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1997 Results
Past Winners
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Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 1, Gijon, ITT, 7.5 kms:1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 8.36 2. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 0.17 3. Victor Gamino (Por) Traiamarisco 0.23 4. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto 0.26 5. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona 0.27 6. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 7. David García (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.32 8. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE 0.32 9. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.34 10. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.34 .. 20. Oliverio Rincón (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 0.42 22. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.45 Brief Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) chalked up his 100th victory of his career today when he won the first stage of the Tour of Asturies, in the thrilling ITT. The Frenchman has returned to racing after a brief rest and he totally dominated the ITT contested in the streets of Gijon over 7.5 kms. He finished with a 17 seconds gap on Olano and 23 seconds on the Portugeuse rider Victor Gamino. The specialist ITT riders Aitor Garmendia and German Uwe Peschel (winner of the GP des Nations), conceded 26 and 27 second respectively to the French champion. Jalabert said: "I am more and more pleased with the ITT as an event." The results speak for themselves. He has won 4 events since the beginning of 1998 - 2 in the ITT discipline (6th stage of Tour of Basque Country and the 1st stage today). Tomorrow, the riders tackle the second stage between Gijon and Llanes, a distance of 184 kms with two Cat 2 and one Cat 4 climb. Stage 2, Gijon, - Llanes, 184 kms:1. Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 4.28.03 2. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 4. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury 5. Nikolai Kouzneczov (Rus) Lokosphinx 6. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop 7. Tom Desmet(Bel) Collstrop 8. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta Northwave 9. Unai Etxebarría (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 10. David Etxebarría (Spa) ONCE s.t. GC after Stage 2 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 4.36.38 2. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 0.17 3. Victor Gamito (Por) Traiamarisco 0.23 4. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto 0.25 5. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona 0.27 6. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 7. David García (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.31 8. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE 0.32 9. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.33 10. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.34 Brief Canadian cyclist Gordon Fraser (Mercury) won the sprint for the 2nd stage between Gijón & Llanes ahead of Spaniard Oscar Freire (Vitalicio Seguros), Banesto's Jeremy Hunt and New Zealander Julian Dean (Mercury). Laurent Jalabert remains the overall leader. The peloton remained together from the start until the Alto del Muncó, where the race tempo increased with ONCE driving and the peloton split up. At the intermediate prize of Pola de Siero, ONCE yielded control to Team Seguros Vitalicios, which saw Angel Luis Casero successfully ride off the front of the group. When that proved to be in vain another more dangerous break involving some 20 riders started and they opened a 10 second gap, but were soon neutralized by ONCE. Then there were attempts by Pedro Lopes (Por/LA Aluminios) who was neutralized at km 44. And the player of the stage was another Portuguese rider, Raúl Matias, who was alone for 55 kms and opened a maximum gap of 6.41 by the time he passed Benia de Onís. Meanwhile, Isaac Villanueva (Estepona) escaped at Mestas de Con (max advantage of 3:56) on the climb of Ortiguero. But the work of teams Recer Boavista and Vitalicio Seguros reduced the escape of Villanueva and during the climb of Colombres the peloton caught Matías after his lone adventure. After catching Matias, the cyclist from Team Mobilvetta imposed a fast rhythm on the descent to Llanes with the intention of setting up their sprinter, Mario Manzoni, in the first places. But on the first pass through Llanes, team Mercury showed their presence, which facilitated the win for Fraser. Stage 3, Llanes - Avilés, 163 kms:1. Pedro M. Silva (Por) Recer 4.34.04 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 3. Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 4. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 5. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury 6. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 7. Chris Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop 8. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 9. Angel Castrezana (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 10. David Clinger (USA) Mercury GC after Stage 3 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 9.10.42 2. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 0.17 3. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto 0.25 4. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 5. David García (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 0.31 6. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE 0.32 7. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 0.33 8. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.34 9. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 0.34 10. Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Traiamarisco 0.35 Brief Portuguese rider, Pedro María Silva (Recer-Boavista) won the 3rd stage between Llanes and Avilés (163 kms) with a time of 4.34.03. The overall leader, Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) came in second and Canadian Gordon Fraser (Mercury) was third. The peloton left the Llanes beach of el Sablón and headed towards Ribadesella, lead by riders of ONCE and Vitalicio Seguros. Tranquility ruled during the first hour of racing, with rain threatening. The pace lifted after the intermediate sprint at Ribadesella. Kelme-Costa Blanca and Estepona moved their riders up to the front to take the points at the mountain prize in Lastres, where an attack by Ibon Ajuria (Euskadi) created a 17 rider break. But the breakaway was neutralized moments later because the riders could not get organized. Then German Lars Wacqhernagel (Team EC) attacked in Villaviciosa and opened a maximum difference of 8.05 minutes. Further on while ascending the Alto del Pedroso, Italian Andrea Paluan (Mobilvetta) jumped from the peloton and reached the German. The advantage grew considerably and even though it threatened Jalabert, the leader, the reaction came from American team Mercury. Banesto finally worked to capture the break, with Prudencio Induráin and his team Vitalicio Seguros, showing themselves for their sprinter, Oscar Freire. After the breakaway was caught, there were attacks by ONCE and Vitalicio, which weren't successful and the complicated finish in the streets of Aviles divided the peloton, with Pedro M. Silva taking advantage of the carelessness of some riders and took off together with Jalabert. Silva beat the Jalabert on the inside in the sprint. Stage 4, Cafes Toscaf - Alto del Naranco, 157 kms:1. Santi Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 4.06.03 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.04 3. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.05 4. Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 0.11 5. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 0.16 6. Rui Lavarinhias (Por) Troiamarisco 0.19 7. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.24 8. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.28 9. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto 0.29 10. Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) Banesto 0.29 GC after Stage 4 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 13.16.48 2. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.35 3. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.40 4. Rui Lavarinhias (Por) Traiamarisco 0.50 5. Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 0.56 6. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.00 7. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.03 8. Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) Banesto 1.07 9. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto 1.13 10. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 1.13 Brief Spanish cyclist Santi Blanco (Vitalicio Seguros), beat Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) on the final straight raced between Cafés Toscaf (Pravia) and the climb of el Naranco (157 kms). Jalabert repeated his second place of the previous day finishing 4 seconds down Blanco, while José María Jiménez (Banesto) came in third at 5 seconds. The peloton started the stage under threat of rain and it was quiet for the first kilometers, until the attack by Pedro Lopes (La Aluminios), during a descent, taking with him Eleuterio Anguita (Estepona). Lopes was caught by the peloton a small time later, while Anguita hung out off the front of the peloton with a gap of about 14 seconds. He was finally caught on the climb of Praviano and the peloton rolled together at a fast pace through the street of Piedras Blancas, with only small attempts by Estepona and Lokosphinx. On the climb of Miranda, Marcelino García (ONCE) tried his luck but was caught soon after by the teams with interest in the mountain prizes (Euskadi and Mercury). The speed at times up the slopes was measured at around 40 kmh. However once the tough slopes of the Colladona arrived things slowed down. Carmelo Miranda (Estepona) escaped but was caught Moreda by ONCE and Vitalicio Seguros, who sent away one of their domestiques, Ernesto Manchón, to complicate matters. He was joined by Italian Valerio Tebaldi (Mobilvetta), but both were caught on the climb of la Manzaneda. In a close finish, Santiago Blanco, dominated the last kilometer of the climb of el Naranco and opened a big enough difference to take the stage. Stage 5, Oviedo - Santuario del Acebo, 193 kms:1. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 5.30.50 2. Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Troiamarisco 3. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros s.t. 4. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.11 5. Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) Banesto 6. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto 0.14 7. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.24 8. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 0.25 9. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.26 10. Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 0.33 11. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.36 GC after Stage 5 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 18.47.48 2. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto 0.24 3. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.29 4. Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Troiamarisco 0.39 5. Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) Banesto 1.07 6. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.16 7. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto 1.17 8. Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 1.18 9. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.28 10. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 1.45 Brief Spanish cyclist José María Jiménez (Banesto) won the 5th stage between Oviedo and Santuario del Acebo over 193 kms, while Laurent Jalabert (ONCE), remains overall leader. Jimenez won in a close finish, when he outsprinted Portuguese rider Rui Lavarinhias (Troiamarisco) and Spaniard Santi Blanco (Vitalicio Seguros). The stage started quietly, until the climb of Acebo. The first moves came with the escape by Belgian Danny Baejens (Collstrop), with Italian Gabrielle Dalla Valle (Mobilvetta), going after him and catching him at La Riera. They opened a maximum gap of 6.04. The Italian was caught on the climb of Somiedo, while the Belgian was caught soon after. The peloton broke up into three groups and the front group of some 20 riders, started the battle in Somiedo, with Olano, Escartín, Zarrabeitia, Jalabert and Blanco in front. The next attack came from Roberto Laiseka (Euskadi), Valerio Tebaldi (Mobilvetta) and David Latasa (Banesto), taking advantage of the toughtest slopes. ONCE was riding a quick tempo and the peloton was stretched until they got to Villablino. Latasa tried unsuccessfully to leave his breakaway companions. Juan Carlos Vicario (Estepona) worked hard and bridged the gap between the peloton and the break. Once he joined the breakaway group he imposed a high tempo until they went under the KOM banner. They were caught by the group of favourites at this stage. ONCE placed Marcelino García in front for the climb of Acebo, followed by a few Banesto, Vitalicio and Euskadi riders. Two kilometers from the finishing line, Miguel Angel Peña (Benesto) jumped from the group, but was caught by Santi Blanco (Vitalicio) and José María Jiménez. Jiménez out sprinted the other two riders. Stage 6, Cangas del Narcea and Oviedokms, 160 kms:1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 3.59.14 (40.128) 2. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3. Euleterio Anguita (Spa) Estepona) s.t. 4. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 5. Manuel Sicopsi (Ita) Amore e Vita 6. Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 7. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 9. Christ Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop 10. César Perez (Spa) Estepona 11. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12. Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury 13. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 14. Pedro Manuel Silva (Por) Recer 15. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Estepona 16. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 17. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 0.01 18. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto 19. R. Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi-Euskatel 20. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Final GC 1. Jalabert, Laurent (Fra) ONCE 22.47.02 2. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 0.24 3. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.30 4. Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Troiamarisco 0.40 5. Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) Banesto 1.08 6. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.17 7. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto 1.18 8. R. Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskadi.Euskatel 1.19 9. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.29 10. Tim Jones (Zim) Amore e Vita 1.51 11. Carmelo Miranda (Spa) Estepona 2.03 12. Roberto LaisekA (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 2.24 13. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.41 14. Phillip Fernandes (Fra) Troiamarisco 3.04 15. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 3.15 16. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.00 17. Charlie Gasperoni (Ita) Amore e Vita 4.01 18. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Recer 4.11 19. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Estepona 4.24 20. Q. Rodrigues (Por) Recer 4.26 21. Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 4.30 22. J. Rodrigo Arenas (Spa) Recer 4.45 23. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 4.52 24. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE 4.57 25. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 5.03 26. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto 5.05 27. Tomás Valls (Spa) Troiamarisco 6.10 28. Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Banesto 6.34 29. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE 6.57 30. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 7.43 31. Youri Sourkov (Rus) LA/Pecol 9.11 32. Mirko Puglioli (Ita) Amore e Vita 9.12 33. Edu. Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.13 34. Santos Hernandez (Spa) Recer 9.43 35. Ricardo Otxoa (Spa) ONCE 10.55 36. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10.56 37. Andrea Chiurato (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 11.01 38. Andrea Paluan (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 11.19 39. Oliverio Rincon (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 12.03 40. Pedro Lopes (Por) LA/Pecol 15.31 41. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.33 42. Carlos M. Teixeira (Por) Recer 17.05 43. Viatcheslav Djavanian(Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 17.16 44. Isaac Villanueva (Spa) Estepona 17.34 45. José Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.45 46. A. Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 19.26 47. Rui Sousa (Por) Troiamarisco 19.28 48. Ibon Ajuria (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 20.45 49 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 20.50 50. Alessio Galleti (Ita) Amore e Vita 21.33 51. Manuel Scopsi (Ita) Amore e Vita 21.48 52. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Estepona 22.50 53. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 23.44 54. Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 28.32 55. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 28.50 56. Holger Sievers (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 29.10 57. Delmino Pereira (Por) Recer 29.11 58. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Lokosphinx 29.23 59. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 29.29 60. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.59 61. Christ Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop 30.11 62. Joaquim Gomes (Por) LA/Pecol 30.56 63. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE 31.11 64. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 31.30 65. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 31.35 66. David Clinger (USA) Mercury-Outdoor Life 31.35 67. Peschel, Uwe (Ger) Estepona 32.08 68. Castresana, Angel (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 32.13 69. Philip Vereecke (Bel) Collstrop 32.56 70. Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskadi Euskatel 33.02 71. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.21 72. Alesandro Pozzi (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 35.23 73. Mark Walters (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 35.25 74. F. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONCE 35.26 75. Thurlow Roger (USA) Mercury-Outdoor Life 35.32 76. J. De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.36 77. Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Lokosphinx 35.39 78. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Estepona 35.44 79. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 35.46 80. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 36.55 81. Cassio Freitas (Bra) LA/Pecol 36.57 82. Fernando Mota (Por) LA/Pecol 37.04 83. Elliot Hubbard (GB) Navigators Cycling Team 37.11 84. Skip Spangenburg (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 37.22 85. Danny Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop 37.36 86. Jose Rosa (Por) LA/Pecol 38.25 87. Pedro M. Silva (Por) Recer 38.34 88. Sebastien Hatton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 38.38 89. Arunas Cepele (Lit) Recer 38.49 90. L. Maria Diaz Otazu (Spa) ONCE 39.05 91. Anton Chantyr (Rus) Lokosphinx 39.07 92. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39.35 93. Jan Ruchter (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 39.43 94. Raul Mattas (Por) Troiamarisco 40.08 95. Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 40.27 96. Luis Santos (Por) Troiamarisco 40.39 97. Massimo Gimondi (Ita) Amore e Vita 40.47 98. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 41.06 99. Kirk Willet (USA) Mercury-Outdoor Life 41.37 100. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 41.54 101. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 42.36 102. Germán Nieto (Spa) Estepona 43.06 103. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx 43.06 104. Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 43.06 105. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43.07 106. César Perez (Spa) Estepona 43.08 107. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop 43.10 108. Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 43.13 109. Andrés Bermejo (Spa) Estepona 43.18 110. Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 43.20 111. Michael Sayers (USA) Mercury-Outdoor Life 43.32 112. Ralf Werner (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 43.58 113. Paul Martin (USA) Navigators Cycling Team 44.07 114. Steven De Neef (Bel) Collstrop 44.25 115. Nikolai Kouznetzov (Rus) Lokosphinx 44.30 116. Silvio Caviglia (Ita) Mobilvetta Northstar 44.37 117. Luis M. Sarreira (Por) Troiamarisco 45.04 118. Julian Dean (NZ) Mercury Cycling Team 45.13 119. Michele Ferti (Ita) Amore e Vita 45.16 120. Dimitri Koudriavtsev (Rus) Lokosphinx 46.06 121. Rafael Hennes (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 46.53 122. Gabriele Dalla Valle (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 48.04 123. Roy Knickman (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 48.06 124. Nicola Castaldo (Ita) Amore e Vita 48.29 125. Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 50.30 126. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Lokosphinx 53.45 127. Roger Tanner (SAf) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 54.21 128. Luis Colaço (Por) LA/Pecol 58.23 129. Manuel Liberato (Por) Troiamarisco 58.53 130. Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team EC/Bayer Worringen 59.55 Finished 130 Final Teams Classification
1. Banesto 68.23.08 2. ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.02 3. Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.00 4. Troiamarisco 7.00 5. Vitalicio Seguros 8.43 6. Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.21 7. Recer-Boavista 10.54 8. Amore e Vita 12.29 9. Big Mat Auber 93 14.52 10. Estepona-Brepac 16.37 11. Mobilvetta Northwave 34.09 12. La Aluminios-Pecol 50.44 13. Collstrop 1.26.30 14. Mercury Cycling Team 1.40.18 15. Lokosphinx 1.42.00 16. Team EC/Bayer Worringen 1.44.34 17. Navigators Cycling Teams 1.47.43Complete GC from my friend Fernando Ferrari, Meta2Mil Brief Frenchman Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) won the Tour of Asturias cycliste, with an imposing spring in the last stage over 160 kms between Cangas del Narcea and Oviedo. Jalabert, who held the leaders jersey since the ITT in the first stage, pulled out a powerful sprint to win in front of Oscar Freire (Vitalicio) and Euleterio Anguita (Estepona). He retained the GC lead with a comfortable margin of 24 seconds on his prime threat, José Maria Jimenez (Banesto), and 29 seconds on third placed Santi Blanco (Vitalicio). The last stage, was more or less a formality. Jalabert, was relying on his mates in ONCE to control the race. They let the Spanish rider Juan Carlos Vicario take a lead of almost 5.40 until they neutralised him with help from Vitalicio. Then it was just a matter of preparing for the sprint after the final circuit in the town of d'Oviedo. He dominated this race since the 17 seconds victory over Spaniard Abraham Olano in the ITT which gave him his 100th victory of his career. At the end, the chief of ONCE also twice finished second, and achieved a third and a fourth. Complete Starting ListBANESTO ONCE DEUTSCHE BANK 1 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 2 José Maria Jiménez Sastre (Spa) 12 Marcelino García (Spa) 3 Manuel Beltran Martínez (Spa) 13 Luis Perez Rodriguez(Spa) 4 Jeremy Hunt (GB) 14 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) 5 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) 15 David Echevarría (Spa) 6 Jon Odriozola Murgaza (Spa) 16 Francisco Mauleon Unsain (Spa) 7 Miguel Angel Peña Cáceres (Spa) 17 David Cañada Garcia (Spa) 8 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) 18 Luis Díaz de Otazu (Spa) 9 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) 19 Ricardo Otxoa Palacios (Spa) KELME COSTA BLANCA LOKOSPHINX 21 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 41 Kouznetsov Nikolai (Rus) 22 Marcos Serrano (Spa) 42 Chantyr Anton (Rus) 23 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) 43 Gritsoun Edouard(Rus) 24 Jose Rodriguez (Spa) 44 Markov Alexei (Rus) 25 J. Jose de LosAngeles (Spa) 45 Borisov Vladislav (Rus) 26 Roberto Heras Fernandez (Spa) 46 Karpets Vladimir (Rus) 27 Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) 47 Koudriavtsev Dimitri (Rus) 28 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) 48 Smyslov Denis (Rus) 29 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) 49 Alakhiarov Soultan (Rus) ESTEPONA BREPAC EUSKALTEL EUSKADI 51 Uwe Peschel (Ger) 61 Igor González Galdeano Aranzabal (Spa) 52 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) 62 Bingen FernándezBustinza (Spa) 53 Francisco Javier Perales (Spa) 63 Roberto Laiseka Jalo (Spa) 54 Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) 64 Alberto López de Munain Ruiz (Spa) 55 Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) 65 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Spa) 56 Isaac Villanueva lcañiz (Spa) 66 Ivon Ajuria Gordon (Spa) 57 Carmelo Miranda González (Spa) 67 Iñigo ChaurreauBernadez (Spa) 58 German Nieto Fernández (Spa) 68 Angel Castresana del Val (Spa) 59 Cesar Pérez Padrón (Spa) 69 Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) COLLSTROP AMORE E VITA 71 Dany Baeyens (Bel) 81 Mirco Puglioli 72 Tony Bracke (Bel) 82 Manuel Scopsi 73 Danny Daelman (Bel) 83 Alessio Galleti 74 Erio De Clercq (Bel) 84 Massimo Gimondi 75 Steven De Neef (Bel) 85 Tim Jones 76 Tom Desmet (Bel) 86 Michele Ferti 77 Christ Hendryckx (Bel) 87 Nicola Castaldo 78 Philip Vereecke (Bel) 88 Cristian Gasperoni RECER BOA VISTA VITALICIO SEGUROS 91 C. Manuel Teixeira 101 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) 92 Jose Luis Rebollo 102 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) 93 Pedro M. Silva 103 Ernesto Manchón Sánchez (Spa) 94 Santos Hernandez 104 Prudencio Indurain Larraya (Spa) 95 Quintino Rodrigues 105 Francisco Benitez Esbri (Spa) 96 Juan Gonzalez Arenas 106 Oliverio Rincon Quin 97 Arunas Cepele 107 Iñigo Glez de Heredia (Spa) 98 Delmino Pereira 108 David García Marquina(Spa) 109 Oscar Freire Gómez MOBILVETTA TRAIAMARISCO 111 Andrea Chiurato (Ita) 121 Luis Miguel Sarreira 112 Mario Manzoni (Ita) 122 Raul Matias 113 Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) 123 Philipe Fernandes 114 Gabriele Dalla Valle (Ita) 124 Victor Gamito 115 Andrea Paluan (Ita) 125 Rui Lavarinhas 116 Alexandro Pozzi (Ita) 126 Manuel Liberato 117 Silvio Caviglia (Ita) 127 Luis Santos 118 Leandro Fioroni (Ita) 128 Rui Sousa 129 Tomás Valle BIGMAT AUBER 93 LA ALUMINIOS/PECOL 131 Denis Leproux (Fra) 141 Joaquín Gomes (Por) 132 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) 142 José Rosa (Por) 133 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) 143 Luis Colaço (Por) 134 Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) 144 Blanco Villar(Spa) 135 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 146 Cássio Freitas(Bra) 136 Thierry Gouvenov (Fra) 147 Pedro Lopes (Por) 137 Sebastien Hatton (Rus) 148 Fernando Mota (Por) 138 Stephan Ravaleu (Fra) 149 Youri Sourkov (Rus) NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM MERCURY CYCLING TEAM 161 Michael Engleman (USA) 171 David Clinger (USA) 162 Elliott Hubbard (Ber) 172 Julian Dean (NZ) 163 Trent Klasna (USA) 173 Gordon Fraser (Can) 164 Adam Laurent (USA) 174 Roy Knickman (USA) 165 Todd Littlehales (USA) 176 Thurlow Rogers (USA) 166 Paul Martin (USA) 177 Michael Sayers (USA) 167 Scott Moninger (USA) 178 Mark Walters (Can) 168 Skip Spangenburg (USA) 179 Kirk Willett (USA) 169 Chris Washkevich (USA) TEAM EC-BAYER 181 Rafael Hennes (Ger) 182 Patrik Kohler (Ger) 183 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) 184 Jan Richter (Ger) 185 Holger Sievers (Ger) 186 Roger Tanner (Ger) 187 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 188 Lars WacKernagel (Ger) 189 Ralf Werner Past Winners1925 Barruetabena (Spa) 1926 Riccardo Montero (Spa) 1927 Miguel Mucio (Spa) 1928 Riccardo Mucio (Spa) 1947 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 1950 Miguel Gual (Spa) 1953 Antonio Gelabert (Spa) 1954 Bernardo Ruiz (Spa) 1955 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1956 Hernan (Spa) 1957 Federico Bahamontes (Spa) 1968 Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) 1969 Andres Oliva (Spa) 1970 Antonio Martos (Spa) 1971 Edouardo Castello (Spa) 1972 Augustine Tamames (Spa) 1973 Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) 1974 Sentisteban (Spa) 1975 Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) 1976 Santiago Lazcano (Spa) 1977 Vicente Lopez-Carril (Spa) 1978 E. Martinez-Heredia (Spa) 1979 A. Fernandez-Blanco (Spa) 1980 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 1981 Angel Arroyo (Spa) 1982 Jesus Ibanez (Spa) 1983 Pedro Munoz (Spa) 1984 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 1985 Jesus Blanco-Villar (Spa) 1986 J. Rodriguez Magro (Spa) 1987 Inaki Gaston (Spa) 1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned) 1990 Raul Alcala (Mex) 1991 Pjotr Ugrumow (Let) 1992 Alex Zülle (Sui) 1993 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1994 Abraham Olano (Spa) 1995 Beat Zberg (Sui) 1996 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1997 Manuel Fernandez-Gines (Spa)Past Winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin |