ESP BANESTO 9.47 136. STRAZZER, Massimo ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 9.47 137. AMARAL, alberto POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 9.53 138. BERTOLINI, Alessandro ITA COFIDIS-LE CREDIT 10.19 139. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 10.19 140. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 10.26 141. TEUTENBERG, Sven GER U.S. POSTAL 10.29 142. VOSKAMP, Bart NED TVM-FARM FRITES 10.34 143. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO 10.34 144. ANDREU, Frankie USA U.S. POSTAL 10.46 145. TAULER, Toni ESP ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 10.57 146. CAGIGAS, Matias ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 11.19 147. DE LAS CUEVAS, Armand FRA BANESTO 12.46 148. BARONTI, Alessandro ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 14.32 149. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 14.52 150. CHECCHIN, Stefano ITA MERCATONE-BIANCHI 14.52 151. STREEL, Marc BEL CASINO 14.52 152. KARPETS, Vladimir RUS LOKOSPHINX 15.21 153. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 15.36 154. SANTOS, Luis POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 17.49 155. DI RENZO, Marco Antonio ITA CANTINA-ALEXIA ALLUMINIO 18.07 156. KOUZNETSOV, Nikolai RUS LOKOSPHINX 18.29 157. SMYSLOV, Denis RUS LOKOSPHINX 18.29 158. OCHOA, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 18.29 159. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 19.50 160. LIBERATO, Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 20.42 161. APARICIO, Vicente ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 20.42 162. BIANCHINI, Cristian ITA ASICS 23.23 163. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED TVM-FARM FRITES 25.15 164. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 25.15 165. NAVAS, David ESP BANESTO 25.15 166. ZATTI, Andrea ITA ROSMARY-AMICA CHIPS 25.15 167. KOUDRIAVTSEV, Dmkitri RUS LOKOSPHINX 27.00 168. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 33.23 169. DEKKER, Erik NED RABOBANK 33.31 Brief Report Danish rider Bo Hamburger, from French team Casino, won the second stage between Calpe and Tavernes de la Valldigna over 201kms. Hamburger finished with a time of 5.48.15, the same as Spaniards Díaz Zabala Zarrabeitia, Santos Gonzalez and Frenchman Chanteur. After this stage, Pascal Chanteur, also from Team Casino, becomes the new overall leader, with the same time as his breakaway companions and almost half a minute over the first rider to come in with the peloton. This was a magnificent stage for the riders of Team Casino, although the main player of the stage was young Spaniard Javier Ochoa, from Team Kelme Costa Blanca, who took off at kilometer 93 and opened a maximum advantage of 7 minutes, becoming overall leader on the road for a while. At kilometer 132, the peloton seriously started to chase him with Team Telekom driving the show to protect Erik Zabel's overnight leader's jersey. They eventually caught him at the 170 kms mark. After neutralizing Ochoa, the race changed, with the sprinter's teams taking control. However, other teams still tried to attack the peloton with Rabobank launching Austrian Peter Luttenberger at the last climb, a category 3, located 15 kilometers from the finish. His attack made things tense for a time with a small group forming at the front which included Marco Pantani, Forconi and Gougot. In the descent the first one to go would be Santos González who was later joined by Díaz Zabala, Zarrabeitia, Chanteur and Hamburger. The peloton didn't react and the quintet worked well together, since both Casino and ONCE had men in front. In the end Hamburger was the fastest. |