13th Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas, Cat 1.4

Spain, May 10, 1998

1997 Results Past Winners

Brief

Spanish cyclist Juan Carlos Domínguez was the winner of the 13th edition of la Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas, which attracted some major riders including the team from Vitalicio Seguros. Vitalicio Seguros set the tempo for the race from the start and commentators likened it to a chess game with manager Javier Mínguez moving his pawns perfectly to get Domínguez up for the final 'check mate'.

There were many attacks from the start, with riders from Vitalicio going in all of them, until Russian Zintchenko and Domínguez were left alone in front after getting over the more difficult sections of the race. Domínguez was able to drop his breakaway companion with 30 kms to the finish, although his move had started way before during the climb of Canencia, a Category 2 acsent. Once this climb was completed a group of about 12 formed, including Domínguez, who at km 150, after the climb of the Category 3, alto de San Pedro, went away for the win, even though the riders from Euskaltel and ONCE gave chase. Dominguez had a maximum advantage of 3 minutes, with 6 kms to the finish and was never threatened despite the fast finish from the chasing riders in Euskaltel and ONCE.

Race distance - 179 kms:

 1. Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros            4.20.03 
 2. Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi			1.14 
 3. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE					1.15 
 4. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca			1.15 
 5. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros			1.15 
 6. Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Estepona Brepac			1.15 
 7. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca			1.15 
 8. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros			1.15 
 9. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto				1.15 
10. Massimo Gimondi (Ita) Amor e Vita				1.15
11. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
12. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita
13. José Maria Jiminez (Spa) Banesto
14. Vicente Aparicio (Spa) Banesto
15. Fco. J. Sanchez (Spa) Elite
16. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
17. Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Amore e Vita
18. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros			1.20
19. Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
20. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita				1.24
21. Carlos Miranda (Spa) Estepona Brepac
22. Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi			1.30
23. Ricardo Otxoa Spa) ONCE
24. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Elite
25. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
26. I. Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi	 	1.38
27. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita
28. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE				1.53
29. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE
30. Josue Barrigon (Spa) ONCE	 				2.55
31. David Chinger (USA) Navigators 				8.03
32. Philip Vereecke (Bel) Collstrop 
33. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
34. Nácor Burgos (Spa) Elite
35. Juan Fuentes (Spa) Elite 
36. Ignacio Soler (Spa) Elite
37. Pedro Jiminez (Spa) Elite
38. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
39. P. Arreitunandia (Spa) Elite
40. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros
41. Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Elite
42. Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
43. Maria Diaz de Otazu (Spa) ONCE
44. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskatel Euskadi 
45. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto
46. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
47. Francisco Javier Mauleon Unsain (Spa) ONCE 
48. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 
49. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
50. Andrea Chiurato (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 
51. Germán Nieto (Spa) Estepona Brepac
52. Andrés Bermejo (Spa) Estepona Brepac
53. Hernando Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
54. Angel Castresana(Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi
55. J. Miguel Elizburu (Spa) Estepona Brepac
56. Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Elite
57. Steves Holger (Spa) Elite
58. Carlos Pindado (Spa) Elite
59. Michael Engleman (USA) Navigators				8.03

Mountains:

 1. José Maria Jiminez (Spa) Banesto	
 2. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca

Sprints:

 1. Roy Knickman (USA) Navigators

Metas Volantes:

 1. Juan C.Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 2. Roy Knickman (USA) Navigators
 3. Ricardo Otxoa (Spa) ONCE

Teams:

 1. Vitalicio Seguros
 2. Banesto
 3. Euskaltel Euskadi

Thanks to my friend Fernando Ferrari, Meta2Mil for the complete results

Past Winners

1993: 176 kms in 4.34.51

 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
 2. Angel Edo (Spa)
 3. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa)

1994: 182 kms in 4.14.37
 1. Abraham Olano (Spa)
 2. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) 
 3. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)

1995: 161 kms in 4.00.47

 1. Federico Colonna (Ita) 
 2. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita)
 3. David Etxebarria (Spa)

1996: 150 kms in 3.38.46

 1. Stefano Cembali (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 2. Simone Biasci (Ita) Saeco
 3. Stefano Dante (Ita)  Cantina Tollo
		
1997: 184 kms in 4.19.47

 1. Sergej Smetanine (Rus)  Cafis Toscaf
 2. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme
 3. Alexander Gontschenkov (Rus) Roslotto

Past Winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin