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Brief:Colombian rider, Hernan Buenahora (Vitalicio Seguros), became today the new overall leader of la Vuelta a Cataluńa, after winning stage 7 between Caldes Boí and Ordino Arcalís (231,7 kms).The 'Queen Stage' was a bit disappointing, without the expected battle between the leaders eventuating. Several smaller teams mounted persistent attacks which seemed to downgrade the bigger picture. The rider who benefitted most from all of this was Abraham Olano, who didn't have to waste any energy prior to the climb of Ordino Arcalis, where the finish was located. The Alto Túnel de Viella, the Bonaigua and the Canto, with its 20 kms of climbing were not enough to animate the race. The favorites started to show their cards at the foot of the Orlino Arcalís (10 kms of climbing at 2,240m), with Vitalicio trying their luck. Dominguez and Ferrigato imposed a high tempo which helped to launch their teammate, Colombian Oliverio Rincón. This led to the main contenders having to show their hands. GC leader Olano was dropped on the first slopes and his most direct rivals, Escartín, Totsching and Podenzana worked together to speed things up and ensure that Olano would lose lots of time. With 4 kilometers to the finish, Colombian Hernán Buenahora took advantage and attacked alone in search of the finish line, to finish off the excellent work by his team. Buenahora won the stage and took the leader's jersey. The overall leader was determined by the 100ths of a second, since Olano and Buenahora finished with the same overall time. Olano had 130 and Buenahora 33. Colombian Hernán Buenahora commented that everything worked out perfectly. "In the morning we had set up the tactics to win the stage. I don't recall any conversation about taking the overall. I think that it has been a sort of reward for the great work in the Pyrenean stages, where I've been the king with two victories", said Buenahora. "I was surprised by the way Olano was dropped, since we were all together at the foot of the climb. When I saw that he was having some difficulties, I didn't pay much attention to it, since we had a plan to carry on and I was in charge of the final blow". The Colombian finished: "I'm not afraid of anything and I can see myself winning the overall. I have been told that the descent of La Rabassa is long and dangerous, but I'm not afraid of anything right now". Stage 7, Vall de Boi - Andorra, 231.7 kms:1. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 6.51.37 (33.77) 2. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 0.15 3. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 0.24 4. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 0.27 5. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 0.41 6. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.41 7. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.41 8. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 0.41 9. CONTRERAS, Carlos Albe COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.51 10. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 0.54 11. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 1.03 12. PEĽA, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.05 13. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 1.05 14. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.05 15. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.05 16. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 1.10 17. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 1.19 18. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 1.19 19. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.21 20. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 1.39 21. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 1.39 22. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 2.30 23. GONZALEZ, Alvaro ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2.48 24. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 3.02 25. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 3.54 26. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 3.54 27. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.16 28. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.16 29. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 4.35 30. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 4.39 31. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 4.39 32. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4.39 33. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.39 34. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 4.39 35. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 4.39 36. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 6.07 37. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 6.31 38. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 7.26 39. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 7.58 40. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 8.00 41. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 9.44 42. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 9.50 43. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 10.02 44. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 10.02 45. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 11.24 46. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 11.24 47. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 11.24 48. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 11.24 49. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 11.24 50. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 11.24 51. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 11.24 52. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 14.18 53. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 15.44 54. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 15.48 55. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 15.48 56. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 15.48 57. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 15.48 58. MORATILLA, Victor Manu ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 15.48 59. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 15.48 60. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 15.48 61. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 15.48 62. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 15.48 63. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 15.48 64. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 15.48 65. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 15.48 66. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 15.48 67. MEINERT, Peter DEN U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 15.48 68. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 15.48 69. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 16.26 70. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 18.08 71. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 20.12 72. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 24.39 73. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 24.39 74. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 24.39 75. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 24.39 76. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 24.39 77. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 24.39 78. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 24.39 79. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 24.39 80. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 24.39 81. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 24.39 82. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 24.39 83. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 24.39 84. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 24.39 85. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 24.39 86. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 24.39 87. MULLER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 24.39 88. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 24.39 89. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 24.39 90. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 24.39 91. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 24.39 92. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 24.39 93. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 24.39 94. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 24.39 95. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 24.39 96. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 24.39 97. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 24.39 GC after Stage 7
1. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 28.08.38 2. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO s.t. 3. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 0.08 4. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.16 5. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 0.29 6. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.50 7. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 1.01 8. PEĽA, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.18 9. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.19 10. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 1.43 11. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 1.49 12. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 2.41 13. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 2.55 14. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 3.01 15. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 3.13 16. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 3.19 17. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 3.37 18. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 3.41 19. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 4.40 20. GONZALEZ, Alvaro ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5.18 21. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 5.34 22. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 5.56 23. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 6.01 24. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.14 25. CONTRERAS, Carlos Alberto COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.29 26. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 7.16 27. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 7.47 28. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 8.40 29. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 9.08 30. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 9.29 31. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 10.13 32. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 10.31 33. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 10.41 34. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 12.16 35. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 12.20 36. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 12.27 37. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 12.29 38. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 13.20 39. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 14.05 40. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 14.08 41. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 14.51 42. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 17.48 43. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 18.07 44. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 19.05 45. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 19.09 46. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 19.51 47. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 20.22 48. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 21.46 49. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 22.38 50. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 22.44 51. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 22.56 52. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 23.21 53. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 23.52 54. MORATILLA, Victor Manuel ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 25.10 55. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 25.32 56. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 25.57 57. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 26.11 58. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 26.50 59. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 27.07 60. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 31.42 61. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 32.02 62. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 32.18 63. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J. ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 32.27 64. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 32.33 65. MEINERT, Peter DEN U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 32.34 66. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 33.17 67. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 33.56 68. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 34.19 69. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 34.38 70. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 34.42 71. MULLER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 34.56 72. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 35.15 73. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 35.36 74. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 37.12 75. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 38.34 76. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 38.38 77. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 39.48 78. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 41.26 79. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 42.32 80. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 43.09 81. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 43.18 82. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 43.19 83. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 43.24 84. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 43.38 85. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 43.58 86. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 44.06 87. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 44.33 88. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 44.44 89. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 44.46 90. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 45.08 91. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 47.00 92. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 47.38 93. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 48.33 94. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 49.42 95. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 50.20 96. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 50.25 97. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 50.33 |