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Brief:Colombian Hernan Buenahora (Vitalicio Seguros), won the 78th Volta a Cataluña. The winner of the last stage was Spaniard Fernando Escartín (Kelme-Costa Blanca). Italian Alberto Elli won the Mountain Prize, Eleuterio Anguila the Special Sprints and French Jacky Durand won the Intermediate Prize (Metas Volantes).The last stage was no problem for the Colombian, who controlled the situation with the help of his teammates. The stage, considered a middle Mountain course with the climbs of La Molina and La Rabassa, the last one at 15 kms from the finish. Things were peaceful until the climb of La Rabassa, ignoring the earlier escape by Bramati, Poli, Outschakov, Derame, De los Angeles and José Vicente García. They achieved a maximum gap of almost 8 minutes, but none of them were any threat to the overall. At the foot of La Rabassa (Km 157), the peloton, commanded by riders from Vitalicio and Kelme, was complete. Onn the first slopes overall leader Buenahora attacked and tried to go away. Escartín, Totsching, Robin and José Vicente García all sat his wheel. José Vicente García later stayed behind to wait for his team leader, Olano, who was dropped at the first attack. Buenahora wasn't able to drop his breakaway companions in the 14 kms of climbing. Austrian Totsching reached the top of the climb first, then Buenahora, Escartín and Robin, while Olano was already 1.25 behind. The thirteen kilometers of descent were ridden very carefully by the quartet and also by Olano, who at the end of the climb was by himself, since his teammates, specially Beltrán and García paid dearly for their effort on the climb. On the final straightaway, Buenahora attempted to finish things with yet another stage win, but he was answered by Escartín who responded and beat the other three riders in the sprint. This was the first important win for Buenahora after 8 years in the professional peloton. Buenahora commented that his overall win at la Volta a Cataluña was the most important success of his career and the first time that he achieved overall victory in a stage race. "I didn't think that this would be the race where I would get the win that I've been looking for since I began in 1990. I was tired of taking good placings, of almost making the final podium and of ending up with a certificate of accomplishment. The truth is that I have ridden a sensational race, just like my team, taking two stages, which could have been three, I almost won the last one and the final overall. It's like a dream. The team's main objective were the stages, but when I took the first win, we realized that the overall wasn't a dream, because the favorites were not going well or were not going to take risks". About his show of strength on the last stage he said: "I had not doubts about taking off in what could be a third stage win, since I saw that Olano was riding at limit. I knew that Escartín had physical problems, but it was he that followed, taking Totsching and Robin. When I saw that I couldn't get rid of the on the climb, I knew that victory would be complicated, since they are faster than me on the flats", he added. "With this win the morale for the Tour goes up and we have achieved the win in one of the grand stages of the calendar and men like Casero, our theoretical leader for the Tour, finished in good overall position". Stage 8, Andorra-Andorra la Vella, 189.8 kms:1. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.50.58 2. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 0.00 3. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 0.00 4. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.00 5. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 0.36 6. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 0.36 7. CONTRERAS, Carlos Albe COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.36 8. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 0.36 9. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.18 10. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 1.42 11. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 1.57 12. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1.57 13. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 1.57 14. PE¥A, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.57 15. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 1.57 16. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 1.57 17. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 1.57 18. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 1.57 19. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.57 20. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 1.57 21. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 1.57 22. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.57 23. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 1.57 24. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.02 25. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.02 26. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.55 27. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 5.10 28. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 5.10 29. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 6.26 30. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 7.04 31. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 7.04 32. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 7.04 33. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 7.04 34. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 10.21 35. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 11.00 36. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 11.00 37. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 11.00 38. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 11.00 39. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 11.00 40. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 11.00 41. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 11.00 42. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 11.00 43. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 11.00 44. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 11.00 45. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 13.38 46. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.12 47. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 19.14 48. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 19.14 49. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.14 50. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 19.14 51. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.14 52. MORATILLA, Victor Manu ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 19.14 53. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 19.14 54. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 19.14 55. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 19.14 56. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.14 57. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 19.14 58. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 19.14 59. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 19.14 60. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 19.14 61. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 19.14 62. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.14 63. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.14 64. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 19.14 65. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.14 66. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 19.14 67. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 19.14 68. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 19.14 69. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 19.14 70. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 19.14 71. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 19.14 72. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 19.14 73. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.14 74. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 19.14 75. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 19.14 76. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.14 77. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.14 78. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.14 Final GC:
1. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 32.59.36 2. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 0.08 3. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.16 4. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 1.05 5. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 1.37 6. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 1.42 7. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 2.37 8. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.47 9. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 3.01 10. PE¥A, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 3.15 11. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 3.40 12. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 3.46 13. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 4.38 14. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 4.52 15. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 5.16 16. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5.34 17. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 6.37 18. CONTRERAS, Carlos Alberto COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 7.05 19. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 7.31 20. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 7.43 21. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 7.53 22. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 8.23 23. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 10.56 24. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 13.56 25. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 14.43 26. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 15.41 27. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 16.39 28. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.52 29. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 20.29 30. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 21.48 31. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 23.16 32. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 23.27 33. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 23.29 34. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 24.52 35. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 25.11 36. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 26.30 37. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 27.01 38. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 28.22 39. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 29.42 40. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 30.05 41. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 31.22 42. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 33.19 43. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 33.22 44. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 33.44 45. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 34.30 46. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 37.11 47. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 37.50 48. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 38.23 49. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J. ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 39.31 50. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 43.06 51. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 44.17 52. MORATILLA, Victor Manuel ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 44.24 53. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 44.40 54. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 45.11 55. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 50.56 56. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 51.32 57. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 53.10 58. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 53.56 59. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 54.29 60. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 54.50 61. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 56.26 62. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 57.48 63. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 57.52 64. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.00.40 65. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.01.46 66. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1.02.23 67. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.02.32 68. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.02.33 69. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.02.52 70. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.03.10 71. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.03.20 72. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 1.03.47 73. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1.03.58 74. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.04.22 75. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 1.06.52 76. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1.08.56 77. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 1.09.34 78. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.09.39 Final Other Classifications:
Mountains: 1. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 60 pts 2. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 40 3. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 34 4. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 27 5. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 22 6. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 21 7. CONTRERAS, Carlos COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 15 8. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 11 9. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 10 10. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 10 11. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 9 12. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 8 13. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 8 14. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J. ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 8 15. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 8 16. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 7 17. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 7 18. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 7 19. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 6 20. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 6 21. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5 22. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 5 23. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 5 24. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 4 25. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 4 26. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 3 27. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2 28. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2 29. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 2 30. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 2 31. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1 32. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 1 33. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1 Sprints: 1. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 20 pts 2. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 6 3. VICARIO, Juan ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5 4. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 4 5. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3 6. GARCIA, Jose ESP BANESTO 3 7. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2 8. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 2 9. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 2 10. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 2 11. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 2 12. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 1 13. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1 14. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 1 15. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 1 16. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 1 Teams: 1. AVIANCA-TELECOM 99.09.18 2. CASINO 99.10.51 3. MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 99.13.01 4. KELME-COSTA BLANCA 99.15.13 5. U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 99.19.07 6. VITALICIO SEGUROS 99.19.43 7. BANESTO 99.32.24 8. ESTEPONA-BREPAC 99.38.59 9. ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 99.39.20 10. EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 99.40.27 11. TELEKOM 99.54.17 12. MAPEI-BRICOBI 100.30.01 13. T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 100.47.28 14. GAN 101.01.44 15. SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 101.15.27 16. LOTTO-MOBISTAR 101.34.34 |